Life Behind the Scenes - Lev H.

04

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Yumi sighed in relief. It took her four meat bread at the street across the school to bribe Miriko into stop whining.

Raising her free wrist, she saw that it had been an hour and a half since they started checking out clubs. And that was just the indoor clubs.

They went through hell exploring clubs and Yumi was happy. Granted, there were.. quite a handful of clubs. Especially the Anime one.

Just thinking about it gave tingles on Yumi's back. Shaking off the thought, both of them finally reached the gym.

Sounds of squeaking shoes and balls bouncing can be heard even outside the gym.

Two girls approached the open door trying to sneak a peak to try and not bother the members.

"Wait!" But before Miriko could take a step towards the door, Yumi already stopped her and made the girl face her.

"This is the boys' volleyball," Yumi clarified and Miriko still looked confused. "We're females! We should take a look at the girls' team!"

She tried grabbing Miriko's hand to head towards another gym but got pulled back by Miriko. "Silly, there's a manager position."

"I heard it's been years since they had one," Miriko added and Yumi nodded her head in recognition.

Both girls, now on the same page— turned towards the door and glimpsed in.

Yumi could see players passing a ball from one side of the net to the other. Some are chatting away, and she recognized them as first years picking up balls.

One of them was their friend Inuoka. Miriko and Yumi both watched their friend energetically picking up the ball and putting it in a basket filled with other balls.

Both of them snickered, looking at each other. Miriko grinned at her and she returned the favor.

"I do love men in uniform." Miriko teased the unknowing friend. "They're not in job uniforms, silly."

"Hey, I don't make the rules here!"

Once finished, a sly-looking guy called him to receive his serves. And Inuoka being Inuoka, he said yes with a tremendous amount of energy.

Yumi lazily examined her friend not seeming to be interested in his current actions. Though as soon as he was in position, the air around him changed.

She became anticipated and couldn't keep her feet in place. Yumi watched as the guy who called for Inuoka was concentrated and held the ball near his face.

The girl let out a low 'ooo' when she saw the guy smack the ball fast and in a blink of an eye the ball was already in Inuoka's side.

Her heartbeat quickened momentarily because of the speed the ball went through. And she panicked more when she already saw Inuoka already crouched down with one leg stretched out.

"Nice one, Senior!" Her friend complimented the guy and the two continued.

Yumi was once again amazed by the reflexes of her friend. "Excuse me, do you two need something?"

They looked at their left to see a buff guy standing at their side, looking at them.

"Oh! We were just looking at the club," Yumi explained with her hands all around.

"Well, You two must be interested in being a manager. That's great," The guy walked back but stopped midway. "And please don't make any noises that can disturb the players since they're about to practice."