My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 417 What are the enviable aspects of Nishikata?

Gang left home with his phone in his pocket, and when he stepped back in, the afterglow of the sunset had already bathed the living room in a warm golden light.

Shoko was curled up on the sofa, the tablet and phone in front of her glowing softly, her pen idly tracing lines on the screen, clearly not focused on the illustrations.

Shizuka Miyamura was preparing dinner in the living room.

Tsuna changed his shoes and walked into the living room, where he immediately noticed the listless glass on the sofa.

He walked over and sat down next to her, chuckling as he gently nudged her with his shoulder and asked with a smile:
"Looking so downcast, what are you doing?"

"Why didn't you call me when you came back and went out this afternoon?" Shoko looked up, her big eyes staring at him intently.

"Yes!" Tsuna spread his hands innocently.

"Didn't I send you a message on LINE? Since you didn't reply, I had no choice but to go out by myself."

"..."

Shoko didn't say anything, but continued to stare at his face intently, thinking about where to start and give him a surprise attack.

In the afternoon, Tsuna made a special trip to the 'A-1 Pictures' studio to resolve some minor changes regarding the adaptation of Anohana.

On the way back, I happened to run into Nishikata and Kitano and their friends. They dragged me to the arcade for quite a while before I finally got back in the evening.

"..."

The two stood a short distance apart, quietly staring at each other, their eyes locked in a silent contest, like children sulking and seeing who could blink first!

The increasingly childish atmosphere was broken when Miyamura Daio returned carrying two large fish (which he had bought).

At the dinner table, Tsuna and his father, Daio Miyamura, carefully confirmed the date of Shoko's hospital visit again.

He mentally traced this number over and over again.

Since that dinner, life has seemed to be on fast-forward, with the wind outside the window growing colder day by day.

Before we knew it, it was the morning of the 9th.

Just one week into the new semester, new cliques have sprung up in the classroom like mushrooms after the rain, each forming their own groups.

Tsuna was chatting with Kitano and a few others in the front row when 'Muraguchi,' a new boy who joined the group this semester, suddenly wailed:

"I'm so incredibly envious of Nishikata!"

"..."

Tsuna and Kitano all turned their heads at the same time, their faces all showing the same question mark.

"Huh?" Kitano, speaking on behalf of everyone, asked the burning question: "What's there to envy about him?"

Several boys who had known Nishikata for a year exchanged glances. After a year of knowing him, they really couldn't understand what was so enviable about Nishikata.

And if we're talking about envy, they still think that Miyamura, who's right next to them, is more enviable, the kind of envy that's intense.

"What do you guys think of Takagi-san?" The villager asked, glancing around at the others under their gazes before giving an irrelevant answer.

Tanaka scratched his head: "It's... pretty ordinary?"

The other person's voice was muffled: "It's...it's alright."

Someone's eyes darted around: "No... I don't have any particular impression."

Tsuna remained silent: "..."

"Uh..." Kitano scratched his head, thinking, then suddenly muttered softly, "It's... kind of cute, isn't it..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the small circle that had been chattering away fell silent instantly, and those few gazes slowly focused on Kitano's face.

Tanaka raised an eyebrow and asked in confusion, "Don't you like your childhood friend anymore?"

"One thing at a time!" Kitano hurriedly waved his hand, his ears turning red as he argued:
"Don't you guys think Takagi-san is kind of cute when she smiles?"

"Not impressed."

"I've never seen it."

"Takagi-san can laugh?"

"..." "Hey... Kitano, you're not a peeping tom, are you?"

"Miyamura, you must think so too, right?"

Seeing that none of them understood him, Kitano quickly looked at the small group and asked Tsuna, who was most familiar with Takagi.

There's someone even more familiar, but he hasn't arrived yet...

Tsuna met his pleading look and raised his eyelids slightly: "Hmm... I still think Shoko is cuter."

"..." Kitano suddenly pursed his lips and fell silent.

"And...were we just talking about why the village entrance envies Nishikata? How did we suddenly switch to talking about Takagi-san?"

Tsuna skillfully changed the subject; he didn't want to talk too much about it, as he always felt that Shoko was watching him from behind.

"Right, right, right! Village entrance, you still haven't told us why you envy Nishikata." Kitano realized what was happening and quickly looked at the village entrance, who had been making his presence felt, and asked eagerly.

"Huh? Well... I'm quite envious." He took a few steps back from the village entrance, feeling a little guilty.

So what are you envious of from Nishikado?

The village entrance tried to change the subject again, but failed several times. Just when Tanaka was about to lose his patience, he forced himself to explain:
"Don't you guys think it's enviable that Takagi-san teases Nishikata every day?"

"..."

Tsuna was speechless, thinking he was going to say something... but he felt that Nishikata probably... maybe... was enjoying it.

"What... what's so enviable about this?" Tanaka asked, puzzled.

"No!" Seeing that Tanaka was about to say something, Kitano raised his hand to interrupt him, echoing:

"After hearing what they said at the village entrance, I think that Nishikata kid is actually quite enviable!"

Before anyone could respond, Kitano spoke rapidly, as if he had been holding it in for a long time and had finally found an outlet:

"And when I was in elementary school, I was also teased like this by a few girls in my class!"

"..."

"……ha???"

Everyone turned to look at him, their curiosity and gossip growing.

"What's going on?!"

As Kitano's best friend, Tanaka was the first to jump in and ask. He really had never heard Kitano mention this matter at all.

Kitano stroked his chin dramatically, pondered for a few seconds, and then slowly spoke, as if he were talking about something of great importance:
“When I was in elementary school, I was also blocked at the toilet door by a few girls, and I was slapped and teased by them.”

"..."

The air suddenly fell silent. Tanaka patted Kitano on the shoulder and said speechlessly, "Kid, what you did was bullying, not teasing."

Whether you believe it or not is no longer important...

"What are you talking about?"

Nishikata's voice suddenly broke in.

As a result... in a flash, the group of people who were just chatting enthusiastically together scattered like birds and beasts.

Nishikata was left standing there, completely bewildered. When he saw Tsuna heading back to his seat, he quickly followed him.

"Hey, Miyamura," Nishikata pressed on relentlessly, "what were you guys talking about? Why did you all run away as soon as I arrived?"

As they walked, Tsuna recounted their conversation, and it wasn't until Nishikata returned to his seat that he realized what had happened.

Are you guys talking about... the new novel?

Listening to Shoko and the others chatting happily at the next table, Tsuna glanced at the book with the rather... BL (Boys' Love) cover in Ayumi Ajitani's hand and casually guessed.

This successfully diverted Nishikata's attention, who wanted to continue asking questions.

(End of this chapter)