A start

Kazuya's POV:

I'm still not sure how they can go from sad to care free in like an hour.

Right now I'm at a lost of words...

I'd totally tap that.

But we must stay focused brother. We Must.

Anyway other than that here comes another chance to flex myself.

"After you warm up, I want to see what you can really do. Swim for me," the coach said.

"Excuse me, sir. I can't really swim, though..."

A lone boy sheepishly raised his hand and spoke up.

"Since you have me as your teacher, you'll be swimming by summertime. Don't worry about a thing."

"Well, we don't really need to force ourselves to swim, do we? It's not like we're going to the beach or anything."

"No way. I don't mind at all if you're bad at swimming now, but I'll make sure you guys are winners in the end. Besides, being able to swim will definitely come in handy later in life. Definitely."

Definitely? Huh.

When you already know what's going to happen it becomes easier to spot the hints.

Everyone started their warm-up exercises. Ike kept peeking at the girls.

And if I'm being honest I wouldn't blame him because- I mean look at those THIGHS.

"He he he, that was an easy win for me. Did you all see my super swimming skills?" Ike crowed.

He'd swum expertly, and now got out of the pool with a smug, self-satisfied grin. I mean who am I to pop his Buble. I should probably hold back to have the Maximum Impacto.

"Well, it looks like everyone can swim, for the most part."

"Of course, sir. Back in junior high, people called me 'the flying fish,'

you know." I'm not sure he's joking and it terrifies me.

"I see. In that case, I'll have you start competing against each other. We'll separate groups by gender. Fifty-meter freestyle."

"C-compete?! Are you serious?" Ike cried.

"I'll give out a special bonus to the first-place winner: 5000 points. The student who comes in last place, however, will have to take supplementary lessons. Get ready." The skilled swimmers cheered with joy, while the less confident students groaned.

"Because we don't have very many girls, I'll split you into two groups

of five people, and the student with the fastest overall time will be the winner. As for the boys, I'll look at the top five finishing times and then move on to a final round."

Looks like girls first.

"Kushida-chan, Kushida-chan, Kushida-chan, Kushida-chan, Kushida-chan. Haaaaaaa..."

Did you bust a nut while saying that?

"You're scaring everyone, Ike, settle down," Ayanokoji mumbled.

"B-but, Kushida-chan is so goddamn cute, isn't she? And her breasts are pretty big, too!"

Wow there's stating the obvious and there's this.

Kushida immediately dominated the boys' attention.

"Everyone, burn these images into your mind! Remember the fap material you see here today!" Ike cried.

Bold of you to assume I haven't done that.

"Yeah!" everyone shouted.

But Kushida only end up getting fourth.

Horikita second.

And a girl named Onodera got first. tough luck I guess.

Well time for the Bois

After getting first in my bunch.

I stand at the start of my lane to then realize I have no muscle.

I mean I have a barely visible 4 abs

And muscle that a normal student would have but compared to Kouenji, Sudou, or even Hirata I look like a twing.

"Kazuya-kun are you in the swimming club. You swim really fast" Hirata said.

"It's actually the opposite. I only learned to swim cause I was afraid to drown."

"Well you do have the talent"

"Nah, it's all hard work"

When the I hear the whistle I immediately dive in the pool. Kouenji maybe fast but he only got a maximum of 16 years under his belt.

While I at least have 5 more years than him.

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Exactly 2 seconds.

After checking the time, the teacher reflexively looked at his stopwatch twice.

"21.22 seconds."

"Looks like you weren't lying after all, awkward-kun." Kouenji states.

"How did you came to that Nick name"

"It's been a month and you haven't even talked to anyone yet"

Good point.

"You're thinking in your head again" Hirata says.

"Sorry about all of the yapping."

"I tried to look like a cold guy and that failed miserably "

"You're still going to lead us to class A right?"

"I'll try"

I go over to Horikita.

"Yo, can I join the study group?"

She looked confused.

"There is no study group"

"But you're planning to make one right?"

"Yes but you got a perfect score on the last test I don't know how joining it would help you"

"It won't help me. But I can help teach Sudo."

"Well you can join once the group is formed."

"Oh and get him some ice-cream"

I tell her that and leave the room.

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The next day

Today's the day where that happens, I think. The best way to save Horikita is to cut the ties Ayanokoji would have with her so I definitely need to be prepared.

Right now, I'm sitting beside Ayanokoji at the library.

"I've brought everyone!"

Kushida came over to where we were seated. Behind her was...

"Kushida-chan told us about this study group. I don't want to be expelled after only just starting. Thanks!"

Ike, Yamauchi, and Sudou had all shown up. Nice.

"Kushida-san, did Ayanokouji-kun not tell you? You-" Horikita said.

"I'm also worried about getting a bad grade," Kushida said.

"You...didn't score badly on the small test."

"Yes, but to tell you the truth, I was lucky. There were lots of multiple-choice questions, you know? So I guessed about half of them. In truth, I just barely passed."

Time to strike.

"Yo, Kushida. I'll tutor you while Horikita tutor the Bois"

"But wouldn't it be better if Horikita tutored me and you tutored the guys?"

"It's just to suit Horikita personal taste you know?"

I whisper to her "I'll get Horikita to give you her phone number ok?"

She definitely would take the bait.

So while Sudou and Horikita were arguing, Kushida and I just studied.

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That night

I couldn't get to sleep, so I got up and left. I bought some juice from the lobby's vending machine and headed back for the elevator.

"Hmm?"

I could see that the elevator had stopped on the seventh floor. Curious, I decided to check out the CCTV, which showed what was happening inside the elevator car. I saw Horikita, still dressed in her school uniform.

"Well, I don't really need to hide, but..."

Seeing her might be awkward right now, so I hid behind the vending

machine. Horikita arrived at the first floor.

Looking wary of her surroundings, she exited the building. After she'd

vanished into the night, I decided to follow after her. However, I instinctively hid again after I turned the corner.

Horikita stopped in her tracks. I sensed another person was with her.

"Suzune. I didn't think you'd follow me this far," he said. Had she left in the dead of night to rendezvous with some guy?

"Hmph. I'm far different from the useless girl you once knew, niisan. I

came here to catch you."

"Catch me, hmm?"

Niisan? In the dark, I couldn't see the person she was talking to. Was she meeting her older brother?

"I heard you were placed in Class D. I suppose nothing has really changed in the last three years. You've always been fixated on following me, and as a result you don't notice your own flaws. Choosing to come to this school was a mistake."

"That's... You're wrong about that. I'll show you. I'll reach Class A right away, then-"

"It's pointless. You will never reach Class A. In fact, your class will fall apart soon enough. Things at this school aren't as simple as you think."

"Niisan, I..."

"You possess neither the abilities nor the qualities needed to reach Class A. Get that through your head."

He moved forward, as if about to act. The situation looked fraught with danger. When suddenly-

Someone step in front of Horikita and blocked his punch.

"Yo, Manabu. You know? You could have just told her the reason your disappointed in her straight up and it would have solve all of this problem" Kazuya said grabbing elder Horikita's fist.

"Ka-Kazuya?" Horikita cried.

"Eavesdropping is not an admirable quality, for a fresh man." then he then aimed a sharp kick at Kazuya's head.

*Bash*

"Tell that to the guy hiding behind the corner" said Kazuya standing completely unfazed.

To be continued.