Chapter 13: 3.1

It’s actually a peaceful afternoon. The birds are chirping, and the various leaves are dancing in the wind. It was quite the opening scene to a movie.

I looked at my phone before slipping it back into my left pants pocket. I wasn’t late or anything, but I didn't come across anyone except for one or two of my female classmates.

None of my male classmates are near me, so I was pretty much alone until I met up with them at the pool area or at least in the changing room.

Apparently, they made sure to come extra early today so they wouldn’t miss any action.

Something along the lines of seeing our female classmates in swimsuits—even though, a female in a bathing suit should be a common sight for those fellows, and I'm sure they've seen it at least once in real life and multiple times in magazines.

I believe I overheard them plotting to see which one of the girls has the best-shaped figure. I’m fine with them watching, but hopefully none of them crosses that line of no return.

Eventually, after some twists and turns, I arrived at my destination. I was happy to see the familiar faces, but some of those smiles looked a bit devious.

The male changing room was quite messy. The clothes were thrown everywhere instead of neatly folded. Maybe I was expecting too much in that category because boys will be boys, or so the saying goes.

Slowly, I walked towards an empty locker and navigated through the crowd of enthusiastic males.

Some of them are already foaming at the mouth. A couple of anti-horny shots from a dart gun should be enough to quell a few of them.

Almost as if he were rallying some troops, Takanawa calmly said, "This is it, boys. Remember that if you try to sneak a peek for too long, they will figure it out."

Smart tactic offered by a clearly experienced person. I wonder how many times he failed before realizing that, or was advice passed down to him from someone else?

"I just want to see Nishijima-chan’s boobs. They always look like they are ready to jump out of her shirt. Honestly, I think I have a crush on her."

Who’s that again?

Seeing the look of confusion on my face, Matsukura said, "She’s the quiet girl who always eats alone in the classroom at lunchtime."

My brain automatically matched that description to someone.

Oh, so that’s her name? I never noticed her bosoms before, mainly because she possessed such an innocent face that looking at her in such a way feels criminal, and obviously Matsukura didn’t see it in such a light.

All he probably saw were boobies, and lust immediately developed. It's actually quite common, and it's always relatively brief, rarely transmuting into the real thing.

Koban started to change into his swim trunks; he’s a part of the track and field club, so his body is well built.

Mostly due to the rigorous training and genetics

Deciding to tease him a bit, Matsukura asked, "So who are you eyeing?"

He ceased his actions as he heard the question, then threw the towel over his shoulder.

"Hmm, let’s see. I guess Mashiro-san is pretty cute."

Upon hearing his answer, several of the boys turned towards me. I’m under the assumption that they expected me to be a bit offended or defensive.

Was I really supposed to be? Even if I were genuinely in a relationship with her, someone saying that wouldn’t bother me in the slightest, but it's time to put on an act, I guess.

After taking a few acting classes, I was pretty confident in my ability to put up a flawless façade, but before I could say anything, Takawana spoke for me.

"Uh Mashiro-san is already dating someone Koban."

He paused for a few seconds before questioning the statement made by Takanawa.

"Huh? Who is she dating?"

A few more eyes shifted in my direction, and I mentally let out a sigh.

"Him? Yamaguri, that’s actually a bit surprising for me." Koban remarked.

Tell me about it.

"How did you not know that?" asked a Takawana, who was a bit shocked at this.

Predominantly due to the fact that the class was already aware of it; however, Koban is a special case. He rarely shows up for class in the first place, which is a red flag in itself. Missing two days of class per week should sound alarms for the school, but to my knowledge there hasn’t been a warning issued to him.

Whenever someone from the class questions him about it, he usually becomes defensive or aggressive. So they learned to just turn a blind eye to the situation, as his classmate.

Koban stretched his arms before replying, "It’s not like I have much interest in the events of the classroom; I’m just here to take advantage of the facilities."

He decided to go on ahead after saying that.

