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"Shiina-san? He just went out to eat with Kise-kun and Nijimura-senpai in the third grade. When did you come back...? Sorry, I really don't know such a specific question. Or...you go back first and wait later Come here again or should I just tell him that you came to look for him?"

The girl in front of her eyes had red ears but she was still trying her best to talk to Akashi.

"Thank you very much, then when he comes back please..."

Akashi's words were suddenly interrupted in the middle, the girl waited for a while without waiting for the second half of the sentence, but when she looked up, she saw that the eyes of the red-haired boy did not fall on her, and she was about to follow her, but the other party suddenly withdrew her gaze .

"No, I've seen him."

Akashi's voice was gentle and soothing, and the blush on the girl's face deepened.

——You are gentler and more polite than you imagined, Akashi-kun.

Akashi walked over to meet Lu Xun Shiina.

The road in front of him was blocked by someone, Shiina Lu Xun could only smile and look at the instigator: "...Is there something wrong?"

"Hello, Shiina-san. I am Akashi Seijuro from Group A of the second year." He briefly introduced himself, and then cut directly to the topic, "I'm here... to invite you to join the student union, can you discuss it further?"

"—That's right...but I'm just a transfer student..."

Akashi pulled him to a place next to him, and the two of them leaned against the window of the corridor and started talking: "Your resume says that you participated in the student union at Shenshan where you were before, and some of your principles and policies have been implemented. You have achieved excellent results, and we all judged that you are very capable, so we uphold the concept of 'making the best use of everything'..."

"Wait a minute." Shiina Luxun interrupted him, smiling and looking very talkative, "I want to do it because I have the ability...Is that so?" Before Akashi could answer, he denied himself, "Forget it Well, I just changed schools because I was tired of living like that."

"So... that means rejection, isn't it, Shiina-san? I can't understand your thoughts."

——Akashi, who has been placed in various positions since he was a child, was cut off from the retreat early in the morning, so he can only go forward bravely, and he is used to doing everything to the best, but now a sudden appearance Man breaks his logic...it's hard to accept.

Shiina Lu Xun nodded in acknowledgment, but couldn't help but look at Akashi twice.Mingming was very dissatisfied and wanted an explanation, but could he order him in such a gentle way? ——Even at this point in time, he is still... a very interesting person.

"I want to try a new way of life called 'energy saving'."

"...What?" Shiina Luxun's voice was so soft that Akashi was taken away by him unconsciously, and when he realized this, he could only frown unhappily.

——He has always been the one who controls the direction of things, but today... is this person looking so harmless, so he let down his vigilance?No wonder, a guy with such a terrifying aura, no wonder those guys from the student union take it so seriously...

"Don't do unnecessary things, and do what is necessary as soon as possible." Shiina Luxun looked at Akashi and said slowly, "That's it. Joining the student union is an 'unnecessary thing' for me. Thanks for your special efforts I made a trip, but I'm sorry I didn't give you the reply you wanted..."

Don't do unnecessary things, do necessary things as soon as possible; don't do unnecessary things, do necessary things as soon as possible...

I read this sentence twice in my heart, and this time it was Akashi's turn to interrupt Shiina Luxun: "Oh? It's a very fresh way of saying, dividing things into 'necessary' and 'unnecessary'. So... for you Say... what is a 'necessary thing'?"

——Shiina Luxun's statement undoubtedly aroused Akashi's interest. Among all the people he knew, there was no one who was as talented as Shiina Luxun but could be so lazy as a matter of course.Even Murasakihara, who is not interested in anything, has never uttered wild words in front of him like this, and still honestly used his talent to become a member of Teiko Basketball Club.

"I don't know..." Shiina Lu Xun put his eyes out of the window, looking very far away, "So I'm still looking for it."

"If you can't find it, will it be abandoned like this?"

"It's useless to be anxious about this kind of thing, and you don't have to be so negative." Shiina Lu Xun paused for a while and said, "Because the person who said this sentence at first has already found the so-called 'necessary thing'. The rest... can probably be expected."

