The favored Ogihara-senpai

Friday.

"--ready, go!"

As the PE teacher's loud voice rang out on the playground, all the girls on the starting line immediately rushed out.

The weather in Hokkaido is getting colder and colder, indicating that winter is coming soon.

Every mid-November, Hokkaido will usher in the first snow of winter. Although it is now the end of October, the average daily temperature is still hovering between 8 and 13 degrees.

Today is Xugao's Marathon. According to the school's tradition, students will hold this event in the third semester.

The distance for boys is 10,000 meters and the distance for girls is 8,000 meters.

Amidst the cheers and cheers of the crowd.

On the track, a beautiful figure gradually distanced herself from the other contestants.

One lap, two laps, three laps, the distance keeps increasing,

Four laps, five laps, six laps, the gap does not decrease but increases.

Her long brown hair was simply tied into a high ponytail on the back of her head, swaying lightly and brilliantly in the wind, like a hare jumping around, full of energy and attracting people's attention.

In full view of everyone, the girl wearing a red long-sleeved sportswear with a majestic figure was far ahead in the queue, and she did not know how many laps she had lassoed the last player.

Even athletes who have been practicing track and field for many years are left far behind her and can only fall behind.

It was under such circumstances that the girl completed the prescribed number of laps first and reached the finish line first.

"That's awesome! Sayu-chan~!!" Yuko Masaka, who was standing near the finish line, cheered loudly and ran up, thoughtfully giving her the mineral water she had prepared earlier.

"Thank you for your hard work! Drink some water~~~"

"Well, thank you ~ Yuko."

Sayu agreed softly, with a soft smile on his face, and drank the mineral water in small sips.

"You can actually surpass those in the track and field department. Why are you so powerful?"

"Eh~~No, you are exaggerating."

"That's not an exaggeration! Because Sayu-chan is number one!"

"Well, I'm not sure. Maybe I'm just in a better state today?"

Sayu said as he put down the bottle, reached out his right hand to the back of his head, and untied the hair tie from his ponytail. The fluffy and soft hair suddenly spread out and flowed down.

Next, she temporarily bit the hair tie in her mouth, and then used her fingers to loosen her hair and tie it up again.

There was a vague exclamation of admiration all around.

Masaka Yuko looked away from the faces of the stunned boys and continued with a smile: "Here, please use a towel."

"Thank you, phew~ I sweated a lot, it helped a lot."

"Don't care, don't care~"

While the two were talking, the consultant teacher of the women's track and field department came over.

"Ogiwara-san, can we talk for a while?"

"Ah, yes, what can I do?"

"No, don't be so nervous, I just want to chat with you."

The female teacher with neat short hair smiled and waved her hand and said, "You are very fast. Do you usually practice long-distance running?"

Sayu shook his head at this and politely replied no.

"Do you think you are the talented type? Your foundation is very good. Have you considered joining the track and field club in the future?"

"Huh?"

After hearing this, Sayu couldn't help but blinked his eyes, tilted his head slightly in confusion, and said: "Teacher, you are not talking about high school, right? I will graduate next year?"

"of course not."

The track and field teacher shook his head and said with a smile: "I am referring to the university. If you are interested, you might as well try to participate in track and field competitions. You seem to have quite outstanding talent in this area. Maybe there is a high chance that you can be in the track and field competition."

I won a prize in the competition."

Masaka Yuko on the side intervened in the topic.

"Hey~ The competition that the teacher mentioned is the national competition, isn't it?"

"That's right~ I'm very optimistic about Ogiwara-san's talent, but it's a pity that I discovered it a little late, otherwise I could have participated in the competition in high school. If we receive detailed guidance, maybe we can even refresh our Hokkaido record."

"Really or not! Although I know Sayu-chan is very powerful, is it too exaggerated to set a new record? Ah, it's not that I don't believe the teacher, I'm just a little scared."

The track and field teacher smiled at this, did not pay attention to her words, and continued: "It's not an exaggeration at all. Ogiwara-san's performance just now has proved his potential. If you want to say who is really exaggerating, there was a horse in last year's competition.

Dark horse?"

"Dark horse?" Yuko Masaka tilted her head in confusion.

"Yes, the opponent is a high school student from Tokyo. Although he is still in his first year of high school, he has already been able to beat professional athletes in competitions. This incident was even published in the newspapers at the time."

"It's Tokyo again. Sure enough, all outstanding people will go to Tokyo? Speaking of which, teacher, what's that person's name?"

"I remember it was Kato Yusuke."

At the moment when the words were settled.

Sayu, who was drinking water, suddenly paused, while Yuko suddenly let out a startled cry.

The scene suddenly fell silent.

"What's wrong with you? Ogiwara-san, Masaka-san." The track and field teacher who saw their abnormal reaction asked strangely.

Masaka Yuko couldn't help but glance at Sayu.

Sayu looked calm about this, shook his head, and said apologetically: "Nothing, teacher, thank you for your kindness, but I'm not that interested in track and field, so I'm sorry..."

The track and field teacher who heard this seemed a little regretful, but also expressed his understanding. After a brief chat with them, he turned and left.

"Hey, Sayu-chan." Masaka Yuko couldn't help but ask: "Sure enough, that Kato Yusuke is the person who pestered you before, right?"

"This...it's hard to say, right? After all, the hair colors are completely different. We probably just made a mistake." Sayu was vague, not wanting to talk more about this matter.

Just being mentioned that name suddenly made her involuntarily have related associations.

Pictures of the past began to appear before my eyes.

'I don't know where the person who disturbed my peaceful life is now...'

She was thinking a little vaguely, the picture in her mind was fixed on that lonely figure, and an indescribable emotion suddenly surged in her heart.

This emotion comes out of nowhere, but there is no reason for it to feel sentimental.

Just when she was immersed in this emotion and trying to analyze its origin...

"——That! Sorry to bother you, Ogiwara-senpai!"

The girl's uneasy voice suddenly reached her ears, causing Sayu to wake up and subconsciously turn her head to look.

Two junior girls were standing behind them, their eyes full of nervousness as they looked over, looking like they were hesitant to speak.

"...Yes? What's the matter?"

The two girls looked at each other, nodded as if to cheer each other up, and then said in unison:

""Well! If you can, please take a photo with us, Ogiwara-senpai!"

A clear voice echoed.

Sayu couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, "Uh...take a photo?"

"Yes——! Ogiwara-senpai looked so handsome when she was running just now! I am deeply touched!"

"Please! Just one picture is enough. Please take a photo with us!"

The two girls clasped their hands in front of their chests and made a request.

Seeing this, Masaka Yuko smiled and spoke.

"Ahaha, if that's the case, then I'll take pictures for you~ Give me your phone."

""——Masaka-senpai! Thank you!"

"You're welcome~ And it's not like I don't understand how you feel."

In Sayu's somewhat embarrassed expression, the two girls just stood on either side of her body and posed according to the instructions.

Yuko Masaka held her cell phone and shouted "Three, two, one." She took a photo of them with a smile and returned the cell phone.

Such movement attracted the attention of many people around, but after seeing what happened, they showed understanding expressions.

It is really an ordinary thing for the princess of Xugao to be admired by others.

After sending away the two reluctant girls, Sayu turned his gaze back to his friend, narrowing his eyes in feigned displeasure.

Masaka Yuko stuck out her tongue slyly and said: "It's great to be popular ~ Ogiwara-senpai!"
To be continued...