Desperate to play basketball!

"I...have been watching Heizi-jun." The blushing, pretty-looking little girl in the same class tried hard to express her thoughts in a trembling and immature voice, "That...for a long time, the letters I wrote to you every day seem to be There were no results, so... because I saw Heizi-kun's application letter and found out that I will not be in the same school in the future, so no matter what, I wanted to tell Heizi-kun myself..."

"I have known since I was a child that I am not a pleasing child. I am not good-looking, and I will not act like a baby to my parents. Help, I can't sing good songs, I can't dance, I can't even play the piano, if I study, no matter how hard I try, it's just like this... Even friends don't take the initiative to make friends, sometimes... ...I feel like I have no trace of [existence] at all...I have no sense of existence, no friends and no need for friends, and in this world, there is no proof that I have survived..." The girl's rambling voice gradually calmed down, A pair of black eyes gradually turned red.

Heizi quietly looked at the girl in front of him, heard the girl's incoherent expression, and suddenly felt that the figure of the girl in front of him overlapped with his own powerless and weak self.

[Without a sense of existence, no matter how hard you try, you will be ignored. No matter how you try to prove yourself, you will eventually be forgotten by everyone. Those with low self-esteem can’t really work hard to fight, and cowardly keep a distance from others.It seems that there is a transparent but solid wall separated from the whole world. People outside stretch out their hands, but they can't touch themselves, and they have no way to take a step out. ]

"I... like drawing very much. I draw seriously every art club activity. Every day in class, I can't help but outline invisible patterns in my notebook. Every night, I go online to learn painting skills. I have collected a lot of picture albums to copy... However, every time I comment on a work or show a picture, I have no way to send my bad work, or, even if I spend a week full of hope A well-timed painting will be cruelly ignored when it is handed in. The painstaking efforts I have made with all my strength can't be compared with the works drawn by those painting geniuses at will... That feeling, I really, really There is no way to accept..."

[I like basketball so much... but I can't make a single shot.Obviously put in a hundred times a thousand times more effort and sweat than others, and every time I play, my teammates will complain very uncomfortablely that I am not playing basketball with my heart... I want to refute, I want to prove, I want to Crying, but in the end there is no way to make any change.At that time, I may have been doubting myself.Does something like basketball really make sense? ...Perhaps it is better to give up. ]

At that time, I...was thinking like this.

"At that time, I found Heizi-kun..." The girl raised her head slowly, looking into Heizi's steady eyes, "There is such a sense of disobedience in Heizi-kun's body. He is obviously very good-looking, and he is so delicate and gentle No matter who is besides Ogiwara-kun, even Kuroko-kun can't see Kuroko-kun at all... During that physical education class, Ogiwara-kun I asked for leave, and the boys in the class decided to play games together in groups, but only Heizi-jun was forgotten by all the boys. At that time, seeing Heizi-jun standing alone by the gymnasium, I suddenly felt sorry for Heizi-jun... ..."

"At that time... I felt that Hei Zijun was very similar to me, so I couldn't help but pay attention to Hei Zijun when I was in class or after class. When I saw Hei Zijun who was always expressionless, I would think that I was ignored like this. , Such a forgotten and underestimated Heizi-kun, what will he think in his heart? Will he simply choose to give up like me? He continued, "Then, I discovered that Mr. Heizi is completely different from me."

"...Obviously we are all the same ordinary and weak, obviously we have no traces left, obviously we are all the same and have been forgotten by everyone... But Mr. Heizi's eyes have always been so firm and calm, as if something There is no way to defeat Hei Zijun even in difficulties, no matter how bad it is, he will solve it in one go."

"Heizi-kun has been playing basketball, right? With Ogiwara-kun, with classmates from other schools, every time you go home, you will see Heizi-kun practicing playing basketball, whether it is hot summer or cold winter, Heizi-kun I practice shooting without interruption every day. I... have always noticed Hei Zijun's hard work, even if it is such an effort, it only brings me weak results... Hei Zijun will pass by my house every morning when he is doing morning exercises. At that time, I had just woken up, but Mr. Heizi had already finished exercising, and every time he passed by my door panting."

"I'm like this... I've been watching you from behind Heizi-jun, but I never dared to come forward and stop Heizi-jun. But...every time I saw Heizi-jun, I suddenly felt a huge surge of excitement." Courage, supported me to continue to learn painting, although until now... I have no way to disclose my works to everyone... I, I don't know what I am talking about... But, but I know , My feeling for Heizi-kun...is liking."

