Games

Madoka's POV

No one was outside the cabin so Kenji slowly put me on the ground and we walked into the cabin.

"Boys have one room while girls have the other room. Other than that we can share the cabin." said Kenji

"Even the bathroom?" I asked

"Of course not." replied Kenji

The cabin was big, there was a fireplace in the living room, the kitchen was also nice and the bedrooms looked warm and comfy.

"Kenji kun let's get ready to do some activities." called Emiko

"Oh, okay." replied Kenji

"Kenji kun can you help me with the fire?"

"Hey I asked Kenji Kun first." said Emiko

"But mine is important, we need to stay warm." said Yuziki

'Are they seriously fighting over Kenji? Here?'

"Uhh how long will the activities take?" asked Kenji

"About 30 minutes." replied Emiko

"Do we have the fire wood for the fire?" asked Kenji

"Yes." replied Yuziki

"I'll help with the fire first, it won't take long." said Kenji

Emiko looked a bit disappointed but she nodded.

"I'll uhh help you with the activities." I said

"Really? That'll be great Madoka chan." excitedly said Emiko

'Madoka, chan?'

No one ever called me that, that just gave me chills. I followed her outside the backyard and everyone was setting up some kind of game that I didn't know what it was.

"What kind of game is this?" I asked

"Foot volleyball." replied Emiko, "You never heard of it?"

"Oh, it's tennis and volleyball combined." I replied

I remember playing this when I was young in middle school. I began cleaning up the court since this place hasn't been used since 2 months ago. There was a bit of snow left so I began to shovel the snow away while others began setting up the net.

"Madoka chan can you get some salt?" asked Emiko

"Sure." I replied

I went inside but then I saw Yuziki talking to Kenji so I hid behind a door and began to eavesdrop on them.

"Kenji kun are you meeting anyone lately?" asked Yuziki

"No, why?" asked Kenji

"Oh I was wondering that maybe we start hanging out." said Yuziki

'Making a move already?'

"Uhh yea sure I wouldn't mind it." replied Kenji

"But I meant it as in, more than friends." whispered Yuziki

I peeked around the door and my eyes widened when I saw Yuziki nearly on top of Kenji. Kenji's eyes were wide and Yuziki was close to kissing him.

"I uhh, don't know." said Kenji as he avoided eye contact with Yuziki, "I understand you like me but if I were to give you my honest opinion I would have to reject. Not because I don't like you or any thing like that, I just feel like it's rushed."

Yuziki seemed a bit shocked and I also stood there in shock.

'I just witnessed rejection.'

"I understand how you feel. We'll give each other some time to get to know each other." said Yuziki while smiling.

"I'm glad you understand." said Kenji

I quickly left my spot and grabbed the salt and left. I quickly sprayed some salt on certain parts of the backyard and sighed.

'So Yuziki is probably going to loosen up on Kenji.'

That's when Kenji and Yuziki came out but Yuziki was smiling while Kenji looked the same.

"Kenji kun can you help me with this net?" asked Emiko

'Oh wait I forgot about her.'

Kenji began helping her set up the net and I looked up at the blue sky.

"We'll be hiking tomorrow at 2 so that we can see the night aurora." said Homura

"Oh, that's late." I sighed

"We might even sleep up there." said Homura

"Great." I groaned

"Everything's set." called out Ayaka

"Okay guys, so I decided that whichever team loses this game will have to cook and clean the cabin." said Coach Yamoto, "Everyone write their names on a post it and put it in the bowl."

People began handing around post its and pens, I quickly wrote my name on one, crumbled it up then put it into the bowl.

"Okay let's see." said Coach Yamoto

He began to pull out names and organize them into 6 teams, 5 members in each.

"Okay I'm going to call out names." he said

"Kenji, Homura, Emiko, Ayaka and Madoka." he called out

'What the fuck is this.'

"Kenji kun we're on the same team." excitedly said Emiko

But Kenji looked down and Homura just rubbed his forehead. He began calling out other names and we got into our teams but it was dead silent.

"So uhh let's do this guys." awkwardly said Homura

Kenji looked like he wanted to kill himself while Emiko was very excited.

"Let's do our best Kenji kun." cheered Emiko

"Yea..." Kenji replied dreadfully

Our team number was one so we were up with team two.

"Let's just not lose." said Homura

I nodded so we got onto the court and began warming up. Kenji tried practicing with the soccer ball and he was pretty decent kicking the ball, Emiko was slightly struggling but other than that we were fine.

The game started with us so Homura started and he kicked to the other side and the other team began kicking the ball to each other until they passed the ball to our side but then Kenji just kicked the ball and it hit the ground on the other side.

"One point for team one!" said Coach Yamoto

"Good one Kenji kun." said Emiko

Everyone watching was cheering us and they were getting all hyped up. We began playing again and I was able to score a point. The other team was good but Kenji was able to block most of their kicks and get a point. Homura, Emiko and Ayaka barely did anything since they were mostly in the back.

"Hey let us kick." said Ayaka

Kenji nodded so he let the ball pass and Ayaka kicked it but it went out of bounds.

