Cloudy Hue [Black Basket]

"I object,"

Fierce protests echoed in the hallway.

"Giving Aozaki-san to Kise-kun and Aomine-kun... I firmly oppose...,,"

The face that is always described as expressionless is full of anger, sadness, disbelief and fear of losing again.

"..."

Looking at such a sunspot, Akashi didn't intend to take back what he just said.It's not that he can't understand Heizi's mood, nor is he ignorant of Heizi's thoughts.On the contrary, he should be in this corridor. No, it is not an exaggeration to say that Akashi is the person who understands Kuroko the most at this time.

However, it is precisely because Akashi understands Kuroko's mood and Heizi's thinking that Akashi said this to Kuroko, "'You have to tie the bell to untie the bell', Tetsuya, you should know that no matter how unwilling we are, we There is nothing you can do about it.”

Putting her big hand on the window, Murasakihara, who looked into the ward through the transparent window, did not speak.He just frowned silently at the moment Akashi came to his conclusion.

——Shuangyue in the ward has been awake for quite a while, but her expression still looks dazed as if she just woke up.Accompanied by Shuangyue, besides the middle-aged doctor who said something to Shuangyue with a gentle expression, and the nurse who was recording something aside, there was also Kise who had emaciated a lot overnight, and Kise, whose expression was cloudy and uncertain, was thinking about something What Qingfeng.

"This is a matter between those three people."

Akashi said turning his head away.Following Murasakihara's line of sight, Akashi's eyes lingered on Shimoyue for a few seconds.

"So, it's the best choice to leave everything to them."

Akashi wasn't running away.It's not that I want to escape.After seeing the result of turning a blind eye, hearing and not hearing, and pretending nothing happened, Akashi will no longer look away from Shuangyue because of fear of getting hurt.

Akashi just understands that the choice that makes him feel the most pain among all the choices will be the best for Shimotsuki.

(Because she loves those two people.)

Akashi is not Shuangyue, he cannot fully understand Shuangyue's mood.But he did see Shuangyue's "unswerving until death" persistence.

Although, this "Unswerving until death" is really short and cunning compared to the "Unswerving until death".And this "until death" is also mixed with too many impure ambiguities and emotions that are not accepted by most people in the world.Such "until death" is not "until death" in the orthodox sense at all.

However, "until death will not change" is "until death will not change".No matter how complicated the feelings in Shuangyue's embrace are; how unbearable, chaotic and dirty the relationship between Huang Lai, Qingfeng and Shuangyue is in the eyes of the world.Until the last moment, Shuangyue loves, hates, misses, cares about, hates, and is most reluctant to part with those two people.

So Akashi could only turn his back and walk away gracefully.Even if that coolness is nothing more than trying to make yourself look too awkward and stupid.

"...How could I not understand this kind of thing?"

Heizi's voice was trembling.Grief and resentment made his teeth chatter.With his head lowered, his bangs covered most of his delicate face, but the bangs couldn't cover the hot tears that fell down the hospital corridor one after another.

He didn't need to look at Akashi to know that Kuroko clenched his fists.It's just like Kuroko doesn't need to look to know how depressed Akashi's eyes are staring at Shuangyue.

In the ward, Shuangyue on the hospital bed let the doctor sitting by her window pick up the pen that fell from her hand and return it to her.

"...Ma'am, do you understand what I just said?"

Asking Frost Moon in as gentle a tone as possible, the middle-aged doctor carefully observed the changes in Frost Moon's expression with his eyes narrowed into a line when he smiled.

"...?"

However, there was no other emotion in the eyes of the dazed Shuangyue except inexplicable.

slap-

The ballpoint pen with the hospital logo on it fell from Shuangyue's hand again, then hit the table in front of Shuangyue and was quickly bounced off.Finally, the poor ballpoint pen fell to the ground and spun out, until it hit the wall and gradually stopped.

Seeing this, Kise pursed her beautifully shaped thin lips that were lacking in color: "Sure enough——"

"Yes, just like what you two saw."

