[Kuroko's Basketball] The First Promise

So Kise-kun, don't be sad.This is truly the most delicious bento I have ever had.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++ After finishing Akashi's individual training, Kuroko was so tired that he was about to collapse, and when he walked back to the room, he felt as if his steps were floating.

The air on the mountain is not ordinary, because the rose hot spring is behind the accommodation, and the fresh air seems to have the fragrance of flowers.Because the warm spring water was brought in, the sweet-scented osmanthus, which was supposed to bloom only in August, bloomed in the yard like this, and the smell would make people feel good.It has been raining here for the past two days, and the smell of soil is also refreshing.

Before entering the door, Heizi took another deep breath and smelled the fragrance of flowers.

When they came to open the door, there was no noise as expected. After all, this group of big boys who didn't seem to grow up could make noise from the passengers around them.When I walked in, I found that there was only Kise alone. Heizi looked at the empty room, walked over and sat next to Kise, and tilted his head to look at the latter: "Is Kise-kun unwrapping presents? Is it from your fans? ?”

Hearing the sound, Huang Lai quickly raised his head and smiled at Hei Zi, then continued to lower his head to untie the ribbon that he had accidentally pulled into a knot.Beside him are two or three large paper bags, which contain all kinds of beautifully packaged small gift boxes. Huang Lai probably just came back, and only opened a few: "Little Heizi, you have worked hard in training, there is water over there, go and drink some." Hmm... um, it's a gift from a fan. I don't know who said that I participated in the training camp here. Just after I came back, I was called by the waiter here and said that it was my courier. Why can't I solve this deadlock... ...Ah yes, Xiao Heizi, please bring me the scissors, it's in the paper bag next to Xiaolvjian's luggage... Well, they sent a lot anyway, hey, I don't know who said it, so There are so many gifts, I can’t take them apart..."

Heizi raised his hand and took the gift box that was becoming more and more messy in Huang Lai's hand, and lightly pinched the ribbon on one side with his fingers, untied the three dead knots wrapped around it in order, and pulled the ribbon again to directly untie it. Take it away.Instead of opening the gift box, Heizi put it back into Kise's arms and asked him to open it himself.

"Well, thank you, Xiao Heizi. Every time I open a gift, I find it very laborious...ah, it's...well, is this...hand cream?" Taking out the small transparent bottle that was placed in the box, Huang Kose looked over and over again, he couldn't understand the dense French on it, but the pattern of crossed hands on the bottle made him understand, opened it and smelled it, Kise laughed, and immediately passed it under Heizi's nose: " Xiao Heizi, hurry up and smell it, it smells like roses, it looks like essential oil! I just don’t know if my manager will allow me to change cosmetics casually, it’s not good if my skin is allergic... Ah, I’ll look at the back first, and I’ll sort it out in a while .Little Heizi, can you bring me the big bag behind you?"

In response, Heizi turned around and handed him the heavy paper bag, silently watching Huang Lai unwrap presents one after another.

The aroma of essential oil covered the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus outside the house a lot.

A strange feeling suddenly rose up.Heizi only felt that his mood suddenly became a little depressed.

He didn't know whether it was envy or jealousy that Kise could receive so many gifts.Kise is a person with a strong sense of presence. Wherever he is, it will always be lively. He has an innate appeal and can change himself with the change of the environment. He is always the focus and never left out.

Heizi lowered his head and wrung his hands together, feeling very complicated for a moment.

He is a very ordinary and ordinary boy, like all boys, he will also envy and be jealous.It's just that his emotional fluctuations are not obvious, and most of the time he keeps it in his heart and doesn't talk about it.

For Huang Lai to receive so many presents, and to have so many girls chasing after him, Heizi felt very uncomfortable.

Heizi never received a gift.

Don't mention the opposite sex, there are no homosexuals.

His parents only gave him a basketball when he was a child, but that was what he asked for himself, so it probably wasn't a gift.

