Amethyst Fascination

After being forced to observe in the hospital for three weeks, Yukimura finally got the approval of Dr. Arthur and was discharged from the hospital.

Sitting on the corridor in the backyard of Echizen’s house, Yukimura, who is in the pampered stage, leans on the goose feather cushion carefully selected by Rinko, holds a fat Himalayan cat in his arms, and stares at the nearby cat with a faint smile on his lips. An angry teenager in the improvised court.

The person who made the boy so angry was Long Ya who quietly left U-17 before.Long Ya was forcibly recalled by Nanjiro a week ago on the grounds that she was accompanying the boy to prepare for the upcoming Brazil Open at the end of the month.

The kid has been preparing to participate in this year's ATP Tour since he abstained from the Australian Open final and was scolded by Nanjiro.The excellent record in the Australian Open allowed the world to see this rising star in the tennis world, and it also made Minami Jiro finally make up his mind to let the boy pursue a bigger dream.

Ryoma, our goal is the world.You are one step ahead, and I will catch up soon. I want to play tennis with you happily in the world arena.

"I'm small, brother, I will drop everything and come back to practice with you, can't you be more serious?" There was a little displeasure in the amber eyes, Long Ya stared at the boy whose eyes drifted to the corridor from time to time, half-truth and half-fake complained.

"Cut, it's not that I want you to accompany me." Cursing his lips, the young man cast a sidelong glance at Long Ya, threw the ball in his hand high, and hit the opponent's face with a wild smile.

Raising his hand to return the ball lightly, Long Ya continued to tease the boy, "You are still far away, little one."

"Then you should be serious!" Staring at Long Ya, the boy's round eyes were full of anger, and angrily hit the ball towards the opponent's bottom line.To be honest, it was a very unpleasant thing to have not been able to defeat this guy who claimed to be his brother.

Leaping high, a powerful smash ended the practice match. Long Ya waved the racket in her hand and said with a smile: "The match is over, you lost again, little one."

"Stop talking nonsense, keep going!" This smash aroused the young man's full fighting spirit, and he shouted at Long Ya who was slowly leaving the court: "Don't be lazy!"

Looking back at the sweat-covered delicate face, Long Ya smiled, put the towel in her hand to the boy, and said lazily: "I'm hungry, go take a shower and eat. I'll continue cleaning you in the afternoon."

Pursing his lips tightly, the boy grabbed the towel that happened to be covering his head with a slight annoyance, and walked quickly to Yukimura's side.Staring at the beautiful face quietly for a while, after making sure that Yukimura is not in any discomfort, he hummed softly: "If you are not in good health, don't sit here and blow the air."

"I'm fine." After taking the towel and wiping the sweat off the boy's face, Yukimura smiled slightly and said softly, "Don't worry."

"Who's worried about you?" Retorted softly, the boy avoided the gentle gaze uncomfortably, looked down at Karubin who was still on Yukimura's lap, and frowned, "You spoiled Karubin!"

A hint of jealousy could be heard in that immature voice, Yukimura's eyes showed a trace of helplessness, he pinched his pouty face with his slender fingers, and chuckled endlessly. "I want to pet Ryoma, but Ryoma won't give it to me, so I have to spoil Karubin."

He stared at his smiling purple eyes with slight annoyance, and the boy's face turned reddish.Slapping away the slightly itchy fingers on his cheeks, he turned and left.

Watching the young man fleeing in a hurry, Yukimura smiled slightly, and looked at Long Ya who was leaning against the corridor, looking at him with an unfathomable expression.Slightly raising his delicate eyebrows, he asked softly, "Is there something wrong?"

Frowning slightly, Long Ya quietly looked at the calm Yukimura, and after a long silence, said: "Little one likes you very much."

"I know." Fingers slid over Karubin's smooth fur, Yukimura lowered his eyes, and the smile on his lips became more obvious. "I also like Ryoma very much."

Raising his eyebrows, Longya's deep eyes fell on Yukimura for a long time, and he sneered softly.Raising his hand to pick up the oranges in the fruit plate, he took a bite of the orange peel, the sweet and bitter taste filled his mouth, just like his mood at the moment.

"Do you know why I let go?" Looking up at the blue sky, the bright sun made her eyes sore, Long Ya slowly narrowed her eyes.

"Because you also like Ryoma." Still smiling lightly, gently brushing his fingertips over his earlobe and resting on the golden opal, Yukimura replied softly. "Your love for Ryoma has surpassed brotherhood."

A low laugh overflowed from her throat, her amber eyes were filled with self-mockery, and Long Ya murmured to herself, "I never treated him as a younger brother."

"I know."

Of course I know, when you look at Ryoma, what you see is a man's love for his beloved.From the first day I saw you, I was sure of it.

"You're very lucky. If the little one didn't care about you so much, I wouldn't let you go." Long Ya was smiling with a hint of unwillingness in her deep voice, but that smile was as bitter as the taste of orange peel. "What brother by blood, I have never taken this to heart."

lucky?Maybe.

