Ah-chan pushed open the door of the bookstore and walked in.A clerk who was arranging books in front of the bookshelf heard the noise and turned his head subconsciously.When she saw A-Chan, she was taken aback for a moment, then smiled warmly and greeted her.

"It's Ah-chan." Ah-chan used to come here often to look for Lujian, so the employees who have worked in this bookstore for a long time all recognize her, "It's been a long time since I came here, are you in high school?"

"Yes."

"After Luma went to Xiude, it's not convenient to come to work after school. He came here suddenly again today, and I want to say what happened. It looks like he made an appointment with you."

Ah-chan smiled, but didn't admit it: "Well...Maybe Shintaro just wanted to come over for a stroll all of a sudden."

The clerk showed a subtle smile of "I understand, I understand, I understand", and did not continue to exchange pleasantries, but it was obvious that he did not believe that Midorima just wanted to "shop around".

She told Ah-chan kindly: "He's still in the same place."

The so-called old place is the classical music section in the audio-visual section of this bookstore—so A-chan passed through several bookshelves, walked straight to the audio-visual section, and then in front of the classical music shelf, she found a man with lowered eyebrows and silent voice. A teenager who silently read the words on the cover of the CD in his hand.

The reason why she got the meaning of agreeing to meet from Midorima's reply "I want to work part-time" is because when Midorima wanted to reject someone, she was always very direct.That's why when I was in Teiguang, there were evaluations of "cold", "arrogant", "too distant" and "very unkind" among the girls.Therefore, when he did not directly say "no" in his reply, nine out of ten he meant agreement.And he said "I want to work part-time", in addition to agreeing to meet, there is also a hidden meaning, that is, to make an appointment with the place where they will meet - the bookstore where he worked part-time before.

This bookstore is very close to Teiko, so Midorima used to come here often when he was studying in Teiko.Because he came here frequently, after getting acquainted with the owner, he simply started working here.However, after arriving in Xiude, because of the change of route, Ah-chan guessed that he should no longer work here.

But with Midorima Shintaro's self-esteem, there is probably no way to send his current part-time job directly to Ah-chan, or to agree on other places.

Because that seemed too much expectation—so, he could only reply awkwardly: "I want to work part-time."

Then what I want to tell Ah-chan is—tomorrow you can find me at the place where I work.

Momoi Itsuki was surprised at A-Chan's ability to interpret Midorima's words, but she still felt that Kise who could interpret A-Chan's text messages was even better.

When first meeting, Ah-chan thought that Midorima was just cold-hearted, but after getting to know him, she realized that sometimes he was even more pretentious than Haizaki.

…Now it seems that his pretentiousness has not improved as his abilities have grown, but it feels more serious.

Ah-chan stood where she was, thinking about the information about Midorima that needs to be updated now, while gazing tenderly at the boy's side face.

Viewed from the side, Midorima Shintaro's eyelashes appear even longer.

His skin is fair, and under the light of the bookstore, his outline is soft and more delicate.And once a boy's eyelashes are so long and his skin is so white, it is easy to look charming.

However, Midorima's tall figure and handsome facial features dilute this charm very well, making him look even more handsome.

Ah-chan remembers that when Lujian was not so tall in junior high school, because she hadn't opened her eyes yet, her facial features were very delicate, and with such a pair of charming eyes, she was often teased and teased by senior school girls, commenting, "Zhenjiang is really super cute. of".

Probably for this reason, Midorima doesn't like to take off his glasses very much, and always keeps a straight face, which looks very distant.

——Maybe I don’t want to be called cute anymore...

But... Even so, there are still many people who think he is cute.

Ah-chan looked at him like this, her expression gradually became a little dazed, as if she was fascinated.Midorima was staring at the album in his hand with lowered eyelids.Under the thick eyelashes, those blue eyes are like a gentle lake.Suddenly, he paused, as if he had noticed something.The young man raised his eyes, and those clear and bright emerald eyes flickered, and he saw a young girl not far away, with a radiant and radiant face.

The two of them didn't speak for a moment, and after a while, Ah-chan twitched her eyelashes slightly, then smiled and walked over slowly.

"I'm... not used to it." She said a little embarrassedly, "... Shintaro's appearance in Hidetoku's school uniform..."

Midorima looked at the girl in front of him wearing Seirin's school uniform, and was silent for a while. "you are late."

Ah-chan paused for a moment, then turned to look at the clock on the wall of the bookstore - the time showed that it was 15 minutes later than the fixed time they had agreed to meet at this bookstore when they were in Teiko.

"It's also my first time coming here from Seirin..." Ah-chan coquettishly explained, "Besides, you said you want to work part-time. If I didn't come, what would you do?"

She tilted her head and asked curiously, "Will you wait for me?"

"I didn't come here specially for you." Midorima pushed his glasses, and replied coldly: "It just happened to be something nearby, so I stopped by to have a look. It doesn't matter if you didn't come."

"...So Shintaro," the girl stretched out her tone slowly, "are you really waiting for me?"

Her attitude made Midorima purse her lips tightly, turn her head away, and refused to answer any more words.

She clearly knew it.

Obviously, she knew what he meant, and clearly knew what he was thinking--obviously, even if he pretended to be indifferent and indifferent, she knew everything.

Is it that fun to tease him by pretending to know nothing? !

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry... Shintaro, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong..."

Midorima remained stern and silent until he left the bookstore.He walked forward with a face as cold as ice, and let the girl follow behind him, pulling at the hem of his clothes and apologizing softly.

But even if he didn't respond, he still remembered that the steps he took should not be too big, lest the girl couldn't keep up.

