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"I made it Coach." I told Coach Taoka as I wipe my forehead with the back of my hand. "I don't need to throw 50 free throws, right?"

"So she's the reason why you're always late, huh? That's why you're always at the bloody bookstore, huh?" Coach Taoka says with his arms crossed

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"So she's the reason why you're always late, huh? That's why you're always at the bloody bookstore, huh?" Coach Taoka says with his arms crossed. "Where is she?"

"She already went home. How did you know, Coach?"

"She told me you met her at the bookstore. Turns out she's the daughter of a friend."

"Oh."

"What are you dawdling about, Sendoh? Go back to the game!"

After an hour, our practice ended. Finally. All of us are beat. And we still have to mop the floors of the gym.

"Hey Hikoichi?"

"Yeah, Sendoh-san?"

"I told you to just call me Sendoh, right?"

"O-okay! Yeah, Se-Sendoh!"

"Can you pass me the Pocari please?"

Hikoichi gave it to me, then after opening it I emptied the bottle in one fell swoop.

"Hey." Koshino called out. "Where's Ayane?"

"Yeah, Sendoh-san

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"Yeah, Sendoh-san. Where's she?" Hikoichi added too.

Why is everybody looking for Ayane?

"She went home already."

Then all of my teammates encirled me.

"She's your girlfriend, right? Tell us she is."

"She's pretty!" another said as he smacked my back.

"Bring her again to practice!"

"Uh.. Okay.." I started to speak, calming all of them down. "First of all, Ayane and I are not a thing."

"What are you then?"

I shrugged.

"So what do you feel about her?..... You know."

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