I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

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"Was there a phone call last night?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa asked this stupidly.

"Of course I have." When asked this question, Hisada Masuki became even more dissatisfied, "Zhewen, Line, phone, you didn't reply to me."

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa didn't know what to say.

"Um...sorry...I...I may not have noticed."

He spoke somewhat quietly.

"..."

But after this apology, the gentle female teacher glanced at him lightly - in the imaginary scene - and forgave him.

"Okay, forget it then. Zhewen, did you resolve yesterday's issue? Oh, did something go wrong at work?"

Hirakawa Tetsufumi didn't know what to say, so he was silent for a moment and spoke in a somewhat ambiguous manner.

"It's not a work matter... As for a solution... For now, I haven't... I'll talk about it after I figure it out..."

Dreams, illusory dreams... Although the dream has ended, but, the dream left behind a bunch of unresolved things and confused thoughts... They have not been resolved at all.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa's head is a mess right now.

"Well, okay." Hisada Masu agreed.

"Then Zhewen, you should be going to work now, right?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa glanced at the open door.

"Yes, I'm ready to go out."

"I have to go to a meeting too. I'm almost there."

"okay."

"However, my work here will be finished this afternoon, and I have already bought a ticket back to Tokyo."

"…Are you coming back?"

"are you happy?"

"...My Jasmine tree is coming back, of course I am happy."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa tried his best to make his voice sound happier.

"Miss you."

"I missed you, too." Hisada Mashu said with a smile, "Okay, let's stop here. I'm about to go. You have to go to work too, right?"

"Ah."

"Goodbye then."

"Bye-Bye."

"..."

"All."

After a few minutes of talk, it finally ended.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa still held the phone in his hand, put it to his ear, and did not move.

After a few seconds, he slowly put it down and stared at the lit screen of his phone.

As he watched, he really felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

It was a dream again, a dream like a hypnotic dream.

Once again I fell into a dream, and once again ridiculous things happened with Shinohara Shiori. I forgot about Hisata, forgot everything, and sank into the dream with her.

A ridiculous dream.

why?

Why did I fall into the dream again?

Brain chaos, confused thoughts, headache.

After waking up and facing reality again, what should I do?

After what happened between him and Shinohara Shiori, how should he deal with things between him and Shinohara Shiori?

I don't understand.

And how should he face his Jasmine tree now?

It made him feel weak, lacking oxygen and suffocating.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at the open door in front of him, and the light from the gray sky pouring in from outside and shining into his eyes.

He squatted on the partition steps at the entrance, holding his cell phone, in a daze.

It was not until this time that he felt that his body was sweating, cold sweat.

The cold winter air coming in through the door from outside made him feel as if he was falling into an abyss.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa shrank his body and was too lazy to move.

He put his phone beside him and continued to be in a daze for a while.

What to do, how to do it, how to solve it... The questions were circling in his mind and he was tired.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa suddenly wanted to escape and forget everything, about Shinohara and Hisata.

His hands, already cold and stiff, were supported on both sides of his body and pressed to the ground.

Holding on like this, Tetsufumi Hirakawa slowly leaned his body backwards until the back of his head touched the cold, hard floor.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa lay on the ground at the entrance.

He didn't want to think about anything anymore, whether it was dreams or reality, his brain didn't want to think about anything now.

He just felt the hard floor and looked at the sky outside.

My brain was empty and my eyes were gradually becoming dull.

If possible, he really wanted to continue like this and not think about anything.

The people passing by the door, the glances cast at me, the clouds floating in the sky, the sudden wind, the rustling of leaves...

He cleared his mind and lay quietly.

A few cats came over silently, tilted their heads over him to look at him, tapped his head lightly with their paws, and then walked away.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa remained motionless.

It’s better not to face the reality that you don’t want to face and that you can’t understand at all.

What should he do?

The girl who had all kinds of things happen to her again, the female teacher with whom he had been together for a long time... What should he do to properly handle everything now?

My head feels dizzy and light-headed. I can’t think of anything, and I don’t want to think.

If only someone could tell him.

All Hirakawa Tetsufumi wants now is to lie down.

However, just thinking like this will not satisfy me.

After lying there for an unknown amount of time, Tetsufumi Hirakawa once again heard the buzzing sound of his cell phone and the loud ringtone.

I don’t want to move, I don’t want to know who’s calling, I don’t want to answer the call.

He stared at the ceiling for a long time with his eyes blank and expressionless, and the ringing sound kept ringing in his ears...

Hirakawa Tetsufumi closed his eyes again and took a deep breath.

The hard, cold floor was felt along with his right hand.

He touched the equally cold cell phone.

Grabbing the phone, Tetsufumi Hirakawa put it in front of his eyes and took a look.

The caller is Ogasa Sayiko... Is it about the studio?

Tetsufumi Hirakawa answered the call and put it to his ear.

Ogasa Sayiko's voice was heard immediately.

"Teacher Pingchuan, may I ask why you haven't arrived yet?"

Although the words were gentle, the strictness in her tone was obvious. This was how Ogasa Sayiko was when she was working.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa felt a little irritated. He felt the kind of irritation that comes from facing a problem that cannot be solved, not knowing what to do and having to keep it all in his heart.

But, obviously, this was his personal matter and had nothing to do with work or Ogasa Sayiko.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa took a deep breath and tried his best to calm down.

"Ms. Ogasa...I'm sorry."

he said softly.

"Can I take a day off today?"

"...Ask for leave?" Ogasa Sayiko, who was sitting opposite, was stunned for a moment. "Teacher Hirakawa, what's wrong?"

"I'm sorry, something happened and I probably won't be able to work today."

As for the work of writing scripts, it would be completely useless even if he went to the studio since he didn't want to think about anything at the moment and just wanted to empty his mind.

"I will try my best to think about it and finish the script later... As for today, can I take a break for a while?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa spoke calmly.

"That's it..."

Ogasa Sayiko on the other end of the phone hesitated for a moment.

"Well, if Mr. Pingchuan is not in good condition, you should take a rest first. After all, it's a script writing, and this kind of thing can't be rushed."

"Also, Mr. Matsushita hasn't finished drawing the script that Mr. Hirakawa submitted before, so it's okay for now."

"Then Mr. Pingchuan, can you have a good rest?"

"Yes." Hirakawa Tetsufumi responded, "Thank you."

"No, you're welcome."

Ogasa Saeko responded.

"That's it, then? I'll go talk to Mr. Matsushita about your request for leave."

"sorry to bother you."

"it's nothing."

"..."

The phone was hung up.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa let go of his phone, put it aside, and let out a breath.

Now, what should I do?