Chapter 90 Volleyball 50
Summer vacation training, Day 6.
The young female managers opened the door of the gymnasium and pushed in several carts filled with a wide variety of milk tea, snacks and fruits.
Miyashita Eri, the manager of Ikawa High School, held a box of cake and said, "Everyone, it's break time. Sana-chan's sponsor is treating everyone to milk tea, fruit, and cake~"
“!!!”
The high school boys in the gymnasium were instantly excited.
"Ohhhh!! The benefits of this training camp are too good!!"
"That's right. The day before yesterday, the parents of Senran High School gave me watermelon to eat, and today Sana-chan's sponsors gave me so much milk tea and fruit cakes!"
"As expected of a celebrity, the word 'sponsor' sounds so niche and far-fetched...!"
“Thank you, Sana-chan!!!”
Kurikawa Sana, who was also pushing a milk tea cart, touched her head sheepishly and said, "Hehe..."
Kaoru Suwata next to her just burst out laughing. Sana-chan's giggle is so silly, so cute!
Bai Fuxuehui happily held the large cake that Sana gave her, "Sana-chan, it's great to have you."
A smile appeared on Kiyoko Shimizu's cold face, "Thank you, Sana-chan."
Kurikawa Sana: “Hehe…”
Holding the fruit, Taniji Hitoshi tugged at the corner of Kurikawa Sana's clothes with a blushing face, "Um, Sana-chan, there seems to be a big sister in a suit waiting for you at the door."
"Hmm?" Kurikawa Sana looked towards the door and saw her agent, Ms. Sato, waving at her.
"Thank you, Hitoka-chan!"
Kurikawa Sana ran out the door and walked with Miss Sato to the hillside lawn of Senran High School. Miss Sato raised her head and took a deep breath. "The air in the suburbs is so fresh. It's a great place for a training camp."
As soon as she finished speaking, Miss Sato was bitten hard on the arm by a buzzing mosquito. She slapped it away and muttered, "The scenery is great, the air is great, everything is great, but there are too many mosquitoes... Sana, you didn't get bitten, did you?"
Before Kurikawa Sana could reply, Ms. Sato frowned and pulled her arm. "What happened? Why are there so many bites?"
Ah, this...
Kurikawa Sana looked away guiltily.
Why? Because last night she ran to the mountains to catch fireflies, and then waited by the pond for someone to appear, giving the mosquitoes around her a good meal in the process.
The reason was simple. Before yesterday, Tsukishima's favorability was too low and too noticeable. Kurikawa Sana wanted to make one last attempt to see if she could break through the bottleneck. If that didn't work, she would give up.
There are fireflies on summer nights, and Tsukishima’s name also contains the word “firefly” (火火). Fireflies dancing in the sky under the moonlight—this is the most romantic scene she can think of that belongs only to him.
So after catching the fireflies, at the time when the three gymnasium groups usually finished their extra training, Kurikawa Sana released them on the road leading to the Karasuno dormitory from the third gymnasium. She watched the fireflies scatter, but she could not control where they went.
Thinking of the habit of fireflies to fly to the edge of the pond, she waited by the pond for a long time with the mentality of taking a chance, but she didn't expect that Tsukishima Hotaru actually appeared.
The moment the light yellow-haired boy appeared under the moonlight, gorgeous fireflies flew around him.
The firefly led "Ying" to her, and everything was just right.
That scene was so intense that even Kurikawa Sana couldn't help but tremble in her heart, and she felt an indescribable sense of fate.
The last time this feeling occurred was when she was returning to Hyogo Prefecture from Tokyo, and saw the palace twins waiting for her in the sunset on the platform of Amagasaki Station...
Oh, that's not right. If I had to trace it back, actually, in last week's Basketball World, before the Miracle Generation turned evil, under the fireworks on their trip to Hakone Hot Springs, she seemed to have had this same trembling sense of fate...
The system remained silent: [………]
Originally, the system was still worried yesterday whether Sana was too humble in her strategy against Tsukishima, but it turned out to be unnecessary worry.
System: [I thought Tsukishima Hotaru was a special one, giving you a heart-pounding sense of fate. I didn't expect this "heart-pounding sense of fate" to be so common, and there are so many of them.]
Kurikawa Sana blushed, [System, you insult me, wuwuwu.]
System: [? No way, I think it's good. I've always urged you to lower your moral sense.]
Kurikawa Sana breathed a sigh of relief.
Back to the point, although she was bitten by mosquitoes many times last night, it was all worth it——
The aloof and arrogant Tsukishima-kun actually gained 30 points of favorability in one go, breaking through the 90 mark! This was higher than both Hyuga-kun and Kageyama-kun from Karasuno, and Kurikawa Sana was stunned at the time.
He also gave her the white headphones he almost never took off outside of training as a return gift from Firefly. The music playing in the headphones at the time was even the piano music she had played...
Wow, this is too good!
"Sana, Sana?" Miss Sato waved her hand in front of her. "What are you thinking about? You look so engrossed."
"Um... nothing."
"Sana, you can't go on like this. There are too many mosquito bites here, and they bite in obvious places. If your skin condition is not good, it will affect the filming of the next movie."
Ms. Sato frowned. "Can't you leave this training camp early? There are only two days left anyway."
“……!!”
Kurikawa Sana shook her head vigorously, "No, no, there's no reason to give up all our previous efforts and fall behind without permission."
Ms. Sato sighed: "Ah, it's just a club activity. I don't understand why you are so concerned about it..."
Kurikawa Sana: "..."
