[Net King] If you love, please come close!

For a long time, Yamada Naoko has always had the habit of going to bed early and getting up early under the intentional training of her parents since she was a child.Usually, before ten o'clock, she would be devoured by the sleepy bugs, but tonight, for some reason, she could not sleep.

The violent wind beat against the window, and the whirring sound of the wind was like the roar of wild animals, which made the cold spring even worse.Naoko is lying in bed, but she can vaguely hear the friction of branches and leaves when the wind blows by, the sound of waves in the distance, the sound of programs broadcast on the neighbor's TV, and the voices of passers-by outside the courtyard wall, from far to near. The sound of car horns fading away quickly again, and the sound of balls being played on a nearby street tennis court.

After persisting for a while, Naoko finally couldn't bear the pain of insomnia, and got up from the bed in a bored mind.She picked up her phone and saw clearly that it was past 23 o'clock.

It was already so late, she was embarrassed to find someone to chat with and disturb others' rest.So, she put on a thick coat, hat, scarf, mobile phone, wallet and keys, then went downstairs lightly, and quietly walked out of the house.

The cold wind in early spring kept coming, Naoko shivered and became more awake at the same time.Standing under the dim streetlights, she felt very confused, and she didn't even know what she wanted to do when she went out, so she walked aimlessly towards the more familiar street market.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, she came to the door of a 24-hour convenience store.At this time, her stomach rumbled as if in response, and she thought: Well, I’ve come here anyway, let’s go in and buy something to eat~

She pushed open the door, and the wind chime hanging at the door suddenly made a clear and pleasant sound, like a friendly greeting when the wind meets the wind.She hesitated for a few seconds in front of the warming cabinet, finally opened the cabinet door, chose a cup of hot soy milk, took a bag of small sliced ​​bread from the shelf, and added a few oden dishes when she came to the counter to check out.

After paying the bill, she opened the door contentedly and walked out, but unexpectedly ran into someone.

"Yamada-san?"

Naoko looked at him stupidly, a little incredulous. "En? Kirihara-kun? It's so late, why are you still outside?"

Akira Kirihara also thought it was a little funny, it was strange that this top student from the student union appeared here at this time.He saw what she was holding in her hand and said, "I just finished training and I'm hungry. Just like you, I'm here to buy a midnight snack."

After he answered her words naturally, he went to the freezer to get a box of sushi, and went to the hot cabinet where she was standing just now to get a can of hot cocoa.But Naoko unexpectedly stood at the door and did not leave, waiting for him.

Then, the two left the convenience store together.

"Does your tennis club train so late every day?"

"No, I practiced my serve at a nearby street tennis court by myself today."

"Do you do this every day?"

"Basically."

Naoko looked at him with some admiration, but she didn't expect him to persist so hard. "It's hard work." Unknowingly, there was a hint of distress in her words.

"Fortunately, I've been used to it for a long time. It's all worth it to surpass my predecessors and win the national competition."

"That's right~" Naoko's voice was very soft, like a sigh.She looked up at him seriously, and suddenly felt that this delicate side face was more handsome and resolute.She took out a fish ball from the oden and handed it to him, "Hey, please eat."

"Ok?"

"If you buy too much, you will definitely gain weight if you eat so much at night, so it's just for you to eliminate a little bit." She made a good excuse, and the blush on her face was instantly blown away by the cold wind.

"Oh." Kirihara accepted it bluntly, without doubting the credibility of the words very simply.

After a while, they walked to the street tennis court.Akira Kirihara also said happily: "Although this place is a bit small, there are also few people. You won't be disturbed when you train here after school."

Naoko looked up at the house not far away, as if she could find the window of her bedroom even in the dark. "It turns out that you made the sound of playing ball~" Her tone was a bit weird, but it was also hard to tell whether she was happy or angry.

"NANI?" Kirihara didn't know why.

"My house is right there. Before I went out to buy supper, I listened to the sound of playing ball all night." Naoko raised her finger and pointed in the direction of her house.

"What a coincidence? So you live near here. In the future, you can come to see me practice when you have time."

Naoko blinked, wondering if he was so self-obsessed that everyone wanted to see him play tennis. "I'm not that interested in tennis."

"Is that so? You came to watch our training outside the tennis court that day. I also seemed to see you during the school ranking competition."

"I was dragged away by Qianhui." She said without blushing and heartbeat, with mixed truths and falsehoods.

"Tennis is very interesting. I can teach you when I have time."

"Forget it, someone said before that they want to teach me how to play tennis, but I'm really not interested." Naoko said with a smile, expressing her helplessness and not continuing this topic. "My house is over there. I'll go first. Goodbye."