When Teiko was in middle school, most of the teenagers' relationships were in their infancy, and the exchange of gifts also began to warm up.Heizi can often see girls running into Kise's class, whether he is there or not, they will stuff a box of chocolates or candies into his desk.It's even worse on Valentine's Day. Kise will even be blocked by girls at the door of the classroom, unable to participate in basketball training in time.Kuroko can also see that Murasakihara received a lot of snacks on Valentine's Day, and after Akashi's training, he can also find that the door of his locker is covered with notes of girls' secret love and blessings.

Everyone has received gifts, whether expensive or simple, but only Heizi has not.

He always comforted himself, maybe no one thought of sending him, but he was too easily forgotten.

It's the same when you are sincere.During the cultural festival, the teachers of the school specially encouraged the students in the class to exchange gifts in pairs.Heizi watched the students around him get their numbers called, and went up to the stage to exchange gifts with another student whose number was called. He also saw that Vulcan returned in exchange for an exquisite Tiger refrigerator magnet, which was really tailor-made.

Heizi waited and waited until the activity was over, but he didn't wait for his number to be read by the teacher.

After thinking about it, he also thought it made sense, presumably the teacher forgot to write down his name when counting the list of activities.

Not to mention birthdays.Few people remember his birthday, and it's not that Akashi and the others have offered to celebrate his birthday, but Kuroko politely declined.On his birthday, Vulcan sent a text message to wish him a happy birthday, and even bought dog food for No. [-] himself.

However, he really wanted to receive a gift.

Jealousy is the most primitive emotion in the human heart.

Heizi knew that what he did was wrong, he should be happy that Kise had so many admirers, but his emotions just couldn't rise.

It wasn't until Kise called him several times in a row that Heizi came back to his senses. Before he could apologize, Kise had already put a thick cardboard book in his hand.

"What's wrong with Xiao Heizi? He looks very unhappy? Could it be because he's jealous~"

An unintentional joke made Heizi suddenly stunned, and it took several seconds before he looked up at the people next to him: "Mr. Huang Lai...?"

Huang Lai smiled, and pointed to the book in his hand: "The gift I just opened~ Anyway, I don't like to read foreign novels, don't Xiao Heizi like to read books? See if you like it?"

Instead of flipping through the book, Heizi squeezed the hard corner of the book cover slightly, and Heizi smiled at him: "Thank you, Huang Lai-kun..."

Kise quickly rubbed her hair and laughed twice:

"No, no, it's fine if you like it, little Heizi."

Heizi nodded, then shook his head again, then lowered his eyes to look at the book in his hand, and said in a low voice for a while: "—but I hope to receive a gift from Huang Lai-kun himself."

Huang Lai was stunned for half a second, then hurriedly said:

"I'm sorry, I, I, I, I didn't intend to... I don't know if Xiao Heizi doesn't like it... I'm sorry, I thought Xiao Heizi would like this gift if he likes reading books. I'm sorry, I will definitely do it next time. I will personally prepare a gift for Xiao Heizi, and I will definitely not give it as a gift from a fan! Xiao Heizi, don't be angry..."

Heizi couldn't help smiling, and said softly to the flustered person in front of him:

"It doesn't matter, I was just joking. No matter what the gift from Kise-kun is."

Kise shook his head immediately, and hurriedly added:

"Little Heizi, just wait, I will give you a gift in person soon!"

I thought that Kise was just joking and said this casually, but I didn't expect that what Kise said "soon" would be done the next morning.

The weather has not been very good these days, and when Heizi woke up, it was raining again.The morning event was postponed for an hour, and Akashi rented the venue in front of him, and the previous one seemed to have been occupied.He was the only one in the room, and the others didn't know where they all went.

Kuroko rubbed his eyes, sat up slowly, and Akashi's coat slipped off his body.There was a sticky note pressed by a watch in his hand, and he took it out to look at it. It was written by Midorima, all of which told him to pay attention to his eyes. Later, it explained that he and Murasakihara went to help Akashi go to the warehouse to carry sports equipment, and let him Get more sleep.

