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the next day.
The day of the sports festival has arrived, and some of the athletically gifted students have been waiting for it.
It was a perfect day for exercise, as if someone had orchestrated it: it was neither too hot nor too cold, and it wasn't windy at all.
"My back hurts..."
Before the sports festival, all the students in the school were doing warm-up exercises. After that, Yuu returned to his class and muttered this.
It was clearly because of his passionate tryst with Yui yesterday.
"Are you okay? If you hurt yourself warming up, I won't be able to help you."
"No, just yesterday."
Takuya was wearing a headband and gym clothes and spoke to me with a serious, happy look on his face.
"What? Were you practicing alone yesterday for today?"
"Well... that's about it, I guess."
I want to laugh at you and say, "My body hurts because I had so much sex with your girlfriend yesterday," but I can't bring myself to say it.
"Well, unlike Takuya, I don't participate in many events."
Yuu will only participate in events that all students in the school are forced to participate in. Takuya, on the other hand, will participate in a number of events, including those as well as the selection relay, inter-club relay, and obstacle course race.
The difference is simply due to the difference in their motivation, but a bigger difference is their popularity and athletic ability.
"Takuya, you're going to compete in two consecutive competitions, right? Are you sure?"
"It's no problem. Soccer matches last for tens of minutes. It's no problem."
Takuya said, sounding full of confidence.
As we were talking, an announcement came over the phone: "We will now begin the first event of the sports festival, the 100-meter dash for selected athletes. Participants please gather at the designated location."
"Well, it's time to act. I'm off."
Takuya told Yu and went to Yui while being cheered on by his classmates. After a few words, they walked to the meeting place.
He probably said something cool like, "I'll do my best for Yui-chan." I couldn't hear exactly what he said, but it was easy to guess because the girls around him had been yelling at Yui after Takuya had left.囃already
The boys, including Yu, looked on in annoyance.
Although he is okay with Takuya and Yui being together, he still gets annoyed when they start getting affectionate in front of him.
Soon the selected students gathered and formed a line.
Although he wanted to stand next to Yui, there was no way he could do that in this situation surrounded by his classmates.
From there, I just watched the students running around aimlessly. Or rather, I just watched them to kill time.
There's no way the seniors or juniors would know anyone... or rather, even their classmates don't know the names of anyone other than the students they're in the same class with, so unless there's someone who's exceptionally fast, it's not particularly interesting.
After several couples had done this, it was naturally Takuya's turn.
The female classmates... No, it wasn't just his classmates. Yuu could tell that the atmosphere of the female students in the other classes had changed.
(...)
Of course, it can't be funny. Even though it's widely known that he has a girlfriend named Yui, he remains very popular.
He's good looking and a big star in the soccer club. His personality is also pleasant and refreshing, so it's no surprise he's popular with the opposite sex, but that doesn't mean he can fully understand it.
Although things didn't work out with Yui, there are surely some other female students who would be a good match for Takuya. For those girls, Takuya would be a prime candidate.
However, Yui was the only one who glanced at Yu just once, so as not to be noticed by the other students.
That was the look that meant, "I'll act like Takuya's girlfriend in front of the other students, but the one I like is Yu-kun."
(...Well, as long as Yui-chan is looking at me, other girls don't really matter.)
Although he is annoyed by men who are popular with the girls, Yuu is the only person who matters to him.
Takuya takes off from a crouching start position at the signal to start.
He immediately gets one body length ahead of the students who are running alongside him.
(I think it's the track and field club, not the soccer club.)
Takuya's form is so beautiful and fast that Yuu can't help but think so. The girls around him squeal with excitement at the sight.
(Who was it that said that being fast is only popular until elementary school age?)
Yu knows that there's more to Takuya's popularity than that, but he can't help but think that.
While he was thinking about this, Takuya had already reached the finish line a few seconds faster than the other students in his group.