"Honoka!"
"Switch!" After the two clapped hands, they swapped positions.
"Looking good."
"Yeah!"
"Then rest for three minutes."
"Here, juice. But don't rush to drink it. You know, after intense exercise for a while, you can't immediately drink something too cold." Seeing that Honoka Kosaka and the other two had started resting, Senba Gari brought three cans of juice over to them.
Nozomi, who was sweeping nearby, glanced at them.
"Ah... it's over..." Honoka, drenched in sweat, held a can of juice, sat down in the shade, and pressed the cold can against her face.
After repeated practice over the past few days, Honoka Kosaka and Minami Kotori, whose stamina had gradually improved, had also gotten used to this level of training. Still, they needed proper rest. Overloading themselves would only lower the quality of their practice.
"We still have practice after school," Umi Sonoda reminded them from the side.
"But we've gotten a lot better~" Minami Kotori evaluated the results of their practice.
"I didn't expect the three of you to keep working seriously this hard until now. I'm honestly starting to look forward to that day a little. But won't your rest schedule get messed up?" Senba Gari said from the side as well.
"It's fine. We can make up for the time we don't sleep during class." After saying that, Honoka Kosaka lay down on the ground. But following her line of sight, she noticed Maki Nishikino peeking out from the stairway, watching them.
"Hm?"
Maki Nishikino, having been spotted, immediately ducked her head down and timidly started heading downstairs. Honoka Kosaka immediately went after her and waved to her.
"Nishikino!"
"Ugh!"
"Maki-chaaan~~"
Maki Nishikino walked up the stairs with a displeased look and came in front of Honoka Kosaka. "Don't shout my name so loudly."
"Why?"