[Zhenyao] Love is just the years

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In the following period of time, Nanase's swimming performance fell miserably, and her English performance rose rapidly.And he knew that these two incidents were ultimately related to Tachibana Makoto.

Finally one day the coach couldn't stand it any longer. He had been so angry for the past few days that he suppressed his voice and called Nanase up from the swimming pool. He wanted to criticize him severely, but then he thought that he was always the most stable in the team. The one who is often silent but reassures him the most, so severe criticism turned into earnest enlightenment.He asked him with a caring tone if there was anything in his hometown that distracted him, or he was not used to eating and living here, or he was not used to or dissatisfied with the training here.

Of course, Nanase silently denied it.

At this time, the daily female manager who manages the team happened to pass by. She glanced at Nanase who was calmly by the pool. She didn't know whether it was intentional teasing or sincere speculation, and asked indifferently: "Nanase-kun, what are you doing?" Could it be love?"

"...What is this?"

This time Nanase finally did not shake his head without saying a word, but gave some reaction, but it was only limited to a soft sigh. He raised his eyes and looked back at the female manager who passed by in a calm and breezy manner. It just so happened that the man also stopped, holding a stack of materials that will be used later in his hand, stood next to the coach, looked at Nanase, and smiled suddenly within a few seconds.

"Ah, really, I'm just talking casually," she smiled and waved her hands vigorously, "No matter how you look at it, Nanase-kun doesn't look like a suitable object for romance."

The normal Nanase is actually not interested in such topics, but now he is abnormal Nanase.But the abnormal Nanase couldn't open her mouth to directly ask why, and she wouldn't even reveal a questioning look to the other party directly.Fortunately, at this time, the female manager went on talking to herself:

"No matter who you fall in love with, the other party will only feel the aura of Nanase-kun, right? It's the feeling of 'no matter what happens', I don't think any girl can bear being treated like this by you Treat! Although, you are super good-looking, but nowadays girls will put the other person's personality first in addition to looking at the face and figure. It seems that the kind of personality is gentle, serious and careful in doing things, and always put a smile on the face The man above is definitely the ideal type."

Nanase's face was not happy, but she thought sullenly in her heart, isn't this about Tachibana Makoto?

When Nanase realized that she was standing by the pool, ignoring Free and Water, and was thinking about some troublesome things related to Tachibana Makoto, she suddenly felt that her throat was extremely dry, and the previous dry dream seemed to be drawn even more dry , cracks appeared on the ground, and the wind brought bursts of dry sand to hit his face.He seemed to be walking blindly but anxiously in an uninhabited desert, just to find the answer in the source of water.

After training, Nanase went to the locker room to change clothes and found Makoto's message on the phone in her bag.

He stood in front of the wardrobe and touched the cold fuselage blankly, hesitating for a while before opening it.Makoto asks how his English scores have been recently, and ends with a smiley face and a question mark.

Nanase thought for a moment, and replied with a simple [progress]. After confirming that the message was delivered to the other party's phone, he was about to pick up the sports bag and leave, but the phone vibrated. He saw that the caller was still Makoto, so he had no choice but to Reluctantly, he picked up the phone.

【Hey, Haruka!Can you hear me? 】Just by hearing the voice, you can tell that the person on the other end of the phone must be smiling and in a good mood.

【……can hear. 】

【Ah, that's good!Yao's English performance has improved, which is really gratifying. ] Makoto directly brought the topic into the content of the text message just now.

【……nothing. 】

Nanase felt that Makoto, who made the phone call just to talk about this, was a bit too idle.

[How can it be nothing, this is the result of your hard work. 】The other end is still tirelessly chatting with him.

【Thanks to you. 】

[Ah, speaking of it, my English scores have also improved recently, I think it's all because of reviewing with Haruka. 】

The person on the other end of the phone laughed out loud as he spoke. No words in the world are enough to describe how warm the voice in the microphone is to the ears. Nanase looked at the half-hidden door of the changing room , Lost in thought, in the past few years in memory, Tachibana Makoto would always call his name outside the door with such a voice, calling him to go home together.

But now even if they push the door open, there are only unfamiliar faces in the university.

[Makoto. 】

【Um? 】

[Let's have dinner together tonight. 】

[Okay,] Makoto readily agreed, [Then what would Haruka want to eat? 】

[Anything is fine. 】

Makoto was stunned for a while, as if she was thinking seriously, and after a while she asked Nanase if she wanted to go to his dormitory for dinner tonight.Nanase didn't expect to develop to this point. It's not that he hasn't been to Makoto's dormitory, but that there may be some accidents in his current messy state... But even so, he agreed:

【……sure. 】

After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone, and for some reason, Nanase took an English textbook and a notebook full of notes that Makoto had made for him before leaving school. I'm looking forward to arriving soon.

