[Net King] Cherry Blossom Years

When Rukawa Sakura left Tokyo, she took the school bus of the Tachikai Tennis Club.The school bus dropped her at the gate of Kanagawa General Hospital, while the rest of the tennis team went back to school and continued their persistent tennis training.

I stayed with Yukimura for most of the day in the hospital, and she didn't set foot on the way home until evening.

However, at the corner of the intersection, she stopped.

A cold figure straightened his back, standing in front of the house with the word "Rukawa" written on the house number.He was still wearing Qing Xue's blue and white sportswear, with a heavy tennis bag on his shoulders.Against the background of the red sunset glow in the sky, the brown hair was dyed a layer of magnificent golden red.The temperament that had always been cold also seemed much softer.

The two looked at each other from a distance, and neither of them moved a step.

Rukawa Sakura lowered her head and slightly hooked the corners of her lips.When he looked up, he already wore a soft and faint smile.

"Why didn't you tell me when you came?"

Tezuka was silent.He didn't know why he stood here, waiting for her for so long.However, I just can't control myself.Probably there was a voice deep in his heart telling him that if he didn't come to see her this time, he would regret it.At the end of the game, instead of going to the party with his teammates, he came to Kanagawa alone and stood at the gate of Rukawa's house.

It's silly, silly.But his heart was very calm, and he was not at all unwilling.

He couldn't resist the call—he said in his heart that he must come.He himself seemed to have a premonition—something bad would happen if he didn't come to see her.This is a strange premonition.And he couldn't take it.

He also always believed that Rukawa Sakura was the first real friend in his life.And he didn't want to lose this friend.He clearly knew that she had paid a lot for him.Probably no one will understand him better than her.Today's game, he knew that she was angry.Perhaps, rather than being angry, there is also sadness.It was he who failed her kindness.

No matter what, he wanted to see her.

Rukawa Sakura walked to the door and took out the key in her pocket.

"When did you come?" She asked as she opened the door.

Tezuka looked at her without saying a word.

Rukawa Sakura opened the courtyard door, walked into her small courtyard, sighed, and looked at Tezuka, "Come in."

Tezuka tightened the strap of the tennis bag in his hand and walked in.

Rukawa Sakura has already opened the door of the house, standing at the door and looking back at Tezuka.

Rukawa Sakura brewed a cup of tea and put it in front of Tezuka, "This is Longjing, a famous tea from Jiangnan in China, try it."

Rukawa Sakura didn't like drinking tea in her previous life, but in this life she has been drinking tea since she was a child.Rukawa's and Tezuka's are the same, a bit "retro", and the old man in the family is especially fond of it, they have been raised like this since childhood.

Tea has a health care effect, rich in vitamins and minerals, calms the mind, and drinking more tea is beneficial to the human body.And for Rukawa Sakura, this is a kind of nostalgia.Since she has her own source of income, she only drinks Chinese tea.She was from Jiangnan in her previous life, and she had a preference for Jiangnan. Longjing was her favorite tea, it had nothing to do with the quality, it was just pure love for that feeling.

Tezuka looked at the clear and transparent tea in front of him. There were a few green leaves floating on the water, and the whole cup of tea was bright green and exuded a fragrance.

For most people, Tezuka Kunimitsu is very old-fashioned and old-fashioned. His life rules are terrible. He gets up at 04:30 every day and drinks plum tea.For this reason, Buer once laughed at him for a long time.

Sakura Rukawa grew up with him, knowing all the habits he had been cultivated by Grandpa Tezuka since he was a child, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with her. After all, she herself was probably such an old-fashioned person in the eyes of most people.I get up at five o'clock in the morning and go to bed at ten o'clock in the evening. Apart from doing housework, all the pastimes in the weekdays are writing and painting, and there is nothing else.

In fact, she always thought that Sanada was the scariest of them all.Get up at 04:30 every day and sit in meditation for most of the day.Every night, I have to cut scarecrows in the dojo, which is really scary!

Holding the teacup, Rukawa Sakura took a breath and watched the tea leaves floating and spinning in the cup.

