I work as a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

Chapter 197 Don't step on the sun, don't look at the sun

July 7th is the regional qualifier for the wind playing competition.

As the instructor of the performance department, of course he had to arrive at school early on the day of the competition, so Tetsufumi Hirakawa got up early.However, someone got up earlier than him.

On one side of Moritani's school gate, there was a young girl standing upright, holding a book of music in her hand.

Until Hirakawa Tetsubun walked to the school gate, the girl closed the music score, raised her eyes, brushed her hair behind her delicate ears, and then spoke.

So under the shade of the tree, a clear and pleasant voice sounded.

"Good morning, Teacher Hirakawa."

"..."

I wasn't too surprised anymore—it's okay to use shock here, after all, I had expected it a long time ago.

"Good morning, Shinohara-san."

After the greetings were over, they stepped out of the dense tree shade and walked into the campus together.

"It seems Hirakawa-sensei is used to me." Shinohara Shiori said.

"Habit? That's not true." Hirakawa Tetsuwen replied.

"do not have it?"

"It's just an expectation, not a habit. If Shinohara-san is not here, I will be more used to it."

"It's kind of hurtful for Mr. Hirakawa to say such words."

"Sorry." Hirakawa Zhewen apologized with apology, and continued, "But rejection will always hurt people, so you can't refuse it because of this."

"Ok."

Shinohara Shiori nodded calmly.

In this way, the two kept the safe distance identified by Tetsufumi Hirakawa - about one meter, and walked towards the playing section together.

And the next conversation, when seeing the shoe cabinet, was started by Shiori Shinohara.

"Teacher Hirakawa, do you know?"

"what happened?"

"Recently, Shiori has been thinking about a question."

Hirakawa Tetsubun looked over, met Shinohara Shiori's eyes, and expressed his inquiry with his eyes, and then Shinohara Shiori replied: "I was thinking, how can I get Hirakawa-sensei to agree."

Immediately, Hirakawa Zhewen frowned and rejected without thinking: "I've said it many times, it's impossible, Xiaoyuan-san."

However, Shinohara Shiori obviously didn't refuse to listen to this sentence that he had heard countless times, and said to himself: "Actually, Shiori really thought of a way."

"is it?"

Staring suspiciously at the girl who seemed to be swearing, Hirakawa Zhewen didn't believe there was any way, but out of curiosity, he asked, "What way?"

A little smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Shinohara Shiori's mouth, which was a bit nasty.

"Expell Mr. Hirakawa, so that you are no longer a teacher."

"..."

"Mr. Hirakawa, what do you think?"

"..."

The smile subsided, and it seemed that he began to seriously ask his opinion again, making people wonder whether the young lady's thoughts were true or just a joke.

Hirakawa Tetsuwen fell into silence.

Hmm... what is this?Do you not forget your original intention?
Silently complaining, after a while, she stepped into the shoe cabinet.

"Even if I'm expelled, Shinohara-san."

After changing their shoes, the two walked together in the connecting corridor towards the club building.

"Why not?" Shiori Shinohara asked, continuing the topic.

Although I don't know if this eldest lady is serious, Hirakawa Tetsuwen still stated the reason for the rejection quite seriously.

"The inappropriate emotions generated during the continuation of the teacher-student relationship, even if the teacher-student relationship ends, its influence will still exist. Therefore, it will not work."

Hirakawa Zhewen explained without any emotion, and by the way, persuaded the girl again, hoping to let her know her way back.

"This is my point of view, so Shinohara-san, it's better for you to give up your ridiculous ideas."

But Shiori Shinohara couldn't listen and murmured.

"Well... I understand what the teacher means, but Shiori is not someone who will give up easily."

When he raised his face, he said so.

"Is it like wind music?"

"Ah."

"Ok."

Hirakawa Tetsubun nodded and stepped up the stairs of the club building.

However, the person who said he would never change his mind and the person who said he would never give up, obviously one person will definitely change in the end.

who can that be?

——Both of them firmly believe that the one who changes will not be themselves.

If you think about it this way...

Footsteps fell, Hirakawa Tetsufumi and Shinohara Shiori turned their heads together.

"Student Shinohara."

"Teacher Hirakawa."

"..."

"..."

"You talk first." Hirakawa Zhewen gave way.

Shiori Shinohara didn't refuse, nodded and said directly: "It's still the same sentence, I always firmly believe that there will always be a day when Teacher Hirakawa can feel Shiori's heart."

Hirakawa Tetsubun refused to refute, but insisted on his own position: "The existence of the teacher-student relationship, and my personal feelings, are not acceptable."

