[Kuroko's Basketball] Warm Red

In the afternoon, the air began to become dull. Sakura suppressed his sleepiness and began to feel drowsy in the environment of chanting English like sutras. Akashi looked at her drooping eyelashes from time to time, thinking that she had passed the test for two days. It is estimated that it is stuck in English again.

After finally surviving school, Sakura cheered up. She put her schoolbag on her shoulders and pulled herself to her seat, waving at Akashi.

"Then Akashi-kun, I'll see you after we're done."

"it is good."

After Akashi's simple response, Sakura's bright orange eyes flashed past, and immediately passed Akashi's side and disappeared into the back door of the classroom.Compared to this, Akashi, who was tidying up his desk in an orderly manner, had a calm face. He was never in a hurry about his own work, even in the club, Akashi still had such a face.

Drenched in sweat, he walked to the bench on one side, picked up his own towel and wiped it quietly, carefully observing the state of the first army on the field with a pair of slightly raised red eyes, with a meticulous expression.

The door of the gymnasium is half open, looking straight ahead, you can see the bright white sunlight outside, and you can vaguely see people from different clubs passing through.Occasionally, a small ball rolled down in front of the goal, and the girl in a tennis skirt held the racket and bent over to pick it up and ran away quickly.

The rhythm of the first army in the gymnasium is very tight, the sound of the basketball landing is mixed with the friction of the shoe board on the floor.

Akashi seemed to see several figures passing by in black hakama suits through the half-open gap, and he took out his mobile phone to check the time.

When the sky began to calm down and the cool evening breeze blew in the campus, Akashi finished his club activities. He changed back into Teiko's blue shirt, and his eyes under his fair face were stained with the warm light of the afternoon.

He walked steadily, and within a few steps he moved his eyes, and saw that Sakura was already waiting at the door, and her pair of eyebrows under her high ponytail were clearly recognizable at a glance.

Seeing Akashi, she jumped two steps leaning against the wall, took two steps forward, turned her head and smiled, Sakura's smile was the same as always under the short bangs.

"Then let's go."

"Where's your bow?"

Sakura simply carried a bag on her shoulders, except for the bow that was wrapped in black cloth every day, she secretly sighed at Akashi's observation skills.Sakura stared straight ahead, thoughtfully explained, "Well... it's not convenient to take it to the bookstore, let's put it in the club today."

Summer's thin shirt depicts her slender back. Akashi, who is walking behind her, can see her curly brown hair blowing up with the evening wind. She is holding the shoulder strap of her schoolbag with both hands, revealing two eyes It reveals indescribable complex emotions.

Maybe Sakura's state has been affected since then.When Akashi recalled her injuries, he realized that there had been faint signs since Xia Tian.

It's just that the sky at five o'clock in the afternoon is still like daytime. The thick clouds in the sky aggravate the sense of humidity, and the wind blowing on the face is cool and full of water vapor.

Halfway through, the sky began to darken. Sakura looked up and saw that the sky had already darkened. She quickly turned her head and urged Akashi, "Should we hurry up? I think it will rain..."

Akashi raised his eyes, and there was a faint flash of thunder and lightning in the dark clouds. He nodded in agreement and followed Sakura into the bookstore with hasty steps.He calculated the time. This bookstore is very close to Sakura's house, so there is still a certain distance from his house in the opposite direction. He calculated the journey back and forth, and quickly pulled out the book he was aiming at.

"It's a good thing that there is a bookstore like this near Sakura's house. There are a lot of materials that you can't usually find here."

Akashi handed the book to the clerk at the front desk, then turned his head and reached out to Sakura.

"Eh?" This very smooth and natural movement made Sakura unable to react. She panickedly took out her membership card from her bag and handed it to Akashi. Then she remembered what Akashi said before, and she looked up tentatively. Akashi's unchanging face.

"...Akashi, are you envious?"

"You sound like you think I'm a weirdo with no emotions."

