Meanwhile:

Kagome got hooked from the practice of her club. Everyone shows gung-ho mood inside the gymnasium court. The squeaky sounds of their shoes heard from the inside.

Dribbling sound of ball, as well as their exhausted exhales witnessed inside. There are some members sitting at the bench allocated from the each corner side. But among them, Kagome is still at the court.

Her looks shows extreme exhaustion, but it didn’t hinder her dribbling the ball. From her front are two girls teaming up to guard her.

As if she tries to push over, she raised her left arm all while dribbling the ball. The two girls guarding her tries to steal the ball, but Kagome made a waist side dribble.

Pushing over her guards, Kagome aims at the basket from her front, throwing the ball lay-up style. Shooting at the ring, concluding the end of the practice giving the score higher than ever.

“Great work today!” wiping her sweat with her arm, Kagome cheerfully greets everyone. “Great work, everyone!” the whole club members shouts synchronously.

“Great work today, Kagome.” one from the team called Kagome as she offers the towel and bottle of water. Wearing a green jersey and ponytail hairstyle, she smiles gleefully.

Grabbing the towel and bottle of water, Kagome smiles. “Thank you, Yuuka.”

The manager of the team, Minami Yuuka. She has been managing the basketball club ever since Kagome joined. And since, she has been admiring the captain of this club, Kagome.

“Great work today everyone! And I hope this upcoming Nationals, we win.” as she gathered the team, Kagome stands at the center and gave a pep talk. This establishes their bonds, as well, telling to manage and improve their movements.

After their huddle, they went straight to the locker room to change. Some of the students went to the bathroom to shower. Others decided to take shower at home and change their clothes.

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Kagome is one of the students taking a shower before leaving.

“I wonder what happened to them today…?”

She got in deep thought while having the splash of water throughout her body. She didn’t spent time with Kira and Kagome today because of the practice.

And that made her feel a bit sad. “It’s the only time I can spend with them together, but I guess it can’t be helped.”

Kagome mumbled. She just can’t trust Kira yet, although he said he’s willing to help her get closer to Kei. She doesn’t want to believe in him, but there’s something in her that tells Kira isn’t that kind of person.

“I must believe him, right? I mean… Kira…”

As the water flows down her head, Kagome close her eyes. “Believing on someone who I don’t want to get near Kei, yet…”

After a few minutes, Kagome decides to leave the bathroom.

She starts changing clothes and prepares to go home, when her phone rings. Fishing it from her bag, she noticed a notification from the screen. Showing the name of the recipient: Asahina Sakura.

Attached from the message she sent is an image. “What’s this?” Kagome utter. Clicking the screen of her phone, the image reveals… appearing Kei and Kira singing together while looking at each other.

A sudden crawl of dread felt from her whole body. The moment she saw Kei’s eyes full of happiness while looking at Kira taunt the enormous feelings through her heart.

“Why?”

All that word came out from her mouth. That piece of word, her lips starts trembling while holding her phone.

“Why… why…?”

Her chest clumped tight. It’s as if something is squeezing it. She can’t bear the pain surging through, like it pierces her from within.

Popping another message, Kagome scrolls.

【 We have a great time together. And Kira’s great in singing. Hope you heard how awkward he is in singing a song 】

Asahina Sakura’s message left read by Kagome.

“Kira… no, this can’t be.”

The eerie silent enveloped the surroundings. Kagome is still, looking at the void while gripping her phone tightly. Now that she realized there’s nothing left for her feelings to make Kei be hers.

The swirling dark feeling rushed like a storm enveloped her through. And without her noticing, tears drop on her eyes.

“My Kei… she’s really in love with someone else.”

Her teeth gritted. There’s nothing for her to linger on this. The happiness of the person she wants to be with was already found somewhere else.

And through the silence of the place, her wail heard by no one.