To be honest, it is impossible for this middle-aged doctor to not care about this strange situation at all.Because the person who is with this patient named "Heizi Frost Moon" at this time is a famous person who often appears on TV, and his daughter will scream when he sees it, not his husband, at least in name. youth.The young man who should be the husband of the young patient seems to have some entanglements with these two super famous people who can be named by an old man like himself.Not only that, many of the people who came to visit this patient were well-known people in various fields.But until now, none of the patient's family members has shown up in the hospital except her "husband".

I don't want to simply comment like other doctors, such as: "The world is going down.", "Young people nowadays..." and so on.Looking at this group of children who are younger than their own parents but have more stories than the simple eldest son, the middle-aged doctor who knows current affairs is thinking about the things of young people. To speculate or comment.

But there is one thing to pay attention to: the two young people in front of them don't like being called "Mrs. Heizi" on the hospital bed.So he'd better avoid this minefield.

"Because Ms. Shuangyue's memory center was damaged, she no longer even has the most basic ability to live."

Repeating the facts to Huang Lai and Qing Feng, the middle-aged doctor knew very well that it would be difficult for the two young people in front of him to accept Shuangyue's current state - it was not the first time he took care of a patient with a damaged memory center.As an authority in the Department of Brain, he has seen too many family members of patients unable to accept that patients cannot return to their previous state.

Besides, the thin and slender girl in front of me is still so young.Girls her age are mostly squandering what little youth is left, enjoying the last aftertaste of youth before or just after entering the workplace.But because of the damage to her memory center, she became a cripple who couldn't even hold a pen properly.

"The damage to the memory center caused the loss of Ms. Shuangyue's short-term memory and her long-term memory. The life skills and knowledge including the most basic common sense of survival that Ms. Shuangyue originally mastered were also lost. Reading and writing needless to say, The current Ms. Frost Moon can hardly understand even the daily conversations. Please treat the current Ms. Shuangyue as a baby who has just been born and doesn't understand anything."

There is no sympathy or pity in the eyes behind the lens.The middle-aged doctor simply narrated the conclusions he knew.This conclusion sounded like a kind of mental torture to Kise and Aomine's ears.

(Squad leader, no, Shuangyue, she...)

(That guy is just like-)

baby?

That Aozaki Shimotsuki, who has a bad tongue, a bad mouth, flips his face like a book, doesn't know what to think, and cuts at others with a sharp knife, has turned into a huge baby in his twenties?

Aomine really wanted to laugh at something like a sci-fi movie, but he couldn't.Because this is reality, not a movie.Moreover, the person who encountered this kind of thing was none other than Shuangyue.

"...Of course Ms. Frost Moon's situation is different from that of a newborn baby."

The kind-hearted middle-aged doctor said, looking down at the record in his hand showing his bald Mediterranean-style head.

"At this stage, we don't have a suitable test to determine whether there is any problem with Ms. Frost Moon's intelligence. But think optimistically, if Frost Moon only hurts the memory center, then her intelligence will not be lost. She will learn faster than babies A lot. Even if the memories of the past cannot be retrieved, sooner or later she will be able to return to society as a normal person with the ability to live."

(If I had watched Frost Moon from the beginning, if I could have discovered Frost Moon's physical problems from the beginning——)

Kise's heart throbbed in pain.It felt like the blood in the whole body rushed to the heart, making the heart expand to the limit.Every time Kise's heart beats, the heart that swells so much that it looks like it will explode in the next second is so heavy and so painful.

——Kise missed many things.He missed the most innocent and pure love of Frost Moon, and also missed the brightest and gentlest Frost Moon.He missed Shuangyue's sincerity, missed seeing Shuangyue's sincerity, and also missed the limit of Shuangyue's patience.

These intentional or unintentional misses forced Shuangyue step by step into the abyss of no return.It is not an exaggeration to say that Huang Lai is the murderer who made Shuangyue so miserable.

"Ms. Shuangyue is still young, and it is possible to recover from the damage to her memory center. But this requires persistent rehabilitation. The content of rehabilitation is not only physical, but also psychological. Of course, the most important thing It's a coincidence. If you're lucky, Ms. Shuangyue may be able to recall the past."

