[Volleyball!!] Moonlight

Looking away from the flirting young couple, he said seriously, "Come with me, Yingying, I have something to say to you."

Tsukishima Hotaru glanced at her brother in surprise, and walked out the door behind him.

2. Ming 02.

The newly green courtyard is shrouded in a vast night, the light flowing from the porch lamp and the light moonlight meet and spread under Mingguang's feet.He looked down at the shadow on the corner of his clothes dancing lightly in the halo, and after a while, he asked, "Firefly, what are your plans?"

Tsukishima Hotaru looked away from her brother's back in a daze, and heard him add: "About... about Xingyuan."

Tsukishima Mingko hesitated for a moment, and finally turned around to face his younger brother, his golden hair fluttering in the night wind.

"After all, she is older than you. Have you made any plans for the future? Getting married, raising a family, etc."

Tsukishima Hotaru straightened up, the cold spring night in the north made him feel uncomfortable.He stretched his legs and looked at his brother with a complicated expression. After a long time, he turned his head slightly and said lightly: "I haven't thought about it in detail. I think it's better to let nature take its course. When the time comes, it's fine."

"It's not okay to have such a casual attitude towards major events in life!" Tsukishima Mingguang unknowingly raised the decibel of his speech, trying to keep his tone calm, but he couldn't dispel the irritability that surged up in his heart.Hotaru's eyes moved slightly, and she tilted her head to look at him meaningfully.

This time, the person who looked away first turned into Mingguang.His gaze crossed the bushes under the courtyard wall and stopped on the basketball hoop next to him.

At this moment, the minds of the two brothers had the same picture——

When I was young, my elder brother stood in front of the basketball hoop and threw the volleyball in his hand again and again. The back of hard practice was deeply engraved in the younger brother's eyes.

The younger brother has been following his elder brother's back, getting in touch with the volleyball that his elder brother loves, applying for the school that his elder brother attended, and finally throwing himself into the sport that his elder brother went all out after a few years...

Now, it's falling in love with a girl my brother knows.

Tsukishima Hotaru folded her hands in the pockets of her hoodie and lowered her head, the corners of her lips slightly curved—maybe, it was more than that.His clever head, No. 1 in the entrance examination, turned his head a little, and he could think of what his brother's unusual tone just now meant.

"Xingyuan, she... seems careless and heartless, but in fact, she needs to be taken care of."

"Yes." Tsukishima Hotaru responded to her brother in a low voice.

"I think she should really want to get married early."

Tsukishima Mingguang finally finished speaking in one go, and slowly let go of his palm, only to find that it was covered with a puddle of sweat.

After hesitating for a long time, he decided to finish speaking frankly to his younger brother—expressing his concern as Xingyuan's senior.Even though she knew that Yiying's IQ would definitely detect something was wrong, she couldn't escape her inner sense of responsibility.After all, he used to be the most trusted person in Xingyuan Lantern.

The two brothers were tacitly silent, and there was an air of tension between them.

"Brother, at least you should trust me."

After a while, Tsukishima Hotaru finally raised her head, raised her eyebrows and muttered dissatisfiedly.

Having been with Dengli for so long, he has more or less learned when to hit a straight ball, and when to defuse sudden tension with twists and turns.

"I'm your own brother!"

"Huh?" Ming Guang turned around, met his younger brother's calm smiling face, raised his eyebrows and said, "It's because you always look so careless that people can't be relieved."

He walked forward a few steps, and finally he was able to rub the soft hair of his sitting brother effortlessly: "Although he is a real brother, he is not as good as me, half reliable!"

"..."

"Pfft..." Mingguang couldn't help laughing after saying this, Yingying's squinting eyes made him suddenly relaxed, even though this uncute little ghost had the contempt of "Hello, boastful star" written all over his face .

- Hotaru grew up when he didn't realize it.

Ming Guang sat beside his younger brother with a smile, thought for a while, but still didn't say "thank you".He thought that Yingying's painstaking efforts to resolve the embarrassment could not be wasted.

But thank you.He whispered in his heart.Because of his younger brother's words, he can finally face the past that he had let go of long ago, as well as the mixed emotions in his heart when he first heard the news.

After dinner it was time for family talks, and Deng Li had already let go of the restraint he had when he first came, complaining in a low voice to Ying Ying, who hid the photo album to prevent her from seeing her embarrassing appearance when she was a child.Mingguang raised his eyebrows, and a mischievous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Ah, there are pictures of Yingying, I also have them in my photo album."

Firefly's complacent face froze.Deng Li froze for a moment, clapped his hands and laughed loudly.

So a few minutes later, the little firefly crawling all over the ground with a pacifier jumped in front of the lamp, she clutched her cramp stomach from laughing and said incoherently: "This one's face is the same as now... oh, this one, this one Zhang cried until his nostrils were bubbling..." Her exaggerated reaction infected Tong, who was sitting upright, and she also leaned forward and laughed together with Deng Li.Tsukishima Hotaru was silent at first with black lines all over her head, and after a while she suddenly turned her head to Mingguang: "Brother, there must be some embarrassing things about Xiaodeng here, right?"

