Chapter 61 - Sports Festival Final

After their lunch break, Airi back to her class.

Every classes get ready for the next event, they prepared themself.

On their break, looks like Ryuen from class C had a little bit problem with class D.

But as far as Ryou know, it must be about Suzune's injury and Sudou's absent. Well, he couldn't help anything at all since it was their problem, and if he intervene, it would be another problem for class B.

This is a recommendation competition, so only recommended students take a part as a participant.

Our class first scavenger hunt participant, Ueno, got third place.

Ryou: "Not bad."

Ueno: "Sorry i can't win this."

Sho: "No problem, we can win another one."

after a few more events its time for mixed three legged race.

Ryou doing a stretching before called by Honami.

Honami: "Ryou, are you ready?"

Ryou: "Hmm? I'm always ready."

Honami: "It looks like you didn't even get tired at all."

Ryou: "Like i said, daily exercise is important."

Honami: "Then, maybe i have to join you!"

Ryou: "You're more than welcomed."

Class B cheering for the pairing.

"Come on Ryou-kun, Ichinose-san you can do it!"

"If you lose you have to paid our lunch for a month!"

Ryou: "If i win, you paid my lunch for a year!"

"Geeh... then its canceled!"

"Honami-chan, win this!"

They are shouting to support their classmates.

Ryou: "Let me tie the rope."

Honami: "We do this like on the training right?"

Ryou: "Of course!"

Honami: "I.. i mean i have to hold your shoulder."

He stand up and reach Honami's hand, smiling at her.

Ryou: "Come, lets win this match!"

She hold his shoulder.

Honami: "Yes!"

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On the class B tent.

"They are really like a couple huh..."

"I can see Ichinose-san smiling happily at him."

"Noooo... even one of our queen have fallen for him."

"But still, they are really good match."

Ringo just silently hearing her classmates comment.

She can do nothing about it, he is only her childhood friend now, nothing more.

Resolving her heart, she scream to them.

Ringo: "Ryou, if you lose i will make you carry me to dormitory!!!"

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Ryou: "Ahh, Ringo really want to give me a hard time huh..."

Honami: "She is a strong girl." he understand what Honami mean.

Ryou: "I know... Lets get ready!"

When the referee give a sign to start the match, all of them start to run.

Like what they did on the training, at first 5 steps, Ryou and Honami left behind by them.

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"Hey that pair from class B are so slow!"

"They don't have any syncronization at all"

"They will lose!"

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After 5 steps, Honami started to run with her full speed.

All of them shocked with that.

Finally they finished in first place with large gap between 1st and 2nd place.

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"Hey hey... she is like running by herself."

"Yeah, how come they can running like that?"

"I think its the boy who able to sync their steps."

"Then, he is amazing isn't he?"

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Both of them back to the tent and congratulated by their classmates.

"Great job both of you!"

"Another 1st place!"

Ryou: "Hahaha... thank you, thank you, now give me my one year free lunch ticket!"

Ueno: "Gehh.. we canceled it!"

Sho: "Amazing as always aren't you Ryou?"

Ryou: "No, i'm just following Honami. Come here Ueno!!!"

Ryou laughing with his friends grabbing Ueno's neck.

Ryuji: "I still can't believe it was a three legged race."

Ringo: "More like Honami-chan running by herself."

Honami: "Yeah, its Ryou who's amazing, he can matched my speed and steps."

They looking at Ryou who's hitting Ueno's back, asking him about the free lunch ticket.

Ringo: "He is really having fun!"

Ryuji: "Yeah he is."

Honami: "Its thanks to him again we can go this far with so much points."

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Final match, 1200m relay race.

Ryou: "Lets win this match too! We will come as the winner!"

Class B: "Yeaaaahhhhhh!!!!"

Ryuji is ready as a first runner, then Ringo, after that Sho, Honami, Yui, Ringo and Ryou as the last runner.

After the match started, Ryuji run with his fastest speed.

Class 1B position is not bad, they currently on 3rd.

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(Ryou POV)

I look around and spot Manabu and Ayanokouji.

Ohh... a big names we have here!

"Please, don't hold back if you want to win this one, i know you don't want to be noticed by the others, but your class need points." I said to Ayanokouji, he seems a bit surprised with my words.

