Classroom of the Elite : All I Want

18 : Preparations for the Sports Festival

Class D is currently using the open field to start their practice and decide for who will be participating for the Sports Festival later.

Someone like Horikita and Sudo would certainly be the ones who participate the most. Both of them were chosen to be the leaders in this exam.

"Hirata-kun, can you help me with this?"

"Ken-kun, how can you keep your balance when you're here?"

Maybe it was because Horikita wasn't close with her classmates that Hirata and Sudo's names were the ones that got called the most. The girl sat on the edge of the field with Ayanokouji. She help counting Sakura's running laps.

"Only one more round, Sakura-san, fighting." she said. Ayanokouji just watched without any interest in either joining the group practice or not.

"Wouldn't you be better off joining the other girls? They might need you."

"They don't look like they need me, I'll be there if they call." Horikita answered without taking her eyes off Sakura.

Horikita's gaze averted when she saw Sudo coming towards them. Confused by his appearance, she asked, "What's wrong Sudo-kun? Aren't you supposed to help the boys?"

"I have something to talk to you."

"In private?"

"That's fine if we talk about it here. Honestly, back when we were in the cruise ship, I had called you by your first name, did you feel uncomfortable with that?"

Confused by Sudo's sudden question which she thought was insignificant and completely unrelated to the Sport Festival, she was about to answer when Ayanokouji immediately spoke up without being asked.

"Horikita stabbed me with her compass when I called her by her first name."

"S–seriously?" Sudo made a surprised face. He thought, Ayanokouji who incidentally was closer to Horikita than himself didn't call the girl by her first name. Who is he to suddenly want to call Horikita by her first name?

"Yes, I can open my shirt to show the scars."

"No, I'm not–"

"I'll tell you, Sudou." Ayanokouji didn't even give Horikita a chance to correct the misunderstanding he created, he wanted to take advantage of Sudo who want to call Horikita by her first name.

"Horikita will definitely allow you to call her by her first name if you achieve fantastic results in Sports Festival, perhaps something like the Best Performing Student Reward for Individual Classes."

Sudo who heard Ayanokouji's suggestion immediately stood up and raising his right hand up. "Fine, I'll get the title! If I succeed, I can call you by your first name, right?"

"S–sure ...?" Horikita answered in a slightly doubtful tone.

Sudo rejoins the boys. Horikita looked at him from a distance with furrowed brows. "What are the advantages of being able to get permission to call me by my first name?"

Well, as usual Horikita isn't particularly sensitive when it comes to romance.

"Leave it alone, at least he has additional motivation to bring our class to victory."

"Again, you're indirectly using other people to get to Class A."

"If I didn't do such a thing, then that person will do everything they can to got me out. Do you want to lose an important asset like me?"

She immediately shook her head, just about to answer when she heard one of the girls call her name. She try to remember the girl's name.

'As far as I remembered, her name is Onodera,' she thought as she looked at Onodera.