Love Comes After Learning

"...Ah! It seems, indeed." For a moment, Clover froze in embarrassment, a drop of cold sweat slipped down her smile, she quickly turned her head, and spoke again as if to make up for it:

"No, no, there is still a difference! You see, now I won't run with you, I will just watch Asada-san's movements from the side and give guidance at any time!"

Asada seemed to have noticed something, and raised an eyebrow at her.

"Like a coach?"

Nakano Yotsuba nodded vigorously, his bright smile seemed to overshadow the morning sun, filling his field of vision.

"Well, like a coach!

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Agreeing to Yotsuba's request, Asada started jogging around the playground after finishing the warm-up exercise, and gradually accelerated after one lap. At the same time, the girl's earnest guiding voice came from under the tree.

"Asada-san—"

Asada Shinichi originally thought that he had learned enough experience from Yotsuba and had grown to the point where he could win gold medals in school competitions, so there should be little need for her to guide him.

Unexpectedly, just watching from the sidelines, Yotsuba casually mentioned a bunch of problems that he was used to before and didn't notice at all.

"Your footsteps are too loose, and the strength between the thigh and calf is not coherent..."

"Pay attention to your breathing. The method is correct, but it doesn't match your steps. The wind direction, air flow, and even the position of the runway are absolutely different every time you run. You can't rigidly apply the breathing pattern..."

"There is a problem with the center of gravity, too far to the right."

"The turning reaction is too slow. Are boys so weak in the [-] meters? Why can they get the first place at this level..."

It seemed that the more she talked, the higher the level was. By the fifth round, Yotsuba had forgotten what politeness was, and she spoke out all the thoughts in her heart very straightforwardly, peeling away Asada's fragile self-esteem layer by layer like an onion.

When he slowly walked back under the tree with a zombie-like pace, Yotsuba suddenly came back to his senses, and realized that he seemed to have done a very cruel thing.

"Hehe, even the gold medal in paramecium is still a paramecium, but it's just a bug that runs a little faster, and even tries to go up to the sky side by side with the sonic girl. Overestimation is a term created for me, I still Hurry up and cut off your feet, and move forward with creeping for the rest of your life..."

With an empty smile on his face, Asada swayed into the shadow under the tree as if he was about to hit the tree and commit suicide at any moment.

Clover couldn't help panicking, and racked her brains to find words of comfort.

"Asa, Asada, don't pay attention to my words! You are not weak at all, it's just that the men's [-] meters in our school are too weak!"

"That's right, it's no big deal to be the fastest in the school. As long as you continue to practice like this, Asada-san will definitely become the fastest man in the world!"

"..."

Asada put away that lifeless expression, and stared at her speechlessly for a few seconds.

Leaving aside that these words have no consoling effect at all, you brow-browed and oval-faced vitality fool have also started telling dirty jokes?Is it to drive faster than anyone else?

Do you know about mobile hard disk collection?

"What, what's the matter, why keep staring at me..."

Blushing a little at his sight, Yotsuba couldn't help but look away.The fingers of both hands are slightly clenched behind the back.

"...It's nothing. I'll keep practicing."

Asada shook his head. After finishing the aerobic exercise, the next step is anaerobic exercise such as push-ups, squats, burpees, etc. The daily training menu is basically these.

Yotsuba was still guiding, but this time she was a little more merciful, and put out various suggestions for improvement in euphemistic words, so that Asada could calmly adjust her training posture according to what she said.

The two talked and acted like this for more than ten minutes, and the playground gradually became lively, and many students who had passed the morning exercise would greet them when they saw them.

Because of yesterday's incident, Yotsuba naturally received a lot of concern from other students, and several eyes looked at the two of them ambiguously, and those who were more familiar even directly opened their mouths to tease.

After all, under the fueling and jealousy of the track and field department, the scandal between the two has been spreading in the school for a long time-due to the same hatred and loyalty within a certain organization, Shinichi Asada's reputation as a scumbag has also unknowingly deepened a little. , It’s just that people who don’t know the inside story usually don’t believe it.

It was as if someone was manipulating public opinion behind the scenes. Although the president of the student council continued to have scandals, his reputation was generally not bad.

Faced with those ridicules and temptations, Asada has experienced many battles and has seen a lot, but he can deal with them properly; Yotsuba is not calm enough, but the person who is being teased will blush when he whistles, and he is always flustered when explaining, but He has never positively denied the innocence of the two of them, making those good-for-nothings look like "I understand, I understand you, stop talking about it".

The time passed in such a noisy way, and 10 minutes before the start of the morning meeting, Asada finished today's morning exercise, sat back under the tree with Yotsuba, and took the water bottle and towel she handed over.

"Huh... I never thought I would have such a big room for improvement..."

He was wiping his sweat, the corners of his mouth were slightly drawn, and his mood was a bit complicated.

Yotsuba nodded, and said with a serious expression: "Although Asada-san has learned the basics very well and has grown rapidly in physical fitness, she lacks the experience and muscle memory that can only be accumulated through long-term running."

After all, the angles of running together and watching from the side are different after all, and many problems that were not discovered usually were discovered today, not to mention Asada, Yotsuba himself feels that it has gained a lot.

"If Asada-san can improve all the problems, yesterday's race should be easier, maybe even directly break the school record?"

Asada couldn't believe it: "Is it so exaggerated?"

