[Kuroko's Basketball] Warm Red

It's been a long time since the last night, and it's not that long, but there hasn't been any substantial change between the two of them.

Midorima looked at Sakura in front of him with a great appetite, his lenses were so clean that reflected the sunlight passing through the window, he felt hard to swallow.

"Hello, Sakura."

As soon as Sakura stopped talking, he paused the hand that stretched out the magazine to Takao's side. The navy blue knitted sweater was loose, and he turned to look at him with a questioning face under a head of curly chestnut brown hair.

"Why are you in my class?"

At this time, instead of coming to his class with Takao to harass him, shouldn't he have a phone conversation with Akashi!According to the current scene, he thought that even if he was far away in Kyoto, Akashi must be in the same state, no different from usual.

"Isn't your Winter Cup coming soon?"

"Is there a connection between these?" Midorima raised her eyes.

"Come on for you guys."

Seeing Sakura's insincere smile, Midorima snorted from the tip of his nose, "If you want to cheer, you should also cheer for that guy Akashi."

Sakura was sitting alone, his round eyes rolled around, "He, what can he do to cheer, he was still confident that the trophy of the Winter Cup belonged to Luoshan."

Midorima understood, and Akashi's calm and composed face immediately appeared in his mind, and it really seemed like what he would say.

"I'm afraid he won't be slapped in the face."

"Are you referring to Kuroko-kun?"

"No, it's Shutoku!"

Sakura, who was stared at by Midorima, smiled sarcastically, retracted her body and continued to eat.

When it comes to Akashi, Sakura always has a weird feeling.She touched her nose and turned her head to look at the somewhat bleak scenery outside the window.The trees on the campus in early winter were thin, and the fallen leaves on the ground were blown away by the wind from time to time, which made them feel a bit of chill when they saw it.

She thanked Akashi.Akashi's reminder brought encouragement, which gave her the courage to go to Kyoto.

"...This is the first time you're calling me, Kurina."

"Akiichi, I bought a ticket to go to Kyoto. I'll be there at ten o'clock."

She stood on the platform, in front of her was the track stretching into the distance, and the yellow cordon was two centimeters in front of her toes.

"..."

There was silence on the other end of the phone, Sakura closed her eyes, she thought Akiichi must be the same.She decided to leave on the weekend after the national competition. This was partly the result of Akashi. She had to judge by herself and then make an effort. After all, Akiichi was not a passerby. He was her companion for three years.

They trembled slightly in the same darkness, and after a while the train whizzed by, and Sakura's voice came from his ear.

The hand she hung up the phone was trembling. Teacher Dashan's information was blocked so badly that there were not many students who could keep it to the end for more than a year.

Several brothers and sisters looked solemn, she stood there, her mind was blank, her lips were trembling, and her voice was trembling.

It's just a matter of family succession. Since Zhang Yi chose to inherit the temple and tacitly agreed to close his grandfather's gymnasium, it's all a private matter.She didn't expect it to be serious enough to endanger the teacher's life.

On that day, Dashan Akiichi was going to participate in the promotion review. When there were differences and conflicts, Mr. Dashan, who was his grandfather, strongly opposed it. He not only withdrew himself, but also asked Zhang Yi to compromise again.

Facing his grandfather who had given up on him for the second time, Zhang Yi felt unbelievable.It is common for elderly people in disputes to be emotionally unstable and suddenly sent to the hospital, but it is another matter when the cause is themselves.

She has seen Dashan teacher's generous palm and his shooting shape countless times, which is exactly the same as Zhang Yi's shooting shape.She didn't know why it happened like this, or rather, she never thought about it, because of course it would shake her.

Then the posture that she could always look up and be able to see behind the teacher gradually shattered, and Zhang Yi's figure might also collapse along with it. She was afraid that her long-standing belief would be destroyed on this day...

The arrival bell rang, and Sakura stood up and left.

She was sitting in the back of the taxi, and the scenery outside the window kept flashing across her face, but she was as calm as ever, only her palms were sweaty.

Then what was she going to say, how was she supposed to say it, and she had to say something even if her mind went blank.

