"what are you saying?"

I hooked the hanging hair behind my ears with my fingers, and I didn't hear what Atobe said just now. His hands around his arms couldn't help tightening. His impatient attitude seemed to be hiding his inexplicable emotions. With broad joints and slender long fingers, he let out a helpless tone: "What am I going to do with you?"

"No, I...?"

I didn't expect Atobe to take such a serious tone suddenly, and I immediately looked at him with wide eyes.

He withdrew his hand, crossed his arms casually on the dining table, and looked at me. Of course, in my impression, Atobe has never been so soft and tender.

"Mizuki, how do you feel?"

As if detecting the thoughts in my heart, Atobe suddenly asked, "Stay with me."

I hesitated for a while, "Very good, Atobe, you suddenly became so gentle, it would be great if you can be like this in the future."

"...It's really hard to say whether to praise me or scold me," Atobe raised his glass and gave me a smile, "However, even I don't have the confidence to guarantee the future, Mizuki, I hope you Can be happy, really, no matter in the past, present, or future."

I froze for a moment, but my gaze shifted from Atobe's face to the non-alcoholic champagne shaking in his hand.The color is very light, and the light golden liquid colliding in the cup was watched by me for a long time, and the subtle voice seemed to penetrate into the brain through the eardrum.

That's it, that's how it is.

The blank part of the brain seemed to be gradually turning gears, slowly biting together one after another.

A long time ago, so long that I can't even tell when it was, it was still this restaurant, and even the dishes on the menu were exactly the same——

A beautiful diamond ring, all the waiters and guests around me stared wide-eyed, because a man in front of me suddenly knelt down on one knee and proposed to me.This made them all make a surprised sound, the melodious violin music in the restaurant, and, also, the man whose face I can't see clearly, who is much more gentle than Atobe.

His appearance is very handsome, not aggressive and strong, but very docile and easy to like.

Some flaxen curled hair, bandages on arms, and a reassuring breath.

I took a deep breath, my whole body was hot, I saw the man came over and took my hand, and took me gently into his arms.

and after?

I shook my head and opened my mouth.

I married a man during my freshman year of college.

However, less than a year and a half later, I was sent to the hospital because of illness.

Yes, it's a very serious disease, and it's so painful that even the most powerful medicine in the world can't completely cure my disease.

Warm blood dripped down the handle of the knife to the ground, the wrist was wrapped with a thick bandage, and the body was also stained with large patches of blood, which melted into the dark red skirt.

In the dark ward, I clutched my abdomen and looked at Atobe standing by the bed in confusion.

I stabbed the scalpel into my abdomen, then slowly let go, and elegantly and gracefully wiped off the traces on the handle of the knife with a handkerchief, all movements were clean and neat.

I couldn't believe it, I was still struggling and would be killed by my best friend.

He looked at me with ruptured blood vessels, and the cold light in his eyes gradually disappeared.He also didn't find his voice slightly hoarse.In this quiet and eerie night, he gently stroked my forehead hair, and raised the same gorgeous tone as before, "Miyue, you are the one I like, I will definitely save you, So... go to hell, my uncle will wait for you to come back."

I lower my eyes.

After Atobe left, a strange voice drilled into my ears word by word in the air, "You failed again, why every time... you are attracted to that person, and you would rather be killed than stay." By his side?"

"I am a good advice, if you are still like this, I will give you unlimited chances, let you live in this world forever...until you are willing to follow the setting of this game, with all the people who love you together..."

It seemed that something was slowly released from the darkness, entangled me silently and maliciously, the strength was not strong, but my mind was in chaos.

"don't want--!"

I was a little dazed, and after I realized the complex gazes of the people around the restaurant, I reached out and wiped my forehead, which was covered with thin sweat.

Atobe's eyes slowly raised, and he asked with an elusive hoarse voice: "Mizuki?"

A sentence that was too gentle, it reminded me of the reality-like illusion a few seconds ago. In front of me, Atobe was no longer a proud emperor, but a man who killed me. I couldn’t help feeling a little bit A chilly feeling in the back of the neck.

"What don't you want?" Atobe glanced over with cold eyes.

"I, I don't want your strange blessing, as if I'm not happy at all now." I responded unnaturally.

Atobe nodded slightly: "Of course, my uncle will never let you have an accident."

After returning to my room, I sat quietly on the bed alone, not wanting to think or make any movements.

Yuko next to me has been excited for a long time, and has been discussing with several other girls what happened after today's game. Suddenly, she sat down and pulled me to talk excitedly.