"...Didn't you come up with it?" Akashi was obviously a little surprised.

Shiina Lu Xun laughed: "How boring does it have to be to come up with such a boring way of life?"

The eyes of the two met, and they smiled at each other.

"Although I didn't get the result I wanted, I got an unexpected gain." Akashi looked straight into Shiina Lu Xun's dark eyes, "Compared with a flat resume, you are much more interesting."

"Then I'd rather be boring and monotonous."

Akashi understood what he was thinking, and nodded, "Even if my persuasion fails this time, the students in the student union should still not let it go."

"So... are you going to let me go this time?" Shiina Lu Xun blinked playfully.

"I tried my best, didn't I?" Akashi's red eyes also had a slight but bright light, "and I was almost persuaded in the opposite direction."

Shiina Luxun looked into Akashi's eyes quietly: "It's very interesting to talk to you."

"I have the same feeling. Your way of speaking and tone of voice give me an inexplicable sense of familiarity. It's strange...I can't express it clearly..." Akashi said and turned around, "Then...see you next time , Shiina-san."

Until the figure of the other party disappeared at the end of the corridor, Shiina Lu Xun waved his hand lazily at the figure of the red-haired boy, his gentle breath restrained.

——Should have come to Teiko sooner, it is completely different from what I know... Akashi-kun.

——Long absence.Greetings from the other "me" that lives inside me.

***

Kise was obviously hit hard by the incident at lunch.In the afternoon, his gaze would still turn to Shiina Luxun from time to time, but he was more attached to other things than he was in the morning.

In his amber eyes, there is a reflection of the black-haired boy's gentle smile—this is the fair and fair treatment that everyone who talks to him can get.The smile at this moment is so clear, it seems that what he found on the rooftop at noon is just his own whimsical illusion, but...

[—It is real. ]

[At that time, Xunjiang really showed the opposite emotion from 'Xunjiang', he took the initiative to take off the delicate and perfect mask, revealing the exact same expression as mine...even uncontrollable, sudden, completely Unfamiliar intense emotions...like losing control of my own body—]

[Such Xunjiang, such Xunchan, such Xunchan, such Xunchan...]

[——It’s not like my Xunjiang at all! ]

[... Is it dominated by an invader from another world like me?What about the original Xun Jiang, the original kind, innocent, pure, beautiful, clean and gentle Xun Jiang... Where has he gone again? ! ]

[Where did you go?Where did you go? ——Give it back to me, hurry up and give me back my Xunjiang! ]

Even after basketball practice, Kise, who fell into anxiety, maintained this absent-minded state.

Once again, the basketball was easily intercepted from his hand, and even the coach couldn't help frowning.

"Huise, come here."

Aomine watched Kise's figure drift away.

The training resumed here, and it happened to be a group practice. Hongcun and Qingfeng were divided into opposing sides. When Hongcun was dribbling, Qingfeng posted it very quickly. Hongcun looked back at him. At the corner of his mouth, he raised a conceited and arrogant smile.

After thinking about it for a while, Hongcun immediately understood what happened, and while coping with Qingfeng's attack, he said in an affirmative tone.

"He told you?"

Qingfeng didn't answer, but the snatching action became faster: "As a senior, it doesn't seem so good to bully a junior like this?"

"Oh?——" Hongcun's movements paused, and from the corner of his eye, he happened to catch a glimpse of Akashi who was waiting for his opportunity. He made a beautiful fake move to pass the ball, but Aomine saw it through. Aomine held the ball and smiled triumphantly.

Hong Cun's face didn't relax much, he finished the remaining half of the sentence: "That depends on what kind of junior you are."

"Such partiality, beware of being bitten back."

"Maintenance like this, beware of someone being ungrateful."

The tit-for-tat confrontation between the two was too obvious, and in the end Qingfeng held the ball for more than three seconds and was called for a timeout.

Even if he paused Qingfeng's sight, he didn't leave Hongcun. Heizi slapped him heavily on the back, and he screamed in pain on the spot.

