[volleyball! ! ] Ruoxu Xianchen

For being invited to her home, I felt that I should express my gratitude, but I couldn't deceive myself. The question he wanted to ask the most was...

——Why, do you like Oikawa-senpai?

[one]

The flash of surprise when he saw him was quickly covered by the girl's happy smile, and she easily dismissed the inquiry of the senior who said so, and Izumo walked towards him slowly with obvious tiredness.

"I was shocked, Kageyama-kun, why haven't you come home yet?"

"The extra practice of the volleyball team has just ended, Narumi-senpai, right? He has been training until now?"

Izumo tapped his upper arm lightly, and responded vaguely with his back turned to him, and then changed the strap of the schoolbag to the other shoulder: "This is an exception, it usually ends in the evening, and today I don't know why it happened on a whim." , I don’t want to stop if I don’t skip it, but Aizawa-senpai has been with me until now... Tomorrow I have to thank you again.”

Kageyama walked about half a meter behind the Izumo side, and witnessed the rare side of her that was no longer full of vitality, and after she stopped speaking and fell silent, the boy's eyes seemed to reappear, as if the image reappeared It was the moment when she finally succeeded in crossing.

The figure flying towards the high place hangs upside down under the night, the slender legs crossed the bar first, then the waist and abdomen and chest also passed over one after another, and then the girl who started to fall showed an absolutely pure smile on her face.

——The bright smile that looks like a star is still eye-catching under the glare of the searchlights. With her jumping and landing movements, the flying black ponytail also looks like the roots of her hair are distinct, reflecting Looking at her radiance at that moment.

"Is this...cute?"

The murmured whispers jumped out of the restless heart rhythm, blurted out after violating the boy's heart, and Kageyama, who was slapped across the cheek by the girl in front of him because of the ponytail that was thrown back suddenly, and saw her stunned look, was dull Perceived this.

"No... no, because Oikawa-senpai said... that Narumi-senpai is actually cute, I didn't..."

"You've been fooled by him again, Kageyama-kun~ Listen, girls who are 1.7 meters tall can no longer be described as cute. If you want to praise me, you can use other words. For example, Nishitani often says that I am handsome. Yes, and tell me..."

Speaking of this topic, Izumo, who was tired a moment ago, became unexpectedly excited, and watching her counting other people's compliments did not feel embarrassed, but danced with hands and feet and seemed full of confidence, Kageyama suddenly realized I fell into an inexplicable sinking, I couldn't hear any sound or see anything else, only the girl in front of me was completely occupied by herself...

——It seems... I really think she is a bit cute...

"...Hey, Kageyama-kun? What are you thinking? I've called you several times."

"Ah...sorry! I was just thinking... I was thinking, was Narumi-senpai also in the track and field department when he was number one in Beichuan? It seems that you have never heard of it..."

[two]

Tobio Kageyama can be sure that when he asked this question, Narumi Izumo's expression was definitely the one he didn't want to see out of all the ones he had ever seen.

"Narumi..."

The sound brought trembling that he didn't expect, and the girl who was so sad that she was about to cry a few seconds ago, returned to her usual smile at a speed he didn't expect.

"No, I joined the kendo club when I was in junior high school, but due to various reasons, I didn't continue after I arrived in Karasuno. I originally wanted to be at home for three years with peace of mind, but who knows when I started school? I was followed by Senior Aizawa, and after being pestered by her for a semester, I had no choice but to join the track and field club."

As he said that, Izumo shrugged helplessly, but Kageyama, who probably knew about the so-called "various reasons", couldn't calmly accept her pretending to be relaxed in front of him.

——But even if he couldn't accept it, he didn't think he had the room to gossip.

"Let's not talk about that, do you have dinner when you go back so late, I should be the only one at home today... Kageyama-kun is hungry too, is there anything you want to eat? Today is my treat, senior!"

Sure enough, Izumo quickly changed the subject, and the young man who followed behind and witnessed the change in her expression didn't know what to do other than follow her wishes.

"Well, what do you want to eat... how about curry?"

"Curry? Do you really like it so much? You used to be the same way. You only order this kind when you come to the store, but it's a pity that it's a bit far away. Now..."

I don't know if it's Kageyama's illusion, but I always feel that when Izumo mentioned that period of time, the nostalgic expression on his face was quite inconsistent with her image, and at the same time, it seemed to resonate with him.

