Akashi doesn't like me. Whatever you think is your fault.

Sasaki played very differently today.

Normally, even if he saw Akashi, no matter how hard he tried to restrain himself, Akashi could still see his stiffness, but today, his stiffness completely disappeared.

Just like before that incident.

"you……"

"What's wrong with me?" Sasaki put down his greeting hand, and looked left and right to see if something was stuck on his body.

Akashi watched his reaction, only to feel that there must be something wrong.

"Nothing." He could observe again.

"Then I'll go for a run first, see you later." Sasaki smiled and waved to Akashi, then went to the edge of the court, and saw Senior Dai who had returned to the basketball team and was training.

Seijuro really convinced Dai-senpai.In Sasaki's impression, as long as he wants to do something, he has never failed.

If Seijuro can't accept him anyway, then all his good wishes will not come true.

Sasaki had already made up his mind last night to break the jar. He held a mentality of "I will fail anyway, but I still have to express my heart", and he was always stiff because of a certain thought. Instead it disappeared.

This should be one of the few things worth celebrating, right?As Sasaki thought about it, the phone that was strapped to his arm with a long wristband because of running suddenly vibrated.

Caught off guard, he almost fell in public.

Fortunately, he was experienced, so he jumped two steps forward, lowered his center of gravity and stabilized his body, then stood by the side and pulled out his phone to see who was the culprit.

Sure enough, it was Kawasuke.

He smiled when he saw the name, it felt really good to be cared about so much by his friends.

The content of the morning practice is very simple, they are just dribbling the ball for a layup easily, but Ye Shan found that their current captain was distracted.

And he just passed the ball in his hand, so he shouted nervously.

"Akashi!"

"What's the matter?" The body reacted quickly to catch the ball, and he turned to look at Ye Shan who called him.

"It's really not like you to be distracted." It was Shibuki on the other side who took the words.

Akashi was stunned for a moment, and didn't look in Sasaki's direction again, "Sorry, I won't do it next time."

Mao smiled happily at the phone just now, was it because of that Hirose?

He suppressed the anxiety that shouldn't exist in his heart, and continued the training of the basketball team. After that, he really didn't make a single mistake.

Sasaki didn't notice that Akashi was looking at him just now, because he was completely overwhelmed by the content of Kawasuke's text message.

[Let's confirm it one last time, have you really made up your mind?If it's not done well, maybe you don't even have to be friends? ]

Will, will you do it without even friends? !But isn’t the confession failure in the novel always a situation like “I’m sorry, let’s just be ordinary friends”? !

Although he thought a lot before deciding to put all his eggs in one basket, he alone missed this point.

If Seijuro and I can't even be friends...

He thought for a while and finally managed to stand firm, but his legs were a little weak.

That scene was too scary!

Holding the phone with trembling hands, he turned his head to look at Seijuro who was training seriously.

That was someone he had liked for a long time.

If he continues to suppress this feeling, there will be no result no matter what.

He had to do it himself.

[I have already made up my mind, I will go to Yang Dou's house to play tonight, and I will make it clear to him after the horse race tomorrow. ] No matter how bad the result was, he had already gone to Tokyo after that.

They have a two-week buffer.

All of Sasaki's dreams have been shattered since Akashi said yesterday that (no matter what Sasaki's mistakes) their relationship will not change.

It's useless to fantasize, but he wants to hear the result from Seijuro himself.

Hirose, who was far away in Tokyo, looked at the phone and frowned tightly. What could be more annoying than discussing the matter of confessing to others with the person he likes?

[Then have you ever thought about what if you succeed? ...] He was editing this line, but he couldn't press the send button.

He knew from the way that Akashi looked at Amao that as long as Amao said it clearly, there would be no reason for the two of them not to be together. They are not people who care about other people's eyes...

"Hirose-kun, we're going to gather soon." The teammate suddenly appeared beside him and said this.

He was probably used to being frightened, so he nodded gratefully to Heizi, "I know, I'll come."

Then he deleted the draft.

[No matter what the result is, we will always be with you.Went to training, no need to go back. ]

Seeing Kawasuke's reply, Sasaki sniffed deeply, not thinking about the possibility of 'my buddy will like me' at all.

"Finally, school is over!!!" Jiao spread his hands to embrace the sky, expressing his excitement with three exclamation marks.

In the end, he quickly picked up the schoolbag that he had prepared earlier, walked to the corridor between Sasaki and Akashi's seats, and patted the two people's desks with one left and one right.