"Huh?" Deng Li put down the photo album in his hand in surprise, and cast his eyes on Ming Guang as if asking for help.Mingguang pretended to think about it seriously, with a smile in the corner of his eyes, and cleared his throat——

"Don't talk about it!" Although he didn't know which messy incident he wanted to reveal about his jerky self in the past-was frightened by the endless trams when he first arrived in Tokyo?During the interview, a row of examiners collectively complained?Broken five coffee cups in a first week at work?Or her well-informed quilt who spent the night on the balcony in spite of the wind and rain, her singing that made nine cows unable to pull back as soon as she opened her mouth, and her first cooking that almost brought disaster to Mingguang's residence next door fire...

In short, Deng Li quickly rushed over to block Yingying's sight and covered his ears.

Tsukishima Hotaru let out a "sigh" laugh, and took her down to sit beside her, so that she would not be surprised by pointing fingers at her childhood appearance.

Ming Guang also lowered his eyes and smiled: "You guys are really mutual nemesis."

"Yeah, yeah," Lantern straightened his body, and said with his chin resting, "If there hadn't been that wall-dong, Xiaoying would have been a hot-headed little brother to me, stepping on Lei Kexing!"

"Eh?" Hitomi yelled in surprise, "Bidong? Firefly would use such a trendy way of confession!"

"Uh..." Deng Li sensed a slip of the tongue, tentatively looked at the red-eared Ying Ying, waved his hands and said, "No, no, it's normal."

"Ha..." Hitomi laughed lightly, and was about to continue teasing this young couple who was unconsciously showing affection when their sight was blocked by Mingguang who stood up suddenly.

His face was sunk in the shadow of the backlight, and the smile on his lips was blurred: "You guys keep talking, I'll be back later."

Hitomi raised her head and glanced at his back, clasped her hands tightly, feeling that ring marks were slowly forming on her ring finger.

Akiko Tsukishima raised his face and exhaled, staring at the smoke ring above his head that drifted farther and farther away.His head was a little swollen, he escaped from the oppressive atmosphere in the room just now, his whole body trembled twice due to the coolness outside, and his brain instantly cleared up.

In my heart, there was indeed a tinge of sadness, for not being able to meet her at the most suitable time.

However, it has passed.he told himself with certainty.Xiaotong is very good, he cherishes blessings, and can calmly and sincerely bless the relationship between the two brothers.

Hearing the sound of the balcony door behind him, Ming Guang brushed the cigarette ash between his fingers, without looking back, he said, "Little Tong, I'll go in after I finish smoking this cigarette, it's cold outside, be careful of catching cold."

"It's not Ms. Tong, it's me!" The unexpectedly familiar voice made his back stiff, then he lowered his head and smiled, and turned back to face the lamp.

Night Breeze flapped the lapel of his coat, and a little spark flickered between his fingers.

Pushing the half-open glass door in the lamp: "I asked Ms. Tong for instructions before coming here. I also have something to say to you!" She walked over a few steps, with her hands behind her back, and looked at his fingers on the balcony railing , hesitated for a moment: "Senior Tsukishima, have you started smoking?"

"Oh..." Mingguang lowered his eyelids, and his fingertips were covered with a touch of lifeless cigarette ash, "I smoke occasionally when I'm working and socializing."

"Well... that's it." She stood beside him, looked up at the sparse stars in the night sky, and opened her mouth slowly.

After half a cigarette, Ming Guang lowered his head and saw the bright smile on her face.This smile infected him, and he also smiled and nodded slightly: "Come in, I'll come later, let's discuss going to Tashiro Island tomorrow."

"Yeah." After walking a few steps, Deng Li turned around and said seriously, "If you want to continue playing volleyball, it's better to smoke less."

Ming Guang stared blankly at her back gradually disappearing from sight, the cigarette butt burned his fingers before he realized it, he snuffed out the cigarette butt, and sighed softly: She actually took care of her.

He shook his head, with a helpless smile on his face, stepped forward and opened the glass door, and strode into the bright room.

……

After bathing, Mingguang pushed open the bedroom door, and was hugged by his wife Hitomi unsuspectingly.

Hitomi's small, round nose rubbed against his chest, and the top of her chestnut hair tickled him.He was slightly startled, and chuckled: "What's the matter? You've been tired all day, go to bed early."

Hitomi raised his head, his maroon pupils were showing complex emotions under the chandelier.Several expressions changed on her face: attachment, despondency, hesitation... Finally, she bit her lip and said with determination: "Ming Guang, if you are unhappy, please tell me."

"What are you talking about?" Ming Guang ruffled her hair