Chapter 1

"..." - Conversing.

'...' - Thinking.

Rest is pretext and descriptions.

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Cherry Blossoms were on full bloom. The sky was in the shade of a beautiful blue hue as the sun shone brightly. It was the start of the first year of high-school for Kazue Saori.

Wind passed through her long black hair as she rode on her bicycle. She felt at peace feeling the cool morning breeze on her face. She could soon spot her new school. She rode in through the gates of Karasuno High-school. It was pristine, white, 3-storeyed building with a visible clock on the staircase structure, denoting the time as 8:15.

Kazue got off the cycle and went in towards the cycle stands. She parked her cycle with a sigh. She wouldn't want to admit it but she was very nervous and anxious. She even came early due to that. No students were around and only a few bicycles were visible in the stands.

She adjusted her skirt, her blazer and then her watch on her wrist, making sure it showed the correct time. Taking her bag from the pannier, she walked in through the entrance. There was a board showing the class arrangement to the new years. Her's supposed to be Year 1 Class 5. Since there were not many students, it was easy to see the board.

As she tried to find her classroom, she was offered many invites to various cubs. She had to contemplate a lot if she wanted to join the music club. In the end, Kazue decided not to, she had given up that road and wanted to focus and studies more.

As she was trying to find her classroom, she saw a beautiful girl near by. She had a lot of presence and an alluring aura. She felt too beautiful to be a high-schooler even. Kazue tried to quietly pass through her without it looking like she was staring. Then she saw the girl come towards her.

'Did she catch me staring? She definitely did! She must think of me as pervert now. Great way to go! School's just started and someone already has a beef with me!' Kazue panicked internally unable to decide her next move.

"Please be a manager of the Karasuno Boy's Volleyball Team." The beautiful girl said so quietly, passing a pamphlet to Kazue.

Kazue took it subconsciously, still in her own thoughts. Then some sense of reality hit her.

'Huh?'

This beautiful girl was a manager? For the volleyball club at that? Her name was written in the pamphlet along with all the details of the club.

"Shimizu Kiyoko-san?" Kazue questioned quietly, partially due to embarrassment, partially because she felt unconfident to even speak to this beautiful person.

The girl called Kiyoko nodded.

"I will think about it." Kazue nodded and turned to leave towards her classroom.

'That was so embarrassing!' Kazue contemplated internally. As she was cursing herself internally, she bumped into someone. As she saw up, it was an abnormally huge guy with a scary impression.

'Ahhhhhhh!' She cried internally.

"I'm sorry. I wasn't looking." She apologized, bowing slightly.

"It's fine. I was not looking." The guy said.

'He's mad! He's definitely super mad!' She thought to herself.

"Don't scare the juniors, Asahi." A cheerful guy said partially joking. "It's completely fine, miss." This guy seemed more understanding.

"Yes. I'll take my leave then." Kazue left before she had to take in anymore embarrassment.

'People here are scary!' Kazue thought to herself while walking into the classroom of Year 1, Class 5.

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"Whoa, that person is a first year." Koshi Sugawara, exclaimed. "I definitely thought she was a second or third year. She seemed so mature."

"Hmm." Azumane Asahi, the scary abnormally tall guy, nodded agreeing. "Do you think she might join the club as a manager?" Asahi asked with a sad look in his eyes.

Sugawara looked at him sadly and did not reply.

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Before she knew it, it as 9:00. Kazue stopped reading her book and got up to leave for the auditorium.

They all walked into the auditorium on the ground floor. There were many more students now chatting and talking with each other. The vice principal walked up to the mic to give the speech.

At one glance, Kazue could tell apart the wig. She disguised the subtle laughter as cough, hiding her smile with her hand. She could see other first years holding their laughter too. The speech went on for quite a bit before ending around 9:30. The students were then leaving the auditorium.

'He said something about joining the club being a must.' Kazue fell into contemplation. She was trying to weigh the positives and negatives of joining the music club when she remembered the beautiful girl, Kiyoko.

The main reasons for her not wanting to join the music club was her medical condition and her fear of not being as good as she was but she couldn't see herself being queried from these issues if she became a manager. She could even focus on her studies and the staff won't bug her to join a club. She could see the profits.

Now it was only her attachment stopping her from going to the music club. Kazue thought of thinking about this later and focusing on the class.

The first period was modern Japanese literature. Their teacher was Itettsu Takeda-sensei. They were asked to introduce themselves before the start of the class. Kazue's turn came second as she was sitting in the second seat near the window.

'Please don't embarrass yourself, please don't embarrass yourself.' Kazue thought as she stood up.

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End.