Chapter -009-

Aida, who had just received an incoming message from Yuki telling her to go home first, immediately blew the gum that she was eating until it formed a large enough bubble and then burst not long after.

"Hmm, what business does a new kid like him have? Even I don't have group assignments yet." Aida muttered as she adjusted her glasses and opened her locker to get her shoes.

Brack!

With a bit of annoyance, Aida deliberately gave a strong enough nudge when she closed the locker door.

"Huh, you think I don't know what you're doing right now Yu-kun? I'll find and catch you red-handed where you are right now!" Aida said annoyed and walked out of the Natsu High School building.

On the way to a place that she knew very well where Yuki was, Aida turned her head to the right and left hoping that she would meet three senior students whom she met with Yuki on the day of the new admissions ceremony.

Aida chose to stay for a while under a shady tree in the middle of Natsu's high school yard. Aida felt that the place where she was silent at this time was a very strategic place to observe the students who had just left the school building.

Long enough to wait and observe so very seriously while leaning on a tree trunk. Aida immediately straightened her body when her eyes caught the figure of one of the two male senior students who had been waiting for her figure to come out of the school building.

Without waiting any longer, Aida immediately walked over to the two male senior students who seemed to be busy chatting with each other.

When she felt that the distance between the two male senior students was almost close, Aida waved her hand to greet the two of them.

"Toma-Senpai! Shuhei-Senpai!"

Toma and Shuhei who were busy chatting immediately stopped their conversation when they heard their names being called by someone.

Toma and Shuhei immediately turned their heads to the source of the voice where they both found the figure of a bespectacled female student standing not far from in front of them with the student's hands folded in front of their chests.

Toma and Shuhei were silent for a moment in their place to determine who the female student was standing in front of them at the moment.

Aida, who saw Toma and Shuhei silent where they were with her eyes fixed on her, took a deep breath.

"I'm Aida. I'm a female student who approached Yuki-kun when you were trying to persuade him to join your basketball club." Aida said which immediately made Toma and Shuhei widen their eyes in surprise. No wonder they felt familiar to see Aida who was standing in front of them at this time.

Toma, who first woke up from his shock, immediately opened his voice to ask Aida.

"Ah, how are you Aida-kohai? Do you have any business with us?"

Aida firmly nodded her head. "Yes, I have business with Senpai. Does senpai know where Yuki-kun is going at the moment? Because he told me that he has business at the moment."

Simultaneously Toma and Shuhei raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"Why did you ask us where Yuki-kohai is? Aren't you his best friend? You should know where he is right now." Shuhei asked casting a surprised look at Aida.

Aida, who received a strange look from Shuhei, chuckled in annoyance.

"I already know where he's going by now. I just wanted to make sure he has business to meet with you and discuss about the basketball club or not."

Shuhei immediately turned his head towards Toma with an intimidating look.

"Toma-kun! Did you again ask Yuki-kohai to join our club?"

Toma who was asked a question and received an intimidating look from Shuhei immediately shook his head quickly.

"No! I've stopped begging him to join our basketball club, after you reprimanded me a week ago."

Shuhei still gave Toma an intimidating look, to see if his best friend was telling the truth or not.

"Is that true? You're not lying to me are you? Hum?" Shuhei asked again who narrowed his eyes at Toma full of intimidation.

Toma quickly shook his head again by showing his index and middle fingers forming a victorian symbol.

"I swear I'm not lying to you Shu-kun!"

Aida who had been watching the interaction between Toma and Shuhei was silent in her place. If Yuki didn't have any business with Toma and Shuhei, it's likely that the destination Yuki was going to right now wouldn't be the indoor basketball court building. So where did this guy go now?

Shuhei, who had seen that Toma wasn't lying to him at all, now turned his gaze back to Aida who was silent in her place.

"See, Toma-kun said he didn't ask Yuki-kohai to join our basketball club. So we don't have any business with your friend anymore." Shuhei said in a slightly sarcastic tone to Aida.

Toma who realized Shuhei said sarcastically to Aida immediately nudged his best friend's arm and whispered not to do that to the younger sister.

Shuhei, who was advised by Toma, chose to just roll his eyes lazily.

Toma, who saw Aida still silent in her place, chose to open her voice again, giving the woman an option.

"Have you tried asking him where Yuki-kohai is right now?"

Aida who heard Toma's question chose to be silent for a moment.

"He definitely won't want to tell me where he is right now if I ask. That's why I asked the senpais directly to make sure my guess was correct or not."

Toma cleared his throat slowly in response to Aida's words. Meanwhile, Shuhei, who was already feeling lazy to see the interaction between Aida and Toma, opened his voice again.

"Didn't Yuki-kohai text you first? Maybe he sent you a message saying where he is right now." Shuhei asked with a lazy tone and look at Aida.

Aida narrowed her eyes looking back at Shuhei with a lazy look.

"Yuki-kun just sent me a message to go home first. And I can't just keep quiet following what he tells me."

Shuhei felt a small intersection print on his temple after hearing Aida's words.

"If he told you to go home first, then you just have to do as he tells you! He's no longer a child now, he must have memorized the route to his own house."

Toma, who again heard the sarcasm in Shuhei's words, immediately nudged his best friend's arm.

Toma felt a little relieved that Aida was not provoked by Shuhei's sarcastic tone.

In order to avoid a commotion between the three of them, Toma also tried to offer Aida to come with him and Shuhei to the indoor basketball court. Seeing from Aida's attitude when she first asked them, she was sure that Aida still had a big suspicion that Yuki must have something to do with the two of them and the basketball club.

"Okay, then why don't you come with us to the indoor basketball court building. There you can confirm directly whether Yuki-kohai is really there or not."

Aida, who heard Toma's offer, chose to be silent for a moment by casting an appreciative look at the two seniors who were in front of her at this time.

"Alright I'll go with the senpais to the indoor basketball court building."

Toma gave a relieved smile when Aida agreed to his invitation to go to the indoor basketball court building. And finally the three of us walked side by side towards the indoor basketball court building.