Shigure
Grr...!

Riko
U-um, Shigure-sama...

An
Eek, Shigure-sama is angry.

An
She's irritated!

Koharu
W-we need to improve Shigure-sama's mood somehow...

Koharu
But how~!

Shigure
Niizuma, Towa-senpai... When Shigure was quiet, they really said whatever they wanted~!

Koharu
It's finally the sports festival, Shigure-sama! The school's big event... It's like it exists just for you!

Riko
Yes, while there are many things to look forward to like the events, lunch boxes, and chilled jelly, our greatest joy is seeing Shigure-sama's heroic figure at the sports festival.

An
Yeah, yeah! Shigure-sama, we'll support you with all our might~!

Shigure
H-hmph? That's a good attitude.

Shigure
Well? You'd better look forward to it!

Shigure
(Ughhh... Honestly, I don't want them to come to the sports festival. I hate the very idea of doing physical activities together with everyone)

Shigure
(Besides, even though Riko and the others talk about my "heroic figure," I don't think I can perform well...)

Shigure
(But, since Papa and Mama said they're coming to watch, I can't just participate halfheartedly... I have to try my best)

Shigure
(Sigh, if only it would rain and get canceled...)

Shigure
...Wait, Niizuma and Towa-senpai?

Yae
Huh? Shigure-chan?

Towa
Ugh!

Shigure
Oh my~, what are you two doing here?

Shigure
Towa-senpai, you're making such an unpleasant face, are you doing something you don't want others to see~?

Towa
Ah, geez! Would you stop with the annoying talk?

Towa
I was just trying to relax during break time, but I got tired of people talking to me one after another.

Yae
I just happened to meet senpai in the hallway. Just like we've now met with Shigure-chan!

Towa
So what about you? The four of you were unusually excited, what were you talking about?

Shigure
Th-that is...

Koharu
We were talking with Shigure-sama about the sports festival. About how we're looking forward to the sports festival with Shigure-sama!

Towa
Ugh, I don't know how you can talk about it with such enthusiasm~. It's just troublesome having to move around for a long time in the heat.

Shigure
Indeed, the sports festival might be tough for Towa-senpai who just plays games at home all day~? Please don't show us an uncool side of yourself by getting exhausted in the second half~?

Towa
Huh? I'm just saying it's troublesome.

Towa
Since you're saying all that, I suppose you'll be quite the star performer?

Shigure
O-of course...!

Shigure
(Ugh... I instinctively talked back to Towa-senpai in my usual tone. There's no way I can perform well!)

Shigure
(B-but I can't back down now... If I do, Towa-senpai might really make fun of me...)

Towa
Hmm~? Come to think of it, I remember your grade was timing sprints before.

Towa
How fast were you?

Shigure
Ugh! Th-that's... I had a good record in my class! ...I just forgot the specific numbers.

Towa
...?

Towa
(Could it be... Shigure is bad at sports? Come to think of it, she did seem that way when we played dodgeball before)

Towa
(Wait, despite that she taunted me saying the sports festival might be tough for me? What is she thinking?)

Yae
(Shigure-chan... as I thought, she's not good at sports...)

Yae
You too, Shigure-chan? Actually, I've forgotten my sprint results as well...

Shigure
H-hmph! You too, Niizuma? Well, we have so many things to memorize, like scripts? When you're an actor, you can't be expected to remember sprint results~!

Towa
(No, no, that's too much of a stretch. The junior probably jumped in to cover for Shigure...)

Yae
At the sports festival, our fathers and mothers will come to watch us in the heat. Let's all do our best together!

Towa
Sigh~, it's troublesome, but the junior is right. Let's do our best, enough not to get exhausted?

Towa
Both of us. You don't want to show an uncool side either, right?

Shigure
Wha!!?

Yae
Um, that's not what I was trying to say...

Shigure
Fufufu...

Riko
Um, Shigure-sama? Are you okay?

Shigure
What? There's nothing wrong with Shigure? ...By the way, which team are Niizuma and Towa-senpai on?

Koharu
Eh, ehhh!? Well...

An
I think they're both on the white team!

Riko
We're on the red team, so we'll be opponents.

Shigure
Is that so? Fufu, kukukuh...

Koharu
Um, Shigure-sama...?

Yae
Our fathers and mothers will be coming to watch, right? Let's do our best together?

Towa
The junior is right, let's both do our best? You don't want to show an uncool side either, right?

Shigure
(It's true I'm not good at sports. ...But after being told all that, I can't just stay quiet! It's a matter of Shigure's pride!)

Shigure
(I want to defeat Niizuma and Towa-senpai.)

Shigure
(Honestly, there's no guarantee I can win, but when we had the pool test before, I trained with Nikako-senpai and learned how to swim)

Shigure
(Even Shigure should be able to do it if I try...!)

Shigure
I'll definitely show you...! Down with Towa-senpai! And Niizuma who was with her too!