Love Tennis and Yumiko Miura

Zhixian also doesn't like socializing, has few friends, and is unwilling to make friends with others. Even when a girl confesses her love to him, he rejects her coldly.

Even the people in the tennis club had a lot of complaints about him, so his reputation in the school was not very good, if not mixed.

However, his friends, such as Nozaki, Hori, the third-year drama club leader, and Mikoshiba, think highly of him.

At noon, Zhixian usually eats with Nozaki Mikoshiba.

"Tachibana is having sandwiches and oolong tea today too?" Mikoshiba sighed, "It's too monotonous."

"Actually, it tastes pretty good." Zhixian didn't care, he thought it was pretty good.

"Is this sugar-free oolong tea really delicious?"

"It's okay, it tastes better than water."

"Then you still drink?"

"This brand also has low-sugar oolong tea, which only has 34 kJ per 100 ml."

"..." Mikoshiba felt that if he could also like drinking this kind of drink, he probably wouldn't be afraid to talk to girls.

"This is much better than Oriental Leaves. Oriental Leaves is the real deal, not as good as water." Zhixian shared his thoughts on the tea. "Oriental Leaves' green tea drink is the most disappointing. Even if you put rock sugar in it, it's still hard to swallow."

So why are you so obsessed with tea drinks?

When they first met in the first year of high school, Mikoshiba thought that the other party had some difficulties, such as not being allowed to drink beverages at home. In stricter families, the only beverage allowed was probably tea.

Later, after getting familiar with it, I got the answer - to control calorie intake.

Oolong tea is unsweetened (occasionally low-sugar), and sandwiches are whole wheat.

Both Mikoshiba and Nozaki admire this very much.

After all, their own lunch boxes are basically different every day, and even when they buy bread, they will change the flavor.

Nozaki also drew Zhixian's habit into his comic "Moe Ai", and created the image of a cold and aloof senior schoolmate based on Zhixian.

The senior in the comic cares about the heroine very much, but when they eat lunch together every day, she only eats sandwiches and drinks oolong tea.

In an interview with the author, Nozaki stated that this was a choice made by the senior in order to maintain her figure.

Well, this is similar to Zhixian's purpose. After all, athletes must maintain their figure.

Because of this, Hori once asked him to play a guest guard, because there was no such strong person in the drama club and the armor was a little heavy.

This reason made Zhixian, who actually practiced with weights every day, unable to refuse. After all, the weights on his body were much heavier than the armor, and he would be unrecognizable without a helmet.

All you have to do is stand behind Kashima who plays the prince.

Zhixian became familiar with these people because of Nozaki, and they became friends after a few interactions.

Of course, everyone is Nozaki's comic assistant.

Although Ms. Yumeno Sakiko is a well-known girl cartoonist, she does not have a fixed assistant. Things like background and dot pasting are all done by several friends with help.

Not only do they help as comic assistants, they are also more or less "sourced" by Nozaki.

The most miserable one is Mikoshiba, he is the prototype of the heroine Mamiko.

Zhixian had to admit that his willingness to help had about 40 to 50 percent to do with the name of the heroine.

The fact that the heroine is treated very well in the plot also makes Zhixian turn a blind eye to Nozaki's behavior. Although some of the plots are true to himself and Mikoshiba.

Two healthy high school boys chatting about sex is depicted in the manga as two girls talking about the type of boys they like.

...He takes the essence and discards the dross, worthy of being a famous cartoonist.

Thankfully, the two were just talking about their preference for long blond hair, and didn't go any further by revealing anything else they liked. (The author has blocked this sensitive topic.)

However, the fact that Nozaki, who is 1.9 meters tall, is a girl's comic writer really surprised Zhixian, who once learned the truth.

A basketball player in junior high, he transformed himself into a shojo manga artist in high school. Is it so easy to change careers these days? Especially since Nozaki is incredibly successful as a manga artist.

4. Getting grouchy in the morning

Zhixian looked down at the girl in front of him.

Yes, bow your head.

This is a petite girl.

However, the hair color is very bright and eye-catching, and Zhixian doesn't hate this hair color.

However, one thing he didn't quite understand was...

"Sakura-san, if you were to confess your feelings, most people wouldn't say things like 'I'm your fan', right? Especially if the person you're confessing to is a manga artist."

"......How do I know he is a cartoonist?" The girl went crazy.

That's true. No one would think that Nozaki, who is 190cm tall and used to be a center in the basketball team, is actually a shojo manga artist.

So the girl who chose the wrong confession line can happily join the army of assistants.

The girl's name is Paras... No! Sakura Chiyo! She's a member of the art club and a classmate of Chixian and the others.

However, judging by his height, one might mistake him for a freshman.

"Thank you both for your hard work." While they were talking, Nozaki brought two drinks.

One glass was of orange juice, placed in front of Chiyo, and the other was of water, placed next to Zhixian.

"Huh? Why is Tachibana-san water? If there aren't enough drinks, we can share..."

"Thank you for your kindness, but Tachibana is not used to drinking beverages." Nozaki explained, "Except oolong tea." He then added.

"Huh?!" Chiyo was very shocked. Is there actually such a person in the world who can do without drinking beverages?

"I'm a tennis player and need to maintain my figure." Zhixian said lightly.

"You wouldn't just drink water, would you?" Chiyo was still a little bit unbelievable.

“I drink Gatorade more frequently.”

"Gatorade?" Chiyo didn't know what kind of drink this was, so she turned to look at Nozaki.

"A sports drink," Nozaki replied. "Oh, this could be drawn in a manga!"

