"Come to think of it, did Daichi-senpai and the others tell you about the next captain?"
Taking a bite of the meat bun in his hand, Ennoshita suddenly remembered this and turned to Hayato.
"Huh, how did you know?"
When asked that, Hayato answered directly. During the training camp at the beginning of the month, Daichi, third-year Sugawara and Asahi, along with Coach Ukai and Teacher Takeda, had suddenly called him over. They had unanimously decided to make Hayato the next captain. Hayato had already learned about it from Kiyoko and had wanted to recite a couple of lines of poetry to fit the occasion, but later decided no one would get the reference and swallowed the words.
Still, he had taken it as a chance to state his resolve and promised the upperclassmen that he would lead the Volleyball Club well.
Naturally, they had not revealed this to the other members beforehand. But it seemed that Hayato coaching the first-years had already tipped off some sharp people, like Ennoshita.
"Come on, Daichi-senpai already had you start training the first-years. He obviously had that in mind."
After Ennoshita pointed it out, Hayato felt that it had been a little obvious. But Tanaka and the others definitely belonged to the group that had not noticed. Tanaka and Nishinoya had not even swallowed the buns in their mouths.
"Was that really it?"
"What? Daichi-senpai had Hayato train the first-years because of that?"
"Ugh, gross! You two, swallow what's in your mouths before you talk!"
Bits of food flew out as they spoke. Ennoshita looked disgusted as he told the two idiots to finish eating first. The moment the pair stopped chewing, Hayato and Kiyoko moved away, narrowly escaping disaster.
There were quite a few people walking home together after school today: all