Chapter 10: Chapter 10
Hey guys! Chapter 10's up. So it's Holy Week which means more time to edit. Thank you for supporting my stories :) Enjoy!
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Chapter 10
Shin was like a walking zombie at school.
She was fucked.
She processed everything that happened over the weekend and she was confused like hell. Imagining another man's face while a different guy was inside her was bringing back memories. It made her feel disgusting, not to mention she got so freaked out about Sendoh appearing in that moment that she ended up going out with his teammate when he asked if she would date him.
Koshino made her feel good, like other guys, but when the image of Sendoh's face appeared, she got hotter to the point that she lost control. Running with him yesterday just nailed it. She had to get him out of her system.
"Yuki-chan." a student from class I-7 suddenly stepped in front of her before she could go inside her class room.
Shin glanced down at the petite girl, four-inches shorter than her five-foot-eight "Oh, good morning Akagi-san. What's up?"
"Please, just call me Haruko. We're in the same committee anyway." Haruko smiled at her sweetly, "I heard that you're class 5's representative for events."
Shin nodded, "I heard that they barely do anything, so I accepted." she chuckled, "Can I help you with anything?"
"No, uh, Sensei's calling for all the representatives of each class, we're meeting him in the science lab in ten minutes, get your partner okay?"
"Okay, thanks." Shin took out her phone and mailed the male rep, then went to grab something to eat before heading to the meeting location
She found herself sitting between Haruko Akagi, her own partner and twelve other representatives from other classes, although she's sure that they're missing some people.
The PE teacher, also the coach for the men's soccer team, began to speak. "Okay, I see that everyone's here," Shin raised her brows in question because they were not, "You know that the term's about the end. Summer vacation's starting and I don't want to ruin your vacation by giving you guys an assignment."
"But you are going to do it anyway, right sensei?" she said cheekily from her seat on the front left.
"Right you are Yuki. We have an important inter-school event coming up and I want everyone involved in the events committee to do their best to make it successful."
"You say everyone, but not everyone's here sensei." a megane-girl at the back said,
"Oh, that's because we're only involving those representatives who are also part of a sports organization. Same with the class reps. That's another topic. Aren't you in the swimming team Ms. Megumi?" he paused,
"Hai, sensei." the megane-girl answered firmly, adjusting her glasses.
"Okay, so…" he paused, building anticipation. "Every year, affiliated high schools here in Kanagawa hold a united party for all its athletes."
"Whoa. Like an inter-school soiree? Hell yeah!" said a guy sitting front and center.
"Right, did you miss the affiliated-schools part?" his female partner interjected, "That's a lot of people sensei."
"Yes there's a lot of people coming, students, coaches, trainers and school boards alike, that's why we need to prepare thoroughly.", to the class he said, "This event builds camaraderie," he said proudly, "Promotes healthy competition, sportsmanship and friendliness between disciplined individuals, mainly, juniors and seniors. It will be hosted in two schools this year-" he stopped when a female voice hastily interjected,
"Sensei! Is it only for the upperclassmen? Why are we here then?" a girl with dyed-blonde hair stood up from the middle row.
"Oh, Asahina-chan, nice of you to finally attend a meeting."
"Being the ace of the volleyball team is a tough job sensei." she explained with her nose up high.
"Right. Well, to answer your question, yes. It's for the upperclassmen athletes, and," he cocked an eyebrow at her expression which was evident disappointment,"We need the freshmen representatives to be the ushers, organisers and servers. Consider it as a tribute to your seniors who worked hard the previous years to establish a name for your club."
"You said inter school, that's a lot of athletes sensei."
"Twelve schools, to be exact, will be divided into two."
"So, we're hosting one, who's the other host?"
"That will be Shoyo. Though you won't be required to help out there, unless you volunteer which reminds me, all freshman-athletes can volunteer to help out but events committee members are all required to participate. Credits will be awarded to everyone."
