Dong Dong.

knocking.

"what?"

Wearing summer pajamas, with her hair pulled back and a rabbit headband on her head, Suzu Sakakibara poked her head out of the room.

She was also wearing a pale and pale facial mask.

"What are you doing? I was just getting ready to go to bed. I have the final exam tomorrow."

"..."

Before Sakakibara Raku could say anything, Sakakibara Suzu immediately saw the food on the plate in her brother's hand.

She blinked her eyes, her mouth open and smiled instantly:

"night snack?"

"otherwise?"

"You are still my brother..."

Without thinking, Suzu Sakakihara snatched the plate of fried ice cream from his hand, picked up a piece and put it in her mouth to eat, then looked at him, a little happy but also a little dissatisfied:

"What you just said was that I was told to do it myself... Hehe, didn't you still do it for me?"

Sure enough, the old man I saw just now was all an illusion.

During this time, he was just quarreling with Sister Qiyue and getting angry.

"Come on."

Sakakihara knew that she was thinking in the wrong place, and sighed: "I just temporarily felt that you all have a lot to do tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and you need a little encouragement."

"You just want to be nice to me! What excuses are you looking for? You mean what you say... Humph!"

Sakakihara Suzu didn't believe what he said, so she picked a small piece of ice cream and threw it into her mouth, and said at the same time:

"Tough mouth."

"Believe it or not." Sakakibara didn't want to explain too much.

"Where's Zhixue? Fried ice cream, brother, why don't you ask her to come over and eat it together?"

Sakakibara looked at the time on his watch.

11:13pm.

"She is still downstairs in the basketball court nearby. The phone cannot be reached. I am about to call her."

Sakakihara Suzu's eating movements froze in mid-air, and she blinked, "She... is still practicing?"

"That is if she didn't run off to do something else in the middle of the trip."

"It's really hard work..." Sakakihara Suzu muttered softly.

"That's it, you eat slowly, review the questions given to you after eating, and then go to bed early."

"no problem!"

Seeing his sister's energetic response, Sakakibara nodded without saying anything more. After loading a few things, he took the elevator downstairs.

*

The night in the big city is full of busy atmosphere.

Even when walking on a stretch of road without street lights, the countless high-rise buildings in the distance are as bright as stars.

Full of prosperity.

Raku Sakakihara crossed the road and came to a court next to the park.

bang bang…

bang bang…

Boom...

The sound of basketball clearly reached her ears. Raku Sakakihara looked up and found Yuki Amami playing basketball. She dribbled the ball quickly and ran toward the basket. Although her height was not that superior, her movements were neat.

The momentum is like a rainbow.

The basketball accurately passed through her arm, bounced off the plastic floor, and was held in her hands. Then it jumped upwards into the air.

The ball went in.

Quite a beautiful shot.

Sakakihara couldn't help but stop and stop outside the wire fence of the stadium to watch.

After the goal was scored, the snow in Tianhai did not stop.

bang bang…

bang bang…

Bang bang...

The sound of dribbling was uninterrupted, and the basketball in her hand flew toward the basket again and again, as if guided by fate.

Sweat dripped down her arms, along her elbows, and onto the light blue sneakers under her feet.

…

Bold and quick.

At her level, she has made such rapid progress that Raku Sakakihara can't believe that this is the gesture she can show.

"happy."

Amami no Yuki caught the ball and found Sakakibara Raku standing outside the court watching. She put down the basketball, came to the position closest to him and bent down, taking a long, long breath. At the same time, she supported her knees with both hands.

The sweaty collarbones and arms are very attractive under the street lights.

but.

Even though she was so tired, when she approached Sakakihara Raku, she raised her head seriously and tried her best to ask:

"Le, why are you here?"

"..."

The moment he saw her raising her head with a sweaty face, Raku Sakakihara thought of her radical leap towards the basket, and suddenly felt that she had changed a lot.

I have become a lot braver...

Sakakihara handed the lunch box in his hand towards her:

"It's getting late. I came to see how your practice was going. I brought you something and at the same time, I took you up to sleep."

"...for me?"

Tianhai Zhixue was a taciturn girl. She silently took the lunch box, silently opened the lid, and silently looked at the fried ice cream inside.

The girl looked at it for a while, then raised her head to look at him.

No words.

Only sight remains.

"I made it for you." Raku Sakakihara said.

"Know……"

"You don't like eating now?" Sakakihara smiled.

"No."

Tianhai Zhixue shook her head and still stared at him.

.....

This is probably how Yuki feels to people. Although she rarely speaks or makes any body movements, you can always get a glimpse of her true inner thoughts through her eyes.

"Thank you Le."

After taking the lunch box, all she could do was probably say a sincere thank you to him, right?

He reached out and rubbed Tianhai Zhixue's head.

"Want to thank me?"

"Yes." Tianhai Zhixue stepped on her toes, and her head met his palm."

Sakakibara didn't want to say anything big to her, or use words to eliminate Zhixue's inner dilemma. He simply laughed and said simply:

"How about we play some basketball?"

"play basketball?"

*

Dongdong, bang, clang, chirp...
To be continued...