"Mizuki, do you know? After today's match, a super handsome Italian came to the tennis court with Mai. Really, really handsome!"

I reluctantly catered to Yuko and nodded, but this move made her and the girls around me even more excited, and several of them came to me.

"That man is a man Mai met in a nightclub. He is handsome and polite."

"Wow, I'm so envious of Mai, she also looks very rich."

"Sure enough, nightclubs are places where it's easy to meet handsome guys. Let Mai take me there next time."

The envious eyes and sad tone of the girls made it impossible for me to continue pretending that I didn't know anything. I relaxed my tense nerves, and looked at them with a smile, "Since Mai is back, and Li Hai Will she participate in the big competition?"

"Huh? Mai didn't say..."

"If Mai also comes back, together with Mizuki and Yuko, our singles match will definitely be fine."

I cleverly changed a new topic to let the girls join in, but I hadn't chatted a few words about the tennis game before, and the subject of this chat changed to the men's tennis club of Lihai University Affiliated High School. On several of the candidates.

I used to go to school in Tokyo, and I also heard a little about the candidates for the tennis club of Likai University Affiliated Middle School.

Leaving aside the fact that Yukimura Seiichi, the head of the tennis department who is known as the "Son of God", is such a powerful character in middle school tennis, the strength of the other main candidates should not be underestimated, just because the school is too far away, and Teiko At that time, the middle school had no social activities with the High School Affiliated to Rikkai University. Until now, I have only heard the names of Yukimura Seiichi and the others.

At first, I thought it would be the kind of mighty and strong athletic man, but when Yuko found the photo from the phone and showed it to me, I opened my mouth in surprise.

Even more delicate and delicate than a girl's appearance, with a simple sense of slenderness, dark purple hair, slightly curved lips and shining eyebrows, more like a capable general of a literary club than a director of a sports club .

Facing the teenager who was struggling on the tennis court in front of me, I suddenly felt my heart beating faster.

it's wired.

I turned slightly sideways, took the phone from Yuko's hand, and carefully looked at Seiichi Yukimura in the photo. Every time my eyes stayed on the photo for a second, my heart would be pounded hard.

"Wow~ Mizuki, you probably fell in love~"

I was lightly patted on the shoulder, and I was silent for a while, and it was tacitly regarded by the girls as proof of love at first sight in front of the photo.

"No, he's not my type."

I looked at the photo anxiously, and felt something strange appeared out of my body uncontrollably. I was so familiar with this feeling. controlled performance.

However, I was just silent for a while, as if I was recalling, and then I forced a smile: "I still have to practice tomorrow, so I should rest early today."

As calm and indifferent as possible, I wanted to suppress my fast heartbeat.

Mitsuki...

who is calling me?

Mizuki, you must come back alive to see me...

I opened my eyes suddenly.

The room was dark, except for the sound of Yuko's slow breathing in the bed next door as she was asleep.

Lihai's tennis club does not have many flaws like the Bingdi tennis club. The deputy head of the opponent and I are standing in the court at the moment, and the time is slowly passing by. I hold the tennis ball in my hand tightly, burning hot. The bright sunlight hits from the top of the head, casting mottled light and shadow on the court.

The game has been going on for an hour, and neither of us has lost our serve.

I wiped off the sweat on my forehead, kept a still posture, and kept my eyes on the other person. She gritted her teeth and focused on the tennis ball in my hand. After thinking about it, I took a few steps back, I plan to use high-speed serve to win this game.

The moment I just raised my hand, my body suddenly felt such a strange sense of disobedience. The tennis ball fell from my palm and fell to the ground in vain.

Just now my right hand suddenly lost strength, and the feeling of numbness went all the way from the palm to the forearm. I was shocked, opened my eyes wide, and switched the tennis ball to my left hand. When I was hit, the tennis ball brought a swift sound of wind.

My left hand is not my dominant hand, and the speed of the serve is so fast that the opponent can easily catch it. I managed to bite down the round and returned to my seat. Both my right and left hands have lost consciousness, and I don’t even have the strength to unscrew a sports drink. .

"Oops……"

My brain can hardly handle the current embarrassing situation, and the pain in my stomach is unwilling to be lonely.

I……

I absolutely cannot throw in the towel here.

"Mizuki?" A voice sounded from behind me, and there was a hint of surprise in that voice.

I followed the voice and turned back, and the next sentence from the other party sounded at the same time as I turned around, "You... so you really know how to play tennis."

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