blue fantasy

, how I felt at that time..."

"That's right, it happens all the time."

Yang Ping stroked the back of his head pretending to be enlightened.Ayako forced a smile.

"Yeah, it's sad..."

"Don't lie to me."

Yohei muttered, then straightened his expression and said apologetically.

"I said something I shouldn't have said, sorry."

"..."

"But I don't want you to go to him, I thought you had forgotten him...I can't let you go."

After a pause, he straightened his back, and his throat felt hot.

"I won't interfere with your decision, I just don't want to continue to deceive myself."

Ayako didn't speak any more, nodded and got into the taxi.Looking at the street lamps quickly receding and disappearing outside the window, I felt that my cheeks were wet, as if tears would roll down my face as soon as I opened my mouth.Clenching the cheering stick in my hand, thinking of Yohei's words, I couldn't help feeling mixed feelings: I use tears instead of words, if I can correctly express my mood at the moment... I won't cry.

When she got home, the first thing she did was check the message on the answering machine.When it is confirmed that there is no message, the emptiness in the heart inevitably comes as expected.

……

In a certain corner of the city, the moonlight poured into the window coolly, gently stroking everything in the room.Ayako curled up in front of the window, bathed in silver light, as if covered with a layer of tulle.The air was so still that you could hear blood flowing.She stared at the thick night sky with wide eyes, time and space completely stopped at this moment...

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Summer nights change as they say, the sky that was clear just now like a sapphire suddenly darkens, and the moon hides in the thick clouds at some point, and the darkness presses down like a huge rock, so dull that it almost makes people breathless.There was a damp and stuffy smell in the air.

Yohei walked briskly towards his home, when suddenly a figure came into view - Mitsui stood not far in front, staring at him with a pale face.Slowing down, looking at this uninvited guest, Yang Ping struggled a little in his heart. He couldn't completely ignore the other party as a stranger, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk forward step by step.

"Mitsui."

"Tonight... who are you with?"

Mitsui's face was as cold as ice, and he squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.Yohei twitched his eyebrows, avoided Mitsui's sight, lowered his eyes and remained silent.

"I thought I made my point clear..."

Tightly pursing his lips and standing on the spot, after a few minutes of unbearable endurance, Mitsui continued with a rigid tone.

"I told Ayako that I would wait for her until just now, so I did unnecessary things."

The two confront each other silently.Yohei, who was speechless, felt drops of water falling in the air, and the dripping on his arms was uncomfortable.Mitsui looked down, staring at the cheer stick in Yohei's hand.

"What do you want to do next? It's you again!"

Yohei moved his lower lip and turned his face away.Mitsui gritted his teeth with a contemptuous look on his face and said in a low voice.

"Mito, I think you should be very clear that the person she likes is me...don't even try to do anything to Ayako."

A flash of lightning flashed across the distant sky, and it rained densely. The sudden shower, as if to wash away the aftermath of the game, fell majestically on the street.Mitsui raised his face and glanced at the dark rain curtain like splashed ink, put his hands in his trouser pockets, turned around, and walked indifferently into the rain.

Even though he had made the necessary psychological preparations, seeing Mitsui reacting like this, Yohei still felt an unpleasant guilt in his heart.The rain was getting heavier and heavier, the dark night rain hit the ground like crazy, and the splashing feet of the rain whipped everything in the world like a whip.

Looking at Mitsui's lone figure in the rain, Yohei shouted.

"My house is nearby, follow me back and get an umbrella before leaving."

He catches up and grabs Mitsui's sleeve.Mitsui walked quickly without looking sideways, raised his arm impatiently to block, and blocked Yohei far away.

"Who are you with tonight? You won't go cheering alone, will you?"

Faced with Mitsui's aggressive questioning, Yang Ping decided to tell the truth.

"I went with Shimizu. Before you came, she was with me...I stopped her from going to you..."

Yohei's words changed Mitsui's face drastically.He stopped with his back stiff, and after an unknown amount of time, he turned around and stared at Yangping indifferently.The eyes of the two met, and sparks burst out.Anger was burning in Mitsui's eyes, and Yohei was not afraid, and looked back at the other party with wide eyes with a more determined demeanor.

"If I knew this earlier, why didn't I know how to cherish it? Why didn't I treat her well?"

"..."

"It was you who gave me the opportunity to enter Qing Shui's heart... If you didn't create the gap yourself, how could I take advantage of it?"

This is his sincere words, but it is also a helpless fact.With no expression on his face, Yangping stepped forward and said quietly.

"I'm sorry about tonight."

