The award ceremony for the qualifiers was held after the competition. Ryo Hoshino took the trophy from the award presenter on behalf of the team, and the same medal as last time hung on his chest, light and fluttering, but heavy.

Last time, he got this medal when he didn't know it, and when he got obsessed with it, he missed the opportunity to get it.

The silver-haired boy rubbed the golden medal, his fingertips repeatedly twisted the pattern on the edge of the medal, and his expression looked a little stunned.

This is the scene that Kenjiro Hakubu, who was standing next to him, saw.

He knew what the other person was thinking, and that was probably what many of them were thinking. The setter rarely didn't want to speak, even though the other party's look was not appropriate for such an occasion.

It was at this time that the singing sounded.

At first, it just felt familiar, and before the brain could react, the body had subconsciously followed the melody.

『…… Our Academy

Ah, the glorious Shiratorizawa School Park

Ah, the glorious Shiratorizawa Gakuen.'

This is Shiratorizawa's school song. Before I knew it, all the Shiratorizawa team members sang this song along with the support group.

After one time, it was done again, and it took a total of two times before stopping.

After the singing stopped, the cheering did not stop. In the [Shiratorizawa] one after another, Ryo Hoshino's expression gradually returned to his usual calm.

The qualifiers are just the first hurdle, and it's far from the time for complacency.

After the award ceremony, Ryo Hoshino chatted with Hinata Shoyo, who he hadn't seen for a long time, from the game just now to the daily training, and finally waved goodbye to the other party's solemn "cheer for the national competition".

It didn't take long for the team members to fall asleep on the bus, and Ryo Hoshino calmly threw the Hanhe Jiang Yong who fell on his shoulder to the other side, looking at the silver star falling on the tail of the phone in a daze.

The last time I communicated with the captain was after the club recruitment, he told the other party about this year's recruitment, and then he buried himself in the training of new players, and there was no news for almost a month and a half.

Ryo Hoshino opens their chat interface.

The last item in the chat history is the emoji of [cat touching the head] sent by the other party.

I don't know if it's thanks to him, the other party is already very proficient in the use of emojis, and even occasionally there will be a few emojis that are obviously saved from other places.

What is the captain doing now?

He thought subconsciously.

For some outstanding volleyball players, especially for a nationally famous attacker like Ushijima Wori, before he graduated, he had already received olive branches from many professional teams, even including the national training team. In the last semester of high school, Ushijima Wakari spent time in the training team.

Although it is possible to skip college and go straight to the professional league, in fact, many people will choose to enter college. There are many students who are also members of the professional team at the university, and Ushijima is one of them, and he joins the V1 professional team.

And the Black Vulture Flag Cup just ended some time ago, and now the captain should be in class or daily training, right?

Ryo Hoshino hesitated and exited the LINE interface.

Forget it, let's not bother the captain.

He subconsciously rubbed the two amber beads and closed his eyes. The excitement had long since faded during the half-hour ceremony, and as soon as I closed my eyes, the exhaustion of my body took over all my senses.

After a while, Ryo Hoshino fell into a deep sleep.

*

After the qualifiers, Shiratorizawa's players returned to their previous daily training and study life.

Ryo Hoshino is so good at time management that he finds time to complete his training plan, even when it comes to the important stage of final revision. In the words of the brave general of Hanhe Jiang, it is "Brother Liang has changed. state of the same distribution of energy".

Ryoshi Hoshino: "......" Brother Liang was speechless, Brother Liang didn't know anything.

Ryo Hoshino, who successfully passed the final exam and received another scholarship, anonymously sent part of the money to the welfare home, and then saved the rest of the money. Because of the various scholarship systems in Shiratori Zeji, he now has no worries in life. And at this pace, I can even save a sum of money when I graduate.

Just thinking about it, I heard the lock of the dormitory door, and Ryo Hoshino looked over there, it was his roommate Aoki Mori.

"Huh? Hoshino, you're here. Aoki Mori closed the door, took off his shoes and walked over to the door, and glanced at what he was doing, "Hey, it's been a long time since I've seen you write this book." ”

"Really?"

"You didn't write every day, now, huh...... I haven't seen you write about it for a week or two. Aoki Mori put down his bag, "I'll go to the bathroom first." ”

Ryo Hoshino nodded. He looked at the bound materials in his hand, which he had written earlier about dreams. Haven't you written it for a week or two...... He hadn't noticed the time.

I had a rare dream last night.,The person in the dream is Toru Kazukawa who has already graduated.。 I heard that he went abroad after graduation and continued his volleyball career abroad, and I knew that it was something he could do.

Wait, I see.

The pen in his hand paused, and Ryo Hoshino had a look on his face that wanted to say something and stopped.

He said why there was a bunch of birds in his dream last night that he couldn't understand, and thought that the dream had begun to advance to the point where he didn't understand. But seeing that this person beat him so hard and so seriously last night, it seems that he can still live abroad. Okay, just live.

Hoshino Ryo drew a full stop at the end with a blank face, and then closed the information and put it aside.

"Done? Are you going to train? Aoki Mori wiped his hands and walked out, seeing his movements, he hurriedly quickened his pace, "Wait for me, I'll be with you." ”

Ryo Hoshino is undeniable. After a while, the two went out together and walked towards the gymnasium.

This is the first collective training after the final exam, and the players who have been holding back for a long time have practiced harder than one another, and in the end, it was the eagle craftsman who kicked back a bunch of stupid boys who were addicted to training.

A few days later, the summer vacation is official

Begin. In order to facilitate training, Ryo Hoshino applied to stay in school for the summer, and Aoki Mori went home normally, so he was the only one left in the dormitory. Ryo Hoshino is quite accustomed to the feeling of living alone, and with a full training plan, he doesn't feel lonely or anything.

