[Comprehensive] different hearts

Noda Maki is an action-oriented girl. Unlike her gentle and quiet name, Maki has a passionate and bold personality. In addition, she has been influenced by her father who is a basketball coach since she was a child. With talent and acuity, in just two days, I became acquainted with the members of the basketball club.

Especially Hayama, who thinks that Noda Maki speaks frankly, and her high dribble is not bad, Hayama, who is good at dribbling, can't help feeling a little more fond of her.

"Speaking of which, Rina is the manager of the basketball department, isn't he? Why haven't you seen you touch the ball?" After warming up once, Noda Maki unscrewed the mineral water bottle, sat on the seat next to her, and asked with a puzzled face road.

"I won't." Rina said calmly. In fact, it was a lie. Although Rina's basketball skills are not top-notch, they are not bad, but she doesn't feel the need to explain clearly to Noda Maki. It just adds to the trouble.

"Huh? Really?" Maki asked back in disbelief, "The manager of the basketball department can't play basketball?"

"I just need to know the rules of the basketball court. I am the manager, not a player who needs to play. No one stipulates that the manager of the basketball department must be able to play basketball." Li Ming replied calmly.

Maki was taken aback by Li Ming's words, paused, and then continued: "I can't tell, you have a pretty sharp mouth. You always look like an elegant young lady in front of other people, I thought you wouldn't Angry."

"I'm not angry." Li Ming turned her head to look at her, with a quiet light flickering in her clear blue eyes.

"I just—" she said bluntly, "I can't like people like you."

Rina seldom hates anyone. It's not that she has a good temper or is too tolerant. If she has to say it, she just thinks that "hating someone" is a very troublesome and hard thing in itself, but if you don't like it Another emotion.

She couldn't like girls like Noda Maki.

"...I quite like your character." Noda Maki was silent for a while, then smiled and said, "It would be better if you can be less hesitant."

After that showdown, the communication between Noda Maki and Rina suddenly decreased. Although Maki has an optimistic and cheerful personality, she is not thick-skinned enough to get close to Rina after she clearly expresses her dislike.

However, the communication between the two is still normal. Sometimes Noda Maki would ask her about the situation of the basketball club, and Rina basically answered all of them.

In the morning of the camp, members of the basketball club will go for an hour of morning jogging—this is also part of the Platinum coach's training schedule.

Just like what Rina said, she is a manager, not a team member, and she doesn't have to participate in the competition, so she is exempted from running every morning. However, although she can sleep in a little longer, she will still get up and get ready before Akashi and the others come back. complete.

"Ha - you woke up so early." When Li Ming was having breakfast in the dining room, a girl's lazy voice came from above her head.Noda Maki, who came out in her pajamas, yawned and greeted vaguely. She suddenly remembered something and said, "Speaking of which, the chef can't come because of something at noon today. We can only solve this meal by ourselves. The chef is not here, so it was supposed to be done by Dad, but his cooking is terrible. Now, Li Ming, you can cook too, do you want to compare with who else can cook better?"

"No need," Li Ming's breakfast consisted of fried eggs, bread and milk. After she finished her breakfast, she stood up, took the plate and walked into the kitchen, not forgetting to answer, "I'm not good at cooking, so lunch sorry to bother you."

"That's it," Noda Maki nodded without doubting him. She found out from Hayama that Rina Yongshan seemed to be the eldest lady of the company's chairman's family. The only dishes she saw Rina cooked were fried eggs, so She agreed straight away, "Okay, wrap your lunch on me!"

Rina doesn't want to pay attention to Maki's confident declaration.She knew that she might be too self-willed, but she couldn't bring herself to deal with Noda Maki anyway, and felt an unknown annoyance.

Akashi and the others went to the off-site training early in the morning. Today's training content is mainly to exercise the physical fitness of the members. They don't need to follow them. They can't be lazy. In addition, it is the end of July and the weather is getting hotter No big deal, it's better to be in an air-conditioned room than outside.

But she doesn't want to be in the room right now.Li Ming originally just wanted to walk around the house casually, but before he knew it, he walked on the path into the mountain.

It was approaching noon and the sun was scorching hot. When Li Ming went out without an umbrella, even with the shade of the camphor trees on both sides, she still felt a thin layer of sweat sticking to her body.She hid in the shade of a tree, covered her eyes with her hands and looked at the chaotic road ahead. There seemed to be nothing to see ahead. Just when she wanted to go back the same way, she suddenly turned her head as if she was guided by something. look away.

