[Volleyball Boys] Moonlit Night

At the class meeting the next day, Oshima announced: "The sports meeting is about to start, the main event participants and logistics teams are full, and the rest are team competitions and fun competitions..."

Oshima first wrote down the name of the project in the group competition, and soon the students in the class took the initiative to raise their hands to determine the quota.

Lin Xingning was still taking advantage of the class meeting time to catch up on the last homework. By the way, she was distracted and listened to the class meeting content. She usually does not exercise much and her physical strength is particularly poor, so she did not sign up for any of these events. She thought that the group competition should not be a hindrance, so she did not raise her hand .

"Then it's a fun competition, so I'm going to ask the students who didn't participate~"

Interesting competitions such as running with borrowed objects, rope skipping, and tug-of-war are all allocated about the same. Basically, everyone in the class has events to participate in, and there is one last item left: "...two people with three legs, can Xingning participate?"

Listening to it doesn't take much energy, she nodded naturally: "Yes."

Then she found that the students around her all turned their heads to look at her, Lin Xingning looked puzzled.

The girl in front of her turned around and explained softly: "The three-legged two-legged program in our school is a mixed-sex program."

"……Eh?"

Oshima asked again: "Are there any boys who want to participate in a three-legged two?"

At first the boys were a little embarrassed, but when someone took the initiative to stand up and was led by others, others also raised their hands.Two people with three legs, an excellent opportunity to have legitimate physical contact with the girls, not to mention that the girls participating this time are Lin Sang!

"Everyone is very enthusiastic, but there is only one place," Oshima asked Lin Xingning with a troubled look, "So Xingning, do you have any boys you want to cooperate with?"

Xiaoya, you are here to trick me! ! ! !

Lin Xingning subconsciously glanced at Yuedao, and realized that he was not looking at him. Then, under everyone's gaze, he hesitated to answer: "Then... Yamaguchi-kun?"

Yamaguchi felt the gazes of the students gathered in the class: "Eh? Me? Me??"

He complained endlessly in his heart, this feeling of being the target of public criticism was too terrifying!But how could it be possible to reject a girl in front of the whole class... So Yamaguchi nodded: "...Okay."

"Because I often go home together, I and Yamaguchi-kun are at the same pace." Lin Xingning gave a reasonable explanation, "Although it is a fun project, I still want to work hard to get No.1."

Oshima didn't expect this to be the ending, so he was stunned for two seconds before answering: "Well...Okay, then all the items are confirmed, I hope everyone can practice more in their spare time, and the class meeting will end here."

The bell rang for the end of get out of class, Da Dao's face was full of "I created you such an opportunity and you don't even cherish it", Lin Xingning felt guilty and dared not look at her, and whispered: "Then I will go to the club activities first, Xiaoya goodbye~"

Without waiting for Tsukishima and Yamaguchi after speaking, he trotted away.

The boys surrounded Yamaguchi with half envy and half jealousy: "I can't see that you, Yamaguchi, have such a chance."

"No, Lin Sang and I are just good friends... I thought she would let Yue compete together."

"That's right, he's a brother after all."

"I'm so envious! It would be great if I had another sister like this in my family!"

"In this case, I still choose Yamaguchi, could it be—"

Yamaguchi hastily denied: "Really not, don't get me wrong..."

Tsukishima shouted "Yamaguchi, club activities" at the door, and walked to the gymnasium without waiting for anyone to follow, with a low tone, sounding very impatient.

"Ah, here we come." Yamaguchi hurriedly put on his bag and caught up with him.

The boy was still booing: "Accept my brother's anger, Yamaguchi!"

"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it at all," Xigu clenched his fists and knelt on the ground in disbelief and anger, "I asked you to protect my precious daughter, but you took the opportunity to attack her!"

Tanaka patted Xigu on the back and said, "Don't be angry with the child's father, your health is not good..."

Yamaguchi looked desperate: "So it's not..."

Dongfeng came a little later, saw the battle, and asked Sugawara: "What's the plot today?"

"Probably a story of trust and betrayal," Sugawara shouted to the three people in the corner, "Hurry up and start practicing after the warm-up, the earth will be angry!"

During the break in the practice, Lin Xingning pulled Yamaguchi aside to apologize: "I'm sorry, Yamaguchi-san, I really had nothing else to do at that time."

Yamaguchi noticed that Tanaka and Nishiya were staring at him not far away, and he was startled: "It's so scary... If Lin Sang asked Yue to compete together at the time, wouldn't there be so much trouble?"

"Ah?" Lin Xingning's eyes wandered, and he replied with a guilty conscience, "Yue's words... I'm afraid that I will make him angry if I make a decision without authorization."

