Chapter 190: She's Getting Anxious!
"N-No, of course we're willing! We'll apologize to everyone right away!" Komiya hurriedly said.
"If we apologize to everyone, then you won't need to keep testing our basketball skills, right?" Kondo asked with an ingratiating smile.
"No. The tests will continue. But afterward, you won't immediately be kicked out of the basketball club. You'll remain in the club under observation. You understand what I mean, right?" Yuto asked with a smile.
"...Not really."
"You two are seriously dense." Kei looked at them disdainfully. "Yuto means that if you apologize and the people you harassed forgive you, he'll let you stay in your club!"
"Oh! We understand now!"
"If you understand, then go. Wait for me at the basketball club."
"Okay..."
Komiya and Kondo headed toward the basketball club.
Kikyo curiously looked at Yuto. "Yuto, are you really letting them off? You're not going to kick them out of the basketball club?"
"Honestly, I never intended to drive the Class D students out of their clubs in the first place."
"Huh? You never intended to?" Ichinose and the others looked at him in surprise.
Yuto had summoned both the clubs and those Class D students to the student council over the school broadcast. Everything had seemed so formal.
Yet it had all been meant to scare them?
"I really didn't." Yuto shrugged. "Calling all the Class D club members to the student council was simply about making an example of a few people to warn the rest."
"By frightening them, I could warn the rest of Class D that blindly following Ryuen's orders and causing trouble would bring consequences from me."
"So even the students who lose their qualification tests won't actually have to leave their clubs?" Suzune asked.
"Correct. After the tests, I'll say they 'remain in the club under observation' and let them stay. After that, I won't bother with them anymore."
Yuto spoke casually.
"I'm not cruel enough to deliberately take away someone's chance to enjoy club life at school."
A bright smile appeared on Ichinose's beautiful face.
"Yuto, everyone keeps saying you're a terrifying demon, but I think you're actually a kind angel."
"I'm definitely not an angel." Yuto glanced toward her and teased, "You and Kikyo are the ones everyone calls angels, aren't you?"
"I'm not everyone's angel..." Ichinose's cheeks turned faintly red, apparently embarrassed by Yuto calling her one.
Or perhaps she was shy and happy to hear it from him.
Kikyo spoke in a strangely gloomy tone.
"I'm not an angel either."
She stared at Ichinose's blushing face.
The more Kikyo looked at her, the more convinced she became that this Class B girl was interested in her boyfriend.
Otherwise, why was she blushing that much just because Yuto called her an angel?!
...
When Yuto's group reached the club building, Suzune suggested they split up.
Suzune was responsible for testing Ibuki Mio and Kinoshita Minori from the track and field club.
Yuto sent Ichinose with her so Suzune wouldn't have to go alone.
Once both girls left, Kei visibly relaxed and stopped holding Yuto's arm quite so tightly.
Her only regret was that the massive third wheel named Kushida Kikyo was still beside them.
"Yuto, which club are we visiting first?" Kei asked.
"The basketball club."
Komiya and Kondo had probably already reached it, while some of the other Class D students might not have arrived at their respective clubs yet.
Going elsewhere would only mean waiting.
Basketball club president Oda Ishiumi was already waiting in the club room.
The instant the other basketball club members spotted Yuto, several visibly tensed.
They still vividly remembered what happened near the beginning of the school year.
During a one-on-one basketball game, Yuto had completely shut Nagumo out and even made him lose his footing badly enough to injure his ankle.
Yuto had also played Oda in one-on-one basketball.
He won that match too.
So nobody in the basketball club believed Komiya or Kondo had any chance of defeating him.
Yuto looked around the club room, briefly sweeping his gaze across the two Class D students.
"Let's go. It's time to conduct the qualification tests on the basketball court."
"Tch."
Yuto's group and the basketball club members headed to the indoor basketball court, where they went to the changing rooms to put on their athletic clothes.
While Yuto was changing into his athletic clothes, a slender figure pushed open the changing room door and walked in. Having already taken off his uniform, Yuto turned his head to look, and his handsome face immediately showed a subtle expression.
Because the intruder was his girlfriend, Kei.
"Kei, what are you doing coming in here?" Yuto said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"It's fine, isn't it? It's not like I haven't seen your body before." Kei's cheeks were flushed with a beautiful blush, her lively eyes sparkling as she surveyed Yuto, who had taken off his uniform. His body, carved like jade, was so enticing~
Yuto looked at Kei's flushed face. This silly girl couldn't be planning to do something intimate with him in the changing room, could she...?
Probably not. Kei wasn't the reckless Kikyo. She wouldn't dare mess around with Yuto outside the student dorm.
Yuto and Kei were both extremely familiar with each other's bodies, so Yuto didn't need to specifically hide from Kei while changing.
Continuing to change into his athletic clothes, Yuto spoke, "So Kei, what did you come in here for?"
"I want to talk to you about something." Kei, staring at Yuto changing clothes without blinking, complained, "It's all Kikyo's fault for always following us. I have to sneak around just to talk to you about serious matters."
"What is it that you need to avoid others for?"
"Yuto, earlier you told Ichinose and the others that you're planning to let Class D's Tokito Hiroya join the student council and become a discipline committee member."
"Yeah, so?"
"So... do I really have to wait until you become student council president before I can join?" Kei walked over. Like a dutiful little wife, she gently adjusted the collar of the athletic clothes Yuto had just put on.
