Chapter 15: Physical Education Class

The time has come.

Gym class.

“Ugh… it’s gym class. I don’t want to move~”

“I want to skip, but I guess I have to go…”

“Yay~ Gym class.”

“Let’s go, let’s go~ Kurosawa, you come too~”

When the break bell rang, the girls all got up and headed somewhere.

I watched them, thinking, ‘Is this how prisoners feel when they’re being dragged to prison?’, and quietly followed.

And…

Now, a forbidden area was spread out before me.

I was frozen in front of the changing room, holding my gym clothes.

‘Girls’ changing room’

Forbidden, no, more accurately, a no-men’s zone.

‘Ah, ah… this… what do I do…’

I broke out in a cold sweat and gripped the strap of the bag containing my gym clothes tightly.

The other female students, as if it were nothing, chatted with each other and entered the changing room.

‘What, they go in so naturally as if it’s nothing?!’

No, it’s not surprising. It’s natural.

Because they’re ‘girls’……

For girls, this is just an ordinary space.

‘But… I… I…!’

I remembered yesterday’s incident where I almost went into the men’s restroom by mistake. Now I have to go into a much more dangerous place…

‘Ah, no… is this, really okay?’

I ran all sorts of simulations in my head.

Even if my body has adapted, going into the changing room and changing clothes with other girls is a completely different matter!

Just as I was about to break out in a sweat, I heard a familiar voice from behind.

“Rina? Aren’t you going in?”

Aya, who had followed behind, looked at me and tilted her head.

“…Huh? Ah, yes, yes!”

“Rina~ Let’s go, let’s go~ Huh?”

Mizuki grinned and pushed my back, and I awkwardly smiled and was pushed inside.

But inside… I was screaming.

‘Aaaaaah!! This is not okay!!’

As soon as I opened the door, I instinctively squeezed my eyes shut and lowered my gaze to the floor.

The sound of clothes changing, the rustling of gym clothes fabric, it all felt like an ordinary, everyday scene…

‘This is a forbidden area that even a rom-com protagonist can’t enter!!’

…Or do some of them with lucky pervert events get to enter?

Anyway, I moved my stiff legs, creaking with tension.

Mizuki looked at me and winked playfully.

“Rina~ If you’re so stiff, you’ll look even more suspicious~”

“…I, is that so?”

I tried to act as naturally as possible and carefully looked up.

Mizuki, with her characteristic bright expression, led me and said.

“This is your spot. Our class uses this area.”

Mizuki grabbed my arm and guided me to the lockers.

I blushed and took out my bag.

‘That’s right, naturally… I’m a girl….’

I thought my body had adapted, but the changing room was another matter.

‘Yeah, I just need to change quietly… No one will care…

Thinking that, I closed my eyes tightly, opened my blazer jacket, and unbuttoned my blouse one by one.

Then, naturally, my underwear was revealed, and the still chilly air touched my skin…

“Rina.”

“Eek?!”

Startled, I quickly covered my upper body.

Mizuki chuckled at me and whispered in a sly voice.

“I could tell even through your uniform, Rina, you have a pretty good figure, don’t you?”

“… wh, wh, what?”

I was so embarrassed that my face turned red.

Hearing such words while in my underwear made my heart beat twice as fast.

“Hmm~ If you look closely, Rina could be one of Takamari’s four beauties, don’t you think?”

“Eek…?!”

I almost screamed and cowered in embarrassment.

The four beauties, that’s ridiculous…!

That’s ‘White Goddess’ Aya, ‘Sakura Incarnate’ Mizuki, and the third-year’s ‘Everyone’s Angel’ senior, and finally, the middle school’s ‘Sapphire Di
va’…!

‘No, I can never be included in that? Three people will have one grade?!’

Takamari Academy’s 4 beauties.

All of whom are legendary existences with not only beauty, but also grades, dignity, and athletic ability. Like you.

Even in the novel, that idol in middle school is a talented person who is also active in the entertainment industry, and her academic performance is also at the top of the academy.

By the way, that idol friend, the protagonist only had eyes for Aya, so she became a losing heroine.

‘No, that’s not the point…

“…Don’t joke, Mizuki! Absolutely, absolutely not!”

I firmly waved my hands, but Mizuki whispered with a meaningful smile.

“Hmm~ Even so, you’ve been quite popular lately, Rina?”

“Th, that’s not true!!”

Embarrassed, I fumbled to put on my gym clothes and ended up putting the top on inside out.

“Pfft, what are you doing, Rina? Were you embarrassed?”

At Mizuki’s teasing, I blushed with embarrassment and quickly put my clothes on correctly.

‘Ugh… I can’t take it.’

Then Aya quietly approached me.