Cleverly saying "don't have too much hope that she can restore her memory" and saying "if you are lucky, you may be able to remember the past", the middle-aged doctor always maintains a kind smile that makes people feel comfortable.

Seeing that the faces of the two young people in front of him brightened a little because of what he said just now, the middle-aged doctor threw out a new topic in a timely manner.

"The more troublesome thing is that Ms. Shuangyue will not actively express her desires like a baby. She will not cry when she is hungry or thirsty, and she will show anxiety, restlessness and other uneasy emotions when she wants convenience."

(ahh...)

Why, at that time, did he let go of this person so easily?

(Only being rejected by her once.)

——If she doesn't go with her once, then she should ask her the second, third time... until she gets tired of giving him the same answer.Asked that he could take her away without an answer.

(Turns out I couldn't do a single useful thing for this guy.)

And why, at that time, it was easy to doubt this person?

(Obviously this guy...)

Disdain to lie.

Doing her perverted stalker all the time.

Showing her resentment and resentment openly.

It's only now that I think of saying to her: "Hey, this is the first time. I clearly know that I am in love with others." Isn't it too stupid, too ridiculous, too old-fashioned... and too late?

Why couldn't I admit it to myself at that time?

She has a higher priority in her heart than Vulcan, Kise, Wuyue, and even Azhe.

(asshole.)

(asshole,)

(asshole……)

(asshole!)

(asshole!!)

What's the use of discovering these feelings now when it's too late?Is it just to be thankful that she has no memory at all, and it's not too late for me to start all over again with her?

(...I really am a bloody bastard.)

Qingfeng despises himself.

I can only think about self-satisfaction at this time

Spit at himself who put Kise's matter behind his mind again.

Spite or did not consider the Shuangyue's feelings.

(Then--)

Looking at Shuangyue who was awake dazedly without his soul here, Qingfeng finally said those few words in his heart that he still couldn't say to Shuangyue.

(……Feel sorry.)

"Based on the above reasons, on behalf of the hospital, I suggest that Ms. Shuangyue be admitted to the hospital for a long time. With excellent hardware facilities, our hospital can provide Ms. Shuangyue with the most cutting-edge treatment, the best living environment and the highest quality nursing services. Both ordinary people and patients It is easy to suffer from mental illness if you get along with each other for a long time. Home care is never as professional and comprehensive as hospital care.”

It's not that middle-aged doctors are soliciting business for their own hospital, hoping to make more money for their own hospital and themselves.Midorima's hospital is not so poor that it has to keep such a patient, and the middle-aged doctors don't need money enough to miss every opportunity to earn medical fees.The reason why the middle-aged doctor said this is that as a doctor who saves lives and heals the wounded, he is doing the best for his patients.

Of course, Kise knew he was right in everything.In theory, it would be best to give Frost Moon to the hospital for treatment and care.But Kise didn't intend to do that.

"Thank you, Doctor. But I've made up my mind. I'm taking her back."

The love of others for oneself is a bondage, a heavy shackle.Kise still thinks so until now.

(But I won't run away anymore.)

Being in love is never easy.It is because of this heaviness that love is love.

Kise thought that he had found the heaviness that could make him happy.So he wanted to pick up this heavy shackle and put it on himself willingly.As for those weights that I can't bear and don't want to bear, I should directly return it to its owners from the very beginning.

(...Sorry, Frost Moon.)

Kise thought he was mean.Despicable still feels that he is very lucky. He can use the fact that Frost Moon has no memory and start over with Frost Moon.

(If you hadn't become what you are now, you wouldn't want to continue that twisted relationship with me, would you?)

(I'm really sorry.)

If one day in the future, Shuangyue regains her memory, so she wants to leave Huang Lai, Huang Lai has nothing to say.It's just that now, at least now, Huang Lai still wants to struggle to the death.

(People like me like you, sorry.)

(Sorry for making you like someone like me.)

(but no matter--)

"My mind won't change."

