“Guys! I’m here!”
It was about five minutes later that Ryuji returned from where she had gone to buy ice cream.
Perhaps it was because they were thirsty after running on the beach for a while, the women who sat on the sand and chatted hurriedly gathered and picked up ice cream.
“Yooseong-ah! You come and eat too!”
“okay.”
At the sound of Rika calling, I got up from my seat and approached.
Since everyone else had already been selected, the only ones left in the envelope were Garigari-kun and Papico.
‘Well, this isn’t bad either.’
I caught Garigari-kun among the two.
Naturally, the remaining papico goes to Ryuji’s mouth.
On a hot summer day, eating ice cream at the beach was truly heavenly.
Instead of licking it, I chewed it and munched on it, leaving only an ice cream stick in an instant.
“Yoosung, why don’t you play a round this time too?”
“I?”
I looked at Ryuji.
Then, Ryuji said that he would be guarding the luggage, so let’s play.
“great.”
In such a situation, too much subtraction would ruin the pleasant travel atmosphere, so I accepted their suggestion.
Beach volleyball resumes naturally after taking enough rest.
The team composition is the same as before, but I have filled Ryuji’s vacancy.
I only asked one thing before the game started.
“Keep it in the air.”
Then, unlike the fact that she looked like a literary girl, Yaguchi, who was unexpectedly physically minded, replied cheerfully, saying she understood.
“okay.”
The class leader, who used to play the role of a hole in the front panel, nodded saying that he thought he could do that.
Before long, the start was cut off with the serve of Sasha, who had won the previous game.
A long serve that takes advantage of its unique elongated limbs.
“My Ball!”
Yaguchi, who was behind her in position, shouted and rushed in, and she lightly slammed the ball over her head.
I was looking for a chance with my hawk eyes, so I jumped straight up and fired a spike.
phut!!
A volleyball ball that hits down at a normal speed because of the controlled force.
“み!”
Karen hurriedly threw herself up and tried to hit it, but her arms were short, so she could barely reach it.
As soon as the 1 point was eaten, Sasha gave an angry expression.
I’ve felt it before, but I don’t usually have a desire to win.
Since the serve went our way by scoring, I received the ball from Karen and lightly hit it up.
At that moment, Sasha moved swiftly.
I was momentarily blinded by her like a female leopard, but I realized it later.
Karen’s face is nowhere to be seen.
When the eyes met with me, who jumped for blocking, Sasha smiled with a smile of conversion, and immediately after that, Karen, who was hiding in her shadow, jumped up and hit a spike.
phut!!
Truly a great combination.
I was fooled by Sasha’s acting.
Yaguchi tried to catch the ball in a hurry, but the volleyball ball had long since touched the sand.
Again a 1:1 tie.
“Don’t underestimate me. Kim Yoo-seong.”
Clearly, it wasn’t an opponent that could be defeated by giving it a fair bit of respect.
Sasha’s blatant provocations made me change my mind.
***
Another fierce battle was fought, but in the end, our team was the winner.
No matter how strong the combination of Sasha and Karen, the basic hardware gap was unavoidable.
I followed the rally closely in my own way, but in the end, I figured out the attack patterns of the two, and I won by scoring in succession.
Final score is 15:12
Although it was a friendly match, both teams were exhausted, probably because it felt almost like a real game.
It seems to be a side effect of playing two games in a row.
On the other hand, I, who had only played one game, still had some stamina left, so I was alive, but I decided to stop for the sake of other people’s health.
“I’m hungry, so why don’t you eat something soon?”
You and I agreed to Karen’s suggestion.
I ate some snacks while riding the bus in the morning, but it’s because it’s time for the stomach to go out.
After gently brushing off the sand on our bodies, we headed to the nearby sea house.
***
house of the sea
This is a fast food restaurant commonly found on Japanese beaches.
Generally, they sell yakisoba and curry, as well as various hot bars and shaved ice, but they are expensive and tasteless.
But the market is a side dish, and when you’re hungry, whatever you eat is delicious.
