"Ha~"

Walking down the long ramp that I had to take to school, I couldn't help but yawn.

I've been thinking about how to resurrect the drama department last night, and now I'm really a little sleep-deprived.

"I'm really out of energy early in the morning, boy."

Not far ahead, there was a man standing, the blinding sunlight shining on his body, but it was impossible to see his face, only the blonde hair and the third-grade school uniform as dazzling as the sun.

I couldn't see his face, but I recognized him right away.

Who else in the third grade would dye such arrogant blonde hair?

"Hmm... Good morning, Haruhara. ”

"Although you look reluctant, Uncle Ben is in a good mood and won't care."

"Ahh Walking past Haruhara yawning, I walked straight towards the school, "Then I'm going to school." ”

"Wow, ah~ Izumi, don't really ignore me like this!"

Shouting and shouting, Haruhara's pursuit followed.

"Spare me, you're definitely going to be doing something when you come to school so early anyway, right?"

"Hmph, that's a good question," snapped his fingers, Haruhara jumped forward in a few steps, took out the right hand that he had been carrying on his back, and raised the thing in his hand in front of me, "Look at this!" ”

"Basketball?"

"That's right, it's basketball!" Turning around 360° in a chic way, Haruhara raised his hand to make a simulated shooting action, "How about it, not bad, right?" ”

"Do you mean to play basketball?"

"Of course, and we're going to play the basketball club!"

Said something terrible with a bright face.

"Huh————! We? ”

Are you kidding me? Let a layman go to play against a professional player, isn't it okay to run to find abuse?

"Didn't Ji Ning say it yesterday? Impress the people around you with your desperate attitude, and the lucky word is basketball, that is! If we win the game against the official members of the basketball club, we can let the girls in the choir understand what is the disadvantage?! ”

Although you said it so generously, I'm more curious about when did you have a good relationship with Miyazawa to the point of being named?

"But will it go well?"

"Of course! As long as we win, Sugisaka and Nishina, who are greatly moved, will give up the advisor to us," the more he talked, the more excited he became, Haruhara clenched his fists, "There is absolutely no problem for the three of us to do it together!" ”

"Wait," I pressed my forehead, trying to absorb the long list of words that Haruhara crackled like a machine gun, "you know I'm not good at sports, is it okay to let me play?" ”

I still know what my shortcomings are.

"You and I are in charge of shooting, and Okazaki is in charge of commanding, don't worry!"

"Huh... Got it, I'll do it. ”

It's all said and done, so it's time to do it.

"Okay, then you're going to say yes," happily patted me on the shoulder, and Haruhara, holding the ball, ran forward, waving his hand back, "I'll go and convince Okazaki now to practice after school!" ”

It's so energetic, if only it could give me half of my spirit.

Yawned again, I thought.

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"If you want to play basketball, it's rare that Yang Ping can come up with a serious idea."

"Pretty much, but I'm not very confident."

I walked down the aisle with Apricot in my cardboard box, but we both had different destinations, she was going to the faculty room, and I was putting what Ishikawa had asked for back in the multimedia classroom.

It's the same road before you get to the top of the stairs.

"It's really unproductive, and I'm discouraged before I even start."

"Haha, anyway, let's do our best."

"That's the motivation, fighting!"

"Ahem, ahem! Wow! ”

Suddenly, I stumbled forward and jumped a few steps, and the box I was holding in my hand almost fell to the ground.

"Ahh Excuse me, are you alright? ”

"It's okay, I'm glad I'm holding it firm."

"Suddenly making such a loud noise, I was in a cold sweat," After seeing that I was fine, Xing breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately said very dissatisfied, "Really, can you not be so misunderstood next time?" ”

This is too fast, isn't it? Occasionally I still care about it... Could it be that you are tsundere?! No, no, no, how can this kind of trick-like two-dimensional attribute be on the apricot, haha.

