Regarding my opening of the harem in the comprehensive world

Jihana suddenly moved, and her center of gravity clearly began to shift to the right.

Left! Seeing that Jihana was about to attack to her left, Subaru also shifted to the left, and almost as soon as Jihana came around to Subaru's right, Subaru had switched positions and reappeared in front of Jihana to block her.

As if knowing that her attack would be blocked, Chihuahua turned around as soon as Subaru was in front of her.

Turning and tilting? Goldilocks? Subaru's mind subconsciously popped up with these thoughts, and then dismissed them herself, how could a schoolboy pull off such a move.

As expected, Chihuahua just turned around to try to get around Subaru again, but how could Subaru let her have her way, quickly shifting position to block Chihuahua again, and at the same time her hand started to reach forward, making a gesture to grab it.

Seeing that her turn didn't work either, Chihuahua took a few steps backwards, returning to the position Subaru had started from.

Going for a jump shot? Subaru thought to himself, though close to three points was a bit far for the schoolboy, Subaru thought it shouldn't be too difficult for Chihuahua.

But instead of jumping, Chihuahua was ready to attack again.

I don't jump and you don't jump? What a straightforward little kid.

Tomohana attacked again to the right, and Subaru shifted his position, but suddenly Tomohana switched to his left hand and attacked to the left. Immediately after that, Jihana just slapped the ball in her left hand and switched back to her right, her entire weight shifted back to the right.

"Pah!"

But all was not as Chihuahua thought it would be, and as Chihuahua switched to his right hand again, Subaru was quick-eyed and slapped Chihuahua's ball away with his left hand.

Two changes of direction? Awesome. Subaru sighed inwardly, are all the schoolchildren nowadays this scary? When she was learning how to change direction, she practiced her change of direction hundreds of times a day, and even asked the basketball coach for advice.

But she is still an elementary school student and is not mature enough to pass Subaru, who has been a basketball player for two generations and is serious about it. On the contrary, Subaru often stole the ball from his hands.

"How about that, it's almost time to give up, I think you're running out of energy oh."

Once again stealing the ball from Chihuahua, Subaru spun the ball around on his fingers and passed it to Chihuahua with a smile.

"No! I can still go on, there's no set time anyway!"

This one seems to be oh....

And so they continued on.

Chihuahua who gave up her right to jump couldn't break through Subaru's defense when she couldn't jump, and as a result, Chihuahua didn't even hit the inside of the ball once to throw.

Chapter 27 - Misao's Wish

"Oooh..."

Jihana, who had completely exhausted her energy, sat down on the steps and nibbled on the senbei that Misei had brought her, grunting a few times pitifully.

"It can't be helped, after all, I'm still a high school student after all, Chihika will definitely be better than me in high school!"

"Well~~", Jihana replied weakly.

Looking at the depressed Jihana, Subaru decided to say something to comfort Jihana, "But I didn't think you were so good at basketball."

"No matter how good you are, you weren't able to break through Subaru-san's defense." , the little loli mumbled angrily.

Subaru: "........"

"By the way ah Jihana, you have the strength to play even if you don't play in school, right, but isn't it possible to form a team outside of school?"

"Well~, no, not with this current basketball club."

"Why?"

"Subaru-nii-san doesn't know that I only transferred to Huishin Elementary School this year. My original elementary school also had a basketball club, I was a member of the original basketball club. I'm a person, I'm usually fine, but as soon as I touch basketball, I become very disobedient, I'm very strict with myself, and I train a lot every day, not only that, I also ask my teammates to do the same as myself, and in the end, I gradually became isolated from everyone. I couldn't stay in that elementary school either."

"Well..."

"Then, I moved to Huishin Elementary School, and I didn't have any friends at my new elementary school, and I was always alone. One day in gym class, Manabu suddenly got into a fight with a Takenaka student in her class because the boy was crying over the girl's poor basketball play, so Ms. Mihoshi said, 'Oh good, let's play a game between the boy and the girl,' and threw the basketball at me, saying that I could do it even if I showed my real skills. As a result, my old habit of completely ignoring their feelings and just scoring for myself came back, and in the end, the girl won over the boy, and after that I thought everyone would hate me again, when Manabu suddenly called me and said something to me, Subaru-nii-chan guess what it was?"

"Well...how would I know that."

"Nah nah, can I be as handsome as you? Basketball! Teach me! Kochihana!"

"It's indeed True Sail's style, haha." , Subaru's mind was filled with the blonde girl who always had a lot of energy to drive the atmosphere of the basketball club.

