29 – Fan – 3
At that time, the manager put on a complicated expression. At my declaration that I would definitely win a medal in this competition, I showed a bitter smile that I couldn’t understand the meaning of, not expecting or cheering or worrying or worrying.
I was thinking about the meaning of that for a long time.
That was a reaction that was far different from what I expected.
You said you were my fan.
Then he should have been more pleased.
Why did you show such an unknown reaction?
I felt like I was in a maze with no answer, so I warmed up.
In the morning, I helped my juniors practice. After taking a break, I had to use my body, so I was stretching far away.
“It’s okay. I can come alone.”
“How are you~! It’s more comfortable if we go together!”
“No, I’ve been running errands all by myself, so why do I suddenly….”
Looking away.
Uni was pushing her back next to the manager who was going to buy something to drink.
“Hey! When a senior says he will help you, he says thank you very much!
“Eh….”
In the third year, Uni Aizawa led the manager and headed out of the training ground. Are you two going together? I looked at the back for a long time.
I see. Are you going together?
It wasn’t anything special, but it bothered me. Manager-kun is the only man in our department. Men and women going out. Together
It’s just a simple errand, but it may not be the only one.
If the relationship between the two does not become a simple relationship between a member and manager, senior and junior….
“Uni is very suspicious, right?”
“Yes. Why did you come out to the field training and be like that?”
“They keep asking if the manager is cute, no way….”
The members were also flirting and talking.
Maybe it’s because he’s the only manager of a different gender in our department.
His behavior was often noticed and talked about.
And even these trivial outings.
“Isn’t that a date?”
“I don’t know. I’ll go to the convenience store, then turn around and come back after a while.”
“If you arrive even 5 minutes late, you have to interrogate me right away.”
Dating….
It is a man and woman going out alone.
I did too.
That opponent was also the manager.
I ended up hanging out with him for a completely unexpected reason.
That experience was the first date for me.
“Could you call me out tonight and interrogate me?”
“Will you? They are so suspicious.”
“Are you going to call the manager too?”
“That’s how we talk~”
As I spoke carefully, the members looked at me. I pretend not to know and move.
“Then we will attack today.”
“While doing it, ask the manager’s ideal type.”
“Oh, among us?”
“Yes. Absolutely choose one. Will it be fun?”
It wasn’t like I was on a school trip. It was unacceptable to play too much, but I could turn a blind eye to that level of deviation.
I’m not that rigid, but the members have no choice but to notice me.
In that case, they deliberately pretend not to hear.
At the talk of gathering tonight, the members were enjoying themselves by gathering one by one.
Those things didn’t really matter.
Are you calling the manager?
That much bothered me.
Manager-kun and Yuni, who went out on errands, rarely came back.
As usual, no one would mind being a little late, but the members were excited and whispered about the fact that he went out with Yuni, who always flirted with him, and didn’t come back for a long time.
It’s a date, Yuni seduced him and led him to another place, he should be holding his hand by now, etc… There were all sorts of speculations.
I started practicing by gathering members who couldn’t concentrate. In fact, I’ve always been on my mind.
“Senior~ I’m ready. Shall we begin then?”
“Yes.”
The junior who decided to help me measure the record gave the starting signal and I started running.
There were all kinds of thoughts in my head.
I could forget all of that while running. I couldn’t concentrate now.
Manager-kun… Are you really dating? Is there a relationship that I don’t know about?
If I had a relationship like that with Yuni… I am….
“………… Keugh.”
My body slipped in an unexpected direction with a sharp pain in my ankle.
“Senior… !!”
***
I was supposed to buy only drinks. It was a little late because I couldn’t stop senior Yuni who kept persuading me to choose sweets. Upon entering the training ground, the members were gathered in one place. Somehow, in a tumultuous atmosphere, I wondered what had happened.
“What happened, Eri…. Are you okay?”
“Yes… No big deal. Just a little… Because it just slipped.”
Takase-senpai was surrounded by her members.
The senior squatting in her seat smiles and shakes her hand.
“Ah, manager….”
When her eyes met, she made an embarrassed expression.
“……… Senior… no way.”
Listen to the members’ stories.
It was a simple story about tripping and falling during practice, but I couldn’t take it lightly.
“I will help you. Senior, give me your hand.”
“It’s okay, it’s enough to rest for a while….”
“Please, please.”
She grabs the wrist of the senior who is beating her hand and raises her up.
“I’ll go to the hospital for a while.”
“Manager-kun, you don’t have to….”
She remembers what she looked like last night.
She has always tried to pretend to be fine, hiding the pain she felt. The impact had just arrived, she expected.
I somewhat resolutely led my seniors to the hospital.
The diagnosis from the doctor was a sprain.
Fortunately, the injury wasn’t that serious, but she said that she shouldn’t exercise too much on her ankle, and that she should rest for a while.
“Are you really okay? Crutches or casts….”
“Because I can walk alone.”
With a limp, he follows the senior in a taxi and sits next to her.
