Class B

V1: Chapter 6

Ichinose refused to talk to me, after the small stunt I pulled in class, for a good while, but lunch came around and we all sat at our usual table, enjoying our nice lunch.

"When did you guys even have time to think of all that together?" Kanzaki was the first to speak.

Ichinose and I shared glances, "She came round my dorm for a bit and we spoke I guess." Ichinose facepalmed at my words. Oh, the look she gave me was to not speak about that. Yeah, I suppose it's a bit weird for a male to have a female over.

Amikura choked on her food, "You went to Ayanokouji-kun's dorm?! Alone?!"

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After lunch, we sat through a boring lesson, until the next. This lesson was one of the male genders' favorite lessons.

Can you guess?

Yes. You are correct. Swimming.

At this school, swimming, of course, is taught to both boys and girls. In other words, Ichinose, Himeno, Amikura, and all the other girls will be wearing swimsuits... which means that their skin becomes visible.

Not wanting to get hated by the girls, the boys kept their mouths shut until they were in the changing rooms.

Puberty struck once again. Getting to see women in swimsuits sure was an arousal for men. Of course it was, why wouldn't it be?

"Ayanokouji-kun! Your school clothes make you look flimsy! Where'd all of this come from?" Shibata asked, grabbing my shoulder, "I'm an athlete, I know how hard it is to maintain this type of body."

I shrugged, "Working out is one of my hobbies. I go to the gym every morning at around 5."

"Aha! I could never, I can't be asked to get out of bed in the morning!"

My abs were pretty defined so you could see that I had an 8-pack. My muscles elsewhere were also quite visible. I have a good body.

I walked out of the male changing rooms first and it happened to be that some girls were pretty quick at changing. I looked over to the area that was where non-participants sat but it seems it was empty. Good. This way we won't lose points from this.

I looked over at the girls who were already out. Turns out, they were already looking at me, their mouths were pretty much on the floor. Their jaws were very dropped.

I awkwardly waved at them and they turned to each other, muttering things I couldn't hear.

Not too long after, Ichinose walked out of the changing rooms. Needless to say, I was shocked. I expected them to be big, but I didn't expect them to be abnormally large. She waved at me and smiled, I waved back.

She began to walk over to me and I quickly averted my eyes from her body.

"Hiya~!" She said.

It's troubling when certain body parts react to certain things.

"Are you alright Ayanokouji-kun?" She asked, looking at my face.

"Perfectly normal," I responded.

I was, in fact, not perfectly normal. Instead, I was having an internal conflict. I calmed my body down and exerted self-control. Whilst doing so, I noticed Ichinose looking my body up and down,

"Checking me out? You can take a picture if you want." I teased.

"E-eh?!" She blushed, "I was just wondering if you exercised... You have a pretty good body.." She muttered the last part under her breath, unfortunately for her, I heard every word.

"I appreciate the compliment Ichinose. I would say you have a pretty good body too." I repeated her words and her cheeks to her ears turned red.

She lightly punched me in the shoulder, "Stop teasing me~." She whined.

"Alright. Everyone, gather--" The swimming instructor brought the students together and began class.

Everyone started the warm-up exercises and afterward, we were instructed to start the 50-meter swim. Students with the incapability of swimming were allowed to touch the bottom of the pool with their feet.

I stepped into the pool, getting accustomed to the temperature-regulated water. Not too long passed and I began to swim lightly, not completely showing off. After swimming the 50-meter, I waited for the rest of the class to finish up.

"It seems everyone can swim.." The teacher muttered and then clasped his hands together, "You guys can start competing against each other then. 50-meter freestyle. Separate yourselves by gender." To give everyone a little boost in morale, he continued, "I'll give the first-place winner a bonus: 5,000 points. On the other hand, last place will get supplementary lessons, so do your best."

Those who were good at swimming were cheering at the thought of winning more money, whilst those whose talents lacked in the swimming department weren't thrilled at all.

The girls went first and Ichinose was in the first race. Before she went up I whispered something in her ear, "If you win this race, I'll send you a picture of my abs." Her breathing stopped for a moment before she lightly hit my head and went to her starting position.

Once Ichinose stood at the start line, there were a few cheers. She garnered popularity from both girls and boys in a whirlwind. She quickly became the central and most popular figure in our class. Her popularity exceeded through most of the year. A lot would stop and speak to her out of the blue because she was a nice person to be around.

The whistle blew, and the five girls jumped in. Ichinose was in lane 1. She took the lead which completely and outright shocked me. She was zooming through the water. She maintained her lead and came first place. I choked on my spit.

Ichinose came first with 27.9 seconds, and Ando came second at a close 28.8. She was close to getting beaten but it sure did seem like she really wanted that picture. Breathing heavily, Ichinose slowly got out of the pool. Undoubtedly, everyone was looking at her. I also unintentionally looked at her. She is a female, and I am a male. It's only natural.

The only other girl's race I cared about was Amikura's since she was allegedly part of the friend group that apparently formed. She came second in her race which was alright. I congratulated her and she was slightly disappointed that she didn't get first.

Soon, it was time for the final 4 contestants of the girls' side. What shocked me is that Ichinose won. Either she was a naturally great swimmer or she just really wanted that picture.

"Congratulations. You'll be getting your prize later." I searched on Google 'how to flirt' because I suppose flirting would be a fun way to tease Ichinose and make her turn red. So, I winked at her.

She stood in thought for a moment and told me to lean down so she could whisper something in my ear. Obviously, I leaned down.

"Come first place within all of the boys and I'll... give you a lap pillow."

She ran away to all the other girls after saying that with a small blush on her face.

Lap pillow. Lap indicating her thighs and pillow meaning something I rest my head on. I'll be able to rest my head on her lap? Her thighs?

I have finally found something to strive for. I was originally intending on landing in fifth place or maybe worse, but with this on the line, I will win.

I lined up with four more people and waited.

Once the whistle blew, I put 70% of my effort in. Inevitably, I won. By a landslide.

"21.76 seconds!"

Maybe winning by a landslide wasn't a good idea. This'll bring way to much attention. I nearly beat the world record, exceeding most expactations.

When I got out of the pool, I made eye contact with the blushing girl hidden within the crowd of person and smirked.

Today sure has been a long day.