"Hey, Kunimitsu, did you come to Kanagawa just to drink tea at my house?" Rukawa Sakura looked up at Tezuka.

Tezuka looked at Rukawa Sakura's gaze, "I'm sorry."

The corner of Rukawa Sakura's mouth turned up, and she raised a faint wry smile.How did Tezuka develop such a character?Even if she grew up with him, she still has to doubt it deeply.

Tezuka Kunimitsu rarely lowered his head.Because he rarely makes mistakes.And once he bows his head, he will never escape.

Faced with this direct gaze, Rukawa Sakura even felt that she had made a mistake.This sharp and clear gaze makes people feel that there is nothing to hide.

"I said - Hikari, what are you apologizing for? Do you know?" Rukawa Sakura was helpless.Regarding this point, she really deeply doubts it.

"Today's game..." Tezuka pushed his glasses, "It made you worry."

Rukawa Sakura raised her eyebrows, "Did you get it wrong? I'm not worried."

"Made you... angry? I'm sorry—"

"I'm not angry either."

"I……"

Rukawa Sakura lowered her head and took a sip of her tea.

"Sakura..." Tezuka was also helpless.

"What's the matter?" Rukawa Sakura asked slowly.

"I know today's game is against your philosophy, but I know what I'm doing." Tezuka looked down at the bright colors in the teacup, "Sorry."

"Heh... what's the use of saying 'sorry' and 'sorry'? Things have already become like this. What's the point of regretting or apologizing for what has happened? Aren't you and I all like this ?——I strive to be serious and perfect in everything I do, and I will never regret what has happened.”

Rukawa Sakura smiled, "And, why did you come to apologize to me? If it's because you lost the game, the person you should apologize to is your teammates, right?"

Rukawa Sakura knows Tezuka Kunimitsu.

——Tezuka Kunimitsu, do everything with all your strength, and you will not regret what you do.Even if he lost the game, he never apologized to anyone for it.He didn't apologize to anyone.

"And—if you insist, the person you are sorry for should be Atobe, right? You trampled on Atobe's pride with your own future. That old man always thinks highly of himself, but he has the qualifications, doesn't he? Although he is proud, he is the minister of Ice Empress. For the sake of Ice Empress' victory and the expectations of his teammates, he still used the method he least wanted to use. Sizing up the situation and being willing to win or lose, no matter which one, I think he has done a very good job OK, what do you think?"

Tezuka frowned.Why are you talking about Atobe?Sakura and Atobe... When did they get along so well?No - when did they meet?

"Okay, there's really no point in discussing these. It's getting late now, so stay here tonight. You shouldn't be in a hurry to go back to Tokyo, right? Anyway, you can't play tennis now, and you can't participate in training, either. Have a good rest. I'll clean up the guest room for you." Rukawa Sakura stood up.

"Sakura—" Tezuka took Rukawa Sakura's hand. "You know what I mean."

"So?" Rukawa Sakura asked.

Tezuka closed his eyes, as if thinking about his words.When he opened it again, he said to Rukawa Sakura very seriously: "We have known each other since we were five years old, and it has been ten years. Ten years is enough to see through a person. You have always seen me better than myself. I like it Playing tennis, you know, this is my insistence.

"Since I met you, I have been telling myself to try to keep up with your pace. You have shown a smart and sensible side since you were a child. No matter what you do, you are better than me. You are my first friend. I started from that I told myself when I was young, I want to keep up with you, I want to be side by side with you. Grandpa has been strict with me since I was a child, you know. You are a girl, and I am a boy. No matter what, you always stand In front of me, I can't lose you too far.

"The only thing I can beat you about is tennis. From the first time I played tennis, I loved it. Because you can't, and I can do it well, or even better. Then I don't throw it away. No more. Tennis is my dream. You said that you expect me to stand on the top of the world, and I work hard for it. I also want to show you the moment when I have that highest honor and prove that I can do it. arrive.

"I once promised Minister Yamato that I would lead Qing Xue to win the national competition. Before that, no matter what, I would not give up on any game. I will do my best. The members of the Tezuka family, since they have done it, must go all out and leave no regrets."

The author has something to say: Pfft~ What are you doing here, Mr. Minister?