[Black Basket] Give me a chance to say I love you

After a long time, guessing that the time was almost up, Takao picked up the lunch box that had just been opened and was left aside because he had no appetite, closed the lid, got up, and planned to return to the classroom. He seemed to hear some movement downstairs, probably because some people were afraid of making noise I chose to have lunch in this staircase. After thinking about it, Takao walked along the conjoined corridor to the laboratory building a little further away, planning to go down the stairs of the laboratory building, and then go back through the garden behind.

Speaking of this garden, I have to mention the school environment of Shutoku High School.As one of the three kings in Tokyo, Hidetoku is not only proud of the school's achievements in clubs, but also the outstanding teaching level and hardware conditions. Hidetoku's campus environment, because the principal is a European Scholars who have returned from studying abroad, so the overall style of the school is a combination of European style and modernization. The main teaching buildings, laboratory buildings, and office buildings are connected by several overhead corridors, which are arranged in an elegant curve as a whole.

Behind the laboratory building is a large forest garden, which is said to be a holy place for boys and girls to date and complain.

After turning to the teaching building along the stairs of the laboratory building, probably because it was already late, there were not many people in the garden, so Takao smiled and rushed towards the teaching building along the path.

"... Shintaro... I didn't lie to you!" A female voice that seemed to be full of grievances just attracted Takao's attention, and the words he heard made him slow down his pace, subconsciously looking at the nearby bushes Hiding his figure, he turned his gaze to the source of the voice.

A slightly tall girl with long hair was standing in front of Shintaro Midorima, her hands were tightly twisted together, her head was slightly lowered, her slender neck was even more white against the background of her long black hair, and she was seen from a distance. It looked like a weak and delicate flower in the morning, while Midorima was half-turning her body, not knowing what she was thinking.

However, that girl seems to be... the female assistant of the basketball club, Nanase Orange in the first grade?She seems to be a girl who is good at intelligence collection and analysis. It seems that she won the favor of the supervisor and Midorima with a complete physical training list when she first entered school, and was directly appointed as an assistant.Having said that, Nanase Orange doesn't seem to have much interest in the basketball club itself, and he doesn't appear in the daily training of the basketball club, so Takao is not familiar with it, but his memory shows that he occasionally finds Midorima to play on weekends Sometimes, I often see them discussing something together.

However, the previous life in my impression didn't seem to have any impression of this person...?

"Shintaro!" Seeing that Midorima didn't respond, the girl raised her head abruptly and clasped her hands together, "Aren't you afraid that everyone in the basketball club will be disappointed by doing this!"

"What do you mean?" Midorima finally reacted, turned to the girl, her tone was still calm as if there was no disturbance at all.

The girl seemed to be in disbelief, and stared at Midorima with wide eyes, "As the general, I just watched my basketball team and Izumi Makan lose a lot in the training game, and the results were dismal. Isn't that enough!"

Midorima pushed his glasses indifferently, "I'm about to graduate soon, and they always have to rely on themselves in the future games. They can't ask me to save the game every time they get into trouble. The failure this time is to let them win in the future.”

"What about Senior Matsuki? Senior Matsuki is the next general and will be the captain of Xiude. Why don't you let it go if you don't play, and don't allow Matsuki to play, or even tell him there is such a match?!"

"He is not included in the arrangement for this competition." Midorima continued calmly.

"What are you kidding!" The girl was furious, "This game is like this, what about the last game with Seirin? Why do you even use Pinewood to practice with the starting team in the team training every week? No plan to let him take over as minister?!"

"As for the candidates for the next minister and deputy minister, you, the so-called basketball assistant, should remember better than me..."

"Shintaro! What are you pretending to be stupid for?" The girl finally stepped forward and grabbed Midorima Shintaro by the neckline. Xu was extremely disappointed and sad, and choked up and shouted, "If it's because of the lack of pine skills, if it's because of you I want to sharpen the other members, even if it's just because you don't like Matsuki... As your personally appointed assistant, I won't say anything, I will only help you maintain everything in this basketball club... But, But... Shintaro, why did you do this, don't you understand in your heart?!"

"I do not understand what you mean."

