Shit, shit, why did the club president ask Masako to do this? This is an unmitigated disaster. Is this punishment for skipping out on practice this week? It’s stupid is what it is! No one is going to want to go along with a request from the school’s resident delinquent. It’s not like she can threaten people to play volleyball with her. …Or could she? Bribe them with protection?!
Masako instinctively reached out her arm, only to see that her target hadn’t left yet. Okay, okay, no need to get worked up. You’re really going to scare her like that, Nitou. Was this shy-looking girl really a former president of the sports club?
❝ I, uh… I’m sorry, I mean, if I made you feel pressured. I didn’t mean to scare you. ❞ Perhaps Masako should have tried to go with the threatening route after all, because now she just feels pathetic. Absentmindedly rubbing her arm and shifting her gaze to the wall. No, no, this isn’t who she’s supposed to be.
❝ It’s just, no one’s asking you to be the star player or anything like that. It’s been awhile for you, right? That’s fine! We really only need someone who knows the basic rules, so if you’d consider subbing in for us just this game, I promise it won’t take time away from your new club. You don’t have to give an answer today or anything… Will you think about it? ❞
( 📘 ) — Haruka couldn’t lie — she was out of practice when it came to sports. She rarely got the opportunity to play outside of the Sports Club when she was still a member, & no one in the Literature Club was too jazzed to play a game against her. She almost wanted to accept the offer without a second thought, but she felt as if she wasn’t as good as she should be they’d be disappointed. Especially with the festival coming up and all... & yet, the offer still seemed so appealing to her.
It also wouldn’t interfere with her work on the festival decorations for the club, either & she knew Monika would be understanding if it did cut into a club meeting. Even so, she didn’t want something to come up last minute & not be able to help after all.
“ ... I’ll think about it. ” She sighs, arms crossed on her chest. “ I’ll need to check some stuff first but... I’ll have an answer tomorrow. ” She was being too cautious, she knew that, but she didn’t want to end up being a liability. What she wouldn’t deny, though, is that she would love to be able to play again. She just didn’t want anything bad happening because of her selfish wants.
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