Chapter 01

Anna's Point of View.

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It was the second day of school.

I followed the president of the Library Committee.

"Thank you for joining, Sōma-san."

I smiled and wrote in my notebook.

'Thank you for accepting my request.'

"You have laryngitis, right?"

I nodded.

He smiled at me.

"I hope you get well soon."

'Thank you!'

We arrived at the library and met the other members.

One of them was Kuroko-kun.

We were surprised.

The president asked us to introduce ourselves and everyone did.

I was going to do it too, but he stopped me.

"This is Sōma Anna-san. She has laryngitis and will not be able to talk for a while."

I smiled and bowed.

The president told us what we should do and we went to work.

Kuroko-kun approached me.

"It's been a while, Sōma-san."

I wrote in my notebook.

'Same here, Kuroko-kun.'

"Are you really sick?"

I smiled sadly.

"I d-don't w-want a-anyone to k-know t-that I h-have a s-stutter."

"I understand. I'll not say anything."

"T-Thank you."

"How are you?"

I knew what he meant.

"I-I'm f-fine. And y-you?"

"I'm fine too. I joined the basketball club."

"T-That's great."

"Do you want to join?"

I was surprised.

"M-Me?"

He nodded.

"I d-don't p-play b-basketball."

"I mean you to be the manager."

I shook my head.

"I-I'm not q-qualified..."

He smiled slightly.

"I think you would do a great job."

I bit my lower lip.

"I-I can't. I'm s-sorry."

"Don't worry. Can I ask you a favor?"

"S-Sure."

"Can you come to practice today?"

"W-Why?"

"I want you to see what the team's like."

I wasn't sure.

"If you don't change your mind later, I'll not insist. I promise."

I smiled.

"O-Okay."

We kept talking until the bell rang.

We said goodbye and went back to class.

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After school, I met with Kuroko-kun.

"Let's go, Sōma-san."

I nodded and we headed to the gym.

When we arrived, everyone looked at us.

We approached a girl with brown hair.

"Hello, coach."

"Hi. Who's she?"

"Sōma Anna-san. She also attended Teikō."

I smiled and bowed.

"She's here to see the practice."

"No problem. Can I know the reason?"

"I would like her to be our manager."

"You have experience, Sōma-chan?"

I was going to write in my notebook, but Kuroko-kun spoke.

"She was the assistant of our manager at Teikō."

She was surprised.

I wrote quickly.

'I just helped a little when she needed it'

She looked me up and down.

"Why do you write in a notebook?"

"Sōma-san has laryngitis."

She nodded.

"Alright. Stay here with me."

'Thank you!'

She told the boys why I was there.

They didn't mind and started training.

"I'm Aida Riko, by the way."

She smiled at me.

I smiled back.

'Nice to meet you.'

She showed me the statistics of the boys.

I read them and watched them carefully.

I took notes of their performances and showed them to her.

She was surprised.

"You nailed everything. How did you do it?"

'I learned from the best.'

I also wrote how they could improve their potential.

She agreed.

"We'll start from tomorrow."

I nodded.

When they were about to finish, she went looking for towels and water bottles.

I followed her and helped her.

"You're fast, Sōma-chan."

I smiled and mouthed 'practice'.

We went back and gave each one a bottle and a towel.

"Thank you, Sōma-san."

I nodded.

"How was it?"

I looked for my notebook and wrote.

'I experienced again how it felt to belong to a place'

"That means..."

I smiled and nodded.

'I want to be the manager.'

Kuroko-kun smiled slightly.

"I'm glad."

'You knew this would happen. You planned everything.'

"I don't know what you're talking about, Sōma-san."

He was shamelessly lying.

I giggled.

I told the coach my decision and she introduced me as the new manager.

Everyone introduced themselves and welcomed me.

'Thank you. I promise to give my best for the team!'

After cleaning everything, we headed to the exit.

We said goodbye and went different ways.

I was happy.

So much that I forgot everything for a while.

Riko's Point of View.

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"Is something wrong?"

I looked at Hyūga-kun.

"It's Sōma-chan."

He raised an eyebrow.

I sighed.

"There's something strange about her."

"What do you mean?"

"I saw her statistics. It's like—"

I bit my lower lip.

"What?"

I shook my head.

"Nothing. Forget it."

"Maybe she has another disease. Let's ask her tomorrow."

I nodded.

I said goodbye to him and went to the bus stop.

When the bus arrived, I sat in a free seat.

"It's like I've seen the statistics of two people..." I mumbled.

I looked out the window.

"It can't be... right?"

To be continue...

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Hello everyone!

Here's the first chapter of the story.

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Thanks to Cherylicious5 for the review.

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I'm still learning English.

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