"You don't understand?...Liar! I've known you for so long and I still don't understand! Because Takao and Cheng refused to play again, so you would rather Xiude lose the game than resolutely refuse to play again; because Takao and Cheng You once trained Matsuki to be his successor and taught you all your skills, so after Takao Kazunari left, you hated Matsuki who had the shadow of the other party; because Takao Kazunari abandoned everything between you without a word, Shintaro, you are simply I don’t want to touch the ball anymore... Shintaro! Can you be sober?! He’s gone, and he can’t see it if you do this. What’s the use of all this except to make yourself miserable?!”

"..."

"I didn't lie to you... Takao and Chengzhen abandoned the basketball club because they wanted to go to the showbiz, abandoned the juniors who admired him, and abandoned the teammates who trusted him... I was having lunch behind the stairs on the rooftop and thinking about something, On the way, I heard someone coming, and it turned out to be Takao who was calling home, asking why this incident had become so big and affected his daily life... People change, Shintaro, he has already... Are you going to give up the basketball that you have always loved and disregard everyone in the Xiude basketball club for such a person!"

"..."

"Shintaro, you idiot, Kazunari Takao is not the only one who can stand beside you! Everyone in the basketball club, including me, are your companions! Have you noticed all of this..."

The girl sobbed softly, and the boy sighed unnoticed through the cover of the woods, penetrating into Gaowei's eardrum bit by bit, making his whole body stiffer, and only the sobbing words of the girl remained in his mind .

Would you rather Suduk lose than play because I left?Hate the pine that inherited my skills because you don't want to face the fact that I'm gone?Hate basketball because I left...?

Takao seemed to want to laugh out loud, how much he wanted to stand up and ask the girl, could the things she said be done by Shintaro Midorima, who has always taken basketball as his life and the glory of the basketball club as his everything?

Having lived with Midorima for a lifetime, Takao understands the pride and self-esteem in his heart better than anyone else. Midorima of the Miracle Generation will not give in for anyone, but will not stop for anyone. Midorima is Midorima, and the king is also Or a monster, the eyes of others have nothing to do with him, and it is not worth his attention.

Now, someone suddenly told him that Midorima was angry and distressed because of his departure... Takao's first feeling was that it was funny, you know, so far, every restless night, the coldness left to him by Midorima in the previous life The back figure always wakes me up from the dream like a nightmare.

【but……】

A voice whispered in his heart to justify.

【As you said, Midorima Shintaro will do this more than ten years later... and the current Midorima is just a child who was betrayed by his friends... If what the girl said is true...】

If it's true……

Takao clenched his fists.

He always thought that as long as he was still in the world of Lujian, he would be doomed sooner or later. Therefore, based on the principle that long-term pain is worse than short-term pain, he tried his best to avoid, try to escape, and try to make himself fade out of his world.Takao always thought he was successful, he paid a huge price, abandoned everything he once believed in, tried to be an ordinary student, and lived an ordinary time...

It wasn't until he heard what the girl said that Takao seemed to suddenly realize that perhaps, his avoidance of pain was just a kind of passing on, and his leaving for no reason became the source of Midorima's pain...

Did Midorima hurt himself, or did he hurt Midorima...?This is another, what a weird cycle...

When Takao came back to his senses, the bell for class had already rang leisurely, and of course the two people were no longer in the woods.

Probably due to squatting for too long, Takao's feet were already numb. After thinking about it, he still tried to stand up. The exam was approaching. In his previous life, he was forced to enter Tokyo University by relying on his special skills in basketball. What is not ideal, I can no longer play basketball in this life, if the test scores are still mediocre, then I will not be able to go to a good school, so naturally, I can no longer skip classes.

Knees were a little sore, Takao hesitated for a moment, but still planned to stand up in one breath, procrastination is not what a boy should be...

"Hi-ah!"

Perhaps it was due to excessive force, the legs just straightened up a little and then softened all of a sudden, Gao Wei was a little helpless at the weakness of his body, but there was nothing he could do about it.

If you fall, just fall. After rebirth, you don’t fall less. You get used to falling and falling. Pain will always make people grow, isn’t it?

Suddenly, a pair of hands suddenly grabbed Gao Wei's shoulder blades, and a voice as clear as running water sounded from behind his head.

"Takao-kun, after squatting for too long, you must stretch your legs and feet before getting up. If you stand up suddenly, your legs will not have enough blood supply and you will fall easily."

"..." Takao was stunned for a moment, he didn't consider that he was still in the other party's "hands", and opened his eyes suddenly as if he heard something incredible.

"Kuroko?!"

A pair of pure blue unwavering eyes were above Takao's face, looking straight into his eyes.

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Slowly explain... explain... ah...