It was another late afternoon practice again, after the CX practice had already easily subsided. This time it was the usual Sanaka and Sayaki still there. Hayate and Sunia had already left. Which left Sayaki to battle each other unchecked, this was occasionally done by hands, but most of the time by harder regimes.
Sayaki's fitness had improved a lot, while Sanaka's skills had drastically improved. But it was still the same. Sayaki would dominate for the first half while Sanaka would come out on top for the last bit. The 2 and a half hours in Sayaki had now dropped off while Sanaka had continued to improve, to the point that they were almost equal.
"You guys are still here" calls a woman from behind them. Normally they would've kept going but this time they stopped. This person had an aura to them that both made them stop and turn in an instant. Behind them is an above average height woman with a bob haircut just above shoulder length. She looked as if she was younger than them, but she held a maturity that told you that she was older.
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I was annoyed even though I practiced hard, the gap in our ability seemed endless. Over this week this girl had made me look bad on every occasion, without even trying. Everyone must be thinking that our centers have completely different levels of abilities, so we should just kick me to the back.
And now this random person has just walked in. It was odd. It was somewhat like when I met with Hataya, I felt cold, had goosebumps.
"Osiki" Sayaki mumbled under her breath. I've definitely heard that name before, and I know it must be a pretty renowned name. I could ask who she is or not. I expect that she would be someone from the main group.
"You guys want some bubble tea. I expected you guys would be down here" she says laughing.
"Thankyou" we both say while taking the drink, a bit awkwardly.
"So you guys are the two centers?"
"Yeh" we reply in unison
"That is interesting, But you guys are the same I guess." she says smiling.
"The Same?"
"Well you have the same personality." what drug is this woman smoking, is one of my main thoughts, I guess she can buy the real strong stuff.
"So how is co-center going"
"Fine" we say looking at each other.
"I had to co-center with someone once, we weren't compatible at all. All I wanted was for the position for myself, and that is what I thought she wanted. But It turned out she just wanted the person below to take both of our positions." she sits down reminiscing about her past
Well maybe if I can learn from this person I can take down stupid Sayaki
"So, what happened?" Sayaki says, before me.
"Well funnily enough, it was just like she wanted neither of us ended up being the solo center. It had seemed there had been a storm raging on behind us, and I was too caught up in our little house fight to notice it coming. "
This time me and Sayaki looked at each other both contemplating.
"Nah, we're not like that." we say in unison.
She starts giggling to herself.
"Well I need to leave, but thanks for the chat" she says getting up and leaving. We say our thanks for the bubble tea and then we kind of mutually decide not to practice anymore. Even though we don't say in case we get seen as the weakling.
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"Well they truly are just like those two." Osiki says, smiling.
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"You guys picked up this small dog, and it turns out your mum wouldn't even allow you to keep the dog so you're giving it to us?" my brother says in half anger, and the other half of his brain is malfunctioning at their actions.
Sid and Samarchi are currently standing at the front door holding a small fluffy white dog. It was one of the cutest dogs I had seen.
"No,no. Since this is practically our second home, we decided to leave the dog at your house. "
They both say in unison.
"I hate you guys" my brother says, slamming the door in their faces. He puts up a strong face now, but I'm aware that he will crumble and we will get to keep the small cute white fluffy dog.
"So your co-center?"
"Yes, but it's with Sayaki, and it seems she doesn't want to cooperate, well neither do I" I say crossing my arms.
"Does the book have anything on this?"
My brother thinks to himself, grabbing the book. He quickly flips through the pages.
"Here it is, it says both should match each other, type crap.", he says contemplating. That is not very useful as my partner is a piece of crap.
"Here it is, if your partner is a complete piece of crap, the two solutions are to destroy them. This can be done by becoming way better than them. I guess by completing more lessons. Or somehow bringing them down to your level. By emotional blackmail, blackmail, give them an injury." my brother says contemplatively.
"The book isn't wrong but it's not going to be easy"
"To do what"
"To break her leg"
My brother stares at me with one eyebrow raised.
"Best you can do is just improve for the time being, until you are at her level." my brother says walking to the door. Because Sid and Samarchi shadows can still be seen through the front door window.
At least I can say I was right, my brother cracked pretty quickly, honestly quicker than expected. Well the dog was cute.
"Why did you guys pick up the dog, again?"
