October 15th. Shiratorizawa Gymnasium.

All the members of the volleyball team have just finished group practice and are reporting the results of this cycle. And this is also an important basis for deciding who will play in Chungao, so everyone in the team is working hard to play 100%.

Ryo Hoshino, as the main general, is naturally in the first place. Unlike other people's nervousness, he is now quite calm after being beaten at the international level, but that doesn't mean he should take the results report lightly.

After completing each project seriously, Ryo Hoshino saw the satisfaction on Saito's face, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and walked to the sidelines to rest.

Behind him is the five-color worker. After looking at it carefully for a while, he had a bottom on the other party's training progress in the past month or so.

It seems that Ah Gong is training well. Hoshino nodded secretly.

There were a lot of people in the volleyball club, and it took more than an hour just to report the results. In the process of waiting, the team members who completed the report consciously formed a team to play practice matches at other venues after the break. Because they all know that their practice is not just for this one game, but for the next game, and even more long-term goals.

After finishing the exercise, Ryo Hoshino and the others went back to the dormitory together as usual. General Hanhe Jiang suddenly remembered something and asked, "Hey, Hoshino, what arrangements do you have for tomorrow?" Why don't we go out for a meal or something? ”

The five-color worker was puzzled: "What?" Even Ryo Hoshino was slightly stunned.

Han Hejiang saw the expression on Ryo Hoshino's face, and sighed lightly: "I knew you forgot again, tomorrow on the 16th!" ”

"Oh!!" Others were stunned.

"Hey, you don't even know it's so fast."

"The main thing is that the qualifiers will start next week, and I really didn't react at once."

"That's right, Hoshino, so let's go out and get together after the evening training tomorrow?"

Everyone turned their attention to the silver-haired boy in the middle. The latter pondered for a while: "Tomorrow Thursday, there is no holiday, the team has to train more, it's too troublesome to go out, or get together again the day after tomorrow?" Pick a place and I'll treat you. ”

"Please, please." Hanhe Jiang Yong hooked his neck, "You are the birthday star, how can you say that we also invited you?" ”

Others chimed in.

Hoshino was expressionless: "Treat to treat, let go of your hand, I'm going to be strangled to death by you......"

"Hahaha-"

After returning to the dormitory to wash up and write a daily summary, at nine o'clock in the evening, Ryo Hoshino sat on the bed on time and turned on his mobile phone. Before he could finish his sentence, the other party's news popped up first.

[Captain]: Cat probe .gif

Ryo Hoshino immediately smiled.

Since the last time they confessed their hearts to each other, the two have naturally entered the stage of falling in love. But how to fall in love and what to do in love, two people with zero experience in love don't know anything.

So, the two nerds looked at each other for a while, and finally cautiously made an agreement to contact each other every day, and set the time at nine o'clock in the evening when both of them finished training.

Ryo Hoshino smirked as he replied to the message: "Captain, it's so early today!" ”

[Captain]: There is no evening training today.

Ryo Hoshino: "Yes

Has the practice session been extended? ”

[Captain]: Hmm.

Ryo Hoshino: "How's the fight?" The captain's words must have played well! ”

[Captain]: Okay. HC's strength is really good, they have a new main attacker in the team, and they are very aggressive.

Ryo Hoshino raised his eyebrows and replied, "So today's game should be very exciting. ”

As soon as the news was sent, Aoki Mori walked out of the bathroom: "In bed again?" ”

"Aang." Ryo Hoshino answered, but his eyes were still on the phone and did not move.

Aoki Mori sat down in his seat, looked at Ryo Hoshino while wiping his hair, and suddenly said, "You've been so strange these days." ”

Hoshino shook his hand: "Huh? What? Where, cough, what's weird? I'm normal! ”

"Tsk, you see, you used to practice until the hall closed and didn't come back, but now it's after the evening training and you come back with us after a while. And you've always slept when you went to bed before, unlike ...... now" The curly-haired boy's indescribable gaze paused on the phone in his hand for several seconds, making Ryo Hoshino look more and more empty before continuing, "So, what's not strange? ”

Ryo Hoshino: "...... "You setters don't have to be so good at observation!"

