I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

"Teacher Hirakawa."

"..."

"Teacher Hirakawa?"

"……Um?"

In the office, Tetsufumi Hirakawa came back to his senses amid the shouting in his ears.

The young and beautiful face of a female teacher appeared in his field of vision, staring at him very closely.

"...It's Mr. Hisata, what's wrong?" Hirakawa Tetsufumi leaned back slightly to create some distance.

Hisada Masu kept staring into his eyes for a long time before she stood up, sounding a little dissatisfied.

"Teacher Hirakawa got distracted again while talking."

"Eh...really? Sorry." Hirakawa Tetsufumi scratched his face with his nails in embarrassment. "Where were we talking about just now?"

"I just mentioned that Mr. Pingchuan plans to stay at the school tonight."

"..." Hirakawa Zhewen was stunned for a moment, then blinked his eyes ignorantly: "...Did I say that?"

Hisada Mashu sighed, "Since you're not living in the school, Mr. Hirakawa is not going to leave?"

"..."

That’s what it meant...

Hirakawa Tetsufumi coughed dryly, turned around and tidied up the things on his desk.

"OK OK."

After tidying up, he stood up and took one last look at the office.

On the last day before summer vacation, in the evening, there was no one else in the office except him and Hisata. There was no sound on campus either. All the students had left, and all that was left was silence.

In the empty office, the orange-yellow sunset light from outside the window shines in, dyeing everything in front of you with the color of the sunset, and also making the tranquility more obvious.

Summer vacation is here.

After confirming this fact, he looked at his own desk and found that nothing was missing.

"Let's go, Mr. Hisada." He held his bag and faced Hisada Masuki.

"Yeah." Hisada Masu also picked up the bag.

Amid the sound of footsteps, the two people walked slowly towards the office door, one in front of the other.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi was in front, so when he reached the door, he turned around and stood there waiting for a while. When Hisata Masuki came out, he reached out and held the door handle.

When closing the door, I always hesitate for a moment, wondering if I forgot to take something. But it only takes a moment -

"boom."

The door is closed.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa turned around.

At this moment, the sky outside the corridor is filled with brilliant colors like the clouds in the summer evening.

There is still heat, the hot heat still sticks to the skin even though it is already evening.

It announces that summer has indeed arrived and summer vacation is about to begin.

"Teacher Hirakawa, are you distracted again?" Hisata Masaki waved her hand in front of him.

"No."

Retracting his gaze from the sky and focusing on the female teacher's shaking hands, Hirakawa Tetsufumi smiled and denied it casually, "Let's go."

"What are you doing?" Hisata Masu followed his pace and walked side by side.

"I just feel that the end of the semester goes by so quickly and it's summer vacation so soon."

"Is that so?"

"Ah."

The two were walking in the corridor, the setting sun slanted and sprinkled light on the body, warming the whole body.

As I walked towards the stairs, my vision suddenly became dim, with only a hint of yellow light reflected from the back.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa noticed the gaze coming from the side.

He turned his head and saw the teacher staring at him.

"Teacher Hisada, what, you don't believe it?"

"It's not that I don't believe it." Hisada Moki shook her head.

"That is?"

"Well, it's just... I always feel that Mr. Hirakawa's recent state is not right."

"Have it?"

"Yes, although Mr. Pingchuan used to like to daydream, but recently, he has been daydreaming a little too often."

In the dim staircase, there were the sounds of staggered footsteps, and there was concern in Hisada Moki's eyes.

"Did something happen?"

"This one……"

Hirakawa Tetsufumi was speechless for a moment. As the female teacher asked, the figure of a young lady flashed through his mind.

His body stiffened for a moment, then he smiled as if nothing had happened and denied it.

"Nothing."

"No?" Hisa Moshu's eyes and tone were full of disbelief.

"of course not."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked at the stairs under his feet.

"If there's anything, it's just because it's the end of the semester and there's a lot to do. There's work for the homeroom teacher, and there's work for the wind band. Mr. Hisada knows that the wind band competition is about to start."

