I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

He was in a daze for a short while before Hisada Moki beside him noticed him.

"You seem to be easily distracted today."

"Have it?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at the female teacher.

She held a cup of tea, the mouth of the cup against her lips, and her curious eyes passed across his face from time to time.

"there is."

“…Will it be so obvious?”

"I've been in a daze for almost a minute since I picked up the water cup."

"Teacher Hisata..." Hirakawa Tetsufumi smiled, "So, are you peeping?"

"Peeping? No way." Hisada Masu immediately shook her head to deny it. "I was just worried that Mr. Hirakawa might not be well yet and was feeling unwell again."

"My body is not that weak." Tetsufumi Hirakawa said with a hint of helplessness.

But not long after, there seemed to be a flash of light in his eyes as he stared at the female teacher.

"...Teacher Hirakawa, what's wrong?" Hisata Masu was a little at a loss what to do when being stared at like that.

"I was thinking..." Hirakawa Tetsufumi straightened up a little, "If it's Mr. Hisata, he should know more about this, right?"

"what?"

"Well... that is... how should I put it..."

How to ask?

Confess this matter directly? No, it's not appropriate.

To put it more politely, if one day, I accidentally did something that offended Mr. Hisada, it would be like being a hooligan.

Well - I have a friend - who confessed himself.

"..."

How to ask this question is really a difficult problem.

Hisada Mashu saw that he was having trouble speaking, "Is it hard to say?"

"Hmm..." Hirakawa Tetsufumi pondered, and finally asked vaguely, "Teacher Hisata, what I actually want to ask is, how should I apologize to a woman..."

"Hey..." Hisada Masu put down the cup and placed it on the table. "Why did Mr. Hirakawa suddenly ask this?"

"It's just, um... because of something, I need to apologize to someone, but I don't know how to do it."

"Female?" Hisada Masaki's tone seemed a little serious.

"Yeah, that's why... I wanted to ask Mr. Hisada."

"Because of what?"

"It's hard to say." Hirakawa Tetsufumi said vaguely, "Anyway, I have to apologize."

"..."

"..."

Hisada Masu stared at him.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi felt a little guilty: "Teacher Hisata, what's wrong?"

"...Nothing." The female teacher shook her head, picked up the cup of water again, brought it to her mouth, and blew gently onto the water.

"No matter what, when you apologize, sincerity is the most important thing."

"Of course I know that...but this statement is too vague."

"Teacher Pingchuan's statement can only get a response from Mo Hu."

"……All right."

Speechless.

After waiting for a while, the female teacher took a sip of tea, and the bottom of the cup touched the table again, making a slight sound.

Once again, Hisada Maki asked, "Teacher Hirakawa, is it inconvenient for you to just say it?"

"……yes."

"Okay." Hisada Masu responded softly.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Having not gotten an answer, Tetsufumi Hirakawa was ready to skip the topic.

"Let's talk about the bet between Mr. Hisada and me, shall we?"

"..."

no respond.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi put the matter of Ogasa Sayiko behind him for the moment and looked at Hisata Masaki who was holding the water cup in one hand and maintaining this posture without moving.

He smiled and said, "Teacher Jiutian, you should have asked the students in your class during the class meeting this morning, right?"

"Is there a result about whether it was true or not that I didn't use a textbook to teach yesterday?"

"..."

Hisada Masu picked up the water cup again.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stared at the cartoon pattern on the light green water cup and said, "Teacher Hisata, stop drinking tea."

"..." Hisata Moki held the cup in mid-air, and her right hand stopped. But soon, the cup continued to rise and reached the lips of the female teacher.

She took another sip of her tea.

"I'll drink it."

"..."

There was a hint of rebelliousness in her tone, like that of a little girl.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi was amused: "Okay, then after drinking, did Mr. Hisada remember the bet we made yesterday?"

"..." He hesitated for a moment before nodding slightly, "Yeah."

"So, according to the bet, Mr. Hisada needs to agree to one condition of mine, right?"

"……Um."

"What should I ask for?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was showing off his pride.

"Kyuda-sensei?"

"..."

After waiting for a long time, Hirakawa Tetsufumi suddenly saw that Hisada Masaki's hand loosened the teacup, turned around, and curled the ends of her hair hanging down on the side of her face with her fingers.

With the same gentle smile as always on his face.

"Teacher Pingchuan, if I remember correctly..."

"Even though I won our last bet, I still cooked for Mr. Hirakawa in the end."

"Should Mr. Hirakawa do the same this time?"

……

"Eh……"

Chapter 179 Prelude, the beginning of the event

In a flash, the offensive and defensive situations changed.

Facing Hisada Masu's smile, Hirakawa Tetsufumi was silent for a moment.

The female teacher continued to smile: "Teacher Pingchuan, what do you think?"

"..."

So there is a saying that goes, "A man who eats someone's food will be soft-hearted."

"Teacher Pingchuan, why aren't you talking?"

"..."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi sighed deeply: "Teacher Hisada, I regret it."

"Ok?"

"Just for the sake of a momentary appetite, I actually made that mistake."

"..." Hisada Maki still had her hair curled, "It's no use regretting, Mr. Hirakawa."

"Oh, yes……"

I feel helpless, but there is no way. It is useless to hold my head in regret.

Finally, under the teacher's half-smiley gaze, Hirakawa Tetsufumi could only dejectedly admit the fact: "Okay, okay, then this time the bet will have to be a draw, and we'll both agree to one condition from each other."

"Yeah, that's right."

The little smugness on the corner of the female teacher's mouth was so obvious that it was a little dazzling.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa chose to turn his face away.

"So, Mr. Hisada, what are you going to mention?"

"Because I just got it suddenly, I don't know what to mention for a while."

"..."

The posture was exactly the same as that of Tetsufumi Hirakawa who was showing off just now.

Looking at the deflated look on Hirakawa Tetsufumi's face, Hisada Masaki couldn't help but smile slightly with her hands covering the corners of her mouth.

"So it's Mr. Pingchuan who should make the request first. Mr. Pingchuan proposed the bet, so he should have already thought of what to ask for, right?"

"……Um."

"Then please go ahead."

Still immersed in regret, Tetsufumi Hirakawa lazily rested his chin on his hand, looking back at Moki Hisada.

He spoke very casually.

"Actually, this weekend is my birthday, so the condition is--"

The words were not finished.

"Eh?"

Hisada Masu's smile disappeared, and she looked at him with a surprised expression, blinking her eyes.

"What's wrong?"

"When is Mr. Hirakawa's birthday?"

"Yes, June 15th—"

"I mean, why did Mr. Hirakawa say this only now?"

"It's not too late to talk about it now, right? It's only eleven today."

"..."

"..."

Hisada Masu didn't know what to say.

"Any questions?"

"Why does it feel like Mr. Pingchuan doesn't take his birthday seriously at all?"

"Ah... well, how should I put this?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa still looked lazy.

"After all, there are so many birthdays that there's nothing to worry about."