Chapter 8: Meeting He has his own way to go, and you have yours to go too...
Yukimura Seiichi rummaged through his tennis bag and pulled out the pain-relieving spray. He glanced at Yuihara Kaoru, who was still rubbing her fingers, and said, "Give me your hand."
Yuihara Kaoru exclaimed, "Wow! Are you Doraemon?"
Yukimura frowned: "Shouldn't athletes learn to protect themselves?"
The cool pain-relieving spray effectively relieved the pain, but Yanagi Renji still suggested, "If you have a sprained ligament, you should limit your activities for the time being."
"Okay!" As for the ring finger of the left hand, Yuihara Kaoru thought about it and realized that there was really no place where it had to be used.
——Don’t speak too soon. When she opened the game again after not having seen it for a few days, Yuihara Kaoru realized that her finger was not grown in vain.
After failing multiple times at the same level, Yuihara Kaoru tearfully manipulated her fingers in an octopus position and barely defeated the boss, but failed to obtain the victory chest.
I tried to gather my energy and reload the save file, but ended up dying again halfway through the fight.
When she was extremely annoyed, her phone rang with a notification that she had received a new message. She simply turned off the computer and lay on the bed before opening it.
Yukimura asked her if she continued to apply the medicine.
Yuihara Kaoru picked up the medicine bottle on the desk with a guilty conscience - it was the one Yukimura gave her before they left, and he told her to spray it again in four hours, but she didn't remember it until she finished her homework and played games.
Looking at the time, it was just past four hours.
Yukimura is such a nice person! Yukihara Kaoru quickly stretched her hand out of the window to spray the medicine, and then took it back when she felt it was dry.
Then I quickly reported to Yukimura: "I've been there, thank you very much!"
"Onii-chan!" Yukimura's five-year-old sister pushed open his half-open door and carefully poked her chubby head in: "Can I come in?"
Yukimura smiled, put away his phone, and gently replied, "Of course! Please come in, Koharu."
Xiao Xia showed the same smile as Yukimura Seiichi, ran over and threw herself into Yukimura's arms, and looked at her brother with the same iris-purple eyes blinking: "Onii-chan, you're in a better mood today!"
"Really? How did Xiao Xia figure that out?"
Xiao Xia tilted her head and thought for a while cutely: "Because my brother bought another pot of flowers today!"
"Little clever girl," Yukimura touched his sister's forehead: "Xiao Xia guessed it right."
"The flowers I bought this time are beautiful! They are different from the ones my brother used to grow!"
Yukimura Seiichi picked up his sister, walked to the bedroom windowsill, pointed to the new pot of flowers and said, "This is called Endless Summer, and it can bloom pink or blue flowers!"
Xiao Xiazi carefully observed the bud and asked, "So will the flowers be blue or pink this time?"
"Hmm...I can't really say!"
Xiao Xia looked at her brother again: "Brother, Mom said you won't leave after buying flowers, right? You're worried that others won't take good care of your flowers..."
——Something gently kneaded his heart.
"I'm not leaving," Yukimura Seiichi hugged his sister tightly, "Brother will stay with Xiaoxia, well... at least until Xiaoxia goes to elementary school!"
"Yeah!"
"Then I'll carry Xiao Xia to bed, okay?"
"good!"
Inevitably, Yukimura thought of Yuihara Kaoru that afternoon after returning to his room.
I sat beside him in the scorching sun and told him not to worry.
The citrus scent on her body drifted into the nose intentionally or unintentionally, as if a breath of it had a magical power to calm people down, as if just by her sitting there, people would unconsciously pour out all their worries.
Maybe it was because... she had a reassuring power. Just like when playing volleyball, if he passed the ball to her, he knew she'd find a way to score. It was also like in chemistry class, when she said it was okay and she came, he really never smelled the pungent smell of chemicals again.
The teachers and classmates who gradually got to know her began to feel that although Yuihara Kaoru often said "it's okay", she was gentle but determined at heart.
Sometimes I can be a little reckless and silly...
Yukimura sneered, but finally stood up and sat in front of the computer to start looking for some information.
In his mind, the Yuihara Kaoru seemed to be still comforting him——
"Then I have a few questions for you. First, are there any tennis players who are about to retire? Are there any opponents you must defeat within the next two years?"
--No.
"So, secondly, did it have a big impact on you that the world knew Yukimura Seiichi two years earlier or two years later? In other words, without those two years, would you have fallen out of love with tennis?"
——That’s not the case.
"Third, are you feeling this way because of something? ... As expected, since Tezuka-kun has already started his journey, you'll have great friends to guide you along this path in two years!"
"He has his own path to take, and you have yours to go too... These two years you've been late might seem just as important in the future. Maybe it'll even cure the boredom of being a professional gamer!"
Really, Yukimura couldn't help but look at his windowsill, and the pot of Endless Summer surrounded by daisies.
After Friday morning training, Sakurai Rika rushed to the student union to take up her duties. After everyone else left, her left ring finger, which had bruised when she touched the ball that morning, now hurt when she bent it.
