I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

"Yeah. But I still stubbornly decided to be alone." Shinohara Shiori understood.

"..."

"Of course, Mr. Hirakawa needs to calm down, Shiori knows that. Everyone needs some space to calm down, and so do I."

Shinohara Shiori said calmly.

"Now that I think about it, after receiving that message, she kept calling over and over again, and ran to Mr. Hirakawa's door without giving up. Shiori was not calm at that time."

"……Feel sorry."

"No, I don't mean to ask Mr. Hirakawa to apologize." Shinohara Shiori shook her head slightly in response to his apology. "Shiori has completely calmed down now."

"If Mr. Hirakawa had only been missing for one day and then came back, Shiori would probably be angry. If he had been missing for three days, she might have been happy the moment she saw Mr. Hirakawa. As for Mr. Hirakawa who had been missing for a week and came back saying 'I want to have a good talk'..."

Shinohara Shiori stared at him.

"I suddenly feel like there's nothing more to say."

"..."

"There's no anger, no joy of seeing each other again, no sadness, nothing at all."

"..."

"Teacher Hirakawa is right. This relationship should not exist. You rejected it from the beginning. It was only because Shiori was so willful that she never gave up that this happened. As for the dream that happened later, just treat it as a dream. Since you have woken up from your dream and feel that you should not continue, then you don't have to continue. I will listen to you. There is no need to apologize."

"..."

In his silence, Shinohara Shiori calmly expressed her thoughts, and the two continued to walk together for a while until they walked out of the school gate.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stopped at the school gate, and Shinohara Shiori just walked away calmly without stopping.

Until suddenly the wind picked up and the rainstorm came as expected.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa opened his umbrella and walked towards the tram stop amid the sound of heavy rain.

Shinohara Shiori did not mention what happened last night. Perhaps in her opinion, this matter did not need to be explained.

Because their relationship is over.

Chapter 217: The end of summer vacation, Amamiya Yoru's visit

Summer vacation is coming to an end.

As soon as the blowing competition ended on August 8, there were only 26 days left until the start of school in September.

During these few days, Tetsufumi Hirakawa has been staying at home, guarding the last bit of peace alone.

I don’t have a job and don’t have to go to the wind band. Every day I just read books, play with my phone, and play with my cat.

The three kittens are more than four months old. At this stage, cats are becoming more and more naughty, energetic and active, and can almost run to every corner of the house - Tetsufumi Hirakawa's home is really suitable for hide-and-seek.

In addition, the stairs that once blocked the kittens have now been lost. Therefore, except for the storage room on the third floor that is locked all year round, the first and second floors are completely lost.

Even if Tetsufumi Hirakawa stayed in the room, he could hear the cats fighting outside the door. Sometimes he didn't close the door, and when he entered the bedroom, he would find three cats on the bed.

The cat owner’s bed is the cat’s second bed, that’s about it.

However, the presence of these cats did make Tetsufumi Hirakawa's home more lively and also made him feel more at ease.

If they weren't there, in the empty and quiet home, with his current state of mind, he would probably be even more irritated.

Because, on that rainy afternoon, in the white world, Shinohara Shiori's words, mixed with the sound of rain, broke into his dreams from time to time.

"From Shiori's perspective, Mr. Hirakawa is terrible."

"I suddenly feel like there's nothing more to say."

"Since you have woken up from your dream and feel that you should not continue, then there is no need to continue. I will listen to you and there is no need to apologize."

"..."

The sound of raindrops falling stirred up white splashes, flooding the world.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa woke up from such a dream.

The rainstorm that washed over Tokyo three days ago, washing the sky, has long ended now, the dark clouds have dispersed and the blue sky has returned, the sun is shining brightly,

When he opened the curtains, Tetsufumi Hirakawa narrowed his eyes.

After he got used to the sunlight, he turned and walked out of the room.

There are two cats outside the room, one black and one white, they are Chimera and Gabriel.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa squatted down, looked at them playing, scratched their heads, then stood up and walked downstairs.

"Wow--"

She turned on the faucet in the bathroom, filled a glass of water, squeezed toothpaste on the toothbrush, stared at herself in the half-length mirror, and began to brush her teeth.

After washing up, I went to have breakfast, porridge with pickles and a poached egg.

While he was eating, Gabriel and Chimera ran from the second floor to the kitchen and started playing next to him again, touching the table legs and grabbing the other cat's tail.

Later, Wuchang came to join in the fun, and the two cats started chasing him again.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa had just finished his breakfast at this time. He was too lazy to wash the dishes, so he put them in the sink and walked into the living room. He sat down on the sofa and picked up the book he had not finished reading from the coffee table.

As soon as he opened the book from the bookmark, Michael came over from the sofa on the side and climbed onto his legs.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa lowered his hand and leaned his elbow against its limp body, using it as support to read.

