Even back in his former world, Yuu had heard stories of guys from boys' schools being envious of those from co-ed schools, but he did not think he had heard a part where they would do things like coming at them in a club match because of it.
No, perhaps this is a situation unique to this world; Yuu could only think of it as such.
「In order to bounce back from that, effective coaching and very intense training… No, that is not all. I think the best way to motivate the players is by cheering them on. Especially by the boys, you see. In fact, there was a precedent in which, three years ago, when a co-ed school in the southern part of the prefecture took the trouble to mobilize a male cheerleading squad – so I say, but it seems that there were only about a dozen of them, though – during the softball club's prefectural preliminary round finals, they triumphed over the top-seeded girls' school in an upset and won the championship. Since then, upon realizing the great significance of sending boys to cheer at the matches of sports clubs, where there are only girls, as opposed to cultural clubs that boys sometimes join from the start, co-ed schools have been striving to implement this system. But this is quite a challenging endeavor.」
「Leaving the first or second round aside, the more we advance, they more crowded the venue becomes, and when hundreds or thousands of girls gather, looking for boys who would take the trouble to go there is a bit, you see….」
Seeing it from the opposite perspective and comparing it to the composition where a dozen or so girls were surrounded by thousands of men in the audience seats at a game where the entrance to the Koshien was at stake, it made sense.
Not to mention amidst the crowds that were heating up as they cheered them on, those who could stay calm in such a situation were probably the strange ones.
As expected, it was unheard of in the student world, but brawl between cheering squads outside the stadium was a common occurrence in the pro world, so he could relate to their feeling of not wanting to get involved in such a thing.
「In other words, you are wondering what you should do to get the boys to cheer?」
「Considering yesterday's occurrence, I thought you would be perfect for the task, though, Hirose-kun.」
Nah, I'm just special, and no normal boys would go that far; these words got stuck on his throat.
However, it had only been a week since he entered the school.
He needed to know more about the extent to which normal boys wanted to keep their distance from women.
Above all, the thought of not wanting to betray the feelings of Sayaka, who was staring at him with a sincere look on her face, triumphed over all other thoughts inside.
Suddenly, strength was drained from Sayaka's expression and her mouth loosened up.
「It seems I have pushed the matter too hastily. Feel free to give me your reply at a later date. Simply being able to talk to you like this today is already making me happy, Hirose-kun.」
「Me too!」
「She is right.」
「Likewise, as I could learn various things about school, it was very beneficial for me.」
That was his completely honest feeling.
As far as Yuu was concerned, he felt as if his heart was beating faster just by looking at Sayaka's smile, in other words, he was aware that his heart was attracted to her.
It was said that encounters were life's treasure hunt.
If so, Yuu felt that meeting Sayaka and the others like this would become a treasure for him in his high school life from here on.
Monday, the second week after Yuu entered high school.
Today marked the beginning of the first boys and girls social event for first-year students.
It was nothing to write home about.
During the fourth period, the 36 students in the boys' class would be divided into six groups of six each, and they would go to the girls' classes to greet and have a conversation, starting with self-introductions, with them for about an hour.
It was a meet-and-greet-ish event where each group went around to one class per day in such a manner.
#Since there were seven girls' classes, Class 7 (PE department) alone did not meet the boys on the first day.
Although it was just that, the male classmates could not hide their air of nervousness since the morning, and they lost more and more focus during classes as time went by.
The only one who was filled with anticipation was probably Yuu.
「H..Hirose-kun, how can you be so calm?」
「Hirose is a strange one, after all, right?」
「The heck is that, treating someone like a kind of freak.」
It was the second period break.
As usual, the ones who were talking to Yuu were Higashino Rei, who was more fidgety than usual with a pale face due to his heightened nervousness, and Yamada Masaya, who had lost his composure and had been repeatedly wiping the lenses of his glasses and smoothing his shirt out since a while ago.
「I mean, you know, I envy that composure yours.」
「You can calmly take the blazing stares from girls, after all. That's quite a feat.」
「Nah, that's normal, right?」
「No, it's not normal!」
With such an exchange, after the third period was over, each group was led by a teacher to the first school building.
From the time they were walking down the hallway, they could already hear stirs from the girls' classes.
The other side seemed to be restless as well.
The fifth group, which Yuu and Rei were in, would be visiting class 5 today.
As soon as they opened the door and entered the classroom, the buzz reached a climax.
「「「Oh!」」」
「「「Wow! 」」」
「「「G..great!」」」
「Everyone, take your seats!」
「What's with that guy, isn't he super cool?」
「I know him. Last week, when I saw him in front of the second school building and I waved to him, he waved back to me!」
「Haa, haa. The petite boy next to him is also cute. Oooh, he makes me want to push him down!」
「How great. We've hit the jackpot group right from the start.」
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