The Ming Chi High School (Mako) I go to is an admission school that is neither acceptable nor necessary. There are no flying geniuses, but there are no more idiots than there is nothing you can do. The department activities flourished, but the grades are not as good.
Maybe it fits perfectly in the middle when compared to high schools across the country. It was Ming Chi High School that made it seem that way.
"Sen. Oda likes basketball, too. How many times have you been in high school? See?"
"I like you, too, Basque. Didn't you hate Yusuke?
"You like it, but come on. Come on, I'm tired."
On the fourth hour before noon, dressed for gymnastics, we were gathered in the gym.
Physical education today is basketball in conjunction with six groups. Boys use one coat and girls use the other. Because of that, I can really wait... but it was better that way for me.
Basketball is just the right thing to do with a sense of play. I'm sorry to run around the court all the time. Unlike Lotus, I don't have that much strength... let's try to flush it today.
"Next! Team 5, Team 3! Team 6, Team 3!
"Look, it's for you."
"Good luck."
"Oh."
The game between the two squads is over and my turn has finally come.
Today's opponent has an ace from the basketball club. I wish he was out of his hands in class, but I'm just gonna stick around here. Maybe we'll lose the bollocks, but shall we just do it?
"Ha!"
Along with the signal to start the game, Ace suddenly took the ball.
Ace picked up the ball in a flowing motion as delegates from both squads rolled into weird positions trying to slap it off, and kept drilling and storming this position.
"Ok!"
Some resisted but made little sense. Diving through the enemy's hands gloriously, as usual, Ace then raises his hand. Then, the ball magically passes through the ring and falls ston as it is.
It's a useless move. It is so sophisticated that the dribble chute looks easy. If this makes him as refreshing as Lotus, I'd just admire him for being brilliant with his enemies...
"Phew."
The ace in the matter was disguised as an unparalleled breeze and concerned herself with the coat where the women were. I wish he didn't have that one - thanks. There's something about him that's oddly aware of our class Lotus.
Well, Lotus, I'm a perfect superman......
embody the literary and martial arts, hot on women as a matter of course. It's the only place you can beat such a handsome guy, and it's a story you can't help but try to stick it out.
However, that's why it's not funny if they treat you like a miscellaneous fish as a puller. I don't understand that much, and I'm not even going to die.
I can't reward you with one arrow. But let me surprise you once in a while. Hang out with your basket-loving Lotus, and I'm pretty good at basketball too!
"Let's go!
Ace, who picked up the ball with a rebound, is suddenly attacking this position. He dribbles like he ignores me standing in the way, and now he's after dribble shoots from the side again.
Let it. I'm mean, too. If you want to go out of your way to show the gap, I'll flush through it and surprise you.
If you concentrate, you should be able to take the ball. The ace guy is good at it, and I never dreamed he'd screw it up. Differences in strength are historical, but there are certainly gaps to be inserted.
- That's right.
- I can see it. I can take it.
- Isn't this easy? Compared to the movement of
Yes, reach here. Read ahead of the opponent's movements. Right, grab the ball. All you have to do is block your way with your palms. Yes, and the ball you took was thrown into the enemy's basket...
"" "Whoa, whoa!!
"... hmm?
To the cheer that sprung up, he returned to me haha.
I was a little bored. I wonder where the ball is now.
"Hey, wow!
"It's delicious!
"What?"
The guys from the same squad come banging me on the shoulder or back. In contrast to their delightful faces, Ace and referee Sen. Oda are poking their mouths open.
Maybe I did something... Speaking of which, I feel like I did a long shot...
"Did you aim for him?
"No, he said no. You can't go in there."
Shortly after I said that, I got the feeling that I wasn't.
That's not good or anything. I did it for you. I did that, too, on the certainty that I could.
- Why? What made you think that? And what was it made of?
Take the ball from the ace and set a three-point shot straight across the center line. Active enough for the gym to boil down was something that seemed unrealistic to me.
"That was awesome, that chute!
On his way home from school, Yusuke fisted in excitement.
"Take the ball with great speed! Well, here's the thing, with a natural move..."
"Stop, I'm embarrassed"
Yusuke tries to recreate my movements even though there are students from the same school around him. Sometimes I want you to worry about people. This guy always feels free to live.
"No, but it was really good. I'm surprised, too."
"Lian."
Following Yusuke, Lian smiled and waved.
"Thus, I took the ball with one hand... and it seemed to sound sultry"
"So, that was a bad idea."
"But everyone thinks I did it for them. That's how good I was... and the girl in my class was aware of you."
"They're looking at Lotus."
That really is. There's no way I'm hot as a basketball. Lotus is absolutely handsome enough to be so sure.
"Hey, but don't you get it? Maybe today's is the flag, and then we're going into the event, huh?
"It's too much of a game, asshole"
Slightly poke Yusuke, who snuggled up while nibbling.
Slightly heavenly hair with outdated framed glasses. Yusuke, who has a geeky appearance, is fantastic at what he says and does.
Flags, events, that's how things are real - no, I have experience next door now, but it can't even happen to me. It has always been and I'm sure it will continue to be.
I made up my mind, and I made my way through the neighborhood a little early.
"No, what do we do today? AW, you want to do it?
Yusuke and Lian just chased me ahead, and, uh, I thought about this aftermath. If we don't have any plans, it's always us who play VR games...
"No, I'll stop today. It's almost a test, and I'm gonna study a little."
"I'm a pass, too. After this, go to your college senior. We need to modify the VR equipment."
"Oh well."
Sometimes there are days like this.
We're sophomores in high school. There are days when plans aren't right, and there are days when you can't play. If we're going to think about the future, I should set a goal like the two of us.
But...
"Well, I'm over here."
"I'm going to go buy a reference. You coming, too?
"No, I am. I'm going home today honestly."
"Right? See you tomorrow."
"Oh, see you later."
Eventually they plugged into the trident, and Lotus and Yusuke headed toward the downtown area. One, I was left standing on the spot for a while, but soon afterwards.
The city we live in is halfway between the city and the countryside. There's a residential neighborhood like Bedtown, a thriving neighborhood just around the station, fields with faces all the way along the national highway, and mountains with zero asset value.
I have a desire to leave here. On the occasion of college, I do have a desire to go to a different place than here and live a different life than before.
At the same time, I'm wondering if it's okay to stay like this. It's a land I'm used to living in. I don't feel bad about going to a city college, getting a job at City Hall, and living at home.
I still don't know which is better. I know it's time to decide. At present, Lian and Yusuke have already decided on their paths and places of study.
Lotus seems to want to be a politician. For that, he told me before that I needed to get into the university that corresponded to it.
Yusuke wants to work for a VR, or an IT position. She also wants to start a business at Slow Down, and she also told me the plan for it.
We both have dreams. I have a vision a few years away, a decade away. Compared to that, I don't have anything. There's nothing in particular I want to do, and there's no particular reason why I want to go to college.
What kind of adult am I going to be from now on?
When I grow up, where and what kind of life do I live?
I don't even know that. I'm in such a hurry and anxiety about myself, but I don't even know how to move it.
If you have a time machine, I want you to tell me about it in the future.
What kind of life do I go through? How do I live to be right?
"………………………………"
I felt like I could hear someone in the cold wind blowing through my hippocampus.
But there's nobody around me. I can't easily see anyone.
- It's my fault. I'm sure.
I matched the collar of my coat and walked home shaking in the cold.