A Sweet Romance That Starts With One Bottle of Juice, Between a Heiress Who Must Marry Her First Kiss and a Lonesome Guy With a Menacing Look - Chapter 12 - The Young Lady Wants Me to Do Club Activities - Part 2

Chapter 12 – The Young Lady Wants Me to Do Club Activities – Part 2

After school, I came to the gymnasium with Yasunomihara-san.

The high school’s gym clubs were dominated by the high-achieving volleyball and badminton clubs, which still occupy half the gymnasium.

As for our basketball club…

“It doesn’t seem like the basketball club members are here.”

“Yeah…”

Did it finally disappear because there were too few members?

“Oh, could it be…”

“What is it?”

“Yasunomihara-san, look on stage.”

“Stage?”

Yasunomihara-san looks towards the stage.

“If you look closely… Sure enough, there they are.”

There were two basketball players, apparently doing muscle training on stage .

“But Matsubara-san isn’t here.”

“I’m here.”

Matsubara-san suddenly appeared from behind us.

She was wearing her usual red jersey and had a stopwatch in her hand.

“Welcome to the basketball club.”

“The basketball team doesn’t play basketball, though.”

“That’s because there are only four of us.”

“From the looks of it, it doesn’t look like there are four of you.”

“…You keep hitting where it hurts one after another, don’t you?”

Matsubara-san led us onto the stage.

Two male members of the club were doing sit-ups there.

“I’ve brought Yasuda-kun…”

The two people doing sit-ups stood up in response to the voice. 

They were both in gym clothes. Do they not even have practice clothes?

“It’s really Yasuda-kun. He’s really big.”

“You did well scouting, Matsubara.”

A bald-headed member and a slightly flashy looking member with dyed hair. Judging by the dirt and worn-out appearance of their gym uniforms, they seem like upperclassmen.

“You’re not an athlete, but you’re pretty well-built around the waist area.”

“You also have long arms. At our high school level, you could have been an ace in any club.”

Why do these people only look at me when there’s Yasunomihara Yuuka, who’s been the center of attention all through high school, next to me? Normally, they’d be more interested in Yasunomihara-san.

“Well, well, senpais. Let’s introduce ourselves first. Okay, Yasuda-kun, you go first.”

Pushed forward by Matsubara-san, I took a step forward.

“I’m… Yasuda Tadakuni, a first-year. I’ve never played basketball before, but Matsubara-san threatened me and… um… I’ve decided to temporarily join the club. Nice to meet you.”

“Ya-su-da-kun?”

“Um… yeah. I was invited and decided to give it a try. Nice to meet you.”

The two seniors clapped their hands together.

Next, the bald-headed senior stepped forward and extended his hand towards me.

“I’m Takizawa, third year and head of the basketball club. Nice to meet you.”

“Y-Yes.”

I shook hands with Takizawa senpai, and then the brown-haired senpai extended his hand as well.

“Also third year, Kawakami.”

I shook hands with Kawakami-senpai and introduced myself.

“By the way, who’s the young lady over there?”

Kawakami-senpai asked me, and Yasunomihara-san lined up next to me.

“I am Tadakuni’s girlfriend, Yasunomihara Yuuka. Nice to meet you.”

She said, not hiding the fact that we’re dating even though we just met them…

“Yasunomihara…the sponsor for the Japanese national team, right?”

“Yes.”

“That’s amazing. I had no idea that such a big company’s daughter was in our high school.”

“I didn’t know either,” the other senpai said. They both seem uninterested in Yasunomihara-san.

But more importantly, this person has been touching my body non-stop since earlier… Could they be into that kind of thing?

“Oh, um, Matsubara-san. Where are the other club members?”

“The other two are rarely here because they’re involved in other club activities. They are also third-year students in the sports club.”

“The sports club…? It’s impressive that such busy people would join another club.”

“Both of them are substitutes and apparently have free time on weekends.”

…So the substitutes from another club are helping out. And they’re all 3rd-year students. The sense of finality in this club is really something.

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The two seniors continued their muscle training on stage, while the three of us went outside the gym.

Matsubara-san told me to change into my gym clothes, so I went to the toilet to change and came back immediately, but for some reason Yasunomihara-san was not there.

“Where’s Yasunomihara-san?”

“She’ll be here soon, look.”

“Sorry to keep you waiting.”

“W-Why is Yasunomihara-san wearing a gym uniform too?”

Yes, even Yasunomihara-san had returned in her gym uniform.

When Yasunomihara-san returned, she had her long blonde hair, which she is very proud of, tied back in one bun with a hair band, and her bangs were also pulled to the right.

Her shorts were fresh and her top…had a lot of volume.

“Yasuda-kun, you look at her breasts too much.”

“Huh? N-No…”

Before I knew it, I had my eyes fixed on Yasunomihara-san, and when I stared at her in her gym uniform, Matsubara gave me a cold look.

“It’s okay. Tadakuni likes my chest, so…”

“Hey, Yasuda-kun, you can’t possibly—”

“W-What? I haven’t done anything! Yasunomihara-san, don’t say things that make it seem like there’s something going on!”

“I’m just getting back at Tadakuni because his gaze is too lewd.”

Yasunomihara-san laughed like a naughty child, sticking her tongue out.

…She’s so cute.

“Anyway, you’ve got to get the minimum stamina to be able to run four quarters by the weekend, right?”

“Yeah, okay.”

“Tadakuni, don’t worry, I’ll run too.”

Together with Yasunomihara-san… I wonder if I can keep up with her properly.

“I just showed Yuuka-chan the outer course earlier, so run that course and come back in under 20 minutes. If it takes more than 20 minutes, do it again.”

I don’t know how long the course is, but if I do it several times, I’m sure I won’t be able to beat the time. I don’t have much confidence in my stamina… but I’ll do my best.

“Alright, let’s go. Start!”

The moment Matsubara-san pressed the stopwatch, Yasunomihara-san started running.

I also started to run to keep up.

“Yasunomihara-san was the top scorer in the physical fitness test at the beginning of the school year, and she’s also good at endurance running, right?”

“Everyone who plays basketball has a lot of stamina. And I never miss my morning run even after I quit.”

“I see…”

“From now on, I can run with Tadakuni every morning.”

“…Yes, that’s right.”

So I have to run every day…

After that, the smell of Yasunomihara-san’s fresh citrus perfume kept me running.