The color of the sky we see

morning.

The sky is blue as wash.

Lan Shan returned to school a little earlier than usual, because she wanted to hand over the promise to the boy herself, but because she was too excited, it seemed that she returned to school too early——

As a result, Akashi hasn't returned to school yet.

Returning to the classroom with a little disappointment, Lan Shan found that the neighbor Midori had not returned yet.

After waiting for a long time, until 10 minutes before the class bell rang, Lan Shan ran to the door of Class [-] without giving up. She poked her head in with some trepidation, but she still couldn't see Akashi.

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"Um...excuse me...you've been waiting since this morning──are you looking for someone?"

When Lan Shan decided to wait at the door, he suddenly heard a girl's voice behind him. Her voice was soft and cute.

Aware of the call of this voice, Lan Shan turned around and saw a girl who was half a head shorter than himself.

——The girl is holding a piece of chalk in her hand, she is probably working as a student on duty. She has short beige hair with slightly curled ends, fair skin, round face and eyes, very cute , and at this moment, she was looking at herself with concern.

"I... sorry, um... I want to find Akashi-san."

Lan Shan explained softly, for some reason, she couldn't help treating this little girl in front of her lightly.

The girl suddenly realized, she regained her senses and searched around the classroom: "I think Akashi-san went to the basketball club for morning practice, and there are several morning practice days a week."

Lan Shan also had an epiphany - why the green room was different from usual and did not return to the classroom early.

"There are two basketball clubs in our class, so if two of them disappear at the same time, there is a good chance that they have practiced." The petite girl in front of her explained with a smile on her eyes.

——Good, so cute girl!When I laugh, I always feel like there are little flowers growing on my back.

Lan Shan looked at the delicate and kind-looking girl in front of him, and immediately thanked her with a smile.

"Excuse me! Then, come back when I have a short break!"

"Um!"

The girl nodded with a smile, as if she was very happy that she solved her troubles by herself.

Originally, she went back to school early, but she couldn't see the person she was looking for, which made her feel a little discouraged, but she met a very cute creature... a cute girl, which suddenly made her feel better. I wanted to ask her name, but it might seem abrupt. Considering that there will be many opportunities to meet in the future, I suppressed that impulse.

"Blue Mountain?"

Just when she was smiling foolishly by herself, she suddenly heard someone calling.

The voice was a little gentle, as if there was a bit of surprise, Lan Shan was stunned for a moment, she would never recognize this voice, she looked up - as expected, it was the boy she had been waiting for all morning.

"Akashi-kun!" She blinked, "I finally see you."

"Are you looking for me?"

Akashi also asked her with a smile - it seemed that since she transferred to another school, she looked so happy to see her for the first time, and then her emotions were also driven by her.

Behind Akashi was a very tall boy with purple hair. He probably didn't intend to understand the conversation between Akashi and the girl, so he bypassed Akashi and Lanshan and entered the first-year classroom with a tired face, because The figure was too oppressive, and when he passed by, Lan Shan inevitably held his breath, only daring to watch him pass by quietly.

"He's tall..." she murmured.

"That's Atsushi Murasakihara. Murasakihara is the tallest member of our basketball club."

Seeing her shocked face, Akashi explained softly.

Lan Shan looked "so that's the case", and then looked at Akashi in front of him—he still looked at him calmly, and she immediately remembered the purpose of her coming here, and she immediately took out a note from her pocket, which said He wrote a string of numbers and handed it to Akashi with a smile.

"This is?"

Akashi took the note, with her beautiful handwriting on it, a gentle smile was always on his lips, although he probably guessed it when he saw the format of the numbers, he still chose to ask her.

"I told Akashi-kun before, my phone number, I just bought the phone the day before yesterday, I thought I must give Akashi-kun the first one." Lan Shan replied with a smile.

"Thank you." Akashi solemnly put the phone number in his pocket, then looked at Lan Shan's smiling face, and added, "You seem to be in a good mood today."