"I want to submit an application to the student council now and become a member too."
Yuto looked at the soft, docile Kei. He gently cupped her smooth cheeks and said with a smile, "Kei, why are you in such a hurry to join the student council?"
"Um..." Kei's lively eyes drifted to the side. The real reason was something she couldn't bring herself to say.
Because Kei was getting anxious!
Watching Yuto's interactions with Ichinose, Kei had developed the same sense of crisis as Kikyo. That was why she wanted to join the student council right now.
As long as she joined the student council, Ichinose probably wouldn't have as many opportunities to spend time with Yuto!
Yuto looked at Kei's evasive, guilty eyes and said with a smile, "Speak up. What can't you tell me?"
"Mmph... I want to join the student council and share your workload."
"And the real reason?"
"...The real reason is that I feel like Ichinose might steal you away. Mmph... mm~"
Kei's lips, glossed with lip balm, were sealed. She let out a slightly seductive whimper, then submissively cooperated with Yuto, kissing him intimately.
Afterward, Kei lay in Yuto's arms, her cheeks flushed with a charming blush. Her lively eyes now carried a hazy, seductive glow.
Having kissed Kei deeply, Yuto held her slender, delicate waist and said softly, "Kei, I'm yours. Nobody can steal me away, so you don't need to overthink things."
"Mm..." Kei nodded obediently. Having been kissed so sweetly by Yuto that her head was all fuzzy, whatever he said, she felt was right, felt it was correct!
"There's another thing. Horikita's brother is the student council president, and he doesn't allow students from the same class to join the student council, because students from the same class would huddle together for warmth."
"Right now, our Class C already has me and Horikita in the student council. Even if you apply, Kei, the president won't let you join. So you'll need to wait until I become president before you can smoothly join the student council."
"So just keep waiting, Kei."
"Mm."
Kei didn't actually want to join the student council. She was simply worried that Yuto might be stolen away by Ichinose.
But after being kissed so deeply by Yuto, much of the worry in her heart had dissipated.
Since he needed to do the qualification tests against Komiya and the others, Yuto gently pushed away Kei, who was clinging to his embrace. After finishing changing into his athletic clothes completely, he left the changing room with her.
...
There wasn't much worth describing about the qualification tests against Komiya and Kondo.
Even Oda, who possessed professional-level basketball skill, couldn't beat Yuto.
These two reserve members, who hadn't even earned regular spots on the basketball club yet, were completely crushed.
Yuto shut Komiya out 53–0.
Then he shut Kondo out 61–0.
The scores were so miserable that the other basketball club members began looking at the two with open pity and sympathy.
Kei and Kikyo, on the other hand, watched with shining eyes.
Yuto's active performance on the court had completely captivated them.
After both one-on-one games ended, Yuto informed Oda that Komiya and Kondo would "remain in the club under observation."
Then he immediately left the indoor basketball court with Kei and Kikyo.
Yuto headed toward the other clubs to cause trouble—No.
To test the club abilities of Class D students.
Komiya and Kondo were ecstatic.
Despite being completely shut out, Yuto hadn't forced them to leave the basketball club.
They were still allowed to stay!
Afraid Yuto might change his mind later, the two immediately went to find the students they had previously harassed and apologize.
While Yuto had been playing basketball against them, Katsuragi had already arranged the testing order for the remaining clubs.
At that moment, Kikyo's phone rang.
She pulled it out and was surprised to discover that Ichinose was calling her.
Ichinose and Kikyo were both known as little angels among their classmates, and they had exchanged contact information before.
So Ichinose had called Kikyo directly.
"Yuto, Ichinose is calling me."
"Answer it. Horikita's track competition has probably finished."
Yuto had spent quite a while at the basketball club.
By now, Suzune's races against Ibuki and Kinoshita should have ended.
Ichinose probably wasn't sure whether Yuto was currently competing with someone, so she called Kikyo instead.
That small detail alone showed how considerate Ichinose was.
Kikyo answered.
"Kikyo-chan, our competition is over! Horikita won. She beat them by two body lengths—cleanly, beautifully, and decisively!"
Hearing Ichinose's cheerful voice, Kikyo discreetly pursed her lips.
She really didn't want to hear about Horikita Suzune showing off.
"That's wonderful~"
"How are things on your side?"
"Yuto already defeated both basketball club students. We're heading toward the kendo club now."
"Really? Then we'll head to the kendo club right away!"
The call ended.
Kikyo relayed Suzune's victory to Yuto and Kei and told them Ichinose and Suzune were now heading toward the kendo club.
"She won by two body lengths? Horikita really is fast," Yuto said with a smile.
Since he regularly went running with Suzune in the mornings, Yuto already knew her stamina was excellent and that she was highly athletic.
He simply hadn't expected her victory to be quite so decisive.
When Yuto, Kei, and Kikyo reached the kendo club room, they found Ichinose, Suzune, and Katsuragi already there.
Suzune was still wearing her athletic clothes.
She had rushed straight over from the track competition without even changing back into her uniform.
"Horikita, nice win."
Yuto's praise caused Suzune's expression to soften slightly.
"You did well too. Kushida-san said you shut both of them out in basketball."
Yuto only smiled and didn't respond.
Instead, he turned toward Katsuragi.
"Katsuragi, where are your friends? They stopped following you?"
"I told them to leave first." Katsuragi remained composed. "Vice President, please come in. Everyone from the kendo club is waiting for you."
"Okay."
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