I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

The school has allocated a significant amount of time to allow each class ample preparation time, demonstrating its considerable emphasis on this sports festival. Perhaps this is also because it serves as an assessment for Nangumo Masaya, prompting the school's higher-ups to closely monitor the future student council president's every move, attempting to determine whether Nangumo Masaya possesses the organizational skills of Horikita Manabu through this sports festival.

Apart from the three who were scheduled to participate in the one-man showdown, the rest of Class B were all working hard on the training ground.

Tianyin sat happily on the lawn, cheering on every student practicing the 100-meter race—of course, only for the girls.

Seeing Amane's relaxed demeanor, Horikita couldn't help but sit down next to her.

"Tianyin, I remember you also have the 1200-meter relay, right? Don't you need to practice?"

Upon hearing that they were going to practice running, Amane immediately distanced herself from Horikita.

"I'm so good, I don't need to practice, right?"

"It would be a real problem if something went wrong, so it wouldn't hurt to practice together."

As Horikita spoke, he reached out his hand to Amane, trying to pull her up from the grass.

When Amane saw Horikita's outstretched hand, her face changed color.

"Can we not run? It's so hot right now, running is really tiring!"

"Hmm? Did Tianyin say anything just now?"

Horikita smiled gently, her eyes narrowing.

hiss……

Saying it again now might kill me, right? No, it would definitely kill me!!!

Amane was thus "voluntarily" pulled up by Horikita and led all the way to the public girls' changing room not far from the playground.

"Here, this is the key to my locker. I prepared your workout clothes in advance. Change into them and come out quickly. Don't do anything strange in there. I don't want to have to go to the student council to pick you up. If there's nothing else, I'm going to train now..."

After Horikita finished speaking, she looked around to make sure no one was nearby, then quickly kissed Amane on the cheek and ran away from the locker room door.

"Hehehe..."

Tianyin happily rubbed her cheeks, but when she turned around, she found a familiar little head peeking out from the doorway and winking at her.

"I think I just saw something interesting. Are you usually this romantic, Horikita-san and Amane-san?"

Hiyori Shiina circled around Amane in a teasing tone.

"Ahem, I'm very serious, but being too cute is a hassle. Rinne always ambushes me, I can't stand it... Hiyori! What's with that expression?!"

As Amane spoke, she reached out to grab Shiina, who was so frightened that she turned her head and scurried into the changing room.

"Hehe, the locker room only has one exit, let's see where you run to!"

Amane lifted the curtain abruptly, letting out a wicked laugh while making an evil gesture with her hands in an attempt to scare Shiina.

Unexpectedly, Shiina turned around and stuck out her little tongue at Amane before continuing to run inside.

Watching Shiina's swaying athletic shorts, Amane swallowed hard. Hiyori was definitely tempting her! If she let him get away, she'd be mad all night.

Amane wiped her mouth and quickly followed Shiina inside.

I had just turned a corner with Shiina when I heard a familiar voice.

"Isn't this Shiina-kun? What's wrong? Hey!"

Unfortunately, before Amane could see clearly, she bumped into it headfirst. Fortunately, Amane wasn't seriously chasing Shiina, so she only hit her head and was momentarily dazed.

Just as she was about to fall, Tianyin swiftly reached out and grabbed something soft to support her, preventing her from collapsing to the ground.

I don't know what it is, but it feels pretty good to the touch.

After Amane recovered, she saw Shiina standing to the side with wide eyes and a surprised expression, while also covering her mouth.

It was as if I had witnessed something indescribable.

Tianyin then slowly moved her head forward.

Ichinose stood there with her mouth agape, staring blankly ahead. Judging from the casual clothes she was still holding, it wasn't hard to imagine what had just happened.

Ichinose, who was taking off her clothes to change into her gym uniform, saw Shiina rushing inside and greeted her out of curiosity. Then she heard Amane's laughter. As soon as she turned around, she bumped into Amane. Seeing that Amane was about to fall to the ground, Ichinose instinctively reached out to grab her, but to her surprise, Amane grabbed her...

"This was actually just an accident..."

Amane carefully withdrew her hand, and the moment her palm left the soft surface, two bright red handprints appeared on Ichinose's fair skin. Because she had used too much force, some areas were even scratched by Amane's fingernails.

Immediately after Ichinose regained her senses, she let out a scream.

"Aaaaaah—!"

After letting out a scream, Ichinose quickly covered her chest and squatted down.

The piercing scream made Amane cover her ears. Ichinose's voice echoed throughout the changing room. A girl who looked like an older student walked out from the back cubicle with a frown.

"What's going on here? Don't you know you're supposed to keep quiet in the locker room?"

When Shiina saw the upperclassman coming over to question her, she was afraid of causing trouble, so she quickly stepped forward and explained with a smile.

"I'm so sorry, my two friends bumped their heads while they were playing around. They're probably in some pain, so they made a lot of noise. Please forgive us if it disturbed you."

Shiina's gentle voice and respectful attitude softened the other person's stern expression.

His gaze shifted unfriendly to Amane and Ichinose, who was squatting on the ground.

"It's just a bump on the head, what's the big deal? There are many more injuries that may occur during the upcoming sports festival. If you're going to make a fuss over such a minor injury, I really don't recommend that you embarrass yourselves at the sports festival. From now on, keep quiet, understand?"

"Yes, we will try to be as gentle as possible."

That's more like it.

The older girl glared at Amane and Ichinose, then turned and went back to another cubicle.

After confirming that the other person had left, Shiina breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but pat her chest. She had almost been kicked out of the locker room.

"Ichinose-san, are you alright?"

"I...I'm fine...I was just a little startled by Amane...Thanks to Shiina for explaining for us."

Ichinose got up, still shaken.