"It hurts, hurts, hurts, what are you doing... Ah Zhe?"

Heizi had no expression on his face: "I still know it hurts... Then it's probably okay. Just now, Qingfeng-jun had a fierce expression on Senior Hongcun, thinking that Qingfeng-jun was occupied by aliens, and there was no such thing in his mind. A lot of sanity has been eaten up...it's terrible..."

"What are you thinking in your head..." Qingfeng's anger disappeared half in an instant, and he vigorously ruffled Heizi's hair.

"Aomine-kun, please stop." Heizi raised his voice, "Even Aomine-kun would be angry if he did such a thing." But contrary to what he said, his calm and gentle expression was not even convincing at all. .

"Are you still looking at me during practice?" Qingfeng's expression finally became normal, "Thank you for your concern, Ah Zhe."

——If that person... could pay a little more attention... that would be great...

Heizi straightened her hair messed up by Aomine, and nodded frankly, "Because I am the 'shadow' of Mr. Aomine."

Qingfeng's movements froze, and he followed Heizi's words woodenly and repeated: "That's right, Ah Zhe is my 'shadow'."

——And that guy has always been an incomparably dazzling 'light', so it's impossible to stare at me like this... right?

Heizi stood on tiptoe, clasped Qingfeng's cheeks with both hands and made him look at him: "You're distracted again, Qingfeng-kun." His eyes were clear, "Could it be that my sense of presence has become so low that I can ignore it in front of you? Are you missing?"

"Sorry, Zhe."

The blue-haired boy withdrew his hand, his voice lowered, like a sincere advice: "Please restrain yourself a little, Qingfeng-kun."

Qingfeng's eyes widened suddenly: "Azhe, you..."——Have you found out?

After all, the words he wanted to stop did not come out, and Heizi had already turned around, "Okay, let's continue practicing, Qingfeng-kun."

On the other side, Akashi, who has a keen observation ability, of course noticed Aomine's abnormality, and he looked at Hongcun carefully.

"Did something happen between Senior Hongcun and Qingfeng?"

Hongcun lowered his head and wiped the sweat off his face with his ball jersey, and sneered rather indifferently: "Who knows? Probably the rebellious period has come."

Akashi:  …

——Please lie, and please think of a more plausible excuse?

When Kise came back, his condition finally improved a little bit.

And the subsequent training also gave Akashi a general understanding—it seems that something happened to Kise and Hongcun before, and Aomine is on Kise's side, and Kuroko still has nothing so far I know, and the rest of the people don't know anything either.

As soon as the training was over, Hongcun quickly tidied himself up and went out, followed by several other people.

Hongcun ran out all the way, but suddenly slowed down when he was about to reach the school gate.

Akashi looked at the past, and at this time, the only one who was still waiting at the school gate was the black-haired boy he had only seen at noon, but there was another person beside him at this moment——

Wearing the uniform of other schools, he is more than half a head taller than Shiina Luxun. At this moment, he maintains the first look of actively isolating himself from everything around him, making Akashi immediately compare his people with the sentence "no Don’t do the necessary things, and do the necessary things as soon as possible” are linked together—because the laziness and sluggishness are so similar.

Much stronger than Shiina Lu Xun's... "energy saving" feeling.

The black-haired boy raised his head slowly: "You are too slow, Xiu Zao."

"Lu Xun." The young man with dark brown hair next to him patted Shiina Lu Xun's head lightly, frowning, and said in a not too harsh tone, "Don't talk to your friends in this tone."

"Okay, brother." Shiina Lu Xun nodded, obedient and obedient.

But Akashi noticed that the elder brother's expression didn't relax at all.

Kise's eyes fell on Shiina Lu Xun, and Qingfeng's eyes never moved away.

Clenching his fists tightly, the gloomy expression on his face could no longer be concealed.

——But, evil, ah!

——Obviously before, you were... the one who looked at me and only me, Kise.

——Obviously I have already decided to give up, why did you suddenly tell me... that you can actually like the same sex?