"...I like you Heizi-jun."

Tears finally welled up in the girl's eyes. While covering her face, she murmured in a low, almost inaudible voice. Her thin shoulders trembled violently, as if something had been destroyed. Kirishima fucked tremblingly. He squatted down, buried his head in his knees, and let the tears flow quietly.

"I, I know that Heizi-kun won't reply to me...But, no matter what...I want to convey my feelings to Heizi-jun...I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." The girl closed her eyes and said in a high-pitched cry. I already knew the answer, so I didn't want to hear Heizi-jun's answer at all.

Heizi looked at the girl in front of him, as if he saw himself many years ago.Seeing the girl's tears dripping down the concrete road, it seemed that the thick glass door was suddenly pushed open.

"Miss Kirishima," the blue-haired boy also squatted down slowly, his gentle sky blue eyes were facing the girl's red and swollen eyes from crying, "please stand up."

"...Thank you for your liking. In my life, you are the first person to tell me your feelings so solemnly. That's the case, please allow me to answer you solemnly. Now I don't have the kind of love between lovers. I don't understand your feelings, so I can't accept your liking, I'm really sorry." Heizi replied calmly in a low voice, and before the girl was about to cry, he asked, "If I have this honor, can I Is there a chance to see Ms. Kirishima's paintings?"

"...Eh?" Kirishima Misao wiped the tears off his face, "D-Of course it's okay, but my drawing is really bad..."

"It doesn't matter, because each of Ms. Kirishima's works is painted with Ms. Kirishima's painstaking efforts... That's fine. I can understand that Ms. Kirishima's kind of painting The mood is like the mood I have for basketball..."

"Playing basketball is not for the limelight, nor for winning others, nor for simply practicing a skill...but because of liking."

"I like playing basketball. It has nothing to do with talent, nothing to do with other people's eyes, nothing to do with all the resistance in this world."

"As Ms. Kirishima said, compared to Ms. Kirishima, I have no sense of existence, and I am more likely to be forgotten by others. I can't even play basketball well, no matter how much I pay. , but also no match for the word talent. There are many times, even if it is my words, there is no way to support it. In the past, I even felt that it was okay not to play basketball, and it was okay to give up my hobbies. I was afraid of seeing others look down on me, afraid of Hearing the ridicule of others, when I was standing on the court and playing, as long as I heard the audience's ridicule, I would have no way to continue playing... just leave silently and without being noticed."

"But..." Heizi clenched his jaw slightly as if he had thought of something, "It's because I like it, it's because of persistence that I can understand that if we don't work hard on many things, we won't do anything. I know the result. As long as I persevere with my heart, it doesn’t matter whether it’s talent or presence. When I have such an idea, I chase it desperately, and when I move forward, many, many things appear around me unknowingly. Every time I encounter a cliff and a dangerous shoal that I can’t cross, there will always be a hand holding me. I will not forget my existence because of my sense of alienation.”

"I don't understand when they appeared, and I don't know how I, who was so weak and inferior, gained their approval. The heart I have grasped is probably to work hard to become stronger, to catch up with their footsteps desperately, and strive to stand by their side with dignity one day."

"I hope to be a big tree with luxuriant foliage, which can shield them from even a little bit of wind and rain."

"Not a [shadow], not a [dependant], I want to be by their side, be their friend, and pull them back when they make a wrong turn in the wrong path."

Kuroko suddenly bowed solemnly to Kirishima, "So, Miss Kirishima, even if you can treat me as a friend, can you come out a little bit? This world is far from as bad as you imagined."

Kirishima Misao stared blankly at the boy in front of him.

On the shallow and childish face, there is a firm and mature gentle expression that is absolutely not in line with childishness.Sunlight sneaked through the leaves and danced on Heizi's face. The pair of sky blue eyes that were bright and dark were extraordinarily crystal clear and filled with a kind of [alive] vitality.

——The glass door was finally pushed open, and the fresh wind swept in with the smell of sunshine and morning light, finally being able to touch every blooming flower and every drop of transparent dew in the real world.

"...Thank you...and, I, I won't give up, Heizi-kun."

……

sunset.

Heartbroken people are on the horizon.

Four people with colorful hair stood disheveled in the wind.

The crow quacked and flew over the heads of several people, yelled Aho and flew away.

