Junior High School
"...Please tell me more, Kageyama-kun."
"This junior of yours looks a lot like the lost little girl from our childhood... they're cut from the same cloth."
"Please..."
*
Kuroo and Mamoru successfully infiltrated Karasuno and assisted in organizing Karasuno's first story conference.
The story is told mainly by Kageyama, with Kuroo as a supporting role, and the parts that tell the story are very brief.
Kageyama spoke quickly and directly, without embellishment. Kuroo didn't tell him everything about his childhood, but simply summarized what he could.
All of a sudden, everyone present fell into deep thought.
"...Is it over?" Tanaka asked first, touching his frosted head in confusion.
"Well, wouldn't you know once you meet?"
Kurooo Tetsurō gave Tanaka an admiring look, he thought so too.
They will definitely recognize you if they meet you once!
"So I still need Kageyama-kun's help to make an appointment~"
Looking at the smiling face opposite him, Kageyama hesitated.
He was sure that Kuroo and the others had no ill intentions, but how could he make an appointment?
"...Should I just tell Hinata-san 'someone wants to meet her because she feels like a long-lost friend'? That's a bit weird..."
Even Yingshan, who doesn't understand the ways of the world, realized that this was not a good reason, but he didn't know how to change it, so he could only express his idea as it was.
"...Please don't do this, please." Kuroo covered his face with his hands helplessly.
"How about I edit it, and Kageyama-kun help me look at it."
The main thing is to see if it matches Kageyama's tone, so that the girl won't mistake him for a scammer who stole his account and deleted it directly.
After discussing for a long time, Kageyama was finally kicked out of the discussion team because he couldn't tell whether the tone was similar to his. Hinata Shoyo, the champion of the Kageyama Tobio imitation contest, came to help Kuroo and the others with ideas.
"...Just like this, just like this again...perfect!" Hinata Shoyo was very happy to be able to help, and congratulated Mamoru:
"What a blessing! We found the lost little Tamer. It's great to be able to help with the grinding!"
"Yeah, thank you, Shoyo."
There was a nervousness in the grinded smile, and he looked anxiously but expectantly at Kageyama Tobio who was repeating the review.
"'Hinata, I'm preparing for the make-up exam, can you come and help me?'...isn't that a lie?"
If he hadn't passed the exam, he wouldn't have had the chance to participate in the training here.
And he asked a junior high school girl to tutor him in high school knowledge... Is this something he would say?
Despite the pressure of everyone else's gaze, Kageyama still sent the message. Then everyone gathered around, staring at their phones, waiting for a reply.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes...
"Want to meet up and talk? Then let's set a time."
Everyone: “…”
"Long live!" ×N
Amidst the joy and excitement, only Kageyama was still staring at the reply interface in confusion.
Is it really like what he said?
...So Hinata has already taught herself everything she needs to know for a freshman year of high school~
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They found a cafe with plenty of seats. Kageyama sat there waiting for Hinata Aoi, while Kuroo Tetsuro and Kozume Mamoru waited for their chance in a more secluded spot.
After drinking half a cup of iced latte to suppress his anxiety, Kageyama Tobio felt very uncomfortable.
From the end of the story conference until bedtime that night, his teammates would always turn back to this topic no matter what they were talking about, pondering various possibilities, and most of them believed that this "recognition" would not go smoothly.
If she was really as smart as Kuroo said, why didn't she contact them when the girl was found after she went missing?
After much thought, the only possible solution is amnesia.
But if I lose my memory, how can I recognize Kuroo and the others?
Everyone was talking excitedly, expressing their opinions, and all the pressure was absorbed by Kageyama Tobio.
...So complicated.
His brain can't handle it and he can't act.
Repeating "Let it be" in his mind, Kageyama encouraged himself again and again.
The wind chimes hanging on the store door rang, and Hinata Aoi wasn't the only one coming.
Inumaki Satoru followed Hinata Aoi like a large pendant, and there was a hint of speechlessness in his eyes when he looked at Kageyama.
Why do high school students still ask junior high school students to help with their studies?
It is difficult not to have opinions, but "harmony and love" is advising him not to do so.
He hopes to help Hinata Aoi share the burden, and also wants to meet the girl during the holiday when the chance of meeting is basically zero. When talking about this itinerary, Goumaki Satoru immediately said that he wanted to go too.
The disliked Kageyama raised his hand to indicate his position without noticing.
He also knew that Goujuan would come, which made the situation more complicated.
Since he couldn't change anything anyway, he could only resign himself to his fate and take out his English test paper and hand it to Hinata Aoi.
I flipped through it quickly, the afterglow of the entrance exam still lingered. Kageyama's score was still a little far from passing, but not that far off.
"Is this the only final exam? There should be a make-up exam scheduled for this time, right?"
"Ah, ah, yes..." I didn't expect that the first lie of the day would be used in this way.
"I just... forgot to bring it."
"This one is enough, haha..."
So fake!