——It’s your fault, it’s all your fault.What is it to take the initiative to run to my side and leave me alone? !

——So... this time, I don't intend to give up.

Shiina Lu Xun naturally saw the people following Hongcun.

He raised his hand, squinted and smiled and said "goodbye" with his mouth, and his eyes fell on Hongcun again: "Come here, build."

Hongcun's footsteps sped up a little. When he saw Oreki, his expression was momentarily unnatural, but he quickly covered it up. He softly called the other party's name, and the latter responded lightly.

"Today is the first day he transferred to another school. Mom is worried, so she asked me to come over after school to take a look." When Oreki was speaking, his gaze swept over the place Shiina Luxun's gaze had just touched, "It seems...it's nothing. Don't worry, she's worried too much."

Shiina Lu Xun grabbed Hongcun's hand and said in a complimenting tone: "Because there is a repair."

"Go home." Oreki said, regardless of the reaction of the other two, he walked forward first.

Shiina Lu Xun and Hongcun naturally followed closely behind, and the three of them walked on the road with Shiina Lu Xun as the center.

And from the beginning to the end, Kise didn't take his eyes off them for half a minute. Being watched by such scorching hunting eyes, Oreki, who is used to being low-key, would of course feel very uncomfortable. He bent over with a very small arc, The hair hanging down on the forehead was curled, and the eyes were settled into a dark green color.He glanced sideways at Kise with the tip of his eyes.

"Lu Xun." Oreki told the facts in a flat tone, "That person, he has been watching you."

Shiina Lu Xun raised a bright smile, completely ignored the former's reminder, and replied briskly: "Of course, I am very dazzling."

Hongcun raised his head subconsciously, wanting to spy on Oreki's face—for Shiina Luxun, the "brother" who lives in the house, as the elder brother, Oreki Houtaro has always had a neither salty nor indifferent attitude.

——It is the same at this moment.

Oreki had turned his head away: "Don't overdo it."

He said this to Shiina Lu Xun, and the black-haired boy who was warned nodded, and replied obediently: "I will remember it."

Oreki moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

The three of them walked together, and this weird atmosphere lasted until they returned home, but when Shiina Luxun was about to enter the door, Hongcun held his hand, and he looked at Oreki: "Can I, Xun, say a few words?" ?"

Oreki nodded: "Hurry up, Mom is waiting for him to come back for dinner."

As soon as Oreki left, Hongcun's expression became complicated, all the whitewashing and peace on his face were smashed, and even the hand that was holding Shiina Luxun couldn't help but began to increase his strength.

Shiina Luxun tried to break free, his pretty brows were furrowed in displeasure: "You're hurting me, Xiu Zao." His expression became impatient, not at all as obedient as he was around Oreki: "Let go."

The light in Hongcun's eyes dimmed, and she obediently obeyed: "I'm sorry."

As he moved his free hand, he heard Hongcun say again, "Ah Xun, what on earth do you want to do?"

Shiina Lu Xun raised his eyebrows, and asked back: "What do I want to do? Don't you know it all too well, Xiu Zao?" He moved closer to Hongcun, his dark eyes were deep into an endless abyss, and even his voice was low like a devil "Or, have you changed your mind and are willing to look at that tiny wish for me? Well, build it?"

"Do not--"

Hongcun pushed him away abruptly, Shiina Lu Xun staggered a few times before standing still, the arc of the corner of his mouth turned into a sarcasm.

"If you can't do it, don't come to hinder me. You have disrupted my plans too many times."

"But you clearly agreed to Oreki..."

"What are you talking about?" Shiina Luxun flicked the overly long hair on his forehead, "He—but he never took my words seriously. Only you have been figuring out the situation all by yourself, Xiu Zao. And... ..."

I don't know what came to mind, Shiina Lu Xun's eyes suddenly lit up, as dazzling as street lights in the dark night, which cannot be ignored, "I have a hunch, that person...he will not disappoint me."

——Even though you concealed it well, I still saw and heard you screaming from the bottom of your heart, Kise-san.

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