Kendo Club.
When Hayato arrived at the Kendo Club, he felt as if he were a leader inspecting.
Many club members who were already training stopped their wooden swords and turned to look at him.
First, they looked at his face.
In less than three seconds.
They all, by prior agreement, shifted their gaze downwards.
Downwards.
Further downwards.
Until it landed on… the place that Tōga had attacked.
Words can be fearsome, but sometimes any description can minimize the situation. For example, in Hayato's F Class, although they heard that Hayato was inexplicably attacked, seeing his expression as if nothing was wrong, and even more so, nothing serious was wrong, they speculated that the power of Tōga's kick was probably nothing much.
But the Kendo Club was different.
Many new students in the Kendo Club were eyewitnesses. They were all watching when Tōga delivered that kick.
It was more than just powerful; in a web novel, it would have been world-shattering.
Especially Masafumi, this sharp-eyed young man who seemed like the cool, taciturn type.
But regarding this matter, he was definitely a propaganda committee member, promoting it every time he saw someone. Every time he saw someone.
He even described it so vividly, portraying the expressions of Tōga and Senior Hayato perfectly, making it feel as if one were there.
And finally, he would always add, "Senior Hayato… was so cool…" as an exclamation.
Now, the people in the Kendo Club could better understand how serious the situation was this morning… Therefore, they were even more surprised when they saw Hayato.
—Unlike the Soccer Team, where the entire team were witnesses. The old members of the Kendo Club had only heard about it but never seen it in person, and this time they finally saw the real person.
Thus, it created this spectacular scene.
Hayato was a bit flustered.
"Are you all crotch-watchers?" he asked.
Many shy girls quickly averted their gaze, their faces flushed, not daring to look again.
The boys, however, seemed to compare, glancing down at their own crotches twice.
Takeshi walked over in disbelief:
"You, you're really fine?"
"I'm fine."
"You were really kicked?"
"I was kicked."
"Then why!?" Takeshi was puzzled.
He had been wondering before.
Senior Hayato, he, Takeshi, is hard.
He didn't expect Senior Hayato to be both long and hard. How did he do it!?
Hayato smiled mysteriously:
"Because it's like iron, indestructible."
"Do you have any secret tips?" Takeshi quickly whispered, rubbing his hands. "Teach me, there'll be great benefits."
Before Senior Hayato could say anything, another Kobayashi almost landed a flying kick.
"Train well, and talk less nonsense," Ayaka-senpai said, then squinted at Sakura. "Sakura, aren't you going to manage them?"
Sakura smiled and clapped her hands, then said loudly:
"Everyone, don't let idle chatter affect your training. We still need to achieve good results in the competition!"
She could tell that Hayato also didn't want to be stared at like that… but it would probably be unavoidable for a while. In a couple of days, they would get tired of it and it wouldn't be new anymore. All she could do was urge the members to train and not put their minds in strange places.
"Yes…"
The club members agreed sparsely, but some still couldn't help but glance at Hayato.
Ayaka stood shoulder to shoulder with Hayato, watching the members all return to their training stances.
"Honestly…" Ayaka sighed, as if complaining about something, and looked back. "…Uh-oh…"
In an instant, she suddenly took a big jump, putting distance between herself and Hayato.
Damn, when did I get so close to him? I was actually startled by how handsome he is. Ayaka-senpai thought to herself.
"What's wrong?" Hayato asked.
"I-I'm just surprised you actually came to the Kendo Club today. Heh, I thought you'd skip as usual," Ayaka said.
"Hm, it's nothing," Hayato smiled. "Besides, there were quite a lot of people in our club this morning, and I was afraid that not coming would cause some misunderstandings."
"No one here is worried about you," Ayaka said disdainfully.
"Ayaka-senpai was originally going to visit you in your class personally," Sakura said with a smile. "It's just that I thought it would be better to have a leader here in the Kendo Club, so I didn't let her go."
"Heh, I was just worried… cough cough, if you died, others would blame our Kendo Club!" Ayaka said coldly.
Then she clasped her hands across her chest and tightly gripped her sleeves.
Damn, Sakura! You said you wouldn't bring that up! You tricked me! Ayaka-senpai thought to herself.
"Oh…"
Hayato slightly bowed his head to Ayaka: "Thank you for your concern, Ayaka-senpai."
"I said no one cares about you!—Cough cough—Cough cough—" Ayaka shouted, her voice breaking, then coughed a couple of times, feeling uncomfortable.
Hayato quickly handed over the last bottle of energy drink.
Ayaka took it, looked at Hayato, who was close by, his thick eyebrows, his dark eyes, truly so handsome…
No, this isn't the time to talk about this. She looked at Sakura again.
The latter had already gone to instruct new members who had incorrect stances.
Ayaka grabbed Hayato's collar and then whispered in his ear:
"Sakura… she should be fine, right?"
"Huh?" Hayato was confused by Ayaka's strange expression. "She's fine, isn't she?"
Isn't Sakura always like this?
"…"
It seems Sakura has hidden it well in front of this guy… But Ayaka wouldn't forget!
Ever since they parted ways in the principal's office…
Every break, when she chatted with Sakura, she could see her delicate lips moving up and down at an extremely fast pace, as if she were saying something.
Ayaka listened carefully and finally understood that Sakura was continuously muttering four words.
"Phone number phone number phone number phone number phone number phone number phone number phone number phone number phone number phone number phone number"
She…
had been troubled by Hayato's unwillingness to give her his phone number.
Previously, Sakura was quite annoyed by this, and Ayaka-senpai had brushed her off with two answers: "Perhaps he doesn't have a phone" and "Maybe his number is quite private and he doesn't want to easily give it to people."
But this time, from the mouth of Arisa, they learned that Hayato did have a phone… and he was even willing to give his contact information to Akane.
Then Sakura was confused again. She seemed to really not understand why Senior Hayato disliked her.
Ayaka comforted her, saying, "It's not that he dislikes you, it's just… he only gives his number to people he wants to give it to."
"I can't?" Sakura still didn't understand. "Am I a person who is 'specially excluded' in Senior Hayato's heart?"
"It's not that you're special, it's Akane who's special…" Ayaka patiently explained.
Ayaka-senpai also found it strange. A phone number isn't some super private thing, so why did this guy have to hide it?
However, Ayaka did think of a solution.
"Hey, can you give me your phone number?" Ayaka asked, and she asked very loudly, deliberately attracting Sakura's attention.
Then Sakura, that love idiot, would realize that this guy didn't actually dislike her, but that Akane was the special one.
"Oh, sure," Hayato took out his phone.
Ayaka: ?
Then she noticed Sakura's gaze suddenly sharpen!