Chapter 6
Around 4 pm that day, we gather at the school hall for an announcement.
"Ok now, gentlemen, settle down.", Mr. Shirakawa, the principal said after clearing his throat. "I have an announcement to make."
Everyone quieted down.
"At the last day of the fair, and that is three days from now, we will be having a ball.", he continued.
"Basketball?", someone in front asked him.
Stupid kid! He whispered. "Of course not! A ball. A party where you, gentlemen, ask a girl for a date and you bring them there. It is where you –", he was about to finish his sentence when someone interrupted him.
"Ok principal sir! Of course WE know what a ball is! We will be having a ball then what?!"
"That's it! We will be having a ball on the last day so I am expecting all of you to participate in the upcoming event.", he said with dreamy eyes.
After the announcement, the boys began planning excitedly on who're the girls they are going to ask to the ball.
"I think I'm going to ask the girl we met at the bar last Friday!", Uchi told his pals.
"The red-haired one?", Kuma asked.
"Yes. You're right!"
"Me? I'll ask Keiko!", Kuma said.
"And I'll ask Inoue, Keiko's best friend!", Noda informed them.
"How about me? Any suggestion?", Minami asked the guys.
"I think it would be nice if you invite Yuki!", Uchi suggested.
"How about you Shin? Who are you going to invite to the ball?", they asked him.
"Me? I'll just invite my sister.", he told them.
"You're sister?! Are you kidding us?", they said.
Shin just shrugged.
"Just ask Yankumi!", they said to him with a big grin.
"Yankumi?! What the heck?! It would be better if I'll just invite my sister to this ball thing."
"Dammit! Don't you wanna have fun?!", Noda questioned him.
Shin shrugged again, unable to say anything.
If I'll invite Yankumi, that's what you call stupidity. He said to himself.