But when she really stood in front of Dashan, Sakura found that she couldn't say anything, her throat was dry, and she quietly looked at Dashan's sinking head in the white corridor.

Dashan's face was ashen, he closed his eyes and pressed forward heavily, the hospital floor in front of him seemed as if he had never seen it before.

Standing in front of him, Sakura suddenly remembered that Senior Hayakawa once told her that not everyone walks on the same road when she was in junior high school. She understood that Akiichi was like this when she was in junior high school. She chose to accept it for the sake of the whole community. Choose to accommodate, but now it seems that it is still wrong.

"I have always been very scared, thinking that as long as I can persist for a day, maybe the old man will turn around and look at me. When I was in the first grade, I also thought that someone could save me... as long as someone can say something to me Keep it up, it's just this sentence... Even now, I'm still acting like a kid like a baby, I'm really useless."

"This is the second time my grandfather asked me to give up archery, and he is obviously the closest person to him. But, what if..."

"Zhang Yi." She thought that Zhang Yi must be afraid of Kyudo because he was afraid of losing Teacher Dashan. He is the one who values ​​everything in Kyudo.

She can't understand the past between Zhang Yi and Teacher Dashan.She couldn't get involved either, a chill warned her not to.

It doesn't matter if you give up the competition, or you feel afraid of archery for a while.As long as he still has that glimmer of hope and feelings for Mr. Dashan, Sakura firmly believes that Shoichi will come back again.

The most frightening thing is not anxiety and fear, but the choice to give up when you feel nothing.

"Akiichi, you have already made your own decision, so go down that road. As for the archery, you can come back at any time."

Dashan's face was thin and haggard. His face was wet, but he squeezed out a smile. He handed over the bow that he had brought and put aside in advance to Sakura. The 13kg bow was carried on Sakura's shoulder, making her feel real I felt Dashan's heart and his determination.

"I will take care of the old man in Kyoto until the situation stabilizes. I choose to inherit the temple. Although you can't be at odds, you have to wait for me to come back, Kuri Na, and you have to keep it well until then. Because I firmly believe that you are waiting for me, I will remember."

Walking out of the hospital door, Sakura took a deep breath, and the sky gradually darkened.What was she insisting on, what was she seeing in her eyes, she suddenly couldn't understand anything.

Maybe everything is not important, what victory, what spirit of the department, the heart conveyed by the predecessors, everything she has insisted on until now has become illusory the moment she met Zhang Yi today.If she really wants to lose Zhang Yi, and Zhang Yi loses Teacher Dashan and Kyudo, then those insistences really don't matter.

They don't have to have the same dream, and achieving a certain goal or moving in a certain direction is not all they have. As long as they can stand together in the future and value tomorrow, even if they are bothered by some things that do not interfere with each other, they can connect. will always exist.

It's just a bow, why do you have to be so tangled and forceful.Get rid of those chains and shackles, as long as they still exist, everything can start again.

Sakura, who stood at the door for a long time, looked at the sky in the distance and felt that it was extremely vast, and everything was much better than she imagined.

The spotlights in the stadium were as dazzling as the sunlight in the sky that day, making her eyes hurt and her eye sockets moist.

"Akashi-kun! You want to win!"

Suddenly a clear shout resounded, and the audience finally found the source of the sound this time.

Akashi raised his head in the direction of the voice, and he heard the familiar voice, it was Sakura.Then the entire audience was full, and he saw Sakura's orange-red eyes shining with the spotlight. She looked nervous, but she was firmly trying to convey her feelings to him.

It's a weird scene where they're not too close and yet they can see each other's eyes.

When Akashi was really in front of her, she was more sure of her thoughts, and she suddenly began to wonder what she had been obsessed with Akashi's personality change for a long time.Probably because she was uneasy, she was afraid that his change would cause something between them, thus blinding her eyes.

The handsome man in front of her was Akashi, and he was still the Akashi she knew.

She clenched the railing tightly, her eyes were firm and clear.Ryota has Kuroko's support, so at this time, Akashi-kun has her, and she comes to cheer him on.

"Escape げ な い で, win っ て! win つ の だ!"