The middle-aged doctor was startled when he heard this.It was unexpected that Kise, who seemed quite frivolous, would say such words. He couldn't help but want to persuade Kise to be rational and calm, and not to be confused by temporary emotions and impulses to make wrong decisions.At that time, the trouble is not that he can't stick to what he should do.But his giving up may hurt Shuangyue again.

"...It's better to say that it has changed."

Facing Shuangyue's puzzled eyes following the voice, Qingfeng said casually and dug his own ear hole with his little finger.

"Anyway, Kose, you don't have much stamina and perseverance, do you?"

"I'll return the original words to you, Xiaoqingfeng. Although I lost to you in basketball before, it's my turn to win back this time."

Kise said and shrugged.

Under the eyes of the middle-aged doctor from inexplicable to stunned, Huang Lai who came to Shuangyue lowered his head and pecked Shuangyue's bloodless and somewhat dry lips twice.

"I won't take advantage of Xiao Qingfeng, you black skin."

"... Tsk!! You bastard are giving me energy now?!"

Quickly came to Huang Lai's side.Aomine pushed Kise away.

"...!"

A trace of emotional fluctuations caused by fright flashed in the godless black eyes.Startled by Qingfeng who looked dark and acted very rudely, Shuangyue's shoulders moved slightly.

"I love you."

"?!"

The sexy|sensual and magnetic| male voice got into Frost Moon's ears.Although she couldn't understand the meaning of Qingfeng's words, Shuangyue still blushed instinctively because of the stimulation of Qingfeng's voice.

"???"

Can't figure out how to react.Shuangyue, who had only a blank face before, now has written on her face: "Why do I not understand what this person is saying, but my face still feels hot..." Written on her face.

"—Xiao Qingfeng... The sneak attack is too despicable and shameless."

"Ha! Say what you want, uh-"

Snorting with his nose, Qingfeng was kicked aside by Huang Lai before he could finish his sentence.

"Then I don't have to be polite."

Smiling and sitting beside Shuangyue's bed, Huang Lai took Shuangyue's somewhat cold hand.

"Please come home with me."

"our home."

"——————"

The temperature from the hand made Shuangyue tremble at this moment.Some fragmentary pictures seemed to flash in front of her eyes, or just some light spots that couldn't grasp the entity.She seemed to remember something, but she didn't seem to remember anything.

Kise noticed Shuangyue's strangeness almost immediately.Looking at Shimotsuki's obsidian eyes together with Aomine who wanted to take revenge on Kise, but saw Shimotsuki's thoughtful expression, and Aomine, who was kicked, Kise softly called Shimotsuki's name.

"Frost Moon?"

“……………………?”

Minutes and seconds passed.After a long silence, Shuangyue's face returned to a daze.

Seeing this, Kise smiled slightly.The truth is that he was very afraid of Shuangyue at that moment and thought of everything.

(But if Shimoyue had no memory of "Squad Leader", she would no longer be the "Aoqi Shimoyue" I knew.)

Even though she might lose Shuangyue because of this, even if she is hated by Shuangyue who has suffered a lot of sadness and pain from herself, Kise still hopes that the person she fell in love with can come back.

(Although it will probably take a lot of time.)

Kise didn't expect Shuangyue to miraculously remember everything all at once.

——The person he likes has waited for him for so many years, watched him for so many years, and waited for him to look back and look back.This time it was his turn to wait for the person he liked to come back.

(Then,)

Instead of pushing aside with Kise, Qingfeng went to the other side of the Shuangyue hospital bed and sat down.

"Then let's go together..."

(If we wait for that guy——)

Want to touch her long black hair.I want to feed her who looks too skinny a few laps.Wanting to be angry, she chased and ran around.I want to sleep in bed with her under the quilt.Want to have a boring water fight with her in the bathtub.I want to swim, ski, catch crayfish with her...

I want her to see how good I am playing basketball, I want to take her to play basketball, and I want to teach her how to play basketball.

I want to take her to know the world she has never seen before.

——This time, he won't doubt his own heart, deny his feelings, and won't let go of this troublesome, awkward and stupid guy again.

"go home."