[Comprehensive main volleyball] long distance pass

He couldn't bear it any longer.

Before she left this school, she had to do something.

In the dark gymnasium, the crowd around them raised their arms and waved to follow the melody. Fujii looked up at Chiho who was singing hoarsely in the center of the stage. How he looked in the volleyball club.

Always shining like the sun, bringing gentle warmth to those around him, although the training will be very strict, but he will not blame any member, but will take the fault on himself——

Fujii is not a person who is good at dealing with the opposite sex, especially the opposite sex like Yasuhara-senpai.

She gave him special training when he first joined the club, and he was surprised by the depth of her understanding of setters.Compared with others, Ushijima-senpai's offensive method is a bit special, making it difficult for him to control - but Chiho passed on his own experience to him without reservation, which made his technique improve rapidly, and he won the championship twice in Tokyo until today Finally became the new captain and became the existence everyone trusts.

But he knew that after Senior Ushishima retired, the glory of Shiratorozawa Middle School in the first two years could hardly be replicated.

As the captain of the next term, he bears too many expectations from the outside world, and he is afraid of disappointing everyone.

"However, there is nothing we can do~ It's better to say that two national championships are enough for us to be proud for a lifetime." His teammate, Joe Misaki, said, quickly picked up the grilled sausage from Fujii's bento, and threw it into his mouth. "I want to eat this!"

Fujii tried to smooth out one of his curly hairs, completely ignoring Misaki's snatching of food, he lowered his head somewhat shocked: "Ah Rang, you are always so optimistic... At least I look forward to it as the captain."

"It's not that you don't have confidence in Ayu~ Everyone understands that senior Ushijima is not here, and no one who can replace him has yet appeared. Although coach Jiujiang said that he wants to train Wushi to be the next trump card, that nasty brat..." Misaki Kazu When it comes to the five-color worker, he gets angry, and it's okay that he is not reused by the coach as he is also the main attacker. The five-color natural and neither big nor small character adds fuel to the fire.

——Even though he is still a first-year kid, his physical fitness and competition experience are far behind that of Ushido-senpai, and he still has to issue a challenge declaration to him, where is the confidence coming from?

"Well~ well~" Fujii comforted, "Don't be angry, I think Wushi's aptitude is quite good, if you cultivate it well, you might be the next Ushishima-senpai."

"Who said I was optimistic just now!" Misaki complained, "As spiritual compensation, this sausage is also mine."

Fujii watched helplessly as the food in his bento became less and less, and silently shed tears of regret in his heart. He tilted his head with one hand and looked out the window, too lazy to argue with this bad friend.

"Well... delicious, Ah Rang, your mother's cooking is really good." Misaki was eating happily, but found that Fujii seemed to be staring at something in a daze.

"What's the matter, Ayu?" Misaki followed the other party's line of sight and found a conspicuous orange head in the atrium.

——It’s their former manager Yasuhara-senior. She is sitting alone on a stool in the atrium garden, eating a bento, with an open book on her lap. It is said that she is going to prepare for the entrance exam next month, and she is really good at studying. Desperately.

"Hey~ Are you peeking at her again?" Misaki put Fujii's shoulders with a smirk on his face, rubbed his curly hair, and leaned into his friend's ear and said, "I said you——if you care so much, give me I'm going to confess!"

Misaki is a keen and straightforward person. He has already discovered Fujii's longing for Yasuhara-senpai. He has peeked at him countless times and still dare not confess. Accept it, and explain to yourself and her, but the person who likes her is Fujii, which will almost suffocate the bystander Misaki to death.

Fujii still stared at Chiho's figure affectionately, and replied: "No, Rang. She already has someone else in her heart."

His voice was a bit bitter, but Chiho still didn't notice his gaze. She had already finished her lunch box and stood up to go back to the classroom.

Watching Chiho walk into the teaching building and disappear from his sight, Fujii finally looked away.

When Misaki heard what his friend said, he was silent for a while, and then he said, "Hey, tell me—do you want me to help you? I am also very upset to see you always like this, so it is better to say it directly... You know Ozaki Is it about seniors?"

He heard from his most respected senior Ozaki that his love affair with Shion Kanon started from a failed confession.

Regardless of whether this method is successful or not, Fujii can try it.

"I know, but Yasuhara-senpai vs Ushishima-senpai..." Fujii recalled the conversation he overheard outside the women's bathroom the night after the finals last summer.

Although he didn't hear Senior Yasuhara's answer, he felt that he already understood it thoroughly.

—His confession is impossible to succeed.

However, that Yasuhara-senpai on the stage of the school festival...

