Devil's Luck

Chapter 20: Inter-Club Swim Meet, Start!

As the competition was about to begin, Zenkichi was standing by the sidelines when he heard a familiar voice to his right side.

"Yo!! What are you doing here all by yourself, Hitoyoshi-kun? Hehe. Especially after that little encounter with Nabeshima-senpai~"

And there she is, with that devil-may-care attitude and annoying personality, holding a box of donuts in hand, his one and only best friend in the whole school, Hansode Shiranui. She stood right by his side wearing a, honest to god, kiddie one-piece swimsuit; mostly blue that stuck close to her body with a white frilly skirt and frilly armbands and a transparent pink swim ring around her hip.

"Are you a kid?!" Zenkichi yelled, bewildered.

"Ho...shit...She cute."

"Ah man..."

"Lucky..."

He blinked his eyes, confused and shocked at the same time, he turned around to the crowd of students around them with sharp, cold piercing eyes.

'...Are there fucking lolicons in here?' He thought as he observed the passing students intently.

"Yup!" Shiranui replied with a bright smile and closed eyes.

Her reply snapped Zenkichi out of his daze and clicked his tongue. He didn't manage to find them and since they weren't hurting anybody, he'll just drop it...for now.

He wasn't going to admit it out loud but Zenkichi has a huge soft spot for Shiranui. They try to mess with her and he wouldn't hesitate to crush their balls.

"So you saw Nabeshima-senpai and I...?"

"Anyone with a working pair of eyes could clearly see what was going on between you two." Shiranui said with a blank expression and chuckled as Zenkichi's face turned red. "So...?" she suddenly asked with an inquisitive gaze.

"So, what?"

"What did you guys talk about?"

"Wait, you don't know?" Zenkichi raised his brows, surprised. He thought for sure that Shiranui was in on it or had heard about the two's little competition.

Shiranui rolled her eyes, "I might be the most cool person you ever know in the world–"

"You're also quite modest and humble, as always." Zenkichi sarcastically mumbled.

"–but even I'm not at the level of being all-knowing! Hmph! Though I would've known about it as well if it weren't for gramps calling me a while ago about some problem that had occurred in one of the school's facilities. He wanted me to send an announcement to the broadcasting club and have the students and staff avoid that area for the time being."

"Huh. Well, what kind of problem is it?"

"The ghostly kind." Shiranui blankly said, making Zenkichi blankly stare back. "Now, spill! I wanna know~!" But the former broke out into a pouting expression.

Zenkichi rubbed the back of his head for a moment and began to explain to Shiranui, of what had happened and how it happened.

"So wait, you got smothered by Nabeshima-senpai's boobs, you two almost got into a fight, but it ended up with her asking you out?"

Zenkichi nodded.

"..." Shiranui's face was like a confused Jackie Chan meme. "What...? Huh?"

"Just roll with it, Shiranui. Just. Roll. With it."

"How can I?! She just went and groped you, in a very public area for a bet or wager, and I wasn't there to enjoy it!?" Shiranui groaned. "What the heck! I wanna know more and see through it to the end, because I'm the no-nonsense and well-informed Shiranui!" She complained, as she showed how serious she was: she frowned and narrowed her eyes as a dark aura exuded from behind and spread across her body.