"Sensei, can you give us a clearer list of the things we need to do, also we need the number of attendees, and the schools who will participate." Haruko Akagi's committee partner said while raising his hand.
"Of course, I had Rina print out your copies." Rina, a tall brown haired girl, passed on the sheets to the group. "So, again, host-schools will get six schools each, the list is already in your hands. We will be hosting five schools, excluding ours."
"Oh, sensei, why isn't the chess club here, and the bowling club?"
"Chess club isn't a physical sport, while bowling's in the special sports since it doesn't exist in all schools, only 4 out of 12 schools have it, so does Taekwondo." he stared at each student in front of him the continued,
"This is for physical sports which all schools are active in, Javelin, Running, High Jump, Swimming, Volleyball, Basketball, Archery, Tennis, Table Tennis, Judo, Wrestling, Kendo they're all in the list. Rina and Shun will head the team, I'll be expecting you to submit the plan after summer break."
"Hai!"
"Thank you for your time. Now you may go to class." he said, exiting with a smile on his face.
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"Shin! I'm liking your speed so far."
"Slow down freshman or I won't be able to shine in the next game."
"You're overreacting Captain. I still can't return your scud serves. The curve seems to be getting steeper."
"Heh, good to know." the 5'11 feet tall senior said, smugly. She reminded Shin of a famous American tennis player, with her curly hair and smooth tanned skin.
"Don't even dream of returning Captain's serves Yuki, you're way out of your league."
"Right, and you're late." Shin snapped back.
"Five laps Midori." the Captain ordered from behind Shin and to her she said, "Shin, another round. I have to work on heavier returns."
"You're pushing yourself Teru," Omishi, the team's vice captain and also the team's four-eyed beauty reprimanded their captain, "Your ankle's still recovering, take it easy. Yuki's returns can get out of hand."
"Relax, okaa-san, I'll be facing that witch from Takezato soon, I can't let my guard down."
"Hn, you'll be facing her sooner, but you two will be wearing cocktail dresses instead of tennis skirts."
Captain Teru stared at the sun and winced, "Darn. Do we need to attend that thing?"
"As the Captain, you do." Shin inserted, "The Captain, Co-Captain and starting members are all required, sorry."
"How do you know that blondie?" Maru, the most athletic one in the group joined in,
"She's in the events committee, they're hosting and planning for the event."
"As usual, you already know these things Inuhi."
"It's best to know where the enemies are and be ready for them. Do you have the list of attending schools?"
"Ah, hai,"
"Well? Can't you get them, now?" Inuhi pushed, her impatience making her hands twitch.
"Right. My bag's in the locker room."
Shin shook her head, her senpais were really competitive that she thought this party's gonna be useless on them, they won't get their peace of mind until they beat an opponent, but then, they might benefit from it themselves. She was too preoccupied with her train of thoughts that she didn't notice Midori following her inside the locker room shed until she heard the door close behind her.
"Sucking up again? You really will do anything to get ahead."
"My gosh Midori, what are you talking about? Did you already finish your run?" she smiled innocently.
"What's that in your hand?"
"None of your business." Shin shut her locker and held the envelope behind her back,
"The hell it's not." Midori jumped to get her hands on the envelope but Shin quickly side-stepped her and disappeared out the door.
Midori really had no business with that, she's not a starting member and she's neither an upperclassman nor a committee member. Even if she found out about the party and wanted to go for whatever reason, she won't be able to.
"Look Omishi, my name's here! Wah! Wah!" Maru cheered, jumping up and down that her short skirt bounced with her.
"Ugh, no kidding, you're a senior and part of the most popular tennis duo in Kanagawa Maru, so stop bouncing around, your male fans can see your underwear." Omishi adjusted her glasses while looking around at the dozens of students watching their training.
"Still! Ne, ne, Yuki, do other schools have this copy as well?"
"Well, yes." Shin nodded.
"Wah! Omishi, did you hear that! We're famous!"
