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 13 - The Young Lady Wants Me to Do Club Activities - Part 3

Chapter 13 – The Young Lady Wants Me to Do Club Activities – Part 3

—It’s been 10 minutes since we started.

Yasunomihara-san did not look tired at all, she looked unconcerned, just staring ahead and moving her legs.

I grit my teeth, trying to manage to keep up with her high pace.

“Please don’t push yourself too hard.”

“Hmph, I’m not pushing myself too hard!”

“…You’re surprisingly competitive, aren’t you?”

“You’re the same, Yasunomihara-san.”

Our pace continued to increase, and it wouldn’t have been strange for me to fall behind at any moment.

Five minutes later, I, a high school student in the go-home club, could not possibly have the same stamina as Yasunomihara-san, and I gradually fell behind her.

Not only did she have incredible stamina, but her concentration was also impressive.

Even though the outer perimeter of the high school had many rough roads, she showed no sign of concern and her form didn’t falter. And being left behind made me realize a few things. Her well-toned leg muscles, her seemingly weightless body, and her rhythmic gait.

“Yasunomihara-san… you’re amazing.”

“Tadakuni, we’re almost there.”

Yasunomihara-san turned around and said that to me.

“Almost there? To the finish line?”

“That’s right!”

I hadn’t been paying attention to anything but Yasunomihara-san, but suddenly the school gate was right in front of us. Yasunomihara-san gradually slowed down and ran alongside me.

“What’s our time?”

“If we continue like this, I think we’ll easily finish within 20 minutes. Before we started running, I thought I could leave you behind, Tadakuni, but you’re doing quite well.”

“You were going to leave me here?”

“That’s just a figure of speech. I couldn’t possibly leave Tadakuni behind.”

In front of the school gate, Yasunomihara-san grabbed my gym uniform. At the same time, we slowly came to a stop.

“I’ll be by your side… always.”

“Y-yeah.”

As I watched Yasunomihara-san blush and feel embarrassed, my heart began to warm up. Always… huh?

“Good job, you two!”

When Matsubara-san came running towards us, Yasunomihara-san quickly removed her hand from my uniform.

“Hmm, what’s wrong, Yuuka-chan? Your face is red.”

“Of course, it’s after the run! Besides that, could you tell our time?”

“Let’s see… The time was 18 minutes 58 seconds.”

About 19 minutes.

I cleared it pretty easily.

Well, maybe it was thanks to Yasunomihara-san’s lead.

“That’s great, Yasuda-kun! Even the senpais did it in 21 minutes or more.”

Those seniors have more to do than muscle training…

I wiped my sweat with the towel I received from Matsubara and drank some water from the tap.

When I returned, the two were having a difficult conversation.

“The reason why Tadakuni can run so well is because he has a large stride. And the wider stride will make him less fatigued.”

“But Yuuka-chan, isn’t the stride running method more burdensome on the legs and more tiring?”

Sorry, as a perennial member of the go-home club, I haven’t been able to understand their conversation since earlier.

“No, if he has the muscle strength, he will be less fatigued by stride running. Or maybe Tadakuni was born with the spring to support it.”

When Yasunomihara-san noticed me, she took the towel I was hanging around my neck.

“You’re still sweating. Please squat down a little.”

“I’ll do it myself.”

“It’s okay.”

With a gentle hand, like a mother wiping her baby’s mouth, Yasunomihara-san wiped away my sweat.

Matsubara-san, who was in front of me, gave me a cold shoulder and said, “Ooh, you’re showing off, aren’t you?”

“I-It’s embarrassing.”

“Tadakuni, you get embarrassed so easily. You just have to be confident.”

Yasunomihara-san rubbed my skin firmly while puffing out her cheeks.

“Then why don’t you wipe Yuuka-chan’s sweat, Yasuda-kun?”

Matsubara-san handed me a new towel.

I-I have to wipe Y-Yasunomihara-san’s s-sweat…?

With my trembling right hand, I took the towel and placed it on Yasunomihara-san’s cheek.

Even through the towel, I could tell that Yasunomihara-san’s skin was glossy.

As if enjoying her skin mindlessly like a pervert, before I knew it, Yasunomihara-san’s face had turned bright red.

“T-Tadakuni… I-It’s embarrassing.”

“Huh? You told me to be confident earlier.”

“…Y-You’re being mean…”

Although she always did bold things, Yasunomihara-san was weak when it came to herself.