"Then I look forward to the day when Mr. Hirakawa changes his mind." The girl smiled, and in the narrow space of the stairs, the beautiful face burst into a heart-warming smile.

The look in the eye, the confidence, the anticipation...that's it.

"..." Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked away, "It's too close, Xiaoyuan-san."

"is it?"

"Keep a safe distance."

"Is Teacher Hirakawa worried?"

"What am I worried about?"

"Worried about getting too close and falling in love with me, or something."

"..."

"After all, Shiori is very confident about her own appearance." The proud young lady said in a flat and natural tone without humility.

Well, indeed, there is no doubt that Shinohara Shiori is a beautiful girl. If she is not in a girls' school, she must be a student in a light novel whose shoe cabinet is full of love letters.

Even Tetsufumi Hirakawa needs to admit this, but—

"Is Teacher Hirakawa worried about this?"

Facing the girl with such rhetoric, Hirakawa Tetsufumi remained unmoved in the slightest: "The aggressive method is too obvious, Shinohara-san, it's useless to me."

The next step is probably, "Since Mr. Hirakawa is not worried, why do you reject the distance too close?" and so on.

Hirakawa Tetsuwen has already seen through.

— indeed
"..." The eldest lady next to her sighed, and said, "It seems that Plan [-] has failed."

"...Excuse me, what is plan one?"

"Fire you."

"...Xiaoyuan-san really thought about it?" Hirakawa Tetsufumi asked in surprise.

"Yeah." Nodding calmly.

"..."

Hirakawa Tetsubun opened his mouth and closed it again.He didn't know what to say for a while.

Didn't the expulsion just talk about it?
It can only be said that that night, after expressing her heart through Ye Yu, the girl really made a lot of mental preparations, and really made a lot of determination - unexpectedly such a plan can be conceived.

Really, I remember that at the beginning of this semester, Shinohara Shiori apologized to him because of the initial threat.The result is now here again.

Relying on his excellent memory, Hirakawa Tetsufumi can still recall the scene at that time - the young lady's rather shy apology.

At that time, he was still thinking that the problematic students realized their mistakes under his guidance, which is gratifying.

It turned out that it was all pretended after all.

Now he has reason to believe that the young lady apologized not because she realized her own mistake, but because... she had some ulterior feelings towards him, so she apologized.

Because, after all, she is Miss Shinohara, with a bad personality, self-willed and arrogant, always seems to be alone, and also says "excellent people will be targeted everywhere", such a young lady will not bow her head casually.

It wasn't a mistake that made the proud her bow her head, but... liking him—this.Because I like it enough, I bow my head.

Just like because she likes it enough, the arrogant young lady will put down her figure and actively pursue it, and she will clearly refuse it, but still never change her mind, the same.

This is Miss Shinohara's liking, a liking that lowers her high head, is cautious, and is afraid of being discovered.

It wasn't until the catharsis came out that it was like the clouds that were swept away during the rainy season, and the covered emotions finally appeared in the sky openly——

Before the midsummer sun unscrupulously controlled the sky, it experienced more than a month of plum rain.

Before Shiori Shinohara vented her emotions without any scruples, the proud lady carefully hid for a semester.

"..."

In the stairwell, the sound of quiet footsteps suddenly seemed to be stepping on the heart.

The pounding heartbeat appeared in my ears without warning.

An inexplicable atmosphere began to linger around me.

The transmission of the mind does not start from the mouth, the power of words is limited - therefore, it starts from the hearing person understanding the mind.

Perhaps, it was only at this moment that Hirakawa Tetsubun was surprised. In this ordinary staircase, at an unexpected point of time, he realized how passionate a certain girl's emotions were, so intense...that it was hard to look directly at them.

Looking directly at the sun will burn your eyes.

Unable to control it, he felt that the sound of footsteps gradually coincided with the sound of his heartbeat, getting faster and faster.

"..."

"Teacher Hirakawa, what's wrong?" Shiori Shinohara looked at Tetsufumi Hirakawa who suddenly quickened his pace.

"..." Hirakawa Tetsuwen didn't speak.

"What's wrong?" Shinohara Shiori asked again.

"……nothing."

As if the flat tone was concealing something, Hirakawa Tetsuwen walked up.

In order to keep up with the pace, Shinohara Shiori had to speed up, while staring at the fast-walking male teacher, blinking her eyes suspiciously.

There are definitely exceptions.

The wise young lady came to a conclusion like this.

why?

Something happened somewhere she didn't know, right?

Shiori Shinohara thought about it, and then saw that the teacher in front of him passed the corner of the stairs and continued to go up.Above is the fifth floor, where the performance department is located.