Ma Mo, who was eavesdropping nearby, couldn't help but worry about Kageyama.
Fortunately, Hinata Aoi was able to accept that her senior was unreliable in other fields besides volleyball. She didn't ask too many questions, giving Kageyama no chance to reveal his true feelings.
"Then let's get started."
"Okay. Well, I have friends coming over." Kageyama couldn't help but glance at his phone, expecting Kuroo and the others to come and rescue him.
He really doesn't want to study!
Hinata Aoi nodded in understanding.
Kageyama had told her that a friend would be coming, but when she didn't see him when she walked in, she thought he wasn't coming.
It would be a bit awkward to have more unfamiliar people around, but she agreed and didn't say anything else.
"Should we wait until they arrive before we start?"
"Yeah, yes...they, he's here!"
The wind chimes didn't ring.
Like a savior, Kuroo Tetsuro walked over, waving his hand and greeting.
"Hey, Kageyama! Ah, hello~"
As the saying goes, "When you're close to home, you're afraid to show up." He hadn't originally planned to show up so early, but seeing Kageyama collapse after just a few words, he had no choice but to come out to save the situation.
Mo Mo didn't dare to follow and continued to huddle in a nearby seat, secretly observing this side.
Pulling out a chair smoothly and sitting down, Kuroo was the first to introduce himself.
The clean and clear pronunciation automatically turned into distorted notes in Hinata Aoi's ears.
It took only a few seconds for the rooster-comb-haired man opposite to appear to overlap with the figure buried deep in her mind.
...This can't be a coincidence, right?
Instantly, her hair stood on end, and her blood seemed to freeze. Hinata Aoi didn't want to accept the scene before her, and her almost frozen brain struggled to load a solution.
Is she going to be recognized? Or not?
Trying her best to maintain her composure, Hinata Aoi nodded as if meeting a new friend and typed out her self-introduction on her phone.
His eyes fell on the knocking "Sunflower", and the last straw of life had broken.
She was discovered!
Just like Kuroo's cockscomb, Hinata Aoi knows how recognizable her appearance is and how much it resembles her childhood.
How could it not be discovered...
Glancing at Kuroo who was waiting for her to type with a smile, Hinata Aoi concealed her trembling hands and said to Gojumaki first:
"Can you buy me a cup of milk tea? I can't stand the coffee here."
Since it was a rare coffee shop that allowed takeout, the fact that someone was buying milk tea wouldn't have aroused any suspicion on his part. However, all of Hinata Aoi's anomalies couldn't escape his notice.
Nodding in agreement, the dog rolled up and left, and the sound of wind chimes began to ring again.
Hinata Aoi insisted on finishing the self-introduction, not knowing whether she should hand it over.
They should never meet again in this life...
Just treat her as dead and no one should appear in anyone else's life. This is safe and right!
After Geto Suguru's incident, some in the curse world suggested killing her to eliminate the trouble. If her special features were exposed, no one could guarantee what would happen to those around her.
...No, maybe not that high-sounding.
If they recognized each other now, what was the point of all her persistence over the years? Was it all in vain that she didn't connect with the past, didn't make new friends? Had her years been meaningless?
Yes! She should have lost her memory.
Only amnesia can make her actions reasonable.
Because she lost her memory, she was able to break away from the surveillance of the Jujutsu World and start anew, and she stopped contacting Mika and the others to embrace a new life. Everything that happened afterwards was just due to her withdrawn personality.
What she should do is to get into a good university, find a stable job, and become an ordinary worker ant that no one cares about.
She probably doesn't remember everything in the past...but someone remembers her.
Are you going to play deaf and dumb?
Mika... Mika is coming too, right?!
After a few seconds of inner drama, Hinata Aoi raised her phone and looked around naturally, as if she heard some interesting sound.
Mo Mo was so scared that he almost buried his head under the table. It was unclear whether he wanted to be recognized or not.
Kuroo already knew Hinata Aoi's name. He certainly wasn't here to study, but rather to act like a caring older brother, asking questions whenever he got the chance.
You can't say nothing, but you can't make everything too clear either.
Hinata Aoi was like a butterfly stuck in a spider web. She struggled hard but couldn't get free. She could only watch the spider slowly approaching her.
She forgot that she could pretend to be cold and hard and refuse to tell private things to people she met for the "first time".
I can't learn to be like someone who has real amnesia. I don't understand why the other person asks so many questions, and it doesn't matter how I answer.
Faced with the acting skills that others can easily perform, she was completely defeated when she stood in front of the "past".
After trying several times without any results, Kuroo secretly contacted Momo on his phone to ask him to come and use his intuition to help him.
Meanwhile, Hinata Aoi said she needed to go to the bathroom, but she just wanted to get some fresh air away from Kuroo.
Watching the girl's back gradually leaving, Kuroo Tetsuro didn't give up. He suddenly had an idea and called out:
"Summer sunflower!"
Hinata Aoi's body trembled and she stopped subconsciously.
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