[Volleyball] Life Goes On

Dongye, someone is looking for—”

"I'm going out first, we'll talk later."

Saji breathed a sigh of relief, got up and walked out of the classroom as if fleeing, but when she saw the familiar face of the visitor, she hesitated again.She remembered that this person was a first-year student whom she often met in the atrium during lunch break. She greeted him several times and chatted occasionally, but she never asked his name.

The young man's face was flushed, and he took a deep breath as if he had the courage to look down at her.

"Senior Dongye...I..."

As soon as the boy opened his mouth, Saki guessed what he was going to do.

The boys chatting around the back door of the classroom noticed this and followed suit.

"Confession outside the classroom? What an ancient method..."

"Is this a youth romantic comedy?"

"Hahaha, it's nice to be young."

With her back turned to them, Saki could hear clearly. She resisted the urge to turn her head and roll her eyes, and continued to smile at the first-year student in front of her, pretending to be puzzled. "What's the matter?"

"I like you! Please date me!"

The boy is handsome and cute, and he doesn't spend much time with him, but he feels very comfortable.Although there is no feeling of heartbeat, it is also a very good partner.If it was last year's season, it would definitely say something like "let's start with friends" or "let's try first".

It has always been her way of doing things before she meets someone she is attracted to.But this time, Saki overthrew her past self without hesitation. She couldn't figure out the reason for the time being, and her body had already reacted before her brain.

Saki bowed slightly to the other party solemnly, and said calmly and coldly, "I am very grateful for your kindness, but I am sorry."

Several people in the same class were surprised by Saki's response. In their impression, Higashino Saki was a soft and smiling girl all day long. Even if she didn't want to, she would smile and turn around politely, she would never reject others coldly and directly.But after thinking about it in a blink of an eye, it is indeed better to be more straightforward in matters of relationship.

It seemed that the young man took a long time to digest Saki's words. He scratched his trousers in disbelief, and said with trembling lips, "I... am very happy to be able to express my heart to senior, I'm sorry to give Senior caused trouble... I..."

Saki straightened her waist and smiled at him gently, "I won't be bothered, thank you. However, get out of class time is coming to an end, it's time to go back to class."

The boy finally bowed deeply to her, turned around and ran away like a fly.

Saki returned to her seat, and was teased by her close classmates along the way, but she just laughed it off.

"Confession? Rejected?" The girl who had just sat in front of Saki hadn't left yet, she cast curious eyes at Saki who sat down, and couldn't help but want to explore.

"Well, I refused." Although Saji didn't like being questioned, she wouldn't get angry over such a trivial matter.

"Saki would have agreed before, right?" The other party didn't seem to realize what was wrong with her continuous questioning, and still pursued her closely. "Is there someone you like? Tell me secretly, I won't say it!"

If you say it, everyone will know it the next day.

Saki complained, but she still had a smiling face on her face. She shook her head and denied, "No, it's just that I suddenly felt that it was boring like before. How should I put it... Change your style? It's not bad to only date people you like from now on. ah."

The girl wanted to say something, but the school bell rang.

Saki took the opportunity to smile and wave to her, but the other party just left in amused manner.

The more frequently she gets in touch with Xi Guxi, the more Saki realizes the sharp difference between him and the people around her.

The youth is pure and sincere, so that Saki can easily take off her mask and reveal herself when facing him.But when she is in the daily life of the school, she has to wear a friendly and kind mask all the time. In order to deal with the communication in the girls' circle, she is tired of dealing with all kinds of malice and hypocrisy hidden under the smiling face.

Saki knows that she has become the same hypocritical person without knowing it, and also knows the sharp contrast between herself and Xi Guxi, but she still yearns for her and can't help getting closer to her.Maybe he was born with an attractive temperament.

Saji prepared her textbooks, and did not forget to take out her mobile phone, open the line icon to check the latest news.

First, the mother sent a message, telling Saki that she had to attend a friend's funeral today and couldn't go home, and that her father couldn't return early because of overtime. After apologizing, she told Saki to have dinner and lock the doors and windows.

When the teacher didn't come, Saki quickly sent a message saying that she had received the news, and told her mother to be careful all the way.

The second message was sent by Xi Guxi. He sent a photo of a family restaurant coupon, with the accompanying content: "Is Dongye free today? A classmate recommended a good restaurant. How about going together in the afternoon?"

Without even thinking about it, Saki replied, "Okay, let's go together! See you at the school gate at six." and posted a happy emoji.