"That's right...then there's nothing I can do." Yamaguchi expressed his understanding, seeing her apologetic, "There's no need to be so sorry, it's actually quite good to join Lin Sang in a two-legged trip."

"Great, thank you Yamaguchi-kun, when shall we practice?"

"Practice...for practice," Yamaguchi glanced at Tanaka, and sure enough he was still staring at him, "Don't be so anxious, right?"

"Isn't it starting next week, the sports meeting?"

"...Then let's see if you're free after practice."

Sugawara noticed that Tsukishima frowned and watched Lin Xingning and Yamaguchi talking beside him, and he couldn't help sniggering, which was really not frank.

Dongfeng complained: "Jian, seeing you smiling like this, I always feel that you are going to do something bad."

Sugawara punched him directly on the waist: "What Xu said, just your face will make people think that you are going to do something bad."

Dong Feng was physically and mentally injured: "...It's too much."

After the training, Lin Xingning asked Yue Dao if she could go home half an hour late. She wanted to practice with Yamaguchi.

"No, it's not important."

"Just half an hour, it won't be too long, Yue can read a book in the activity room first."

"No." Yue Dao was determined, determined to go home.

Sugawara passed by and reminded Lin Xingning: "You don't need to be in the gym, isn't Lin Jiang going home with Yamaguchi? You can practice on the way."

"It's mainly because the practice on the road is a bit strange..."

"That's right," Sugawara walked to the entrance of the gymnasium, suddenly remembered something, and beckoned Lin Xingning to come over. When she got closer, he leaned into her ear and whispered, "Will Lin Jiang take the opportunity to test and see if Yuedao cares about you and others?" Did the boys make physical contact?"

Seeing Sugawara saying something to Lin Xingning too close, Yue Dao blushed immediately, and turned her head to look at him after a while, only to find that she was also looking at her and then quickly averted her gaze.

That rascal……

"It doesn't matter what the result is. When the coin flies, you will have the answer in your heart."

Yue Dao inexplicably remembered what Lin Xingning said that night in Senran.

By the way, she already had a good impression of Senior Suga, so the so-called confession that didn't need to reply was just a "coin" for testing because she was vacillating at the beginning?He felt that there was an unknown fire in his heart, starting from Lin Xingning's inexplicable unilateral distance from him, and now it was more obvious, it was almost burning from the heart to the limbs.

In the end, Lin Xingning and Yamaguchi agreed to go to the second gymnasium to practice during the lunch break the next day.

Saying goodbye to the mountain pass at the intersection, Lin Xingning asked Yue Dao who had been silent all the time: "Why didn't Yue speak today?"

Tsukishima stopped and turned to look at her.

Because of the huge difference in height between the two, Lin Xingning had to look up to see his face. His brown eyes were reflected in the light, and he was the only one.

If it were him...

Tsukishima bent down, and the distance between the two of them was suddenly shortened.

Lin Xingning stepped back a few steps with a blushing face, and asked in panic, "What...what are you doing?"

"If you want to keep a distance, you should be more thorough." Obviously, at the same distance, it's okay for Senior Kan to talk to her, and he will be avoided.

Although the other party's reaction was within his expectations, Yue Dao felt irritated, turned around and walked towards home without looking at her, and said in a blunt tone, "It doesn't matter to you, does it?"

The blush on her face hadn't faded away, and she froze in place as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on her head.

"...I see, I'm sorry..."

Yue Dao frowned, he didn't understand why he was angry, what did she know?Why did she take the initiative to apologize when she had a bad attitude?

"Well...Yue, let's go back first, I remembered that I forgot something at school, go get it." After Lin Xingning finished speaking, without waiting for Yue Dao's reply, he quickly turned his head and walked in the direction of the school.

Lin Xingning concluded that the relationship between herself and Yue became strange because she confessed her own opinion and refused to accept rejection, right?

Because I have a little unspoken thoughts and have been testing the other party's mind, it is only natural for Yue to be angry, right?It's normal to be hated, right?

and so……

"...Didn't you say go back to school to get things?"

Yue Dao found Lin Xingning sitting on the ground with his knees hugged against the wall in an alley illuminated by street lights.

Lin Xingning didn't raise his head, buried his face in his knees, and said softly with a strong nasal voice: "...I'll be home soon, don't worry about me."

He was silent for a while, and sat down next to her: "I'm sorry, I said a lot of things."

Lin Xingning was so sad that he could restrain himself, but after hearing Yue Dao's apology, he suddenly felt very wronged: "Even if I don't have any relationship with Yue, I always regard Yue as an important family member..."

"...so it has something to do with me."

"Well... I said the wrong thing." Tsukishima said sullenly, "Next time you can say it directly, don't apologize inexplicably and then hide behind by yourself."

