Book 15.5,: Chapter 4: The Growth in Each of Us (1)
After that, I took turns playing in the pool with my group of friends, enjoying myself to the fullest.
After playing two-on-two water volleyball, we were now in the middle of first to five points, one-on-one matches. First up was a battle between Keisiei and Airi, which Keisei won 5-2. Then me and Akito fought, and Akito won by 5 points to 3. Airi, who lacked physical strength, was sat down by the side of the pool to rest, probably tired from just the one match she played. Seeing this, I called out to her.
“You look like you’re having a great time.”
“Ah, Kiyotaka-kun. Yeah, it’s really fun. Though I wasn’t much of an opponent at all…”
For some reason she tried to stand up, so I stopped her and decided to sit down beside her instead.
“To be honest I’m still surprised. That you had the courage to do something like this, Airi.”
“That’s…yeah. I thought I’d take the plunge…Though I’m still really embarrassed about it.”
“Why did you decide to be brave?”
She can’t have decided to do something like this on a whim.