The warm air was on in the room, which really made him so dazed that he couldn't wake up immediately. Before he got up, the door was suddenly pushed open, and before Heizi could look up, he couldn't wake up. The voice mixed with excitement and eagerness had already arrived first: "Little Heizi, Xiao Heizi—come and try it! I learned how to make, ahem... bento——! Just now, I learned it from the chef of the restaurant! Hurry up!" Come and try it! I made a bento for Xiao Heizi, ahem...a person...ahem!"

The restaurant was far away from where they were staying, and it was specially chosen by Akashi, who said it was for physical exercise.It usually takes half an hour to jog from the dormitory to the restaurant, so at a glance, it is clear that Kise came back without an umbrella.

Wet blond hair stuck to his forehead and cheeks. Kise's model face looked a lot messed up at this time, but he didn't care too much. He casually raised his sleeves and wiped his face, putting the protective He took out the bento box from his arms, hurriedly approached Heizi, and put the bento box into Heizi's hand.As soon as he approached, Kise suddenly remembered that it would be bad if the air-conditioning in his body aroused him, so he took off his wet sportswear jacket first, then turned and sat back beside Heizi, and was about to put the lunch box on Heizi In the palm of his hand, a towel had already covered his head.

Raising his head, the snow-white towel blocked most of his sight, Huang Lai could only see half of Heizi's face clearly, and the other party's blue eyes were always soft, but faintly anxious.

Heizi was surprised by his wet appearance as early as he entered the door.He quickly adjusted the warm air to a higher level, took a clean towel, and covered his head when the person approached, and helped him dry his hair through the soft towel, frowning slightly while wiping, Although my heart was warm, worry accounted for a greater proportion: "Mr. Huang Se can come back after the rain stops, why are you in such a hurry..."

"Because I want to give Xiao Heizi a taste of my bento immediately, does Xiao Heizi like to eat bento?"

Putting the bento box carefully on Heizi's lap, Kise slowly opened the bento box while thanking him, raised his head to look at Heizi nervously, and carefully observed the changes in his expression: "It's great that you didn't spill it, little one." Heizi, give it a try... It's the first time I've made it, and I don't know what flavor little Heizi likes, so I made eel rice on my own... If you don't like it, you must tell me, and I will make it again."

The meals in the box are not exquisite, but the color is very good, and the rice smells very appetizing.

Heizi didn't eat first, and still wanted to help Huangse dry his hair before talking, but he couldn't resist Huangse's repeated urging, and then looked at those warm yellow eyes that were vaguely expectant, Heizi smiled and stopped insisting, and took him The spoon was handed over, filled with a spoonful of rice and ate it.

He chewed slowly, and Heizi ate with great concentration, while Huang La, who was next to him, looked nervous.

"Little Heizi...?"

"..."

"No, isn't it delicious..."

"..."

"Then... that little blackie, don't force yourself. Because I did poorly the first two times, and the chefs laughed at me for my lack of talent, but I tried my best... That's it for the third and third times... I I didn’t taste it, but those chefs said it was not bad after eating it... sure enough... are they lying to me..."

"..."

"Hey...Little Heizi...don't eat..."

Seeing that Huang Lai couldn't hold back to grab the lunch box, Heizi immediately raised his hand to protect the things on his lap, raised his eyes and smiled at him.

"No, it's just that Kise-kun's cooking is so delicious, so I don't want to talk about it until I finish eating it. Kise-kun, don't compete with me. I want to eat all of such delicious food by myself."

Kise opened his eyes wide and looked at Heizi in astonishment, his warm yellow pupils fluctuated obviously.

Heizi ate the eel rice in the bento box bite by bite. He always savored it carefully. He would look at Kise from time to time, smile slightly at the latter, and then continue to eat with his head down.Kise didn't know what mood he was in now, but he felt that his happiness now was far more than being pursued by a bunch of girls.

I couldn't be happier that my dedication can be responded to by people who value it.

However, this warm atmosphere didn't last long before it was broken by someone who broke in suddenly.

"Ah, it's so annoying—what does it mean when it rains suddenly!"