The whole process of Akashi quickly finishing the formalities and handing back the membership card to her was so smooth that she and Akashi seemed to be getting along with each other as a follower and the other as a leader, which made Sakura feel a little funny with her eyebrows bent. Akashi, the neck under the short hair behind his head feels clean and delicate like others.

"I said Akashi, you..." Sakura couldn't help but Akashi looked at her sideways, waiting for her to continue.

She seemed to be attracted by his warm red eyes, and she wanted to blurt out that Akashi sometimes made her feel like a person who was beyond perfect and without any flaws, even when she began to agree with and understand the evaluations made by those girls on him, she sometimes felt that Akashi It's also very ordinary, so ordinary that I usually chat with her, and walk on the road like this, so ordinary that I borrow books from her.

But she thought that if she really said it, Akashi would only make fun of her, and then tell her with a slight smile that she is also an ordinary person.

Of course she knew that Akashi was just an ordinary person, but... this feeling was unbelievable, so unbelievable that her heart was shaking now, as if she could hear the beating of her own chest.

She opened her mouth, wondering about her delicate mood at this time, when a burst of cold dripped on the top of her head, the concrete floor at her feet began to get wet, and the downpour of rain interrupted her words. She immediately reacted and looked for shelter.

"Chi, Akashi-kun is raining, let's take shelter from the rain first!"

"It's been raining lately."

The two of them hid under the door of a nearby shop, and Sakura immediately took out a handkerchief to wipe off the water droplets on the hem of the skirt.Akashi didn't know why he would join this rain-shelter army, but they didn't have to rush on the road like this.

"Sakura, I have an umbrella, foldable." Akashi looked at her wet hair with a pair of calm eyes, and took out a black umbrella from his bag.

Sakura was taken aback. Few people would carry a foldable umbrella with them, especially if it was Akashi.

"Let me lend you my umbrella. My house is quite close to the station, so you don't have to worry about that journey."

"Ah...no, don't worry, it's better to say that my house is relatively close..." Sakura was subconsciously flattered by Akashi's gentlemanly demeanor, she pushed her skirt to hear the vibration of her phone, so she took it out to answer in a panic.

"Nanai, Nana, QAQ, where did you ask for help? It suddenly rained and I was soaked and couldn't go back."

"I'm sorry Ryota, I'm stuck too." She squeezed her forehead bangs and squeezed out a smile. From the moment the phone vibrated, she probably had a premonition that Ryota might ask her for help, and it didn't mean that Hate.

"Don't you have Nai-chan too? Then should I find a way to get an umbrella...ah!" The voice was interrupted.

"Ryota-kun, if you don't mind..."

"Is it really alright, ah, I'm still in trouble. It's really helpful, by the way, do you have extra umbrellas or something... Ah haha ​​is also yelling, eh? This weekend? Hmm..."

Sakura didn't say a word, she could vaguely hear what happened on the other side of the phone, she wasn't surprised, anyway, Ryo was so popular that it didn't happen every day or two.

It seemed that the other party was busy enough dealing with the girl's enthusiasm, so how could he take care of her? Sakura sighed, ready to say hello first and hang up the phone.She opened her mouth, and the phone was hung up the next second.

"Sorry Na-chan! See you later!"

It seems to be like this, there are always crowds gathered around Ryota, it seems that if there is more of her, there will be more than one of her.They also just have the names of childhood sweethearts, but they happen to live close to each other, but Ryota treats everyone the same, and their relationship is actually not that good.

This time was the same, but I was hung up on the phone, and I felt like a fool who was still struggling at that moment.Sakura pursed her lips, and couldn't help but increase her strength, a layer of water mist formed on the surface of the watch on her wrist, and the collected water droplets dripped down along the way.

Even though she felt that Kise was annoying sometimes, she didn't hate it, it just seemed that Kise Ryota was like this all the time, calling and hanging up by herself, so it's better not to contact her from the beginning.

But why, she can't let go of him now.

Sakura and Kise grew up playing together, with the same light-colored hair and the same baby face, they were always regarded as siblings, but only they knew it was the other way around.Sakura has always been taking care of Kise Ryota, no matter how much Sakura dislikes this big dog who can't cook and wash, and can only eat, I can't worry about his pitiful face alone in the bottom of my heart , held out his hand to him.

