Starting from picking up Sayu who ran away from home and starting to reborn in Tokyo Chapter 151: Opportunity and Direction (4000, give me love Nakano Nino forever
Chapter 151: Opportunity and Direction (4000, give me love Nakano Nino forever
"Speaking of which, why did you come to the baseball club?"
Walking together on the road to Toyosaki Station, Yamaguchi Takashi suddenly turned around and asked.
"Does the student union matter not matter?"
Amidst the steady footsteps, Kato Yusuke shook his head.
"It's just that today ended early, so I just went over there to have a look."
Yamaguchi, who had his hands behind his head, replied somewhat boringly: "What? I thought you came to me specially, but it turned out to be just like this?"
In response, Yusuke, who raised his eyebrows, smiled and joked: "You said you came here specifically to show me your embarrassing side?"
Suddenly there was a stagger at the foot of the mountain pass.
"That's not what you're talking about! It's the handsome side! I hit a home run last time!"
"The pitcher is Takei?"
"What do you mean?" Yamaguchi clicked his tongue in displeasure, and muttered in a low voice: "Well...even though it is indeed him."
Then he raised his voice again and pointed at Kato Yusuke.
"But a home run is a home run! Just remember that!"
Yusuke really didn't want to pay attention to this kind of ignoring the important point, so he asked casually.
"Speaking of which, where is Takei today?"
"That guy has something to do at home today, so he asked for leave." Yamaguchi explained, and as he spoke, he came closer to Yusuke as if he remembered something.
"Click——"
With the crisp sound of the shutter, the two people appeared on the mobile phone screen.
The former had a silly smile on his face, while the latter had a confused look on his face.
Even so, no matter who sees this photo for the first time, the first thing he will notice is the handsome young man on the right.
Not only because of his good looks, but also because of Kato Yusuke's very neat outfit.
There are no folds in the neckline and no wrinkles in the clothes.
Coupled with a fluffy and refreshing short hair, at least for most girls, this appearance is quite exciting.
"whispering sound……"
Looking at the boy in the photo, Yamaguchi Takashi clicked his tongue again, and then moved his fingers to send the photo.
Kato Yusuke asked doubtfully: "What are you doing?"
"It's rare that we can go home together today, so I took a photo to commemorate it, and also showed it to that guy Takei." Yamaguchi Takahiro read.
Hearing this, Yusuke was a little silent for a moment.
"I mean, Yamaguchi."
He looked at each other and said, "Have you and Takei always been like this in the baseball club?"
After finishing speaking, Yamaguchi paused for a moment, and then replied in an understated tone: "It's not as serious as you think. I'm just running errands for senior students. This kind of thing happens everywhere, right?"
Kato Yusuke asked again: "Then what's the reason for the injury on your face?"
"This..."
Yamaguchi scratched his cheek, a look of confusion on his face.
"I didn't want to tell you at first... I was actually hit by a flying baseball during training."
"Didn't those people do it?"
"Well... it's not like it doesn't matter at all. It can only be regarded as being angered."
Yamaguchi explained to him.
"To put it simply, isn't there a genius pitcher in our club? It's the senior Ishikawa who was spotted by professional scouts. Do you know, Kato?"
Seeing Kato Yusuke nod his head to express his understanding, Yamaguchi continued.
"In short, some people were dissatisfied because of the privilege that the genius enjoyed in the team, but they didn't dare to directly go to the other party to cause trouble, so they vented their anger on the first grader."
"I see."
After hearing the other party's explanation, Yusuke commented directly, "This behavior is quite bad."
In response, Yamaguchi also smiled and nodded: "Really? Anyway, I definitely don't want to become that kind of person."
The two of them were walking and chatting, and the shoes under their feet also made a sharp sound like an accompaniment.
Kato Yusuke asked Yamaguchi: "In that case, why don't you consider quitting the baseball club?"
After the words were settled, one of the footsteps suddenly stopped.
A flock of crows suddenly flew overhead, making an unpleasant noise.
"Hey, Kato."
Yamaguchi Takashi stared at the boy intently and said in a serious tone: "I like baseball."
The voice was slightly thicker, and the smile on his face was gone, instead it was a bit solemn.
