[Projectile] You smile at the hope called despair

"Haha... Sports games... I'm really not good at it..."

Nanami lay on Hinata's back with a sleepy face, and yawned long.

The time turned to a few moments ago.

The two played through the new fighting game and played Bee for a while, and they were already a little sleepy, but Nanami still insisted on playing the time-limited basketball that Hinata mentioned.

The result was a complete loss.

Hinata could only carry Qihai back from the video game store.

"Qami is working too hard." Hinata said helplessly, "Although she is a super high school level game player, she is still a girl after all."

"We lost in the eighth round..." Qihai pouted.

"There's no way to do that! After all, the time limit of each round is getting shorter and shorter, and the requirements are getting higher and higher. Qihai also..."

"I can't help it, I can't help it... Pfft... But I'm very happy, Hinata-kun."

"Hey?"

"Hinata-kun is working hard. I am not strong physically, but Hinata-kun has been working harder for our score."

Qihai smiled and raised the folding rabbit backpack in her hand: "Then I won this."

"But Qihai wants that new game console more..."

"No... Hinata-kun." Nanami interrupted him softly, "Compared to that, I prefer what I hold now—this is the proof of our cooperative efforts—as long as we work hard, we will definitely gain something."

"Is... is it... I am also very happy."

Hinata: Well... Nanami, why are you playing a game you're not good at at all? It seems... you haven't played it before.

Nanami: Yeah...why?Probably, I feel that doing so seems to help me understand Hinata-kun better.

Hinata: Huh? !I?

Nanami: Because Hinata-kun doesn't intend to talk about himself at all... No matter how you ask, it's the same... It's not fair that I always come to play with you and ask you for advice.

Hinata: ...people like me... really don't have much to say...

Nanami: I don't think so...that's not the case.But I will wait until the day when Hinata-kun really wants to tell me.Until then... all I can do is try to understand Hinata-kun.Hinata-kun mentioned time-limited pitching several times. I must like this game very much... I believe that if I do this, I will get closer to Hinata-kun.

Qihai: ...Although this is not a game I am good at, and the result is beyond my control, but I think I have understood Hinata-kun's mood when playing games with me before.

Qihai: I also know that the world of games is so vast, not only the world of video games that I know very well, but also the outside world, there are many kinds of different games—this is the feeling of doing it myself.

Qihai: Before, I was worried about how to get to know everyone more besides the game—it turns out that all of this can be played as a game.

Hinata: Everyone?

Nanami: My classmate.Everyone is a very individual person. They seem difficult to get close to, but they are actually very easy to get along with... Ah, let's get to know them sometime, Hinata-kun.

Hinata: ...

Nanami: Hinata-kun's back is very strong, and his physical strength is also very strong. He has been exercising well.

Hinata: Hey...it's not that exaggerated...

Nanami: The second-year students should be very interested in Hinata-kun... He has been looking for various players with potential.

Hinata: Uh... this...

Nanami: Hinata-kun doesn't have to worry about ability at all... The second classmate once trained a baseball team that was on the verge of ruin into a super team.

Hinata: That... please spare me.

Nanami: Aside from games, what else does Hinata-kun like to do?

Hinata: Huh?

Nanami: Is it difficult... Speaking of which, I am too.Apart from games, I didn't think about anything else at all... After holding a game conference with everyone, I always felt that simply playing games was a bit monotonous...

Nanami: Everyone has things they are interested in... just playing games with me is a little unfair.I also want to let them enjoy it.However, some things are still a little...

Hinata: Kind of?

Nanami: ...Hinata-kun, don't you hate running and running games?

Hinata: Nanami?Hate or something...how could it be.

Nanami: Really?Don't you think it's a little embarrassing...

Hinata: Embarrassment... why embarrassment.I used to play games like this when I was a child... the more people there are, the more lively it will be.

Nanami: How many more people... It's a bit difficult.

Hinata: What's wrong?

Nanami: Mioda-san always plays alone, it is said that she is playing a running game.But after reading it, I feel that I am not good at dealing with it...

