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 32

It’s always a struggle to get up in the morning, but today, in particular, it was even tougher. My body felt heavier than usual.

The impact of yesterday’s sports festival is definitely still lingering. I didn’t move around that much, but these things tend to tire you out regardless.

Well, I suppose I can trust those outgoing folks to handle the sports festival well. I’ve been thinking that way on my own.

Muttering complaints to the ground about yesterday, I found myself near the school in no time.

Entering the classroom, the terrible atmosphere from yesterday had completely dissipated, and everyone seemed tense for the next game.

“Make sure to do well today!”

“Don’t say it like I haven’t been doing well…”

“Huh? Did you do something yesterday?”

Mimura chuckles through his nose, and I narrowly avoid reaching my right hand towards him.

Thanks to his favor from yesterday, I managed to hold back.

“Oh, what will we do if we lose?”

Kuromi enters the classroom and immediately starts speaking in a provocative tone.

The class representative had been looking down the whole time.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

Saying that, the class representative finally bursts into tears.

Other girls gather around her, patting her back or hugging her.

“Haha! Crying like a little kid.”

I thought, how long is she going to keep saying that? You’re the one acting like a child here. I say this in my mind towards Kuromi.

Only a hero could say something like that in this kind of atmosphere.

“That, that’s enough, be nice!”

“Huh? What do you want?”

“Well, you know… Sagawa-san is trying her best too!”

“And the result of her trying hard was falling down, right? She’s not just causing trouble for the class!”

“Hey! That’s a pretty harsh way of putting it!”

One of the backup basketball players, along with me, stands up for the class representative and challenges Kuromi.

However, Kuromi isn’t directing her comments towards the guy; ultimately, she’s delivering the damage to the class representative.

“Hey, you too, you’re just hiding behind Yuta and the others during basketball.”

She snorts. Kuromi is already a monster. Someone please defeat her quickly, I’ll even issue an urgent quest for it.

“You could phrase that more nicely.”

Shirasaka looks at Kuromi, clearly thinking she’s gone too far.

“Sorry, sorry! I got irritated… Sorry, Yuta.”

Wow, most of us probably thought she had a bad personality. Well, except for Kuromi, everyone else, I think.

“But you know, what Kuromi is saying might not be entirely wrong.”

“Huh? What are you talking about, Sasaki?”

“Well, isn’t she right? We score the points, and they guard, so it’s mostly thanks to us, right?”

Sasaki… Why does he always have to pick fights with us?

“Well, don’t change the subject! Kuromi, you need to apologize to Sakagawa-san!”

“Huh? I don’t get it.”

Kuromi’s mood worsens gradually. Then, she suddenly snaps her fingers with a triumphant expression.

“Alright, if you backup members can perform better than Yuta’s team, I’ll apologize.”

“Huh…”

“Hehehe! What’s with that expression!!”

“Hahaha! Kuromi, that’s impossible, right?”

Sasaki joins in too. The backup members who can’t back down any further are beyond furious at this point.

By the way, I was getting irritated too.

***

Though I was getting irritated, in the end, I can only focus on defensive plays for now.

The charismatic group scored a lot in the first half, and the point difference is quite significant, so I felt it’s better not to do anything odd right now.

“In the end, it’s impossible!”

“Didn’t I tell you? It’s impossible.”

Sasaki and Kuromi, with their smug expressions, have been annoying me since earlier.

We continued smoothly and advanced to the semifinals.

Now, only our basketball team remains.

The ball toss and three-legged race apparently struggled and got eliminated in the preliminaries.

Dodgeball and badminton lost in the main round.

Kuromi, who was boasting so much to the class representative, didn’t win a single match.

I wanted to tell her not to be so self-righteous.

However, if it’s only basketball left, a comeback might be difficult.

“Next up is Class 2-1.”

“Which means! Shirakawa-san is in that class!”

“Wow!!”

I got so excited, feeling like we’ve already won the championship.

“But wait? Class 2-1 has some pretty strong players…”

Suddenly, the atmosphere turned as if we had lost. Also, if Ayano keeps watching like this, we might end up thinking about her during the game and lose focus on the match, right?

I can’t really say much since I’m the same way.

Before the match against Class 2-1, I had to use the restroom. When I left the gym, the class representative was on the stairs.

“Oh, Kuroda-kun, do your best.”

“Yeah, well, even if I don’t do my best, I think Shirasaka and the others will give their all.”

“Shirasaka-kun… he’s kind, isn’t he? He was comforting me until a moment ago.”

“Shirasaka is a good guy, after all…”

She said that with a slight smile.

“Oh, by the way, please cheer for our backup basketball team too. You might see an unexpected side of everyone.”

Saying that, I returned to the gym. I ended up forgetting to use the restroom.

“We’ll start with a jump ball.”

With the sound of a whistle—tweet!—the basketball soars into the air.