Game Gyaru

Chapter 16: Sports day Begins

The day had finally arrived. While there was still dread flowing through his veins, this was about as prepared as Hakuta was going to be for sports day. His stamina had greatly improved thanks to the workout routine he shared with Shiuka. He no longer felt exhausted after 20 minutes of song and dance.

Though that was about it when it came to adding onto his nonexistent athletic ability. None of what they did taught him how to throw balls better or lift heavy objects. So hopefully he would have to be pushed hard in the wrong ways.

"Okay, so is everyone ready?" As was the responsibility of the class representative, Ino was also the one in charge of getting people readied and riled up for the day's activities.

"Yeah!" Everyone around here cheered. Most of the students were excited over the prospect of winning today. When they both had the new star of the baseball team in Itsuku. Along with the physical talent of Ninka, there was no way they were planning on taking defeat.

"I hope you're ready." Shiuka whispered over to him. After all the hard work they've done together, it was the expectation that he also carry his own weight.

"Definitely." Despite not originally wanting to hang out with these girls at the arcade due to his own friend's arrogance. It ended up becoming a blessing in disguse for the pair. Now they didn't have to pretend not to care about the other when in school. Though that didn't change their before and after school plans. Nor did it keep him from still being a bit closed off from her.

"Great." Ino gave off the plan to the class. "Let's get some victories in the first half, then we'll have a nice lunch." After that came the part most people weren't looking forward to. The five kilometer run.

It would be grueling to get through, no matter how conditioned or fit one was. The reason being it wasn't just some simple run through the town on normal pavement. Instead, they'd be tasked with essentially hiking up one side of the mountain then dashing down the other.

Their school was positioned by one of the more popular hiking trails in town. So of course the school staff came up with the supposedly wonderful idea of using this for their sports day to set themselves apart from other schools. Though to be fair, at least it meant they didn't actually run five kilometers. It was more closer to four.

But right now, that wasn't what they needed to focus on. The students all split out into their groups to attend their respective activities. Unsurprisingly, Hakuta was with his friends, however they were also attached with a specific trio of girls as well. That being Shiuka and her gal pals.

Their first challenge was a baton relay, which unfortunately he was sitting out of. There were only four participants that could do it. Which they chose the clearly more athletically gifted Itsuku and Yuusen to represent the boys. Meanwhile, Shiuka and Ninka were joining them as girls. That left him and their friend, Rouko to sit on the sidelines to cheer them on.

"Well don't you look disappointed." She commented on his demeanor as they sat on the bleachers. "Just last week you hated this. Are you really Yamamoto?"

"Yes, I'm still me." He replied. "You know, a lot can change in a week. I'll have you know I've been training for this."

"Fufufu, really?" She giggled then grabbed his arm to squeeze at his muscles. "Doesn't look like it's working." His arms were still as flabby as ever as she played with them.

"Not with weights." He ripped his arm from her in embarrassment. It was a shot to his manhood to have someone tease him on his lack of strength, even if he never tried to improve on it in the first place. "I've just been improving my stamina, that's all."