On the open-air court across a main road, the sound of basketball hitting the ground and being thrown into the hoop sounded one after another. It was Akashi and the others.After a long morning run and a short rest, they threw themselves into the next training program - as usual, well-trained and focused.

Luoshan is the king who is always victorious and undefeated, but ever-victorious does not come without a price.

"It's really hot..."

Feeling the dry breeze in the air, she half-closed her eyes and watched for a while, without disturbing them, she quietly returned to the villa.

It was already noon when the main players of the basketball club finished training and returned. Normally, the chef had already prepared lunch and waited for it. However, when Akashi and the others came back today, the dishes on the dining room table were not ready yet. There was the faint sound of the range hood beating.

Ye Shan, who returned with the basketball in his arms, complained in surprise: "Isn't it? It's not ready yet, and I'm hungry."

With a sound of "squeak", Li Ming opened the door of the study next to her and came out. She happened to hear what Ha Shan said, so she explained: "Mr. Chef is busy, today's lunch is made by Noda-san."

"You guys are back." Maki came out of the kitchen with a dish, Rina saw it, and subconsciously stopped in her tracks.

that is……

"Isn't this okonomiyaki? Can you make this at home? It's amazing." Okonomiyaki needs tools such as iron plates, which are usually not available in home kitchens, so Hayama saw Noda Maki making it. Okonomiyaki was a little surprised.

"The kitchen utensils here are very complete, and you can make plain noodles and the like." Maki smiled and said, she put the okonomiyaki in her hand on the table, she looked at Akashi, her usual sharp tone changed But then she became cautious, and she pretended to say casually, "Sometimes the chef can't come today, so I tried to make something, I don't know if it suits your taste..."

"... Thank you for your hard work." Akashi said calmly.

"Ah, no, it's nothing, and I really like cooking." Maki waved her hand and said quickly.

"Oh, it's time for dinner!" "Big Eater" Netaketani couldn't wait to have lunch, and Shibuchi reminded him, "Really, remember to wash your hands."

While they went to change clothes and set up basketball, Rina helped out with the okonomiyaki that was still on the counter.

"How is it? Is it delicious?"

"Wow, it's delicious! It's almost the same as what I ate in Tokyo."

Although there was no direct response from Akashi, Noda Maki was still relieved to hear his teammates say this - the food made by her father and mother was terrible, so she cooked for her own appetite when she was very young. She is still confident in her cooking skills.

The okonomiyaki made by Maki was actually pretty good, but after Rina found the red ginger mixed in the sauce, he looked at Akashi who was not far away from the corner of his eye.

Red ginger is a very common seasoning, especially when making okonomiyaki and gyudon, chefs basically add red ginger to it, but she remembers that Akashi doesn't like this taste.

Akashi didn't say anything, it was hard to tell from his calm expression that he didn't like the food, and after lunch, she found that he didn't eat much.

If Maki had put the red ginger on the side, she could have picked it out, but she sprinkled the red ginger on the pancake and poured the sauce on it.

After the meal, Mibuchi and others helped put the plate into the kitchen, and Rina asked them to go to rest first. After all, they had worked hard all morning, and Maki also said, "Leave the next thing to us", Push them out of the kitchen.

When only Rina and Maki were alone, Maki looked at the okonomiyaki that was left with a small half of it when she dumped the food scraps into the trash can, and said with some disappointment: "The dishes at noon today are not suitable for Akashi-kun. Appetite?"

Rina took the plate and put it in the sink, she glanced at Maki, and then explained: "The others are eating very happily, Noda-san's cooking skills are not bad, it's just that Akashi-kun doesn't like red ginger .”

"So..." Maki suddenly realized, and suddenly asked, "Don't you hate me? Why did you tell me this?"

Li Ming paused while washing the dishes, and then said, "I just don't like it, not hate it. To tell you, it's because..."

Because of what?

"Forget it, it's nothing." She suddenly gave up and sighed, not wanting to continue talking.

After cleaning up the kitchen, Rina had already left the kitchen and returned to the room. She pulled out the chair and wanted to sit down and do her homework, but she couldn't calm down.

Why would she tell Noda Maki about the food Akashi-kun hates? The reason is simple, isn't it?She didn't want to... They trained hard all morning, and when they came back, they had to endure food they didn't like.

"Why would I do such a thing..." Half an hour later, Rina appeared at Akashi's door with curry rice. The freshly made curry rice was still steaming, thinking "It won't taste good when it's cold." , Rina puffed up her cheeks, took a deep breath, and then knocked on the door of Akashi's room.