New Semester

"Sendou-kun!!!" Koharu cried out shyly.

"HAHAHAHA!" All Koharu got in response was a chorus of laughter.

"Don't worry!

You're cute enough to make hearts flutter, but I still don't have any special tastes when it comes to men!

With that look, you can be our team's mascot!!

If Haruichi were a girl, he'd definitely be the kind of kid to make people's hearts flutter!!"

Sendou wasn't just saying that for no reason. At that moment, he thought Koharu's face looked a lot like Wakaba's.

And anyone who knew how cute Wakaba was only needed to look at how proactive Senior Kuramochi had been in the past.

That guy could even easily unlock Sawamura's phone screen, though nobody else knew about that...

"HAHAHAHA!" Hearing Sendou's words, everyone burst out laughing again.

Looking at Koharu's aggrieved expression, they were practically losing their minds with laughter.

Still, no one would admit that, after Sendou pointed it out, Koharu really did look a little like a cute girl who made people's hearts flutter.

"But doesn't that make it easier to watch the ball?!" Miyuki teased with a smug look.

It was impossible to tell whether that smug teasing was aimed at Sawamura's earlier commotion or Koharu's embarrassment...

"You should've cut it a long time ago! If it were up to me..." Kuramochi said with a grin.

There was no way this guy would admit that this "starved" man had nearly bent the other way just now...

As Wakaba's loyal fan, it was understandable for him to react that way.

Actually, he was pretty popular with girls, but whenever it came time to confess, he couldn't act like his usual self...

That shyness was completely different from what Kuramochi's grandfather had guessed.

"A change of image... huh?" Senior Asou muttered with his arms folded.

"Hey!