"..."

There is only endless silence in the air.

Bai Lu didn't respond to Black Tail Tetsuro who poured out with a wry smile, and he didn't know how to respond to such a sincere statement.

Because the story is full of the purest love of teenagers.

She moved her fingers, and her eyes fell on the other's wide palm covering her cheeks, but in the end... she still didn't lift it up.

"whatever."

The girl's heart was full of powerlessness.

"I'm going to assemble the brackets, everyone is still busy."

She turned sideways and took the initiative to leave this deserted corner. When she stepped out of the corner, she turned her head and glanced at the black-haired boy who was still there.

The other party's hand has been hanging down feebly, and the shadow of Liuhai/bangs is all over the high bridge of the nose.

Sighing in his heart, the affected ripples in the air were slowly swaying, Bai Lu continued helplessly: "So...Senior Black Tail."

"Can you please help me?"

Black Tail Tetsuro raised his head violently.

But the girl turned her head away and just stared down at her toes.

"……good."

The black-haired boy straightened up, walked towards her with big strides, bent down to take the tool in Bai Lu's hand, and helped her bear the insignificant weight.

Neither of them spoke.

It was extremely quiet on the way back.

However... Black Tail Tetsuro was satisfied just getting the girl's response as if he thought it was enough.

After all, Bai Lu still softened his heart a little bit towards him, he could no longer pretend to speak cold sarcasm, nor could he just push such a sincere boy away as if nothing had happened.

very weak.

After returning to the public place, the atmosphere immediately became lively. Everyone was working together and making noise. Some people were assembling brackets, and some were moving things. A cheerful atmosphere permeated the five schools.

Black Tail Tetsuro also returned to his usual expression, grinning a row of white lower molars in front of the approaching Iwaizumi, his handsome face was full of vileness.

Everyone laughed and beat and scolded, and all the fatigue from training faded away.

The barbecue was ready faster than expected, and the "sizzling" beef gave off a meaty aroma after a while.

Since he was not very interested in barbecue, Bai Lu found a quiet corner after eating a few pieces, sat with Lone Claw Grinder who was huddled there, and played games with him for a while.

"Heron."

The boy who spoke suddenly had a light voice, similar to the tone he had when he was sitting on the steps of the warehouse the day before yesterday.

"……What?"

Bai Lu, who had just sat down, patted his skirt, and took the Joy-controller that came with the Switch from the side he shared.

Lone Claw Grinding didn't look up, just stared at the screen in the game quietly, a few strands of golden hair were blown by the breeze, and the faint ending sound melted into the air——

"Are you reconciled with Little black?"

...

"I don't know, maybe."

Bai Lu just replied him like this, just like the night before.

"System: Hey, strategy character No. 2 just noticed that the player went to talk with No. 1."

"System: He deliberately didn't listen, this is the tacit understanding between childhood sweethearts!"

Yeah.

Grinding is a careful boy, with sharp eyes always quietly observing something.

It's not surprising that Bai Lu already knew them well.

"Little black...not as tight as it was a few days ago."

The sound of Gu Claw's grinding continued, a little muffled, and the amber eyes finally lifted up: "Lulu, do you still remember the first time we met?"

"Eh?"

Unexpectedly, Lone Claw Grinding would suddenly mention this, the topic jumped too fast, Bai Lu was stunned for a moment, and followed his words to think back.

After all, the Yinju Line was a long time ago, so long ago that it was as early as the order of their No. 1 and No. 2.

"Huishan Park?"

A small park near the old house.

"no."

Lone Claw Grinding shook his head, staring at her calmly: "It's MM, Final Dreamland 13."

Bai Lu: "..."

The air suddenly became quiet.

The boy's voice was exceptionally clear in the corner where no one was around, and it also made her subconsciously aroused with a strange feeling of being spied upon.

"You're playing too, right?"

"..."

Yes.

The girl was indeed playing this online game at the time, and played many dungeons with the online name "KOUZUKEN" and the lonely claw grinding team with the online name "KOUZUKEN", so they opened up the double favorability of online and offline respectively.

Was he caught off guard?

So far, there is no need to pretend anything, Bai Lu nodded, showing a clear look: "I'm playing."

"Is KOUZUKEN really a grind?"

"……Um."

Lone Claw Grinding nodded, retracted his gaze, carefully stared at the ground next to his feet, and said seriously: "Up to now, you haven't played anymore... I have no other intentions."

"Just wanted to tell Lu Lu."

"You are my only friend in GAME, and the only tablemate who is willing to talk to me in reality."

"Little black...is important to me, and so are you."

He raised his head, revealing his handsome cheeks that were always covered by side hair, his glass-like eyes were unbiased, as if trying to overcome the obstacles in his heart, he stared at the girl very seriously.

"So... I don't want to give up on either side."

Lonely Claw grinds those cat-like eyes that are often calm and indifferent, and for the first time does not contain any unnecessary cumbersome emotions.

"When you go back, I will miss you very much."