Half a month passed quietly. By the time Ryo Hoshino noticed it, it was already mid-July, and the national competition was less than a week away.

"Bang!"

Ryo Hoshino retracted his gaze looking at the ball, and Taiichi Kawanishi trotted over: "How was that ball just now?" ”

"The power and speed are about the same. Can you control it and get the ball to this position? ”

Taiichi Kawanishi looked in the direction he pointed and nodded: "Okay, I'll try." ”

Ryo Hoshino looked up at the time: "One more round is fine." Didn't the old man say that there was a practice match tonight? Go back early to eat so you don't get late. ”

"Then I'll get started."

Ryo Hoshino made an "OK" gesture.

After the end of the round, the two put the ball away, Taiichi Kawanishi went home for dinner, and Ryo Hoshino went to the supermarket to buy a rice ball and went back to the dormitory. The body is sticky because of sweating, and summer exercise is not good at this. He doesn't really like the stickiness and usually takes a shower before evening training.

Adjusting the water temperature to the most suitable temperature, Hoshino took a warm bath happily. Suddenly, there were a few knocks on the door in the sound of dripping water, and Hoshino was stunned for a moment, turned down the water, and listened quietly.

There was no movement. Did you hear it wrong?

Just as I was about to turn the water on again, there was a knock on the door again. This time, I heard it very clearly, it was coming from outside the dormitory door.

Someone was knocking on his dorm door. Who is it?

Hoshino Ryo was a little puzzled, and shouted loudly, "Please wait a moment." Then he quickly washed off the foam on his body, put on a pair of shorts and hurried out.

"Excuse me, is it-" Ryo Hoshino opened the door and raised his eyes, stupid, "Team, captain?!" ”

Standing outside the door was Waori Ushijima, whom he hadn't seen in months. His gaze moved down from the silver-haired boy's face to his naked upper body, and after a few seconds, he said calmly, "Sorry, I didn't know you were taking a shower." ”

"Huh? Oh! It's okay! Hoshino reacted abruptly and pulled the door open a little, "I just finished washing, do you want to come in and sit?" ”

"Well, excuse me." Ushijima sharpened his jaw and followed him into the dormitory.

"Captain, you sit first-" Hoshino Ryo saw the chair with a lot of things piled up, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "Uh, if you don't mind, just sit on my bed first, I just got out of bed." ”

Ushijima nodded, sat down on the edge of the bed, and then watched as the silver-haired boy bent down to clean up the things in the seat. During the movement, the muscles in the arms were pulled and loomed.

The boy's figure is a very standard athletic body, not particularly strong, but definitely not thin. As a result of long hours of strength training, the muscles in my body have become much more noticeable than before.

Maybe it was because he was in a hurry to open the door, and the boy didn't have time to wipe the water behind him, and the water beads slid down the bulging spine all the way and disappeared into the waistband of his pants.

Ryo Hoshino didn't notice the sight behind him at all, buried himself in tidying up for a while, and after cleaning up the seat, he turned around: "Okay, it's okay-"

The eyes of the two met, and Ryo Hoshino stopped for a moment, and then lowered his head along the other party's line of sight, and there were white flowers in his field of vision.

Ryo Hoshino was shocked: "!! "Didn't he have any clothes on all this time?! Oh, he doesn't usually seem to wear it in the dormitory, no, no, no, he's usually the only one, and now the captain is here!

- Wait a minute, that is, he just dangled in front of the captain like this for ten minutes?

Little Silver Hair was shocked. The little silver hair's heart is like ashes.

He hurriedly walked to the closet and pulled out a T-shirt to cover,

Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief.

No

Wait, they've changed their clothes face-to-face before, and they're all boys! It shouldn't be fine...... Right?

Ryo Hoshino quietly glanced at Ushijima Wakari's expression, and he couldn't see anything unusual. In order to break this weird atmosphere, he coughed lightly: "Ahem, that, by the way, captain, my recent long-distance running weight has reached 4 kilograms!" ”

Ushijima Ruoli looked at him for a while, and then nodded slowly: "Well, do what you can, don't blindly gain weight." ”

Ryo Hoshino's eyes lit up when he heard this, and the embarrassment just now disappeared instantly: "I'm already doing strength training, and the coach said that this weight is not very big." ”

"Strength training." Ushijima repeated in a low voice.

"That's right! There is also core training, which the coach said is to prolong the time in the air. Hoshino Ryo jokingly said, "I don't know if the time in the air has been extended, but the abdominal muscles are becoming more and more obvious." If you continue to practice like this, you may soon become like you, the captain. ”

Hearing this, Ushijima Ruoli thought of the picture just now.

"Impossible."

"Huh?" Hoshino was stunned.

"You can't get to my level." Ushijima Ruoli said lightly, "You're too thin." ”

Of course, this thinness does not mean that Ryo Hoshino is very thin, but compared to the figure of Ushijima Wori. Although the two are about the same height, they are completely different. And Ushijima Wakari's figure can be called unique, he is simply born for sports.

Ryo Hoshino looked at the other party's exposed arm with some envy.

Look at this muscle, this is still a state of no strength, and after it is fully raised, I am afraid it will be a circle bigger than him. And a full eight-pack abs!

Recalling the picture of changing clothes together, Ryo Hoshino was envious.

The shape of the captain's abdominal muscles is simply perfect, and it is obvious even if you don't use force, and it looks like it feels good to the touch.

Hey? Is it hard when you don't use force? It's supposed to be soft, right? His own is a little soft.

"Do you want to touch it?"

"Uh-huh." Ryo Hoshino, who was immersed in cranky thoughts, nodded.

After a few seconds, the little silver fur who reacted to what had just happened suddenly raised his head suddenly: "-Huh??" ”！