Chapter 27 Basketball 26
After the rain, the sky cleared up, the warm sunshine parted the clouds, and sprinkled rainbow light. The blue sky reflecting the gorgeous halo was as beautiful as a painting.
When Kurikawa Sana finally woke up and opened her eyes, what she saw was the sleeping face of Midorima Shintaro.
Midorima Shintaro fell asleep half leaning against the bed where she was. For a tall man like him, this posture must have looked quite uncomfortable. I wonder how long he had maintained it.
The morning sun illuminated the boy's fair and handsome face. Without the usual pair of dignified glasses blocking his view, his deep bone structure and superior facial features were fully revealed.
Looking closely, the boy's eye circles under his distinctive long eyelashes seemed a little dark, as if he hadn't slept all night.
Kurikawa Sana couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
Looking down, she found that her right hand was holding Midorima's left arm, and her left hand was holding his fingers, as if this would make her feel safe.
It was a rare first time to see Midorima's hands not tied up with white bandages. The boy's fingers were well-defined, slender and strong.
Normally, in order to protect his fingers, Midorima would tie bandages on them. Although they were wrapped more tightly, they gave people a subtle sense of astringency, just like him, revealing a bit of abstinence and stuffiness.
The system's helpless voice rang in her mind: [Sana, stop... Now is not the time to think about this.]
"Midorima stayed up all night to take care of you despite your high fever, taking your temperature and acting as a hug pillow for you, and yet you wake up thinking about this."
Kurikawa Sana blushed, feeling a little embarrassed: [Sorry, sorry, the ones in novels that describe bandages are very... ]
system:【……】
What are you talking about? I've finished talking about it = =
[By the way, you were delirious with a high fever last night, so you might not have heard the favorability notification sound. Midorima gained 25 favorability points last night, so his favorability towards you is now 83 points.]
Kurikawa Sana: "!!!"
What! What happened? Midorima's favorability increased by 25 points!
Wow, not only did he take her in when she was so pitiful in the rainstorm, he also took care of her with a high fever all night, and he also increased her favorability so much. Midorima is such a good person! !
Is this a blessing in disguise? I've made up for the favorability I lost with Akashi with Midorima:D
And for some reason, Midorima gave her a sense of reliability that would definitely not reduce her favorability.
System: [Why do you think Midorima will not deduct favorability points?]
Kurikawa Sana pondered: "It's just a kind of intuition. I can roughly feel it from their attitude towards basketball training. Akashi, Aomine, and Murasakibara all believe that as long as they can win, it doesn't matter whether they train or not."
"But when it comes to Midorima and Kuroko, they're always serious about everything they do, giving people the impression that they're always positive and never turn evil... Wait, I've been wanting to ask you this for a while now, system, can you read my thoughts? Every time I don't even say it, you ask me in advance."
System: [Isn't it normal to be able to read your thoughts? I already exist in your mind.]
Kurikawa Sana: "..."
Fortunately, she doesn't usually think of weird things = =
The system continued, "What about Kise? You didn't mention it just now. Do you think Kise will turn evil?"
[Kise-kun is very warm on the outside but cold on the inside, and seems to be the type that is on the verge of becoming evil.]
System: [Midorima's favorability is already 83. As I said before, with the favorability of others stagnating or even decreasing, it's appropriate to shift the focus of the capture strategy to Kise Ryouta.]
Kurikawa Sana said righteously: "System, you just said that Midorima took care of me all night long, and now you're urging me to go capture Kise. Is this really okay?"
system:【………】
[So you're going to give up all your remaining health points for Midorima?]
Kurikawa Sana immediately became intimidated: [No, sorry to bother you, of course health is the most important thing.]
system:【……………】
Looking at the tired face of the boy sleeping beside the bed, Kurikawa Sana recalled last night when they were cold and uncomfortable in the heavy rain, and the tall green-haired boy appeared under the warm street light with an umbrella.
The moment he appeared, it seemed as if the rain all over the world had stopped.
Suddenly, Kurikawa Sana felt a warm current flowing through her heart.
[While health is certainly important...]
[But in this basketball world, I like Midorima-kun the most! ]
The girl's sudden heartbeat made the system suddenly stunned.
[Sana, are you serious?] The system asked: [Are you really in love with Midorima Shintaro?]
Kurikawa Sana: [Hmm? I like it. I like everything that can increase my health.]
system:……………
Why does this conversation feel so familiar?
Come to think of it, wasn't this what was going through her mind when Hanamiya Makoto asked her if she liked Midorima?
The system calmly transformed into Hanamiya Shin II and continued, "What about the others? Do they all like them?"
Kurikawa Sana responded to whatever she wanted: [Right now, I like Murasakibara, Kise, and Kuroko-kun.]
system:………
I understand. Anyway, now she only likes people who won’t deduct her favorability.
Just now, he actually... almost thought that she really fell in love with Midorima.
Sure enough, it was unnecessary worry.
…
After complaining fiercely to the system in her mind and looking at Midorima's handsome face for a while, Kurikawa Sana let go of his hand and was about to get up.