Although they hadn’t played in the water in earnest yet, everyone’s appetite was strong, probably because they had been running around on the sandy beach.
As the number of people was large, we split the tables into two tables and each ordered what we wanted to eat.
I felt it when I just arrived, but it seemed that there were a lot of people along the beach today.
While I was wondering what the reason was, I saw a leaflet on the wall.
“The 17th Onjuku Swimsuit Contest?”
Again, an infinitely romantic comedy-like guy suddenly popped out.
The shop owner, who was just passing by, said softly with a fan.
“Is your brother also interested in the competition and came to play?”
“Yes? Me?”
I asked the question in bewilderment at the sudden question, but the shopkeeper nodded as if there was no need to say more.
“The time was 17 years ago. The swimsuit contest, which started with the purpose of saving our beach, was in the spotlight of many surfers…”
As I was bruised, not knowing how to react to the sudden recollection of the owner’s uncle, the waitress came and bowed my head.
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! My father is such a person!”
But despite the daughter’s apology, the owner’s uncle clenched his fists and said:
“If you’re a man, you can’t use your legs in a woman’s swimsuit! And people from all over the country flocked to it so as not to miss the opportunity to show off your manliness!”
The owner, who explained the history of the swimsuit contest in a narration of some kind of youth drama, immediately opened his eyes and said to me.
“Even if I don’t know anything else, I’m sure people can see it! You will definitely be able to stand at the top of this tournament! So why don’t you try it once!”
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! My father is one of the sponsors of this tournament!”
I realized how things were going with my daughter’s repeated apologies.
So, you’re asking me to go to the swimsuit contest?
“I’m sorry, but I’m not interested in that.”
I decided to politely decline the invitation of the owner uncle.
If you don’t know anything else, it’s because participating in competitions can reduce the amount of time you have to play with your friends.
I didn’t have much time left to play, but I didn’t feel the need to spend my precious time on things like competitions.
said Rika, who was watching my conversation with the owner as if it was interesting.
“Why don’t you try it once? Ryu-chan? Looking at it, it seems that the prize money is generous.”
Hearing those words, I unintentionally looked at the flyer again.
1st place 100,000 yen.
In other words, it was an opportunity to recover all the money spent on this trip if they win.
To be honest, it was quite a mouth-watering job, but considering the time and effort involved, I thought it was right not to do it.
When I made my intention clear, the shopkeeper looked at my muscles as if it was a pity, but quietly backed away.
Fortunately, he doesn’t seem to be the squishy type.
After a while, the food we ordered came out, and we filled our empty stomachs by eating our own food and playing.
***
After eating a decent meal at the sea house, we all decided to go swimming together.
Of course, not all could swim, so some rented tubes.
Satoru, who said that he was going to hunt a woman, was still unacceptable, and didn’t see any reason to forcefully drag the guy who ran out for hunting, so we decided to play our own.
“Ah! Chaga!”
Near the shoreline, in the shallow waters, girls splash water on each other and play.
In the process, water droplets were scattered on the white skin, and the appearance of the soft ball swaying back and forth following the violent movement of the owner in many ways became a snowball.
“Ugh!”
If you put on your snorkeling gear and dive deep into the water, you can see the world under the sea.
Seashells, coral reefs, and large and small fish swimming in the river gave me the feeling that I had definitely come to play in the summer sea.
As soon as I lifted the upper body that had been immersed in the water, I saw the class leader riding the tube right in front of me, looking at me with a surprised expression.
“what’s the matter?”
Then the class leader pointed at me with a blushing face.
“Sher, your shirt got wet…”
“ah.”
I was wearing a T-shirt because I didn’t want to burden others, but that seems to have the opposite effect.
T-shirts soaked in water cling to the body and lost their original function for a long time.
Ryuji, who was playing in the water with Yaguchi from behind, saw my back and cried out with a shocked expression.
“Ear, ghost!”
Hearing those words, I hurriedly released the strength that was being given to my body.
It was because it was a sound I heard a lot from other members when I showered at the gym.