Kasamatsu's black silk

Time passed quickly.

As the last day of the Haichang Basketball Club’s co-op is approaching, my short-term part-time job is coming to an end, and the last summer vacation of high school is about to pass.

I feel more and more serious violations from Kasamatsu, but I still don't have any clue about the source of it.

What's going on.

Even when I watched Kasamatsu-san and the others get on the bus back to Kanagawa Prefecture, and even the exhaust fumes of the cars disappeared from my field of vision, this question was still unanswered.

My summer with Kasamatsu-san is coming to an end.

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"Here, your part-time salary, you have worked hard this week."

"Thank you very much!"

Bowing deeply, I took the envelope bag handed over by the boss, and my short-term part-time job ended here.The touch from my fingertips was unexpectedly thick. When I realized that this was more material than expected, I looked at the boss in surprise—that is, my friend’s uncle. He smiled at me knowingly. Laugh and say I deserve it.

I was silent for a few seconds, and decisively bowed again and thanked.

"And then? What are you going to do with the money? Save it, or enjoy it?"

Sitting in the car on the return trip with my friend, my friend whispered a few words after watching me count the number of Fukuzawa Yukichi in the envelope, and then came to ask me about my plan.

To be honest, I didn’t think about it before my friend asked me about it. After all, part-time work is a plan that popped up suddenly, and my thoughts have always been on Kasamatsu-san. As for what the money will be used for, I have no idea at all. considered.

Then, without warning, Kasamatsu-san's face flashed in his mind.

"...Buy some things Kasamatsu-san likes for him, I wonder if it can make him feel better?"

"I said you..." My friend looked at me helplessly with his chin in one hand, "You are really full of your classmate Kasamatsu, and you plan to spend all the part-time wages you get because of him. On him? But..."

My friend flicked the envelope cover in my hand with his index finger, and said with a smile: "With this, even limited edition sneakers can be bought."

Eh?So much money just to buy sneakers! ?

"Is it so expensive?"

"Hmm——for the limited edition, the expensive ones are very expensive?"

"What's the point of spending so much money on a pair of sneakers..."

"Sneakers mean something different to athletes, don't they?"

"Forehead."

"Don't you want to make Kasamatsu-san happy?"

"Well……!"

The sentence is in the middle, and there is no way to refute it!

If it weren't for the lack of space in the car, I really want to kneel down to my friend with a smug smile.

"But I don't know anything about sneakers... If you just ask Kasamatsu-san, it will be less effective as a surprise gift, right?"

"Do you still want to give a surprise?"

"I think Kasamatsu-san might be happier if that's the case..."

But if I really want to buy sneakers, I really don't know anything about it. Thinking of the friend who brought up this topic with me, I cast my eyes full of expectations on her.

"...What are you doing, it's creepy to watch."

"I was just thinking that you should understand better? Sneakers and the like."

My friend glared at me as if he had heard some strange story.

"Why do I need to know that stuff!?"

"Eh? But, you seem to know the price of the limited edition sneakers..."

The familiar smile that emerged from my friend's face in the next second made me realize that I was a complete idiot for asking this question——

"Ah, I know the price just because the magazine I interviewed Kise-kun said about his favorite sneakers, so I went to check and saw the price, that's all~"

...Sorry please pretend I haven't asked this question.

The conversation with my friend didn't make much progress in the end.

Even so, what has been decided to do will not change.The new semester started soon after that, and I also thought about going over to ask the boys I was familiar with in the class to learn about the topic of sneakers, but I always felt that the distance was too close, and Kasamatsu might accidentally overhear it.

...that's absolutely not the case.

Before you buy a gift and give it to Kasamatsu-san, you have to keep it a secret from Kasamatsu-san no matter what.

So after thinking about it again and again, without being noticed by Kasamatsu-san, I went to find the good man Kobori Koshi who has always provided me with Kasamatsu-san's information.

"Eh? You want to give Kasamatsu a present?"

"Yeah!" I nodded vigorously, "Because Kasamatsu-san looks weird recently, he must have something on his mind, so he is troubled... He doesn't want to tell me and I don't want to force him too much, anyway, I just want to do it. Find something else to make him happy. If it was Kobori-kun, would he be happy if he received gifts like sneakers?"

"Although everyone is different, sneakers are considered consumables for basketball players. It is certain that you will not find it annoying when you receive new sneakers you like." Kobori-kun said with a smile, "and I think Kasamatsu will be happy to receive any gift from you, no matter what it is?"

