Prefectural Tsu High School, Gymnasium.

Bang! Bang!

The basketball bounced twice on the ground and returned to Naruse's hand.

Glancing at the few Class A boys who stopped in front of him, he jumped up slightly, ready to throw.

And the basket is still far away.

Can you shoot this far......

Several people subconsciously shifted their eyes, and when the basketball was about to be taken off, Naruse's wrist suddenly turned, and the flying basketball fell into the right wing of Kobayashi's hand.

Fooled again!

Several people immediately went to surround Kobayashi Masa, and he dribbled the ball, not planning to break through the encirclement at all, and passed the ball to Naruse, who had already run to the middle distance.

Bang!

Receiving the ball and dribbling, the opposing defender kept staring at him and immediately got closer.

Bang!

Naruse strode away, and on the way to drift his body, he aimed at the basket and threw the basketball in his hand directly.

Syllable!

The basketball smashed the board and fell straight into the net.

"Entered—"

The girl next to her suddenly screamed, startling Morimi.

"Ahhh

"Calm down......"

Glancing at Naruse who was smiling and high-five his teammates, Morimi waved the badminton racket in his hand and looked at Ogasawara on the other side of the net.

"Let's keep practicing."

"Ah, okay."

She also looked at the basketball court, but instead of Naruse, who had just scored, she was staring at Kobayashi Masa, who provided a key assist.

The two of them continued to practice, while the boys on the basketball court were about to rest for a while.

They've been fighting for a while.

Declining the water sent by a few Class A girls, Naruse walked to the sidelines, picked up his water cup and took a sip, and then let out a long breath.

Once registration for the Games begins, PE classes will become a time for students to practice their sports until June.

And for Naruse, who has no time to practice with his teammates after school these days, it is a very valuable training.

After another sip of water, he put down the glass, wiped the sweat that was about to flow from his eyes, and glanced around the gymnasium.

On the other side of the badminton court, Morimi and Ogasawara played the shuttlecock back and forth slowly, and they couldn't see the slightest intensity at all.

It's so easy, is it still practice?

"Don't be beaten to tears then......"

After all, there is also a women's badminton club in the sports department of Tsingao, and there is no reason not to sign up for this kind of competition.

However, it is not his turn to worry about others, after all, he has to face stronger opponents - according to Ito, three members of the men's basketball team in the second year of Class E are the main members of the Tsubaka men's basketball team.

One can only hope that they will not be drawn in the first round of the draw......

And Hikaru Takikawa, who is also in Class E, did not sign up for women's basketball because he was a teacher, so he signed up for the women's 100-meter track and field event.

【“…… The teacher came to ask me, but after thinking about it, it was easier to run, so I told him that there was no one in class E who could play except me, so he didn't report for women's basketball...... Running is much simpler, with one run in the preliminaries on the first day, another run in the finals on the second day, and then it's over. ”】

Thinking of her words when she got out of school yesterday, Naruse was a little moved, but she didn't expect it at the time, and now it's too late to regret it.

"Naruse, let's practice a little longer." After a short break, his teammates beckoned.

"Okay."

Naruse returned to the court, and with four teammates from the same Class A basketball team, he once again faced the Class B basketball team that was in physical education class today.

Bang! Bang!

The sound of a basketball hitting the floor and sneakers coming to a sudden stop on the floor echoed through the huge gymnasium.

Bang -

Outside the gymnasium, the sound of rain continued.

After another half hour, the bell rang and PE class ended.

After playing basketball for almost the entire class, Naruse was steaming and sweaty.

Just as he was about to rinse off in the shower at the gymnasium, Mori stopped him.

"Wow - what a heavy smell of sweat." She covered her nose.

"Then what are you doing here?"

Naruse waved his hand at the few teammates who were waiting for him, motioning for them to go first.

"Give me the cup." She held out her hand, "I'll help you get it back to the classroom." ”

Naruse opened it again and took a sip before giving her the water cup.

"Go wash it, it stinks." She said again.

Naruse smiled, wiped the sweat from his head, and turned to follow a few of his teammates.

“……”

Looking at his back, Morimi quietly took a breath.

It smells so strong......

It's all his taste.

"One leaf?" Ogasawara called her on the other side.

"Here we are."