More importantly, at the moment she turned around, she saw the teacher's expression - pretending to be calm.

No more guesswork, absolutely what happened.

Because he often pays attention to this teacher, every expression is very familiar. His expression is not calm, but a pretended calm.

Shinohara Shiori thought, and quickened her pace, trying to catch up.

"Teacher Hirakawa." She called out again, but there was no response.

From the stairs on the fifth floor, white light diffused in and entered the eyes.

Hirakawa Tetsubun walked up the last step.

The voice of the girl behind him has been blocked by him, and he just wants to stay away from the girl.

This is not a heartbeat, let alone a liking, but, just as the strong sunlight needs to be shaded, now Hirakawa Zhewen needs to find shade.

"Don't step on the sun".

In my mind, I thought of the childish shade game at the school gate the day before yesterday.

What emerged in the picture was the girl's upright figure when he raised his head.

"..."

Hirakawa Zhewen paused, and pushed the association out of his mind.

Then move forward again, trying to get rid of the girl.

But the moment he was about to walk out of the stairwell, he heard a small exclamation behind him.

"..."

He finally stopped, and after hesitating for a while, he turned around and looked down:

Shinohara Shiori grabbed the armrest and leaned her body against it, her delicate face and beautiful eyebrows were frowning.

"Ms. Hirakawa... Shiori seems to have sprained her ankle."

"..."

-

Taking a deep breath and calming down, Tetsufumi Hirakawa came to Shiori Shinohara's side.

"...Did you twist your foot?"

The girl was still frowning, she didn't seem to be feeling well.

"Yeah. I focused all my attention on Mr. Hirakawa, I didn't pay attention to my feet, and I missed my step."

"..."

Indeed, such is the light of the unobstructed sun.

Tetsubun Hirakawa squatted down without looking at Shiori Shinohara.

Along the girl's figure, Moritani's plaid skirt in summer uniform, white and slender legs, and down to the girl's feet.

"Which foot?" He asked without squinting his eyes.

"Right foot." The girl above her head replied, her voice obviously restraining the pain.

It may not be twisted lightly.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked at the girl's right foot.

White indoor shoes with light green edges, and white calf socks, in which the girl's feet are wrapped.

"..."

Hirakawa Tetsubun stretched out his hand hesitantly.

"Teacher Hirakawa...help me take a look."

Hearing the voice, he could imagine Shiori Shinohara's frowning face.

Hirakawa Tetsuwen stopped moaning.

He stretched out his hand, and gently raised the girl's right foot with one hand, and the girl heard a little gasp in his ear.

"Feel sorry."

"……It's ok."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi put his other hand on the heel of the shoe, tried to keep it as steady as possible, and took off the shoe little by little.

He took off his shoes and put them aside.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stared at the girl's right foot which was still wrapped in the calf socks.

"Sorry."

Saying sorry again, without further hesitation, Hirakawa Zhewen stretched out his hand again, and gently pinched the girl's tender calf with his fingers, just above the ankle.

At the same time, the fingers of the other hand pinched the calf socks and slowly took them off.

Like peeling an egg, the girl's feet wrapped in white calf socks were gradually exposed to the air and under his sight.

Until it faded to the ankle, the speed became even slower—in Hirakawa Zhewen's heart, it was like performing a precise surgical operation.

It wasn't until the red and swollen area on the girl's ankle was exposed that Hirakawa Zhewen sped up and peeled off the whole sock.

Thus, Shiori Shinohara's entire right foot was completely exposed like this.

"..."

"..."

After a pause, Hirakawa Tetsufumi put the socks in the shoes that had just been placed next to him, and then glanced at the girl's feet.

The pampered eldest lady had equally fair and delicate feet, and her round, cute and small toes shrank a little nervously under his gaze.

"..."

"..."

The stairs were so quiet that breathing could be heard.

"...Mr. Hirakawa, how are you doing?" The girl's nervous voice sounded.

"..."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi let go of one hand, took the shoes next to him, put the eldest lady's feet on the shoes, and then stood up.

He looked at Shiori Shinohara.

"It looks serious, it's very swollen, does it hurt?"

Shinohara Shiori nodded.

"Ah."

"Maybe I need to go to the health room."

"Ah."

After the exchange, Hirakawa Tetsubun glanced down the stairs.

This is the fifth floor, and the health room is on the first floor.

Obviously, one must be aware of this - it is not feasible for this young lady, Shiori Shinohara, to go downstairs with the handrail alone.

"..."

"..."

Inexplicably quiet again, Hirakawa Tetsubun kept looking down.

"Xiaoyuan-san, shall I help you down?"

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)