Party and a Problem
For obvious reasons, 2-A decides to throw a huge victory party for the middle school finally defeating those high school bitches. Yue and I are chatting about the game as I see Yuna walking on her crutch. I excuse myself and go over to her to see how she is. "Hey, Yuna. you feeling any better?" She smiles a little. "Yeah, a bit. The nurse says I'll have to stay off it for a few days, but I'll live. Hey, awesome game, Atsui. You really gave it to those high schoolers." I chuckle and blushes a bit. "Well, the whole team did well. I was just an extra pair of hands and feet." She chuckles and shakes her head then smiles at me. "Are you kidding me? If it wasn't for you, we'd have lost big time! We owe you a ton, Atsui!" I can't help but blush at all of these compliments.
"Okay, okay, I get it, I helped you guys kick ass. Look, I'm gonna hang with Yue and the others, so I'll talk to you later. Stay off your foot, okay?" She giggles. "Kay!" She limps off on her crutch to talk to some of the other team members as I head back over Yue. "Sorry about that, Yue." She shrugs. "No big, Atsui-kun. I expected you to be pulled away a few times tonight. You were on fire in that game." I chuckle at the compliment. "Well that captain was the bitch I told you about before. You know, the one that harassed me?" She nods, knowing who I'm talking about. "Well, she was up to her usual insults right before the game started, so that added an extra little push. But when she tripped Yuna, that's when I pretty much lost it." She nods, not saying anything. I'm a little confused until a few of the team members grab me for a group photo.
They put me and Yuna kneeling next to each other in the front with both of us holding the game ball. Once the photo is done, everyone sits at the tables to eat the delicious dinner Satsuki and Lingshen cooked up for us. I keep trying to talk to Yue, but she's either ignoring me completely, or she's barely acknowledging me, so dinner on my end is a painful silence. Once I finish eating, I head out into the hallway and sit against the wall, sighing sadly. Why is she so mad at me? I didn't do anything wrong at all. If anything, I helped the girls win against the high schoolers. "Atsui-kun? Are you okay?" I look at the shy voice above me, and Nodoka is standing there looking worried about me. I sigh as I look back down.
"I honestly don't know, Nodoka-chan. I don't know what I could've done to make Yue-hime upset with me, but she's mad. She won't talk to me; she'll hardly even look at me…" She sits next to me, lays her head on my shoulder, and holds my arm in her hands. "Atsui-kun, what do you think about Yuna?" I get a little confused at her question. "Yuna? She's cool, I guess. She's high-spirited, happy, a great ball-player. Why?" She looks down a bit somberly. "I think Yue's afraid you might start liking Yuna, or maybe that you already do. She's afraid that she's losing you." I look at her shocked and confused. "What? Are you serious?" She nods. "I'm gonna have to talk to her when we get back. Think you can get Yue to meet me back at the room? We need to talk privately." She nods again. "I can try. I really hope you two patch things up." This time, it's my turn to nod. Me too, Nodoka-chan. Me too…"