"I can't help it. If you like curry, I can make it for you next time. Now, why don't you go to the Sakashita store in front of you..."

"That, Narumi-senpai..."

Kageyama interrupted her proposal by raising his voice, and reached out to put his hand on the shoulder of the girl in front of him. After the resistance forced her to turn around, he found that Izumo's bright dark brown pupils were completely reflected at this moment. alone……

"Why do you like Oikawa-senpai?"

--Eh?What's going on... Oops, I really asked!

[three]

"Why do you like Oikawa-senpai?"

Kageyama swears that if time could be turned back, he would definitely stop the self five seconds ago, even if he did other embarrassing things, only this question cannot be asked!

However, the young man with a pale face and trembling hands suddenly noticed an astonishing fact in his stagnant and chaotic brain...

—So, did I always care about this?

The boy who suddenly realized this, looked at Izumo with a look of anticipation, and his complexion gradually returned to normal, but the girl he was waiting for had an uncharacteristically long reflex arc.

"Wait, Kageyama-kun, what did you just... say?"

"I just... was asking, Narumi-senpai, you...why do you like, like, like Oikawa-senpai!"

Sure enough, the superficial calm was an illusion as usual, he stumbled and stuttered just to repeat it, and even the eyes that could have looked at Izumo frankly began to become evasive again.

"Eh……"

He only uttered a slight and short syllable, and the dazed and confused look of the girl was reflected in his eyes, and Kageyama let out an "eh" affected by it, and was about to ask more deeply, but the girl suddenly, completely After reacting, he jumped away in one step——

"Ehhhh—?! When did I say I like Oikawa-senpai!"

[four]

"You...you haven't liked Oikawa-senpai since junior high school?"

Obviously he hesitated a few times, and finally asked the question on impulse, but in the end, under his stunned and stupid appearance, he was easily overturned by the other party and turned into a false proposition.

"No...how on earth did you form such a misunderstanding? I seem to be very courteous to Oikawa-senpai? Or did you hear some messy rumors when you were in junior high school?"

Asked by Izumo in a tone full of "why is it so ridiculous", Kageyama raised his voice in embarrassment, stepped back and forth to launch a quick attack and immediately responded——

"But you chatted with Oikawa-senpai on the tram before."

"I perfunctorily perfunctory him all the way, can't you see the bitter tears all the way..."

A simple quick attack was disintegrated, and the young man who became more and more embarrassed until his cheeks began to flush, grabbed the hair on the back of his head, and his memory went back to three years ago when he decided to launch a rear attack——

"When we first met, didn't you go to the gymnasium to ask Senior Oikawa for his contact information?"

"I asked for it for my brother. He wanted to ask Senior Oikawa if he had any intention of coming to Qingcheng, and I asked for it with Senior Iwaizumi at that time."

Izumo, who had returned to his calm and relaxed appearance, seemed to answer with ease, and firmly blocked the ball with reasonable grounds and no refutation.

"Then...then, why do you ask me every time, about Oikawa-senpai, at the restaurant?"

When seeing the girl choked and speechless, Kageyama, who was choked one after another, realized that the second attack he personally launched had worked.

— But the crux of the problem is not this!

"Aha...haha...hahaha, what are you talking about..."

Izumo smiled wryly and turned her back, pulling the straps as if trying to organize her words, but after being silent for a long time, she turned her head with the corners of her mouth pulled at Kageyama's urging.

"Actually, at that time, I just wanted to talk to you, but when I realized it, I was already sitting in front of you. You looked at me with wide eyes, and then I didn't know what was going on, so I just I brought up Oikawa-senpai as a topic..."

This was indeed an unexpected answer for Kageyama, but it took him the shortest time to fully accept the answer: "Is that so, Narumi-senpai, you... really don't like Oikawa-senpai?"

"Of course, I have nothing to do with people like Oikawa-senpai at all... Although I can't say that I hate them, but it is indeed a headache to get along with. In comparison, Iwaizumi-senpai is better to get along with. .”

"Indeed, Oikawa-senpai's character is too bad, even worse than Tsukishima."

——Didn’t you like Oikawa-senpai so?Fortunately...

--Eh?Why do I say this?

[W]

In this step that cannot be taken, there are always many seemingly innocent problems.