Ayanokouji: "I don't know what you mean."

"Yeah, you don't know." i said as i smiled to him.

Manabu: "To think that you both are the anchor."

Ayanokouji: "I'm just a substitute. Originally, your sister supposed to be in this position."

Ryou: "Our class just want to win."

Manabu: "I've observed your class,until a short while ago, I thought there was no hope for you. However, I don't

get that impression from you at all in this relay. What happened?" he asked to Ayanokouji.

Ayanokouji: "You don't really need to pay attention to first year class D though."

Manabu: "I keep an eye on every class. No exceptions." he looked at me too.

Ayanokouji: "I suppose, if anything's changed, it would be your sister."

I just listening their conversation, stretching my arms and legs.

Manabu: "You are really something aren't you Hiroki-kun?"

"Just lucky, got myself a good stamina." I replied to him.

"Must be lots of people give you attention now." Manabu said to him.

"Um... thank you?" I answer him with another question.

After Ringo gave me the baton, i run with my usual speed, a speed that my friend said i'm fast enough. Because Ayanokouji and Manabu already running before me, i have to increace my pace a bit.

As the finish line is already near, i increase my speed again a little bit and surprised them.

I passed both of them an got the first, Manabu got second and Ayanokouji in third.

Class 1B cheered at me, shouting like we won the world cup.

I'm running to them and before i'm arrived, i jump and turn my body, C.Ronaldo like celebration?! Hahahahaha....

This is so much fun!

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(Third POV)

"We will announce the result of this year's sports festival!" they can hear the announcement.

"Red Team" and "White Team" were displayed as separate entries on the scoreboard. The tallied numbers started to rise, showing the total points the teams had acquired from all thirteen events. The winning team was… RED TEAM.

Ryou: " Well, we can't expect another class and grades to be the same with us."

Honami: "Yeah, its unfortunate."

Fumino: "But thats not our real target right?"

Ringo: "Yeah, our target was after this one."

They know its hard to hope for another grades got the same good points like them, so they focused on their own class points.

"Next, we will announce each class overall points".

The board divided the twelve classes into three categories, and it displayed the overall points for each class all at once.

1st Place: First Year, B Class

2nd Place: First Year, C Class

3rd Place: First Year, A Class

4th Place: First Year, D Class

Ryou: " As expected! Mission complete!"

Ueno: "Yeaaahhh.... we did it!"

Ryuji: "Good job!"

Honami: "Good job, all of you!"

Class 1B celebrate their win in this sports festival.

"Lastly, we will announce the MVP for each school year"

and comes to first year, "First Year MVP: Hiroki Ryou".

Honami: "Congrats Ryou!"

Ringo: "As always, every year!"

Ryuji: "Congrats Ryou!"

"Congratulation Hiroki-kun."

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After the sports festival, many students tired themself and back to the dormitory.

But Ryou, Honami, Ryuji, Ringo and Fumino stayed back in the class.

Ryou: "Fuh... that was fun!"

Honami: "Fun? Not tired?"

Ryou: "It is really fun you know, i prefer this kind competition than that deserted island."

Ringo: "Well, if its you, i can understand."

Fumino: "We've won so many match but because white team lost, its still not meant too much for us."

Ryou: "Doesn't matter, as far as our class win and having fun, it doesn't matter." He said smiling to them.

Ryuji: "You are really like competition and having fun with them."

After a few moments, Fumino excuse herself to go back to dormitory and leaving 4 of them.

Ryuji: "Ringo-san, can i have your time for a moment? I'll be waiting for you near the library."

Ringo little bit confused but agree with his request, "Umm.. okay."

Both of them go and now just Honami and Ryou inside the class.

Ryou: "Finally, he will do that huh?"

Honami: "What? Do what?"

He smiled at her.

Ryou: "If this our usual conversation i already take this chance to tease you Honami."

Honami: "Uh... you really..."

Ryou: "But i hope Ryuji will succeed his confession to Ringo."

Honami thinking, its like a shocking info for her....

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Honami: "W..wait what?"

Ryou: "Huh? You guys never know that?"

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A/N: Oohh... finally Ryuji making his move!

Come on Ryuji!!!!

"Gimme a Hi-Five!"