I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

During this period, he could say that he did not have any love between a man and a woman for Shinohara Shiori, and everything was just based on the relationship between teacher and student.

But when she confessed... especially, in that stairwell, when Hirakawa Tetsufumi was pinching the young lady's delicate feet, after he realized that the young lady liked him...

After taking a deep breath, Tetsufumi Hirakawa turned his gaze towards the surface of the Uji River.

"…Perhaps, I did waver, but before this incident, out of my duty as a teacher, I was always firm in rejecting her."

"And after this happened? Do you like her?"

Ye Yue Li Ya's pleasant voice followed immediately after his answer, leaving him no chance to breathe.

"..."

He saw the junction of the Uji River and the riverbank, and white foam was floating on the undulating river surface.

"I like it," he said.

"..."

In his mind, there were memories of the past few days, absurd memories.

At the festival that night, brilliant fireworks rose high into the sky, and the flowing light illuminated everything like day. He could clearly see the face of the girl in front of him, who was wearing a yukata with a cherry blossom pattern. She looked delicate, perfect, and flawless.

And the burning love in her eyes.

So during her three kisses, he was truly captivated by some kind of magic that came from nowhere.

He lowered his head and returned her kiss that seemed to last forever.

He fell into a dream amidst the cloying sweet smell and the cool, sour and sweet taste of the orange-flavored shaved ice.

Everything that happened afterwards, the longer he stayed with the girl, the more he felt he couldn't leave her.

A soft body, a sweet kiss that makes you reluctant to part...

Tetsufumi Hirakawa had to admit that he had always been hesitant, but after this incident, he had fallen in love with Shinohara Shiori.

Although this emotion is unhealthy, it is built on dreams and grows in the soil of taboos.

however……

“Like is out of control.”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa said this while looking at the river.

"..."

After a brief pause, Hazuki Reiya's voice rang out.

"So, what about the responsibilities of teachers you mentioned?"

"..."

It is absolutely not allowed between teachers and students.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa knew that this relationship was abnormal.

"But reason should control the heart."

"so……"

"I should end this relationship."

"Should." Ye Yue Liya repeated the word, and then asked again.

"So how are you going to end it?"

"I thought, talk to her and then resign."

“…Resign?”

"Ah."

The surface of the Uji River was no longer rippled, and fell into quiet darkness.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi stopped watching him. He withdrew his gaze and looked at Ye Yue Reiya beside him.

"After what happened, it became clear that I could no longer continue to be her teacher."

"..."

Under his gaze, Ye Yue Liya turned her head slightly away and said nothing.

She couldn't join in the discussion, she just had to listen.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa spoke to himself.

"Moreover, the duties of a teacher have been breached. No matter what the reason, the stain has already been created. I probably can't continue to stand on the podium and face the eyes of the students below as if nothing happened."

"..."

For a teacher, for Tetsufumi Hirakawa, the eyes of the students under the podium are like the clearest mirror.

He felt guilty and could no longer stand on the podium so openly.

"Resign now?"

"I'll quit after I finish the last thing I can do."

"What can you finish in the end?"

"Well, I still have some Chinese language lessons left, and I can finish them next semester if I spend some time on them. I also didn't accompany the wind band in the national competition last year, so I want to see them compete in the competition this year. And there's one more thing I promised myself."

Things that were promised...or rather, things that were contracted.

He and Amamiya Yoru had agreed that as the only connection between them as a middle school girl, he would solve her problems.

If he just resigns like this, the situation of this middle school girl will continue.

Therefore, until this matter is resolved, he will continue to be Moritani's teacher for the time being.

"..."

Ye Yue Li Mi walked quietly, and her steps seemed to become heavy as she listened to the teacher's words, which sounded like he was telling her about her last wishes.

"Is that the decision?"

"Well, it's decided." Tetsufumi Hirakawa confirmed.

"...Okay." Ye Yue Liya nodded.

"..."

"..."

Afterwards, the topic seemed to have ended, and the two had walked a long distance along the bank of the Uji River.

Ye Yue Li Ya looked back. The deep darkness and the dim street lights were intertwined, and the road along the shore stretched into the distance.

"Well, are you okay?" she asked again.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa shook his head.

"No, there's more."

"There's more?" Ye Yue Li Ya turned around again, somewhat surprised.

"Yeah, there's more."

"what is the problem?"

Hirakawa Tetsufumi hesitated for a moment, staring at Ye Yue Liya's well-behaved face and her eyes under her neat bangs.

"I promised another teacher that on August 8th..."

"Ok?"

"I want to confess my feelings to her."

"..."

Hazuki Reiya stopped again.

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa also stopped.

"..."

The two looked at each other in silence.

They looked at each other, and Ye Yue Li Ya slapped his forehead with a headache.

"Tsk."

"..."

……

……

If they walked any further, they would get too far, so they stopped at the bank of the Uji River.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi leaned his elbows on the fence near the river bank. Hazuki Reiya leaned on one hand, supporting his chin weakly.

"You are really promiscuous."

"..."

After telling his promise to Hisada Maki, Hirakawa Tetsufumi received this evaluation from Hazuki Reiya.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi defended himself a little, "The agreement with Mr. Hisada came first, and afterwards, I didn't expect that something like this would happen with my students."

"Okay." Ye Yue Li Ya's voice was weak, "Then what are you going to do?"

"I do not know."

"Do you like that teacher?"

"..."

The figure of the gentle female teacher emerged in his mind, as well as the face illuminated by the candlelight that day. Ji Dong could not forget the feeling in his heart at that time.

"Of course I like him," said Hirakawa Tetsufumi, "that's why we made that promise."

"…What about that student?"

"……cough."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi turned away somewhat embarrassedly, not daring to look at Ye Yue Liya's eyes.

"……like."

"..." Ye Yue Li Ya supported her face with one hand and played with her bangs with the other hand, "Excuse me, who do you like more?"

"…Don't ask such questions."

"So what are you going to do?" Ye Yue Li Ya thought and gave a suggestion, "If you like both of them, why not use your hypnotic ability to realize your dream of having an incestuous harem?"

"...I've already told you that I will refuse the student's request and resign."

"Where's the female teacher?"

"...I don't know." Hirakawa Tetsufumi answered truthfully, "I feel that now, I already have a place in my heart for another person, and it's only been a few days since the end of a relationship. It's too much..."

"Like scum."

“…It may not sound nice, but that’s the way it is. I don’t want to become that kind of person.”

Ye Yue Li Ya blew out a breath from her mouth, and the air flow upwards, blowing up her bangs.

"So, this agreement doesn't exist?"

"If you break the promise you've made, she'll be disappointed."

"Then you are really in trouble."

“…” Hirakawa Tetsufumi was speechless.

"The agreed date is August 8th?" Ye Yue Li Ya confirmed.

"Yes, August 8."

"Today is the 17th, so there are only 2 days left."

"Ah."

"..." Ye Yue Li Ya changed her hand to support her face, "I can't give you any advice in your situation."