In fact, it's not impossible to say that you're in love, but it's the object...... So he and Ushijima Wakari both agreed that there was no need to rush to make this matter public, just let it be. But now this node that is about to rise in spring, no matter how you look at it, it is not the time to "go with the flow"!

Just as he was racking his brains to think about how to fool the past, he suddenly saw Aoki Mori look away: "However, your recent training form is not bad, anyway, it's not a bad thing." ”

Ryo Hoshino was slightly stunned. Could it be that the other party is so concerned about his abnormal ...... because of his previous incident?

To be honest, in addition to the identity of roommates, he and Aoki Mori are in the team, because the other party is not the main player, so there are not many intersections. The previous incident was essentially his own unstable mentality, and he couldn't blame the other party.

He was silent for a moment: "I-"

The curly-haired boy waved his hand: "Okay, okay, you play with your phone, don't worry about me." "He's a man who does what he says, and as long as he says it, it means he won't care about it anymore.

"Aoki." Ryo Hoshino looked at him deeply and said solemnly, "You are such a good person. ”

Aoki Mori: "......"

Aoki Mori: "If you can't speak, you can't speak. ”

"Hey, hey."

In the course of their conversation, Ushijima Wakari, who is far away in Tokyo, is puzzled because he has not received a reply from his boyfriend. Just as he was about to send a message asking if something had happened, the chat that had been left untouched finally moved.

Ryo: I'm sorry! I just had a little chat with Aoki.

[Ryo]: After the recent practice, is the captain going to officially start preparing for the year-end league?

The league that Ryo Hoshino refers to is the National Collegiate Volleyball League, which usually starts at the end of November every year, and is a very important competition for college volleyball teams. Although Ushijima is a first-year student, because of his good strength, he was also able to play as the main player in this competition.

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Dao Ruoli moved his finger, and replied to the message after a while: "Well, I'll go back next week." ”

[Ryo]: It's good, by the way, enjoy the rich university life~

Ryo: You can't always play games!

Ushijima Wakari: "Well, you too, remember to take a good rest." ”

They talked about what they did today, and talked about their future arrangements, but they didn't feel bored at all about topics that seemed boring to outsiders.

"Hoshino, I'm turning off the lights."

Ryo Hoshino raised his head and responded, "Okay." ”

[Ryo]: Get ready to sleep, the captain has a class tomorrow, let's go to sleep!

[Captain]: Okay, good night.

A second later, a meme was replied to on the other side. A cat obediently lay on the bed and pulled up the quilt, waving its paws in this direction.

Ushijima Wakari chuckled, stared at the emoji for a long time, and then long-pressed it and saved it into the gallery.

The moon outside the window is bright and the wind is clear, and the shadows of the trees are sparse, which makes people feel comfortable.

A good night's sleep.

*

October 16th.

Early in the morning, I received a congratulatory message from the welfare institute and the volleyball department, and Ryo Hoshino first clicked on the top, and replied to the two sentences of "Thank you, captain" and "good morning", and then replied to other people's messages.

After washing, he pushed the door open, and took a deep breath.

Very good! Today must be a good day!

- Strange!

Hoshino sat expressionlessly on the bed in the infirmary, looking at the school doctor in silence with the same expressionless face.

The school doctor wanted to speak and stopped, and stopped and wanted to speak: "...... How many times have I seen you here? ”

Ryo Hoshino: "...... I really didn't do anything this time. ”

The school doctor looked at him indescribably and skillfully helped him deal with his wounds: "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

Before Ryo Hoshino could speak, the Hanhe Jiang Yong next to him couldn't wait to explain.

But when it came to it, he also felt quite speechless. He just went up the stairs properly, but the person walking in front of him somehow stepped into the air and fell straight down. Although he reacted quickly, he still couldn't stand the fact that it happened too suddenly, so-

"So here we go again." The school doctor tossed the swab to the side of the trash can, and with a movement of his feet, slid the chair back to his desk

Before, "It's not a big deal, just a little bruise, it's already gone, let's go." ”

"Really, doctor? Wouldn't there be some dark wounds or something? That guy looks heavy! ”

"If you come later, his wounds will heal." The school doctor waved his hand impatiently, "Let's go, don't disturb other people's medical treatment." ”

"Oh, thank you, doctor!"

