I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

"Teacher Hirakawa, are you going to the wind band now?"

"In the morning, the students in the wind band were also practicing very hard."

The subtext is: every student is practicing hard, but only the teacher is slacking off, right?

It must be so.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa cleared his throat gently.

"The teacher is planning to go now."

"Then I'll go with the teacher."

"……Um."

It feels like being caught by the teacher for being lazy when I was a student.

So, can the orchestra not escape its fate after all?

sigh.

Chapter 29 Shinohara Shiori's personality is really a bit bad

His fate of going to the wind band could not be changed, so Tetsufumi Hirakawa gave up struggling.

After changing into indoor shoes at the shoe closet and saying goodbye to Amamiya Yo, he walked towards the club building with Shinohara Shiori.

Then just as I walked up the stairs to the club building.

"Teacher Hirakawa."

Shinohara Shiori's voice suddenly rang in my ears.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who was daydreaming, stopped.

At this time, he was still immersed in the sadness of being caught being lazy, and was deeply suspicious of why, as a teacher, he was actually told by his students not to be lazy.

So naturally, he was stunned for a moment, and then he turned around and looked behind him——

Being a teacher is really inconvenient sometimes. If I want to talk to students, I always have to turn around. If I continue like this, I will get cervical spondylosis one day, right?

Although he doesn't know whether there is a connection between turning the head and spondylosis, so this is actually just a complaint. But if that's the case, should he check it online later?

Why not check it out sometime? Good health is very important.

"Teacher Hirakawa, are you listening?"

Thinking about this kind of thing in his mind, he naturally ignored Shinohara Shiori's voice, so the moment he came to his senses, he was greeted by Shinohara Shiori's suspicious look.

"..."

It is really a bad habit to be distracted while speaking.

"Oh, sorry, I didn't hear you clearly. Could you please ask Shinohara to say it again?"

After he said this apologetically, a sigh was faintly heard.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi blinked and looked at Shinohara Shiori's slightly open mouth.

That sigh just now must have come from Shinohara-san, right? It must have come from him, right? There was no one else in the stairwell, so even the quietest sigh could be heard.

Shinohara-san, it is rude to express your dissatisfaction with the teacher's behavior so obviously.

But he doesn't seem to be qualified to say that, so let's call it a one-to-one, eh.

After erasing his previous rude behavior, Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at the stairs in front of him again, but this time he listened carefully.

As the footsteps of the two people intertwined, Shinohara Shiori's voice was heard again behind them.

"Teacher Hirakawa, when you said 'I'll come back to the orchestra after I've resolved this matter', were you referring to Amamiya-san's matter?"

So you were asking about this matter.

"Yes, it's about Amamiya-san."

He nodded in response.

"So, Mr. Hirakawa is willing to come to the orchestra today because this matter has been resolved?"

"Solved? Not really. So I may not be able to spare the time for the orchestra in the future."

"That's it."

"Of course, the teacher is also very busy."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa nodded confidently, so he was not being lazy, he was really busy, huh!

After successfully convincing himself, Tetsufumi Hirakawa felt that his steps were much stronger. He had a legitimate reason not to come to the wind orchestra.

However, it seemed that Shinohara Shiori didn't care about this at all - or maybe she didn't believe it at all, so she just skipped it.

The topic returned to Amamiya Ye.

"So just now, Mr. Hirakawa was with Amemiya-san, and they were also solving Amemiya-san's problem?"

Shinohara Shiori asked again.

"Well...that's not true."

"what is that?"

"It's about Amamiya-san picking up four cats, and the teacher is temporarily helping her take care of them. She just came to care about the cats."

"cat?"

"Yeah, does Shinohara-san like cats?"

"Hmm..." The girl said thoughtfully, and then replied, "I don't hate it."

"So do you want to adopt?"

After thinking about it, I asked.

If possible, could we ask Shinohara-san to adopt it?

Then take this opportunity to let Amemiya Ye and Shinohara Shiori become friends, and solve the problem of Amemiya Ye's closed heart in one fell swoop.