"After that, we formed the basketball club, and Sanohan brought in her friend Saiki, although Saiki was quite reluctant to say so at first, then Hyuga and Avery joined the basketball club, and we asked Mitsune-sensei to be the club teacher, and that's how the club was officially formed. Strangely enough, in this basketball club, I didn't have that competitive feeling I had in the old one at all, all I wanted was to have fun and enjoy basketball with everyone! I can also very happily enjoy the fun basketball brings me every day inside everyone's smiles."

Jihana stood up and took a few steps forward, smiling back, "Love being together the most! Everyone in the basketball club!"

"What are you going to do if, I say if, the basketball club is abolished?"

Jihana turned around, "I'll give up basketball and never play basketball again."

"Are you going to cheat yourself out of liking basketball?" , for some reason, Subaru's heart was also a bit clogged when Jihana said that she wouldn't be playing basketball anymore.

"It's not cheating, I'd rather stay with everyone in the basketball club than play basketball, and if there's only that one place, I'll do my best to protect it!"

........

"Subaru, did you hear what Tomohana said? That boy, he really doesn't want to lose that venue."

Jihana borrowed Subaru's bathroom in the shower, and Mitsune called Subaru into the room.

"Hmm."

Remembering what Jihana had said in the courtyard, Subaru's mood was a bit low as well.

"Subaru." , Misao looked at Subaru with eyes that had never wavered before, "Nah, Subaru, help them out, not for those kids, but for your sister, okay? Don't waste time for those kids, just waste time for me who grew up with you, okay?"

"I...", never seen such a Mihoshi-san, who had always been incredibly tough, asking herself like this, Subaru's thoughts wavered, was it wrong to keep the principle of not agreeing until it was done?

"Subaru you led the weak basketball team to the regional tournament in junior high and got a runner-up, right? Why not lead the now equally weak but equally passionate women's basketball club?"

"Mihoshi-san... I, I just didn't have enough confidence to lead the women's basketball club to defeat the men's club so that's why I refused...", Subaru spoke from the bottom of his heart.

"Afraid of not being able to do it so you didn't say yes, Subaru are you afraid that the women's basketball club will put the blame on you if they lose the game then? No, those kids are very nice kids, they wouldn't do that!"

"No, it's not about that, it's just a promise that if I can't do it, that, I'll feel bad about it myself, and if it comes down to losing the game, I've given them hope first and let them down as a coach, and I just don't want to hurt them like that..."

"What does it matter?" , shouted Maxine as loudly as she could, "What does it matter! Did you give up trying because you were afraid it wouldn't work out? What strange reasoning is this? If you try, there's still a glimmer of hope, but if you don't try, there's not even a glimmer of hope! That would be the real damage to those kids!"

"Mei Xing-san..."

"Subaru, flowers always fade, right? Would you have given up on flowers from the start because you were afraid they would fade? To avoid the end, you avoid the beginning of everything?! All that really matters is the effort! Whether or not the women's basketball club can beat the men's isn't even the most important thing! There's no hope for them now, but your coming here will give them hope and make them work hard! Even if they lose, they can end up with no regrets, and then they can proudly say they have no regrets because they worked hard! That's what I want, I just want them to have no regrets about fighting the men's basketball club!"

Gradually choking on her voice, Misao raised her head and Subaru saw two tears in Misao's eyes.

"Misao-san, you're crying?!" , Subaru was already shocked, searching Subaru's memories, Subaru this was the first time Subaru had seen Mitsune cry, no matter how strong he was, he would still have tears.

"No it's not!" , Misei wiped the tears from her eyes with her hands.

"Don't rub it in with your hands!"

Subaru drew some tissues from the table and gently wiped the tears from Misao's face, and Misao, surprisingly, didn't resist, so she stayed still.

"Okay." , wiped the tears dry, and appeared Mei Xing's exquisite child face, never makeup Mei Xing plain face is also eyebrows like a picture, and at the moment even more appears Chuchu, Subaru smiled slightly, and whispered: "Mei Xing sister, I know, I'm going to find Zhihua, so do not cry again oh!"

"Looking for a fight?!" , Miisei waved her fist demonstratively, but it didn't look threatening now by any means.

Subaru turned to open the door and descend the stairs.

Mihoshi leaned lightly on the door and looked at Subaru's back, murmuring in a voice only she could hear, "Welcome back, Subaru."

Chapter 28 - Chihuahua Crying at Sunset

"Chihuahua?"

After Subaru went downstairs and found that Jihana wasn't in the living room, Subaru looked in the other rooms and went to the bathroom by the way...not peeping, of course!

Maxine had also gone downstairs, and now it was time to make dinner.

"Hey? Where's Chihuahua?" , Mihoshi also noticed that Jihana wasn't at home.