"I really want to, Lulu."

...

Bai Lu pursed her lips, just like the shock that Black Tail Tetsuro gave her just now, thousands of thoughts mixed together, and finally condensed into one word: "En."

"So please, don't... forget me."

Lone Claw grinds very lightly, blending in the quiet wind with his rarely frank and revealing emotions.

"System: Loading...Loading..."

[System: Dinglingling——The favorability of the raider character "Lone Claw Grinding" has reached 100%. Congratulations on successfully conquering the second raider character.】

"System: Favorability has been settled to your account."

The favorability of Lone Claw Grinding broke through 100% without warning.

However, his attitude seemed to reveal a natural emotion, which was completely unpredictable.

Bai Lu didn't know what this guy was thinking at all, and he didn't know if he had guessed something or figured something out. The only thing he couldn't deny was...

The boy's feelings are also extremely pure.

Like a very careful green shoot that was struggling to emerge from the shrunken shell, it entwined around her toes like begging for mercy.

But there was nothing she could do.

The reminder that the favorability has reached 100% is not what she wants to see now.

...

In the end, the 7-day camping expedition ended with a barbecue, and the members of Bai Lu and Wu Ye had a meaningful vacation.

A week after the holiday comes the Spring High Budget Race.

Those who returned to Miyagi Prefecture did not slack off. On the contrary, because of the valuable experience gained from the co-squatting, they became more motivated, and their daily club activities were more motivated than before.

Even on big Sundays, no one rests, and they have to go to the gym to start training at 7 o'clock every morning.

Because the weather was getting colder, the girl had already changed out of her short sleeves and put on a long-sleeved shirt to keep warm and keep out the wind.

"Lulu, here you are!"

The first part of the training was long-distance running, which was still done in groups as usual. Before the run, Hinata Xiangyang took out two warm babies from nowhere and stuffed them into her palms.

"It's cold now, it's very warm to put this on!"

The orange-headed boy's fair face raised a vigorous smile, the tips of his ears blushed in embarrassment, and his brown eyes were full of excitement: "Then... I'm going there!"

"Thanks."

Bai Lu looked down at the things in his hand in a little surprise, and watched Hinata Xiangyang run back to the team helplessly.

The grouping is similar to before, Hinata Xiangyang×Tobio Kageyama, Hotaru Tsukishima×Yamaguchi Tadashi, Yu Nishiya×Tanaka Ryunosuke, Kinoshita Hisashi×Narita Kazuhito, Sawamura Daichi×Takae Sugawara, Dong Fengxu×Enshita, everyone needs to start from YamashitaStart running, and return to the same place after 20 minutes or so.

The girl turned around with the things, intending to stick the baby warmer into her sleeves first, but she never wanted to turn around and saw Yamaguchi Tadashi who was about to speak but stopped looking.

The dark green-haired boy opened his mouth, and the freckles on his face screamed a little disappointed.

"...Loyalty?"

Bai Lu was puzzled.

"That, I..."

Tadashi Yamaguchi scratched his hair, as if he didn't know if there was anything more to say, but Hotaru Tsukishima next to him passed the two of them expressionlessly with his hands in his pockets.

The pleasant voice drifted past faintly.

"Don't you want to give it to her too, just say it directly."

"Ah, A'Yue." Being pointed out by Fa Xiao, the green-haired boy embarrassedly took out the warm baby stickers from his pocket, and walked up to the girl with blushing cheeks: "Actually, I also brought a few more."

"Can you take it?"

"……Um."

Faced with the boy's pure kindness, Bai Lu couldn't refuse him. She was silent for a while, and stuck it under the jacket in front of the boy.

"Thank you Zhongjun."

"Yeah!" Seeing the girl accepting his kindness, Yamaguchi Tadashi's expression was obviously tinged with happiness, as if he was encouraged, his whole body became brighter visible to the naked eye, and he followed Tsukishima back to the team while waving his hands.

The early morning in autumn was very deserted, and the air was blowing a cool breeze mixed with chill. There was almost no one else in the vicinity except the members of the volleyball club.

I have to say, time passed very quickly.

During this period of time, Bai Lu has devoted herself to club activities. After returning from the camp, it means that all the rest will be free for independent practice. She didn't pay much attention to the strategy...

Even so, everyone's goodwill has inevitably increased with the daily relationship.

"System: Oh."

"System: Player, I suggest you watch the two protagonists later."

what to do.

Bai Lu didn't believe that this guy could remind him kindly, so he frowned.

"ready, go!"

The team had already started running in the morning. She put away her expression, quickly wrote down the time in her notebook, and walked to Gu Di Renhua to time with her.

No matter what, it was impossible to run with them again, the girl stayed where she was with the two managers.

A long wait followed.

Sure enough, after an unknown amount of time passed...

Hinata Xiangyang and Tobio Kageyama, just like the system prompts, got emotional because of who ran faster in the competition, and left the team on a rampage.

Ran to Shiratorizawa Academy.