First Meeting

"I'm free!!!"

"Free!!!"

"Idiot, stop shouting like that!" Sendou slapped someone on the head.

"Anyway, they're probably all single-digit scores!"

"Shut up, what's it to you?!"

"Hm? Was this mouth talking just now? Hm?" Sendou said as he tugged at Sawamura's cheeks and kneaded them mercilessly.

"I was wrong, I was wrong! Stop, it hurts! Sendou, aren't you usually the type to just talk?"

"But I don't really feel like talking today! By the way, temee? You just called me temee, didn't you?" He immediately used even more force.

"I was wrong! Save me, you guys!"

Unexpectedly, everyone hurriedly turned their heads away, some looking at the sky and others at the ground.

"Alright, I'll never do it again. Please let me go!"

Sendou's hands were large, and his fingers were incredibly strong. Sawamura's face was being kneaded like dough. Even Sawamura, who never learned his lesson, didn't want to endure this special kind of affection.

"Yoshi, that's enough! Eijun, thank me. I massaged your face until it became more elastic and soft!" Sendou said, releasing his hands.

"What do you mean, elastic? Honestly!" Sawamura immediately covered his face with both hands and rubbed it gently.

"So it's still not elastic enough? Let me—"

"No!!! No!!! No!!! Stay away from me!!! My face is elastic enough, look!"

He immediately cut Sendou off, shouting with the hoarse desperation of a scream. It was so tragic that anyone who heard it would be heartbroken and anyone who saw it would weep. He even reached out and tugged at his own little cheek.

"Hahahahaha!" The companions beside them laughed so hard they could barely stand!

"I see, then forget it," Sendou said at the right moment.

"Phew!!!" Sawamura finally breathed a sigh of relief!

I'll never provoke Sendou again. He's too terrifying. Sawamura thought as he continued rubbing his little face.

As for how useful that promise would be, no one knew. After all, this guy never learned his lesson!

"And with that, it's summer vacation. Everyone, prepare your daily necessities. We'll gather at six tomorrow morning and head for Tokyo!"

"Yeah!"

"Really?"

"Yeah!"

"Really, really?"

"Really! Including me, there'll be nine boys and one girl! None of the teachers were willing to come!"

"Yeah!"

"??? What's wrong?"

"Nothing!"

"I see! You should move over too, for the summer vacation! You can stay with Wakaba!"

"Wakaba, huh."

"What exactly is wrong?"

"Nothing!"

"Forget it. Is there anything else you want to ask?"

"No!"

"Then you're coming tomorrow, right? To my family's villa!"

"You don't want me to come?"

"No!"

"Hmph, I'm going anyway!"

"I'm telling you to come!" However, he only muttered those words to himself and didn't send them.

"Then, see you tomorrow!"

"Yeah!"

"What a troublesome, awkward woman! I really can't figure her out! Forget it, I'll take a bath and go to sleep!" With that, he put down his phone, grabbed his bathing supplies, and headed toward the bathroom.

"Yoshi, everyone's here. Let's set off!"

"Yeah!"

"What did everyone bring?" Sawamura asked.

"A change of clothes! Toiletries, bathing supplies, baseball gear, baseball books and notes, and summer homework!"

"Same here!"

"What? Everyone brought pretty much the same things!"

"Yeah. So what did you bring? Huh?"

"What's wrong?"

"Oh, no! I forgot to bring my summer homework!"

"This idiot said that on purpose, didn't he? His reflex arc is ridiculously long. He only just realized about the homework and is putting on a show by shouting about it here."

"I didn't!"

"I see! Then go back and get it. We'll wait for you at the station!"

"No!"

"Can't be helped. Everyone, let's accompany this idiot and make sure he gets his homework. Otherwise, he definitely won't want to bring it!"

After a whole day of messing around, they finally arrived in Tokyo a little after three in the afternoon. After that, they took a bus to Sendou's house!

"We're here, this is it!"

"It's huge!"

"It's beautiful!"

"This is your house?"

"Come in with me!" Sendou led them along the path and into the courtyard.

"Hey! Wait, I'll ring the doorbell!"

"Does anyone live here?"

"No."

"Uh..." Sawamura suddenly began to sweat, his face turning green.

"Hmph!" Sendou grinned wickedly.

"There's a Maiden Ghost inside," he whispered into Sawamura's ear.

"Ah!!! Don't say that!" Sawamura instantly crouched down and covered his head with both hands. Even the people beside him stiffened a little, but when they saw Sendou's wicked grin, they understood. The only one completely unfazed was Wakaba, who knew the truth.

"Ding-dong!"

"Click!" At the sound of the lock, everyone shuddered. Sawamura had only just raised his head when the door opened.

"It appeared!" The moment Sawamura saw a beautiful blue-haired girl, he screamed.

"Ah!" The others cried out as well.

"You're Akila's childhood friend, right? Nice to meet you, I'm Sougetsu Wakana."

"Huh? Childhood friend? Temee, Sendou, you tricked me again!"

"Akila?" Fumino carefully examined Wakana from head to toe, then stopped at her chest. Afterward, she secretly touched her own!

"Smack! What are you doing? Let's go inside first!" Completely ignoring Sawamura's questioning, Sendou lightly smacked Fumino on the head.

"Oh, nice to meet you. My name is Furuhashi Fumino. Please come in!" She said as she stepped aside.

"Hurry up and go in!"

"Yeah!"

After some simple introductions, everyone had gotten acquainted. However, Sendou felt that Wakaba and Fumino, who ought to have gotten along well, were not quite as harmonious as expected.

Maybe it's just my imagination.

"Fumino, did you hire a cleaner to tidy this place up?"

"Yeah, after all, no one's lived here for several years!"

"I see!"

"You're all hungry, right? I'll go prepare dinner for you."

"Yeah! Thanks! I'll help you," Sendou said.

"I'll help too," Wakaba added.

"No need!"

"I should help you. There are too many of us for you to handle alone! Akila, don't come over. Since it'll be us two girls, it wouldn't be appropriate for you to come!"

"Alright!" Fumino agreed.

"Yeah." Sendou didn't say anything else.

However, Sendou didn't yet know what it meant for Fumino to enter the kitchen alone. If he had known, he definitely would have said that it was fortunate Wakaba was there!

With that, Wakaba led Fumino into the kitchen.

While listening to music today, I suddenly got an idea and wrote it down. By the time everyone sees it, this book will probably be close to ending! Lastly, please bookmark and recommend it. If anyone has channels for promotion, please help spread the word. Thank you.