As long as I give it to you, Kasamatsu-san will be happy?

so shy!It's super embarrassing to hear someone say that!I felt my face turn red, and before I was overwhelmed by the surge of happiness, I quickly brought up a new topic to Kobori-kun.

"That, that, Kobori-kun, does Kasamatsu-san have any sneakers that he wants recently? Limited edition or something?"

"It seems to be there?" Kobori-kun answered me after thinking for a while, "He mentioned it by accident when we were sleeping together, but I remember that the price of the pair of sneakers is quite high."

"There is no problem with money!"

After my friend mentioned it, I also checked the relevant information on the Internet a little bit, and I have already had contact with those numbers... Basically, I can afford it with this part-time job fee, so there is no problem!

I clenched my fists to cheer myself up.

"This time I'm working at a homestay. The boss has given me a generous salary. If I can use all of it, it should be enough. I also have a small amount of savings in case there is a shortage, so just tell me it's okay, Kobori-kun."

"Really..." There was a momentary hesitation in Kobori-kun's voice, and his eyes widened slightly, but soon, he laughed out loud. "It's great, Kasamatsu has a girlfriend like you."

"It's not something worthy of Kobori-kun's praise, and I'm not that good either..."

I have always been the one who caused trouble for the other party, so even if it is only a little bit, I hope that because of my efforts, I can make Kasamatsu-san feel better.

That's it.

I smiled a little embarrassedly.

Afterwards, Kobori-kun and I chatted for a while longer, the recess was over, and we exchanged email addresses before parting, and I also carefully asked Kobori-kun to keep it a secret from him before buying a gift for Kasamatsu-san.

"Okay, no problem."

Kobori-kun also promised me the same.

In this way, only the last step of buying gifts is left!

I felt like I could imagine Kasamatsu-san's surprise when he received the gift when he closed his eyes. I was so happy that I even hummed a little tune when I returned to the classroom.During the interval between when I got my seat and before the teacher arrived in the classroom, Kasamatsu-san in the front row turned to look at me.

Again.

That hesitant expression.

"...What's so happy about it?"

"Eh? No, no, what are you happy about?"

I was terrified that Mr. Kasamatsu might have overheard the conversation in the corridor. I quickly waved my hand to deny it. Because of my guilty conscience, I even threw the phone into the drawer, trying to destroy the corpse.

Facing me, who was obviously trying to hide it, he didn't ask any more questions, just oh, and turned back.

Something is wrong... There is something wrong with Kasamatsu-san like this.

Although he didn't avoid me, and talked to me normally, it was precisely because of his bland reaction that he seemed even more abnormal.For a moment, I wanted to tell Kasamatsu-san directly about the surprise plan I was secretly carrying out, but in the end I threw it down.

then.

After a blink of an eye, I looked at Kasamatsu-san's back and had a terrible illusion.

It seemed... that I couldn't touch him again even if I stretched out my hand, it was an illusion.

It's okay, I must have been thinking too much recently.

After choosing the sneakers for Kasamatsu-san with Kobori-kun on the agreed weekend, Kasamatsu-san will definitely feel better after receiving the gift, and then you can say goodbye to such a strange Kasamatsu-san.

for sure.

Constantly comforting myself in this way in my heart, the agreed time came soon.

In order to avoid being bumped into by Kasamatsu-san who was out shopping in the shopping mall with nothing to do, Kobori-kun and I deliberately chose the Shibuya shopping district, which is still relatively far away.Although at first I decided to ask Kobori-kun to give me the photos of the sneakers, I can go alone, but after he sent several pictures to remind me not to buy the wrong style... I found myself even more unclear about the shoes Is there any difference.

No matter how you look at them, they look similar, these sneakers.

"I'm sorry, Kobori-kun, please come out with me on your rest day..."

I took the basketball shoes he picked out from the shoe cabinet from Kobori-kun, and I bowed my head guiltily to Kobori-kun while the store clerk went to pick up the shoes in the right size.

He laughed nonchalantly.

"If I can restore Kasamatsu's spirit, I will also feel very happy, so it doesn't matter."

Sure enough, Kasamatsu-san's friends are also good people.

In order to live up to Kobori-kun's good intentions, I also put away the negative emotions on my face and put on a smile.

"Yeah! Kasamatsu-san must be able to understand, after all, it contains the feelings of me and Kobori-kun!"

"Yes."