Hoshino Ryo also stood up and thanked him, and just as he wanted to follow Hanhe Jiang Yong out of the house, he heard a sentence from behind him: "Hey, boy, you pay attention to your body, don't mess around, otherwise Mr. Eagle Craftsman will come to me again to scold and scold." ”

Ryo Hoshino turned around, only to see that the man was lowering his head and didn't know what he was writing, so he didn't even look this way. He blinked, and suddenly smiled, "Thank you, Doctor Kobayashi." Then he walked out of the infirmary happily at the man's voice of "not going quickly".

"Why are you so happy when you're injured?" Hanhe River

The Brave General muttered.

"Am I going to cry and tell the world that I'm hurt?"

Ryo Hoshino patted him, "An, the doctor said that there was nothing wrong, and it was just a bruise on the outside of the arm, which will not affect the game, you can rest assured." ”

"Humph!"

"Oh, I remember the next class was in English, right? It seems that the teacher said that he wanted an English quiz-"

"Brother Liang! Brother Liang——!! ”

……

The day's lessons passed quickly, and the work was completed smoothly as usual. However, because of the sudden rise of the training and the play of a practice match, by the time Hoshino Ryo came back to his senses, the clock on the wall was already nearly half past nine.

Generally speaking, the players' bags will be kept in the locker room, especially valuables such as mobile phones, and they will not be thrown in the stadium. Ryo Hoshino ran out almost immediately.

"Huh?! Where are you going?? ”

"I'm in a bit of a hurry, I'm sorry for you to clean it up today!"

He hurried upstairs, opened his cabinet, and pulled his phone out of his bag. As soon as I saw a series of messages, I called back directly.

Ringing for less than two seconds, the phone went through.

"Hey?!" Ryo Hoshino hurriedly spoke, "Is it the captain?" ”

"It's me." The calm voice came down the earpiece, and it calmed his heart down at once.

"I'm sorry, captain, I'm this, I just played a practice match, and I forgot to look at the time! You must have been waiting for a long time, right? ”

The person on the other end of the phone was silent: "What if I say, I did wait a long time?" ”

"Then I'll hold your leg and apologize, apologize crazy! I was really wrong......"

The young man seemed to laugh and suddenly asked, "You're in the locker room right now, aren't you?" ”

"Aang."

"Do you remember the tree behind the second gymnasium?"

Ryo Hoshino tried to think about it: "Is it the ...... that was planted when the school was founded?" ”

"Well, it's it." The young man's voice was calm, "I'll be waiting for you there." ”

"Oh-oh, there......" Ryo Hoshino raised his voice violently, "What?!" You, you, where do you say you?! ”

*

The evening breeze blew the cascading leaves and danced, and the bright moonlight fell on the tall figure under the tree through the gaps, making people dare not approach for no reason.

But only for a moment. In the next second, Ryo Hoshino continued to run. He ran faster and faster, faster and faster, until finally—

"Bang" crashed into the arms of the young man.

Ushijima Wakari picks people up steadily. He rubbed the hair on the side of his cheek and quietly hugged the man tighter.

The two stood in the mottled shadows of the trees and embraced silently. After a long time, Hoshino Ryo said in a muffled voice: "Captain, why are you here?" ”

Ushijima Wari whispered, "Today is your birthday." ”

Ryo Hoshino raised his head and looked: "Is this because of this?" ”

"It's because I want to see you." Ushijima replied seriously, "I want to see you, even if it's not your birthday, I'll come." ”

“…… Oh. Little Silver Fur put his chin back on the other's shoulder and silently tightened his arm.

"How's the practice match?"

"Win."

"Did you change your clothes? ()”

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"That's good."

