Muji-kun presses Hua Gongzhen angrily

That night Muji almost fell asleep on the bed after taking off his schoolbag.Falling asleep had never been so urgent to him.Because the family has been restored to his own world a few days ago, after a night of deep sleep, he was still almost late the next morning, and he was still hungry when he finally arrived at the classroom, but he was still full of energy .

Going to class...training...when I saw Hinata again, Muji felt as if some burden had been relieved, and he could already give him a high-five with a relaxed smile.

That's really enough.

Huagong was like a cancer in his life, and he had to dig it out before the infection got too deep.Even if it would take his own flesh and blood with him, he still wanted to goug it out by the roots... It was such a decisive fact.

So... everything that was absurd in the past is really over, right?I am still the same self as before...

During this day's training, Muji worked extremely hard.It was a strange feeling.I can't tell how light the body is, but I just want to exert strength, and I have an urge to sweat all the sweat... Maybe it's because I have shaken off the burden in my heart.Muji thinks so.

After another slam dunk that made the basket creak, the first-year juniors all showed intoxicated expressions of admiration.

"Ah!! Senior Muji is especially handsome today!! So amazing!" Muji was completely overwhelmed by the cheers from the audience.Even Hinata couldn't help but look at him with admiration: "You're extra motivated today, you guy. Did you meet any happy event?" At the same time, he hesitated, "...but there is no problem with your knees, right?"

"Well, it's okay." It was rare to hear Hinata express his concern so bluntly, and Muji smiled back at him.

"That's good." Hinata patted him on the back and ran away.

But not enough, not at all.It's better to work harder...

However, Reiko was not as happy as the others during the break.Stared at by those serious and stern brown eyes, Muji felt inexplicably guilty of being seen through.I thought she would say something to herself, but she didn't speak until the end of the break.

Everyone stood up one by one and walked towards the center of the court. Hinata next to him drank his last sip of water and threw away the towel on his shoulders.Muji stood up with him, and when he was about to take a step...

"Tie Ping, you stay here."

Muji's footsteps stopped stiffly.There was an unquestionable firmness in Reiko's tone.

In the past, he would absolutely respect Lizi's authority as a coach, and if he had any disagreement, at most he would say it tactfully.Although he will guide Reiko, it is definitely Reiko who finally decides which direction to go, and Muji also trusts her wholeheartedly, entrusting the command authority to this seemingly weak girl like other team members.

But at this moment, he stood there and watched everyone, including Hinata, just walk away from him like this... Muji felt a little unconvinced.

She obviously still has a lot of energy to use up, and she obviously hasn't fully enjoyed herself yet, yet Lizi actually asked him to sit on the sidelines and watch other people train... It's not fair.

Maybe it's because his behavior of standing in the same place is too eye-catching, Reiko, who is blowing the whistle to supervise everyone's training, always turns her head back from time to time.When the eyes of the two met, a sense of shame washed down from Muji's heart.

The girl's gaze was stern and warning, but it was precisely because of that worry and concern that she looked at herself with this gaze.

Although the injured knee does not hurt, it is sore.Muji let go of his tense body, and sat back on the seat in a compromise.

But the shame still didn't go away.

What happened to me?Irritable, impulsive, nowhere to vent... Isn't it already back on track, why is it still not normal?So, what should we do? ?

With his elbows on his knees, he put the towel on top of his head, lowered his head to cover his expression...

……

When the evening chores were over, Reiko knelt down in front of him and massaged his knees with ease.Muji once politely refused, but Lizi did not agree.Seeing the serious look of the girl soothing his injury, shame, irritability, and sadness were intertwined in his heart.For some unknown reason, the mood was already so bad.

"How do you feel?" Reiko asked without raising her head.

"Well...it's actually much better." He didn't lie, his knee hadn't hurt for a long time.Although he is full of guilt towards Reiko, Muji still feels that she is overprotective of him.

With a final pat on his knee, Reiko stood up and looked him in the eyes, "I mean your mood."

"—?!"

Muji was speechless.

"Lizi..."

"I still say the same thing. If Tieping has any worries, you can tell me. Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't want to say it." Lizi looked at him frankly but not aggressively, "Although I don't care about Tieping at all. I have confidence, and I feel that even if something extraordinary happens that I can’t handle, the last person I can rely on will be Tieping... But people often lose their feet when they are in the midst of it.” She resumed Put on a serious expression, "So no matter what, it's better not to do things that are too forced. I will supervise you!"

Muji lowered his gaze.

For a moment, he didn't know what he was thinking.A voice shouted in my heart, "Lizi, I'm already in a mess, I have so much to say to you, I want to tell you so much, please leave everything to you..." Rationally but strictly guarding the checkpoint, refusing to Let even a single word leak from your lips.

Trouble?Yes, the hopeless unrequited love is indeed troublesome, but it is absolutely impossible for him to talk about it to Reiko, right?But the problem now is that besides this annoying matter, there seems to be something else mixed in. Even Muji himself can't explain clearly, so how can he ask others for advice?

...so the myriad of thoughts are reduced to just four monotonous words——

"I see."

Reiko was about to say something, but Hinata's voice came from a distance: "Hey, how long are you going to chat?" Muji realized that only Hinata, Reiko and himself were left in the empty venue.Reiko, who was interrupted, knelt down and picked up a basketball, and threw it at Hinata.

"--Whispering!!" The basketball was smashed crookedly.

Being reprimanded, Hinata replied in a perfunctory tone: "Ah~ Sorry to bother you~" Then he refocused his attention on his shooting practice angrily.

"Are you going to give Hyuga special training again?" Muji saw that the man he secretly liked to death was stepping on the three-point line, repeating the monotonous shooting action over and over again.

"Yes." Lizi followed his gaze and looked over.

From the girl's eyes looking at Hinata, Muji sensed a kind of heat similar to his own.It's just that this enthusiasm is not known how many times purer than my own, let alone how many times happier.

"That's it...today is really bad..." He stretched his body, picked up his things and smiled at Lizi, "Then I'll go back first, let's work hard!"

"Hmm!" Reiko nodded vigorously, and gave him the same bright smile in return.

……

After walking out of the gymnasium, Muji stood alone in the dark, staring at the orange light from the high windows of the stadium in a daze for a while.Obviously he couldn't see anything, but he still looked at the direction of those two people stupidly.

When he was done fascinated, Muji walked away silently.

On the way home, he realized that he didn't seem to be thinking about Hinata and Reiko when he was in a daze.It can even be said that the brain is blank, thinking about nothing, but my heart is still inexplicably sad.When he was thinking about the reason, two words broke into his mind abruptly——

habit.

Ah...it turned out to be a habit.Muji felt a sudden realization.I'm used to being sad for Hinata, I'm used to being trapped in this kind of emotion and it's hard to get rid of, I'm used to... liking Hinata.

He was instantly dumbfounded.

Could it be... Has my liking already become a habit?

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