They also name her the new vice-captain.
Theres a lot of gifts Taiki thought about getting her, but hes nervous about which onecontinuing to overthink.
About all that momentum Hina built up last week…well, it was all for naught.
When he asks if thats okay with her, she says its fine, as its what he expected.
But neither me nor Kyou are buying it.
Rejection sucks; weve all been there at some point.
Once practice is over, Chinatsu starts to head home and texts Taiki a sticker.
They just happened to be going in the same direction: towards the home they share.
Not sure why he doesnt still do it, the beach is awesome and clearly pretty close!
When Taiki joins her, she almost slips and falls but he catches her.
He draws away, but Chinatsu quickly re-establishes contact so she wont fall again.
Its Taiki who ends up falling and soaking himself, but he fortunately brought his practice clothes.
Taiki even brought a little cake with 17 candles.
He also gets to see her in a yukata for the first time.
When her teammate calls, Taiki gets to hear what good friends she has.
Looking out at the gorgeous sky, she says good first morning to her 17-year-old self.
It should be an interesting year!
While there were no big brash confessions, there didnt need to be at this stage.
They simply needed to re-establish their chemistry and dump the air.
