11 | Dangerous Character

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THE KANSEI UNI TRACK TEAM ARRIVED AT THE AOTAKE SAFELY. They gathered in the living room for their so-called review session, bringing along a few cans of beer and a few glasses of apple juice. Kakeru had finally returned back to his dorm, to be welcomed by Jota who carried a plate of chicken in his hands.

"Hey! Welcome back." Jota smiled, "I thought you'd be back before us."

"What are you doing?" Kakeru asked, curious of how noisy it was in the living room.

"Throwing an after-party."

"Not a review session?"

"Yeah, you can call it that." Joji replied, he then quickly headed up the stairs. "Go get changed."

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"All that talk about sportsmanship..." Prince mumbled, "In the end, they just play dirty."

"I know. I understand how you feel."

"Someone elbowed me as soon as we started."

"Someone pushed my back."

"It made me lose all desire to run."

"Everyone's desperate to secure a good position."

"If it's a race for the best time, we should run one at a time and then compare the results."

"They can't do that."

"Kakeru, you don't get it, do you?" Nico-chan asked the boy who sat beside him. "These complaints. There was no one running near you."

"You were running alone." Yuki stated.

"That's not true." Kakeru replied.

"I felt bad to be wearing the same uniform as you." King chuckled.

"It was fantastic. You finished third in your first race." Musa complimented, "I heard lots of people asking, 'who was that?' after the race."

"Yeah. Everyone was talking about you, especially the girls." Jota added. "Lucky, I wish I had the girls' attention." Joji awed.

"Kakeru." Kiyose called, holding out his can of beer to toast. "Good work." The table erupted into a cheer, each of them toasted their drinks with Kakeru's.

"How were today's results?" Shindo asked Yukari who sat beside him. Yukari who was busy staring at her glass of apple juice jumped slightly, she was surprised by such a normal interaction.

"A-ah, what do you all think?" Yukari stuttered, she gave the group a small smile.

"She doesn't want to comment." King grinned.

"It didn't go well as I'd hoped." Musa confessed.

"It was fun at first." Joji started, "But I couldn't get the right pace." Jota continued.

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