Desperate to play basketball!

"Tetsuya like this is not like the Heizi Tetsuya I know."

Saying so, the Akashi boy pulled Kuroko into an empty classroom on the side, locked the classroom door behind him, pressed Kuroko's shoulders with a complicated expression, and let the boy sit on the seat, "... If there is no way to solve it, we must avoid it ?”

"I just wanted to calm everyone down a bit."

Heizi turned his head, turned sideways to escape Akashi's pressure, slightly pursed his lips, and stared out the window with some erratic eyes.

There are exactly five beautiful cherry trees lined up on the grass outside the window.I don’t know who planted some wild roses beside the tidy cherry trees. The branches and leaves are lush, the texture is thick, and the flowers that bloom are not good-looking. The graceful and beautiful cherry trees are nothing at all.

When the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, the sky seems to be fascinated by the beautiful cherry blossoms. Everyone's attention is focused on the flowers of these five cherry trees. I wanted to catch up with the companions around me, but I found out at the end... It turned out that from the very beginning, the flowering period could not be matched at all—when the cherry trees bloomed one after another, the briar rose could only silently Hide yourself in a dark corner so that no one will notice.

——Because such beautiful cherry blossoms cannot be desecrated by other plants.

[It’s so annoying, why are there some weeds here, so there is no place to sit to enjoy the cherry blossoms! ]

[What is the master gardener doing, really, just pull out the weeds like this? ]

[Let’s not talk about that, I finally waited until they bloomed, let’s enjoy it quietly——this beautiful feast. ]

Every time, every sentence, every word pierces into the bottom of Heizi's heart like a fine needle, it is not clear whether it is the past or the future, whether it is this life or the past life - Heizi closed his eyes, suddenly He looked straight at Akashi, whose eyes were brewing with wind and rain and emotions, with a kind of rigidity of breaking the boat——

"As far as I am concerned, I just regard Midorima-kun and Kise-kun as ordinary teammates-other than that, I have no extra feelings for them, let alone feelings in that regard."

"Oh……?"

The corners of Akashi's mouth curled up slightly, and the arc was even more distorted and weird than before, and he asked Heizi back in a prolonged voice:

"Not at all?"

"Totally, a little, absolutely—none."

"No...huh?"

Akashi suddenly sneered, and suddenly stretched out his hand to push Kuroko to the desk behind him, one foot slightly hooked Kuroko's calf and tripped - the young boy slammed his back hard against the desk, startled Just as he was about to prop up the desk with his backhand and stand up, he was pressed down hard by the other party.

"Akashi-kun!"

The sky-colored pupils were suddenly stained with shame and anger, and they looked extraordinarily bright and energetic, staring fixedly at the person on him.

"Please let me go or—!"

"Otherwise, how about you? Eh? Tetsuya?" Akashi stuck his foot between Kuroko's legs and suppressed Kuroko's struggle. His body and Kuroko's body were pressed together without any gap, and a pair of sharp eyes stared at him firmly. On Heizi's face, pinch Heizi's chin with one hand to force the young man to look up at him, and at the same time asked slightly mockingly:

"Have you answered me honestly and sincerely about what I said? Even if you resist me, you will die."

"I didn't lie." Kuroko felt a little powerless, and gave Akashi a deadpan look.

"But you didn't tell the truth either."

It was rare for Akashi boy to be tough on Heizi, and regardless of Heizi's obvious embarrassment, he asked Heizi back in a low and serious manner.

"So... what about Tetsuya to me?"

……

For a moment, Heizi's brain went blank, and then overwhelming emotions swept every inch of nerves and every cell of the young boy's body, and the unprecedented bewilderment made this 30-year-old soul stunned one time.

"Tetsuya, what about your feelings for me, Akashi Seijuro?" Akashi laughed back angrily, "A person like you who escapes—"

"Akashi-kun!"

Can't say, can't say, can't be like this - the dull pain in the stomach made Heizi's pupils widen suddenly, the other party's breath sprayed on his face, and his limbs intersected.

All kinds of things from the past flashed through his dizzy eyes like a revolving lantern.In the cardamom years, in the green years, how much time did you spend looking at each other's eyes, looking for yourself, getting vitality from each other's smiles, feeling the lingering emotions between each other and the love for basketball, unconsciously The time has turned into a brewing green spring, and the rest are the hearty and happy smiles of everyone together——

—stop it!Let this all stop!

If it's possible, if it's possible—the slight rumbling of the eardrums made the young man frowned uncomfortably, his bloodless lips clenched tightly, and a pair of sky-colored eyes fixed on each other—

"Is that so, Kuroko, Tetsuya—" Akashi sneered, just when he was about to do something further to the boy under him, the sense of touch in his hands suddenly disappeared, and his palms pressed against the cold table to make a dull and heavy sound , like a metal knife slashed in the heart.

