[Volleyball] Mizuno-san next door

Tobio Kageyama was very distressed.

Because after the Golden Week holiday, he and his former neighbor Aki Mizuno were separated into the farthest distance from the window to the corner of the other side during the first routine change of positions in the class.

But it's just worrying, without the mints and curry bread within reach, without the refreshing lemon fragrance full of happiness, the occasional heart-pounding spare time after school will become bleak and a lot more ordinary.

It took her two months to get him used to these seemingly ordinary things, until the space on the left suddenly turned into a transparent glass window.

During the lunch break, the mild sunlight brushed over the youthful face of the young man, making him feel lazy and comfortable, and even the instant rice balls bought from the canteen in his mouth looked extremely delicious.

——It would be great if there is still the bento brought by Mizuno at this time.

Kageyama propped his head on one hand, looked sideways at himself reflected on the window eating rice balls, thinking so absent-mindedly.

When it has nothing to do with volleyball, his way of thinking about problems is often very simple and direct.This unreasonable thought caught his attention too much, so much so that it reached the point of looping in his mind.

Gradually, within Yingshan's field of vision, the campus and mountains outside the window blurred into a blurred background, but a certain voice in his heart became louder and louder, ready to come out——

"Kageyama-kun."

Although the memory was slightly diluted by the battle with Yinju yesterday, he still recalled clearly that Aki Mizuno finally remembered his name.

—shocking facts.

"Can I sit here and have lunch, Kageyama-kun?"

Suddenly, her voice was as clear as a bell, intertwined with hesitation and cautious inquiry.

To him, it was an all-too-familiar voice, but today it sounds a little strange.

Kageyama stopped chewing on rice balls, turned around, raised his head and blinked vigorously, and saw Aki Mizuno's reddish cheeks appearing in the background pulled back from the blur.

Holding two unopened bento boxes in her hands, her eyes flickered on Kageyama's bewildered face for a while, then she bent down and giggled, pointing to the corner of his mouth while laughing.

Out of a secret crush, she deliberately declined the invitations of other students and came to him for lunch. Yaji felt that this trip was not in vain.

"Oh." Kageyama finally came to his senses, and calmly raised his hand to wipe off the rice sticking to his mouth. His attention was suddenly interrupted by this episode, so he didn't think about why Aki felt differently to him. So, as usual, he asked, "What did you bring today?"

"Quail eggs in tomato sauce." With Kageyama's tacit consent, Yaji sat down on the empty seat in front of him, raised two small forks, and handed one of them in front of him, "This is a new recipe I learned. Try it!"

"It smells delicious." After the lid was taken off, the sweet and sour smell came out, and Kageyama couldn't help but admire, "Thank you, Mizuno."

He forked a round and small quail egg into his mouth, mixed with the well-seasoned tomato sauce, and his appetite whetted.

"You're welcome, I'm just a little good at cooking..." Yaji held the rice and looked away embarrassedly, thinking about all the troubles he had caused the volleyball team that day, "How was the training match? Is the opponent strong? "

"Yeah, Yinju is indeed very powerful." His unyielding personality made him puff up his cheeks unhappily, and he hesitated for a long time before reluctantly admitting.

"After all, it's a school in Tokyo." Aki nodded and followed Kageyama's words. His displeasure did not escape her eyes, "By the way, have you ever been to Tokyo?"

"No." Kageyama swallowed the last bite of the rice ball with tomato sauce, and let her talk about her trip to Tokyo three years ago with nostalgia on her face.

Seeing that the bento box was gradually becoming empty, he realized that there were many things he didn't know about the girl in front of him.

For example, she has an older sister who works as a magazine model in Tokyo. For example, the reason why she changed into this outfit was influenced by that trip to Tokyo. For example, she has lived alone since middle school.

The world of Mizuno Aki is like a kaleidoscope, always giving people strange colors.

Kageyama bent down in front of the table, staring at the empty bento box, and suddenly realized that he still had a question that he didn't understand. What's worse, when he was about to ask her——

A strange tactile sensation came from the calf. It turned out that her knee touched his own unconsciously.

This feeling made him tremble all over with fright, and he even forgot the question he wanted to ask just now.

"What's the matter with you?" Yaji was also taken aback by his reaction, and looked at the blushing boy opposite with concerned eyes.

"It's okay, it's okay!" It seemed that she hadn't noticed it yet, Kageyama breathed a sigh of relief, and quietly moved his legs aside little by little, until they were separated from her bare knees.

Yaji's expression was clearly in doubt, but he didn't ask any further questions. He stood up and cleaned up the table, and smiled softly at Yingshan: "That day... and all the time, thank you."

Aki Mizuno seriously wanted to say this to Tobio Kageyama.

It's no longer just a joke among friends, she really likes him.

"Mizuno..." Kageyama raised his head, convinced in his heart that something was wrong with her today, and her words brought him back to the question he was thinking just now, "Speaking of it, why can you remember my name? ?”

Yaji was silent for a rare time, because she had fallen into a state of struggling and tangled confusion.

——Because I like something... Kageyama-kun will never understand this kind of thing unless I say it directly!

"I don't know!" Her face darkened, and she replied discouragedly, and picked up the lunch box, "I'm full!"

I'm not ready to confess to him yet, no matter what I say, it can't affect his upcoming game, that's the most important thing.

Kageyama looked at Aki who ran away from her in a panic, not knowing that this was his last chance to get in close contact with her this month.

Because Aki Mizuno decided that she would not stay within a ten-meter radius of Tokio Kageyama until the end of next month's competition.

——Maybe I confessed to him impulsively.

But she didn't expect that this decision would be so slapped in the face by the dramatic reality that many years later, her sister would still use it as a joke every time she met.

Kageyama found that Aki was deliberately avoiding him.

In fact, he really wanted to attribute the reason to changing seats, but it was very strange that she never came to find him even during lunch break, gym class, and returning home at night.

"Why don't you take the initiative to find her?" When mentioning this to his partner, Hinata suggested to him with a serious face, his orange eyes seemed to be able to read people's hearts, "Actually, since you two met, you have been compared with Mizuno-san. Take the initiative?"

When Yingshan heard the words, it was rare for him to respond without refuting: "That's right..."

"Sure enough... I think she has lost interest in you, right?"

"I'll go find her tomorrow!"

However, unfortunately-

"Mizuno-san asked for sick leave today." The class teacher announced in the morning reading, "Can anyone help bring the handouts and homework to her after school?"

Tobio Kageyama raised his hand without hesitation.