blue fantasy

Depression can eliminate the unhappiness in your heart even more. You can regard it as a simple farewell to your past life...will you go? "

Yang Ping tilted his head uneasily, and smiled self-mockingly.Ayako's heart trembled inexplicably, she looked at him silently without saying a word, and finally nodded slightly under Yohei's expectant eyes.

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The captain of Takeshi Tsuji's basketball club is Wu Dai, who graduated from Kitamura Middle School with Akagi and Mugure. He trains hard with the same mood as Akagi, and hopes to realize his dream in the last summer—to compete in the national competition!

At the beginning of the game, Takeshi Tsuji took the lead with a three-pointer.Under Sakuragi's rebounding and Miyagi's quick offense, Xiangbei quickly entered the situation and rushed to catch up.Takeshi Tsujiu was caught off guard and made continuous mistakes.Xiangbei took advantage of the victory to pursue, and when Tsuhisa Takeshi was unable to fight back, he maintained the advantage until the end, and finally won the fourth victory with 111:79.It's just that Sakuragi still couldn't escape the bad luck of leaving the field, and was sent off again at the end of the second half.

"It's a shame you didn't come to the game yesterday."

During recess, Haruko leaned against her desk, propped up her wrinkled face, and lamented regretfully.

"Sakuragi almost set a new rebounding record. The situation at that time was so thrilling, it was only one goal away. The audience in the audience cheered for him..."

"You should say that to him, Sakuragi will be more motivated."

Ayako smiled teasingly.

"However, I also heard that Tsukutake seems to have a first-year student named Nango Koichiro, who kept yelling at Haruko, Haruko throughout the game. I wonder if Rukawa-san heard that?"

"No way!"

Haruko blushed and waved her hands hastily.

"That Nanxiang, I don't know him at all! Rukawa Feng won't pay attention to such boring things."

"That's not necessarily the case."

Ayako stood up and walked out of the classroom.

"I also heard that you are the bet. If you win the game, you will win, although you are a bit slow."

"Shimizu Ayako, stop talking nonsense..."

Haruko blushed even more embarrassingly, she got up and ran after her.Suddenly there was an inexplicable exclamation in the corridor.

"Wow! I'm in the third grade, so tall..."

"Shimizu-san."

Then suddenly someone appeared in front of the classroom.

"It's Mitsui Hisashi from the basketball club!"

"what--"

"He came to look for Shimizu."

"Ayako, what's going on?"

Haruko glared at her with an expression of disbelief.

"Shimizu-san."

Mitsui snapped his fingers impatiently and frowned.

"Please come out."

Everyone was startled.

"What is he going to do?"

"Uh... good."

Ayako was stunned for a moment, and responded in a low voice.

"Oh, it's Mitsui Hisashi from the third grade, he came to see Shimizu!"

"—Really!"

"Is... what's the matter?"

Ayako followed behind him restlessly.

"You just come!"

Mitsui's expression was cloudy and he gritted his teeth.

"If you look for me like this, there will be rumors."

"It has long since become a rumor!"

"It's Mitsui and Shimizu."

"Look, it's the two of them."

People around looked at them curiously.

"Those boring guys..."

Mitsui looked back and glared, but his face was full of embarrassment.Ayako quietly raised her eyes and saw that his expression was not gloomy, so she couldn't help pursing her lips and wringing her fingers nervously.The two came to the playground behind the teaching building silently one after the other. At the moment when the first class was over, a few boys were running and playing football in the distance. There were no people around, and it was very quiet.The sky is as blue as washing, and a ray of light shines on her body, making her warm and genial.

"What the hell are you looking for from me?"

Ayako was ups and downs in vacillating thoughts, and she who spoke first did her best to arm herself with dignity.Hearing that she used the formulaic tone between strangers, Mitsui stopped, turned around and looked at Ayako.

"We won. The next opponent is Xiangyang. If we win the championship, we can enter the final week and challenge Hainan High School..."

Mitsui spoke briskly, suppressing her tough attitude like a thousand dollars.

"congratulations."

Ayako responded in a low voice.Mitsui hesitated a little, na na said.

"In order to boost everyone's morale, the basketball department decided to hold a condolence party leading to the national competition on Saturday night, and the location is set at Akagi's house."

"what are you talking about?"

"Listen to me."

Mitsui turned his face away in embarrassment and looked away.

"I want to ask you, can you come with me?"

"..."

"Although it's just an ordinary gathering, it's not stipulated that only members can participate. Everyone just eats and chats. You've seen those people before. They should be interesting and not boring."

"...Mitsui-senpai."