Shin gave her a crooked smile, their flexible doubles player was both beautiful with an oriental flair and was known to be a gifted all-rounder around Kanagawa, she's already famous but a name on a sheet of paper seemed to make her much happier.
"Shin!" a voice called from outside the court and she saw Kogane waving at her, looking fiery with her red hair in a high pony tail wearing a traditional judo uniform.
"Hey!" Shin waved at her stunning friend, as usual, Kagome's own male admirers were flocking beside her. The female Judo team surely benefited from having her fiery friend there.
"Do you need a ride home?"
"Yeah!" Shin shouted back,
"Okay, club's over in 30 minutes." Kagome said.
"Same, see you." when Shin turned around, she was greeted by Midori with the folder in her hand.
"Senpai told me to give it back to you," she shoved it in Shin's chest,
"Thanks." Shin said though gritted teeth and started to walk away. She really can't stand Midori. She can't stand a lot of people but it's taking the whole fiber of her being and her love for tennis, just to stand on the same space with the girl.
"So you think you can keep something that big from me don't you?" Midori hissed out.
"I didn't think it's worth mentioning to someone who won't be able to attend." Shin turned to look at her.
"Hn, well, I can volunteer can't I?" Midori stated, challenging.
Shin rolled her eyes, "Go ahead, no one's stopping you." she walked away, she didn't want to think about a possibility of working with Midori.
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"Why did you even tell her about that? Working with her would be hellish, and I know you, you hate this kind of project where you work with people." Kogane sipped her cold cafe latte, staring at Shin who's doing the same across the table.
"Not only that, it's a lot of responsibility, we have to attend the actual event and man-the-desk or something, even play waiter, and now, I might have to do these things with queen bitch because she wants attention."
Kogane laughed, "I hear that like you, her family's not doing well and she's really going after a scholarship for college."
"So she has to make my life miserable?"
"I'm just saying, that explains why she's so hungry for networking and connections."
Shin drained her 500-ml tall glass on her next sip, "If she wants a scholarship then she should spend her time training. Connections are important but you have to have something to show for."
Kogane was quiet for a while but she was staring at Shin like she's studying an artwork in an art museum, it was a look that annoyed Shin, "What?"
"Speaking of connections, tell me about your new boyfriend."
Shin evidently cringed upon hearing the term, "I won't call it that," she winced, turning her head to look for the waitress, she waved and ordered another iced latte.
"What would you call it then?" Kogane asked calmly, observing Shin the entire time.
"Dating, it's an open-relationship, I think, but for now, he's the only one I'm dating."
"Does he know that? That it's an open relationship?" her friend egged on.
"I think he knows me enough to get the hint." Shin said factually.
Kogane was not convinced, squinting her blue eyes, she asked, "My question is this, you've met many decent guys, why now? Why him?"
"He's sincere, I feel like I can trust him." was Shin's ready answer.
"Why? You went out with the Captain of Ryonan's soccer team, why not him?" her friend was really pushy, she should've expected it but it was getting on her nerves.
"Geez, what are you, a reporter? Soccer Captain had a nice body, hard to pass that. This guy, aside from him being really hot and a gentleman, well, Akira Sendoh knows him personally so he can't really do anything funny, can he?"
"And you feel like you can trust Akira Sendoh?"
"Well, he's my housemate, I know his mom, I know his background and for him to think highly of Koshino gives some kind of merit, right?" inwardly, she just wanted her one-and-only friend to leave it alone.
"Fine, so the guy's great, the sex was awesome, you decided to give him a chance… I think there's something you're not telling me? Because we're talking about men, it's one of our favorite topics and for some reason I feel like, you don't want to talk, now."
"…" Shin stared at her friend like she didn't know what she was talking about.