"Tetsuya……?"

In the silent classroom, only Akashi's own slight panting was heard.

……

[The time... is here. ]

The witch raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and smiled calmly at the ignorant boy who was sitting on the floor in a panic and hadn't reacted yet.

"Ala, welcome... to come again."

The nausea caused by the distortion of the space surged up. Heizi propped his hands on the floor and panted for a few times, then looked around in a daze. When he saw the strangely twisted space around him, he felt a little asked the witch suspiciously.

"Miss Yuko...?"

"Long time no see, Heizi." Witch Yuko narrowed her eyes slightly and chuckled, "You've... used up all your time~"

Heizi looked at the witch in confusion.

[What is the time?It’s just an extremely vicious but joking insult, a hug that can smell each other’s breath and body, a process of comforting each other until the tears fall completely, a silly quarrel and reconciliation process, An impression that we see each other every day but always feels short--]

"The breakpoint of time and space has begun to be disordered, regarding the accident that happened when you were 29 years old, and the deal that Akashi-kun, 29 years old, made with me after that—" In the dark and different space, there is a dark purple flowing The light shining on Yuko's face unexpectedly looked more coquettish and charming.The red lips made a beautiful arc, and Yuko bent slightly to approach Heizi, ignoring the more confused and sad expression on the other side, and said in a calm manner: "It's about to start, our... little prince."

"...Yuko, Miss?"

Just being able to squeeze out a few words from his throat, Heizi watched helplessly as the dark purple space in front of him was suddenly surrounded by bright light. The glaring white light made Heizi close his eyes involuntarily, and when he opened them adaptively again, Heizi was shocked by the violent and hoarse roar that suddenly came from his ear, and when he heard that person's familiar voice, Heizi's eyes suddenly turned red for some reason.

——"Heizi! How are you? Answer me!!! Did you hear that!!! Heizi Tetsuya!!!"

The tall adult red-haired man rudely pushed away the screaming little reporter, rushed past Heizi's eyes, and strode straight towards the chaotic basketball court, followed by the grown-up Kise, Midorima, and Momoi followed behind and were stopped by the crowd, while Aomine seemed to be grabbing someone in the audience and beating them to death, roaring wildly.Screams, cursing, crying...the dangling lights and people's frightened faces.In the distance, there are the roar of police sirens, the screams of grief and anger, the siren of an ambulance, someone is cursing, someone is blowing a whistle, someone is using the radio to warn people to go back to their seats - there is also a pale face teenager lying quietly on the floor.

Yuko held down the young boy's shoulder, and Heizi stared blankly at Vulcan Dawo, who was the first to push away from the crowd and his future teammates. To the 29-year-old Kuroko Tetsuya who fell on the floor.

Sticky, bright red blood flowed from under the body of that future self, and flowed on the wooden floor of the arena where he was thinking about, reflecting the sharp blood-red light.

"--What's this?"

……

"Kuroko Akashi, let me tell you—∑?"

Midorima knocked heavily on the classroom door, before he could finish speaking, he heard the door creaking open.

Akashi came out of the empty classroom with a gloomy face, moved his fingers slightly, and glanced at Midorima: "What's the matter? Shintaro?"

"...It's nothing." Midorima frowned slightly, glanced at the empty classroom from the corner of her eye, and then looked away. "Hongcun wants me to tell you that there will be a special assistant coach in the department to participate in the training in the afternoon. It is said that Kase invited him to do pre-match counseling for the final."

"Assistant?" Akashi raised an eyebrow.

"Indeed, although I have doubts about Kise's vision. Let's observe." Midorima nodded, paused, then pushed his glasses and said, "... Where is Heizi?"

"Unmm?" Akashi slid out a low voice, smiled, and spread his hands, "Tetsuya, ran away." After seeing Midorima's slightly disappointed expression, he exhaled inexplicably. . "Assistant...?"

At this moment, the boy Kise, who was summoned by Susanna on the phone and dragged Aomine and Momoi to the gate of the campus, twitched the corners of his mouth in displeasure after seeing the two people getting off from Susanna's sports car.

"Oh, boys, come here." Suzanne waved her hand at the three of them, wrapping her other arm around the shoulder of the blond woman beside her, "Alex, these are the children I told you about, How is it? You are no worse than Little Tiger, right?" As he said, he winked and challenged the tall red-haired boy behind him who was a bit cautious and had a stern expression.

"……Well?"

At this moment, the jet-lagged Vulcan boy who had no idea what he was about to face looked at Susanna with a haggard, confused face, and his stomach let out a huge roar.

"... hungry."