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The midterm exams are over and the test results are coming back one after another.
Today is Wednesday, the day I eat lunch with Sudo, Kioka, and Kumagai san.
On the way home by train after the field trip, Sudo made a suggestion.
“Hey, why don’t the four of us have lunch together, just once in a while?”
With a seething enthusiasm in his heart, Sudo looked alternately at Kioka and Kumagai-san.
Hey, look at me too !
“Hm～, that’s fine. Maybe once a week.”
“I guess so…but is it okay with Samejima kun?”
Kumagai san seemed to have recovered and was concerned about me.
“You know what my lunch looks like, right?”
“It’s the same as today, right?
It can be a convenience store bento.
If we exchange them, everyone will be happy to have a different taste.”
“Are you sure? Thanks !”
So, every Wednesday, the four of us gather around the desk and eat our lunch boxes.
Today is the same as the field trip,
I packed rice, furikake, cherry tomatoes, meatballs (frozen), and fish paste in my lunch box.
The week before, it was a convenience store bento.
First, I reported my last English score and calculated the total score.
“First place; Samejima, second place; Yuri, third place; me, fourth place, Sudo.”
“Good !”
“Gwah ! Why !”
“I’m in a go home club, I’m serious about studying !”
I just don’t want to lose to Saki and Matsukubo Takuma, that’s all.
The two of them looked at the answer sheets that came and were disappointed several times.
I had scored well above average, so it should have been an easy win for me !
“I was completely defeated. I didn’t think Samejima was that smart.
And Sudo. I heard that if you don’t do well on the final exam, you’ll have to take a make-up class.
Do your best.”
Kioka opened her lunch box.
“we’re gonna have make-up exams during the summer vacation, right? Give me a break…”
The phone vibrated with a boom.
[This time, I lost. After school, I’ll go to the convenience store at the next station and order a Hagen’s.]
Kumagai san stared at me with a complicated expression.
[(”◇”’ゞ]
Before the midterm test, I secretly made a private line with Kumagai san.
The only thing we exchanged was about the test, but still, I felt nervous…
[Hey, are you feeling okay? You wanna do it another day?]
She knew !
I was trying not to show my depression anymore !
[I’m fine.]
[If Samejima-kun doesn’t go, we won’t be able to eat Hagen’s !]
[Tsundere. Thanks for the treat.]
[Cheer up.]
I haven’t told Sudo or Kumagai san, but today is my birthday.
Before first period started, I heard Saki’s happy voice echoing throughout the classroom.
“Happy birthday ! Takuma !”
I had no idea it was the same birthday as Matsukubo Takuma’s !
Congratulated by Saki ! I was reflexively so happy to hear the words,
Then her next word is Takuma ! I’m so depressed.
But I quickly regained my composure so Sudo and the others wouldn’t find out…
Thank you, Kumagai san.
After school, we decided that it was not a good idea to walk together,
Kumagai san is walking behind me, a little bit away from me.
……This is sweet and sour !
Kumagai san bought a “brûlée brûlée” and I bought a “butter cookie”,
We sat side by side at the diner.
“Then, let’s trade !”
Kumagai san was the first to stick her spoon into my “butter biscuit”.
Naturally, I stuck my spoon into Kumagai san’s “brûlée brûlée”.
[ [Delicious~! !] ]
There was no sweet atmosphere between the two of us, but it was the sweetest in my mouth.
“It was my loss this time, but I won’t lose at the end of the term !”
Kumagai san hates to lose…it’s a bit troublesome.
“You mean, we’re gonna compete at the end of the term too?”
“Of course ! It was a good match, and you study better when you have a rival, don’t you?
But, after all, the loser will treat something.”
“Great, next time you’ll buy me a drink !”
“But I’ll win, though?”
We glared at each other with smiles of confidence on our faces.
[ [Hmph ! !] ]
Then she took another mouthful of Hagen and smiled happily.
Hey, Samejima kun, what will you be attending at the sports festival?”
“I’m gonna run the 1,500 meters race.”
“Heh, sounds like a tough race. Is that your specialty? Are you fast?”
“I think I’m fast.
I don’t do club activities, but I run about five kilometers every two days.”
That’s right.
I was bullied in the early grades of elementary school,
My mom suggested I take up kickboxing.
Once a week.
Saki saved me when I was bullied, and I told her that I would become stronger and protect her.
In order to protect Saki, I worked out all the time, even during the entrance exam season of junior high school.
My first sparring session was just one minute, and of course I was scared,
but more than that, one minute was so long that I was exhausted immediately and couldn’t attack for more than 30 seconds.
It was a very physical workout,
I run 5 kilometers every two days as fast as I can.
I never once had a chance to show my kickboxing skills to anyone,
then Saki dumped me !
I thought about quitting after being dumped by Saki, but,
[If I quit here, I’m a loser !]
My sister kicked my butt again, and I’ve been doing it for a long time without taking a break.
At the gym, I always use Matsukubo Takuma as a sandbag and beat him to a pulp,
I’m kicking his ass all over the place !
How’s that ! Are you regretting it !
Then, the next day, when I saw Matsukubo Takuma and Saki flirting,
I defaulted to being disappointed and depressed.
“I see. I’ll support you !”
“Thank you. What are you attending, Kumagai san?”
“I’m in the 100-meter x 4 relay.”
Kumagai san looked a little embarrassed as she answered.
“Oh, you are the chosen one !”
The four fastest 50-meter runners were automatically chosen for the relay.
I didn’t make it to the top four. I’m so disappointed.
“Was it unexpected?
But you know, when a girl loses her shyness, she comes out on top.”
“I can’t wait to see the look on Kumagai san’s face when she puts away her shyness.”
“You’re the worst.”
Kumagai san cursed, but immediately smiled.
“I’ll be rooting for you, too.”
“Thanks.”
By the way, my sister was the only one who gave me a birthday present, and she gave me a cake.
Of course, on my sister’s birthday, she demanded double payback.
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