"...If you say, 'Stop being so sentimental, who treats you as family', wouldn't it be even more sad."

"Not like that."

She snorted, and leaned her head on her knees and turned to the other side: "Then do you want to 'keep a little more distance'?"

"No, I'm sorry," Tsukishima apologized again, and after a while he said, "There's no need to keep your distance either, it's fine as before."

"I'm sorry, I can't do that."

He lowered his eyes, a little disappointed: "Are you angry?"

"I'm angry, but it has nothing to do with this. I don't want Yue to think that being close to you and having physical contact is purposeful."

"I don't think so."

Lin Xingning was silent for a long time, and finally turned his head to look into Yue Dao's eyes and asked: "Then what if I am?

"If I stay with Yue every day, it is to make Yue get used to me and mistakenly think it is a romantic relationship? If I go to a friendship, I think what kind of reaction I will have if I find out? If I choose Yamaguchi-kun, it is because Does it contain a little desire to see Yue jealous?

"...Obviously at the beginning, I felt happy just liking Yue...I don't like myself at all!" She wanted to throw away all her bad and dark thoughts like a smashed pot Shake it out.

Even she doesn't like herself, so it's normal not to be liked by others, so being rejected is also a deducible and logical result... So it's because I don't let the other party say the words of rejection that I make him angry, right? ?

One's own thoughts can even trouble the other party...

"So... About my self-assessment saying 'no need to reply' before, if Yue thinks it through, please give me an answer." Lin Xingning didn't wait for Yue Dao to speak, and stood up with his head down: "Go home .”

"……it is good."

After returning home, Lin Xingning's rabbit-like red eyes really couldn't deceive anyone, and Yue Dao's mother was shocked, and kept asking, "What's the matter, is someone bullying you at school?"

She shook her head, lied that she had heard a very sad story, had dinner quietly, took a shower early and went to bed.

Mingguang quietly asked Yue Dao what was going on, Yue Dao didn't want to lie, but he didn't know where to start.

In Yue Dao's impression, when he and Lin Xingning had conflicts, disputes, or an awkward atmosphere, "go home" was basically the default truce flag for both sides.

Whether he lost his temper out of nowhere today, or Lin Xingning's confidant, it's all considered as turning a page, and we don't care about it anymore.

Yue Dao felt an indescribable irritability in his heart. He lay on the bed for a long time without falling asleep. It was past twelve o'clock when he checked the time on his mobile phone, and he went to sleep before going to the bathroom.

Pushing open the door, he found that the light in the living room downstairs was on. He went downstairs and saw Lin Xingning standing at the dining table drinking water in his pajamas, his eyes were a little swollen, and his cheeks were unnaturally red.She drank the water in the glass in one gulp and began to pour the second glass.

This time there was no need to measure the body temperature, Yue Dao approached and touched the other person's forehead with his hand, and it felt extremely hot: "You have a fever."

Lin Xingning replied: "The body temperature will rise because the white blood cells in the body are fighting the virus, which is a normal physiological phenomenon."

Tsukishima believed that she was a ghost, and went to the medical box to find a thermometer and antipyretics: "Did you go to bed without drying your hair?"

She used to be like this. In hot summer, she doesn't like the feeling of blowing her hair with a hair dryer. She usually blows it to the same level and waits for the rest to dry naturally.I went to bed early today, so my hair is not dry.

Lin Xingning tilted his head to look at him: "What if I didn't dry my hair on purpose? Are you sick, so that Yue can worry?"

"Lin Xingning!" Yue Dao was really angry. Of course he knew that she said such words on purpose, but it was really unpleasant to hear.

The thermometer also recorded the temperature she had just measured: 39.1°C, and a new board of antipyretic medicine was also removed.

"...I'm sorry, I thought it was almost done...I've taken the medicine." Lin Xingning didn't let go of his virtue, and obediently admitted his mistake.

Tsukishima ignored her strategic retreat—that is, the legendary apology with a good attitude but never repented. He put it back in the medicine box and knocked on his mother's door: "Mom? Mom, are you asleep? Lin has a fever." .”

Lin Xingning didn't expect Yuedao to make a small report, and he was stunned for a while before stopping him in a low voice: "I've already taken the medicine, why wake up auntie!"

In the end, Yuedao's mother was woken up, and Lin Xingning was asked to take her temperature again, and she gave up the idea of ​​going to a nearby clinic in the middle of the night when she repeatedly insisted that she would recover soon after taking the medicine.

"Don't go to school tomorrow, rest at home, take your temperature again in the morning, and go to the clinic if the fever hasn't subsided, Ying, please help Xingning take a leave tomorrow."

"Ok."

"And Xingning, how can you go to bed without drying your hair..."

Lin Xingning bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "I know, I won't do it in the future."