Saji, who was emotionally affected by her classmates' gossip, immediately swept away the gloom in her heart.Originally, I was not really looking forward to the end of get out of class and faced the scene of going home and preparing dinner alone, but now I was also excitedly hoping that the appointed time would come soon.

With a happy mood, time always passes faster than usual.

The last class ended soon, she packed up her things and ran to the home economics classroom, and the other members hadn't seen her yet.Saki took cheerful small steps to unlock the door and entered the classroom, danced around in a small circle, and conveniently put her schoolbag in the empty space in the back row, just humming a song, bouncing around the classroom, Open the doors and windows for ventilation, and prepare the materials and utensils needed for today's activities.

Today's home economics department's activity content is cookies, and Saki thought that she could bring some as gifts for Nishitani after finishing, so she happily rummaged through the remaining packaging bags in the department.

The members who followed into the classroom put down their bags and greeted her.

"Senior Higashino is the first to arrive today. Ah, everything is ready."

"Thank you, Saki, for your trouble."

"Hello everyone~" Saki got out of her head buried in the cabinet, and said with a big smile, "You don't have to be so polite, wash your hands and prepare. I only took black tea bags, cocoa powder and matcha powder, and I want to make other flavors Take it yourself."

After everyone responded one after another, the Minister of Home Affairs walked up to her and asked curiously, "What happened? I feel that you are in a particularly good mood today."

"I'm in a good mood every day." Saki said the standard answer she set without thinking. The minister shrugged and turned to wash his hands.

Saki found a surprise in the locker. She found a few food packaging bags with volleyball prints, which were very suitable as gifts for Xigu.

The girl was very happy about this, but the corners of her raised mouth suddenly froze.

Why is she so happy?

It's just a date invitation from a friend I haven't known for a month, I just want to prepare a cookie I made myself as a return gift, and I just found a bag with a volleyball print.

It usually seems like a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning, but it touched her heartstrings at this moment, and she couldn't help but feel delighted.This kind of throbbing, this kind of warmth rushing through her heart, she has not felt for a long time.

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5. Guardian

Saki waited at the school gate for more than ten minutes, but she didn't see Xigu's figure.

She was not in a hurry, and sent Xigu a message "what's the matter" before playing the mobile game on her own.The girl has not yet discovered that she has 60 points of patience for waiting for latecomers, but has 100 points of patience for waiting for Xi Guxi.

The afternoon in June is no longer as drowsy as in spring, the sun is still hanging in the sky, neither high nor low, without a trace of orange light.The breeze brought a bit of coolness, but it didn't make people feel cold.Saki smelled the smell of green grass slightly, and felt at ease for a while.

Not long after, Xi Guxi rushed over and stopped in front of her, panting heavily and apologizing, "I'm sorry... Coach, coach a little haha... It took a while haha..."

It happened for a reason, but he came running like this, how could Saki be angry, she patted Xi Gu who was panting slightly, and showed a bright smile, "It's okay, I didn't wait long, and you worked hard to come here. "

"Aren't you really angry...?" The boy asked cautiously, for fear that the girl would really suppress her anger.

Saki was amused by his cautious attitude, walked around behind Xi Gu in three steps at a time, stretched out her hand to gently push his back, and urged in a cheerful voice, "Don't be angry, let's go!"

"Eh, eh?" Nishitani took a few steps hastily, and was passively pushed forward by Saki. He was surprised by the physical contact with the girl. After bursts of numbness. "Wait, slow down..."

"Come on!" Saji ignored his voice and continued to push the person in front of her to run forward.

Nishitani took advantage of the trend and ran forward at a faster speed, and escaped from the girl's hand within a few steps. He quickly walked around to Saki's side, grabbed her wrist like a counterattack, and rushed forward at a sharp speed.Saki, who lacked exercise, couldn't keep up with the footsteps of Nishiya, a member of the volleyball club. After running for a long time, she kicked heavily and shouted for help.

The appearance of Saki begging for mercy made Nishiya couldn't stop laughing.

She was grabbed by his wrist, so she had to support her knee with her free other hand, breathing heavily out of breath.Her brain was still occupied by the suffocation of lack of oxygen, but in the next second, the second when she found the boy holding her, it suddenly became hot, as if a scalding heat was lying on her brain, making it difficult for her to think.

Xi Gu mistakenly thought that Saki was angry because of her prank, so she hurriedly bowed and said eagerly, "What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable?"

The boy's face suddenly magnified in front of his eyes, and Saki subconsciously stretched out her hand