[Comprehensive] different hearts

(The atmosphere is so strange.)

Rina was chewing the food in her mouth restlessly. The table was full of her favorite hibiscus shrimp, stone pot fish and salmon sushi, but Rina swallowed it without even being able to taste the taste. The reason is——

She raised her eyes quietly, and looked at the handsome red-haired boy sitting across from him.

Akashi has a pair of beautiful hands with well-defined joints and slender fingers. Although he often plays basketball, the boy's skin is as white as porcelain that can't be tanned. It makes people jealous. Speaking of which, the reason why she first paid attention to him is that Because that beautiful face looks like the ingenious work of the Creator,

Grandpa's friend turned out to be Akashi Seijuro's grandfather or something... It was so fateful that she couldn't laugh at all.

In particular, Akashi responded to his grandfather's frequent questions one by one with a polite and decent attitude, and the grandfather's eyes flashed with satisfaction and wisdom with a benevolent smile.

Ah... what kind of trouble is this delicate atmosphere of seeing each other's parents!No, wait, it may be that she is thinking too much, after all, let's not mention how she thinks, Akashi-kun must... have no such thoughts.

While thinking wildly, Atobe, who was sitting next to her, suddenly reached out and snapped her fingers in her ear, which made her turn her head to look at her cousin in a daze, and almost blurted out "there is no ice emperor support group here", okay At the end of her rationality, she remembered that she was still at the dinner table, and she immediately closed her mouth. Atobu, who squinted at her sideways, withdrew his gaze, and said calmly, "I'm back to myself, Li Ming."

Ok?

Li Ming was stunned for two seconds, and belatedly realized that other people on the table were looking at her. She blinked, and immediately showed a shy yet generous smile. She pursed her lips, letting her The tone was as gentle and soft as possible, as if he said in extreme embarrassment: "I'm sorry, I just thought of something in school, and I lost my mind, what's wrong?"

"Yongshan-san——" came the young man's clean and clear voice from the opposite side, he raised his eyes to look at her, it seemed that it was just a bland statement, but for some reason, she read something from Akashi's eyes Lightly joking, he said, "Since just now, I have been picking up the vegetables in front of me."

Li Ming looked at the vegetables that were almost piled up at the bottom of his bowl, his cheeks flushed suddenly, and he tried to defend himself: "Yeah. Most, I'm losing weight recently!"

——What? This attitude of not knowing her at all, of course, she doesn't want the elders in the family to know that the two of them have dated before, after all, it's too embarrassing, but this nonchalant attitude really makes people angry!

After repeating silently several times in my heart, "Calm down, calm down, getting angry is not in line with my role setting!", Li Mingcai was in the midst of his grandpa's denunciation, "I really don't understand the thoughts of you juniors, why would it look good to be thin like a bamboo pole?" The joke turned the topic over.

Looking back, Akashi still maintained a calm and unmoved expression, and Rina suddenly became a little discouraged.

In terms of acting skills, she lost.

At this time, Atobe, who was enjoying dinner quietly, raised his head and glanced at the two of them, showing a thoughtful expression, but said nothing.

Halfway through the banquet, Akashi has always maintained impeccable etiquette, and he is familiar with such gatherings.

No, there may still be some mistakes this time.

The girl sitting across from her has a beautiful appearance and gentle demeanor, no matter how you look at it, she is a very good woman—if Akashi has never been in contact with her bad side.

Being arranged by my grandfather to attend such a party, it is logical that with the help of my elders, I will start a relationship with a woman I also admire...

Thinking of this, the chopsticks between Akashi's fingers paused insignificantly. It wasn't until he realized that he had such thoughts in his arms that he suddenly realized that he had unconsciously paid too much attention to Nagayama Rina.

This extremely restrained gaze fell on the girl secretly and implicitly, but both the person who cast the gaze and the person being watched seemed to be unknown.

"cousin……"

At this time, the girl sounded a bit embarrassed, and Akashi looked at it openly, only to see that the girl showed a shy smile in the face of everyone's questioning eyes, and her eyes for help fell on the majestic young man beside her, She pursed her lips and said cautiously: "This is a bit difficult to deal with...so..."

Ah, it's king crab.Akashi lowered his eyes, and the thick part containing the crabmeat had a hard shell that matched it. With the girl's performance and troubled expression at this time, it was obvious that she couldn't open it easily, so she had to ask her close people for help.

With such an analysis, Akashi was rarely absent-minded for the next time-even though the side he showed was still calm and elegant without any flaws.It's not that he cares too much about the girl on the other side, but... an emotion that he doesn't know how to express is tightly entangled with him. Whenever he hears that soft voice calling softly, "Cousin ", it will be caught off guard and tightened.

