Chapter 78 IF Scenario: Xiao Ruoyi and Xiao Feijia [VIP]

Chapter Summary: The End

Side Story 1: Assuming Ruoyi and Tuo are childhood friends 03

When the group assignment list was handed out, Fyodor found that he didn't seem to recognize himself anymore.

He... was actually disappointed because he wasn't in the same group as Ruoyi.

However, the group could not be changed, so he had no choice but to follow the instructions of the other group members and complete the presentation a week later.

Therefore, for the first time, he was no longer pestered by Kawakami Wakana as soon as class ended. And for the first time, he no longer went to and from school with her.

Fyodor then realized that his life seemed to have become rather dull.

He didn't know what to say to his group members, so he could only mechanically complete his tasks. Their group's research was going relatively smoothly, but it seemed to be going differently for Kawakami Wakana.

At least Fyodor had heard several times from the girls in Ruoyi's group, with whom she had a good relationship, complaining about it.

"Nobi can't even sharpen a pencil properly? What else can we expect her to do?"

"Being in the same group as her is really unlucky."

"..."

At that moment, Fyodor had a thought: what would she do if she heard those words?

Will he still stand up for him with the same righteousness he showed when he first transferred here, helping him who was struggling to fit in with the group...?

But clearly, this group assignment did make this usually noisy girl start to think about life.

On Monday, Kawakami Wakana suddenly asked Fyodor a question.

"Feijia, do you think there are really people who are not needed?"

Fyodor did not answer that day.

After all, in his view, this problem was too difficult.

After all, his parents were no longer needed by him, and he himself was clearly no different to them. He couldn't answer with anything but "time," but he was afraid of touching a nerve with the girl if he said that.

But Fyodor thought that maybe he should have a good talk with Ruoyi that day.

All he remembered was that afternoon, the teacher led everyone in a volleyball game. Despite his poor health, he watched as always, and that's when he heard that sentence.

"On a volleyball court with six players, no one can be missing."

That was probably the day Ruoyi started to change.

Fyodor remembers that day when Wakami Kawakami excitedly told him she was going to buy her own volleyball and take volleyball lessons. She said she had found her dream.

Become a volleyball player.

From then on, the topic of conversation for Kawakami Wakai completely changed.

"Feijia, did you know that the serve in volleyball also involves using the wrist?"

"Fei Jia, do you know what a main attacker is, and what the first pass and second pass are?"

"Feijia, I just learned a new word today: Eagle Eye Challenge!"

Fyodor: "..."

Ruoyi...

He's really obsessed with volleyball.

Having dreams is perhaps a good thing.

But Fyodor felt that something was amiss.

…………

Middle school.

Like most of the students at this school, after graduating from sixth grade, Fyodor and Wakana Kawakami went on to attend a nearby public middle school. But this time, for the first time, they were not in the same class.

As a result, they met less and less often.

Upon entering middle school, Ruoyi officially joined the school's volleyball club. She not only attended club activities on time every day, but also practiced in open spaces even on days without club activities. Fyodor, who was not interested in socializing, naturally became a member of the home-school club as well. In addition, middle school studies became even busier, and until the third year, the two of them could only see each other a handful of times.

One day in third grade, Fyodor, who was resting in the infirmary due to severe anemia, encountered Wakana, who had sprained her ankle.

“It’s Fei Jia,” Ruoyi stuck out her tongue. “She’s probably been practicing too intensely lately, sometimes even practicing at home late at night. She was a little tired and that’s why she tripped…”

"..."

“Nekko,” Fyodor called her by the nickname he’d developed for Ruoyi over the years, “Don’t you think you’re pushing yourself too hard?”

"But my dream is to enter the Olympics and become an Olympic athlete!" The girl's eyes sparkled.

“I know,” Fyodor lowered his eyes, “but is playing volleyball all you want?”

"Or is it just because of what the teacher said back then, that you saw volleyball as the only way to be needed?"

That day, Fyodor and Wakana Kawakami had their first argument.

When the girl cried out, "You don't understand me," he thought he would defend himself or apologize like any other boy who had angered a girl. But he simply said coldly:

"You should get to know yourself first."

He knew that once he said those words, his relationship with Ruoyi might be over.

But I felt I had to say it.

After that, Fyodor never saw Kawakami Wakana again.

Occasionally, when passing by the school gymnasium, one might see the girl undergoing her grueling training as always.

Since she doesn't understand him, perhaps he has nothing more to say. Fyodor thought.

But my heart felt like it was being clenched.

That year at the national competition, Ruoyi, as the main attacker, led her six-person team to win the gold medal. However, when she hugged her classmates, she found that she was not as happy as she had imagined.

At this moment, Ruoyi realized that the person she only wanted to be happy for her was not there.

"Why should I care about Fei Jia!" Ruoyi thought angrily on her way home.

Fedia is such an idiot!

A year later, through a recommendation, Kawakami Wakana successfully became a freshman at Shinzan Academy, while Fyodor, as he grew older, also demonstrated learning abilities far exceeding those of ordinary people, and was admitted to a school with a high college entrance rate, where many students were aiming for the University of Tokyo.

One continued to focus on volleyball, while the other was engrossed in studying.

It seems that their relationship is like intersecting lines; once they cross the intersection, they will only drift further and further apart.

During the summer vacation after his first year of high school, when the weather got hot, Fyodor, who had already set his sights on going to Tokyo University, had just finished his cram school when he met a girl standing at a road intersection.

The girl looked to be about his age, with orange hair tied in a neat ponytail, and she was smiling at him.

His overly friendly manner reminded him of Kawakami Wakai from his elementary school days.

Before Fyodor could even block out this name that shouldn't exist in his life, the girl took the initiative to say, "Aren't you Fyodor, Nyan-chan, no, Kawakami Wakai-chan's old friend?"

"..."

"My name is Hinata Natsumi," the girl said. "Actually, I came to see you today because..."

"Miao-chan... was in a car accident. And according to the doctor, even if she can return to a normal life through rehabilitation, her physical condition will not be able to make her a professional athlete."

"..."

At this moment, the intersecting lines, which were gradually moving away from each other, seemed to begin to recede.

Fyodor didn't remember how he got to Ruoyi's house, but when he saw the girl sitting alone in the dark room and the cane beside her, he felt his heart begin to clench painfully.

"Fei Jia?" The girl turned around in confusion.

Kawakami Wakana hadn't expected Fei Jia to come back. After all, she had broken off contact with Fei Jia after that argument, and even now, she didn't have the courage to contact Fei Jia first.

After all, she didn't know how she should present herself to him now.

Is it a joke in his mind?

Ruoyi smiled wryly: "Feijia, maybe you're right."

“I’ve been thinking a lot lately, but I’ve realized that I’m actually afraid. Afraid that I’ll really be unwanted now…”

"No, that's not it."

"...?"

Kawakami Wakana was surprised to feel the embrace and the warmth from the boy.

"I need you."

She heard Fei Jia say those words solemnly, one by one…

[Author's Note]

qwq

Actually, I did consider letting Ruoyi realize her dream this time.

But in the end, there was still a car accident.

As the author, I know very well that the car accident is a crucial part of Ruoyi's growth. Before this, she was actually obsessed with volleyball due to a cognitive bias. Only through this incident could she calm down and rethink her life.

Hope you won't criticize.

I need to brainstorm what to write for the two extra chapters.

It might take a few days qwq