What Fujii couldn't figure out was this, even though it was a temporary battle, he could tell that the song was undoubtedly sung from her own heart.

——Why hide?Why are you struggling?And why should heartache?

Fujii stood under the stage, the spotlight blurred his eyes, making him unable to see clearly, the beautiful purple eyes of Yasuhara-senpai seemed to be overflowing with tears.

As one of the members of the committee, he was clear that the program plan submitted by Ayane was only about the performance of the orchestra, and there was no lead singer in the list.

Her explanation to the other students was that it was a surprise, but he was the only one who specifically asked Ayane why she wrote such a song, and why she deliberately asked Yasuhara-senpai to sing it.

"I thought you would ignore it~Captain Fujii." Ayane's eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of her mouth curled up. She didn't intend to hide it from him: "It was indeed planned by me. In fact, there was nothing wrong with our performance from the very beginning. Lead singer, the one who will really sing that song will only be Chiho-senpai."

"Why did you lie to her?!" In the empty aisle after school, Fujii yelled almost out of control, and he was a little timid at ordinary times, "You know that Yasuhara-senpai almost cried when he sang Yet?!"

"Of course I can hear it," Ayane replied very calmly, so calm that Fujii stood there in a daze, "I did this to let her realize that if you don't say something, you will regret it for the rest of your life."

——That slow-witted Ushijima who once broke off the marriage contract with him has not yet noticed that Chiho-senpai has a love affair with him.

After the questioning in the bathroom on the night of last year's finals, even if she didn't get an answer, Ayane noticed it instantly.

After the arrival of Coach Washi, Senior Chiho was still depressed because of Ushijima for a long time, but she couldn't do anything to help.

It wasn't until the night of Christmas Eve that she accidentally discovered that Chiho's singing voice was so beautiful, and Ayane began to write this song that belonged to her alone.

——Since I can't intervene in other people's love affairs, I can only help her in my own way, which can be regarded as a thank you gift to her before she graduates.

The rest is up to her.

Ayane turned around: "If there is nothing else, I have to leave first, Captain Fujii."

"Wait—" Fujii gritted his teeth, "What next? What else do you want to do?"

"What I have to do has been completed." Ayane stopped and finished, then walked away.

Fujii recalled that Misaki's hand had been shaking in front of his eyes for a long time.

"Hey! Why are you suddenly in a daze? What happened to Yasuhara-senpai and Ushido-senpai?"

"Will you regret it for the rest of your life...?" He whispered to himself softly, making the noisy Misaki stunned.

Fujii repeated Ayane's words in his mind, and suddenly said: "You are right, Rang, why don't you just say it directly."

"Huh?" Misaki opened his mouth wide in surprise, his eyes widened: "Have you changed your mind?"

"Well, I've decided, Arang." Fujii said firmly.

At the end of December, Chiho received a text message from Fujii.

"New Year's visit?" She murmured, indeed, it is a tradition to go to the shrine to pray for blessings before the exam, and she agreed to Fujii's invitation without much hesitation.

This should be her last meeting with everyone in the volleyball club, Chiho felt that she couldn't miss this opportunity.

When she mentioned this to Ushido, Udo said that he had also received an invitation from Goshiki and would go with her.

The meeting time was set on the night before the New Year, and the location was still the shrine located on the mountain.

The two arrived at the shrine together. At the foot of the mountain, the gathered volleyball club members and front club members gradually merged into a huge group.

"Hey, where are Fujii-kun and Ayane?" Chiho couldn't help but asked worriedly as the appointed time had passed, but the captain who sent her the invitation and the current manager were absent.

"Oh, Ziyuan said that she has something to do at home~ Ayu is stuck in traffic on the road and will be late~ Tell us to go first, don't wait for him." Misaki replied, and waved his mobile phone.

Originally, there was an endless stream of residents who came to visit tonight, but on this crowded mountain road, Chiho, who was slower, was gradually squeezed to the back.

She climbed the stairs unhurriedly, and now she is no longer the female manager who would run behind the boys out of breath.

Ushijima found that Chiho was gone, and looked back to find her, but at this moment the phone's email notification sounded, and Chiho told him not to worry, saying that he would catch up with them on the top of the mountain soon, so he also Keep going with the others.

Here Chiho just pressed the send button, but stretched out a slender hand from her side, and patted her on the shoulder.

"Fujii-kun?" She turned her head to look at that person, and said in surprise, "The family affairs are done? They are all ahead, let's catch up together."

However, Fujii lowered his head so that Chiho couldn't see his eyes clearly, and he didn't answer her words. He just held her hand firmly and walked deep into the secluded woods beside the mountain road.