The three kittens disappeared and the living room returned to silence.

"Wow—"

There was only the sound of turning pages.

only……

If I remember correctly, I should have read this book for three days?

"..."

After flipping through only a dozen pages, Tetsufumi Hirakawa suddenly became annoyed again as he looked at the book which was only halfway through.

Put a bookmark on it, close the book and put it on the coffee table.

Afterwards, Tetsufumi Hirakawa lay back on the sofa, stroked Michael's fur with his hand, and began to do nothing while listening to Michael's lazy meow.

If I remember correctly, it was the same thing two days ago, which is why I could never finish reading this book.

why?

In my mind, the dream I had before waking up today began to appear again... It shouldn’t be called a dream, it was just a replay of reality, an intrusion of memories into dreams.

It was reminding him that he cared about this matter very much. No matter how hard he pretended to ignore it, no matter how hard he wanted to sink it into the depths of the ocean of memory, it would float up from the deepest part and reappear in his memory.

The human heart is indeed a very complicated thing.

He wanted to end it, and Shinohara Shiori ended it with him as he wished. Things went as planned and the goal was achieved perfectly.

however……

Now that it's really over, he's still tossing and turning because of it. What's this?

After all, it’s because he only severed the relationship but not the emotions, right?

The emotion continues inside him now that the relationship has ended.

No matter how much Hirakawa Tetsufumi wants to deny it, he has to admit this: as a teacher, he likes his student, Shinohara Shiori.

After all, dream-like memories are not dreams in the real sense. Everything that happens after hypnosis is more romantic than reality, but not as false as dreams.

It happened so real and so deeply rooted in my bones. I can't forget the sweet kiss or the soft body.

So he couldn't forget his feelings for Shinohara Shiori.

——Holding hands, hugging, kissing, the first time all belonged to this girl.

Moreover, although the relationship was not confirmed, in fact, Shinohara Shiori was his first love. Even though it was only a few days - from the festival night on August 8th to August 9th when he woke up from the dream, it was only 8 days - but it was absolutely correct to say so.

Shinohara Shiori was indeed the first person to be with him.

but……

None of this makes sense anymore.

It was impossible for the two of them to continue in such an absurd way.

and so--

'In the next period of time, adjust your mentality and don't wait until November. I have already promised not to disappoint Mr. Hisada, but at that time, I still miss someone else in my heart. '

That's too bad.

Looking up at the ceiling and combing Michael's hair with his hands, Tetsufumi Hirakawa made a decision.

It must be adjusted, there is no room for adjustment.

……

"Ding Dong."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who was still sitting in the living room in a daze, suddenly heard the doorbell ring outside his house.

Michael meowed lazily, triggering a conditioned reflex, and stood up from his legs consciously, walked to the side and lay down again.

However, Hirakawa Tetsufumi had not yet reacted. He came to his senses, withdrew his gaze from the ceiling, and looked at the entrance in a daze.

Who is coming?

Is that Mr. Hisada?

Thinking of this, he got up from the sofa in his slippers and walked towards the entrance.

He opened the door.

The bright sunshine and the blue sky after the heavy rain are the background, which is dazzling.

And below, is...

A girl with a delicately carved face and wearing a gorgeous black Gothic Lolita dress.

Her face was cold and expressionless, like a doll, holding a black umbrella.

"..."

"..."

The umbrella was slightly raised, and Hirakawa Tetsufumi met the eyes of the person under the umbrella.

"To the one who has signed an eternal contract with this body, I send my greetings. Good day."

Holding an umbrella and gently lifting the hem of her long skirt with one hand, the girl greeted him in a pretentious deep voice.

"..."

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was in a daze for nearly ten seconds, and during this period, the girl's posture remained unchanged.

"...Amemiya-san, why are you here?" After being dazed, Hirakawa Tetsufumi's eyes gradually became helpless and he asked.

After not seeing each other for a whole summer vacation, Amemiya Ye suddenly appeared at the door of my house... It was really unexpected.

However, Amamiya Ye did not reply, but...

The motionless body finally began to move.

She let go of the hem of her skirt, which was lightly lifted up. Then, grasping the umbrella handle with her right wrist, she threw it upwards. The closed umbrella in her hand immediately flew upwards.

However, the moment the umbrella left her hand, she pressed the closing button of the umbrella, and the moment the umbrella left her hand and began to rotate due to uneven force on the umbrella surface——

"Peng."

The umbrella is closed.

After the umbrella rotated a quarter of a circle in the air, it reached the highest point and began to fall under the action of gravity.

The umbrella was still spinning as it fell, and when it landed in his hand, the umbrella had just rotated half a circle, and Amamiya Ye's left hand grabbed one end of the umbrella.

Then, he folded the umbrella, stretched out his right hand handsomely, and closed the umbrella handle easily, like sheathing a sword.

"..."