[Black Basket] Warm Mist

Whether sad or regretful, the Winter Cup is finally over.At the awards ceremony, Seirin, who came second, still smiled brightly.Everyone has worked hard, fought hard, and been recognized for it. There is nothing more gratifying than this.

For the quasi-winning results of this Winter Cup, the basketball team's regular selection team members planned to find a place to celebrate, and Jiang Qi specially invited several seniors from the third grade to join them.Muji, Hyuga and others originally wanted to decline the kindness of lowering the flag, but they couldn't stand the lobbying of a group of people.So more than a dozen people marched mightily to the nearby Monja Burning Shop.

Hasegawa Shiho, who gradually fell behind for some reason, looked at them full of nostalgia, and Yuki Mikoto, who knew it, also slowed down and stood side by side with her.

It happened that the boy in front of them had just crossed the road when the green light turned red.Aida Reiko, who was leading the way, ordered the boys to stop and wait for the two girls.I saw a dozen big boys standing obediently in a row under the road sign, talking and laughing, and occasionally playing rough.

Yuki Mikoto looked at the energetic boys on the opposite side, and suddenly sighed: "You really don't plan to stay in the basketball club?"

Hasegawa Shiho withdrew his gaze from deliberately staying on the red light: "Yes."

"Then... aren't you going to tell them?" Yuki Mikoto pointed her eyes, "If you leave without saying goodbye, they will be very angry, right?"

Hasegawa Shiho looked straight ahead with a calm expression: "At least I won't leave without saying goodbye this time."

Yuki Mikoto narrowed her eyes and looked at her: "...You mean, you have other things to 'leave without saying goodbye'?"

Hasegawa Shiho opened his mouth, and then reminded: "Ah, the green light is on."

After speaking, she took the lead and walked forward.

Yuki Mikoto was speechless when the subject of the conversation escaped from the topic, so she had to follow the crowd to cross the road.

After gathering with the big team, Aida Reiko came to discuss training and competition with the two girls.Due to her commitment to Hasegawa Shiho, Yuki Mikoto never asked her about her plans after leaving the basketball club.

When it comes to something to eat, the mood of the sports boy is naturally easy to rise.Everyone busily ordered a lot of dishes according to their favorite tastes. Jiang Qi and Heizi carefully asked the preferences of the girls who were inconvenient to order because they were sitting inside, and selected three sets of monjayaki for them.At the finale, Vulcan read out a long string of dish names like a mantra, almost ordering all the meat on the menu, and thus got a dumbfounded expression from the waiter.

Muji said cheerfully: "Well, it's been a long time since I had dinner with Lord Vulcan, I really miss it!"

Aida Reiko raised her forehead: "It's just a foodie, what is there to miss?"

Hinata, who had a rare emotional return, also began to reminisce about the past: "I think back when we finished the practice match with Kaichang and went to eat a free super large steak, it was really thanks to the big stomach of Vulcan!"

Xiao Jinjing nodded endlessly: "It would be unimaginable without Vulcan Lord!"

Vulcan was concentrating on laying a pile of squid on the iron plate, and just about to add some octopus, he heard the seniors on the table next to him seem to call his name, so he held up a small shovel and looked back at them in a daze :"……Eh?"

Heizi reminded him: "Mr. Vulcan, the squid is almost mushy."

Hearing this, Vulcan quickly picked up the shovel to turn over the vegetables.

Afterwards, Xiao Jinjing, who had itchy hands, couldn't help showing off his skills. He shoveled the writing on the iron plate and flipped it in the air.Vulcan inadvertently complained that Muji's words were burnt like vomit, and unfortunately suffered Muji's all-round and indiscriminate "education of love" once, and he resentfully dared not say anything more.

Compared with the hustle and bustle of the boys, the corner where the girls are is quieter.The three girls flipped through the text in a gentle manner, and while eating slowly, they discussed in a low voice the various shortcomings reflected in the competition, and exchanged views on the direction of future training with each other by the way.Speaking of getting up, Yuki Mikoto even put down the shovel, turned around and took out a pen and paper from her backpack and began to write and draw. Judging by her posture, she knew that the future life of the basketball team would not be too easy.

Fukuda accidentally caught sight of Yuuki Mikoto's eyes that were so excited that they were about to glow, and was immediately frightened by Zhengwu. He hurriedly sat upright, and asked Fuqi next to him in a low voice anxiously: "Captain, is this okay?"

Jiang Qi, who had already struggled through many ordeals, had a sad expression of "I have to mention it again": "Don't talk about it, it's all for our victory..."

Fukuda was in awe: "Ah, you are indeed the captain!"

Jiang Qi gave him a sour smile in distress.

"Speaking of which, we will be recruiting new students next semester." Fukuda said with emotion, "We are about to enter the third grade! In half a year at most, we will retire like our seniors. I always feel that time flies so fast .”

Jiang Qi suddenly lost the appetite to continue eating: "Yes."

Fukuda excitedly opened up the chatter box: "Speaking of which, Captain, do you have a girl you like? This time we can win the Winter Cup quasi-winner, we should be a little famous in school, so I, I just want to confess to the girl I like .Even if I was rejected, I have tried it! It’s like I never thought that I could stand on the field and compete for the championship..."

He babbled a lot, and Jiang Qi was a little distracted when he listened.

After a while, Futian took a sip of water to moisten his throat, ready to explain his plan in more detail, and asked the increasingly reliable captain of the lowering flag to help him see if it was feasible.But Furuhata got up with a firm face, walked up to Hasegawa Shiho under Fukuda's surprised gaze, and asked her with a nervous expression, "Shiho, can you come out with me?"

