At eight o'clock on Sunday morning, after the principal's boring, long-winded speech finally ended, Hayato and Tanaka walked out of the gymnasium together.
"No matter what school it is, principals are all the same, huh?"
Stretching as he walked down the hallway, Hayato grumbled. Today's opening ceremony had just been for reporting to school and checking their new class assignments. Karasuno reassigned classes every semester. Once classes had been assigned, aside from subjects that required specialized classrooms, such as PE and music, they would attend every class in the same room. There would be no situation where Japanese was taught in one classroom and math in another.
That was how Hayato's classes had been in Tokyo before. Having to switch classrooms after every period was such a hassle.
"Seriously. Our principal looks pretty old too, but he's still so energetic. I could barely stay standing while listening to him talk."
Tanaka complained along with him. Before long, the two arrived at the bulletin board. Looking in from outside the crowd, they quickly spotted both their names.
"We're still in Class 1. Ah, Hatoya's in Class 1 too. Hmm... who else is there..."
After seeing that Hatoya Kohane had also been assigned to Class 1, Tanaka told Hayato the news and continued looking to see whether any of his other friends had ended up in the same class.
All of the second-years in the Volleyball Club remained in their original classes. After looking over the list, Hayato stopped paying attention, while Tanaka greeted a few friends before coming back.
"Let's take care of each other again this semester, my dear friend."
With practiced ease, Tanaka slung an arm over Hayato's shoulder and grinned at him. Hayato checked the time.
"It's about time. Let's go. Today's the first club activity of the