After breaking up, my ex asked me to win her back

The "Borrowing Race" teams included five girls who were very familiar to Kagura Hikaru.

Ayakoji Chiyoko, Kiryu Hina, Ai Cheng Hua Lian, Saijo Mari, Ruzaki Mami.

They coincidentally ended up in the same group.

Even Kagura Hikaru himself was among them.

The first to run was Ai Cheng Hua Lian, who, as an elite libero of the Volleyball Club, had a running speed that surpassed that of the average girl. She quickly reached the table and pulled out a piece of paper.

"Male friend."

She knew this one!

Ai Cheng Hua Lian didn't have many male friends, or more precisely, just the one—Kagura Hikaru.

So she dashed toward the stands, happily waving at Kagura Hikaru.

"Me?" Kagura Hikaru pointed at himself, puzzled.

"Go on."

The man sitting next to him, his father, patted his shoulder.

Kagura Hikaru jumped off the stands and went to the judge, hand in hand with Ai Cheng Hua Lian.

Since it was a 'borrowing' race, if a person was involved, maintaining physical contact by holding hands was a minimum requirement to qualify.

It's not that Ai Cheng Hua Lian wanted to hold hands, emphasis here.

The judge of the Borrowing Race was Teacher Yamazaki, who normally looked after physical education classes.

He gave Kagura Hikaru a mischievous look, raised an eyebrow, then took Ai Cheng Hua Lian's piece of paper, opened it, and was immediately disappointed!

Under the supervision of their teacher group, this year's Borrowing Race contained a lot of content that young men and women liked to see.

For example, "Crush," "Dating Partner," "Physical Relationship," and so on—

Entrapment papers.

As soon as the sports festival was over, those little couples who got carried away by the atmosphere and forgot the school's rule against campus romance were going to face a heavy blow from the Head of Student Guidance.

But Teacher Yamazaki had a prior relationship with Kagura Hikaru and even if the latter was indeed dating someone, he planned to turn a blind eye. He didn't expect the content to be so mundane.

"Alright, pass," Teacher Yamazaki said reluctantly, waving the piece of paper.

Ai Cheng Hua Lian immediately looked at Kagura Hikaru with joy and crossed the finish line together.

Handoff!

The second to run was Ai Cheng Hua Lian's super-best-friend, Ruzaki Mami.

She was much slower than the others, almost arriving at the table, gasping for breath, by the time all the other participants had grabbed their papers and run off to find their items.

"The Number One Smile."

She thought for a moment about who among the people she knew had the best smile...

Got it!

Then she cheerfully ran to the stands to find Kagura Hikaru.

"Mr. Kagura, Mr. Kagura!"

She waved her arms and jumped up, while her large 'assets' bounced up and down.

"?"

"...Go on," the father said again, patting on the shoulder, but this time with a heavier tone.

Kagura Hikaru stepped down once more, hand in hand with Ruzaki Mami, approaching the judge.

Judge Teacher Yamazaki looked at Ruzaki Mami's flushed cheeks and thought that this time they must be sweethearts for sure.

He opened the paper.

"The Number One Smile."

Damn it!!

"Kagura, give me a smile," Teacher Yamazaki said with a grim face.

"Ah?"

"Do as you're told, smile when I ask you to."

Of course, Kagura Hikaru couldn't muster a smile and could only forcibly mobilize his facial muscles to tug upwards at the corners of his mouth.

"...I've never seen such a forced smile, not passed!"

"No way!" Ruzaki Mami was shocked.

Kagura Hikaru took the paper from Teacher Yamazaki's hand, puzzled, and upon seeing the contents, he nearly rolled his eyes to the back of his head.

"Miss Ruzaki, since you've known me, have I ever smiled in front of you?"

"Eh? Haven't you?"

"? Have I?"

Ruzaki Mami carefully reflected, and her face slowly turned even redder.

Right, it seems like there really wasn't anything—it was all just normal springtime fantasies!

"Then, then I should go find Karen-chan instead..."

Ruzaki Mami said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Kagura!" and rushed back, panting heavily.

By the time Kagura Hikaru got back to the stands, she had finally made it past the judges, either being pulled by Ai Cheng Hua Lian or, more accurately, pulling her along, and this time they were approved.

Handoff!

The third runner was the former Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, the power behind the scenes at Ugao High, and the Student Council's arch-nemesis—Ayakoji Chiyoko.

She was even more high-profile.

She arrived at the box faster than anyone, glanced at the slip of paper, and, with a clear target in mind, headed straight toward Kagura Hikaru.

"Me again?"

Kagura Hikaru glanced at Ayakoji Chiyoko, who stood below the platform with a menacing look, and had the feeling she was up to no good.

".....Just go," her father commanded with crossed arms and a stern face.

The stepmother, on the other hand, was smiling so wide that her eyes were nearly shut.

After stepping down from the platform, Ayakoji Chiyoko grabbed Kagura Hikaru's hand and pulled her over to the referee.

Teacher Yamazaki looked at her slip, then suddenly looked up at Kagura Hikaru, then down at the slip again, then sharply up at Kagura Hikaru, and slowly turned his gaze to Ayakoji Chiyoko.

".....Are you sure?"

"Hurry up, let's get through," Ayakoji Chiyoko commanded expressionlessly.

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After crossing the finish line, with his bad feeling at its peak, Kagura Hikaru finally asked, "What was written on that slip of paper?"

Ayakoji Chiyoko turned back to look at him, then revealed an overly gentle smile and flipped the paper over.

[The dog I want to raise].

Kagura Hikaru: "..."

You wanna fight, huh?

Handoff!

The fourth member of the passing event to take the stage was Saijo Mari.

Although she, as the President of the Sports Committee, was in charge of organizing this sports festival, she still participated as a student.

After grabbing the slip, she predictably headed toward Kagura Hikaru.

"Mr. Kagura, please take care of this for me."

"..."

His father was at this point utterly disinclined to talk, deeply convinced of his son's deep sins, while his stepmother was full of worries, unsure of which daughter-in-law to choose.

Kagura Hikaru followed Saijo Mari over to the referee.

The slip she handed over read: [Something I recently got hooked on].

"Hmm?" Teacher Yamazaki's eyes lit up.

This time it must be right, this girl is into Kagura Hikaru.....

"The human body!" Saijo Mari pointed at Kagura Hikaru and declared, "That's right, I've recently become fascinated with the human body!"

Teacher Yamazaki: "..."

"Look, here's the heart." She extended her finger to prod Kagura Hikaru's left chest, "Here are the kidneys." Her finger prodded Kagura Hikaru's side, "And this is....."

"Alright, alright, you pass, hurry on over," Teacher Yamazaki waved dismissively.

He had given up.

Handoff!

Taking the baton next was Kiryu Hina.

When she walked toward him with her slip of paper, Kagura Hikaru felt nothing but fear.

[Life mentor].

Teacher Yamazaki looked at the slip, then at the serene and smiling Kiryu Hina, and the uneasy Kagura Hikaru, and wondered, "Shouldn't you go to a teacher when you see a term like this?"

"I think he has taught me far more." Kiryu Hina's smile gradually darkened, "He taught me that friends are unreliable when you're out and about; if you're not careful, they'll run off with someone else, leaving you all alone."

Teacher Yamazaki: "..."

Kagura Hikaru: "..."

Because it felt way too scary, they let her pass.

Finally, it was Kagura Hikaru's turn to take the baton.

He took the slip of paper, hesitated for a second, and then headed toward the stands.