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The summer holiday was over in the blink of an eye and school starts again from today.
I was able to spend the summer holidays with Hina and Sakine at summer festivals and swimming pools, and from my point of view I had a very satisfying holiday.
However, human beings are creatures that want what they can’t have, and I feel that my desire to get to know her better and to get together with her is increasing day by day these days.
But I didn’t think I was fit to be next to her, so I cut my hair to the best of my ability so that I would at least look like a man who would be fit to walk next to her.
I get ready for school, scratching my head, which is a little sad after the haircut.
Standing in front of the mirror, I look a few percent cooler than usual.
The best I can do at the moment, although I don’t know if this is appropriate for walking next to Hina.
“Good morning.”
“Ryuki.Good morning.”
When I left the house just in time as usual, a familiar face spoke to me from behind.
“Oh, Hikaru, you cut your hair, did you get a makeover after the summer holidays?”
“Well, something like that.”
“Hmmm.
I think your haircut suits you better.”
“Thanks.”
He probably has a general idea of why I cut my hair, but he hasn’t looked into it too deeply.
I thought that maybe that’s why we became such a comfortable place and became good friends, and I decided to express my gratitude for the new topic that Ryuuki brought up.
“Speaking of which, what competition are you going to compete in, Hikaru?”
“What?”
“What do you mean, the sports festival, the sports festival you know?”
“Ah~, it’s already next week?”
After being reminded by him that the sports festival is coming up soon, I also think back to the decision to compete in the sports festival before the summer vacation.
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“Now about which competition you’ll participate in at the sports festival~. I leave it to the sports committee.”
The two members of the class sports festival committee, a man and a woman, stood at the teacher’s table and began to officiate and conduct the event with all their might.
“Well, first of all, I’d like to inform you that we, Class 4, are the white class, the same as Class 8. I’ll post the classifications for the other colours at the front, so if you’re interested, come and look at them later.”
As our school is quite a big school with up to eight classes, the colours are also divided into red, white, yellow and blue.
The school has a lot of spectators and it seems to be one of the most famous events in the area.
“The boys are definitely going to participate in the cavalry battle, and the girls in the ball tossing. In addition, there are two other individual events for them to choose from. The options are the 100 m race, the steeplechase, the scavenger hunt, the tug of war and the three-legged race.”
With that being said, classmates began discussing with their friends what they were going to compete in.
I, too, was on my own, but I was thinking about the competition.
I don’t want to run if I can help it, so the 100m run is not an option for me, and I’d also like to avoid the steeplechase.
The three-legged race is also a bit difficult for me as I don’t have any friends.
By process of elimination, I decided on a scavenger hunt and a tug of war.
“–Umm ……. Tahara-kun?”
Suddenly a voice came from next door, and Shigeta-san, a female student on the sports festival organising committee, called me over.
“Eh-……. Ah, yes”
I immediately turned my head back to the front and she said apologetically.
“Um, Tahara-kun, have you decided what you want to do?”
“Let’s see, …….
I want to participate in the tug of war and the scavenger hunt.”
“—then, Tadokoro-kun”
“I want to–“
As a result, the sports events for the sports festival were decided without any arguments, as if everyone had safely decided on the events they wanted to participate in.
I thought that was the end of it, but once again Shigeta-san approached me.
“Tahara-kun, I’d like you to participate in the relay if possible. ……”
“Hee?”
“The relay is decided by the record of the 50 m run in the physical fitness test, but everyone faster than Tahara-kun has gone to the Swedish relay. Can you do it for me?’
“Oh, yeah, sure.”
“Really? Thanks~”
Relays are the star of sports festivals, but probably not everyone wants to run.
I regretted that I should have cut back a little and tried the physical fitness test.
I thought that no one would want to see a shady person like me run, but I thought that if I refused at this point, Shigeta-san might burst into tears, so I reluctantly agreed. she went back with a big smile on her face.
Sorry, future self. Good luck and run.
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Even though I have murderous intent towards my past self, I tell Ryuki about the competition I will be participating in.
“If you include team sports, there are four: borrowed goods competition, tug of war, cavalry competition, and relay.”
“Are you also in the relay?”
“Well, does that mean Ryuki too?”
“Yeah, I’m going to run in the relay. But if I am with Hikaru, you’ll feel a lot safer. Let’s do our best.”
“Why?”
“I’m not that good at running either, but I feel like I can manage with you here.”
“No, I’m not fast either.”
“Don’t be modest, you were faster than me in the 50 metres in PE.”
While we were talking about this, I found myself at school.
We walked through the school gate towards our classrooms.
At that time, I suddenly thought of Hina.
I wonder what she will think when she sees me with a haircut. With such expectations in mind, I quickened my pace and entered the classroom.
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