Sakura's gaze locked on him tightly, telling him not to run away, not to back down, he was a little startled, and woke up abruptly.Sakura is also such a firm person, he still firmly believes in his beliefs in front of him, and then believes in him.

At that glance, her firm face seemed to blur all the other people in the venue.

Akashi was shaking in his heart. He used to think that Sakura would never agree with him now, just like he despised his weak self before, but now Sakura accepted the fact that he stood in front of her no matter what happened to him. Let him have complicated emotions.

Akashi's heart thumped heavily.

He chuckled, obviously she doesn't value victory at all, but at this moment she insists on letting him win, isn't that contradictory?But even so, Akashi turned his gaze back to the amulet he had forgotten on the bench next to the towel, and at the same time realized that he had to cheer up to thank his senior who spoke rudely to him.

And Sakura in the stands was looking at him.who is he?Akashi stood up, he is Akashi Seijuro.

"Thank you." Akashi opened his eyes again, looking at the stadium full of lights.

This is decent, otherwise it would be too miserable for him to be discarded before he struggled to the end.Dai is relieved and ready to play at any time, so let him do his best as a pawn to accompany him to the end.

"I'll win, Kurina."

Didn't you just say thank you to me?Dai's foot almost slipped.

Akashi turned his head, his gentle eyes resting on the girl just behind him.This almost made Dai turn around and leave, he really wanted to withdraw his stupid mental activity just now.

"thank you too."

Akashi probably saw his small movements, Dai was stunned for a while, but suddenly he was not used to Akashi's gentleness, so he responded softly.

The result was unexpected, but Seirin's upset victory was not so unbelievable, at least everyone in Generation Miracle smiled knowingly at this result, then put on a disdainful cover, turned and walked backstage.

They were still a group of dishonest companions, but Heizi changed the enthusiasm and love hidden deep in his heart.

Akashi led a group of people through a period of silence in the dark corridor, a ray of light gradually brightened with their footsteps, and Akashi couldn't help but raise his hand to cover the too dazzling light.

"Akashi-kun."

Then he saw the chestnut curls falling back his shoulders, her face parked in front of her, waiting for him.

"Kurina, I lost."

He smiled and said honestly, a pair of eyebrows stretched out under his short hair, with a gentle soft light.

Sakura looked at Akashi's face, obviously he had lost the victory he had held tightly in his hands for a long time, but with a more satisfied and fulfilling smile than before, it seemed that he had regained what he really valued.Sakura finally saw such Akashi Seijuro again, and she couldn't help crying when she missed him so much.

"Don't cry." Akashi smiled helplessly looking at her teary and snotty face.

He finally came back.

"It should be..." Sakura held back her tears, sniffed her nose, and looked at his smile, the soft face made her tears fall, her big mouth was slurred, "It doesn't matter whether you win or lose. of."

Why are you using honorifics all of a sudden?Although it has no effect.Akashi lowered his eyebrows and looked at Sakura. He didn't wear a handkerchief, let alone a clean towel, so he could only reach out and stroke her face, but he couldn't help laughing and joking, "This is different from what you just said, you Just let me win."

Sakura turned to hold his hand, finally stopped the tears, but was very happy, "It's all thanks to Heizi-kun! As expected, Heizi managed to do it, I knew Heizi would make you meet again!"

Eh?Akashi paused, raised his eyebrows, did he not believe in himself but Tetsuya?Then he calmly squinted with a warning cold light and glanced at the group of people behind him who were laughing and watching the joke.

"Ah, I'm sorry. Hello, I'm Sakura Rina when we meet for the first time." Sakura raised her head and greeted the Luoshan team members behind her. She formally bowed to them, and then Luo The mountain team members were also flattered and formally returned the salute together, and some funny scenes drew sideways glances from passers-by.

"Nai-chan, let me tell you, what's your relationship with Xiaozheng?" Shibuchi Lingyang couldn't bear her temper first, and Shibuchi, who was always interested in beautiful things, would certainly not let go of the pair of clear oranges in front of her. The suspicious No. [-] character with cute eyes.

"Hello, I'm Akashi-kun's junior high school classmate." Sakura skillfully and quickly bowed to him, Mibuchi raised his eyes, "Just a classmate?"