Aya looked at me with a warm gaze and said.

“Rina, you don’t have to be so nervous. Mizuki, stop joking around.”

“Ehh~ Alright, if Ayarin says so, I’ll let you go!”

“Okay….”

Ah, Aya is truly a goddess…

I barely managed to put my clothes back on correctly and took a deep breath.

Fortunately, the skirt was a school uniform with a built-in underskirt instead of shorts, and I could put on the gym clothes inside the skirt and just pull down the skirt.

So I didn’t have the embarrassing experience of exposing my underwear below.

I’m not completely oblivious, you know…!

After the break, we lined up and headed to the gym.

The moment the door opened, I was breathless.

‘Wow… this is a gym?’

The scene before me was beyond my imagination.

The ceiling was so high it seemed to touch the sky, and huge LED screens were set on the walls.

The floor was shiny and polished, and the ceiling had magnificent lights densely arranged so there were no blind spots.

‘It’s better than most university stadiums?’

While I was gaping at the gym, Mizuki, as if used to it, strode towards the center of the gym.

Aya also calmly walked beside me, smiling quietly.

“Rina, is this your first time seeing the gym?”

Mizuki grinned at me and spoke playfully.

I quickly closed my mouth and tried to act calm, nodding.

“Yeah・・・ I, is that so?”

“Well, this is Takamari Academy~ Don’t be surprised!”

Mizuki laughed lightly, as if it were nothing.

But my head was already full of thoughts like, ‘Was there such a detailed description in the novel?’

‘This is… like an Olympic stadium…? Look at that, even the scoreboard is an electronic display?!’

However, the surrounding students all entered the gym as if used to it and looked bored.

Ah, except for one.

Nishimura, the transfer student on duty with me.

He came in with the boys and was looking around the gym with his mouth wide open, as if it were something amazing.

Then, a booming voice echoed through the gym.

“Alright! Is everyone gathered?”

The gym teacher appeared, holding a volleyball.

The tall and sturdy teacher said in his characteristic booming voice.

“The first class is volleyball. Today, we’ll form teams and practice, and those who have bad posture will have 1:1 coaching with me, got it? This volleyball will be divided into A and B teams for each class, for a total of 10 teams from 5 classes in a tournament. Got it?”

‘Tournament?’

I was momentarily startled and looked at the teacher.

In the novel, gym class often appeared as a scene to show off the protagonist’s charm, but there was no volleyball tournament.

‘This wasn’t in the original…? Ah, maybe it’s because the protagonist wasn’t that interested in physical education…?’

The gym teacher then wrote the rules on the whiteboard.

• 5 people per team, each class has a boys’ A team, B team, girls’ A team, B team

• The winning team of a match will face the team from a higher class

• The final winning class will receive extra credit in physical education

The teacher tapped the whiteboard and said.

“So these are the rules. Then we have to decide the teams, right? If we do it freely according to the number of people, it will be disorderly… so let’s draw lots!”

When the gym teacher took out the prepared wooden sticks, a strange tension filled the classroom.

But some students were already whispering in anticipation.

I didn’t need to hear the whispers to know what they were saying.

They wanted to be on Aya’s or Mizuki’s team.

“Now, come up one by one and draw a lot. Red is team A, no color is team B.”

I quietly stood in line and carefully pulled out a wooden stick from the teacher’s hand.

And the end of the wooden stick was painted red.

‘Oh… I’m on team A?’

And I glanced at Mizuki and Aya, and they both were holding sticks with red-painted ends.

“Wow! Asakura-san is on our team!”

“Huh? Yukikawa-san is here too?!”

The two girls, smiling brightly, seemed to be friends, hugging each other and laughing heartily.

On the other hand… the girls who ended up on the girls’ B team were downcast.

“Well, it’s all luck! Now, A team and B team can practice with each other. You know how to play volleyball, right? We stand two in front,
three in the back. Got it?”

Regardless of what the gym teacher was saying in front, I glanced at Aya’s face.

Aya quietly looked down at the stick, and when she met my eyes, she smiled softly.

The smile was as gentle as ever, but there was a hint of relief in it.

‘Huh? Aya… seems kind of happy?’

The thought that Aya, who always seemed calm and perfect, seemed to be slightly happy about such a small thing made my heart flutter
for some reason.

Maybe, because we’re on the same team…?

‘Ah, no! Am I reading too much into this?’

She’s just smiling like usual!

I quickly shook my head and pulled down my gym clothes sleeves.

But Aya was still next to me, with a relaxed gaze and a faint smile.

“Rina, let’s do our best together.”

“Uh… yeah!”

Seeing Aya’s warm smile, my face turned red again this time.

Ah… I, I get too weak in front of Aya.