"You-"

"I didn't see anything!" Hoshino stood up with a swish, his face flushed.

“？” Ushijima looked puzzled. He held up the clothes in his hand and asked calmly, "I just wanted to ask how your clothes are washed." ”

Ryo Hoshino: "! His face turned redder. He snatched the other party's clothes and threw down the sentence "I'll come!" He rushed into the bathroom in a panic and closed the door by the way.

In the living room, the people and cats who were left behind looked at each other. After more than ten seconds, the three-flowered cat, who was staring at the hairy cat behind her back, stood up, her pupils pulled into a vertical line, and bared her teeth at the other person in the room. Ushijima Wakari's face didn't move, just staring at it silently.

Silent smoke gradually filled the living room.

And Ryo Hoshino, who didn't know anything about this, put his clothes in the washing machine and started it, and poured cold water on his face three times before he slowly recovered from the hot surging state just now.

"What's going on, just ......," he muttered, wiping the water from his face casually.

I've seen the captain change his clothes before, and everyone is a man, and I have some of them - no, it's still different......

It's okay not to think about it, but when I think about it, the scene just now comes back to my eyes.

Ahhhhhh

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Ten minutes later, Ryo Hoshino, who had completely calmed down, finally made up his mind to open the door and walk out.

"Captain—what are you doing?" Seeing the scene outside, Ryo Hoshino wondered.

If you read that right, it seems like they were in this position when he went in. In other words, for such a long time, this person and a cat have never moved like this??

The atmosphere that had been stagnant for ten minutes finally began to flow. Ushijima Ruoli looked at him calmly: "It's done?" ”

"Ah, yes." Ryo Hoshino fixed his gaze on the other party's face, and he didn't dare to shake it at all. He walked over and rubbed the cat's head, picked it up, and sat cross-legged on the carpet: "Well, captain, sit down, the clothes will have to wait a while." ”

Ushijima Ruoli sat silently next to him, watching him skillfully tease the cat, and suddenly said, "How long have you been raising it?" ”

"It's been a year." Ryo Hoshino thought for a moment, "I picked it up in July last year. ”

"Picked up?"

"Coke is a stray cat." As if sensing what he was saying, the cat rubbed his hand slightly. Ryo Hoshino smiled: "Speaking of which, it was also a rainy day. ”

Or torrential rain. There's nothing particularly fantastic about the comic scene, it's just a lonely man who meets a stray cat, and then they just get together.

Ryo Hoshino didn't say any more, and Ushijima Wakari is not a person who likes to get to the bottom of it. The two sat so quietly, and for a while there was an unexpected harmony.

Ryo Hoshino likes this comfortable atmosphere. He touched the cat's back again and again, unconsciously distracted.

He thought about the question he had been struggling with.

After the national competition, or after the game with the rain, he already had the idea of quitting his job at a convenience store. And after chatting with the five-color worker that day, he made up his mind. The only thing that is uncertain now is ...... Do you want to live on campus?

Living on campus will be more convenient to practice, and you can also participate

With the evening training and morning training in the team, this is also the reason why many people in the team choose to live on campus. Moreover, the cost of living on campus is lower than renting an apartment, and he did not choose to live on campus before because the school does not allow pets. This is what hesitates now. If you choose to live on campus, you have to settle in Coke.

Just as I was thinking about it, the sound of the washing machine finishing work sounded. Hoshino came back to his senses, stood up and took out his clothes, still holding a hair dryer in his other hand. He smiled: "It will be faster to dry your clothes with a hair dryer." ”

Ushijima stood up and tried to take what he was holding. Ryo Hoshino stepped back and said with a smile, "I'll come, you don't know where the plug is." He walked over to the bed with his things. After a while, the whirring of a hair dryer sounded in the room.

Ushijima Ruoli watched the boy's movements, and suddenly didn't know what to do. Ryo Hoshino also thought of this, and he turned off the hair dryer: "I have a new JUMP magazine on my desk, if you haven't read it yet." ”

I really didn't see it.

So, he turned his head and looked at the desk behind him. The desk is very neatly furnished, and you can see that the owner is a well-organized person. The magazine was placed in the center of the table, but Ushijima's eyes were drawn to the pile of paper on the side.

I saw that the top one was impressively written [National Competition Review].

He picked up the stack of paper. The handwriting is clear and proper, and the analysis is meticulous and organized, and Ushijima Ruoli easily reads it, and begins to recall the scene of the game with each analysis in his mind. He watched so intently that he didn't even notice that the sound of the hair dryer had stopped.

After he finished reading the last one, a sentence suddenly came from the side: "Do you think there is anything wrong with it?" ”

Ushijima Ruoli tilted his head, but bumped into a bright silver. The boy leaned over and looked at the information in his hand, not noticing that his hair was rubbing against his arm.

It's a little itchy.

Ushijima lowered his eyes.

"Huh?" Seeing that he didn't react, Ryo Hoshino looked up at him. That's how the two met their eyes.