So Yusuke also stopped and just looked at each other.
After a period of training, Yamaguchi's skin seems to be much darker than before, and the pores on his face have become a bit larger, making him look a bit resolute.
"look at this."
Yamaguchi opened his hands.
Under the dim sky, Kato Yusuke could clearly see the calluses at the base of the opponent's fingers, and he couldn't help but feel a little silent.
Yamaguchi also looked at his palms, his eyes slightly lost in thought.
"Isn't it incredible?"
He murmured: "To be honest, the reason I joined the baseball club in the first place was just because Kato looked super handsome that day, but now I really like baseball."
"It was painful at first. Not only did I have to be the first to come to school every day, but I was also the last to leave when school was over. Even though I might not be able to play, I still had to keep training. My body was exhausted..."
"Frankly speaking, if I weren't afraid of you laughing at me, I really wouldn't want to persist in this kind of life for a day."
His voice sounded a little low, but full of some emotion.
With the rise and fall of his chest, Yamaguchi stopped speaking slightly, as if he was sorting out his emotions, while Yusuke on the side waited quietly.
Maybe more than ten seconds passed, maybe a few minutes passed.
"Hey, Kato, do you know what the sound is when the bat hits the center of the baseball?"
Yamaguchi shook his hands and his eyes lit up.
"It's not dull or harsh, but a crisp sound. It sounds really nice!"
As he spoke, he made a swing motion and looked into the distance.
"It's a home run."
"That feeling is really great, Kato!"
Yamaguchi said this with a cheerful smile on his face: "So, I think I like baseball and I will continue to play."
Kato Yusuke frowned slightly, "Even if that's the kind of atmosphere in your team?"
In response, the dark-skinned Yamaguchi put his head in his hands and responded in a cheerful tone.
"This little thing is nothing, I'm a man."
After a pause, he said again.
"Besides, if you fall down here, you won't be able to sprint to Koshien, right?"
"Koshien..." Kato Yusuke thought for a while and said: "Then the qualifiers will start in July. Will you play?"
"Well, according to my father's words..."
Yamaguchi put on a serious expression and said forcefully.
"No matter what you do, as long as you persist, there will be results."
"Is that so... then come on." Yusuke nodded and said in a very sincere tone.
As a result, Yamaguchi felt a little uncomfortable, "Hey, I thought you were joking..."
Yusuke shook his head, "Only seriousness should not be used as a joke."
The moment the words reached his ears, Yamaguchi Takashi suddenly fell silent, and then stretched out a fist towards the boy.
"Thank you, Kato. Then you have to work hard and become the student council president!"
Seeing this, the young man also held out a fist.
"Ah, you don't have to say it."
The two fists touched together.
In the dim sky, a vermilion sunset was placed on the fist, seemingly witnessing this scene silently.
Then the two of them laughed at the same time.
"Yamaguchi has also grown up." Kato Yusuke said with emotion, with a somewhat pleased expression on his face.
Yamaguchi immediately retorted: "Huh? You are the one I want to talk about, Kato, right?"
Facing the young man's puzzled gaze, he weaved his words one by one.
"Whether it's taking the initiative to care about others, communicating with people like this, or doing random and conspicuous things like exams, clubs, and student unions... the Kato of the past would never have done these things!"
"Should I say it's indifferent or cold? There seems to be no feeling of life in my body at all. It's so cold that people can't get close to it. However, I have a nice face... I can't help but think, "Ah, could this guy be the legendary Yukio?
?" and so on."
Kato Yusuke's eyes twitched, "Yamaguchi, do you know that the word Yukio actually refers to a kind of savage who lives in the Himalayas?"
"Hey, is that so?"
Yamaguchi thought for a while and said, "Well, this kind of thing is fine anyway... The important thing is that the person who has changed the most should be you, Kato, right?"
To this, Yusuke just replied calmly.
"I am still conscious about some things."
"So what?" Yamaguchi looked at him and said, "What exactly changed you?"
Kato Yusuke took out his mobile phone and sent an email to Sayu, saying noncommittally.
"There's something wrong with your statement. People's ideas will change due to certain opportunities."
The two of them continued to walk.
Yamaguchi then asked: "Then, Kato, what is your opportunity?"