But I don't know when, this seems to have become the norm, Kise always depends on her, even if he gradually grows up and no longer needs this kind of care, he still holds his hand.She is still very happy, because there is no change between them from beginning to end.

No, there are still.She kept changing, she became dissatisfied, dissatisfied, began to care about every detail, and began to examine Ryota in her heart.

Why has Ryota never reached out to her once.Even once is fine, I hope Ryota will look back to see if she is okay, and then tell her that the responsibility that has been on her shoulders for a long time will be handed over to him.

But Ryota did not.The reason is actually very simple.

It's just that the childhood sweetheart by her side happens to be her.

"In that case... bring an umbrella here..." Sakura told the busy tone on the other end of the phone, suppressing the unexplained irritability in his heart.

She has no reason to be angry.

Seeing her tightly clutching the phone with a black screen, Akashi immediately understood. He put away his umbrella and chose to wait for the rain to stop with her.

It's not that she doesn't accept it, it's just that the object is wrong.

The next second the phone in her hand started vibrating again, and after she answered it, her mother's instructions came.

"In other words, we will come back late tonight, so you should prepare for a late night. Ah, don't forget to ask Ryota to come with you. The husband and wife in their house haven't come back yet, so watch him eat carefully."

"wait…"

Sakura retorted, but the family was really too busy, and the phone was hung up again with a click.

So she didn't bring an umbrella, do I still need to prepare materials in this weather... Sakura was lost for a while, but Akashi next to him didn't know anything, she pulled her bangs embarrassingly for the second time, and smiled , "I was asked to prepare dinner, sorry Akashi-kun, I may be late, why don't you go back first."

Her smile was the same as what I usually see in classrooms and corridors, and there was always no shortage of laughing classmates around me, and I was even able to joke with my seniors.People who are so tactful that they don't impose their own affairs on others, and who are kind enough to only share a smile are also welcome.Akashi thought he knew why Sakura was so popular, but he didn't need her character at this time.

"You don't have to laugh."

Sakura couldn't laugh even if she wanted to, she turned her head back, hummed lightly, and looked down at the scattered raindrops falling under the eaves, splashing little by little on her shoe.The rain curtain on that side seemed to divide the world into two halves, making it impossible for her to step out, just like she couldn't step into Ryota's world, rushing out would only drench herself.

Even so, she still couldn't be so decisive when it came to Ryota.

"So, do you like Kise Ryota?" Facing Sakura's puzzled eyes, Akashi asked again.

It is very strange that this kind of sensitive question comes from Akashi's mouth. Sakura was a little defensive for a moment, but somehow she suddenly thought that her resistance at this time was not because of Akashi's sudden offense, but because of Akashi's sudden attack. A possibility that she herself never dared to set foot in.

But no matter what, Sakura thought it was a matter between her and Ryota.She doesn't want others to step into the world between them, no one will understand her feelings.Even Ryota wouldn't know, not to mention that she didn't want the answer to this question to be revealed in this form one day.

During the long silence, Sakura didn't dodge, her dim gaze in the rainy weather was rare cold, without anger or disgust.

This actually has nothing to do with you.Sakura's calm pupils in Akashi's eyes only conveyed her thoughts.

Even so, she couldn't escape Akashi's direct gaze, and she didn't think it was something to hide, and it didn't matter if she said it.

"do not like."

After all, what would change even if it was said?

The air under the narrow eaves was silent for a while, it was all because of Ryota's topic, and even the atmosphere between them became strange.In order to divert his mood, Sakura blinked, and finally decided to break through the situation by herself.

She rushed out, waved back to Akashi, and said briskly, "I'll go to the nearby muji to buy an umbrella, and I won't delay Akashi-kun and wait with me. See you tomorrow."

Before Akashi could react, her figure disappeared in the hazy rain and mist, the heels of her shoes fell on the puddle, slapping, the black socks on her calves were soaked by the rain, and the smooth uppers of the shoes kept dripping.

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