After confirming the size and style of the sneakers brought by the clerk for the last time, I specially chose a good-looking packaging bag and asked the clerk to help pack the shoe box. Although it was a bit painful when almost all the part-time wages I got were spent, it was better than Thinking of the desire to make Kasamatsu-san happy, the latter is still stronger.

"Thank you for your patronage, welcome to visit next time~!"

Leaving the store in Shibuya with the background music of the loud farewell of the clerk and the ringing of the automatic door bell, facing the hot sun, I can no longer hide the smile on my face.

I am really looking forward to meeting Kasamatsu-san.

Although I can wait until Monday at school to hand it over to him directly, but I can’t wait for even one day, so I was in a hurry to send an email to Kasamatsu in the bed that night, and it didn’t take long before I received his reply, Although Kasamatsu-san's reply was only a short "OK" compared to the long series of emails I wrote with all kinds of emojis mixed in, it still made me feel very satisfied.

I put the packaged bag containing the sneaker box on the bedside table, lying on the bed, looking at it with my head tilted, but I couldn’t fall asleep.

My mind is full of things about Kasamatsu-san.

What are you going to wear when we meet tomorrow?What is the first sentence?How can we lead out the topic naturally and logically?When Kasamatsu-san succeeded in handing over the gift box, he must have shown a puzzled expression at first, right?Then, as he slowly opened the box under my suspicious smile, would he be surprised when he saw what was inside?What next?

In my mind, Kasamatsu-san came back to his original appearance, smiling, maybe with a little red on his face, telling me that he is very happy, thank you.

Imagining the beautiful and picturesque smile of that person, I gradually fell asleep.

Waking up earlier than the time set by the alarm clock.

It took more time than expected to arrange hair and choose matching clothes.

I borrowed cosmetics from a friend and applied a light makeup to myself, and carefully shaved my eyebrows.

After doing all this, I can be called a cute girl when I appeared in the mirror. Looking forward to getting some compliments from Kasamatsu-san who blushed, I took my handbag and presents and went to I got out of the house 15 minutes earlier than originally planned.

Today's weather is still sunny, not even inferior to yesterday's. It seems that even the temperature that has dropped a little bit has risen a little. I am afraid that the sweat will affect the makeup on my face, so I dare not walk too fast. I kept paying attention to fanning myself to cool myself down, so I moved towards the meeting place little by little.

When I got out of the car, I took a special look at the clock on my phone. I originally planned to arrive 15 minutes early, but now it’s almost half an hour early, but I won’t feel particularly boring while waiting for Kasamatsu-san—— Especially when I think of him heading towards the place where I am, the corners of my mouth can't help but curl up.

but.

"...Kasamatsu-san?"

I thought I had arrived early, but Kasamatsu-san was already standing outside the station earlier than me.

"I will definitely take this bus from your house, so I came here first and waited... I arrived earlier than I thought."

"Yeah, because I want to see Kasamatsu-san sooner!"

Is it the same for Kasamatsu-san?

I didn't ask this question, but Kasamatsu-san who showed up here so early and came to the station to wait for me, I can't imagine that he has any reason other than wanting to see me sooner.

Really super happy.

Unlike me who laughed exaggeratedly, Kasamatsu-san just smiled wryly.

"is it?"

The reaction wasn't quite right...but Kasamatsu-san has been acting strangely these days, maybe just feeling a little tired?I saw the deep blue under his eyes, as if he hadn't slept well recently, and now I couldn't laugh anymore, so I quickly restrained my expression and asked worriedly: "Is Kasamatsu-san feeling unwell? I'm sorry, I don't know if I still force you to come out..."

"It's okay, there's nothing wrong with your body." Kasamatsu-san interrupted me, "And you said in the email that you have something important to tell me, right? Actually, I'm the same... I've been thinking about something for a while , maybe it’s better to talk to you today.”

"What is it?"

When I naturally took what Kasamatsu-san said, I realized that Kasamatsu-san was wearing the sportswear that I often saw him wear in summer vacation, a short T and loose pants suitable for sports, and a sports suit with cuffs rolled up to the elbows. Outerwear, not at all like going on a date later.

It seemed that he was just on the way of doing something, and came to solve a small matter that didn't waste much of his time.

bad feeling.

I took a breath, the scorching hot air entered my lungs but it was bone-chillingly cold, when I wanted to ask Kasamatsu-san to wait a while and then say what he wanted to say——

Already, one step too late.

"let's break up."

At that moment, from his mouth, he spit out words as if he had sentenced me to death.

——My summer with Kasamatsu Yukio is completely over.