I'm Just A Chuunibyou: Why Are Maidens Falling For Me? [Volume 1]

CHAPTER 51: Volleyball

After the first batch of students to use the volleyball court finished, the time for Mocha-san and the others to use the court has arrived.

It is now time for Mocha san to fight her own battle that is finally about to begin.

The team they are up against are the upper classmen from the second years.

*Whistle*

The game started.

The enemy team served.

W-W-What should I do! I don't know how to receive!

The ball that was served was falling towards Mocha-san's direction.

Thinking too much what she should do, she froze in place from total nervousness.

Luckily the ball fell closer to her other teammate that was beside her so she didn't get the full responsibility of receiving the ball.

Their team properly receive the ball and somehow scored.

*Gulp*

That was a close!

She thought to herself with shaky hands and a grim expression in the back of her mind.

The second set starts. Their team served, the ball went over the net and was received by the enemy team.

They toss the ball and going for a spike.

This time the ball really went to Mocha-san's side of their court.

Kya!

She reflexively dodged the ball out of panic.

"Mocha are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine"

Next time for sure.

Mocha-san was trying to get a feel of receiving but instinctively dodged.

Determined, she's declared to herself to receive the next one properly.

The game continued.

The enemy served and Mocha's/Hitomi's team successfully received the ball.

However due to the power of the serve and angle of receiving, it bounced too far and went over to the opponent's side.

The positioning of the ball is ideal for an easy receive so the enemy team took advantage of that and give a good toss then spiked.

Just like the last time. The ball was flying towards Mocha-san's direction.

Instead of dodging she tried to receive the ball this time but, it just bounces of the side of her arm making the ball slanted to the floor, loosing another point for her team.

"Mocha are you really alright...?"

"Y-Yeah, I... I'm fine. Really..."

Mocha replied already sweating and out of breath even though the match just started.

The heavy sweating was most likely from hyperventilation from being overly nervous and Mocha-san wasn't really that athletic when it comes to sports to begin with.

Could it be... Mocha-san doesn't know how to receive...? Doesn't she...

Class Rep Hiromi-san started to notice the possibility of Mocha-san not knowing how to receive the ball from how poorly Mocha-san performed.

Also, from the moment they talked with each other in the locker room, Hitomi-san already noticed or the very least had a hint that Mocha-san was a shy person. So she thought of the possibility that maybe Mocha-san was too shy to tell her.

I should have asked before dragging her in the court.

"Mocha-ssn, could it be tha-"

When Hitomi-san was about to confront Mocha-san about it. When she saw the look that Mocha-san face was giving.

She was giving a determined expression on her face that seemed to does not want to back down.

"... Okay then. Just tell me right away if you needed to take a break"

"S, sure"

Hitomi-san slightly felt responsible for leading Mocha-san into this. She considered asking Mocha about her ability to play but seeing Mocha-san making that face, they carried on and let Mocha play further into the match.

The next serve came, and it was again directly aimed at Mocha-san.

The enemy team already noticed Mocha-san's incapability of receiving so they targeted her every chance they get.

3-1
4-1
5-1
6-1

Focusing their strike at Mocha-san continued on making a huge gap for their team.

"Haa... haa... haa..."

At this rate our team we'll lose without even putting up a fight.

Mocha-san is loosing steam by the moment. She wasn't really athletic in the first place and this also is the first time she's playing volleyball so the likeliness of her playing well is low. [She sucked]

"Gulp, Haa... haa... haa..."

She felt responsible and guilty for her team losing points so the determined Mocha-san from earlier is starting to lose determination.

Should I just tap out? I don't want to be hated from dragging everyone down like this.

She considered stepping out cause she knows and get that the longer she stays the easier for the enemy team to score points. She put herself in her teammates perspective and think that.

I bet everyone is really disappointed having me as their teammate...

She felt guilty and responsible of the thought of losing because of her presence.

And just that I thought I could play with Hitomi(which her first official friend after a while) to deepen our friendship... I guess I made her disappointed in me too...

She became all the more negative and disappointed at her self the more she overthinks thinking her team doesn't like anyone like her to be in same team.

"Woahh!"

Screams can be heard in the other side of the gym where the basketball court is located.

Due to the noice, Mocha-san and the others looked toward that direction. It was also the time our match against Soba Hito's group ended.

Looking our direction, Mocha-san saw a sight of me interacting with everyone. It was mostly our clasmates and sports club members attempting to recruit me to their teams and the upperclassman girls I teamed up with.

The Delinquent prince already made his debut to society.

She palmed both of her cheeks to wake herself.

"Sigh..." Alright! It's my turn to do the same as the strong willed shoujo heroine.

Finding her determination once more. Mocha-san disregard her doubts for a single moment and put her focus on the game.