All the way back, the senior didn’t say anything.
I wonder if he’s angry.
Her I also had a sense of her bringing her somewhat by force, but she thought it was enough to do.
Because she was overdoing it all the time.
After returning to her dorm, she helped her senior to her room. She said that she didn’t have to go this far, and her senior kept refusing or pushing her away, but I put her in her room.
I wondered if I could behave like this, but it’s better than overdoing it and injuring myself. I thought the manager did what he had to do.
After telling the members that the senior suffered a minor injury and decided to rest today, she proceeded with her afternoon schedule.
Her but deep inside she kept getting on her nerves.
Eri Takase said she would definitely win a medal.
She said she would show me a good side.
Having a senior get injured during battery training was an incident that hadn’t happened in any of the stories I knew.
That made me even more worried.
If we go by the story, Eri Takase will record poor results in this tournament.
And that was something I couldn’t stop.
I can’t even run for her. I can’t help her improve her abilities. I am not a professional coach.
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All I could do was just watch the future. He entered the athletics club as a manager and kept all friction and conflicts with Suda in check.
He was confident to stop his dark motives, but when it came to his sports…. No matter what I did, I couldn’t find an answer.
After finishing all the afternoon schedule, I returned to my room and talked to Haruna on the phone. I heard that the news of the crime of the soccer team was revealed and the inside of the school was in full swing.
While talking on the phone, I pulled back the curtains and looked outside.
I saw an empty training ground, but I kept looking out the window, worried that Takase-senpai would come out.
I had a bandage wrapped around my ankle and my gait was sloppy, so even a senior wouldn’t go that far.
After talking to Haruna, I left the room.
I stood in front of Takase-senpai’s door and knocked. She was supposed to share with Sayoko, but since she never came, this room was also her private room.
After waiting for a long time, there was no response, so when I was thinking of going back, the door was opened.
“……… Oh, manager.”
A senior with wet hair, dressed in a thin shirt and shorts, stood in front of me. The scent of body wash wafted from the senior, who seemed to have just come out of the shower.
“What happened?”
“……… Sorry for the late night I’m always concerned about how you’re feeling.”
It was close to making a fuss about coming to my room and asking about these things. Even so, I couldn’t bear to check it out.
“Huh… Thank you for your concern. A little bit of pain… Because I’m fine now.”
“That… thank god.”
Rubbing her hair with the towel around her neck, the senior looked down.
“Well, then… I’ll just go.”
Somehow, in a strange feeling, she lowered her head and tried to go back.
“Manager.”
“……… Yes?”
The senior who summoned me stared at me and asked.
“I heard that the members are going to play in your room tonight. Can you stay here?”
“Yes? That….”
It was the first time I had heard of it.
She said with a smile.
“I heard a lot of questions about your relationship. He said he was going to get together and interrogate you.”
“That… It’s difficult.”
She wants to ask if she went on her errands with senior Yuni.
Nothing in particular happened.
“I see. Are you not interested in our members?”
“No… It shouldn’t be.”
I didn’t come here for that purpose.
She didn’t want to muddy the waters by creating a strange relationship.
“Because we have to keep the engineering history.”
I didn’t want to be in that position in the first place.
“But… Because the seniors are not easy to eat… It would be a big deal to refuse.”
No matter how kindly you say no, those seniors might push you in. All strong and selfish… There is also the position of seniors and juniors.
I don’t know what to do, so I’m only smiling wryly, so Takase-senpai quietly lowers his gaze
“Then….”
You suggested to me.
“Wouldn’t you like to come in for a while? In my room.”
“……… Yes?”
“Hiding in this room for a while… It wouldn’t be a bad option for you.”
Saying that, Takase-senpai seemed somewhat cautious.
“…… On the way back to the room, you might run into some of her members. Not knowing when they knock on the door and not coming out won’t be a comfortable option for you. Then….”
She takes a step forward and sticks her head out to me.
“Wait here… Would you like to spend some time with me?”
“……… ….”
I’m sure Takase-senpai made a proposal with good intentions towards me.
This side made her heart pound.
It’s difficult to be surrounded by seniors, but if you enter this room, you’ll be alone with your seniors.
Rather, maybe that side is more dangerous to me.
“What… No need to panic. It’s just to pass the time.”
“Yeah, but….”
“Or… Even if you’re a bum like me… Do you mind being alone?”
“……… ….”
“I’m going to protect the engineering… You just said it.”
When she came to her senses, the senior’s hand was carefully stroking her under my chin.
“I also respect your attitude. So if there is no problem….”
Her wet hair rustles right in front of her. She couldn’t come to her senses at the scent she was wafting off.
“Wait… let it come in.”
“……… ….”
She nodded her head bewitched.
“……… Yes.”
The senpai smiled as she removed her body from me.
“Yes. You are really fun to tease.”
“Ugh… senior….”
Her giggle followed her into her room.
Her To her, it might have been just a joke on her part, but this time, her heartbeat didn’t stop.