"Fujii-kun?!" Her voice gradually disappeared in the woods. In the dark night and lively environment, no one noticed the two people who disappeared.

When Ushijima had finished paying homage in the shrine, and was surrounded by enthusiastic juniors to bless him, unable to get away from him, he suddenly realized that Chiho had been missing from his sight for a long time.

"Where's Chiho?" He asked, frowning and glanced around, but still didn't find her figure.

"Should I get separated by accident? Let's go find each other separately?" Misaki quickly answered, his heart pounding, what happened to that boy Fujii?

Ushijima directly dialed Chiho's phone number, but couldn't get through.

"I can't get through the phone. Let's look for it separately. I'll go down the mountain." After Niu Dao finished speaking, he quickly ran to the mountain road alone.

——The moment he heard the notification tone, his heart tightened instantly.

Even in the arena, a huge sense of crisis hit, which pushed Ushido's unwavering mentality to a desperate situation.

"Chiho!" He ran down the stairs in two steps at a time, and shouted loudly, the passers-by all looked at him curiously, but none of them were faces he was familiar with.

The cold air of the winter night invaded the whole body. Udo had run for a while, but his hands and feet were still cold.

It was close to midnight.

The people who came to worship are all gathered at the shrine on the top of the mountain, ready to wait for the New Year's bell to ring. There is no one on the mountain road, only the dim yellow light of the lanterns hanging on the roadside.

There was silence all around.

Ushishima clenched his hands tightly, shaking uncontrollably all over his body.

It was the first time he experienced this feeling.

She was all on my mind.

Staring blankly at the white air exhaled from his mouth, Ushijima tried to calm himself down.

——No, I can't calm down.

Her sweet voice, her precise toss, the jokes she made, her sad tears, the touch of her palms, her warm hugs...

It all poured in like a tide, making his churning mind even more chaotic.

——I need you, but where are you now?

It was only then that Ushijima realized how important Chiho was to him, so important that he couldn't lose her for almost a moment.

Time and time again, day after day, year after year, from the moment he met, she has been with him for ten years.

"Boom...boom..." The New Year's bell sounded from the top of the distant mountain, like the throbbing in the young man's heart at this moment, beating, full and reverberating.

The words he had said to her surfaced word by word.

"It would be great if you were a boy, An Yuan." —— She snarled harshly.

"It's fine to call me Ruoli, and I hope I can call you Chiho as well."——she agreed straightforwardly.

"Another sip?" - an unintentional indirect KISS.

"I'll prove it to you." - Promise after losing a training game in the first year.

"I'll leave it to you in the future." ——After winning the qualifiers in the second year.

"Are you going to sleep at my house tonight?"—the night of reviewing for the final exam with her.

"I'm jealous." - When she received a call from Kise.

"Can you trust me?" ——On the bridge in Mikazuki Town, comforting her in grief.

"Please don't leave me." - A wish during the summer festival.

"I will never abandon anyone in the volleyball club, let alone you." ——A vow made on the snowy night before Christmas.

"It's the first time I've heard you sing, it's very nice." ——School Festival, her singing lingered in my ears.

Now, he just wants to find her and say that sentence to her——

"I like you." He said softly, with a very deep voice, but only he could hear it clearly.

"I'm sorry... I can't accept your confession." Chiho's voice suddenly came from deep in the woods.

It sounded like he was rejecting him, but Ushishima's hanging heart began to calm down.

Obviously, it wasn't meant for him.

He stood where he was, waiting for the continuation of the conversation.

"Really..." It was Fujii's voice, "Sure enough, I should have known it would be like this..."

Chiho continued: "I'm sorry, Fujii-kun, and I just want to concentrate on preparing for the exam now. I have no other feelings for you..."

"Is it because of Senior Ushido?"

Hearing this sentence, Ushishima's muscles began to tense again.

He wanted to know the answer very much, but was afraid.

Fear of hearing a negative answer.

"No, I didn't reject you because of him." There was no hesitation in his tone.

—Ah, it’s not because of me.

I clamored in my heart to rush over, and tell her now.

But thinking of what she said just now, he held back again.

Ushido put his hands in his pockets, turned around, and walked heavily towards the top of the mountain.

He didn't want to listen any more, Chiho and Fujii would definitely come back as if nothing had happened, as long as he pretended he didn't know anything.

Tell her that sentence after the exam.

In any case, next time she can't let her disappear from her side again.

The author has something to say:

Congratulations, Ushishima, you finally got the hang of it!

Have you bought your hands on Double Eleven?I chopped it anyway~

Who remembers that this day turned out to be Singles' Day?