In just a few months, more than one person has said this to him.Maybe he is really lucky, to be able to meet that child at the most painful and helpless time, to be able to hold that child's hand after experiencing too much, and to look forward to the years that will be spent together in the future.

With a sincere smile in his eyes, Yukimura looked at Long Ya quietly, and promised softly: "I will treat him well for the rest of my life."

Taking a deep breath, Long Ya squinted her eyes, and the corners of her lips raised slightly.

This is enough, the child who has always been loved in his heart, and the child who let himself travel all over the world to realize their greater dreams, finally found the person who belongs to his life.

This love can be delivered.

"Never forget what you said today, Yukimura. If you hurt Ryoma even a little bit, I will never let you go." Looking seriously at those amethyst-like eyes, Long Ya said word by word.

Taking the initiative to stretch out his hand to Longya, Yukimura slightly bent his eyes and said with a slight smile: "I will never forget, you can trust him to me."

This is a promise between men and men, and it is the most sincere hope of a man when he entrusts his most beloved person to another man.

Yukimura understood, and so did Ryuya, so after looking at each other for a while, Ryuya smiled.Holding Yukimura's hand tightly, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his lips after seeing the small figure appearing in the living room from the corner of his eyes.Pulling Yukimura into his arms forcefully, he said with a naughty smile in his ear: "I have something to tell you, Ryoma's first kiss was taken away by me."

The moment Ryuya pulled him closer, Yukimura also saw the boy.There was helplessness in his eyes, but also amused, he didn't struggle, still chuckled and said: "But in Long Ma's memory, his first kiss was to me."

"Tsk, boring." Frowning and glaring at Yukimura, Long Ya let go of his hand and strode towards the boy.He grabbed the towel and rubbed his wet hair not very gently. He looked at the young man who was glaring at him with a lazy smile, and hummed softly, "Little one, brother, I'm in a bad mood. I'm going to clean you up this afternoon!"

The golden eyes stared fiercely at Long Ya, the boy slapped away the raging hand above his head, walked quickly to Yukimura's side, stared coldly at those purple eyes, and asked displeasedly: "What are you doing?"

Blinking, Yukimura looked at the boy innocently, and replied softly: "I didn't do anything, I just talked to Longya."

snort!Long Ya, Long Ya, why are you so close?That's not your brother!

Biting his lip lightly, the boy sat down in the corridor with his head down, his expression sullen.

I really don't like how gentle this person is to others. Although I know it's just his appearance in many cases, Long Ya looks a lot like me, doesn't she?The guy wouldn't have any other ideas, would he?He didn't keep saying to himself, please grow up quickly.Could it be that he thought he was too young, so he fell in love with Long Ya?

The young man was sometimes distressed and sometimes angry, so that Yukimura knew what he had misunderstood without asking, and there was a hint of joy in his heart.It's rare that this dull child sometimes gets jealous.

Standing up, he hugged the boy's small body into his arms, Yukimura's amethyst-like eyes sparkled with a gentle smile, and whispered in his ear: "Ryoma, you have a brother who loves you very much."

"I know." Burying his face in his warm chest, the boy wrinkled his nose and muttered softly, "I don't like you being so close to him."

Shaking his head a little amusingly, raised his rounded jaw, and scratched his straight nose bridge with his slender fingers, Yukimura said with a low smile, "It's enough to have you alone, little guy."

Seemingly satisfied with Yukimura's answer, the boy bent his lips, grabbed his wrist and walked towards the living room: "Let's go, let's eat."

Yukimura held the young boy's little hand backhand into his palm, and Yukimura stood there without moving.He raised his eyes to meet the cat's eyes full of doubts, he was silent for a moment, and said softly: "Ryoma, it's time for me to go back to Japan to attend the graduation ceremony."

Yes, graduated, just this March.The campus of Lihai University must be full of cherry blossoms at this moment, and he misses it very much.Just like the group of teammates who have been together for three years, maybe from now on they will have their own things.

His eyes darkened, the boy turned his head, pursed his lips stubbornly and refused to make a sound.

"Little guy, I have to go back." Touching his deliberately tense face with his fingertips, Yukimura said softly with a trace of helplessness in his eyes: "You don't want me to leave regrets for this once-in-a-lifetime graduation ceremony. "

Still silent, after a long time, I heard the boy whisper: "I don't have time to accompany you."

"I know, little guy." With a slight smile, Yukimura's chest was warmed by the boy's reluctant voice, dispelling the sorrow of parting.Bending slightly, she kissed her smooth forehead, her soft voice was a little hoarse: "I promise you, I will take good care of you when I go back. When you are free, come to Japan to find me."

He knew that the boy's competition schedule for this year was already full, and it was the plan made by Nanjiro himself.He also understands that such an intensive schedule for the teenager is to let him play against various players as soon as possible and adapt to the cruelty of the World Series.

"I'll look for you soon, Yukimura-senpai." Rarely voluntarily embracing Yukimura's waist, the boy rubbed against Yukimura's arms like a cat, with a slight smile on his lips, and whispered: "You want get well soon."