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With a look of satisfaction on his face, Matsukura informed us, "Just a heads up, the PE teacher is a total babe."

I paused in the middle of removing my school shirt and replied, "That's very interesting."

Usually, you hear about PE teachers being out-of-shape men. So this is a pleasant surprise. As I fully took off my school shirt, revealing a white t-shirt underneath because I had no plans of actually swimming in the pool today,

Entering the locker room soon after Tokinori began to change his clothes.

Takanawa greeted him: "It’s a great day, right, Todoroki?"

Tokinori looked at him with a slight sense of confusion and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Girls and swimsuits, do I need to say more?"

"I don’t think my eyes can stray when it comes to that."

Matsukura asked, "Are you into guys or something?"

"It’s far from that. I don’t think my girlfriend would appreciate that."

Girlfriend? This is news to me, but he is an Ikeman after all, so him getting a girlfriend shouldn’t be all that surprising, but I wondered who is it?

Upon hearing that ten letter word, Matsukura’s face began to twist, almost as if he had bit into the world’s sourest lemon.

I quickly changed into my school-issued black swim trunks, which are a knee length with the school’s emblem on the left pant leg (a lion standing on the peak of a mountain). Interestingly, the lion wasn’t a mountain lion but more of the kind you would see in the zoo. I know what you’re thinking: ‘How can that type of lion be in the mountains?’ Unfortunately, I am in the same boat as you, so let’s just go with the flow.

A few more students, including Takanawa and Matsukura, left the locker room, so I stood there with Tokinori.

"So when did the girlfriend thing happen?" I asked.

Meekly scratching his cheek with his index finger, Tokinori responded.

"Well, it’s a long story, like middle school long..."

"Alright, I get the gist of it, so don’t bother with a further explanation."

Tokinori just laughed it off.

The truth is that I didn’t completely get it, but I came to the conclusion that it was either a romance since middle school or at least a crush that transferred over to high school. In my opinion, it's kind of sweet and endearing; I can't say the same for my previous school because no one was genuinely interested in romance or anything of the sort.

Deciding to end the conversation there, I left the changing room and navigated myself to the pool area. For some, it was a lot easier than finding the changing room, since they actually have signs pointing towards the direction of the pool.

So, they have signs for the pool, but not signs that show the direction of the changing room?

Who is the bright guy who implemented that idea? Did this person just assume that I would already be changed or that I would change at the pool area like a distasteful person?

Never mind that; maybe I am the lost cause for not being able to find a simple changing room without much trouble.

Continuing to follow the well-placed signs now, this led me down a wide tunnel. I smelled chlorine, which means I’m close to my destination.

Sure enough, the door I walked through was connected to the pool area.

Splash

Some water flew a few feet before me.

Someone dove into the pool. Personally, I would give the form a 5/10 because it was more like a falling starfish instead of a graceful bird diving into the water to catch a fish.

I’ve been told that a belly flop is rather painful, and witnessing it in person attested to that statement.

Observing the pool now, it can be estimated to be at least 50 meters, which is considered an Olympic-sized swimming pool.

Surrounding us would be the stands, where I’d say ¾ of the girls, inclusive of Nishijima, sat in the spectator stands still dressed in their school uniforms. Participating in classes such as this one wasn’t mandatory, but it was implied that you’d still have to show up, which, in my opinion, is fair. I could have worn my uniform as well, but I ultimately decided to at least dress for the occasion.

Matsukura and his small group were to the left of the pool, where they looked a bit disappointed by the revelation. It’s obvious they figured out what those boys were planning to do and countered it by not taking part at all.

A smart play by them, in my humble opinion, because in the male locker room, some of them looked as if they had been possessed by the Lewdness Devil, and a normal exorcism wouldn’t be enough to help them.

Maybe if I secretly switched the normal pool water to holy water, would that have any cleansing effects what-so-ever or would they just register the liquid as lava and immediately exit the place?

That was a joke question, sort of.

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