I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

"Don't you mean there won't be any surprises once it's revealed?"

"You're not prepared, are you?"

"Then you don't trust me that much, do you? This should have been our first Christmas together, so of course we made preparations in advance."

"Ready?"

"Of course." said Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

"Yeah." After responding, Hisada Masaki hugged Hirakawa Tetsufumi and stopped talking.

The next conversation took place after their breathing echoed in the quiet room for a long time.

"Zhewen, how's work going?" asked Hisata Masu.

"Probably, not a big deal." replied Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

"Isn't it going well?"

"Well... how should I put it... it was pretty good at the beginning. I thought of the subject matter, had the basic settings, passed the review, and started writing. However, I got stuck when writing the script recently."

"I see...it looks like you still need to get used to your new job."

"Yes."

"..."

"..."

The topic of casual chat about miscellaneous matters soon came to a halt.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa tried to breathe steadily, quietly feeling the touch of the body beside him.

A peaceful atmosphere and a gently beating heart...

To be honest, Tetsufumi Hirakawa really didn't want to break this kind of warm and tranquil atmosphere.

A gentle and lovely teacher, I don't want to hurt her.

But ah...

The reality that has already happened cannot be erased. If this seemingly beautiful tranquility is made up of deception and lies...

Is this really tranquility?

"Moshu."

Staring at the dark TV screen in front of the sofa, the light from the living room was reflected on it, casting the vague outlines of the two of them.

"Yeah." Hisata Moki responded to him on his shoulder, her voice very close to his ear, gently entering his ears.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi leaned over and rested his cheek on Hisata's head.

"I have something to tell you."

"Yeah, I know." Hisada Moki responded naturally, without any surprises. "It's what you said, the things you dealt with in the past two days, right?"

"……yes."

"Has it been sorted out?"

"No." said Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

"Didn't you say you would tell me after you solved it?"

"Maybe...it can't be solved."

"I see..." Hisada Masu nodded, "I guessed it."

“…Guessed it?”

"Just like you, Zhewen, you were able to guess at once that I would prepare a gift for you. These past two days, you were hesitant and said that you had something to deal with and would explain it to me after it was resolved... I definitely had some guesses. Of course, I was just a little confused at that time, and I was still thinking that I should trust you."

Hisada Masuki said.

"But after I came out of the station and saw your absent-minded look, these bad guesses are almost confirmed."

"Zhewen, you know what? When I first saw you at the station, I thought of the last time... I went to Kyoto to find you."

"So, it's pretty much the same thing, right?"

"Am I right?"

"..." Hirakawa Tetsufumi didn't say anything for the time being.

"..." Hisata Moshu didn't say anything either.

As expected... Even though he had never thought of using lies and deception to conceal the truth, he really couldn't hide it from the teacher who knew him very well...

Tetsufumi Hirakawa remained silent, and the silence lasted for a short moment.

"Then why didn't you ask me?" he asked.

"I'm waiting for you to tell me first. If you do something wrong, you should admit it first." Hisata Masu replied.

"……Um."

"..."

"..."

Leaning on Hisada Moki's body, feeling her hand around him, and smelling the faint, fresh, and reassuring scent on her body.

At this moment, Tetsufumi Hirakawa's heartbeat finally became disordered and it hurt a little.

"I……"

……

……

……

When Tetsufumi Hirakawa returned home, it was already past ten o'clock.

He opened the door by himself, closed it gently, then walked silently past the cat who came to greet him and walked into the living room.

He sat down on the sofa, leaned back, and stared at the light on the ceiling of the living room.

Silent for a long time.

Chapter 299: Meeting between Hisada Maki and Shinohara Shiori

(The previous chapter has been released from the small black room)

"Although I have been mentally prepared, Zhewen, I really didn't expect that things would be even more...excessive than I thought. And, much more excessive."

"..."

"..."

"We've already agreed on this..."

"It's clearly agreed that we will... live together, right?"

"It has come to this point, and this kind of thing still happened?"

"..."

"You always have problems when I'm not around."

"It was like this last time, and it's still like this this time."

"Of course, we weren't together at that time, so I couldn't control you no matter what you did."

"But...now, you're my boyfriend, aren't you, my Zhewen?"

"If you knew that, why did this happen?"

"Can you please consider my feelings?"

"I came back from a business trip and learned this news...my boyfriend had an affair with another girl."

"Even if I believe you, nothing like that happened."

"But, that's right, it just hasn't reached the last step yet."

"So, what do you want me to think..."

"...Dream, is this your reason?"

"If you were me, would you accept this reason?"

"Zhewen, you disappoint me a little."

"..."

"..."

Hirakawa Zhewen looked up at the ceiling, looked at the bright lights, and kept replaying what she said to him at Jiutian's house just now in his mind.

The warmth created by lies and deception is a false warmth... At least, when he faced Hisata, he himself couldn't get over it in his heart, and he couldn't keep it secret any longer.

Moreover, Hisata, who knew him quite well, had already noticed it.

So he confessed to her.

I have talked about everything that happened at the last summer festival and this Christmas.

Except for not yet revealing that the other party was Shinohara Shiori and the matter about his system, he told her everything.

Including the dream that he himself didn't understand, and didn't know what the dream was about.

But...

As expected, attributing everything to a dream is as ridiculous as having sex after drinking.

After finishing the story, when Tetsufumi Hirakawa was anxiously waiting for Hisata's reaction,... the expected anger and quarrel did not happen.

A gentle teacher, at most a teacher with a cute little temper... This time, I was not angry with him.

Leaning on his shoulder, she spoke softly, her voice was very soft and gentle, as if it was usual.

However, she would rather be angry.

Her voice was so gentle, so gentle that it was heartbreaking, and made Hirakawa Tetsufumi dare not look directly into her eyes.

It was not until the last moment that he looked at her...that look, the look that leaned on his shoulder and stared at him, the disappointed look.

"Zhewen, you disappoint me a little."

The calm narration and the tone of this sentence.

When facing this scene, Tetsufumi Hirakawa was completely speechless. His heart was tightening and he opened his mouth, but no words came out.

"Zhewen, let's leave it like this for now. Can you let me be alone for a while?"

……

Tetsufumi Hirakawa himself even forgot how he came back.

I felt like I had lost my soul along the way.

Until now, sitting on the sofa in the living room, his thoughts still haven't returned, and he's trapped in that disappointed look.

Be alone for a while...for a while.

Naturally, Tetsufumi Hirakawa knew that it would be difficult for anyone to accept such a thing.

But what will happen after being alone for a while... for a while?

Tetsufumi Hirakawa no longer dared to think about it.

Pain intensifies with imagination, growing heavier in a thousand reflexes.

He felt heavy in his chest, and his stomach seemed to be churning after dinner just now, with a faint cramping pain.

He doesn't want this.

However, this is the reality.

He closed his eyes.

……

The night passed slowly and became darker.