An embarrassing blush gradually appeared on Ayako's face.

"What are you thinking? Don't you hate me? Why do you want me to appear...I have decided not to meet with you anymore, and I no longer care about the situation of the basketball team."

"Aren't you meeting me right now?"

Mitsui couldn't help but let out a chuckle.It seemed as if all her thoughts were clearly felt by him, Ayako only felt a rush of dryness and heat flowing down her cheeks and the roots of her ears.

"Whatever you say, I'm not going on a Saturday night! We have nothing to talk about."

After she said this sentence decisively, she originally planned to turn around and leave like this, but her hands and feet standing on the ground were uncontrollable and did not move at all.

"Shimizu."

Hearing what she said, Mitsui was silent for a moment, and said in a hoarse voice with a gloomy expression.

"Are you coming?"

"..."

"That's it, I'll wait for you."

Without waiting for Ayako's response, Mitsui ended the conversation first.As if realizing that she couldn't let the other party get rejected first, Ayako moved her body slowly.She didn't leave immediately, but stared at the place where Mitsui was standing just now, wantonly letting the bell of the next class ring in her ears.

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On Saturday, Ayako, who hesitated again and again, decided to go to Yanghei for an appointment.She put the items she carried into her handbag one by one, and then tried to drive the image of Mitsui out of her mind, closed the zipper decisively, got up and pushed open the door, without giving herself any chance to repent.When I passed the living room on the next floor, I heard the voice of my grandfather talking.She was wondering who her grandfather was talking to when the living room door was opened to the right.

"Ayako, a boy named Mitsui is calling."

Knowing this fact by accident, Ayako was shocked.

"Do you want to pick it up?"

The other party was waiting there, no time to carefully weigh whether it was appropriate to answer his call.Ayako quickly picked up the phone.

"How do you know my phone number?"

"Haruko said that."

"What's up?"

"Are you coming today?"

Mitsui explained straight to the point what he wanted to do.

"I just want to confirm... I told Akagi that one more person will appear at the party tonight, and you can come in as long as you state my name."

In fact, as Haruko's friend, Ayako has stepped into Akagi's house more than once.But now is not the time to think about these things, Ayako didn't want her determination to be shaken in the slightest, she closed her eyes and said.

"I have another date."

"...Is that so?"

There seems to be quite a disappointment there.

"I've made an appointment with someone to go to the night game of professional baseball."

"Come back after that. I'll wait for you."

Hearing him say "I'll wait for you" for the second time, Ayako's eyes lost the brilliance she forced.

"Time... I'm afraid it's too late."

"Ayako, don't be so stubborn."

After a while, Mitsui's soft voice came from the microphone.

"I used to make you wait, but today I will wait for you. I will wait until you come."

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The night sky is blue and blue, without a trace of dust, the moonlight has purified the whole world, and the stars are shining like gems.Yang Ping stared at the entrance of the County Sports Center, completely lost in thought, and seemed out of place in the bustling crowd.

"Men's business has nothing to do with women! 』

"I like Mitsui-senpai. 』

"...Happy because of my birthday... stays strong in my heart..."

"I really want to forget him..."

He sighed silently and raised his eyes.Ayako followed Xidong's crowd and approached, beckoning and showing a sweet smile at the same time.Seeing her refreshing and carefree appearance, Yohei showed a slight smile on his heavy expression.

"Sorry for the waitting."

Yohei shook his head.

"Let's go."

Entering the stadium, the two seemed to escape the pain caused by reality, cheering for the team like children.Compared with Yohei's focused and excited behavior, Ayako, who doesn't know much about baseball, has a hint of sadness and loss in her eyes inadvertently.

There was a tense confrontation between the offensive and defensive sides on the field, and the dense crowd in the stands enthusiastically cheered for their favorite team.Time passed by like fine sand. After the attacking team hit the final decisive goal, some people cheered and some jumped for joy.Tears and hopes coexist, there is no boundary between the strong and the weak, just like another passionate sport, it is also enduring perseverance and tenacity.

"It's frustrating!"

Yohei slammed the cheering stick on his shoulder, and laughed loudly.

"I didn't expect that it would end like this, and in the end it was a failure..."

"..."

"Why don't you talk?"

Yohei turned to look at Ayako.Ayako came back to her senses with a "hmm", and said with a smile.

"It's funny, I've never seen such a good game."

"What do you say?"

Yang Ping stared at her in surprise and laughed dumbly.

"We lost!"

Ayako was startled, feeling a little guilty about her absent-mindedness, she smiled apologetically, lowered her head with a blushing face, and followed the crowd slowly.