Chapter 231 Do Your Best, Amami-san

It was currently lunchtime. Wed spent our day practicing our cheer for the event. After we took our valuables, phones and wallets, from the teachers, we went to the cafeteria. We could bring our own lunch, but considering that it might go bad being left in the hot classroom, we decided to buy lunch at the cafeteria.

What do you want, Maki? They have plenty of choices here, its hard to decide

Guess Ill go with anything cheap. I spent too much money during the vacation, so I gotta be frugal now.

I spent too much money playing around with Umi and the others. My wallet was almost empty because of it.

Regarding my allowance, like usual, mom would give it to me on Friday, so until then I had to be frugal.

And so, I decided to go with kake udon since it was the cheapest thing on the menu. Nozomu told me that I could ask for extra green onions and tenkasu, so I did that. It seemed like a lot of people also did the same thing.(T/N: Kake udon is udon, but the broth used isnt too thick. As for tenkasu, some people called it tempura crunchies, that name should be self explanatory enough.)

What about you, Umi?

Hm, I think Ill have the recommended set menu. I dont think I can finish the side dishes, but you can finish it for me.

Alright, but no feeding this time.

Boo

Dont give me that reaction.

The cafeteria was crowded with people, so we had to restrain ourselves a little. I knew that Umi would sneak one up on me, so I had to keep my guard up for that.

Besides, we were currently the center of attention

Amami-senpai, youre eating in the cafeteria today?

Lets practice together after this, Amami-senpai!

Amami-chan, can you inform the underclassmen that the cheering and the backboard group will have a meeting after practice?

While we were waiting in the line, various people approached Amami-san for a multitude of different reasons, in which she responded to all of them with a bright smile.

Since the sports festival gave a lot of room for students from different grades to interact, this was inevitable. Last year we didnt have this because the cultural festival didnt give us such opportunities, but this year, both the upperclassmen and the underclassmen flocked to her like crazy.

Have you all decided on your lunch yet? My stomach cant take it anymore, so hungry

You seem busy, Yuu.

Hehe, yeah. They were kouhai from the backboard group and the vice-leader of our group. You know, at first I was really nervous. I thought that I couldnt get along with them well because you werent with me, Umi, but it turned out everyone is nice!

Im glad to hear that, but You arent overworking yourself, right?

It was good that she was liked by everyone, but their expectations for her would get higher and higher.

That was probably what Umi was worried about. After all, we werent there to help Amami-san this time. Though, it seemed like it was an unnecessary worry since Amami-san looked like she was having fun.

The backboard group workload would be especially time consuming since the size of the board itself was massive, not to mention that its existence was important for each group. Since Amami-san was especially talented in drawing, it wasnt hard to guess that shed be the key figure of our backboard group.

Thanks for worrying about me, but I can handle this. Im giving it my all!

Yuu

Yuuchin

Jeez, stop worrying about me! Ill be fine!

Despite Umi and Nitta-sans worries, Amami-san smiled at them and turned her two hands into small fists.

Up until now, Ive always depended on others. From grade school to middle school, Umi was always by my side and since high school started, Ive always depended on everyone, thats why I want to do everything on my own this time At first, I only did it to challenge myself, but now Im having fun with my work! I had a lot of doubts at first, but with the help of everyone in the group, everythings coming together. Were in the middle of coloring the board right now and

Hearing her talk like that, I felt a sense of respect for her. The blue paint that stained her P.E. uniform and jersey was proof that she was working really hard for the project. But her smile and cheerful attitude showed that all that effort was worth it.

It gave me the urge to help her somehow.

Of course if something goes wrong or if Im having a hard time, Ill ask for everyones help!

Alright. Youve been waking up early in the morning lately, so I expected that its about time for you to whine to me about being sleepy or something. But it seems like I was worried for nothing.

Mhm! Like I said, Im giving it my all here! So can you praise me, Umi? I want you to pat my head like you always did to Maki-kun!

Ive never done that.

We actually did that when we were alone at my house, but of course Umi wouldnt mention that.

However, Amami-san didnt let up on her teasing and continued while smirking.

Ah jeez, Maki, youre such a spoiled child~ Come here~ Whos the good boy?~

W-What? W-What are you?!

Wha?

The words she said sounded familiar. Not only Umi, but even I was startled by her words.

Umi immediately turned her head at me. Of course, I wouldnt tell Amami-san about something like that, so I assumed that she was just baiting us with those words.

And we gracefully fell for it.

I knew I shouldnt praise her for this, but Amami-san, your skill has grown

Yuu

Hehe~

Dont think you can get away from me! Oi, where do you think youre going?!

Scary~ But youre cute when youre flustered like this, Umi~

And so, Amami-san dashed away after she bought a meal ticket from the machine. Meanwhile Umi was chasing her from behind with a red face.

Leaving me with Nozomu and Nitta-san.

Maki

Rep, you

I get it, I get it, shut up.

We wouldnt do something like that when there were other people around, but wed probably do something worse when we were alone. I guess that was why everyone called us the idiotic couple.

Before worrying about Amami-san, I should worry about myself first, huh? Now, how the hell do I get away from this situation?