"..."

The doubts in the teacher's eyes gradually dissipated.

"That's it."

"Of course it is."

"That Teacher Pingchuan really worked hard."

"Yes."

With a nod and the gentle words falling, the communication came to an end.

When they spoke again, both Hirakawa Tetsufumi and Hisada Masaki were immersed in the light of the setting sun.

The slanting light lengthened the two people's shadows, and in their ears, they could hear the chirping of cicadas that can be heard everywhere in summer.

"Teacher Hirakawa, can I take you home?" Hisata Masu suddenly spoke.

"Well..." Hirakawa Tetsufumi thought about it and accepted the teacher's invitation, "Okay, thank you, Mr. Hisata."

"It doesn't matter. It's the last day of the semester. Let's go."

"Ah."

The two walked towards the parking spot in Moriya.

Along the way, there was small talk.

"Speaking of which, what is Mr. Hisata's plan for the summer vacation?"

"I don't know, let's make arrangements based on the situation. Where's Mr. Pingchuan?"

"Me? There's also the matter of the wind band. Even though it's summer vacation, the wind band practice still needs to continue."

"Are you still coming to school?"

"Yes, the regional competition will be held in three days. After qualifying, the Tokyo competition will be held in August. It seems that there will be no time to spare."

"so."

"..."

Not long after, a familiar white car came into view. It was Hisada Maki's car, parked in a parking space under the shade of a tree.

As I walked closer, I could hear the cicadas chirping louder and louder, until I was walking under the tree and looking up at the dense branches and leaves.

A few spots of orange sunset light shone through the leaves, and the sound of cicadas chirping enveloped the overhead.

The trees are the cicada's territory, and now is the cicada's season.

On July 7, the solar term is the great heat, the cicadas are singing vigorously, and the summer is strong.

The last day before summer vacation.

"Teacher Pingchuan, you are in a daze again."

"What?" Hirakawa Tetsufumi shouted. Through the car window, the sound of the horn covered the teacher's voice.

"You're daydreaming again." Hisada Masu repeated.

Now Hirakawa Tetsuwen heard it clearly.

"No."

He slowly withdrew his gaze from the treetops, turned around, and opened the car door.

"I was just thinking that now that summer vacation has started, I may not be able to see Mr. Hisada anymore."

As he spoke, he sat in the seat and closed the car door.

While fastening my seat belt, I suddenly heard the female teacher next to me speak.

"Actually... we can see it."

When the action of fastening the seat belt stopped, Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked over and asked in confusion: "Can I do it?"

"Mr. Hirakawa, you won't forget, right?"

Amid the hum of the engine, the female teacher's reminder came.

"August 8th."

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

"Too."

He nodded, fastened his seat belt, and the vehicle started.

It was not until he drove out of the school gate of Moriya that he looked out the window. The slightly lonely sunset hung on the skyline, almost disappearing.

Summer vacation is really about to begin.

Although Tetsufumi Hirakawa still has to go to school at the beginning of summer vacation, the end of the semester always triggers some feelings about the passage of time.

……

……

……

July 7, the first day of summer vacation, and two days before the regional qualifiers.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who was still feeling emotional about leaving school at the end of the semester yesterday, now comes to school early in the morning.

Although it is basically impossible for Moritani to be eliminated in the regional preliminaries given his level, he should not have such a proud mentality, so the Moritani Wind Orchestra decided to practice hard two days before the competition.

It’s summer time and yesterday was the hottest day of the year, so even though it was early morning, the sun was still very strong.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was walking along the shade of trees not far from the school gate in Moriya.

Moreover, out of boredom, when walking under the shade of the trees, Tetsufumi Hirakawa childishly added the rule of "no stepping on the sun".

Step by step, with head lowered, he walked around the few golden spots under the dense shadows of the trees.

Unfortunately, the shade of the trees only extends to the gate of Moriya. Going further in, there is no shade on both sides of the walkway in the campus.