17 | Under That Night Sky

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THE AOTAKE RESIDENTS GATHERED QUIETLY AS THEY WATCHED A TOKYO SPORTS UNIVERSITY'S TRACK TEAM START THEIR RUNNING ROUTINE. Due to Kansei's team arriving later than the other team, they had to wait for their last batch of runners to start their run. The Aotake residents were either stretching or keeping an eye out for them.

"I can't believe we ran into them again." Jota frowned as he peeked behind the shed.

"They're kinda amazing." Joji awed, peeking above his twin brother. "It's like they're a real track team."

"We're a real track team, too." Yukari mused.

"B Group start! Group C, stand by!"

Sakaki turned his head towards the uninvited crowd, part of him felt relieved seeing Yukari up and running again, but the other part of him wasn't all that happy. Sakaki's features stiffened after locking eyes with Kiyose who gave him a smile, he easily decided to instantly break the eye-contact. After having a little talk with him the night before had given Sakaki a small warning to not mess with his team again.

After Group C had started their run, Kiyose leads his own to start running next. Basically, they were tailing Sakaki's group since it was the last batch of runners. But the problem was, Sakaki's group was kind of blocking the way.

"It's difficult to run like this," Musa commented.

"Aren't they spreading more than necessary?" Yuki added.

"Our pace is dropping. Let's go faster." Kakeru suggested.

"Hey, don't do anything stupid." King warned, suspicious of what might happen. 

"Then why are we holding this training camp?" Kakeru questioned.

"Everyone, maintain your own pace." Kiyose commanded.

"Haiji-san!" Kakeru protested, he didn't like the idea of them having to be stuck running behind Tokyo Sports University.

"Didn't you hear me? I told everyone to maintain their own pace." Kiyose replied nonchalantly.

Kakeru glanced at the ground, before looking back at Sakaki's group who had just given him a mocking smile. He noticed their smug looks on their faces and began to furrow his eyebrows irritatedly. He then glanced at the ground below him again, before running up ahead.

"H-hey!"

"No one has that much energy in the morning," King muttered underneath his breath.

"He might actually get into a fight." Yukari clicked her tongue as she cocked her head to the side, "I'll go after him!" 

"Go on ahead." Kiyose nodded plainly, giving his sister a green light. Yukari gave Kiyose a small grin before she picked up speed to go after Kakeru. Kiyose shook his head slightly, letting out a short sigh. 

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