"Because I met a cute and friendly girl in Akashi-kun's class just now!" It seemed that she just hit on what Lan Shan was thinking, and her tone sounded a little excited and satisfied, Akashi "Pfftch "Laughed: "Is it because of this?"

"That's why."

Lan Shan narrowed her eyes with a smile, just when she was about to add—the class bell finally remembered, Lan Shan hurriedly said goodbye to him, and ran back to her classroom.

-

Because she applied to work as a staff member on the day of the sports festival, Lanshan got help from the student union on the eve of the sports festival—Teiko, like all traditional Japanese schools, all the activities in the school are organized by the student union, so since she chose to be behind the scenes The staff members choose to help the student union.

In fact, most of the preparations for the sports festival were completed during the summer vacation. After the start of the second semester, the preparations for the sports festival have been in full swing. What needs to be done now is the last little sports festival decorations and confirmation The number of applicants and the list.

After Lanshan arrived at the activity room of the student union, he magically met the girl from the morning.

The other party seemed to be taken aback, but immediately greeted Lan Shan.

"I'm Bai Yuanji, just call me Xiao Si." Bai Yuan introduced himself with a smile.

"I'm Lanshan Weiyang, call me 'Little Lan'!" After seeing Bai Yuan, Lan Shan's original trembling mood disappeared in an instant——Bai Yuan's calming aura made me feel It is as full of happiness as the pastries of afternoon tea.

"Why did Xiao Lan choose to work behind the scenes...?" Bai Yuan asked curiously.

"Because I'm not very good at sports...but actually I really want to participate, but I'm not in good health recently." Lan Shan replied with some distress. In fact, she likes to experience that kind of multi-person activities, and also likes groups atmosphere, but... since I was a child, there are not many opportunities like this.

"I'm also very bad at sports! Actually, I'm a little afraid of this kind of competition... I was always in the support team when I was in elementary school."

Bai Yuan replied with some embarrassment, a shy blush appeared on her fair face—seeing this, Lan Shan encouraged her with a smile: "I still want to participate very much. After my health recovers next year, Bai Yuan Classmates, join me!"

"I, I will try hard to see!" She was taken aback for a moment, and immediately agreed with her fists.

-

dusk.

The sunset is like fire.

After Bai Yuan and Lan Shan finished their work for the day, they went home together.Lanshan felt like meeting a new friend today——

A soft, glutinous rice ball-like girl, because the process of getting along is very comfortable, time flies by in the blink of an eye.

During the working period, Bai Yuan told her many things about Teiguang Middle School, and also told Lan Shan in detail about the big and small things that happened in the first semester. The speaker, and this year's speaker was Akashi. Akashi seemed very used to this kind of thing, and he was personable. He built a fan base in an instant after the ceremony.

Hearing this, Azuma also smiled very contentedly—as if his own son had made a name for himself, and he was very happy to hear that people from Teiko Middle School had such a high opinion of Akashi.

However, Akashi has been very good since she was a child, and she has always kept this in her heart.

"There is a very tall person in class one—" Hearing this, Lan Shan suddenly remembered, and told Bai Yuan.

"That's Atsushi Murasakihara!" Shirahara introduced excitedly.

"Ziyuan-kun has been very tall since elementary school, and! I have always been in the same class as him. Every time he comes back after a long vacation, he will grow taller. On the contrary, I seem to be held down by someone all the time. My head is the same, and I can't grow tall at all." Speaking of this, Bai Yuan seemed to be admiring the miracle of the Creator, with a puzzled look on his face, he talked, and fell into deep thought.

"Did Murasakihara-kun take away all my height..."

She tilted her head and murmured.

"Then, you and Murasakihara-san are childhood sweethearts!"

Lan Shan blinked and asked curiously.

"No, it's not at all! Although I've been in the same school, in the same class... I'm not in his line of sight or something... I don't think Murasakihara-kun has noticed my existence at all."

Bai Yuan told this fact in a serious manner, because Zi Yuan's height has always been a huge distance from her, so if Zi Yuan didn't lower his head, he would not find her at all.