The dinner ended quietly, and when he was about to leave, Akashi heard Nagayama Rina's voice again, happily discussing something with her cousin, and for some reason, he raised his eyes to face the past—but just happened to be with Nagayama Riina who turned around bumped into him.

Those beautiful eyes, always filled with a soft smile, reflected Akashi's own magnificent pupils, one red and one gold.Then, the owner of those eyes turned his face away slightly, and trotted after him, leaving a shadow behind the motionless Akashi.

The back of a man following him.

At this time, the maid rushed to the courtyard to collect the clothes in a panic. He looked at the sky and saw that it was going to rain.

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The library on the second floor.

"Wow, is it really Ms. Yumeno Sakiko's signed manga? My cousin is awesome! Thank you, cousin!" Rina excitedly took the manga from Atobe who looked helpless and disgusted, her eyes sparkled Looking at the signature on the title page carefully, he was so happy that he almost jumped up.

Yumeno Sakiko is a well-known shoujo manga artist, recently created by him the shoujo manga "Let's fall in love!" "is about to become a real person. The production company is a firm under the Atobe Group. As a senior fan girl of Sakiko Yumeno, Li Ming is as happy as eating the most delicious strawberry cake in the world after hearing the news. Atobe pestered cousin Atobe to ask for an autograph, and finally Atobe let go, and asked someone to ask for an autograph for her.

"With this delicate emotional description and gentle brushwork, Sensei Yumeno must be a gentle and generous woman." Li Ming held the book and said expectantly, "Ah——I really want to be like Sensei Yumeno. .”

Atobe slightly raised his eyebrows and asked, "Don't you know? Sakiko Yumeno is a man."

Li Ming froze in place.

It wasn't until Atobe left the study as if nothing had happened, before he closed the door, Rina finally came to his senses, and hurriedly chased him out trying to grab his sleeve.

"Wait, cousin, what are you talking about?! What kind of man?"

As a result, Atobe stopped suddenly, and Rina accidentally bumped into the boy's back.

The study room was facing the outside. Atobe lowered his head and glanced at the little ripples in the pond in the yard, then quietly stopped the laughter from downstairs, looked at Li Ming and said, "It's raining, grandpa's I'm afraid the guests won't leave so quickly."

Li Ming was taken aback for a moment, and it was too late and then too soon, the rain fell down, crackling and hitting the yard, the sky was gloomy, and the whistling wind swallowed up all the voices from downstairs, blowing her long hair Flurry.

She didn't ask Atobe why he said this to her suddenly, and Atobe didn't say anything else. For a while, there was only the sound of the wind passing through the hall, interweaving with various sounds in the yard, forming a restless symphony .

"I went back to the room and read the manga." After a long time, it was Rina's voice that broke the silence, she raised her hand to brush back her long hair that was blown by the wind, and walked past Atobe with her head buried.

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After reading the manga I like, the sky outside has completely darkened, and the house will be pitch black if the lights are not turned on. The sky was clear just now, but it is already rainy and windy at this time, and Akashi and Atobe have not gone back. , Grandpa's place is a typical Japanese-style house, with many rooms, and the maids also clean up on weekdays, so there is no problem in vacating a few temporarily as guest rooms.She closed the doors and windows tightly to prevent rainwater from coming in. After reading the manga in her hand, Rina relaxed and saw that there was no water in the teapot, so she planned to go to the kitchen.

When passing by the side hall, she noticed that the lights inside were still on, thinking "who is still in there at this hour", and approached the study room holding a water glass.

There was a clear and elegant sound of chess pieces falling from inside.

In the side hall, only the desk lamp was turned on. In the warm orange light, the young man with exquisite facial features held the chess piece in his right hand. After deliberating for a moment, he slowly placed the sunspot on the chessboard. The thin light coated his side face with a layer of chess. The gentle texture is not as strong and inaccessible as usual. The Akashi at this moment is closer to the Akashi she remembered a long time ago.

"Play chess with me, Li Ming."

After dropping the chess piece in his hand, he raised his head and looked at her for a moment, as if he knew she was there.

Akashi is known to be good at shogi, but he didn't expect that he could play Go with ease. No, if that person is Akashi, it would not be so surprising.

——He seems to be able to do everything, no matter what time, he always has a calm and easy attitude.

"Thank you for playing chess with my grandfather." Rina took a seat opposite Akashi.Go is her grandfather's favorite way of entertainment, and looking at the chessboard, she knew that it was the white piece played by grandpa just now.

"However, I don't know how to play Go very well. Playing Go with me will be very boring." Li Mingyi said while helping to store the chess pieces.She had never beaten him in shogi before.

"I'm also a beginner, and I won't feel bored playing Go with Rina. However, there are ways to make Go a little more interesting—" Akashi made another move on the empty chessboard, and he looked up Looking at her, there was a dark light in the strange-colored pupils, and he slightly raised his lips and said slowly, "Want to make a bet? Li Ming."