"Yes! Akashi-kun has been taken care of by you all this time. Although he is a bit arrogant, he is very gentle!"

Shibuchi stared at her innocent face with a surprised face, and suddenly patted Akashi and laughed wildly. Although he didn't get any interesting content, he felt that this little girl summed it up very well. After all, no one dared to compare Akashi Seijuro said the fact that he was very arrogant, "Xiaozheng Xiaozheng, you little sister, are you short-hearted?"

It hurts, Akashi doesn't say anything, he closes one eye.

"Hey, pure white. You are also watching the game." At this time, Aomine's voice came, enough for a second to make Sakura's broken existence come.

Sakura's perfect smile froze, and she had a premonition that the beautiful image she had built with great difficulty was about to collapse.However, Akashi, who possesses the Eye of the Emperor of Heaven, had already anticipated what the scene would be like next. He held Sakura's arm with one hand, and his eyes signaled her to calm down.

"Don't hold on to the stain of junior high school as a nickname, you erotic brat!!" It's a pity that Sakura's first reaction after meeting Aomine after so long is still just to kick him.

So these two are not yet each other.Akashi had to work hard to stop Sakura's struggle, "Kurina, calm down."

Sakura took a deep breath and smiled, "Akashi-kun, what are you talking about, I'm calm."

As soon as Akashi who was confused let go of his hand, the person in front of him ran away in a second. Akashi blinked his eyes, a little confused by this development.Following Qingfeng's cry, "It hurts so much, what are you doing!" The two stood in the middle of the aisle and fought each other again.

"After so long, your gas volume still hasn't grown as much as your milk volume."

"You are also eight taels of Aomine, and the things in your head are only in junior high school, dirty basketball idiot."

"What did you say…!"

"Ada!"

"Aomine-kun, it's time for you to graduate from pornography."

Momoi pulls Aomine who is about to go berserk, and Kuroko who doesn't know when appears and reprimands Aomine expressionlessly, but Sakura is taken aback, she turns her head to conspire with Heizi.On the right side of their mischief, a group of mixed orange and blue teams can only be seen when they approach. It is Kai Chang and Hidetoku, Midorima and Kise walking together is a very strange combination, and even if the game is over, they are not defeated at all. The talking and laughing atmosphere is also incredible.

What is the really important thing? Sakura Heiko and himself may be different, and it is still not clear, but the answer is becoming more and more clear at this moment.

Be with people who are close to you, and move forward together.

Akashi would show her face countless times, and in those times her appearance was always clear and bright, firmer than anything else.

In a blink of an eye, Akashi stayed where he was, looking far away.He suddenly remembered that they used to always gather together as it should be, throwing out the victories and defeats that they didn't care about. Today he understood Sakura's complicated feelings, and he finally laughed heartily.

"Akashi-kun." Kuroko was like a luminous body among them, like the protagonist in their world.They always collide with each other and hurt each other in those days, and they will go farther and farther on the road to each other, but they will meet again in the end, because some people insist on certain things.

At this moment, Heizi was wearing a shallow smile. He had never forgotten any of them, and he never wanted to defeat any one of them. What Heizi insisted on was to let them find each other and become stronger at the same time.

"Ah." Akashi bent his mouth and stepped forward with bright eyes.The Winter Cup competition is finally over, and the uneasiness that he has been harboring in his heart has finally disappeared, and what is ushered in is a brand new future for him and his teammates.

Perhaps, as Sakura said, all this is the hard work of Heizi.

"Kurina." So at this moment when they were all around, Akashi stretched out his hand to Sakura, his rose-colored eyes were gentle and focused.

A group of people seemed to have known that there would be such a scene, they tacitly waited for the ending with quiet smiles.

"I like you."

Sakura raised her eyebrows, her beautiful brown hair fluttered with her nodding, she held Akashi's palm, his palm was warm, and the generous palm made her feel extremely at ease.

"Akashi-kun, don't you think there are too many people around?"

"Everyone is better together."

The boy's smile returned to its usual gentle warmth, time gathered again and moved forward again.

But no matter how stable Akashi is, no matter how always he has the eyes of the emperor so that there will be no unexpected things for him, he never thought that such things would happen to them.