"???" What's so good about this? Chiyo felt more and more that she couldn't understand the cartoonist's train of thought.

"I'm going to the bathroom." Zhixian got up and left.

"So what are you going to draw?" Chiyo asked curiously. The hero and heroine couldn't possibly talk about Gatorade, right?

"Did you know that my comic book characters are based on real people?"

"Could it be..." Chiyo suddenly realized and picked up the manuscript on the table.

The content of this episode is that the senior student participates in the sports meet and encourages the heroine.

"That senpai was based on Tachibana."

"...So Tachibana-san really does eat sandwiches and oolong tea for lunch?"

"Sandwiches and oolong tea? Doesn't Tachibana eat that every day at noon?" The speaker was Mikoshiba who had just walked in, with Zhixian standing behind him - he opened the door for the former after going to the toilet.

"Now I understand why Tachibana-san was able to win third place in the national competition." Chiyo said with emotion. It turns out that if one wants to succeed, one must be self-disciplined!

Zhixian inexplicably thought of a guy who was only 151cm tall, drank soda every day, and finally won the national championship.

In fact, talent is the most important thing. Self-discipline is just the icing on the cake.

"Since Mikoshiba is here, I'll leave." Zhixian said, picking up the tennis bag with one hand.

Then he pulled out a bottle of Gatorade.

"I'll leave this for you to taste."

As a basketball player, Nozaki had definitely tried it before, but Chiyo and Mikoshiba hadn't, so they decided to satisfy their curiosity.

After Zhixian left, Chiyo opened the bottle of Gatorade.

"I feel like Ju-san is easy to get along with." Why do people say he's difficult to get along with?

"Maybe it's because he always has a sullen look on his face?" Mikoshiba replied, "He sleeps in class every day. He's not very friendly to his classmates because he's always grumpy."

"Is it insomnia?"

"No, it's because the training volume is quite heavy."

"Is that why you sleep in class?"

"Hiratsuka-sensei once woke him up forcibly, and then when we went to the club where he was training, he allowed him to sleep in class, as long as he passed the exam," said Mikoshiba.

Grumpy after waking up... Chiyo still found it difficult to connect this childish word with the aloof and cold person in the rumors just now.

"Ah! I remember now." Chiyo suddenly clapped her hands with her fist.

"I saw a girl confess her love to him and get rejected. She even threw the love letter into the trash can!" Chiyo said. "It happened to be morning!"

That would just be walking into a trap! Chiyo suddenly realized.

"Come to think of it, have you ever seen a similar scene before?"

"Here?" Mikoshiba took out a comic book of Nozaki from Nozaki's bookshelf, "Nozaki has drawn it into the comics."

The content of the comic is that a senior schoolgirl rejected a boy's confession and threw the gift into the trash can.

Chiyo:......

I feel like I won't be able to look Zhixian in the eye anymore. The senior in the comics is a cold-faced person with a warm heart! She's also very attentive and can notice the subtle changes in the people around her.

"So, Tachibana-san is really easy to get along with!" the girl finally came to the conclusion.

5. Composition

Class F of the second year is a very special class.

It's not just because the homeroom teacher is Shizuka Hiratsuka, but also because this class has Hayato Hayama and Yumiko Miura, two people who can be said to be at the top of the school.

Of course, there is also the cold-hearted classmate Chixian.

This always makes Class F of the second year a hot topic.

Although Kashima from the drama club is also very popular and very popular among girls, she is a girl.

Although Mikoshiba is also very popular with girls, he is shy.

Therefore, the most popular idol in Soburi, popular with both men and women, is undoubtedly Hayato Hayama. The small circle formed around Hayato in the class is naturally at the top of the class. Furthermore, this circle also includes Miura Yumiko.

In other words, the class structure within this class is already very clear. School has been underway for a while now, and all the cliques have basically taken shape.

But there are one or two lone rangers in every class.

Although Zhixian is very suitable for this title, his friends are in other classes, so if I have to say it, it is not entirely appropriate.

But there is a boy in Class F of the second year who is a true lone ranger - Hikigaya Hachiman.

Every day, he looked at people with dead eyes, as if they were completely rotten. He had no friends and rarely talked to anyone. It seemed as if he was living a school life completely cut off from the rosy youth.

But this guy probably has good grades, Zhixian thought. He had found Hikigaya reading classics several times.

Once or twice can be considered accidental, but if it happens several times in a row, it probably means that he really likes reading.

And if you don't have friends, you will have more time to study.

Although this Hikigaya-san is not popular, Zhixian still discovers some interesting details with his excellent insight.

Hayama and Miura's circle consisted of four men and three women, with the central figure undoubtedly at the center. However, Zhixian would occasionally pay attention to the people around them.

For example, Hu Bu, who is also in the football club, is a chatterbox and is responsible for livening up the atmosphere most of the time.

In other words, he's a very good at stirring up trouble.

On the girls' side, there was a girl with a strange bun hairstyle who stood out. He had never seen another girl like her in the entire class, let alone the entire school.

So he was quite impressed by this girl named Yuigahama Yui.

Here comes the point.

Chixian discovered that Yuigahama often peeked at Hikigaya.

It may seem incredible at first, but it is indeed true. Moreover, the little girl concealed it well, and none of her friends noticed it.

But none of this matters to him. All he needs now is tennis.

----split line----

"Here's your Chinese homework, an essay about looking back on your high school life. Hand it in tomorrow." The Chinese teacher, Shizuka Hiratsuka, assigned the homework neatly.