"Ah~ ah~ ah~ Xiao Heizi is so slow~" Ziyuan chewed the potato chips dissatisfiedly, "I brought him a new flavor of creamy potato chips, but if I don't come, I will eat them all."

"Damn it! What the hell is going on! Did someone really drag him to confess?" Qingfeng slapped the basketball frantically, and then made a three-pointer—what the hell didn't make it!

"Woooooo little blackie! Your Ryota is still here, your Ryota is really here QAQ"

"No one thinks that Heizizhe has been involved in some mysterious incident again!" Midorima sneered, "Although Heizi is not very reliable, but at least he is punctual, I think we should go to Yuko again now Miss?"

"Ah——! Little Heizi, I found it!" Kise Dagou completely ignored Midorima, pointed at a small blue figure in the distance and exclaimed excitedly: "Little Heizi is so slow~ it's too much!"

Ziyuan finished the potato chips in two mouthfuls, and said without sincerity, "I'm sorry, Xiao Hei, I played rough with the new flavor of potato chips I brought you."

"Azhe, don't worry about that foodie Ziyuan, anyway, it doesn't matter if you eat potato chips or not."

"Crush you, Xiao Fengzi, whoever insults potato chips should die!"

"... Kuroko Tetsuya! You're late. Can you afford to waste my time?"

"Little Heizi, Xiao Heizi, let me tell you, don't believe Xiaolujian's words. In fact, a threatening letter or something is a confession letter."

"...I'm really sorry, I'm late, and, I already know about that."

"Σ(°△°|||)︴Guo, as expected, Ah Zhe, have you been stopped to confess? Damn, I'm such a genius!"

"Eh, eh? Did you accept it, little blackie? No? Absolutely not?"

"Well, I talked to that kid for a while. Now, my goal is the basketball club of Teiko Middle School. As for the others, I haven't considered it yet."

"So Xiao Heizi, you have finally decided to go to Diguang? Then I will go there too! I will tell my father that I am going to Diguang!"

"Tsk, Heizi, is your choice wise? After all, Diguang Middle School is my first choice of choice￥@￥*[email protected]..."

"Hey! Ah Zhe is not bad! From now on, let's go to the Diguang Basketball Club with my partner!"

"Hmm... I seem to have filled in Diguang too, can we have lunch together again, little Heizi? Don't I have to walk so far?"

"Mr. Qingfeng should give up the idea of ​​kicking the gym. And, in the days to come, please take care of me." Saying this politely, Heizi raised his head slightly, and looked at the four people who were suddenly stunned.

"Azhe, what are you talking about? Aren't we always together?" Qingfeng scratched the tip of his nose in confusion.

"Aho really can't understand the sadness of graduation. The crow just called you, right? And Kuroko Tetsuya, you really think too much."

"Little Heizi is suddenly so formal, what are you doing, I'm really upset."

"Little Heizi, don't think about it too much! In a word, just—"

Huang Lai suddenly stretched out his hands and rubbed Heizi's soft hair, and vigorously kneaded Heizi's head into a pile of chicken coop straw, and shouted loudly:

"Let's go together—goal! Teiko Middle School!"

"Yes, yes, yes—" Everyone echoed happily while reaching out their hands and starting to make trouble on Heizi's head. "Target—Teiko Middle School Basketball Club!"

"Please, please don't mess with my hair and—" It's amazing to be tall!Lao Zhi also grows taller!Heizi, who hurriedly avoided, puffed up his cheeks with anger, but the emotion of wanting to cry involuntarily emerged in his heart.

[Please stay at this moment at least for the time being, everyone's dreams are still there, you and I are just joking, fists meet, promise not to grow old. ]

On the other side of the street [-] meters away from the basketball court, a red-haired child stood quietly on the concrete terrace, looking at the five laughing and noisy children on the empty basketball court in the sunset with a little confusion , suddenly showing a grievance and aggrieved expression, and quickly calmed down.Afterwards, the child with red hair and different pupils turned his head and walked down the stairs, walking in the opposite direction.

The author has something to say:

After coding this chapter, why do I suddenly feel so cruel...

From the next chapter, we have officially entered the Teiguang period~ Please see how the miracles played under the leadership of Akashi...

PS Everyone was still growing up in the first year of junior high school, and they were not as awesome as they will be in the future.

The PPS Teiko Basketball Club was very strong when Miracle didn't join, and there would be Golden Finger, but it also needs setbacks to grow.