Yusuke just smiled and shook his head, but did not respond.
A thoughtful look flashed in Yamaguchi's eyes, and he immediately spoke to Kato Yusuke.
"Hey, Kato."
"Um."
"What are your plans for the summer vacation?"
"It's not clear yet, but I should go back to my hometown."
"Hometown means Saitama Prefecture?"
"Um."
"It's so rare. What are you going to do back?"
"Honor the family."
Hearing this, Yamaguchi was immediately stunned, and immediately apologized and said: "Sorry, I didn't mean to do it."
Kato Yusuke shook his head, "It's okay, and it should be a good thing this time."
As he said this, his cell phone also received an email. When he opened it, he saw Sayu's reply.
——[OK!].
Yusuke smiled and put the phone away again.
Seeing this, Yamaguchi thought for a moment and said, "In addition to returning to your hometown, do you have any other plans?"
Yusuke just looked at him and said, "Although there is, you should just say what you want to say directly."
Yamaguchi didn't mind being criticized, he just smiled and patted Yusuke on the shoulder.
"In that case, do you want to go out for dinner together? Take Sayu with you."
"reason?"
"Well...how about just celebrating summer vacation?"
Hearing this, Yusuke smiled meaningfully.
"It's okay, but I'm afraid you won't have time to celebrate the summer vacation."
Yamaguchi immediately realized that the other party was referring to the Koshien qualifiers, and couldn't help scratching his head and said: "That's right, I'm sorry, we should wait until after the qualifiers are over."
"good."
Yusuke nodded, "But whether or not to come later depends on the person concerned's own decision."
"Let me tell you, you must have already started dating. Do you still pay so much attention to etiquette?"
Facing the teasing Yamaguchi, Yusuke just replied lightly.
"Before she is my girlfriend, Sayu is herself first, so I will not make decisions for her without permission."
"You..."
Yamaguchi suddenly stopped and looked at him with an indescribable strange look and said, "You mean, don't you think what you say sometimes doesn't sound like a high school student at all?"
Kato Yusuke said casually: "For example?"
Yamaguchi frowned and thought: "Well...how should I put it? He is probably a bit like a father figure?"
Hearing this, Yusuke laughed.
"Since you said so, what about むすこ(Musuko's son)?"
After being stunned for a moment, Yamaguchi suddenly became furious: "Hey - you bastard, don't call me that!"
After such an interruption, Yamaguchi also forgot what was going on in his mind.
Toyosaki Station also came into view, and the two of them walked into it together.
"Then I'll go this way and meet Kato tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
After parting ways with Yamaguchi, Kato Yusuke took his own train home.
After sitting for about ten minutes, we successfully arrived at our destination before dark.
The convenience store in front of the station is crowded, and the clerks are busy inside to cope with the current evening rush hour.
Unlike the store where Sayu worked, there were three people employed as cashier employees alone, and another person was responsible for replenishing fried foods and the like.
"Business is great."
He sighed silently, and then walked towards home.
Speaking of the past, he also thought about whether he would open a small shop in the future and live a quiet, sometimes leisurely, sometimes busy life by himself.
Of course, I would definitely not consider a place like Tokyo. After all, the rent is too high. I might consider a place like my hometown.
But the wonderful thing about life is that you never know what will happen tomorrow.
Under various opportunities, Yusuke also embarked on another path.
Thinking back to the bottle of memory potion he drank a few days ago, he couldn't help but murmured: "The Fujimoto tree..."
He raised his lips slightly and continued to walk forward.
After walking for about 10 minutes, a familiar old-fashioned apartment came into view.
Under the streetlight in front of the apartment, there was a pretty girl wearing home clothes.
"Ah~ you're back, Yusuke~~"
The amber eyes seemed to focus suddenly, and little bits of light lit up inside.
Kato Yusuke smiled involuntarily and opened his arms to the girl.
So the other party jumped towards him and hugged him.
Yusuke, who was full of warm and fragrant nephrite and stroking the girl's hair, responded softly.
"Well, I'm back, Sayu."
"Yeah~~I know, I have already felt it."
Her fluffy brown hair was dotted with the last rays of the setting sun, and the girl was smiling at him like a flower.