35 Volleyball Tournament Part 1 (2/2)

Turning around, Axel was met with the sight of Makoto, who was wearing a large grin on her face.

”H-hey Makoto.” Muttered Axel as he was still a little surprised.

Makoto was about to say something when her lips twitched. Before Axel could ask what happened, a marshmallow-like feeling enveloped his right arm.

Gritting her teeth, Makoto looked over at the person holding Axel's arm and said, ”Hello Ann.”

Ann glared at Makoto while holding Axel's arm tighter and growled, ”Makoto.”

Shiho, who was watching from the side with an amused expression, suddenly looked at Axel and muttered, ”You sly dog.” causing Axel's face to twitch.

Axel quickly broke free from both their grasp and fixed his P.E uniform. Both girls looked surprised that Axel actually shook them away but became startled when they saw the look he was giving them.

With his arms crossed and foot tapping impatiently on the ground, Axel looked at the pair with a frown and said, ”Why can't you girls get along better?”

Both Ann and Makoto started waving their arms in the air as they started spitting a multitude of excuses. However, every word they said landed on deaf ears as Axel ignored them.

It took a couple seconds for both girls to realise they really ticked Axel off this time. Makoto felt sad as she reached her arm towards Axel, only to quickly take it back as her lips quivered. Ann just stood still as she didn't expect Axel to act this way.

Shiho saw that things were quickly going south and tried to smooth it over between the trio but before she could speak, a teacher called all of their names.

Turning towards the teacher, he handed Axel a paper with all their names written on it and said, ”Since you five have been 'busy' over here, you missed out on forming a team. Luckily, you all seem like friends so all of you will be on the same team. Your last member will be one of the staff because all the other students are already in a team. There's still some time before the first matches finish so you can stay out here and come up with a game plan. Just remember to come back inside when the matches end.”

After the teacher left, everyone stood still in silence. Axel still had his arms crossed but his expression started to falter when he saw Makoto and Ann.

Makoto had a really sad look on her face as her body unconsiously shrunk, making her appear small and fragile. Ann, on the other hand, had a small frown on her face as she gave Axel a 'blaming' look.

Before Axel could contemplate whether to continue being mad or forgive them, he suddenly felt a rather heavy blow strike him on his side.

With wide eyes, Axel turned to the left only to discover Shiho elbowing him in the gut. She gave him a small smile which slightly frightened him and said, ”I think that's enough, right Axel?”

Rubbing his ribcage with a contorted face from the pain, Axel stuttered, ”Y-yeah…”

Turning to face the girls, Axel saw the worry in their eyes and felt slightly guilty for getting mad at them.

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With a small cough to gather their attention, Axel turned his head away from them while scratching the back of his head and muttered, ”Sorry… for getting mad…”

What Axel didn't realise, however, was the fact he had a slight blush on his face which caused the girls to all think the same thing.

'C-Cute!!!'