"I'll be waiting for you at home! Come quickly!" After speaking, he rushed out of the classroom.

Higa-san, who happened to see this scene nearby, silently swallowed a big mouthful of nosebleeds.

Three people or something, it's too explosive.

Watanabe just passed the black line and watched that person go out, smoothed his long hair silently, said goodbye to the people around him, and left the classroom.

As expected, she still couldn't understand the behavior pattern of classmate Jiao.

"Then let's go, Seijuro." Shigeru had already packed his schoolbag, and after being reminded by Hirose that his friend couldn't do it, the feeling of stiffness reappeared.

"Hmm." Akashi smiled and walked ahead with his schoolbag, but his mood was definitely not as good as it appeared on the surface.

A lingering sense of irritability swirled in his mind.

That feeling kept clamoring for him to do something.

Yelling at him to do the kind of thing that, once done, can't be undone.

He would never, and could not, do that kind of thing to Mao forcefully.

Reason turned into a shackle to firmly block the dark thoughts in his heart, but... that shackle is not indestructible.

After the two of them went home and packed up some change of clothes, they asked the driver to take them to Kaku's house. Before leaving, Sasaki was hugged by his mother and buried her chest well.

"Really, you are going to go far away and stay home with mom for a while!" Naoko acted unceremoniously at her son.

Sasaki was basically completely immune to this, "Mom's company still has a lot of work to do, right? Is it okay if you don't go to the company now?"

"Really! Mom is the boss, so don't go if you don't want to!" Naoko stood at the entrance and lost his temper, and was hugged by his son.

"Then I'm going out." Sasaki finished hugging and ran away.

After dawdling at home for a while, he and Akashi arrived at Kakudo's door at about the same time.

Unexpectedly...a little bigger than expected.

"I thought Yang Dou...wouldn't be particularly rich..." Sasaki opened his mouth and accidentally brought out a little insult to Mr. Jijiu's personality.

Akashi laughed twice and didn't speak. He knew Kakudo's family background, and was a little surprised at the power of his family at first, but now he won't be surprised when he sees his house.

"You guys are finally here! Let's go! Let's eat first!" After returning home, Jiao changed his clothes, but he looked much more handsome than when he was wearing the school uniform.

Well, it's all due to the clothes.

He asked the servant to put away the clothes brought by the two, and then led them to the dining room.

Sasaki looked at the earthy color of the table and raised his eyebrows.

what is this……

Chocolate dinner...?

"I know you like it! So it's specially prepared for you!" Jiao looked very happy.

Who told Yangto that he likes chocolate?

Why did he still have the expression of begging for praise and begging for thanks?

"It seems a little too much...and it's not suitable for dinner, right?" Chi Qi made a wise move.

If he was really asked to eat all the chocolates on this table, then he would never even think about going for a horse race tomorrow.

Jiao giggled, "This isn't dinner, it's my farewell gift for Ah Mao! Surprised? Touched? Do you think you won't forget me even if you go to Tokyo for two weeks?"

... Seeing his happy expression, Sasaki couldn't say anything to refute.

And this is indeed something that Jiao has carefully prepared for him. It is estimated that he will not forget the feeling of being frightened after seeing it for two weeks.

Sasaki thanked Kaku with a stiff smile, but saw the latter looking at Akashi with an expression of "it's your turn, go ahead".

Seijuro also prepared a...surprise for him?

"This is a parting gift for you." Akashi took out a gift from Kakudo's house from the stool under the table, and handed it to Sasaki with a smile.

"Thank you." After taking it, Sasaki looked at the beautifully wrapped box in purple wrapping paper, and weighed it to guess what was inside.

What will it be……?

Just looking at the size and weight, he wasn't sure what was inside, so he reacted like a normal person, lifting the flat box a little higher and shaking it to his ear to listen to the sound inside.

The sound of cloth rubbing...is it clothes?

Just as he guessed that, Akashi who was standing opposite looked at him with a smile.

"Take it apart and try it out, see if it fits."

really clothes...

Sasaki nodded and tore open the wrapping paper. He especially liked the feeling of unwrapping a present—even though he already knew what was inside.

This is a horse riding suit with only two colors of red and black.

Did Akashi specially prepare it for him for tomorrow?

He picked up a pure black shirt, which seemed to be about the same size at first glance, but he didn't know if it fit without trying it on.

But these are not important.

It was something Seijuro gave him.