Kirihara stared at her for half a second, and said hesitantly, "I'll take you to the door. Even if it's a few steps away, it's still very dangerous for a girl like you to be outside in the middle of the night."

Naoko was slightly taken aback, and realized that he was worried about her. He also had a careful and gentle side, and a warm current surged up in her heart. The corners of her mouth raised a nice curve, and she nodded to him.

Pushing open the courtyard door, she said "good night" to him, and closed the door after hearing him humming lightly.

After returning to the bedroom, Naoko felt even less sleepy, so she took out a pencil, spread out the sketch paper, and decided to draw.She has a good talent for art, and she especially likes to draw sketch characters, which seems to be inherited from her father who is a designer.

She drew carefully on the paper, and after a while, she drew Liu Lian'er's head, which was lifelike.Naoko looked at her sketch and frowned slightly. Although the outline and appearance were very similar to Senior Liu, she always felt that there was a little charm missing.She crumpled into a ball of paper in boredom and threw it into the trash can.

Spreading out the white paper, she calmed down and drew another sheet.Looking carefully, she still felt dissatisfied. In her eyes, Senior Liu should be more elegant and pure, more serious and rigorous, but none of these were successfully reflected in the painting.

It was night, and the trash can was full of paper balls.At last she lay down and fell asleep when she had a headache and dizziness.

In the early morning of the next day, she climbed out of bed under the torment of the alarm clock, quickly washed up, took two slices of bread from the dining table, and hurried to school.

Naoko stepped on the bell and ran into the classroom quickly, panting and sat down on the seat before the teacher came in.This morning, for Naoko, was almost like a war.

She glanced to the left, and Akaya Kirihara's seat was empty.It's strange that I don't go home until late in the evening training, and I don't get late for class in the morning and don't feel sleepy.

Kato Chie took advantage of the teacher's inattention and turned around to care about her, and threw a small note over her.

Naoko opened it and saw that it read: What did you do last night, with such dark circles under your eyes, and you were almost late?

Went to break through the empty door.Naoko also wrote a small note and quietly handed it to her.

so exciting?Call me tonight^_^

Naoko drew a funny face on the paper and wrote: For my beauty sleep, I decided not to go to empty doors in the middle of the night~

Suddenly, a small ball of paper flew to the left of Naoko. She opened it and saw that it was the monitor who noticed their little tricks and reminded them not to violate classroom discipline.She stuck out her tongue quietly, smiled apologetically at Mamoru Aoki, and stopped the message between her and Chie Kato.

When get out of class was about to end, Akira Kirihara finally came.He was carrying a tennis bag on one shoulder, and his schoolbag was put behind the other shoulder, his eyes were sleepy.

Facing his lateness, the teachers and students in the class took it for granted.After he bowed and apologized insincerely, the teacher just waved him to sit on the seat.

Naoko wanted to pass a note to him, but thought of the squad leader standing between the two of them, and gave up the idea.

She looked at him quietly, with a little concern unconsciously in her eyes.

Kato Chie turned her head and asked with a wink because she hadn't received the note for a long time, but she noticed her gaze to the left.After class, Kato turned around and asked her quietly, "Naoko, why didn't you pass the note to me later?"

"Look at this." Naoko showed her Aoki Mamoru's note in a nonchalant way.

"With Aoki sitting next to you, it seems that we will not be able to pass notes in class in the future." Kato could only express his helplessness. "When he was in junior high school, he was always like this. He was a good student in the eyes of the teacher."

Naoko just smiled and said nothing, usually not interested.

Kato looked at her more and more strangely, and hesitantly asked in a low voice: "Did you just look at Aoki in class just now?"

"NANI?" Naoko blinked her eyes twice, and looked at her in disbelief, where is this going?

"It's not Aoki, could it be Kirihara? No, it can't be him."

Naoko finally came to her senses, rolled her eyes, and said casually, "When I was in class, I just stared out of the window occasionally for a while."

"Is it a misunderstanding?"

"Of course. Qianhui, your imagination is too rich."

"What about Senior Liu Lian? I caught you staring at him a few times."

"Did you see it wrong? I have a very wide vision. I might be looking at something at those times, but I have no memory of it."

Chie Kato resolved the doubt in her heart, and let her go without further questioning.

After she turned away, Naoko took a deep breath.She cared about Kirihara Chiya, but as a classmate, she knew that he trained so hard almost every night, and it was just the concern among ordinary classmates.As for Liu Lian Er, she is still just a landscape in her heart, she can only look at him quietly, she wants to wait until she can walk side by side with him before expressing her feelings for him.

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