Before he finished speaking, Mitsui suddenly punched him hard on the left cheek and said sharply.

"Didn't I warn you a long time ago, stay away from her?!"

Caught off guard, Yang Ping fell to the ground and fell to the ground.Mitsui gave him a hard look, turned around and left without saying a word.Lying on the ground, Yang Ping stared blankly at the back of Mitsui Maoyu leaving with uncontrollable anger, only felt a sharp pain at the corner of his mouth, he gritted his teeth and wiped it with his hand, there was a bloodstain on his palm, blood gurgled out from the corner of his mouth.At this moment, only the sound of the bleak rain echoed in his heart uninterruptedly.

two

The night rain continued intermittently until it was about to light up. The sun had long been buried by the hoarded gray clouds, and the hazy sky was like a piece of cotton wool that had absorbed enough water, weighing down and suffocating.Ayako stepped out of the tram stop, thinking about everything that happened last night in a trance.

"I only have you in my heart, I like you!" 』

Yohei's voice still seemed to ring through his eardrums.

"Stay, stay with me..."

Such a confession made her feet feel weak, her face blushed and her heart beat. Except for Mitsui, her gaze never stopped at anyone else.The aggressive Yohei made people feel at a loss, so that the atmosphere became so awkward that he couldn't say a word in the end.She was thinking about it lingeringly, completely oblivious to the tall concrete pillar standing directly in front of the end of the walkway.

"Be careful!"

Someone shouted anxiously, followed by a pull.Ayako was surprised to deviate from the original route, only to realize that she almost ran into the danger ahead.

"...It's a telegraph pole."

"so close."

Yang Ping frowned and looked at her.

"What are you thinking? I've seen you keep your head down since just now."

"Mito-san."

Ayako gave him a quick look with a red face, and suddenly opened her eyes wide in surprise.

"What happened to your face?"

"fine."

Yang Ping quickly straightened his cheeks and walked forward quickly.The main entrance of the school is already visible in the distance.

"It seems serious."

Ayako also quickened her pace.

"What happened?"

"At the stairway of the station... I slipped and fell."

Yohei stroked his chin, slowly turned his face to Ayako, and smiled awkwardly.

"Accidentally bruised my face and ended up like this. Don't laugh at me."

Ayako opened her mouth slightly in surprise, looked carefully, and saw that there was an OK bandage on his lips, and there was a bruise under the skin around him, which didn't look like a bruise.

"Are you all right?"

"Tomorrow will be fine."

Yohei shrugged casually, indicating that the topic was over.It was inconvenient for Ayako to ask again, so she hesitated a little.

"Mito-san... what I said last night, I took it all as a joke and ignored it, so please don't mind..."

"I'm not joking."

Yang Ping looked solemn, stopped and looked at Ayako.The guilt in the latter's heart was clearly displayed in her eyes and eyebrows.

"Everything I said back then was true."

"Water...Mito..."

Ayako's worried expression made Yohei feel apologetic, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Haruko, walking towards this side across the corner.Suddenly realized that the basketball club was gathering at Akagi's house, and the fact that he met Mitsui must not be hidden from everyone.Now that Haruko appeared, he temporarily changed his mind and decided to tell the story.

"Actually... I met Mitsui last night."

"what?"

Ayako's rhetorical voice trembled imperceptibly.Yohei noticed sensitively that no matter how much he deliberately ignored it, no matter how hard Ayako tried to cover it up, she couldn't cover up the abnormality in her tone of voice.If they were talking on the phone, they might not care, but now that the two are looking at each other face to face, Yohei can clearly see the subtle changes in Ayako's expression.He feels helpless to himself.

"Sorry, I lied... I just didn't want to worry you."

Simply apologizing doesn't seem to be able to save the situation.Mitsui's name is like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples.Ayako lowered her head, noncommittal.After a pause, Yohei added.

"I think he misses you."

"..."

"I really do, it's not my turn to intervene in this kind of thing."

Yohei reluctantly said in a joking tone, so as to get rid of the heavy atmosphere.Ayako didn't say a word.

"Are you listening to me?"

Ayako finally spoke.

"Why are you saying this?"

Her tone was sad, and she looked like she was about to cry.Yohei looked at her, although he knew that telling the truth would make her feel painful, but keeping it from her was even more cruel to Ayako.

"Knowing the truth but not telling it, always feels like lying, and I... don't want to deceive you."

"..."

"That's it."

Yohei lowered his eyes and smiled silently, quickened his pace and passed Ayako.

"That kind of cruel man, you'd better forget about it early."

Even if such a conclusion was given in his mouth, he