So, thinking this, he looked towards Shinohara Shiori with anticipation.

"..."

After looking at each other for a few seconds, the girl behind him suddenly smoothed her hair on her shoulders in an unnatural manner and turned her face away.

"If I can help Mr. Hirakawa."

"..."

So, does this mean it's okay? After hearing this news, Hirakawa Tetsufumi was stunned, mainly because he didn't expect it to be so easy.

"Well... how should I put it? If I adopt a cat, I might need to ask Shinohara-san to become Amamiya-san's friend."

After coming to his senses, he quickly added.

"Friends?"

"Yeah, because Amamiya-san is... not that outgoing."

It's a very euphemistic way of saying it, but the subtext should be understandable anyway.

"So Amamiya-san is worried about how to find a way to keep the cats safe while still allowing him to see them often."

"The ultimate solution is to find a good friend?" The smart girl understood it immediately.

"Yes. So...if Shinohara-san is willing to help..."

I didn't say it in full, but it doesn't affect understanding, right? I just asked Shinohara Shiori to take the initiative to make friends with Amamiya Yoru.

After this request was made, the staircase fell into silence, with only the sound of footsteps remaining.

Yes, when it comes to making friends, you must think carefully about it.

After all, it is a two-way thing. If Shinohara Shiori is willing to make friends but is rejected by Amemiya Yo, it would be very embarrassing.

Besides, it is difficult for people with incompatible personalities to become friends, and forcing it is not good.

Such concerns are inevitable.

So, I kept walking up to the fifth floor of the club building and was about to reach the activity room of the wind orchestra.

As the sound of wind music gradually grew stronger, Hirakawa Tetsufumi couldn't help but speak: "Well... how about..."

"I agreed."

When he was about to say "Why not just forget it", he was interrupted by the girl's reply.

At the same time, the footsteps stopped.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stopped at the stairwell connecting the corridor and stairs on the fifth floor.

He turned around in surprise and looked at Shinohara Shiori who had also stopped and was standing in front of him.

The girl nodded seriously and repeated, "Teacher, I agree."

"..."

This affirmative attitude actually made Tetsufumi Hirakawa worried.

"Ah...um...Shinohara-san doesn't have to decide so early..."

However, such hesitation was perfectly ignored by Shinohara Shiori.

"Teacher Hirakawa."

"Ok?"

"As long as Amemiya's problem is solved, you will have no excuse not to come to the orchestra, right?" the girl suddenly said.

"..."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi was stunned again.

Hello. Did you hear me correctly? Shinohara Shiori is saying that he is making excuses?

"Excuse, teacher, this is not an excuse..."

Ignored again.

"So, as long as this matter is resolved, Mr. Hirakawa will have time to come, right?"

"..."

"Then, for the sake of the wind orchestra, Shiori is willing to assist Mr. Hirakawa."

"..."

After saying this, the serious-looking girl walked past him and entered the corridor on the 5th floor of the club building.

And her voice continued to come from behind her.

"Teacher Hirakawa, in exchange, please stop being lazy in the future."

"..."

When Tetsufumi Hirakawa turned around, he could only see Shinohara Shiori's back as she walked away.

"Shinohara-san, no matter what, the only thing is that the teacher is definitely not making an excuse not to come to the wind orchestra. I hope you can remember this."

Said unwillingly.

However, no response came.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa once again clarified this long-known fact:

Shinohara Shiori's personality is indeed a bit bad.

Chapter 30 The reason why Shinohara asked him to join the orchestra

Before entering the activity room, Tetsufumi Hirakawa had been thinking about one thing:

Last semester, no one cared even if he didn't come to the wind orchestra. Shinohara Shiori was the same and didn't care whether he came or not.

After all, he himself said that he knew nothing about music, so Mr. Ogasa would be in charge of the professional knowledge.

In this way, he was able to take a few months off. He only showed up for competitions, and the rest of the time he just pretended that the wind band didn't have him as its instructor.