Hasegawa Shiho didn't hesitate: "Okay."

After the two walked out of the store, Futian finally recovered his voice: "...What is the captain trying to do?"

Yuuki Mikoto, who had noticed some signs earlier, kept silent and only glanced at Heizi.Aida Reiko, who realized the true meaning of it, covered her mouth and smiled wretchedly without a girlish air.

Muji was natural again: "Maybe it's because there's not enough funds for the event? After all, Lord Vulcan is very good at eating!"

Vulcan lying innocently on the gun: "Senior Muji! I was wrong! I dare not say that your words burn like vomit again!"

Muji: "Oh hehe, is it?"

When everyone was chatting again, Heizi tightly pursed his mouth, staring at the half-eaten text burner in front of him with a heavy heart, and he didn't know what he thought of, his face became more serious.

On the other side, Hasegawa Shiho, who was called to the door by the lowering flag, looked at the man who had just led the team to achieve success with a look that could almost be called "tender like water" after listening to his stuttering and affectionate confession. Captain Seirin, who has achieved excellent results, and then, amidst the other party's uneasy expectations, smiled shortly with gratitude and apology: "Senior Fuqi, as the captain of Seirin's basketball club, you are really very successful. I appreciate you very much , I also like you very much."

Hearing her say the word "like", Jiang Qi's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he waited with bated breath for the girl to nod and agree to the relationship between the two.

"But—" Hasegawa Shiho twitched the corners of his mouth in a more apologetic tone, but found that he couldn't squeeze out a consoling smile, so he just gave up, "However, my appreciation and liking for Fuqi Senior is limited to one The admiration of the juniors for the seniors, and the recognition of the players by a coach, so..."

Jiang Qi's eyes dimmed.

Hasegawa Shiho was ashamed that she couldn't respond to the flag with the same emotion, but she didn't flinch because of it, but softly finished what she wanted to express: "I can't accept..."

"stop!"

Fuhata interrupted her uncharacteristically, and looked away in embarrassment: "Please, Shiho, don't say anything."

However, Hasegawa Shiho didn't want him to be lucky: "I'm sorry, Fuqi-senpai, but I really can't accept your confession. You deserve a better girl, and this girl will definitely not be me."

At this moment, Jiang Qi was defeated and almost burst into tears on the spot.But he held back manly.He felt that he should thank the junior for not rejecting him directly, but chose this tactful way to decline him, at least allowing him to retain a bit of a man's dignity and face.

Originally, Jiang Qi chose to confess impulsively because of his feelings after hearing Futian's words. Now that he has come to his senses and thought about it carefully, he suddenly feels that this is not a wise decision.He lamented that his relationship withered before it blossomed, but he still tenderly forgave Hasegawa Shiho who couldn't accept him.

only……

How should I face the coach during training in the future? !

The lowering of the flag was extremely tangled.

As if seeing the entanglement of lowering the flag, Hasegawa Shiho sighed slightly, thinking that it was time to tell everyone in the basketball club about it.

After a while, Jiang Qi, who had stabilized his mood, offered to propose that the two of them should go back.Hasegawa Shiho nodded in agreement.The gentleman lowering the flag who was walking in the front opened the paper door and raised the curtain for her, and he didn't behave like a tragic supporting actor who had just been rejected by his crush.

Everyone in Seirin paid their attention to them silently, and seemed to be particularly interested in knowing what secrets these two giants had exchanged.

In order to satisfy everyone's curiosity, after the two sat down, Hasegawa Shiho said calmly: "Everyone, I will quit the basketball team next semester, and I will no longer be a coach."

"..."

Although Yuki Mikoto thought that Hasegawa Shiho might announce the news of the basketball team's upcoming coach change before everyone heard from other places, but she didn't expect this junior girl to be so active. powerful.The smiling Aida Reiko wanted to poke Hasegawa Shiho and ask her if she had been confessed and how she felt, but when she heard her say that, she slowly stopped smiling.

There was an eerie silence at the table where Seirin's basketball team members were sitting nearby.

Yuki Mikoto, who was also hit, was full of helplessness, and decided not to say anything after thinking for a long time.

Only Aida Reiko was stunned for a moment, and then answered naturally: "Is that so! So has the school talked to you? Who will take over your job, is there a confirmed candidate?"

Hasegawa Shiho followed Aida Reiko's words and replied: "I don't know which coach the school plans to invite, but as far as I know, the school attaches great importance to the future development of the basketball department, and there are already several well-known professional coaches. I am paying attention to our Seirin Basketball Club, and the school will surely hire the most suitable candidate from these coaches who offered olive branches."

Fuqi hesitated to speak, and looked at Hasegawa Shiho with concern, fearing that her untimely confession caused her to make up her mind to leave the basketball club.

Vulcan opened his mouth stupidly but couldn't utter a word.

The other members of the basketball club also stared blankly at this god-like plot, feeling that they couldn't keep up with their rhythm.

With dark eyes, Kuroko asked a sharp question: "What about you, Shiho? Did you just leave like this?"

Hasegawa Shiho looked at Kuroko, although her expression still didn't change much, there was already a trace of guilt and reluctance in her eyes that she didn't even notice: "I'm sorry, I really can't think of any one that can make me stay. A good reason to be in the basketball department. If I don’t leave, maybe sooner or later I can’t help but criticize the new coach. In case I have conflicts with the new coach’s training ideas, and we are stubborn, At that time, everyone will definitely be embarrassed, so..."

"So you just leave us alone."

Heizi muttered sullenly what everyone was thinking.