Her round brown eyes looked particularly energetic under the sunset—as if she was a little uncontrollably excited because she rarely told this little story with others, and she began to chatter endlessly.

"But it's fate to be in the same class all the time!" Lan Shan continued with a smile, "Maybe one day you will grow taller and jump into the sight of Zi Yuan."

"No way!" Bai Yuan laughed foolishly.

-

After parting at the station, Lan Shan waited for the tram to go back alone, because it was too dark to chat with Bai Yuan, she was waiting at the station with her bag, recalling the process of going home with Bai Yuan just now, silly smiling.

"Weiyang."

Just when she was lost in memories alone, a gentle figure suddenly sounded from behind her, which shocked her a lot. She immediately turned around, and the person who caught her eyes was half a head taller than her. Akashi, he was wearing a school uniform, but he appeared at this point, probably because of the basketball club's training, right?

Under the night, his red hair is still so eye-catching, but I don't know if it's because of the darkness, his eyes have become softer, and there is a gentle smile on his lips—he Looking at her with a smile.

"Akashi-kun!" Blue Mountain greeted.

"...This time, it's 'Miyoung'."

Rewinding the voice of Akashi calling her just now in his mind, Lan Shan said this, according to his memory, when he greeted her outside the classroom door this morning, Akashi called her by her last name.

"Because there are too many people in the school, I was thinking that if your name is called suddenly, it might disturb you, so I only use this name when there are two of us." He explained gently, and then naturally stood beside her. beside.

"I won't bother you."

Lan Shan blinked and replied, even though it was dark, her blue eyes were still shining under the light, just like the sky, he found a hint of naughtiness in her smiling pupils, and then Following her meaning, she lowered her eyes and smiled: "Then, from now on it will be 'Weiyang'."

Akashi said softly——and looked into her eyes that were still bright in the night, and her frank eyes clearly reflected his own figure.

As always, very straightforward, very beautiful eyes.

Lan Shan smiled and stood opposite her. At this distance, his tolerant voice penetrated gently into her heart. Although he was a little taller and his face was thinner than before, he still…

As always, he was like a spring breeze, bringing her a sense of peace of mind.

She smiled and stood beside him - such a relaxing and nostalgic feeling, it was "long time gone".

Because there were several years of blankness, she felt that the time when two people stand together like this is not inevitable, even precious, the fragrance on his body, his every frown and smile, everything about him - being able to see and touch at close range Touching is actually a very precious thing.

"Thank you, Akashi-kun." Lan Shan chuckled, "You have taken care of me all these years."

Suddenly, she uttered the words of gratitude buried in her heart, and looked straight at Akashi, as if reminding him that these were her very sincere words.

Seemingly surprised to hear her say such words suddenly, Akashi widened his eyes slightly, looking at her serious eyes, he knew that there must be some reason for her to say such words suddenly.After thinking for a moment, Akashi took back the momentary astonishment in his heart, and then regained his composure.

"How come?" Akashi replied dumbfounded, "Please give me your advice in the future."

"Pfft."

Understanding what Akashi meant, Lan Shan suddenly laughed, the smile was a bit playful, making her look a little cute: "That's right."

——He wanted to express that there are still many days to come.

Seeing her satisfied smile, he also smiled along with her.Standing silently beside her, he didn't feel cramped or embarrassed at all—this may be because the two had bonded for many years, he took advantage of the orange street lamp to quietly look at her side face—she His eyes and face looked very soft and gentle under the warm orange light.

Compared with a few years ago, the baby fat and childishness on her face have been minimized. At the same time, she has lost a bit of vitality and increased a bit of maturity.The brows are a little more calm and mature, but what remains unchanged is the tenderness in the eyes and lips.

"It would be nice if time could stop at this moment—"

Standing in the sparsely populated Tokyo Station, waiting for the arrival of the tram, in the quiet atmosphere, the flow of time has become inconspicuous, but such thoughts appeared in the minds of the two of them.

——I hope I can keep the beauty of this moment.

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