Black Basket - The World's No. 1 Idiot's Guide to Growing a Man

In the end, Akashi just took him to the club room.

Akashi didn't ask why Aoki became so embarrassed. If you want to know, just call up the monitoring in front of the bathroom and you will know, there is no need to add trouble to Aoki.

Aoki greeted Akashi and entered the bathroom tremblingly, Akashi stood outside the bathroom and listened quietly to the sound of the water.

After a long while, I suddenly remembered a note that was stuck in my book.

That note, along with the anonymous love letter, was tucked away in one of Akashi's favorite books, in a locked drawer in Akashi's study.

It was discovered by Akashi in the Horticultural Department, where he often spent his free lunch break. Just two days ago, he found a note on the coffee table.

On the note, there was an ordinary joke written in clumsy and ugly fonts.

Probably because the font was too familiar, or that teasing tone made Akashi feel comfortable... He couldn't get rid of that worthless note.

It's getting weirder and weirder.But Akashi didn't hate it.

Akashi was still immersed in his own thoughts, but Aoki had already taken a bath and came out.

Bare upper body, black hair still dripping water, Aoki covered his head with a towel, and wiped it carelessly.

"...Your sports uniform is still there." Akashi turned his eyes away, not looking at the half-naked Aoki.

"I know." Aoki let out a sigh of relief after quickly putting on his clothes.

Hearing the rustling of clothes stopped, Akashi turned to look at Aoki: "I have received the application for resignation...why don't you give it to me yourself."

Rather than receiving it from the teacher, Akashi wanted to get it from Aoki himself.Although the other party had already expected such a day when he submitted his application for admission to the ministry.

"Sorry," Aoki said with guilt in his voice, "I just feel that I have no face to face you when I quit halfway... Do you need me to write a new letter for you?"

"...No need, I have already approved it."

Akashi thought of the rumors in school, and Aoki's embarrassment just now.

Suddenly, I wanted to ask some questions.

Do you regret it now?

Do you still love him?

And... does it have to be him?

Akashi looked at Aoki, with a calm and gentle face as usual, with a smile, although his face was pale because of pouring cold water, but there was still a flickering light in his eyes.

Still struggling, hoping, looking forward.

Akashi was silent for a while, and then said again: "You want to go abroad?"

"Well, Australia."

Akashi wanted to say don't go, but also wanted to say stay by my side, but found that he had no position to say this to Aoki.

After all, there is no intersection between the two.

It's just a classmate, it's just a minister -- it's just a stranger with few personal acquaintances.

"……Bon Voyage."

In the end, all I can say is this.

Akashi suddenly felt that compared to Aoki, he was not much better.

Struggling in the same way, unable to escape, unable to shake off.

...same stupidity.

After Akashi and Aoki separated, they immediately convened the student union. The theme of the meeting was to rectify the school spirit, and all gossip was forbidden.

With the coercion of Akashi, the rectification effect is very good.The rumors about Yui Aoki's confession to Kise Ryota being rejected soon subsided, at least no one pointed at Aoki's nose and cursed homosexuality, and there were no more endless pranks against Aoki.The teachers' proposal to suspend Aoki from school was also suppressed by Akashi.

If you say yes to discuss again, it is estimated that after Aoki graduates, no one will dare to bring it up again.

Akashi tried to stop himself from paying attention to the other party.

But it didn't work, because even if he didn't take the initiative to pay attention, there would be a loyal dog named Kise Ryota who would tirelessly say some news about Aoki in his ear.

"Little Akashi! Yui was also bullied by bad boys in school! There are many injuries on his body QAQ I asked him and he didn't say who did it, he just said he took care of it..."

"Little Akashi! Yuiya has gotten so close to a girl recently...I'm worried!! Is he going to fall in love!!!"

"Little Akashi! I'm going to the amusement park with Yuiya! I'll bring you a souvenir when www comes back! How about a headband with cat ears? Or Mickey Mouse?"

"Weiya... confessed to me again, but I still rejected him." Kise sat on the bench in the department room, his blond hair drooping in front of his forehead, his expression couldn't be seen clearly: "...why, I always make him sad .”

Kise asked this question many times, but Akashi never answered.

Because the reason why Kise asked this question was just to punish himself.

Pick out your faults, reflect on them over and over again, and if you feel the pain, Kise will feel better.

Akashi couldn't be more clear about Kise's thoughts.

Sometimes, Akashi would wonder if Kise knew what he was thinking, so he mentioned Aoki in his ear over and over again.But every time he sees Kise's dazed but not hazy golden brown eyes, Akashi will understand that he thinks too much.

From the beginning to the end, this is only one person knows, one person's love.

... alone.

By the time Akashi knew the news that Aoki Yuiya was going to Australia, it was already the third day after Aoki Yuiya left.

In the morning practice, Kise practiced shooting while crying, and there was only a probability of making one out of ten shots.In the end, Akashi gave Kise a break and asked him to rest first.