Ushijima Ruoli's eyes are the same brownish green as his hair, but they are darker than his hair, and I don't know if it's due to the consistent calmness in his eyes. It is this depth that makes his eyes deeper, and a slight squint will show a bit of oppression.

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And Ryo Hoshino's amber color is the other extreme. It is light and clear, as if you can see it at a glance. Therefore, whether it is joy or panic, it seems that it can be easily glimpsed from these eyes.

Exactly like his cat.

Hoshino Ryo seemed to react at this time, abruptly looked away, and retreated: "That, that, I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention-"

"In the game of Inarisaki, this ball was deducted by No. 10." Ushijima Ruoli suddenly spoke up and answered his question.

"Huh?" What he was about to say was instantly forgotten, and seeing that Ryo Hoshino wanted to lean out again, Ushijima Ruoli moved the information among them.

Ryo Hoshino looked at his hand naturally: "Which ball are you talking about?" ”

"Here." Ushijima pointed a little.

Ryo Hoshino thought with a frown. Seeing that he was a little dazed, Ushijima Ruoli said in a low voice: "Inarizaki serves, after a pass, it is me who smashes the ball, and the back row attacks." ”

Ryo Hoshino followed his words and began to recall: "--After the free man on the other side picked up a pass, it was...... Cover the attack! ”

"Hmm."

Ushijima Wakari nodded,

"You stopped the ball,

Opposite side save. ”

And then there'...... Miyaji passes! ”

"—gave number 10." Ushijima Worri picked up his words.

"Captain, you remember it so clearly!" Ryo Hoshino sighed.

"It's you who write clearly."

Ryo Hoshino smiled.

"Clothes blown?"

"Oh, yes! It's almost there, I hung it outside, and now that the rain has stopped, it would be better to dry it and wear it again. ”

Ushijima Wakari said "um": "Do you want to continue watching?" ”

Hoshino's eyes lit up: "Yes!" ”

The two sat back down on the carpet. Ryo Hoshino drew a pen and gave it to Ushijima Wakari, who flipped back to the first page. The two reviewed together from the first game, and Ushijima Wakari said as he wrote down some details in the blank space next door that Ryo Hoshino hadn't noticed.

Ushijima Wakari is a senior after all, and he has played for a few more years, and his vision is more old and spicy than Ryo Hoshino. He went through every point of analysis, including some doubts or extensions that Hoshino Ryo wrote casually, and he explained them one by one, so that Hoshino Ryo was stunned.

The two of them were so focused and engaged that when they came back to their senses, they realized that it was already afternoon. They completely missed the noon meal.

As soon as I was detached from that state of intense concentration, the hunger pangs of neglect immediately rushed over. The two looked at each other for a while, and Hoshino Ryo stood up: "That, I'll go make something to eat together." ”

Seeing that Ushijima Ruoli also wanted to get up, he hurriedly pressed the other party: "No need to help!" ”

Ushijima Worri could only sit back, watched the boy walk to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and pondered for a while, then turned his head and asked, "Is beef udon okay?" ”

Ushijima nodded.

The kitchen is open-plan, which means that every move inside is visible to those outside. The boy took care of the beef and side dishes here, and the water on the stove boiled over there. Even with two pots turned on at the same time, his movements are still smooth and pleasing to the eye.

Hoshino Ryo specially chose udon noodles because it doesn't take long to cook, and he is more skilled, so after ten minutes, two bowls of steaming beef udon noodles are baked.

"I'm moving." The two said in unison.

"I remember that the captain used to add soy sauce to his meals, so you will put more in that bowl, how about you taste it?" Ryo Hoshino watched a little nervously as the other party picked up a pair of noodles with chopsticks and put them in his mouth, and then saw the other party's expression move.

"It's delicious." Ushijima said.

Hoshino Ryo smiled at this time: "That's good." ”

It wasn't early, and the two of them were so hungry that they both buried themselves in eating. Young people have always eaten quickly, and it didn't take long for the two bowls of udon noodles to be wiped out. After the two of them cleaned up the kitchen together, Ushijima Wori changed into clothes that had long since dried.

Finally it looks normal.

Hoshino secretly breathed a sigh of relief. God knows he didn't dare to look around at the slightest moment.

The weather is clear, the clothes are dry, and Ushijima Wakari is ready to leave. Ryo Hoshino sent him downstairs.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Ryo Hoshino suddenly stopped him.

"Captain." Ryo Hoshino was a little hesitant to speak.

"Hmm."

The affirmative reply as usual gave him the courage to speak: "Well, if I want to do something, but it requires me to give up something." Then I should ...... How? ”

"If you want to keep moving forward, then there are some things that you have to give up." Ushijima Wakari has always spoken very bluntly, but this time he paused and added, "Life is always giving up." ”

I don't know if it's because the rain has passed and the sky is clear, and the air in his nose is fresh, Hoshino Ryo actually felt a little relieved from this sentence.

So he smiled, his amber eyes shining brighter in the sunlight. Ushijima saw his own shadow in it again.

And the silver cat smiled and said to him, "See you next week, Captain." ”！