Slow Start ch5

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>Sports
>Test!
>Kya~

>Yay! A whole day without classes!
>Tama-chan, are you good at P.E.?

>Hmm, I'm about average
>but I like moving my body around a lot more than just sitting.
>Ah, I get what you mean.

>It'd be nice if these gave us these measurements once a week.
>If that happened, we'd have to look up all sorts of things.
>Throughly, huh?
>Scary
>Eh?

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>You seem pretty athletic, Eiko-chan.

>Eh?
>Do I look that way?
>Yeah.
>I bet you're a fast runner.

>Nah, hate to burst your bubble but
>I'm pretty average.
>Ah.

>Kamuri was pretty fast
>back in elementary school.
>Yeah.
>I'm fast now too.

>But I don't have the stamina for long distance running.
>So in the end I'm only so-so.
>Ahaha
>So you're average too, Kamu-chan.
>We're all the same level.

>How about you, Hana?
>Thank goodness.
>Everyone seems to be not too great at this.
>That way, I won't stand out as suspicious.

>...Yeah.
>I'm also average.

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>Wah

>....

>A-
>Are you alright, Hana-chan...?
>I-

>I'm
>I'm just
>just

>peach-
>less...
>Peachless huh?
>So you're bad, huh?

>Okay, just rest for now.
>It was a mistake to start us off with a marathon run.
>I think it'll be a lot easier afterwards, though.

>Eiko-chan?

>Well,
>considering how I consider myself normal, Hana's something else.
>Ah, that's true.
>How mean, you two!

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>Hah
>But...

>I really was average during middle school
>This should've been considered "normal" but...
>Ah

>Hana-chan?
>Oh yeah...
>It's been so long since my middle school graduation that I haven't had much practise...

>Eh?
>I haven't either, but...
>I just lazed about
>You got that out of shape in a month?
>I guess so! Ahahahaha!
>One year and one month

>Can you stand?
>Y-Yeah.
>Barely.

>Kamuri-chan?
>Hold on.

>Ah
>Thanks.

>Aaaaah!

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>Wow!
>You really sent it flying!
>Ooh

>Fufu
>I'm all about control.
>Getting a long distance ain't a problem.

>You must've been a skilled pitcher in a past life.
>Ahaha.
>What the heck?

>Well then.
>Who do you think she was in a past life?

>...
>A newborn fawn.
>The way she's stumbling like that.
>I see.
>Wow, that's clever.
>But still kinda cruel.

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>Sengoku-san.
>I just saw your 50m dash. You're pretty amazing.
>...

>Hey.
>You interested in track and field?
>Eh?

>I'm in the track team
>so if you're not in any clubs, Sengoku-san, all the better.
>You'd make a great member.
>Eh?
>Um.

>And then

>Ah
>Ehh
>Um...

>So

>E-
>Eh?
>S-Sengoku-san?
>Eikooo...

>Here I am.

>Ah, Eiko.
>Ahaha, sorry about that, Amane.
>She's really shy around strangers.
>[You need to be gentle with her]
>Mm.
>It just surprised me a little...

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>S-Sorry
>for scaring you.
>Geez, Amane.

>Maho.
>Of course someone would be surprised if you came up to them all excited like that.
>Sorry about her, Sengoku-san.
>Aah

>Ah
>Yeah.
>It's fine...
>Ehehe, you're so cute, Sengoku-san.
>Ah, I'm Ogano Maho from the same class. Nice to meet you.
>Y-Yeah, I know.
>Nice to meet you.


>Then, now that introductions are over, how about the track team...
>Ahaha, someone's impatient.
>We'll talk about that some other time.

>Later.

>,...Today
>Hm?
>Today
>Eiko came for me.

>?
>Kamuri, is that...

>Hey!
>Eiko-chan! Kamu-chan!
>We're heading indoors~

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>Shuttle Run
>She's just making me anxious.

>You did it!
>You really did your best, Hana-chan!
>Okay.
>That's everything.
>Here, grab my hand.

>It's...
>It's over...?
>That's right. It's over!
>You really gave it your all!

>Well then, here you go!!

>Erm, right hand, 26.
>Ah, that's about average.
>About the same as me.
>You did it, Hana-chan!
>You got an average record!

>Congrats on being average!
>Average! Average!
>It's
>It's finally over...

>Okay, the morning tests are over!
>Let's do our best in the afternoon tests!
>Eh!?
>Eeeh!?