Ah, such a familiar line. Ms. Sato and Tsukishima-kun must have a lot in common.
Later she heard from Akaashi that Tsukishima seemed to have suddenly figured it out that day, and took the initiative to go to the third gymnasium to ask Kuroo-senpai and Kuroo-senpai, "Volleyball is just a club activity," and "Why do you have to train so hard with such passion?"
Seeing that Kurikawa Sana had made up her mind, Ms. Sato sighed and said, "Forget it. If you decide to stay, that's fine, but promise me you won't get bit by mosquitoes again. The filming starts in a week, and the company and I will come to pick you up. Before then, you'd better get rid of the redness and swelling from these mosquito bites."
"Yeah, okay!" Kurikawa Sana smiled with her eyes curved, "Thank you, Ms. Sato, you're so nice!"
Ms. Sato raised her chin and said, "Tell me, who is it—who is it that, in the scorching summer, heard Sana-chan's order and ran to Saitama Prefecture to deliver takeout?"
Kurikawa Sana stood at attention solemnly: "It's the beautiful, cool and kind-hearted Ms. Sato!"
Miss Sato was so coaxed by her that she lost her composure in a second: "Pfft..."
There was nothing she could do. She said helplessly, "I even brought milk tea, cake, and fruit from my sponsor today, but it turns out I just gave them to these enthusiastic DKs to supplement their meals and boost their carbon emissions."
Kurikawa Sana smiled sheepishly, "That's right. If possible, it's not good to have too much carbohydrates. Next time, you can switch to meat or something to increase the protein."
Ms. Sato laughed and rubbed her head helplessly, "You are really good to them."
Kurikawa Sana: “Hehe…”
Ms. Sato was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help laughing, "Sana, what's wrong with you today? Why are you always grinning like an idiot?"
Kurikawa Sana raised her hand to cover her mouth.
Could it be that because she had broken through the 90% favorability barrier with so many people during this training session, she was so happy that she couldn't help but smile? I can't say, hehe.
"Okay, anyway, I've finished my work, so I'll be leaving now." Ms. Sato patted her head and narrowed her eyes meaningfully, "Enjoy your youth, Sana."
"Yeah!" The girl nodded frantically.
…
Ms. Sato left.
As soon as Ms. Sato, who attracted the mosquitoes' attention, left, Kurikawa Sana was bitten by another mosquito.
Kurikawa Sana: QAQ
It's so itchy! Damn mosquitoes!
Just as she was about to reach out to scratch it, someone grabbed her hand—
"Don't scratch so hard, Kuri."
The boy's voice was very nice, and his cool voice sounded like a spring flowing in the hot summer.
Moreover, his tone seemed to carry a sense of urgency that was completely different from his usual laziness, and even the strength with which he gripped her wrist seemed to be very noticeable.
There is only one person who calls her Kuri.
"Kuzhua-kun..." Kurikawa Sana was stunned for a moment.
The young man with a unique black-and-gold gradient hair color pursed his lips. After seeing her arms covered with red and swollen mosquito bites, he frowned and said, "If you scratch it too hard, the skin will break and bleed."
Bleeding... That would affect the filming, but it's really itchy. Kurikawa Sana's eyes were wet with discomfort, "Oh, but it's really uncomfortable..."
"I'll help you." Guzhua Moshi first took her to the pool and washed the red and swollen area with soapy water. Then he took her to sit on the steps. He took out a small bottle of ointment from his pocket and gently applied it.
"Senran is a good place for a training camp, except for the mosquitoes. I always apply this medicine, and it heals quickly."
"Hey, thank you, Lone Claw-kun..."
The mint ointment feels cool and comfortable when applied to the skin, immediately relieving the maddening itchy feeling.
After the discomfort fades, other feelings take its place.
Perhaps because she was bitten too many times, the boy's white and slender fingertips gently moved on her arm. Like a setter's precise ball handling, the ointment was slowly brought to every spot, bringing a completely different kind of itchiness.
System: [Sanae, could it be that at this moment you are feeling a "trembling sense of fate" again?]
Kurikawa Sana: [………]
【It’s not a system! 】
It's just that I feel a little weird. Is it an illusion? Why would applying an ointment make things so weird?
System: [Remain calm. When an unfamiliar sensation, beyond your control, touches your skin, even with very light force, it will naturally cause a particularly intense itching sensation.]
[I see…]
Kurikawa Sana blushed and trembled for a moment, but the other party seemed to mistakenly think that she wanted to pull back her arm.
Almost immediately, the boy grabbed her wrist with a little more force, showing for the first time a side that could even be called strong.
[Lone Claw Grinding, Favorability +4. ]
...Huh?
Could applying ointment actually increase favorability? Kurikawa Sana was stunned for a moment.
"Are there any other places that have been bitten?" asked Lone Claw Grinding.
Kurikawa Sana: "!!!"
Wow, applying ointment actually increases favorability. It's so nice to be bitten by mosquitoes! It's her honor!
The girl immediately lifted up her black sweatpants, revealing her slender white calves. "Yes, yes, yes, here, here!"
Solitary claw grinding: "..."
He gave a soft "hmm" and continued the same operation as before.
However, this time, the bites had moved from the girl's arms to her calves, and even further up there were mosquito bite marks...
The girl's skin is white and delicate, and incredibly soft to the touch.
Hidden in his black and gold gradient hair, the boy's fair ears were tinged with a light red.
[Lone Claw Grinding, Favorability +5. ]
Kurikawa Sana: "!!!"
Oh my god, this really works!
Is it too late for her to get bitten by mosquitoes now?
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