"What rude are you thinking? Do you want me to choke you by the neck until you can't make a sound? ”

Sure enough, his face did not change and said that the intimidation of scaring people to death was apricot... Forehead! Am I being read again?!

"Why, what's going on?"

"Why did you suddenly become a Kansai accent, you really have a weak heart, right?"

Hmmm, wow, Miss Xing is so terrible, can't she even let go of such a small change?

"By the way, Xing, you can also help when the time comes."

"Anyway, I'm sure I'm going to come to see you play."

"No, no, I'm talking about you being a contestant too."

"What?"

"Of course, I'll be playing at first, but you know," he smiled, "even if I start practicing now, I won't be able to improve my physical strength." ”

"So you might need to make a change?"

"Ahh

Great, if it weren't for you to take the initiative to say it, I wouldn't know how to speak.

"I know, I'll be a substitute."

"Oh, thanks."

"So, when is the game?"

"This is Haruhara in charge, I'll ask him later."

"Really? Now it's time to start preparing. ”

"You're serious."

"Of course," Apricot looked at me with a natural expression, "and since you've decided to do it, you'll have to do your best." ”

Well, this is indeed the answer of the apricot style.

"I'll go this way," Walking up the stairs, Xing pointed in the direction below, and waved the notebook in his hand at me, "Then I'll go to the staff room first, and then talk back to the classroom." ”

"Ah, I see."

After watching Apricot trot downstairs, I continued to walk forward.

As it is said, life is full of accidents.

I didn't even have a minute to be separated from Xing, and I immediately ran into an acquaintance.

"Okazaki, let's play basketball!"

"I didn't want to!"

Haruhara, who chases with a basketball, and Okazaki, who runs desperately to avoid him.

It's a rare sight, and Okazaki will have a hard time dealing with Haruhara?

"What are you doing?"

"Oh! Izumi: Let's talk about Okazaki, he doesn't even play basketball with us. ”

"Boring, don't pull me in."

"Well, you two don't be so loud, and be careful that you will be targeted by the Discipline Commission when you run down the aisle."

If it weren't for the luck of being caught by Zhidai every time, he might have been a frequent visitor to the Discipline Inspection Commissioner's room.

"Is this the opinion of the "seniors"?"

"The word 'senior' sounds so harsh, anyway, don't make too much of a fuss."

"It's not too noisy, it's that Haruhara's is too annoying," Okazaki sighed tiredly, "Class, rest, even to the toilet he came along." ”

Yes... That's a bit unbearable.

"Look, Izumi thinks so too."

"I haven't said anything yet."

"Your face says it all."

"But Okazaki, you can come too, I also think Haruhara's idea is good this time."

"Sorry, I'm not interested." Waving his hand, Okazaki seemed reluctant to talk more about the topic, "I'll go back to the classroom first." ”

He walked away without looking back.

"Does he hate basketball so much?"

"Okazaki has had some nasty things happen in the past," Haruhara sighed as he shrugged, "It's going to be hard to convince him." ”

"But you're not going to give up trying to persuade him, are you?"

"Of course!"

Haruhara straightened his chest and nodded affirmatively.

"By the way, Haruhara," remembering what Kazuki said earlier, "I told Apricot about the basketball game, and Apricot agreed to be a substitute, so remember to tell her when the time comes." ”

"Huh! Did Apricot say yes? You won't make any super difficult requests, will you? ”

"Don't worry, there are no requirements, Xing readily agreed."

"Woo~ This is even more terrifying."

Sort of, I understand that you think so.

"What are you doing with the box?"

"Ishikawa asked me," I smiled as I shook the box in my arms, "I'm about to put it in now." ”

"Agui, then there is no way," scratching his head and nodding his head with such an expression, Haruhara, holding the basketball and walking in the direction that Okazaki had just left, "Then I'll chase Okazaki, and you can come with you after school." ”

"Ahh

After watching Haruhara's run away, I couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Okazaki.

Haruhara, which is on the rise, is very difficult, and once Okazaki could stand it... But why wouldn't he want to play basketball?