Yuihara Kaoru rummaged through her gym bag for a long time before finding a half-used roll of finger tape at the bottom. She then tied the knuckle of her ring finger and pinky together, swearing she would never touch that finger again.
Halfway through the walk, they ran into Yukimura coming out of the tennis club's office. The two exchanged greetings and walked forward together. Yuihara Kaoru asked curiously, "Why didn't they wait for you today?"
"Today... I'm on duty in the living room."
"Huh? Doesn't the captain have any privileges?" Yuihara Kaoru thought to herself, you should learn from our senior Matsumoto. Apart from the increasingly rigorous training, you don't care about anything else and rely on Kobayashi Anne for everything.
Yukimura Seiichi shook his head: "The Minister should lead by example!"
Just like when he said he wanted to do the duty today, others thought he was crazy and the fact that he was crazy didn't exist.
Niou and Marui exaggeratedly asked him if he had taken the wrong medicine, because their club room was always cleaned by the person who finished training last.
Upon hearing this, Yukimura Seiichi smiled brightly: "Why? What do you think of my dedication?"
Everyone waved their hands and ran away.
Back to the present, Niou, who was standing at the window at the second floor staircase, snorted and quickly twisted his pigtail in his hand; he knew it.
Unfortunately, both Sanada and Yanagi went to the student council, so Marui... decided not to tell him.
Youth, ah, youth, youth is so beautiful.
Yukimura was still asking Yuihara about his weekend plans, and Yuihara Kaoru said enthusiastically, "We're going to Tokyo on Friday night, so we can spend the whole day there on Saturday. We'll go to the club for practice on Sunday morning, play games in the afternoon, and finish our homework when we have time!"
"The Yuhara family moved directly to Kanagawa, right? Then Tokyo..."
"Ah, Mom was worried that the house in Tokyo would fall apart if no one lived in it, so she asked my grandparents in the countryside to come live in Tokyo. It's a good opportunity for us to go back and live together."
"Is that so?" Yukimura said, a little disappointed. "I was thinking of asking if you wanted to go to the library to study together."
Yuihara Kaoru thought for a moment, "So... Sunday afternoon? Is that the kind of thing where everyone goes to study together?"
"Everyone?"
"Yeah! We used to go as a group, book a private study room, and bring some bread or something. It was super efficient!"
Yukimura sighed in his heart: "What if it's you and me?"
"Okay! But...are you really not going to bring someone who's an all-rounder in math, physics, and chemistry?" Yuihara Kaoru questioned their physics and chemistry abilities. It didn't seem like they were at the level where they could help each other.
Although she didn't want to admit it, what she said really made sense.
I can try a different place next time, Yukimura thought to himself, and silently crossed the library off the list.
As soon as school was over on Friday, Yuihara Kaoru boarded the train to Tokyo alone. The scenery outside the window kept receding, becoming more and more familiar.
The place where she had lived for over a decade! Her father, a cardiologist, had actually received an invitation from Kanagawa Hospital a long time ago, but he repeatedly declined so that she could fulfill her dream of participating in the national high school competition.
Things are great now... Dad can start his own business, Mom is working at a new law firm, and she can play volleyball freely like she imagined.
After arriving at the station, Yuihara Kaoru immediately saw two boys standing in the station - one was tall with a rooster comb and unfocused eyes, and the other had golden pudding hair sitting on a chair, concentrating on playing with his mobile phone.
"Momo, you really look like a mango pudding!" After getting off the car, Yuihara Xiangcheng was finally able to say this to his face. Looking at the photos taken secretly by Kuroo on the Internet was indeed not as shocking as seeing the real person.
Kurooo Tetsuro raised his hand and gestured, then said before grinding, "Have you become shorter?"
Yuihara Kaoru, who was already furious at hearing about his height, stood up straight and said, "No way!"
Molu slowly put away his phone, looked at the two childish ghosts in front of him with cat eyes helplessly and said, "Xiao Hei... probably just wants to show off that he has grown taller."
"Ahhh, damn it!" Xiangcheng gestured again, and sure enough, what had previously been able to reach Heiwei's eyebrows could now only reach his eyes...
Kuroo Tetsuro raised his eyebrows and stretched out his voice: "I am 182cm tall now~"
Xiangcheng said angrily, "That's not fair! You must have included my hair in the calculation!"
Kuroo Tetsuro took her sports bag, shaking it in his hands, and stood on the right side. He and Momo put her in the middle and walked forward, then said, "It doesn't count. Admit it, Xiaocheng~"
“That’s too much!”
"childish."
"Wow, Momo, what did you say?" Xiangcheng grabbed Momo's neck and said, "How dare you call your sister Xiangcheng childish, huh?"
Mo Mo glanced at her sideways, and Xiang Cheng let go of her hand with a wry smile.
"What a coward!" Kuroo Tetsuro complained, and was kicked in the knee by Yuihara Kaoru. Kuroo stumbled forward: "Hey!"
"So stupid." Guzhua Grinding continued to complain.
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