9.

"As captain, I have a suggestion."

"As manager, I will consider your suggestion."

"Even if Rei could swim, that training regimen was a little too tough. Maybe we should consider adjusting it."

"Hm… I guess all of those muscles are deceiving. Even guys like you can be out of shape…"

"Hold on, what do you mean?!"

"Don't worry, the manager has everything under control!"

"I just meant it would be too tough for Rei, you know!"

"But it's been a while since you all swam competitively, right? By the way, that picture you sent me… is it your cat?"

"No, but I do play with it."

"It's so cute! Send me another next time, okay?!"

Makoto looked at his phone, listening to his siblings bicker in another room. Her topic change was pretty skillful.


You can't convince me that he doesn't take pictures of the stray cats sometimes.