"Michiru from the swim team," Kogane stared at her pointedly. "After you fucked the guy, you gushed about how beautiful his smile was, if only for a minute, you still seemed excited," she paused, then moved on to the next, "When you spent that one hot night with Kiriyu from Shoyo, the next day you couldn't wait to tell me how 'unbelievable' he was in bed and the three hours you spent in his hot tub that I had to plug my ears the entire time we were together that day. That's just the beginning. I can write a book from your stories." Kogane visibly winced at the memory, "But, this guy, you decide to go steady with him. The first guy you'll be seeing on a regular basis and all I got was, 'Hey, I decided to date. I'm going out with this guy from Ryonan, he's Akira's teammate, tell you the details when we see each other.' and that's it."
Shin was at loss for words but she quickly regained herself, "Maybe I'm serious about him."
"Okay, maybe. Just tell me what you're really thinking, when you figure it out." Kogane finally gave up but it's still evident that she was unsatisfied with Shin's explanation.
Unfortunately, Shin wasn't a naive and ignorant teenager and she already figured it out. She was attracted to Akira Sendoh. She didn't know if it was just the usual attraction she had like with other guys but if he can enter her hallucinations while she was with another guy, enough to lead her to orgasm then it was dangerous and she can't do anything stupid.
"Can I ask you a question though?" She breathed out,
"Sure ,whatever, unlike you, I'll try to give a straight honest answer." Kogane raised a brow at her.
Shin could tell that her friend was sulking, "Let's say, you like a guy, and you can't control yourself around him but you can't have him for some reason, what will you do?"
"There isn't a guy out there that you wouldn't go for if you set your sights on him. That's what you're notorious for."
"Well…" Shin paused, she can't argue with that, any further and her smart friend will figure things out, "The man has a girlfriend."
"Right. As if you haven't crossed that before."
Shin's eyes bulged, "Hey! You know I try to stay away from guys in a relationship and that was a one-time thing, the guy was going out with a two-timing bitch. I helped him out, plus, he's gorgeous."
"Still, a guy you wouldn't have sex with because of your outstanding moral-fiber would have to be either a guy in a serious relationship, or.." Kogane's clear blue eyes widened in understanding,
"Did you watch the Ryonan game before going to the date with Koshino?"
"Yeah," Shin answered,
"I knew it! You saw those two, you won't be doing something like this without a trigger, it's Maki isn't it?"
Shin nearly choked on her cold drink, she coughed for a few seconds before taking another pause, rethinking how she plunged into the conversation with Kogane which clearly took her off-guard.
She smiled, chuckled bitterly, "Shinichi Maki.." she murmured, "I might.."
"What's so funny? I nailed it right?"
Shin shook her head, "Nobunaga's been calling me.. I don't even know how he got hold of my new number."
"What?!"
"Relax, I'm not picking up." she sighed, "I nearly forgot all about them. You used to hate him enough to march down to his house and kick his door open. Your Judo skills sure suit you."
"I still do, hate the guy." Kogane corrected, harshly, "When Marie asked me if I provided free tickets to the Ryonan and Kainan game for her, you were the first person I thought of. I didn't think you'd go."
Shin knitted her brows, "I didn't know, but, I only saw Nobunaga." she didn't expect her quick question to open a can of worms and she wanted to deviate from the conversation, "Like I said, he's been trying to call me, even mailing me saying he wanted to meet.. but I'm over it."
"Fine, if you want my advice on how to get it out of your system and get over it, go out with this Koshino guy. Every time you think about other guys," Kogane's eyes were serious, "Fuck his brains out and focus on him. Give yourself time to fall in love with him, maybe a week, a month then if it doesn't work out, break up, don't be a jerk to him." was Kogane's straightforward answer.
"Okay, I guess, your advice is perfect. He asked me to go camping with him."
"Just you two? When?"
"Yep, summer break, three days in Nijiima Island."
Hey there! This was an ice breaker chapter, if that's even a term, I just needed to get this chapter out there because from this point on everything will be getting more exciting **evil grin**. I guess this chappie was teh reason for my long hiatus. So yeah, hope you enjoyed it.
Til next update.
Ja!