I’ve Been Working My Hardest as Manager of the Girls’ Track and Field Team, but Ever Since I Retired, the Team Members Have Been Coming at Me Like Crazy!?
“Ugh… I’m exhausted.”
As soon as I finished eating, I headed to the communal bath.
I’d warned those three, “There are lots of other guests at the hotel, so don’t cause any trouble,” but I wonder how that’ll turn out.
Still, since we’re not allowed to lock our rooms right now, it’s probably safer to choose a place where other people are around rather than risk using the shower in our room.
And that turned out to be the right call.
There are plenty of naked middle-aged men in the communal bath as usual, so surely there’s no need to worry about those three barging in here—or so I hoped.
It looks like I’ll get a brief respite.
“Ah, that feels good.”
Submerged up to my shoulders in the tub, I looked up at the ceiling and wondered how things had come to this.
There’s no doubt that all three of them have their sights set on me.
They probably like me.
Of course, that in itself is flattering—I never imagined a guy like me, with absolutely nothing going for him, would be the object of affection for those three beauties, so I suppose I should consider myself a lucky man.
But their love is just too heavy.
And their emotions are way too unstable.
They’re the so-called “mentally unstable” or “yandere” types, but do all three of them have to be that messed up?
It’s just so different from the image I have of the three of them.
Shiratori is definitely the type to get emotional easily, but she wasn’t that hysterical.
Yukimura does have a short temper, but she’s usually the laid-back type.
Hayase is a bit of an enigma, but even so, I always thought of her as indifferent to everything rather than obsessed with anything.
Were all three of them actually mentally unstable to begin with?
Or did something trigger them to become like that?
If so, what was the cause?
…Me? No, I shouldn’t have done anything strange.
As for Shiratori… I did give her a massage every single day without fail, and I’d sometimes sneakily buy her ice cream on my way home.
But that’s just normal behavior for a manager.
What about Yukimura?
I used to get into arguments with her on the phone late into the night all the time, but by the next morning, we’d be laughing about the fight from the night before and acknowledging each other’s faults, right?
Where exactly is the “mentally unstable” part in that?
As for Hayase… hmm, I listened to her vent about all kinds of things every day.
Would that really lead to the idea of wanting to lock me up?
Hmm, maybe they were just messed up to begin with.
And all the pent-up emotions from having to suppress their feelings because of the no-dating rule probably just exploded the moment they retired.
Plus, since I was the only guy close to them because of that rule, maybe they just naturally developed those feelings for me.
Yeah, that must be it.
So when I get back to school tomorrow, I’ll officially lift the ban on dating.
They’re all beautiful and popular anyway, so they’ll probably end up hooking up with some handsome guy who comes on to them before long.
It makes me feel a little lonely, but I’ve got no choice.
I don’t have the confidence to deal with such twisted people, and as for Hayase, I’m scared she might try to lock me up.
Now that I’ve decided, there’s only one thing I need to do.
How am I going to escape from those three tonight?
This hotel is deep in the mountains, and there’s nowhere to run outside.
So, the only option is to somehow make it through the night without letting them break into my room.
But I’m not allowed to lock the door… Wait, hold on a second?
Why can’t I just lock it?
They don’t have a spare key, and they’re not exactly the type to go so far as to smash down a hotel door.
If I can just get through the night, all I have to do is take the bus and train back to school.
That’s it—that’s the plan.
Now that I’ve decided, I’d better hurry back to my room before they get out of the bath.
I stepped out of the tub with a burst of energy, left the communal bath, and headed back to the changing room.