Hinata: Huh? (There is always a bad feeling)

Qihai: I have also found other classmates before... Chusato-san also likes the game of running around, but unfortunately it is a bit difficult to keep up with her rhythm... Others... don't seem to be interested in this... Hinata-kun can come together ?

Hinata:? ! (I feel a little uneasy...but if I continue to be with Benko...I...)

Nanami: ...Hinata-kun?

Hinata: Uh... ok.

Nanami: Great!I was also frustrated by the fact that I didn't answer after asking around in the class before!

Hinata: (Nanami’s classmates... they are quite selfish... Eh? Why did you agree?)

Nanami: We have an appointment, Hinata-kun, see you at the fountain tomorrow morning.

Hinata: ...Yes.

The girl who was carried on her back chattered about her classmates, as if they had a good time together.

Undergraduate life...is so carefree.

Her classmates are so lucky to be taken care of like this.

She is also very lucky to have a teacher who is full of vitality to take care of her, so she will always be encouraged to move forward.

A pure and beautiful person who can overcome so many sorrows and maintain such a pure heart is indeed not a person of the same world.

I just look at it and think about it.

It would be nice if I could help a little...

May her smile bloom forever, how beautiful everything is.

……

The voice gradually died down—looking back, she was asleep.

What a...unsuspecting guy.

...Nanami... If you are not protected, the road ahead is really worrying.

"It's time to stop."

When woken up by Hinata, Nanami found that she had arrived at the dormitory.

"Huh? Hinata-kun is so fast."

"You fell asleep..."

Although it wasn't very clear under the night, Hinata's face was indeed flushed.

Asking directions behind a girl's back is really embarrassing.

Hinata prepares to leave.

It's better not to meet each other...

We are destined to have boundaries that cannot be crossed.

"Hinata-kun is also my important friend."

Nanami's voice came from behind.

"I'm sorry to be a bit tough today... But I always feel that once I let go of my hand, Hinata-kun seems to disappear. So don't hide from me anymore..."

We are friends?

No matter how ridiculous it is, she still thinks so...

There are many messy things, and there are countless reasons to show that this is destined to be an extremely short-lived, illusion-like feeling.

but……

None of this had anything to do with her, it wasn't her fault.

She is innocent.

"...Hmm! It's a pleasure being with you, Nanami."

Hinata showed her face and smiled at the girl.

……

The world, in the eyes of those who know its essence, is not the only existence.

Countless parallel worlds derived from countless choices are drifting away in constant branches.

But ordinary people cannot know this.

And jumping out of the dimension, breaking away from the existence of the original world, can never go back.

Changing the past for unhappy endings is just a dream.

"As expected, you are an existence that makes me tired."

"It's always impossible to refuse someone's request."

"Consciously or unconsciously dominated by all kinds of noise."

"Never thinking about the meaning of doing things — and living with the consequences of your choices."

"Together with many irrelevant people, living by satisfying expectations."

"Then entrust many unsolvable things to illusory miracles."

"Thinking too much, but never feeling it, no matter what, it's just a person."

God did not give man anything good (dīhominibus nihilmeliusdant.).

Some people want money, some people want a healthy body (Pec chun ia maliī mālunt; aliī, corporasāna;).

Some want fame and glory (aliī, fāma mglōiamque;);

Some people want... (aliī, voluptātēs)

But these people they will make many mistakes (----sedhīvirīnimium errant,)

Because these are uncertain, and only by luck (quonia millasuntincertaetexfort spring āveniunt)

"Unstable desires, all kinds of delusions, have caused many complicated conflicts. I believe what they say, and I believe that the 'hope of the world' will definitely bring hope. Believe it, as long as you change the mind of the opponent, all Everyone will be happy."

"As they say, a blank and pure world has been created, a world where everyone pursues hope."

"When all the options are chosen for them, the most suitable future for them—"

"But it was discovered that as early as the beginning, everyone had been killed."

"That is, like a puppet-like existence, and me, too."

"As expected...it's been like this from the very beginning. You in 'this moment' disgust me."