[Ash King Walks] Trek across the Star River

"Yes." Ah Zuo replied lightly, but decisively.

Before today, he had never faced his feelings for Brother Hui.Respect, longing, appreciation... There can be many words, but if you want to condense it into two words, there is only one word left in your mind-like.

Want to follow him, accompany him, and even want to get close to him involuntarily.This kind of heart has already surpassed the thread of ties between each other, and has a more desirable meaning.

If this is not like, what is.

Once the feelings hidden deep in my heart are spoken out, it will be much more enjoyable.I want to talk and I want to listen.

The prince said, "Although we feel the same, I don't mean to regard Kakuro as an opponent."

Ah Zuo's heart was touched, "Prince..."

"Because of your arrival, there was a memorable year in the past. It's great that Brother Hui can meet you."

"This sentence should be said by me." Kakashi said sincerely, "If the prince hadn't changed my mind at the beginning, I might still be so extreme, and I couldn't understand the painstaking efforts of Brother Hui, let alone participate in it with everyone. Hakone Ekiden."

"What, I'm not as great as you say, am I?"

The two smiled at each other.

It's strange to say that liking the same person naturally constitutes a competitive relationship, but the relationship between the two has not become tense, but seems to have narrowed the distance.

"Is the prince planning to confess his love to Brother Hui?"

"As I said just now, I'm not greedy to that extent." The prince raised his head and said with a smile, "But that doesn't mean I'll give it up."

"Ok, I know."

The prince did not turn around and ask Ah Zuo when he would confess, or what he thought.On the contrary, Ah Zuo, for a moment, had an inexplicable urge to tell about Brother Hui's legs, but he swallowed the words after all.

It's better to wait for Second Brother Hui to tell the prince himself.

Ten days later, this year's College Cup kicked off.Last year's Kanmasa Athletics team was just a little-known underdog, and now it is the next seeded Hakone Ekiden team.Although only half of the "original team" remains, there are many fresh blood like Haru Matsuoka who yearn for the heroic appearance of their predecessors.Including first-year freshmen, a total of 14 people participated in the Kansei University.

Ah Zuo stood at the entrance of the stadium. On the long track ahead, there seemed to be a familiar figure running non-stop, leaving a trail of light in the wind.

I really want to run with him again.

"Ready to warm up?"

Ah Zuo turned around and looked at the visitor, both surprised and delighted, "Second Brother Hui!"

The person who was so radiant in his imagination was standing in front of him, and greeted him with a smile on his face, "Ah Zou, how are you doing today?"

"Everything is normal. Brother Hui said before that he might not be able to come, so I thought..."

"That's what I'm saying, it's a surprise to come, but if you can't come, you won't be too disappointed, isn't it great?"

Ah Zuo smiled, "As expected of Brother Hui." He looked at the other party's attire, "This is—"

Kiyose looked down at the advertising shirt on his body, and said happily, "It fits well, right? I asked the prodigy for it."

The front of this T-shirt is printed with "Chong, Kuan Zhengda", each word is as big as a palm, and it is still handwritten in bold, which is more exaggerated than the previous promotional shirts for the support club recruitment.

Ah Kaoru didn't have the nerve to tell the other party that this support T-shirt produced by the child prodigy himself, everyone in the team had one, even senior Nigu and the prince who had retired from the department, but no one was willing to wear it except the child prodigy himself.

Could this advertising shirt also become a tradition of the Kansei University track and field team... Kakuro silently looked at the smiling Kiyose, thinking, you are probably the only one in the world who dresses so happily.

Kiyose raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and said, "It's almost time, I'll go to the stage first—"

Ah Zuo blurted out, "Second Brother Hui, can you wait for me at the finish line?"

This is the first time I have participated in an official competition this year, and I hope to see the person I want to see the most when I rush to the finish line.

However, as soon as the words came out of his mouth, Ah Zuo regretted it.The finish line is always the place with the most people, staff, players, reporters, spectators...all crowded together.Second Brother Hui has trouble walking, it is too much for him to stay there by himself.

He secretly blamed himself for making such a capricious request to Brother Hui, he was a little carried away.

Hashiro felt ashamed, but Kiyose agreed, "Of course."

"Second Brother Gray?"

Kiyase put his hands on Kakuro's shoulders, with a bright smile on his face, "Run towards me with all your strength."

"En!" His little wish was fulfilled, and Ah Zuo's eyes suddenly became calm and focused, and even the rhythm of his breathing was different from before.Kiyose knows that Kakuro has entered the "world" of running at this time - the contest for the winner does not start from the moment the starting gun is fired.Ah Zuo has already started running, and no one can catch up with him.

The host of this cup match is the Eastern University of Physical Education. A year ago, Ah Zuo would rather die than come here.But now, whether he will meet his old teammates, whether someone will revisit the past in high school, these no longer bother him.His heart was surprisingly calm, and he could only see the track and the banner at the finish line with his eyes.

Isn't this kind of self a little closer to Brother Hui's expectation of "becoming stronger"?

Azo reported two events, in addition to the team relay, there is also a men's 5000 meters.As the holder of the record in Hakone Ekiden's nine districts, Kakuro was chased and intercepted several times by reporters from all walks of life before he got on the runway, and his ears were filled with keywords such as "new record", "Fujioka player", "Kanmasa University" and so on .He is not good at diplomatic rhetoric, unable to cope with such a scene, he shouted in his heart, "Where are you, Senior Prodigy?"

Fortunately, the prodigy discovered the predicament Ah Kao was in in time, and rushed to rescue him like a soldier from heaven.Ah Zuo followed behind the child prodigy and headed to the assembly point, "Senior child prodigy, I met Brother Hui just now."

The prodigy turned around and replied, "Well, I also met him, but I didn't take him to meet our new team for the time being—for fear of putting unnecessary psychological pressure on the first graders."

"That's right." Ah Zuo thought to himself, but I think I will be at my best.

Just use today's results as a gift to him.

The moment he crossed the starting line, Akaro felt the power of his whole body gushing out endlessly, as if light gave birth to light, and the sun illuminated the moon, making the world ever brighter.

He knew that Second Brother Hui's eyes were on him, but he didn't think about it; he didn't think about it, but he knew.

Please keep looking at me, just look at me alone.At this moment, my legs are your legs, my body is your body, my eyes are your eyes, no matter how far we are, we will go, and whatever you want, I will achieve for you.

Here, everything is you and me.

Ah Zuo ran faster and faster.He doesn't care how many people he overtakes, and he doesn't care how many people are ahead, because those are not his goals.

The goal he pursues is in his heart, in his field of vision, all the time, everywhere.I don't know how long it will take to catch up, or maybe I will never catch up, but it doesn't matter, there is still a lifetime, and I can run like this non-stop.

Kiyose stood behind the finish line as promised, just like Azo was here to greet him in his last battle.This place is like the home of the two of them. All the running, all the long journeys are to return to each other again and again.

Ah Kaoru crossed the finish line first, and rushed past the wall of reporters surrounding him. He didn't stop, and without hesitation, he rushed straight to Kiyoshi who was waiting in front of him.He opened his arms and threw himself into the opponent's arms, panting, but said clearly, "Second Brother Hui, I... like running."

Kiyase smiled quietly and hugged him back, "Me too."

I am back.

Welcome back.