The Guy Who Messed Up Is Gradually Doing His Best

“Oh, so you’re Kumiyaji-san’s older sister. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

I had a bad feeling, so I won’t mention that I received a bento.

“Yoridorimi Dori” face each other, placing our hands on top of each other, and waiting for the music to start.

Right now, we are facing each other with our hands clasped together. We’re holding quite firmly.

“This year, thanks to Gouda-san, it looks like I’m going to have a great experience. Thank you.”

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Then, as soon as the music started playing, we began to dance, but this song was more difficult to handle visually than I expected. I didn’t mind it when Kaori-san was dancing. Oh, that’s right, it’s because Kaori-san was in a suit.

——Oh no, I just couldn’t help but look…

This song is very similar to the previous life “Korobushka-san,” but the light bouncing movements have significantly increased.

Moving forward and flying, moving backward and flying, spinning around and flying, and so on.

Kaori-san said it expresses the joy and fun of dancing together, but in such a large crowd, there must be someone who notices my gaze.

I desperately try not to look at her chest. I don’t want to be glared at by the girls.

There probably won’t be any girls who would say it to my face, but if they start saying things like, “Gouda-kun is always staring at our chests, how lewd~” behind my back, I would be so shocked that I would end up bedridden.

——Hmm?

“I’m sorry.”

As we turned around to switch partners, Kumiyaji-san hugged me and then quickly let go.

——Did she trip over something?

The timing was a bit off, but without rushing, I slowly welcomed the next partner and danced. Our school has a lot of well-developed girls, huh?

I put on a mask of smiles and focus solely on dancing.

——Hmm?

“Excuse me.”

At the moment when we were about to switch partners again, senpai hugged me and then immediately let go. Oh, she started holding her nose. I wonder if she’s okay?

——Hmm.

Even I, as sharp as I am, would notice if I kept getting hugged every time the partner changed to the third or fourth person.

But well, it might be safer to pretend not to notice even if I do.

Senpai really fired up, but her face was bright red and her movements were awkward. She seemed to be pushing herself quite a bit.

After finishing the dance, my legs are so wobbly that I can barely walk normally.

The next partner, skateboarder-senpai, is rubbing my back and taking care of me, but she has a bit of a troubled expression. I’m sorry, senpai.

“Hehe.”

Finally finished. I was careful because I often make mistakes at the end of songs. I’m glad the ending went well.

Due to the length of the song, I couldn’t dance with more than half of the people, but that’s how folk dances are. Still, I’m relieved it ended safely.

♪〜

“Huh?”

I thought it was over, but the song “Hiku Tea Mata” started playing again.

Everyone is starting to dance normally. Even though I was confused, I tried to keep up with everyone.

In the end, we danced three times each. We also danced with the teachers. I had trouble knowing where to look, but I think I had fun dancing.

But is the program okay? Is it falling behind schedule?

“Hehe. It’s okay because I had it planned from the beginning.”

Suddenly, a familiar voice was heard.

“?”

When I turned around, there was Ichinomiya-senpai. It seemed like everything had come full circle, or maybe the song had been adjusted to make it so because the ending felt a bit short.

“Gouda-kun, thank you so much for today.”

“No need to thank me. I also had a great time dancing with you and the teachers.”

Ichinomiya-senpai extended her left hand with a smile. It seems that the exit is also with Ichinomiya-senpai.

I was supposed to hold lightly, but once again, we’re holding hands like lovers. Well, whatever, my part is over now.

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The remaining events included the ball toss where each group competed against the teachers, class relay races, club relay races, and jump rope, and it all culminated in a thrilling grade selection relay. I love relays too. I couldn’t help but stand up and cheer for skateboarder-senpai.

Skateboarder-senpai really is fast. She went from last place to first, and some of the girls were cheering, I was excited too.

Skateboarder-senpai, with a boyish appearance and no chest, gives off a beautiful boy vibe, so I guess she is popular with the same sex.

But a relay race, huh… I kind of wanted to run a bit too. Even so, I’ve been trying to run every day since that bento incident. That said, since I haven’t exercised in a long time, my stamina might be at an elementary school level.

By the way, the first place was the Red Team, the second place was the Blue Team, the third place was the White Team, and the fourth place was the Yellow Team.

Our class is in the red team, so we have the top score. Our class is really something.

“You were first in the Red Team. Congratulations!”

But you see, everyone in our class seems kind of grumpy. Maybe the class representative should handle it. Class representative.

“G-Gouda-kun too… Even though we’re in the same class, we’ve been apart for so long.”

Is that so? Isn’t that idea just the chairperson’s? The vice-chairperson… is nodding. Kirishima-san, Makino-san… Kumiyaji-san, and a few others too.

The fact that they treat me as a classmate even though I only go to school once a week really touched me. It’s kind of amazing and makes me a bit happy.

“Oh, I see. I was in the main seat the whole time. So, how about we take a group photo with everyone from the class at the end?”

Somehow, when I said that, everyone looked at me all at once and nodded vigorously.

I was thinking of having the chairperson take a photo with her smartphone on behalf of everyone, and just then, Niiyama-sensei arrived.

“Everyone, why did you all gather here?”

The chairperson, Kimishima-san, explains it to the unpredictable Niiyama-sensei, and the teacher takes the photo with her smartphone.

I stood in the center, and everyone gathered around me. Since there were so many people, half of them were crouching in front.

In front of me were Kirishima-san and Makino-san. Oh, Kirishima-san and Makino-san are shorter than me, so it’s fine to stand normally. I should avoid the bent-over posture. The two tilted their heads, but it’s okay, don’t worry about it.

But Niiyama-sensei handed her smartphone to Satou-sensei, who happened to be passing by and came over here. So we’re taking a picture together, huh?