But Nanase's good mood didn't last long and something went wrong again.Mainly because of Tachibana Makoto.

Nanase and Makoto agreed to meet at Exit X of the station. He arrived 5 minutes early but no one was there.Nanase was bored and stood against the wall with her hands in her pockets, looking up at the clock in the center of the station, which kept walking, but the people who were supposed to come just didn't come.

Just as he was guessing that there must be some accident, there was a familiar laughter from between the station pillars on the opposite side. Thinking that he was quite happy to see someone, he kept walking there:

"Hey! So slow, Makoto..."

He stopped abruptly because there was another person standing beside Tachibana Makoto, and the memory was especially powerful at this time, and Nanase realized who this person was in a second.

——It was a female classmate in their high school class.The reason why I was so impressed was that she was very bold. One day, she stopped Makoto and him alone on the way from school, and she smiled and told Makoto Tachibana that she liked her, and wanted to have a relationship together.

On the contrary, Makoto didn't have the slightest initiative in that chaotic dusk. The high school boy who was always calm was confused by the sudden confession. His eyes kept pretending to be busy, and finally turned his eyes to Qi On Seto, she almost looked at Nanase before saying something like "Please let me think about it...".

Nanase still remembers that even Makoto's cheeks were shyly red at that time, and the outline of that face was rendered into orange-red sea water not far away under the amber dusk of Iwatobi, warm and clean Yes, pure.

The plan of delaying the attack had an effect, the girl was stunned for a few seconds, then laughed and said that this is quite abrupt, so please Mr. Ju think carefully before replying, anyway, she is very serious.Seeing the back of the girl walking away in the opposite direction, Makoto sighed as if she had been amnesty, then ran to the grocery store in front to buy a popsicle, broke half of it and handed it to Nanase, and said it was a big accident while eating event.

"Then what does Makoto think?"

Nanase wasn't really interested in this matter, so she casually asked a question.Although they were all high school students at that time, he didn't think it was a problem for Makoto to talk about love or not.Not bad in mind, not bad in sports, not bad in figure, not bad in appearance, it's strange that such a person doesn't fall in love early.Of course, it is impossible for Nanase, who is devoted to the water, to think of and say this sentence. This sentence is actually said by the manager of the swimming team, Matsuoka E.There is a sigh of regret behind her original words: If you don't know Makoto too well, know this person too well, and you can't win the heart of an otome, otherwise it's hard to say that you will like this kind of boy... Because such a person, just Suitable for talking about love.

Having said that, Makoto didn't talk to this hearty girl in the end. Nanase didn't know the reason, but according to Makoto later, maybe she just wanted to play the last summer game with everyone.

... The last summer has long passed, or, there has never been such a sad term as "the last summer".

In short, times have changed, and now they all graduated from high school, and Zhenqin went to the school she wanted to go to as she wished, and the game at that time was frozen in that eternal photo, and life has already reached the next stop.

At this stop, Makoto is still in Nanase's carriage, which is still a first-class special seat.Nanase feels that he is still in Makoto's compartment, but as for who Makoto wants to get in the car now, he doesn't know and is not qualified to ask.

Just as Nanase was in a trance, recalling the past, Makoto finally found him standing a few steps away, and after saying a few words to the other party, he happily ran to Nanase, using The slightly sticky voice that Nanase was most familiar with always called him "Yao", along with an intimate word "Xiao" and a signature smile comparable to a warm sun.

"I'm sorry, sorry, I kept you waiting for a long time," Makoto realized that Nanase might have been waiting for a long time, and felt guilty, "I suddenly met an acquaintance at the station."

Nanase couldn't get any interest, watched the girl's back disappearing into the sea of ​​people, and then replied awkwardly: "Well, my classmate."

I added another sentence in my heart, "It's still a classmate who confessed to Makoto".

"I didn't expect that she is also studying in Tokyo now." Makoto looked at Nanase with a smile on her lips, "This probably shows that there is such a thing as fate between people..."

Makoto's statement of "existence of destiny" made Nanase feel uncomfortable. He frowned and pulled the backpack strap, said nothing, and stopped talking—even Nanase himself didn't notice this unconscious little action, but But Makoto could see it clearly.

Makoto was worried about him, so she leaned over and hugged his shoulder, and said, "What's wrong? What happened, aren't you happy?"

Nanase was stunned, and wanted to say "nothing" as usual, but she seemed to be suffering from aphasia, her face was tense, her heart became more and more anxious, and in the end, she changed from such chaotic emotions to a face full of genuine concern. Zhenqin brushed past him fiercely, and Zhenqin couldn't help taking a step back under his strength, while the person concerned walked out of the station without saying a word.