Yuki, who had been pulling his hand from Aida's hand, breathed a sigh of relief when he managed to escape from the woman who was trapped in the festival event.
Yuki, who was sitting on a park bench, leaned back and spread his arms.
"Argh, looks like I have to go back to doing the warm-up routine again every morning. I feel like my body will really fall to pieces if I keep following where Ai-chan goes." Yuki muttered with his eyes fixed on the sky.
Yuki closed his eyes to enjoy the soothing breeze mixed with the rustling of the dancing leaves.
"I wonder what all of them are doing at their new school. Are they ending up just like me who still have doubts about joining one of the school activity clubs?" Yuki mumbled monologues to himself while still keeping his eyes closed, reimagining the days he had spent three years with his friends at the Washida basketball club.
"If they saw me sitting like this, Jun-kun and Suda-kun must have been busy massaging my legs, then Ikuta-kun would massage my shoulders as a sign of their gratitude to me for helping them." Yuki muttered again while still closing his eyes, imagining his three clubmates who were giving massages to his legs and shoulders.
Imagining it made Yuki feel comfortable, as if he could really feel again how comfortable it was from the massages that his friends gave him.
Yuki almost fell asleep enjoying the feeling of the massage and the wind that he imagined right now, if only he didn't feel the pain in his right shoulder because of a strong squeeze.
Immediately Yuki opened his eyes because the massage from Ikuta was not as comfortable as usual. Then Yuki's eyes immediately widened in surprise when he found two male students wearing basketball club uniforms sitting in front of him with both hands, the two students on his feet.
In addition, Yuki widened his eyes in surprise when he again found a male student in a basketball club uniform behind him with both hands on his shoulders.
"Huwaaa! Who are you? And what are you doing to me?!" Yuki asked slightly shrieked and immediately got up from his seat, away from the three male students.
The three male students who were none other than Toma, Tomo and Shuhei, immediately bowed their bodies with a smile spread across their faces.
"Introduce, the three of us are members of the basketball club at Natsu High School. I'm Toma with the number sixty, my friend with the number twenty-eight is Tomo, then the one with the number seven is Shuhei. Coincidentally when we were walking together, we saw you sitting here, so we immediately walked over to you." Toma said with a smile still on his face.
"And about what we were doing earlier. We overheard you monologue yourself, then we immediately took the initiative to realize what you said during the monologue earlier." Shuhei continued, which Toma and Tomo nodded their heads in return.
Yuki, who heard Toma and Shuhei's explanation, took a deep breath, then bowed. After all the three people in front of him right now were his seniors at Natsu High School.
"I'm sorry and thank you. But I'm talking alone doesn't mean I want the massage, I just mean to remember memories from my school first."
Toma, Tomo and Shuhei who saw Yuki bowing his body immediately shook their heads in unison.
"No, no. You don't need to apologize or thank you. We did this without any coercion at all, don't worry." Said Tomo which was agreed by Toma and Shuhei.
Yuki was silent for a moment in his place. Then nodded his head slowly.
"Okay then, I'll go now. Thank you and goodbye." Yuki said as he bowed his body and then turned around to leave, leaving Toma, Tomo and Shuhei.
Toma, Tomo and Shuhei who saw Yuki have walked away from them immediately looked at each other, then in unison they immediately bowed their bodies.
"Tetsuya Yuki-Senpai! We beg you to join Natsu High School's basketball club!" Toma, Tomo and Shuhei exclaimed in unison. It made Yuki who had just walked a few steps immediately flinched when his full name was called.
"We beg you Tetsuya-senpai! Join our basketball club!" Said Toma still bowing his body.
"That's right Tetsuya-Senpai! We beg you to join our basketball club!" Shuhei said to convince Yuki.
"We really hope you will join our basketball club Tetsuya-senpai!" Connected Tomo who joined to convince Yuki.
Meanwhile Yuki who has now returned to turn his body towards Toma, Tomo and Shuhei who are still bowing also sighed deeply. What's more when he remembers that the three seniors in front of him call themselves seniors too.
"Senpai, you don't have to bow like that." Yuki said feeling bad seeing Toma, Tomo and Shuhei who were bowing to him.
"No, we have to bow our bodies to a truly great person like you, even though you are under our age." Said Tomo which was agreed by Toma and Shuhei.
Yuki who heard Tomo's words felt even more uncomfortable.
"I'm not as great as you think. I'm just a high school freshman after all. Nothing more." Yuki said, shaking his head.
Toma immediately straightened his body and shook his head firmly.
"No! You're not just a high school freshman! But you're a really very talented basketball athlete! You and all the members of the Washida basketball club make other basketball players jealous of your briliant basketball skills!"
Tomo and Shuhei immediately straightened their bodies back and nodded their heads quickly.
"That's right! You and your friends are the most important assets of this country! We beg you to join our basketball club!" Shuhei said excitedly with fiery eyes.
Yuki, who was just about to open his voice, was discouraged when he heard Aida's voice and saw the girl walking behind Toma, Tomo and Shuhei.
"Tsk, Tsk,. What is this Yu-kun? Are you being asked to join the basketball club?" Aida asked as she walked over to Yuki. Making Toma, Tomo and Shuhei now look at her with a surprised look.
Yuki who was asked by Aida nodded his head slowly. "Yeah, the senpais introduced themselves from Natsu High's basketball club."
Aida was silent for a moment when she was right beside Yuki. Aida's gaze is now staring intently at Toma, Tomo and Shuhei alternately from top to bottom. Making Toma, Tomo and Shuhei feel surprised and also a little scared by the sharp gaze that Aida gave them.
"No, you are prohibited from joining any sports club in this school." Said Aida turning her head back towards Yuki, then held out a sheet of form.
"I've registered you to join the music club. So you can't join any club anymore." Aida continued while glancing sharply at Toma, Tomo and Shuhei.
Toma, Tomo and Shuhei who heard Aida's words immediately widened their eyes in surprise.
"And from now on, you guys stop asking Yu-kun to join any sports club in this school! Do you understand?" Aida asked with a firm tone and a sharper look in her eyes.
Toma, Tomo and Shuhei, who were asked and stared at by Aida, immediately swallowed hard their saliva.
Yuki who felt a little uncomfortable with what Aida was doing by Toma, Tomo and Shuhei cleared his throat slowly.
"Senpai, just like what my friend said, I've entered the music club and won't be joining any sports club in this school. I hope you will find a new student who is more worthy and better than me to join you. "
Aida who heard Yuki say too politely rolled her eyes lazily.
"Let's hurry home. I still have to prepare dinner for all of us Yu-kun." Said Aida who had hooked her arm on Yuki's arm, making Toma, Tomo and Shuhei roll their eyes again in surprise.
Yuki nodded his head in response to Aida's words.
"Then we'll excuse ourselves senpai, goodbye."
After that Yuki and Aida walked away from Toma, Tomo and Shuhei who were still silent in their respective places.
"Should we give up persuading him to join our club?" Shuhei asked with a slightly disappointed look on his face.
Toma firmly shook his head. "No! We must not give up before he enters our basketball club!"