Chapter -017-

Crackle.. Crackle..

Crackle.. Crackle..

"Hey, Suda-kun. Are you sure it's okay for us to sneak into Natsu High School like this?" Minato, who is Suda's classmate and also a member of the basketball club at Haru High School, asked Suda who was right next to him watching the situation around them.

Currently Minato and Suda are in the bushes in the backyard of the Natsu High School building where Yuki attends school.

The existence of the two of them at Natsu High School is Suda's plan, who really wants to meet Yuki again to eat the food made by his basketball club friend while in Junior High School.

"If we don't get caught by this school guard then we will be safe Minato-kun." Suda replied in a flat tone as she got up from her seat and walked towards the building where Yuki was just by following her own intuition.

Minato who saw Suda casually move from behind the bushes immediately rolled his eyes in surprise and immediately followed where Suda walked.

"Hey, Suda-kun! Do you really know where Tetsuya Yuki is right now?" Minato asked when he was already walking parallel to Suda.

He was silent for a moment then cleared his throat casually.

"My intuition tells me that Yuki-chan is currently in the building over there." Suda replied while pointing to the building belonging to Natsu High School which was a little far from where they were at this time.

Minato who heard Suda's answer immediately raised an eyebrow.

"If you're not sure, you'd better contact him first. Don't let our results of skipping basketball practice this time end in vain, because the captain will definitely be really angry with us."

Suda immediately stopped his footsteps, making Minato sigh a little in relief because Suda this time listened to his words.

"Minato-kun, you're so noisy. If you don't want to come along, you'd better go back to school." Suda said in a flat tone and stepped back following her intuition that knew where Yuki was at this time.

Minato immediately sighed harshly at Suda's flat words.

"Hah, how can I go back to school, if the captain is relying on me to keep an eye on you Suda-kun."

Finally, with a bit of compulsion, Minato stepped back to follow Suda. He also felt sorry that today he forgot to bring his cellphone, so he couldn't inform the captain of the basketball club where he and Suda are currently.

Meanwhile, inside the Haru High School indoor basketball court building, a tense atmosphere enveloped the club members who were standing facing the captain.

"So all of you don't know where Minato-kun and Suda-kun are currently?" Eitaro, a third year student who is the captain of Haru's high school basketball club, asked the members.

The basketball club members shook their heads at the same time while lowering their heads, so that the captain wouldn't see the nervous looks on their faces. Because right now they were all lying to Eitaro. Saying they don't know where Suda and Minato are, even though they know where their two members are now, after what happened in the cafeteria this afternoon.

Seeing his members shaking their heads in unison, Eitaro let out a long sigh.

"Well then, today we will start training without the two of them. However, if any of you have any information regarding their whereabouts, please tell me immediately!"

In unison the members of Haru High School's basketball club nodded their heads.

After seeing Eitaro walk away towards the basket filled with basketballs, the members of the basketball club immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Because Eitaro didn't ask them more about the whereabouts of Suda and Minato.

Haru's high school basketball club practice for juniors in the first year has now begun. They started training first because the second year seniors had other needs with their pre-homeroom teacher.

Meanwhile, some of the third year seniors have started to prepare for the exam day and choose to participate in training a little less often.

"Hey, Ejiri-kun. Are you sure it's okay for us to lie to Eitaro-senpai about where Suda-kun and Minato-kun are?" Yuji asked Eijiri who was dribbling.

"As long as no one tells about what happened in the cafeteria this afternoon to Eitaro-Senpai then there won't be any problems." Eijiri replied casually but still made Yuji think about what they are currently doing to Eitaro in their first year.

Eijiri, who could see the doubtful expression on Yuji's face, took a deep breath.

"You don't have to worry. If Suda-kun and Minato-kun didn't make a fuss at Natsu High, then no one would contact our school and Eitaro-senpai. And our current lie won't be exposed."

Yuji sighed in exasperation. "Well I hope Suda-kun doesn't follow his instincts and make a fuss there."

Eijiri cleared his throat in agreement with what Yuji said. And now they are both back to continue their basketball practice.

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"Hey, have a look, isn't that Haru's high school uniform? Why are those two in our school?"

"Really. One of them is tall and has a fierce face. Could it be that they came here to make a fuss?"

"Hey, do I have to tell the teacher if there's a high school student Haru in our school??"

"They both look suspicious, I've seen them walk through here three times. Do they want to spy on our school?"

"Hey, hey, but I feel familiar with the student who has such a tall body. Do you guys feel the same way as me?"

"Hey, I heard that there are two students in Haru high school uniforms hanging around our school. What do they want to do here?"

"Maybe they have business with one of the students at our school."

"But they are so tall, not to mention that one of them has a grim face. Do they want to have a fight with one of the students from our school?"

"Hwaaa, but it's very dangerous if they want to fight with one of the students in our school."

"Shall we just tell the teacher? I'm afraid something bad will happen."

A girl with glasses who just came out of one of the cubicles in the bathroom slightly frowned in surprise because she had heard other female students talking about students from Must High School who came to their school.

"I heard, one of the two students played basketball and won the national championship with his club. What do they need in our school?"

"I don't know. I really don't know. Hopefully they have good intentions coming to our school."

The bespectacled female student who was washing her hands now stopped her movements when she heard the words of another female student who was in the bathroom.

Now the girl with glasses was left alone in the bathroom, because the two female students had already walked out of the bathroom.

"Haru High?" Muttered the bespectacled student while frowning in surprise.

But not long after, the bespectacled female student immediately widened her eyes in surprise.

"Could it be Suda-kun?!"