Aomine kicked the door cursing and walked in. The short-sleeved sweatshirt he was wearing obviously didn't have any effect on keeping out the rain, and his whole body was soaked through.Walking in, he turned over the towel and greeted the two people over there: "Hey, you guys are quite leisurely. This bad weather is so fucking annoying... Well, what are you eating, Ah Zhe?"

Smelling the smell of rice in the house, Aomine, who got up early and went to morning exercise on an empty stomach, immediately felt even hungrier. He leaned over and ignored Kise's dissatisfied voice, and directly reached out and squeezed a piece of eel meat into his mouth.

"...Xiao Qingfeng, you spit it out for me! It's disgusting! That's the love lunch box I made for Xiao Heizi!"

"..."

"Spit it out quickly, hurry up!"

"..."

"...Little Qingfeng?"

"..."

"Hey hey hey? Xiao Qingfeng, what are you doing by choking your own neck! What's wrong, what's going on! Ah? What did you say? Louder!"

"...Water... you fucking... want to murder me... Bah!" ← Qingfeng suddenly spat out a broken egg shell.

"...QvQ" ← Kise suddenly choked up.

"...=-=" ← Heizi, everything is expected.

After drinking half a bottle of water, Qingfeng only felt that he had experienced a tragedy in his life and was finally pulled back from the brink of death.

While rinsing his mouth with water, while criticizing Kise, Aomine said that he had never eaten such a bad bento: "Are you out of your mind? You can't tell the difference between soy sauce and vinegar!? Please, put so much rice wine What are you doing? And did you add sugar? Did you double the salt as sugar? Is there something wrong with your brain? And did you beat your fried eggs directly into the pan? I don’t even know how to peel them Eggs?!... Hey Zhe, what are you doing! Don't eat them, you will die!"

Heizi, who quietly finished his last bite beside him, looked up at Aomine, and licked the rice grains off his lips after a long while: "No, I really like the bento made by Kise-kun."

For the first time, Qingfeng looked at his shadow with admiration and longing.

"...Azhe, your taste buds are really, um, very special..."

"...QvQ" Huang Lai, who was still choking with sobs, couldn't say anything at the moment, and silently wiped away tears while being moved.

Watching Aomine into the bathroom, Kise carefully glanced at Heizi's expression, then silently glanced at the empty lunch box in his hand.

"after……"

Huang Lai's voice was very low, and said in a low voice:

"From now on, little Heizi doesn't need to comfort me, just say it if it doesn't taste good, I won't be angry... I know I don't have talent... Little Heizi said he wanted a gift from me personally, so I wanted to give it quickly, Then I thought of this... I thought Xiao Heizi would like it, but I'm sorry, I didn't do it well... Is Xiao Heizi not feeling well? I have medicine for digestion, Xiao Heizi must not..."

Looking at Kise who was silently repenting, Heizi's heart was still warm.After a while, he leaned over and put the empty lunch box in front of Huang Lai, tilted his head and looked at the person in front of him with a slight smile: "Then I'll tell the truth, Master Huang Lai, don't be angry."

Huang Lai's face turned pale, he pursed his lips, and forced a smile for a while:

"No, how can I be angry, I will never be angry with Xiao Heizi, Xiao Heizi is not wrong... I, let me just say... I did a poor job, I can't cook at all... I'll give Xiao Heizi another gift in the future, I'm sorry, let Xiao Heizi eat such an unpalatable bento, will Xiao Heizi be very disappointed..."

"—not disappointed."

Kuroko interrupted Kise softly.The corners of his lips were raised all the time, and his eyes were gentle: "Mr. Huang Se can achieve such an effect just by doing it twice. It's really amazing. I learned how to make eel rice, but I didn't learn it well after more than a month. So Kise-kun is really talented."

"I really like the bento made by Kise-kun, very much."

"If possible, I would like to eat the rice cooked by Kise-kun all the time. This is a bento made with heart, it is the first gift I received, and it is also the most precious gift."

"—So Kise-kun, don't be sad. This is really the most delicious bento I've ever eaten."