Why didn't I know I was so powerful?

"It's just so powerful!"

Yotsuba clenched her fists hard, her eyes were fixed, and she said loudly: "My eyes will never go wrong. Asada-san has the potential to become a professional athlete! Don't give up, come on!"

"Yes, coach!"

The passionate and energetic voice sounded, and Asada immediately reached out and rubbed Yotsuba's head with a funny face, messing up her hair and headband.

"It's pretty decent, Coach Yotsuba."

"Hehehe~"

Clover obediently asked him to rub the rabbit's head angrily, and smiled a few times embarrassedly, her face flushed under her palm.

"It's all because of Asada-san's cooperation... In terms of teaching, I still have a lot of shortcomings, and I'm still far from being a real coach."

Asada withdrew his hand, leaned against the tree trunk, and looked up to the sky with approval and emotion in his eyes.

"It is because of this that learning is meaningful."

After pouring warm water to moisten his throat and exhaling, he continued:

"Has it been determined? Something to do in the future."

Clover nodded, and smiled slightly.

"Think about it. I want to go to a sports university and become a coach or a physical education teacher!"

"This is not only something I can do, but it is very suitable for me to do now."

Asada looked sideways at her: "Aren't you a professional athlete? You have the talent."

"Uh, I really thought about it when I was a child... It's better to say that it was also the opportunity for me to decide to start running."

Clover scratched her cheek, leaned her head gently against the tree trunk, her shoulders were less than ten centimeters away from him, and looked up at the sky.

"Asada-san, do you want to hear my story?

Chapter 210 No longer confused, firm dream

"No, goodbye after class."

——It’s impossible for Asada to be so naughty, he just nodded with a light smile and said:

"You speak, I listen."

With nostalgia in her eyes, Yotsuba opened her mouth softly, her neat and white teeth looming under her pink lips.

"When I was young, everyone obviously liked the identity of quintuplets. I thought it was a good thing that five people were exactly the same. My mother also said that we five sisters should get along well, just like dividing a watermelon into five equal parts. Belongs to our luck and happiness.

If there is no change, maybe we will really grow up exactly the same, play each other exactly the same, no one stands out, no one is special, the five of us are one, together forever.

—But, only I don't want that. "

She paused, her long and slightly curly eyelashes drooping, her voice mixed with the whirling leaves, breaking into crisp pieces.

"One day, the TV in the hospital happened to switch to the sports channel, and that was the first time I watched a sports game.

I forgot whether it was the Olympic broadcast or something. I can’t remember exactly what it was compared to. I just remember that every athlete is a mess, and the appearance of desperately trying to win makes people excited. I just watched it in front of the TV. Can't help but get excited.

At that time, whether it was the hearty wave of hands when winning the game, or the unwilling appearance of wiping sweat and tears when losing the game, I felt——

Ah, it turns out that there are so many special people in the world. "

She chuckled softly, her expression was different from usual calm and peaceful, like a green lotus stained with drops of memories.

"It's strange, right? I don't know why it is 'special', but the word has been in my soul ever since."

"I was obsessively watching sports every day, my mom and everyone thought I was weird, and it made me think I was special and not just one of the quintuplets.

So in addition to watching, I also want to be a part of them more and more, and I want to be more special.

Because my family has no money, and I don’t want to ask my mother for money for myself, I decided to start with the simplest running. When I go to and from the hospital or go for a walk by the river, I will run as long as I have time and space. …Just kept practicing like this, and I really liked the feeling of running without knowing it, and I became more and more confident in myself. "

She turned her head towards Asada and smiled: "I'm Yotsuba Nakano, the one who runs very fast and has the best physical strength among the quintuplets, even the boys can't compare to me!

Do you know me? "

"I know." Asada said with a smile, curling the corners of her lips, "Although your grades are not good, you are hardworking and cheerful. You never bow to difficulties easily. You are a very special guy."

"……Um."

Clover blinked, bit her lips slightly, and suppressed the expression mixed with happiness and other emotions.

Turning away her cheeks, only her blushing ears were exposed, she continued speaking at a faster speed:

"A lot of things happened in the past. For example, in order to make myself run more handsomely, I put on a headband, and I became obsessed with my own specialness;

Because of the hair tie, my grandfather misunderstood that our sisters were not in good relationship and fell ill;

I felt it was all my fault, and began to wonder if it was right to become especially;

After the mother left, everyone began to change. Yihua cut her hair short, Sanjiu put on headphones, and Wuyue also wore star hair accessories...

Really, a lot of things happened~"

The mentality gradually returned to stability, Yotsuba straightened her legs, let out a long breath, and drooped her head slightly.

"Before you know it, the goals you had as a kid are not so important anymore.

The purpose of insisting on running is to let everyone know me and to live up to everyone's expectations.The non-stop exercise is just to make myself run faster, as if I can stand side by side with everyone who is getting better and better, even if it is not the most special, it doesn't matter, as long as I can be with everyone...

If it continues like this, maybe I will really become an athlete?Although I feel that I am not that good, but if running is the only thing I can do, then I want to do it to the end and do my best-well, Asada-san told me so. "

She bent forward, and her fingers easily touched her toes.

With his head tilted slightly on his arms, his deflected eyes blinked at Asada as if peeping, and gradually smiled.

"If that didn't happen yesterday."