“…… Why didn't you come back and didn't say anything in advance, I made you wait so long. ”

"Tiantong said that surprises can't be told to you in advance." Ushijima explains, "And I didn't have to wait long. ”

The person in his arms moved slowly and made a nasal voice: "I've been waiting for a long time." ”

"Okay." Ushijima Wakari's thumb rubbed lightly on his waist, as if remembering something, and said, "Then do you want to hold my leg and apologize?" ”

The person in his arms stiffened, and then hugged his waist like a scoundrel: "I don't care, holding people is the same as holding legs!" And then he kept saying in his ear: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm ......sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Ushijima didn't hear any sincerity in apologizing, but felt a little itchy. However, he didn't need the other party's apology, so after listening to a few words, he wanted to stop it, but he was stunned by the sudden touch on his ear.

At this moment, the silver-haired boy took the opportunity to leave his embrace, and there was a triumphant smile on his face: "How is it?" Is it scary? You were like that last time, and in public—huh! ”

Ushijima Ruoli touched his ears, and the corners of his mouth hooked slightly.

It turned out to be this feeling.

"What are you doing?" Ryo Hoshino put his hand in his pocket and looked around, "Where are we going now?" There are a lot of people by the lake, why don't we go to the back mountain? ”

"Okay."

The so-called back mountain is actually a small hill. Because it is relatively close to the gymnasium, the volleyball team will come and run uphill and downhill during physical training. The two walked to the bottom of the mountain, and Ryo Hoshino suddenly thought: "Why don't we run up together and see who can run faster?" The loser must promise the winner a condition! ”

Ushijima Wakari naturally said yes.

Ryo Hoshino's eyes rolled, and he suddenly rushed upward. Ushijima Ruoli was stunned, shook his head helplessly, and immediately took a step to chase after him.

The wind at night was cool enough to blow away all the tiredness and irritability. The two of them ran on the hillside where no one cared, smiling uncontrollably, not caring about anyone's gaze.

The silver-haired boy finally ran to the top of the hill and threw himself into the arms of the young man who had prepared in advance, laughing. The young man looked at it, and his cold eyebrows and eyes were also adorned with a soft smile.

After laughing, Ryo Hoshino stood up: "You won!" What do you want me to do? ”

Ushijima Wakari thought for a moment and said, "I want you to accept my gift." ”

"What?" Hoshino was stunned.

I saw Ushijima Ruoli take something out of his pocket and hand it to him.

It was a pair of knee pads.

"Happy birthday, Ryo."

Hoshino Ryoshi blinked, took it, and looked at it over and over in his hand for a while before raising his head: "This doesn't count, I would have accepted it." You think of one more wish. ”

Ushijima lowered his eyes and pondered for a long time before he spoke, "That- I want you to take good care of yourself and not get hurt again." ”

Ryo Hoshino was slightly stunned, followed the other party's line of sight, and looked at his left hand. There was a small bruise mark there that even the school doctor didn't notice, or didn't think it needed to be cleaned up.

He subconsciously hid his hand behind him, explaining: "It was an accident, and it was just a little bruise, and it didn't get in the way......"

"No matter how big or small the wound is, it hurts when you get hurt." Ushijima looked at him, "I just want you to have less pain." ”

"Good...... Well, I—I'll pay attention to it in the future. ”

"Hmm." Ushijima saw that he was a little depressed, so he said to him, "Look over there. ”

The silver-haired boy subconsciously followed his words and looked into the distance, and his mouth couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

Colorful neon lights, yellow traffic, and lights everywhere are like stars scattered on the ground, dazzling and bright. The night view is already beautiful, but looking at the night view of the city in the mountains adds another hazy and unique sense of strangeness, as if it is located at the fusion point of the two spaces, and there is a wordless shock.

Hoshino Ryo quietly looked at the lights of Wanjia in the distance, and suddenly, he turned his head, met the young man's gaze, and grinned: "Captain, after the qualifiers, let's go on a date!" ”

"What?" Ushijima Ruoli was stunned.

The silver-haired boy's eyes did not dodge, and his amber eyes seemed to have caught a fire, brighter than the lights in the distance: "I said-"

"I want to go on a date with you."!

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