Suddenly out of nowhere a large whiteboard appeared. The white board seemed to have heaps of random formulas in there. I don't know how pi or logarithms got into their formula but apparently it did.
"Well we have used advanced calculation, cutting edge, I don't know if anyone has ever done it in this depth as us. To determine that 50% of a guy's attractiveness is the dog they have." Sid and Samarchi say beaming with pride. My brother's face is 'what the hell do these guys smoke?'.
"And we have the cutest dog there is," Sid says, pulling the dog to his face. The dog is really cute, and I, Sanaka, am happy to have that dog.
"How much did you pay"
"13 grand"
Thump,
No that was not them getting punched, that was my brother fainting.
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"You know they said they would take care of the dog, they haven't walked it in two days." I complain to my sister while eating a sandwich.
"Why don't you walk the dog."
"Matter of principle"
"Just walk the dog. We all know you're a pushover."
Why did I get the crappy reputation for being a pushover?
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Well it turns out I am a pushover. Now I am walking the dog through the nice green park. I don't know but for some reason all the girls are looking at me like I'm a cool person. And all the men are looking at me like I am a horrible person. Oh crap that's just my sister's pro feminism hat, So I just dump it in the bin real quick. Wait it's still happening, did rumors spread about me wearing a feminism hat. Maybe. Then I look at the dog, is it the dog? Is that how women work? The sun now is kind of setting and the view is really nice. Trees have that nice feeling, I think that everytime I walk through the park.
However this dog has really tiny legs so it seems like it's struggling to walk any further. So naturally I allow the dog to sit down and have some rest. But what I failed to notice is that there was a person sitting there already.
Which means I have to sit there looking straight ahead, without making eye contact with the female on the left. How horrible, my mind simulates excuses to leave but it fails, crap stupid brain, I am going to remember that you were too crap to even think about a way to leave this girl.
I look down to see two of my dogs, now I must be delusional, crap a girl arrives and my brain hits blanks and I start hallucinating, chances of getting a girlfriend is starting to look quite dim.
"Sorry" she says, pulling the second of the dog over to her side. Oh it's her dog, that is good news that I am not hallucinating.
"Oh we got the same breed of dog," I replied. "I thought I may have been hallucinating." she gives me a weird look. She's actually really. Actually wait a sec I've seen this girl. Long blonde hair, slightly slanted up knows, blue eyes, it's the Sayaki. Oh crap, she is a minor, and my sister's arch nemesis. Instantly all my nerves vanish, it's just that potato's little sister. I internally laugh at myself.
"So what, is your dog too crap like mine to walk long distances?" I say looking down at her dog.
"No " she says blatantly, why so harshe?
"So you are just lazy?" I say as a joke, she is not impressed. I think it is time to leave, this girl is a pain in my ass, and a minor, no prison for me. I look for an excuse to leave.
"Hey Sabiti, you got a dog?" says a female voice, I look up and see that's its Cya.
"Oh Cya, I'm walking Sid and Samarchi's new dog."
"That is one adorable dog," she says bending down and picking up the dog, obviously a dog person.
"What are you doing walking this way?"
"Actually I was on the way to your house." she says slightly blushing. Has she seen my true handsome nature finally?
"Ok well bye ___"
"Sayaki."
"Hope your mums well" oh crap I let that slip. It also isn't any weird relationship, just the fact that her mum is pretty big deal.
She looks confused. Well at least the awkward conversation is over.
Her eyes however had lost their mischief that they held before. She looked more shocked or something like she had seen something unbelievable. I win, how cool am i. But now I am walking with Cya who has stopped blushing now. I feel bad for her, maybe I should make a move, she is pretty good looking.
"So are Sid and Samarchi at your house." she asks shyly
"No I don't think so" I say to no one. As she seems to have already started walking the other way. Wait a second, I quickly calculate all the possible scenarios.
So she obviously was too scared to be home alone with me, and would be totally overwhelmed. Yeh no other scenario could be remotely reasonable except for that.
So for some reason I had been given complete control of the dog. Having to walk the dog each day. I think it was quite odd that I seem to always bump into Sayaki, I even changed times. Maybe she walks her dog a lot?
Cya also seems to be popping in and out the house quite a lot, seemingly whenever Samarchi and Sid are in, which is a lot. Thus, confirming both of my theories.