Amethyst Fascination

It was the first time seeing his teammates fighting side by side again after a few months. Even Tezuka, who was indifferent by nature, showed a slightly excited look in his quiet eyes when he saw the Seigaku main candidates filing out from the bus.

"Minister." From the corner of his eyes, he was the first to see the slender figure standing not far away, and he paused slightly. The boy called softly with his unique hoarse voice.

The line of the straight lips raised a little, and his eyes stayed on the delicate face for a moment. Tezuka turned his eyes to his teammates who couldn't hide their excitement: "You are all here, welcome."

Welcoming everyone back to the small living room of the nursing home, he took the Kanto Championship medal from Oishi with some hesitation. After looking around the crowd, Tezuka fixed his eyes on the little boy standing in the corner of the room. "Echizen, I watched the video of the Kanto competition sent by Oishi. You played well against Sanada."

There was a hint of joy in the golden cat's eyes. The boy looked up at the minister he had always admired, and then quickly lowered his head under the other's attention.Pulling down the brim of his hat a little uncomfortably, he said in a small voice, "Thank you."

"However, there are still many gaps that need attention." Looking at the young man who was dissatisfied and frowning at the moment he spoke, Tezuka couldn't stop the arc of his lips from continuing to rise, and there was a different emotion in his eyes.

Seeing their little pillars being named and reprimanded, Zhongzhengxuan couldn't help laughing, watching the child who had always been shy and blushing in the laughter as if watching a play, and roared angrily: "You laughed so hard!" unacceptable!"

Only Fuji, quietly leaning against the wall in this joyful atmosphere, looked at Tezuka's handsome face full of joy with his beautiful ice blue eyes, half a smile.

Enough laughing, looking at the sleepy expression on the boy's angry little face, thought for a while, and said: "I had an appointment with you, but the other party has something to delay, let's rest today .”

After sending everyone back to the room to rest, Tezuka turned around and looked at him still leaning against the wall, with an unfathomable expression on his face and a slight frown on his long eyebrows. "Is there anything you want to say, Buer?"

"Some things, I want to talk to you a little bit." The elegant lip line slightly raised, and Fuji raised his hand, motioning Tezuka to follow. "Actually, I've thought about it for a long time, and I still think you should know."

Quietly following behind Fuji, listening to the usual gentle voice, Tezuka didn't say anything, but seemed to understand what Fuji was going to say.

"Do you still remember that Echizen once asked us about a person before the Kanto Competition?" After walking to a remote corner of the garden and standing still, Fuji turned his head, squinted his eyes and looked at Tezuka with a smile.

"Yukimura?"

Seeing that the usually cold and serious handsome face suddenly darkened, the smile on Fuji's face became brighter and brighter. "Then you should also have heard the news that Ritsukai Chief Minister Yukimura Seiichi was hospitalized."

Raising his eyebrows slightly in doubt, Tezuka didn't answer, but just quietly stared at Fuji's icy blue eyes without the slightest smile.Yukimura's hospitalization was mentioned by Dashi, but what does it have to do with him?

Looking up to meet Tezuka's quiet eyes, Fuji sighed softly and leaned under the plane tree.After a moment of silence, he said in a low voice: "On the day of the Kanto match against Rokkaku, Yukimura appeared on our field and watched the Echizen match." Glancing at Tezuka, who was still expressionless, he continued to throw a Bombshell: "After the game, Echizen accompanied Yukimura home."

"How do you know?" Tezuka raised his brows slightly, and Tezuka asked indifferently with a cold expression on his face.It seems that the following sentence is just an unambiguous guess.

There was a sneering smile on the corners of the slightly raised lips, staring at the deep black eyes without moving, and chuckling: "Because I heard it. Not only me, everyone present heard what Echizen said. Because Echizen didn’t avoid us at all.”

"I haven't finished yet, Tezuka." Seeing Tezuka's tightly pursed lips move slightly, before he could speak, Fuji interrupted. "On the day of the final, all the players in Tachikai's main selection, except Sanada, who was the first singles player, left early. Echizen told us that Yukimura was going to have an operation that day."

"After the finals, Echizen sent me to Kanai General Hospital for examination, and then to Yukimura's ward."

"I've finished what I want to say, Tezuka." After finishing all the words in one breath, Fuji seemed to be extremely tired, leaning his head gently against the tree trunk, with a faint sadness flickering between his brows.

After quietly listening to Fuji's words, Tezuka pursed his lips and clenched his hands in his trouser pockets into fists.

He understood what it meant.In the days he's gone, some things have gotten out of hand.The child that he has been paying attention to from the bottom of his heart, the child who made him risk his arm injury to aggravate again, and the child who thought he would remember him even if he was half a world away, took other people's attention into his eyes. .

After a long silence, Tezuka spoke softly, with a trace of struggle in his deep voice: "You once told me that Echizen cried the day I left."

"Yeah, I'm very jealous." Lifting her slender, white fingers to cover her eyes, the corners of Fuji's smiling lips twitched slightly.He still remembered that day, in the activity room after the crowd had dispersed, those amber cat eyes with a little sparkle.

He lowered his head, closed his eyes tightly, and felt a sharp pain in his usually calm heart.After a long time, he asked, "Have they dated?"

"No. I guess the child didn't think about that at all." Wei Wei sighed and smiled wryly, and Bu Er lowered his head, letting the cold and soft brown hair cover the sadness and fragility of his face. "I thought the strongest competitor was you, Tezuka."

Tezuka understood that Fuji expressed his intention implicitly and directly, and the corners of his lips raised a bitter arc involuntarily. "Yeah, I always thought so too."

"What are you going to do, Tezuka." There was a trace of bewilderment in the voice, just like the mood at the moment.

Not without trying one step closer.But every time he stepped a little bit, he could see the rejection and uneasiness in the child's eyes.They can't even hug without restraint like Kikumaru and Momoshiro.

"I don't know." Sighed slightly hoarsely, the pain was entangled in his heart, which made his handsome and pale face even darker in the sun.With a distance of half a world away, I couldn't do anything, I could only watch the child walk away gradually.

"You know what, Tezuka. I'd rather be you." The slight burning in his eyes made Fuji turn his head hastily, so as not to let his friends beside him see his fragility and helplessness.

I'd rather be you, at least I still know what the problem is, instead of being out of the game for no reason like this.

Silently listening to Fuji's slightly trembling voice, Tezuka clenched his fist tightly, letting his fingertips prick his palm.Yes, he thought so too, those golden cat eyes were always chasing him, and he thought he was different.

"Maybe, maybe Echizen just wanted to defeat Yukimura as if he wanted to defeat me." There was a little hope in his deep voice, Tezuka seemed to be convincing Fuji, and he seemed to be convincing himself.

Beat Yukimura?Indeed, Yukimura is a very formidable opponent, but Yukimura, who is already sick enough to need surgery, has a chance to show the kid his tough side?But if you think this way, you will feel better, at least not so desperate.

"Maybe." Sighing, Fuji decided to end this fruitless conversation, stood up straight and walked towards the residence.After walking a few steps, he suddenly turned his head and looked at Tezuka who was still silent with his head down, his gentle voice was full of determination that no one could shake: "Tezuka, even if it is really as we guessed, I will I won’t let go easily.”

"Ah." Looking up at the blue sky of Munich, Tezuka let his fragility show in his eyes.

Yes, I won't let go, how could that proud child, the child who shed tears for his departure, let go.