#19 Pool
"Hey! Walker-kun, here!" Kushida waved at me and shouted full of energy.
When I saw her and most of my classmates waving at me I felt truly helpless.
Why have I agreed to this?
We, class D already somehow finished finals and it was currently summer vacation. Our class's leaders decided it would be good to go to celebrate with the entire class so they were planning it for some time before they could get everyone to agree, of course, I had no choice but to agree when entire class will be participating. However, I had no idea that we will be going to the pool until a few days before the event. Once again troublesome pool, hopefully, this time no one will ask me to take off my shirt or I might actually do it since it is already annoying. In the first place, I didn't want my classmates to know about my scars just because we didn't know each other well enough and it could scare some people. I didn't really care about them being afraid of me but it would definitely ruin the atmosphere of the entire class which was unacceptable.
As for events before our finals...Nothing much happened, there was only one incident with Sakura and her stalker. She contacted me that she was getting all kinds of mails and had a feeling that she was being followed by someone. I already had a guess that it was the employee from before so I contacted Ichinose, Ayanokoji and we were able to frame and report him to the police. In this school, they have security instead of police but they are practically the same,they just had to get him outside of the school grounds and report his crimes to the real police.
"Mornin..." I answered with no energy. I didn't stop training since coming to this school but I really destroyed myself yesterday which made me exhausted even after sleeping for 8 hours.
"Huh? Did you have a bad night?" Matsushita asked me with a concerned expression.
Matsushita... ever since our first meal on the rooftop we had a few more meals together and I was able to understand her more. She probably has some feelings for me but I can't say for sure or how serious it is. If it is true...Hopefully, it is nothing serious because I don't really feel anything special to her. She is certainly a nice girl and classmate but I have never thought about her that way. Maybe I was leading her on a bit but it wasn't my intention, mostly it was because it was my only way out. That certainly doesn't mean that I dislike her, I just can't bring myself to think about her as someone more than a classmate. Well, I probably wouldn't be able to think that way about anyone.
"Nah, I just had to get up earlier for morning exercising and now I am a bit exhausted, nothing serious" I forced myself to answer with more energy than before.
"Well, I guess you just had a shower, seeing your wet hair. hihi" One girl said and chuckled a bit.
"I was running late so I had no time to dry it plus it's hot outside so it will dry quickly and we are even going to pool so I would say that it doesn't really matter" The truth was that I actually overslept after that exhausting practice.
"Alright, ~ Let's not tease Walker-kun anymore. We should get going, there is the rest of the boys" Kushida said and pointed towards the idiot trio, Sudo, Ike, and Yamauchi.
Why are they coming from the direction of the pool?
I got a little suspicious of them after they even mentioned that they overslept. It didn't look like the overslept, it even looked like they were excited about something. Are they excited about seeing girls in their bikinis? If that was true I doubt they would oversleep this "big" event. Knowing them I was expecting them to be here first and not last.
"Let's go to the pool!!!" Ike shouted out and took the lead of the entire class.
...idiot
On the way, we even met Ichinose and her class. *sigh* I wouldn't be surprised if we meet every class today...
-----(Girl's changing room)-----
"Ichinose-san, how do you do it?" Matsushita asked aloud and everyone's attention was focused on Ichinose.
"What do you mean?" Ichinose asked with a confused expression.
"THAT!" Matsushita shouted and pointed at Ichinose's chest.
"Huh? I think there was no change for year or two already" Ichinose said while looking at her well-developed chest.
"By the way, Honami-chan, you seem to be close to that Walker-kun. What's the deal?" One of the girls from class B asked Ichinose with teasing expression.
"What?!" One who shrieked out wasn't Ichinose but Matsushita.
"I am sorry, don't mind it" Matsushita got embarrassed by her own reaction.
"Now that we talk about Walker-kun. Matsushita, you seem pretty close to him too" One of the girls from Matsushita's group mentioned.
"Wha- what?" Matsushita blushed a little but she was trying to hide it.
"Did you think we wouldn't notice?"
"Hahaha, I don't know what do you mean. I wonder if Walker-kun will once again wear a t-shirt, he doesn't seem to like going to the pool" Matsushita tried to laugh off her embarrassment and change the topic but instead of changing the topic she blurted out aloud her thoughts which made most of the girls look at her in amazement.
"Well, he doesn't seem to like the pool even though he has a good body. He is a little bit strange, isn't he? Most of the boys would want to show off their well-built body, hihi" Kushida saw how Matsushita was getting redder and redder so she decided to help her out a bit.
"This discussion is getting out of hand, we should just change quickly and go" Horikita said out of nowhere.
"I- I agree!" Matsushita shouted.
"And what about you and Ayanokoji-kun, Horikita-san?" Kushida teased Horikita but she simply ignored it.
-----(Girl's changing room END)-----
I once again changed into swim trunks when no one was around. I thought for a while if I should bother wearing a t-shirt but in the end, I took it anyway.
When I came out of the changing room and came to our group I sensed a few disappointed looks from girls but I ignored it.
"Hey, how about we play beach volleyball?!" Sudo asked while pointing towards the empty court.
"But shouldn't we wait for everyone? I can't see Yamauchi-kun anywhere" Kushida asked with a concerned expression.
"Haha, don't worry about it, he probably went to the bathroom. He will be able to spot us playing on that court" Ike laughed nervously and tried to persuade Kushida.
"Ok... Hey Ichinose-san, how about we make it class D vs class B match?!" Kushida asked with an excited face.
"Fine by me!" Ichinose instantly accepted.
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Match between class D and class B ended in a draw so we decided to change teams and mix both classes together. On my team was: Karuizawa, Horikita, Ayanokoji from my class and Ichinose with Shiranami from class B.
On the enemy team was: Sudo, Kushida, Hirata, Ike from our class and Kanzaki with Amikura from class B.
Both teams were evenly matched, however, Sudo was a good hitter and Hirata as a leader was an even better setter. We weren't really playing by official rules so we weren't changing positions by the rules.
However, when I was at the defensive position at the back something happened. Sudo who got a perfect pass from Hirata hit a ball from bad angle, however, his power wasn't affected and the ball was sent in extreme speed towards Karuizawa who was standing right next to me.
"Ah!!" She closed her eyes and she barely had any time to cover her head but nothing happened to her which surprised her so she decided to open her eyes.
"Fe- Felix-kun?" When she opened her eyes she saw my hand clutching the ball right before her.
Ugh, did you really have to call me by my first name at this place with so many people around?!