That Girl

"Good morning vice cap."

Kogure heard a familiar voice behind him, and suddenly felt happy. He then turned around.

"Thanks for allowing us to conduct an interview with your team. It was really a big help. We were able to finish our project." It was Colline, thanking him and giving him a sweet smile.

Kogure's jaws dropped open and found his self not knowing what he's going to do. He then smiled and started talking.

"Ah… that's fine… welcome… that's totally fine… ahh…" Kogure stuttered.

"So, do you have practice later in the gym?" Colline asked.

"Practice? Yes. We have." Kogure answered immediately.

"Can we watch?"

"We…? Yes, of course, you could."

"Sure? Okay. We'll watch. Thanks again." Colline smiled at him as she walked away.

Kogure smiled and felt happiness again. But something suddenly entered his mind.

"We?"

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"Hey Mito, let's go to the gym and watch Hanamichi be annoyed again with Rukawa. He! He! He!" Takamiya told Mito.

"Okay, that's a good idea," Mito replied.

They were walking towards the gym when they encountered the four friends of Colline. Oksu and Phil had bumped each other and started hurling insults at each other.

"Hey, are you blind? Why don't you watch where you're going?" Oksu told Phil.

"You should do that, curly, corned hair," Phil replied airily.

"Me? Do that yourself. Get out of my way." Oksu pushed Phil.

Phil pushed Oksu back. Oksu punched Phil on his right cheek. Phil lost his temper and punched Oksu back and gave him two more punches. On his fourth punch for Oksu, Mito blocked it with his palm and punched Phil. The eight freshmen engaged in a brawl until Colline and Abby came.

Mito was about to punch Phil on the face when Colline blocked it with her palm and held his fist firmly.

"Ahmm, excuse me. Can we interrupt your game? We still have to go to the library for our research. Can we?" Colline asked Mito while holding his fist and giving him a sweet smile.

Mito was surprised and then pulled his hand away.

"Sure. Of course." Mito answered her, calmly.

"Thanks." Colline replied and gave him another smile and then turned to her cousin.

"C'mon, let's go now." Colline pushed her cousin away.

"Why so fast? Aren't you the one who make the game more exciting before? You even lead the fight." Phil told his cousin.

"C'mon, the Colline here in school is the good one." Colline replied to her cousin and smiled at him.

"You always smile. Even if you get in a fight, you always smile at your enemy."

"Shut up. They'll be able to guess my other side." Colline pushed her cousin further.

Phil turned first to Mito and to the other three before leaving.

"Better be thankful that our little girl hasn't shown her other side yet." Phil told them and started walking away with the five.

But Mito was still a little confused. He was thinking about what had happened a while ago, when Colline blocked his punch for her cousin. He was thinking really hard.

There's something different about her. She had blocked my punch with her palm. And it was strong. An ordinary girl couldn't do that. But I just couldn't picture her doing what she had done a while ago because she seemed so sweet. But how…

Mito was thinking about these things while looking at his fist.

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At the gym, the basketball team was practicing. Colline and her friends came to watch. Kogure had noticed her and smiled. But his smile immediately went away when he saw her with her friends again.

We… we… I know now.

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Curious? Better check it out. He! He! He!

--nopickup