Morimi trotted over, and Ogasawara glanced at the water glass in her hand, but just smiled and didn't say anything.

Leaving the gymnasium, the rain outside still hasn't stopped.

"Why hasn't the rain stopped...... It's not the rainy season yet. Ogasawara reached outside and quickly withdrew it.

Morimi looked at the sky, "It's only been a long day." ”

"Hey, it's better to have a sunny day...... There is always a stuffy feeling on a rainy day. ”

"It's good that the rain has cooled down a bit, otherwise the whole gymnasium would have smelled of the boys' sweat."

When I came to the locker room, I took off my sportswear, changed back into my uniform, and then returned to the Class A classroom, and sat down in my seat, and Morimi stared at the water glass in his hand for a while.

Outside the window, the rain was dripping, and before the bell rang, Naruse, with wet hair, returned to the classroom in his tracksuit, followed by his teammates who were playing basketball.

Morimi leaned sideways slightly, his eyes following him, "Didn't you wipe your hair?" ”

"Just a little rubbing...... There's no time to dry it. ”

He sat down, "Just don't drip water." ”

The same was true of the boys who came back with him.

He looked down at the bag he had casually placed next to the leg of the table, which contained his tracksuit.

Morimi said, "Are you going to the training center today?" ”

"Of course."

"It's still raining outside."

"It's almost over." Naruse looked out the window, "Since the training center didn't take the initiative to cancel today's class, it means that they think it's okay." ”

"Whatever you want."

Morimi didn't say much, and quickly turned around.

There was still one class left in the afternoon, and the one arranged after the passionate physical education class was a boring ancient literature class.

In less than ten minutes of class, the whole classroom was lifeless, and only the sound of the Chinese teacher clicking on the blackboard could be heard.

Morimi held his chin, and with the other hand kept taking notes, finally finished copying the board book, and the Chinese teacher picked up the blackboard eraser, wiped the front part clean, and continued to write.

“……”

There was a dull breath in the classroom, and there was a faint sound of pen smashing.

Endured sleepiness, Morimi also dropped his pen.

Anyway, the old man who teaches Chinese is not very fast in writing, so there is no need to rush to copy the notes.

Stretching, she looked back again, and there was no movement behind her since just now.

“……”

Naruse was lying on his stomach on the table, his eyes closed, and his pen still in his hand.

And under the tip of the pen, there is a long list of crooked marks.

Sure enough, I fell asleep......

Staring at his closed eyes for a while, Morimi slowly pulled out the pen in his hand, and was about to put it on his desk, when he thought about it, took it back directly, and replaced his pen with him.

Glancing at the blackboard book, she took a deep breath, cheered up, and then took his pen and continued to copy.

Bang -

The monotonous and unchanging sound of the board on the podium is not so boring to listen to.

Time passed slowly, and the rain outside gradually stopped.

By the time Naruse was pushed awake by Morimi, the person standing on the podium had changed from an old man teaching Chinese to an over-energetic teacher.

Stretching his limbs, he whispered, "Why don't you wake me up when he's done talking." ”

Morimi glanced at him and ignored him.

Nothing has happened lately, and the training for the sports meeting is in full swing, Yanagisawa has nothing to say, and the evening shift meeting did not last long.

“…… So be it, train for training, but don't stay too late in school. ”

After serving as a teacher, he left.

Naruse yawned and packed up, he couldn't remember when he fell asleep.

"Haven't you slept enough?"

"That's enough."

Morimi stretched out his hand, "I'm not going to study today, give me the key to the department." ”

"Why don't you practice badminton?"

"Gym class isn't practiced."

"Is that also called training?"

"I'm not going to do anything anyway...... Don't talk nonsense. ”

Naruse gave her the key.

I got up and went to the back door of the classroom, and said hello to Naoko, who was about to go to the handicraft club, and Hikaru Takikawa also came down.

"Is it normal today?"

"Hmm."

"Let's go, then."

Naruse went back to the classroom to get something, took two steps, and looked back again, always feeling that he had left something behind.

"What's wrong?" Morimi asked.

"It's okay......"

He shook his head and left through the back door.

Seeing his figure disappear, Morimi turned his head to look at the ground on the back side of the desk, and turned the department key in his hand.

(End of chapter)