The Way Home

Sendou had no idea where this guy had picked up so much strange knowledge. Maybe he had overheard people chatting about it somewhere!

The two spent their final night in Osaka simply like that.

"Did you sleep well?" Sendou asked Miyuki as he gave their luggage one last check.

"I barely slept last night! Every time I closed my eyes, all I could see was yesterday's game!!" Miyuki said.

"That's already in the past! Now we need to start over! Forget all our honors and start from zero!!" Sendou said with a smile.

"...Yeah! You're right! This summer is my last summer!!" Miyuki nodded after a moment of silence.

"Then it's time to go!! Back to where it all began!!!"

"Hahaha! Don't make the school sound so grand!! Besides, we should at least eat first!!" Miyuki said with a laugh.

"It's already eight!"

"Then we need to hurry!!!"

So the two of them ran out.

"Komaru! Take a picture of me!!" Sawamura called to Komaru as he waited for the bus after leaving the hotel.

"Sure!!" Komaru nodded, forcing out a faint smile.

Sawamura stood with his hands on his hips and laughed toward the camera.

"Click!" Just as Komaru pressed the shutter, Kuramochi happened to run past behind him.

Because the bus had arrived!!

"Is this okay?" Komaru asked, handing the phone back.

"It's good! It's good! Perfect!! Thanks, Komaru!!" Sawamura laughed as he took the phone.

"Get over here already!! If you don't, we're leaving you behind!!! You can make your own way home then!! Yahaha!" Senior Kuramochi laughed.

The two could only grab their luggage and hurriedly run over.

After boarding, Sawamura sat with Sendou, while Miyuki and Kuramochi, the pair of troublesome friends, sat together. An aisle separated the four of them.

At that moment,