Chapter 105 - That Simple Thing

In a normal match the shot will be counted as a three-point shot, but in a one-on-one match, every ball that comes in will count as a one-point shot.

It wasn't only Rey who gave Dave a look of disbelief. For all students who are familiar with the sport of basketball, shooting from the middle of the field is certainly not an easy thing. Especially when the ball doesn't touch the edge of the ring at all.

Now Dave gives Rey the basketball and changes positions with him for the defensive position.

Rey bounces the ball on the floor and tries to outwit Dave. Left, right, left, right, after trying various tricks, Rey still couldn't find any gaps in Dave's defense.

Rey put one foot forward, making a movement as if he was going to run towards the right. But when Dave followed Rey's lead, Rey quickly changed the direction of the ball and bounced it between Dave's legs. The ball bounced past Dave's feet and took Rey a step further from him.

In basketball, a one-step difference is very beneficial.

Rey ran and jumped, raising the ball with one hand. Dave certainly won't let Rey score points easily. Dave jumps as high as he can and tries to block Rey's ball.

Rey who realized that immediately moved the ball from his right hand to his left and continued his attack. The movement to change the direction of the ball in the air is a technique equivalent to a professional, and the ball goes in after bouncing off the board and into the ring.

Their current point is 1-1.

Dave, who had been showing an expressionless face, now smiled broadly. Rey also showed a smile that was no less wide. The tension now enveloped the minds of everyone who watched the two of them match.

With the intensity of the eyes that are both sharp, it indicates that the match between two basketball players with above average skills has just begun.

***

A fierce match between Dave and Rey ended in the win for Dave, although Dave won by only a narrow points difference.

Score 7-6 for Dave made him smile with satisfaction. Not because he won, but because he got an opponent that made him give his all. And it was felt by Rey too. In his junior high school, he always represented their school in the national championships and always won it every year.

Unlike Dave, he practices basketball with one of the Destroyer motorcycle gang members who is a former player in the professional team in the NBL—National Basketball League—who was expelled from his team when he was caught in a murder case.

His license as an athlete was dishonorably revoked. And when he got out of prison, Martin Imannuel, head of the Destroyer motorcycle gang recruited him.

Jean gave the small towel to Dave who was sitting next to her. Dave accepted Jean's goodwill and took it. Jean even handed him her drinking bottle. But back again, because Dave has a very respectful nature of women, Dave doesn't want to make Jean drink his lips marks later.

"It's okay, I brought my own drink. Thanks for the towel, I'll return it when I wash it later."

Jean accepted Dave's offer and let Dave keep her favorite towel.

Class hours for sports subjects continued. And after that, they returned to their respective classes, of course, after cleaning themselves and changing their clothes with their own uniforms. Even this school has shower facilities in the sports hall. And of course the male and female students are separated.

Some female students prefer not to get their hair wet. Unlike Jean, she deliberately washed her hair and returned to class with her beautiful hair hanging down and still slightly wet.

Yep, she's trying to get Dave's attention.

"Aren't you going to dry your hair?" Dita asked Jean, who put her sports uniform in her bag and sat on the chair next to her.

"Mmm ... No. I'm afraid there won't be enough time."

Hearing Jean's strange answer made Dita frown, "Don't we still have plenty of time for the next class?"

"But I'm already hungry." replied Jean who immediately stood up when she saw Dave walk into the classroom.

Jean walked over to Dave who had just sat in his chair. "Dave, let's go to the canteen, I'm hungry."

"Now?"

"Yep. And also, Rey will treat us, right?"

Rey, who heard that, immediately turned his head. "Eh, what? You pay yourself!"

"Uh, you cheapskate! What I heard, people who are stingy will get a narrow grave later when he dies."

"I don't care even if my grave becomes narrow, the important thing is that Ariana Grande is buried with me, so I can make love with her until the end of time."

Randy came out of nowhere and joined in. "Jean, you want to go to the cafeteria, right? Why don't you just go with me? I'll buy you anything. You can order whatever you want. How does that sound?"

"Okay." Jean replied agreeing with Randi's invitation, making Randi smile triumphantly. But Jean looked back at Dave and Rey. "Did you guys hear that? Randy will treat us all."

Rey got up quickly. "Woah, you are a very good person!" said Rey who immediately took Randy's arm and did not let him go until they left the classroom. Dave got up and walked out of the classroom, with Jean following behind him.

Dave turned around, "Don't you want to come with us?"

Dita, the person who was asked by Dave, looked at Dave with a look that he didn't understand. Dita looked at Dave and Jean in turn and then decided not to bother them. "It's okay, I'm not hungry yet."

Dave who heard that continued his steps, Jean turned around once again to wave her hand at Dita to say goodbye before she did half-running to catch up with Dave.

When Dita sat in the classroom, for some reason what crossed her mind was only the image of Dave and Jean's closeness.

The girl was still confused, whether it was because Jean was her classmate that she didn't want Jean to get too close to Dave, who she had labeled a pervert, or because she was jealous of Jean.

Dita shook her head.

No way!

There was no way she could be jealous of Jean!

For what?

For a pervert like Dave? Impossible!

But, come to think of it, Dave has all the qualifications to be a man who all women adore.

He is good at studies, good at playing basketball, and of course, cannot rule out his irresistible charm. Moreover, his cold attitude made a mysterious impression which made people even more curious about him.

"Come on Dita, what are you thinking about just now? You can't! He's a pervert! Ah, you idiot!" she said loudly to herself and then crossed her hands on the table and lay her head on it, buried her face in her crossed hands on the table and tried to sleep.

The students who happened to be still in class stared at Dita with strange eyes.

"What happened to Dita?"

"I don't know. Maybe, she was possessed by a spirit?"

"Hey, don't talk carelessly!"

Now Dita is left alone in class, still struggling with nonsensical things floating in her mind.

In essence, there was no way she could put her heart on a man she considered a pervert like Dave.

***

During their meal, Randy's face looked very sour. Besides him paying for all the orders, Jean chose to sit next to Dave, while Rey sat next to Randy.

Rey also took the iced-black current Randy ordered without asking permission first. Even Rey cut what Randy ordered himself and ate it without the prior approval by the food owner, which is Randy.

And Randy's suffering was compounded by David who several times wiped the corners of Jean's smudged lips thanks to the pasta noodles she ate by sipping them. Dave does not want a woman he knows to be ashamed of for eating inappropriately, based on his high regard for women. Although Dave is also not unaware that what he did could provoke Randy's anger.

But it never changed, the fact that Dave did not care what Randy thought.

Randy got up and walked away. "I'm full!"

Rey, who saw that Randy's steak was still a lot, took it with an expression full of gratitude.

Jean, who saw that, frowned, "Randy gets fierce when he's full. Such a strange personality."

Dave didn't reply to Jean's words and continued eating.

When they returned to class, Jean put a portion of tenderloin steak wrapped in a lunch box on Dita's table.

"Oh, thanks, Jean. You really are a very good friend! I love you!"

"Don't say thanks to me, but to Dave. He bought you the meat."

Dita turned to Dave, who had his head on the table while wearing a headset that covered his ears and closed his eyes.

"Is that so? Okay, just take it then. I'm not hungry."

The sound of Dita's stomach that was so clearly heard by Jean made Jean smile widely. "You can't lie to your own stomach. Just eat it, I guarantee there is no poison in it."

Dita, who was still in two difficult choices between ego and stomach, finally gave up on her stomach.

Dave lifted his head for a moment to look at Dita. And when Dita started eating the food he bought for her, Dave smiled, and returned to lay his head on the bag that he put on the table.

That simple thing was enough to make Dave smile.