The pain caused Ichinose to furrow her brow slightly.

Just as she was about to check the wound that Tianyin had accidentally scratched, she looked up and saw Tianyin staring intently at her injury. Startled, she quickly turned away to avoid Tianyin's intense gaze.

Shiina swiftly stepped in front of Amane and then spread her arms wide.

"Tianyin, your eyes are practically popping out! People are injured, so stop staring!"

Chapter 408: Let's sleep together!

After Shiina exposed her little secret, Amane couldn't help but scratch her cheek. There was no way she could admit that she had been so engrossed in watching that she had forgotten to care about Ichinose's wound.

"I'm just worried about Ichinose's injury. After all, I caused it, so I should at least try to make amends."

As Amane was about to get closer to Ichinose, Shiina grabbed her from behind and pulled her back.

"I don't believe a word you say, Amane-san! Saying you care about her wound just means you really want to see Ichinose-san..."

"Shiina-kun, please stop! Let's leave this embarrassing topic here."

With a flushed face, Ichinose ran to an open cabinet door, took out a tracksuit, and quickly put it on.

After getting the clothes, Ichinose finally dared to communicate with Amane face to face.

"That was just an accident..."

Amane knew that Ichinose didn't want to discuss this topic anymore, but there were still some things she needed to explain, just in case she was mistaken for taking advantage of her.

Upon hearing this, Ichinose rolled her eyes at Amane.

"Oh dear, didn't I tell you not to discuss this anymore? Of course I know you didn't mean it, Tianyin. If you had, I would have already..."

Ichinose's voice suddenly stopped, while Amane brought her face closer.

"What do you plan to do if Ichinose did it on purpose?"

"I'll tell Horikita-kun!"

Ichinose, her face slightly flushed, used Horikita to threaten Amane.

"Hehe, I don't think Horikita-san will punish Amane~"

Shiina's timely insertion of the topic successfully attracted Ichinose's attention.

"How could that be? This guy just did something really awful to me... If it were Horikita-san, she would definitely give Amane a good scolding."

Ichinose drew this conclusion based on his usual observations of Horikita Suzune, but to his surprise, Shiina gave him an ambiguous expression.

"I just saw Horikita-san and Amane at the door, waaaaaah!"

Before Shiina could finish speaking, Amane covered her mouth.

Shiina hurriedly began to struggle, but unfortunately, Shiina's fancy but ineffective moves posed no threat to Amane.

"What were you and Horikita doing at the door, Amane?"

Through Shiina's eyes, Ichinose still managed to glean some key information; some things are conveyed perfectly with just a glance from a girl.

"No, Suzune and I didn't do anything. Hiyori, I advise you to be honest, otherwise... hehe..."

Amane covered Shiina's mouth with one hand, but secretly pinched the soft flesh of Shiina's waist with the other.

Shiina, who had just been so determined to resist, immediately became obedient.

Seeing Shiina's sensible attitude, Amane relaxed her guard slightly. When she held Shiina down, it was like holding a big fish. It took a lot of effort to prevent Shiina from saying the last sentence. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to flirt with the girls.

But who knew that Shiina, seizing the moment when Amane relaxed, used two fingers to make a kissing gesture.

Ichinose immediately understood, and then gave him a knowing look.

"I've thought about it too, but are you two really already in that kind of relationship?"

Ichinose blushed and whispered in Amane's ear, "Ichinose is asking you this."

"It's been a long time."

"I knew Amane-san wouldn't let Horikita-san off the hook."

"Hiyori, please stop talking."

Amane gently tapped Shiina's head with her finger, and tears immediately welled up in the latter's eyes, revealing an innocent expression.

"I was telling the truth... The weather is really nice today, Ichinose-san."

Shiina's quick wit made Ichinose burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, Shiina-kun, you've really been bullied badly. I can't help but want to comfort you."

"If Ichinose could stop smiling so happily when you say that, I might feel a little comforted."

Amane, seeing Shiina's antics, knew that Shiina was actually trying to liven things up, so she didn't stop him.

After a while of playing around, Amane noticed that Shiina's outfit was a bit strange. She was wearing sports shorts, but her upper body was dressed in what looked like pajamas.

"Hiyori, did you walk all the way from the dorm dressed like that?"

To Amane, it looked like Shiina had just woken up and was dragged here in her pajamas, unwillingly participating in training. Amane felt she could totally empathize with that feeling!

"Huh? Shiina, did you really walk around in your pajamas the whole way?"

Ichinose looked at Shiina in surprise. She hadn't expected the seemingly shy Shiina to be so bold as to walk around in her pajamas. It took a lot of courage, and no one could possibly wear clothes under their pajamas, right? Thinking about it that way, it was as if Shiina was...

Ichinose's eyes changed drastically.

After Shiina noticed that the two people's expressions were not quite right, he immediately waved his hands repeatedly.

"Don't look at me like I'm a pervert! How could I possibly run around in my pajamas? I came in my school uniform today, you know. The pajamas are actually my gym clothes because Ryuen signed me up for a one-man challenge... Hmm, is this something I can talk about?"

Shiina tapped her lips with her finger while tilting her head.

Then, Tianyin's heavy sigh was heard.

"How could I tell such an important thing to an outsider! But it's okay if you tell me, we're such good friends, we're practically family."

Is that so?

"Of course! We're best friends, aren't we?"

The way Amane coaxed Shiina looked like a perverted old man trying to coax a kindergarten kid with a lollipop. Shiina's innocent appearance was largely responsible for giving Ichinose that impression.

"Amane, don't try to fool Shiina like a child. She may seem innocent, but how could you possibly trick her into revealing such important information with just a few words..."

Ichinose said helplessly, but before she could finish her sentence, she saw Shiina happily sharing with Amane about Ikki Tou.