When I Brought The Lost Little Girl To Her House, The One Who Came Out Of The Front Door Was The Most Beautiful Girl In The Grade. - Chapter 20

I never would have imagined that Ayano would be at the same school as me… It’s like a reunion with my first crush, like something out of a manga.

It’s going to be difficult to figure out how to approach her from now on… But she really has become so beautiful. I can tell that she put a lot of effort into it, even as a guy.

“Hey! Were you listening, Kuroda?”

“Yeah, you were talking about spilling the miso soup today, right?”

“That was already over.”

“Oh, right… Then it was about not liking the ingredients in the miso soup?”

“That was yesterday!”

Mimura pokes fun at me for not paying attention to the conversation. Seriously, he were talking about miso soup again? How much does he loves miso soup?

I thought to myself. Well, Souta might be thinking the same.

“What are you talking about now? Participating in the sports festival, right?”

“The sports festival…?”

“If you’re not careful, you’ll end up doing something tiring.”

“Oh, basketball, huh…”

“I’d prefer badminton.”

Mimura starts pretending to play badminton, claiming it would increase his fighting power. But I guess it’s true that activities like the ball toss and the three-legged race seem easier during the sports festival… Or maybe dodgeball, where you can try not to be noticed and just run around until it’s over.

Basketball, on the other hand, requires constant movement, and that’s something my stamina and body can’t handle.

“I’m aiming for the ball toss and the three-legged race.”

“Yeah, sounds good…”

“By the way, I’m aiming for the three-legged race because I want to do it with my girlfriend!”

I glared at Souta with a “I won’t forgive you” expression. Seeing that, a smile naturally appears on his face.

When it comes to choosing events, they first take a survey, and if there are too many people interested in the same event, they draw lots or do rock-paper-scissors.

I drew lots and ended up with neither the ball toss nor the three-legged race.

“Sorry, buddy…”

“Well, sometimes you just have bad luck.”

Even though dodgeball is also popular, if the ball toss and the three-legged race overflow, there’s no chance of getting into dodgeball.

I ended up with basketball by process of elimination. Fortunately, I became a substitute for basketball, so that’s a relief. I breathed a sigh of relief in my mind.

But there’s still one problem left.

Most of the people around me are extroverts. Although we haven’t interacted much, it’s not like we don’t talk at all.

We’re not enemies or anything, but we’re not particularly close, so I felt a little anxious.

“Nice to meet you!”

One of the extroverted classmates said to the guys who also ended up in basketball.

Of course, he said it to me too.

“Yeah, nice to meet you.”

I said that, and the introductory moment was over. I went back to my seat, and then the student council president asked us to come up with a slogan.

Apparently, it’s something necessary. In short, it’s about setting a goal.

“A slogan, huh…”

Many students were struggling to come up with ideas. I was one of them. I just couldn’t think of a good one.

For some reason, Mimura kept coming up with more and more ideas and was actively sharing them.

In the end, we voted, and the student council president announced that the slogan “Seriously or Enjoyably, Let’s Make the Best Memories of Our Second Year” was adopted. Mimura had about five ideas, but only three people voted for his ideas – Mimura himself, me, and Souta.

Well, I expected it to turn out like this. We voted for Mimura just for fun.

“You guys… are really good people, huh.”

“Well, it’s kind of pitiful, so LMAO.”

“You’re laughing now?!”

“Because… you guys never fail to live up to expectations, or should I say… look at Souta, he’s been pretending to sleep while trying not to laugh since earlier.”

“I take back what I said! You guys are definitely annoying!”

He had said things like “I hate you! Hate you!” But as if to hold it back, I intervened, saying, “Calm down, calm down,” to soothe Mimura.

Well, despite all that, we managed to decide on the sports festival slogan, and serious practice for the sports events began during PE classes.

“Basketball, huh…”

Now that it’s been decided, we have no choice but to give it our all. Just as the slogan suggests, seriously and enjoyably.