Chapter 14: Hot Join 2

Somewhere in Tokyo. There was a man sat on the bar, half drunk. He was a trainer from the Central Academy.

“Hey, I can’t believe a Horse girl lecture me to do stuff ,” He said with slight a hiccup, and drank almost four bottles of sake.

This man, his name was Shouji Kisamata. He was part of a team in the central, its team name was Team Centurion.

His records was not that great. Few won maiden races, but 90% of it failed miserably. His reputation on most of the horse girl sunken below the threshold to made them respect him again.

Most trainers would quit if their reputation was low as Shouji.

“Damn it all! Why I lost so many races and none of them won,” Shouji said, and drank another large sip from the bottle.

He was depressed, and can not do better as a trainer. In fold of losing more of the Horse girl in his team. Sooner or later, his team would be disbanded.

The bartender who was cleaning the cup, he looked at Shouji.

“Is it best for you to try understand better for them?”

Shouji looked at the bartender, and made an irritated expression, “Huh? Who said you can lecture me with that!”

As much he was drunk. He paid the bills of his drinks. From there, he walked on the side walk like drunken man with a broken heart.

“I wish I could do better,” he mumbled, and hold the guardrail beside him.

With the time was morning, because last nigh he did not get any sleep. He walked near a garage door.

Then there was Speed Joker, she had sore legs because she underestimated of mountain hill climb. She looked at the drunken man leaned against the wall.

She poked his cheeks, “Uhm, excuse me. Can you please move to the side please, I need to close the door.”

The man did not responded to her answers. Speed Joker smell of strong alcohol from the man.

{He is drunk? Great, I can not leave him here.}

She moved Kisamata to the side, and closed the garage door.

Speed Joker looked at the familiar trainer in front of her, then she snapped her fingers.

{Ah, the man that fought with the two horse girls in his team.}

So, she carried the man behind her back.

{To be honest, this feeling isn’t that bad at all.}

But she felt her legs muscles were still cramping after she over done her exercise.

Speed Joker went back to her apartment room, and put the man in the sofa.

“Jeez, If anyone see this. This guy is going to be in a lot of trouble,” she said and sighed.

Speed Joker scratched behind her head. She didn’t knew any of the man’s health or condition. Consulting a doctor would be the best. But for now, she was going to let the man rest here.

Speed Joker changed her clothes, and grabbed her laptop. She placed her laptop on top of the diner table near her kitchen. In her laptop, it was installed with WinCarrot 11, she opened her chat app displayed on the desktop shortcut.

She scrolled her contact list, and selected Tanami Hideyoshi.

Speed Joker sent a message to him, “Sorry if you are busy. Do you know any training regime for horse girls.”

Yes, Speed Joker asked that to him. She needed to get faster before the unranked race in Sapporo. There would be many unknown opponents there, it would mean. Her opponents of her race would came from different places around Japan.

More things she needed to note. She didn’t got any list of her opponents, so this would be a gamble. She needed to be ready for anything to be thrown at her.

Time continued on. She was done consulting with Tanami. Unfortunately for Speed Joker, she didn’t get any information she wanted. This was truly bad for her.

She looked at the clock, it was time for lunch. So, Speed Joker went out of her apartment, and went to a traditional Market.

She hand picked all of the good quality ingredients. Until she met one of the old man familiar to her.

“Ah young lady!” The old man happily called her.

Speed Joker turned her attention, and looked surprised, “Oh, hi! I didn’t know you were selling in the market too.”

The old man laughed, “Of course I sell stuff in market. So, you seemed to search some ingredients to cook aren’t you?”

Speed Joker nodded, and said, “Yup, I ran out in my fridge. So I’m thinking of creating a hamburger steak. Right now, I need to find a meat that was already ground meat; the last thing on my list.”

The old man scratched his chin, and said, “I think I had one in stock. The last one in the day. I will get it for you.”

As Speed Joker waited for the old man to get her ingredients. She was daydreaming, looking her self up to the blue sky.

Then few of her fellow Horse Girls in the Academy came. They were Haru Urara and Rice Shower. Both of them were finding ingredients to cook in their dorms.

They walked passed by and saw Speed Joker.

“Oh, Speed Joker!” Haru Urara happily shouted.

This made Speed Joker snapped out of her day dream, and turn her attention to Haru.

“Ah, Haru Urara. What are you doing here in the market?” Speed Joker asked curiously.

“I’m currently having a party in the dorms. But, it seems I didn’t find all the ingredients.” Haru sadly said.

As for Rice Shower, she was holding on to the plastic shopping bags, a lot of them.

{That is quite a lot,} Speed Joker thought, as she looked at Rice Shower incredible balance of her legs. {Yeah, that is insane.}

Then the old man from the shop came out, and found the ground meat that Speed Joker asked for.

“Here you go, young lady.” The old man said, as he was holding the bag.