"Yea we know who not to pass it to." laughed Homura

"How about you give it a try?" snapped Kenji

"I will." said Homura

Homura approached Kenji and pushed Kenji out of his spot.

"I'll be taking over." said Homura

Kenji just nodded and he was now the setter. He got the ball and kicked but it hit the net but it still went over giving us a point.

"Kenji kun you're so good." said Emiko

"Oh, I'm just uhh getting lucky." replied Kenji

Kenji kicked it again and the same thing happened and that was the game. Homura and Ayaka both looked disappointed but they went along with it. We took a break and watched the next two teams go against each other and after that the next two teams.

We got to take an extra break since three teams remained so whoever wins the next one we go against them. And if we lose we play against the other team that lost so we can get 2nd place.

The game ended and it was our turn to play and we were against Yuziki, Haruka, and three boys whose names were Akito the small forward, Dai the center and tallest boy in the team standing 208 cm tall and Chibi the shortest boy and the second point guard.

"Kenji kun please go easy on us." pleaded Yuziki

Kenji just nodded so I elbowed him.

"I don't want to lose though." I said

"Oh, right." said Kenji

Kenji kicked the ball and we started trading the ball, it took awhile just for us to get a point cause Homura doesn't know how to spike it and Ayaka was just passing it to me or Emiko. I got annoyed so I passed Kenji who kicked it pretty hard but it hit the floor inside the box and we got the first point.

Kenji kicked the ball again and we started the tiring tradeoff, I kicked the ball but Yuziki was able to block it and I had to lunge forward to get the save but then Akito kicked the ball pretty hard and Kenji had to run back a bit to save it. Kenji kicked it and it went backwards and I was able to spike it with my leg and we got another point.

Homura kicked the ball this time and Chibi hit the ball with his head and Kenji passed the ball to Homura who kicked it way too hard and it went out of bounds.

"Yea we know who not to pass it to." snapped Ayaka

"Shut up." groaned Homura

Homura kicked the ball but Dai hit the ball with his chest and it nearly hit the ground on our side but Emiko saved but it was a bad kick and it was heading towards the out of bounds but Ayaka kicked the ball towards me so I just gently and cautiously kicked the ball to the other side.

Haruka kicked the ball and passed it Yuziki and she kicked the ball towards Emiko but it hit her head and she fell onto the ground but Ayaka kicked the ball and we got another point. Kenji helps up Emiko and Emiko just smiles and thanks Kenji but then Kenji pat Emiko's head and Emiko's cheeks turned red and I felt a strain in my heart again.

'Why the hell is he touching her like that?'

"You're fine." said Kenji

Emiko smiled and nodded.

"Okay everyone this is game point!" yelled Coach Yamoto

"You got this Kenji!" yelled a bunch of people

"Come on Chibi you haven't done anything!" yelled a guy

Homura kicked the ball and it hit the net but it still went onto the other side but Chibi was able to save the ball by kicking it really hard into the air. I got close to the net with Yuziki in front of me on the other side of the net. The ball came down and I watched as Yuziki jumped up so I backed up a bit and she hit the ball with her head but I blocked it with my chest and Kenji came and kicked the ball at Dai and it hit his hand.

"Game over, team one wins!" yelled Coach Yamoto

The audience claps and cheers and Kenji grabs his water bottle and chugs it down with the others.

"Looks like we're not doing the cleaning." said Emiko

"But don't feel too down, we're going to do games everyday and the loser would have to do it." said Coach Yamoto

Kenji hung his head in disappointment.

"Same team every time we play." said Coach Yamoto

"That's, nice." replied Homura while smiling awkwardly

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4 hours later

Madoka's POV

"Can you believe that we have a hot spring here?" asked Haruka

I sat inside the hot water and sighed feeling a bit uneasy as the other girls were here too.

"Well I feel like the boys are peeking." said Ayaka

I looked over to the fence where it divided the girls and the boys but I could hear whispers behind the fence.

"Can we just enjoy our life right now?" asked Yuziki

"Kenji's not a pervert right?" asked Emiko

'I don't think he is.'

"Homura senpai stop peeking!" I heard someone yell from the other side of the fence.

My blood boiled but I heard laughter on the other side.

"I'm kidding I'm kidding." said the same voice

"Ayaka chan did you have any peepers last year?" asked Emiko

"There were several." replied Ayaka

"What did you do?" asked Emiko

"We dumped cold water over the fence." said Ayaka, "Want to try?"

Emiko nodded so they got up all naked and I just watched as they grabbed buckets of cold water and threw the water over the fence. The boys on the other side screamed as cold water hit them and the girls all laughed.

"Chibi what the fuck you got caught peeking!" yelled a boy

"I wasn't anywhere near the fence!" yelled Chibi

I just watched in annoyance but I stayed in there for a bit longer until we all got up and hit the shower but when we were about to enter the cabin Kenji was already in there.

"Kenji kun don't turn around." said Emiko

But I noticed that Kenji had earbuds on so he probably didn't hear Emiko but he put on a jacket and left the cabin through the front door.

"Where is he going?" asked Emiko

"Oh he always sits outside on the front porch." replied Haruka

'I see.'