Subaru looked around the house, opened the door and took a look at the courtyard and said, "I don't know, is Chihika gone?"

"Here's a note!" , Mihoshi's voice came from the living room, and Subaru hurried back to the living room from the courtyard.

"Mishina-sensei, Subaru-niichan. I'm really sorry that I couldn't say goodbye to you in person, but I didn't see you when I came out of the bathroom, and it's almost time for me to go home at the latest. Today, I'm going to use the bathroom as well as the training room. I'm very happy to have a fight with Subaru-nii, thanks Subaru-nii. Minato Chihika."

Misao read out the contents of the note softly, and now it looked like Jihana was on her way home.

Miisei looked to Subaru who was silent, "Subaru..."

"Dinner, please prepare for three!"

Subaru left a message and ran to the entrance to put on his shoes, not even bothering to close the door to the nearest station.

"Hmph...", Mihoshi laughed lightly, then raised her fist in a dry shout. Today I'll show you the family's secret grilled steak!"

"Ha...ha...ha..."

We have to catch up, Subaru gasped, and kept running without losing any speed, we have to catch up! I will definitely convey my thoughts to Jihwa. I actually, too, want to help Chihuahua, I want to see that smiling face blooming under the cherry blossom tree again!

Finally, after a corner was passed, Subaru saw Chihuahua gently pacing at the footbridge.

"Chihuahua!" , Subaru quickly ran to the footbridge and called out to the petite back, on the one hand, he kept panting with his hands on his knees, this feeling of running long distances at sprinting speed was really unbearable.

"Subaru-chan?!" , Jihana turned back, surprised to see a gasping Subaru.

"Don't give up!"

Subaru straightened his body and walked towards Chihuahua. Putting his hands on Chihuahua's shoulders.

"Hey?"

"Don't give up, basketball!"

"Subaru-nii-san... I haven't given up on basketball, but I can't even guard my own place..."

"Before I do that, I need to say sorry to Jihana..."

Ji Hua immediately shook her head, "How! Subaru was right! It's us..."

"Hear me out, Chihuahua." Subaru interrupted Jihana, shaking his head, "I'm not apologizing for refusing to continue this thing of being your coach. I'm apologizing because, instead of taking care of your thoughts, I was too considerate of my own feelings."

"Why do you say that...?"

"I say, Chihuahua, do you want to practice hard this next week?"

"Want!"

"Even if if you lose, you have no complaints because you tried, right?"

"Yes! Because I've tried really hard with you all, and even if we fail, we're still together, so maybe if I give up basketball again by then, I won't be so upset...", Jihana's voice gradually became smaller and her words became heavier.

"Then, let me work with you guys."

"Hey?"

"I'm a person who doesn't dare to try easily because I'm afraid of failure, and I'm afraid that even after being your coach I still won't be able to lead you to defeat the men's basketball club so I don't dare to agree to continue coaching. But, now I've finally realized that the process is the most important thing, just try your best! So Ji Hana, will you accept my apology? Will you let me work with you?"

"Ooh..."

Ji Hana bit her lips and tried not to cry out, but the tears in the corners of her eyes couldn't be hidden.

"It's okay to cry out oh." , Subaru bowed down and gently touched Jihana's small head.

"Owww! Subaru, Subaru-nii-san..."

Chihuahua finally cried out and threw herself into Subaru's arms, knocking Subaru into a stumble. The small head was only able to reach Subaru's chest. The strength and optimism that she had put on for the past few days were all put aside at this moment, and now Jihana was like a helpless little child who had finally found a home. Jihana hugged Subaru tightly, completely forgetting her shyness and wanting nothing more than to hold on to the person in front of her who had given her hope, afraid that he would suddenly disappear again.

"Jihana."

Subaru looked tenderly at the weeping Chihuahua, his hand comfortingly stroking Chihuahua's head.

The sun was slow to set as the setting sun's rays reflected the two embracing on the overpass, as if it also wanted to give off more light to illuminate the picturesque scene as the two made their way home.

Line group, women's basketball club voice room.

Ji Hana: "Everyone! Good news for everyone! Subaru-san has agreed to continue as our coach! He said he would help us train during the week!"

Ellie: "Really?! That's great! Hasegawa-nii-san, welcome back."

Hyuga: "Oh~~ Oni-san, welcome back."

Mansail: "Yah, I knew that Subaru would never betray us, and will definitely always be on our side~~"

Saiki: "Don't say it, Makifumi, I don't know who almost cried. But then again, Subaru, brother, na."

Jihana: "Hey?"

True Sail: "What the what? What were you saying, Saji?"