The girl kept apologizing, but the boy's anger didn't seem to diminish, and he didn't get a response. Slowly, Ah-chan also fell silent. After the apology couldn't be heard, Midorima's anger suddenly rose even higher.It wasn't until he crossed two roads and came to a road he used to walk after school from Teiko that the girl behind him finally grabbed him.

"Go to the basketball court from before," Ah-chan said softly, "OK?"

It was a place where they had been dating for a while—Midorima didn't know if that even counted as a date.

When Ah-chan said that she was going there, many, many memories of Midorima were instantly brought back.His heart suddenly softened, and he really wanted to go back with her to have a look, but he stopped, and his tone was so blunt that even he couldn't control himself: "What are you doing there?"

"as usual……?"

"...I didn't bring a basketball."

"Then..." The girl's tone suddenly became a little low, "Aren't you going...?"

And every time Ah-chan shows this look, basically all the requirements are met.

A few minutes later, they were standing by the basketball court.

Midorima was very annoyed at himself for giving in so easily, but he knew very well that he was also subtly happy just because they were standing here again.

——Because this is a place that only belongs to the two of them.

They walked into this familiar street basketball court and saw a pair of junior high school students already playing one-on-one, so they stood aside.

Midorima and Ah-chan didn't speak, they just watched the pair of junior high school students with smiles on their faces, intercepting and projecting each other - even if their level was compared with Midorima's in the Taiguang period, they still felt that they were too far behind. far, let alone compared with the current green room.

Young and clumsy, but with such a bright smile on his face.

Not long after, one of the junior high school students said, "It's about this time, it's time to go back to eat."

"You scored one more goal than me, so you have to go eat!"

"Then come back after dinner."

"Well, that's fine."

At this moment, Ah-chan walked over.

Midorima was slightly taken aback, watching her stop in front of two junior high school students, and smiled at them.

Those two young teenagers seemed to have lost their souls in an instant.Midorima frowned and walked over.Standing beside her, he heard her begging softly: "Can you lend me the basketball? You will come back after dinner, right? Then I will return it to you, okay?"

This request is actually a bit rude, but for a person with Sakurai-chan's face, even if her request is ten times more willful than this, there are still many people who are willing to satisfy her.

The faces of the two junior high school students were flushed and they handed the basketball to her. It seemed that they didn't even know what to say: "Okay, okay. Please, please don't hesitate!"

"Look!"

When the two junior high school students walked away, Ah-chan held up the basketball and winked slyly at Midorima, "I have the basketball."

Midorima frowned, dissatisfied: "So?"

Sensing his displeasure, Ah-chan approached him curiously, "Why are you so angry?"

"Although Shintaro is better at basketball than before, his personality hasn't changed at all." Ah-chan shook the basketball in her hand, then stepped back a few steps, and raised her hand towards the basket not far away, " ——Always, I don’t know why, but I suddenly become unhappy again. No matter how I ask, I refuse to tell, and I am sullen all by myself.”

She voted.The basketball drew a very jerky parabola in the air, and then fell to the ground perfectly before hitting the basket.

The girl smiled a little embarrassedly: "...It seems that I forgot the correct shooting posture."

Midorima stood aside and remained silent for a while, frowning and trying to refute what she said about him getting angry easily, but in the end he just sighed helplessly.He stepped forward to pick up the basketball, and then put the ball back in A-chan's hands.When the girl raised her hand again, he stood behind her, held her arm and wrist, and carefully adjusted her posture.

"...Wrist." He said so, covering the back of the girl's slender hand, as if he wanted to let her feel the correct shooting force, "This is so hard. Be gentle..."

In this way, the second shot taught by the hand-in-hand professor finally hit the basket this time.

"The strength is low." Midorima commented, "Come again."

So Ah-chan ran over to pick up the basketball, and obediently returned to stand in front of Midorima.

The boy skillfully took her into his arms again, and adjusted her posture again.

This time, the basketball spun around the hoop a few times in a thrilling manner, and finally fell into it.

Only then did Luma raise his hand and push his glasses, encouraging him, "Very good."

"Pfft." Ah Chan couldn't help laughing, "It's not bad to be praised by the number one shooter of Miracle's generation at this level, it feels like pity."

"...not pity."

"Isn't it?" The girl raised her face and looked at him curiously, but there was a playful smile in her eyes, "Those who are defeated by you...even the worst are better than my basketball skills Too much. If they hear you praise me, they will cry, right?"

Midorima took the basketball from her with a blank expression on his face. He raised his eyes to look at the basket, and then seemed to just raise his hand casually—to throw——

The brown ball drew a perfect arc in the air, and then fell from the center of the basket impartially.

He said: "—who cares about them."

In the past, they often came here, and then Midorima taught Ah-chan how to shoot.

As Teiko's top shooter, Midorima is very proficient in shooting, but feels very at a loss for teaching others.At first he tried not to touch her body and taught her the correct shooting posture, but in the end he found that it was more efficient to correct it himself.

Later... One time, he stood behind her as before, adjusted her posture, and suddenly realized that it was like she was leaning in his arms.

Then, when he came back to his senses, the basketball had fallen to the ground at some point—and he really held the girl in front of him in his arms.

At that time, Ah-chan was still calling him by his last name.The girl's voice was a little surprised, and she asked a little uneasy: "...Mr. Lujian...?"

Thinking about it now, at that time, she was already dating Akashi.

It's just that she and Akashi didn't say anything, so no one knows yet.

If he had known...if he had known...

You will be able to hide your emotions better.

If he had known this earlier, he would never have let her know...

He likes her.

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