After the morning practice was over and everyone walked out of the gymnasium, Akashi stepped into the basketball court.Hold the basketball in your hand, jump up, and shoot.The ball rolled twice on the hoop and barely fell into the net.Re-submit, re-enter.As always, every shot hits the mark—even if the palms are cold.

There was a vacant seat in the classroom, and the students around were not surprised. A few girls who liked Kise were even complacent, and talked to Kise in the name of comforting Huang.However, Kise lost patience with girls, which is rare, and said with a cold face and disgust, please don't talk to me again.Akashi wasn't interested in this farce, he looked at the cherry blossom trees outside the window in a daze, and didn't return to his thoughts and listen to the class until the class bell rang.

After practice in the afternoon, Akashi bid farewell to everyone. When he arrived home in the evening, the butler served a Japanese-style dinner in good time. After the meal, he played a game of chess with his father.

Facing the endgame in silence for a long time, Akashi entered the study.From the locked drawer, he took out a letter and a note.

The words Kise Ryota Shou on the envelope were written with a pen in light blue ink that had not faded.It's a pity that the person who wrote the letter...is hard to meet again.

Akashi carefully stroked the two pieces of letter paper, and finally put him back in the pages of the book.

The days are still passing day by day, and seeing Aoki again is already the first year of high school.

Aoki came to cheer on Kise's game, and Akashi happened to meet him on the way.

He has grown taller, but has not lost weight, and his smile is more natural and comfortable than before, especially, the warmth in his eyes is almost overflowing.

seems very happy.

Akashi didn't know whether he should be happy for Aoki or sad for himself at this moment.

However, there are regrets.I regret that I didn't take that step a year ago.

If he stepped out, the reason for this person's smile might be himself.

Thinking about this, Akashi suddenly asked.

"Why must it be Ryota, can't others?"

Aoki was obviously stuck in his thoughts by Akashi's sudden question, but he still thought about it for a while before answering: "Others... To be honest, I don't know, I have never met anyone who makes me fall in love."

I didn't deny the possibility of other love affairs, and I didn't say "no one else but him" unswervingly.

Akashi wanted to say 'what about me? 'Is it possible for me to make your heart beat?

When he finally opened his mouth, what he blurted out involuntarily was a brief blessing.

"Congratulations, your wish has come true."

"Thank you."

After accepting the blessing frankly, the two separated.

Akashi turned around and watched Aoki go away, just when a gust of wind blew, the branches of the cherry tree outside the window were shaking, flaunting a few sporadic flower buds on the bare body.

It's spring again.

Looking at the pink flower buds, Akashi suddenly remembered that once under a certain cherry tree, the black-haired boy had the same color as the cherry blossom petals dancing in that tree. The color was warm and nostalgic, so it attracted Akashi's attention... Hang around.

That's probably love at first sight.

It's just that this love at first sight has to be kept in my heart for a lifetime.

After that, Akashi never saw Aoki again.

The other party stayed abroad for several years, and Akashi and Kise also went to different schools, and when they met, they basically chatted about basketball and partners, but Aoki's affairs gradually became less and less.

Until Akashi received this call from Kise.

Kise couldn't help crying on the phone, and calmed down after a long time: "Little Akashi, do you want to come to our wedding? Although Yuiya said that he didn't want to hold a wedding and drag everyone out, but! But... I want to see Yuiya wear Dress..." Kise said in a low voice, "I want to have a secret wedding and give Weiya a surprise...Weiya must be very happy!"

"Good idea." Akashi finally made a move on the chessboard: "I will attend the wedding." And he will give a big gift.

That anonymous and clumsy love letter has been kept by her side for many years, and this time, she can finally sign it and send it out.

Kise jumped up excitedly on the other end of the phone: "Great! Hehe, I will let you know when Yuiya and I decide which country to go to!"

"Then I'll leave it to you." Akashi looked at the chessboard that had finally turned into a living chessboard, and suddenly said, "Ryota."

"what?"

"...When he was in middle school, every time he looked at you in silence, he always seemed to be crying in his heart," Akashi paused, recalling the person who never showed it no matter how sad he felt, and said softly after a while: "Stop making him cry."

"..." Kise was silent for a while, like a promise, more like an oath: "I won't make him sad again."

"hope so."

"...Speaking of which, Akashi, you really...to Yuiya..."

"what?"

"……nothing."

After all, Huang Lai didn't point it out.

Akashi smiled and hung up the phone.

That's right, there is no need to point it out, this is just one person's love at all, and it has nothing to do with anyone else.

This love begins with one person and ends with one person.

Akashi returned to the study, opened the drawer that hadn't been opened for many years, and took out the letter and the note.

That letter will be given to Kise as a wedding gift, but that note...

Akashi stared at the note repeatedly for a long time, but finally did not throw it away.

"...let me linger for a while longer."

— just for a while.