But as soon as she let go of Midorima Shintaro's hand, he immediately frowned and opened his emerald green eyes.
"...Kurikawa, you're awake."
Midorima's voice sounded much deeper and hoarse than usual. Was it because he stayed up late and didn't sleep well?
"Yeah, I'm awake." Kurikawa Sana hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, Midorima, for taking care of me all night. Now I'm recovered~"
Midorima Shintaro put his hand on her forehead, feeling her temperature himself, and after a few seconds concluded, "...Yeah, the fever is indeed gone."
Huh? Why not use a thermometer?
Noticing the girl's suspicious gaze towards the thermometer on the bedside table, Midorima Shintaro quickly reached over to put the thermometer away and said in a hoarse voice, "That one's out of battery."
Kurikawa Sana nodded and looked at the electronic clock on the bedside table. The time shown on it was already 12:39.
"Ah, it's already this late. I'm already late for school..."
"I've asked for leave for you."
"Eh? What about you, Midorima? Did you take some leave as well?"
Midorima Shintaro: "Yeah."
Kurikawa Sana: "...!"
She felt even more guilty that the vice-president of the student union, who was both excellent in character and academic performance and had never missed a class all year, had to take leave to take care of her.
So she thanked him again obediently: "Thank you so much, Midorima."
The black-haired girl looked at him intently, her clear and beautiful blue eyes like morning dew, filled with several complex emotions, including sincere gratitude and guilt for causing trouble to others.
Other than that, no other emotions were seen.
Midorima Shintaro was silent for a long time, but he couldn't help but say, "Kurikawa, you——"
Why did you kiss me last night?
The words were on the tip of his tongue, but because of his awkward personality, he couldn't finish asking them in the end.
Everything she had done since she woke up until now was very obvious - she didn't remember kissing him last night, nor did she remember saying to him, "Midorima, your hair is so green, I like it so much."
Even though it was just a kiss on the forehead and cheek, and strictly speaking it wasn't a real "kiss" at all, how could she have forgotten it so completely?!
But if he really asked, what kind of answer did he hope to get from her?
If the answer he heard from her mouth was "Sorry, I don't remember", or "It was just a misunderstanding, forget it"... then it would be better for him not to have asked from the beginning.
Being so proud, he could never accept such an answer.
And if this makes it impossible for me to get along with her normally like we do now...
Midorima Shintaro's expression was complicated, his look kept changing, and he clenched his fists tightly.
Seeing that he couldn't say it for a long time, Kurikawa Sana tilted her head in confusion: "Huh? Midorima, what's wrong with me?"
"...Nothing." Midorima Shintaro stood up suddenly and turned his head and said, "I just wanted to say that I have washed and dried your clothes for you."
"Wow, thank you Midorima, you're so-"
Before she could utter the last two words, Midorima Shintaro covered her mouth with his hand. The young man said unkindly, "Don't call me virtuous."
Kurikawa Sana pulled down the other person's warm palm, looking surprised: "Hey, Midorima, how did you know I wanted to praise you for being virtuous?"
Midorima Shintaro: "..."
Sure enough, she really didn't remember anything.
Not only did she forget the kiss on the forehead and cheek, she even forgot that she had praised him for being virtuous.
The green-haired boy said expressionlessly, "Remember to go to the hospital next time you have a fever. People with poor memory cannot delay having a fever, as it can easily cause brain damage."
Kurikawa Sana: "???"
Why does it feel like Midorima suddenly got angry?
…
After changing back into the sky blue Teiko summer uniform, Kurikawa Sana handed him his No. 7 jersey with gratitude, "Then I'll go back first. Thank you, Midorima."
"You've said thank you so many times."
Midorima Shintaro took the jersey, which still had her unique sweet scent on it.
"I'll take you back."
"No need, my fever has completely gone. I can go back by myself, I'll be fine." Kurikawa Sana shook her head, looking at the dark circles under his eyes with some heartache, "Midorima, you should have a good rest. You didn't sleep well last night, did you?"
Midorima Shintaro was silent.
Not only did he not sleep well, he couldn't sleep the whole night.
After that kiss on the forehead, he was restrained like a statue all night long, and it was not until dawn that he finally couldn't hold on and slept for a few dozen minutes.
Of course he had the energy to take her home, but she clearly wanted to go back alone, and Midorima never made harsh demands that would embarrass others.
"Then send a message when you get home," he said.
"I know."
The girl waved goodbye to him at the door, with a sweet smile on her face: "Thank you, Midorima, see you at school tomorrow~"
“…”
How many times has this thank you been said? She really is a repeater.
Midorima Shintaro was unable to come back to his senses for a long time until the girl's figure completely disappeared at the door of his house and he clenched the jersey in his hand which still retained the warmth of her body temperature.
The places on the forehead and cheeks where the feather-like kisses fell seemed to still be hot.
Everything from last night till now seems like a bizarre dream.
The princess cat was picked up on the street in the pouring rain. She scratched someone's heart with her claws in a willful and mischievous manner, then shook her beautiful tail and left.
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