Speed Joker grabbed the bag, and said, “Thank you very much, and keep the change.”

The old man gave gratitude for the extra money he was given by Speed Joker. Then the old man turn his attention to Haru Urara.

“Is there something wrong, young girl?” The old man asked.

Haru nodded and asked, “Yes Mister, do you know what any of this ingredients?”

She handed over the list, and the old man read the list. He knew for few of this rare key ingredients. It was rarely sold in the market. But it was good thing for him to stock some of it.

“I’ll grab some of this ingredients for you,” he said, and headed back to the shop.

Speed Joker looked at Haru Urara, “Haru, I will be going first.”

Haru happily waved with her right hand, and said, “Alright, I will see you later!”

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Speed Joker went back to her apartment, and then went to the kitchen. In there, she opened up a book recipe that she wrote in another book.

For today, she was cooking hamburger, a simple vegetable and mayonnaise.

Speed Joker first cleaned all of the vegetable she bought. After that, she placed them in a large stainless steel bowl.

As she set those aside. She went grab an egg, salt, lemon, and mustard.

She put all of them on the counter top, then grabbed a small ceramic bowl and placed it on top of the counter top.

Speed Joker began to put the ingredients into the ceramic with the exact measurement. After she put all of them in, she mixed them well.

After the mayonnaise was done. She changed her attention to the vegetables. She began shredding them thin, then put them into another ceramic bowl.

Once all of that was done. Speed Joker began to make her hamburger. She mixed with seasoning on the ground meat. After that, she create the sauce for the hamburger steak. The sauce was a teriyaki sauce.

The raw hamburger meat, she put them into the hot skillet. She carefully cook them evenly. She cooked around 2 medium size hamburger steak.

When the hamburger steak meat was cooked. She set those aside in a white ceramic plate.

Then she put the Teriyaki sauce on top of the cooked hamburger.

She also placed the vegetables at the side along with the mayonnaise.

Speed Joker wiped the her forehead, and said, “Finally, lunch is done.”

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Shouji woke up on the sofa. He smelled food, but didn’t know where it came from.

“What is this smell. I’m feeling so hungry right now.”

When his eyes was finally fully opened. He noticed that he was in someone’s else apartment.

{Wait. Did I got kidnapped here?}

Shouji frantically looked around, but there was no one there. Until he saw the horse girl with dark gray hair walked out.

He knew about this horse girl. As he tried to remember who she was, he finally got it.

His eyes grew wide. This horse girl was the girl that tried to help him, but he brush her away.

{Now, I’m feeling very guilty that I actually did that. Because she saved a random old man like me from the streets.}

Speed Joker notice him stood up from the sofa.

“Ah, you’re awake?”

Shouji froze in place and waved his hand.

“Hi?”

Speed Joker pointed her thumb to the kitchen.

“Come, let us each lunch.”

Shouji was confused. Just how long he had been sleeping in her apartment. But one predicament in his mind was, a horse girl that did not moved into the dorms. This was very rare case to see in his eyes.

Not only that, she cooked for him to have lunch. Since he was being invited to lunch. He would be gladly accept it; because refusing would be straight up rude.

Shouji followed behind Speed Joker. He saw the food placed on top of the dining table.

{This food look so good, I can’t even holding back. Wait, hold it! I need to stay composure.}

Speed Joker sat on the chair, and looked at him. Shouji was hesitant.

“Is there a problem?”

Shouji was nervous to eat the food, but he asked anyway.

“Is it okay for me to eat this?”

Speed Joker chuckled out loud. Because it was quite an unexpected response came from Shouji.

“So, that is why your nervous? Is fine, just eat it. Since I cooked this myself.”

Shouji sat down with a slight blush on his cheeks. Then he looked at the food in front of him. He clapped his hand together.

“Thank you for the food!”

He grabbed the chopsticks, and began eating the hamburger steak with the rice at the side. He felt explosion of rich flavour in his mouth.

{This is so good. I can’t believe it. I missed this much of homemade food.}

Speed Joker saw the tears of enjoyment came down on Shouji’ cheek.

She smiled, and said, “Someone is enjoying the food very well.”

Shouji swallowed his food, as he savoured the final flavour on his tongue.

Then he replied, “It is just rare for me to get home cooked foods. I’ve been busy so much, I just didn’t think anything.”

He continued to eat his food along side with Speed Joker at the opposite of the table.

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After they both ate lunch. Speed Joker washed the dishes in the kitchen sink.

As for Shouji. He felt gratitude of Speed Joker for saving him in the streets.

“Anyway, since I didn’t know you yet, and also how rude of me back in the academy. Can I ask, what is your name?”

Speed Joker placed the plates on the drying rack.

“My name is Speed Joker. How about you?”

“My name is Shouji Kisamata. Nice to meet you too, Speed Joker.”