I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

Now, it is already past one in the afternoon and the agreed meeting time is approaching.

“Ding Dong——”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa heard the doorbell ring at his door.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, anxiously waiting for the final meeting, Tetsufumi Hirakawa suddenly came to his senses, looked towards the door, and stood up.

Since the meeting place was chosen by Shinohara Shiori at a cafe not far from his home, the one who came to find him in advance should be Hisada Masaki who planned to go with him.

I came to the entrance, pressed the door handle and pushed open the door.

She has an oval face with smooth lines, pleasing facial features, hair hanging on both sides, a beige coat, and a bow tied at the waist.

As expected, as the door opened, it was his current girlfriend, Hisada Masaki, whom he hadn't seen for three days.

The face that was always gentle in the past did not show much expression at this moment.

"..."

Standing behind the door and looking at her, all the words that Hirakawa Tetsufumi had already thought of what he should say after they met disappeared in an instant and became blank again.

"Moshu."

Finally he opened his mouth and only uttered his name.

"Yeah." Hisada Mashu nodded gently, "Let's go."

"……it is good."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi walked out silently, side by side with Hisata who turned around and walked away, but they didn't hold hands.

They are now going to meet Shinohara Shiori, his ex-girlfriend, the girl who rekindled things while dating his current girlfriend... and a student they both had in common.

It’s really complicated when you think about it.

……

No words were spoken along the way.

Although Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at Hisada Masaki's profile several times, wanting to ask about her attitude, he did not speak in the end.

People who are always gentle can be really scary when they get angry, and this kind of atmosphere makes people feel daunted.

In this way, they arrived at the agreed coffee shop. Then, when they were about ten steps away from the coffee shop, Hirakawa Tetsufumi took a few steps forward because he didn't react in time, and suddenly found out -

The figure beside him stopped and fell behind.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi also stopped, turned around, and looked at Hisata Masaki who had stopped for some reason. After hesitating for a moment, he asked the first question of the journey.

"…Moshu, what's wrong?"

Hisada Masuki stared at him without saying anything.

...Is it because you are about to meet the person your boyfriend is cheating on you that you find it hard to accept?

Hirakawa Tetsufumi felt more and more guilty under the gaze of Hisata Masu.

However, what was unexpected was that Hisada Masuki, who had been silent, suddenly took another step and walked up.

Then, before he expected it, she reached out and took his hand.

"..."

"Let's go."

Hisada Masaki didn't give Hirakawa Tetsufumi a chance to ask.

"……OK."

With his arm around his, Tetsufumi Hirakawa turned around stiffly and walked towards the cafe.

……

However, soon, Tetsufumi Hirakawa roughly knew what the reason was.

I walked a few steps to the door of the cafe and along the transparent glass wall, I could see that there were not many people in the cafe at the moment.

Therefore, the outstanding, dazzling and elegant young lady became more and more conspicuous.

Shinohara Shiori had already arrived and was sitting upright in her seat in the cafe.

And at this moment, her eyes also found them coming to the door, and, if she guessed correctly, her eyes should be focused on...

Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked down and saw his arm being hugged by Hisada Moki.

"..."

"..."

After a pause, Hirakawa Tetsufumi was pulled in by Hisada Masaki and walked towards her step by step under the gaze of Shinohara Shiori.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa felt the pressure was growing.

This probably sets the tone for today's meeting... It will definitely not be peaceful... Speaking of which, based on the identities of the people present, ex-girlfriend, current girlfriend, it will not be peaceful, right?

"Hello, Mr. Hirakawa, Mr. Hisada."

When Tetsufumi Hirakawa and Masaki Hisada came to the front of the dining table, Miss Shinohara stood up politely and bowed.

Her demeanor was dignified and her tone seemed calm.

But when he stood up, his eyes met with Hisata Moki.

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa felt the atmosphere was a little strange and he didn't dare to speak.

Hisada Masuki stared at Shinohara Shiori.

After a moment, she nodded.

"Hello, Shinohara-san."

It was also a very calm greeting, as if there were no problems at all.

"Let's sit down and talk."

"OK, all right."

She agreed to Hisada Masu's proposal lightly, and then, when Hisada Masu pulled Hirakawa Tetsufumi to sit down, Shinohara Shiori sat down gracefully.

The two continued to stare at each other.

The atmosphere was getting weirder and weirder.

At one point, the restless Hirakawa Tetsufumi suddenly felt that perhaps he was in a silent battlefield where his life was in danger at any time...

Fortunately, it didn’t take long before the dedicated waitress finally came over to their side, breaking the atmosphere that had been accumulating.

The sound sounded pleasant to Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

"Hello, three guests. What can I do for you?"

The confrontation-like eye contact finally ended.

While feeling relieved, Hirakawa Tetsufumi immediately agreed and looked at Hisata Moki.

"Yeah, let's order something - Jasmine, what do you want?"

Hisada Masu looked at him, then looked at the order on the table.

After glancing over it, she reached out and pushed the order in front of Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

Her voice was soft and gentle.

"Zhewen, you should know what I like to drink, right? Just order it for me."

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa felt a little pressure.

However, before Hirakawa Tetsufumi could answer, he heard Shinohara Shiori's voice again, from the person sitting opposite him. The voice was also very soft, but it was quite clear that it reached his ears through the silent air.

"Teacher Hirakawa, you should know what Shiori likes, right? Just order it for Shiori."

"..."

Hisada Masaki looked at Shinohara Shiori.

Shinohara Shiori returned the gaze with a slight curl at the corners of her mouth.

The young waitress next to her accidentally tore the paper with the pen she was using to record the order, making a sharp "ripping" sound.

She opened her mouth slightly, and then, after a moment of stunned silence, her eyes seemed to shine as she looked at Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa wants to die.

……

Unable to die, Hirakawa Tetsufumi finally ordered a cup of black tea for Hisata and also ordered a cup of black tea for himself.

As for Shinohara Shiori...

Under the gaze of Hisata next to him, Tetsufumi Hirakawa could only force a guilty smile to express his opinion.

"Shi...Shinohara-san, you should...order it yourself, right?"

"..."

Despite the refusal, Shinohara Shiori looked not surprised. She smoothed her long hair lightly and said.

"Then Shiori is just like Mr. Hirakawa. Black tea is fine."

"..."

"..."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Tetsufumi Hirakawa turned his head and looked at the dazed waiter next to him.

"cough."

He coughed slightly.

"…Okay, okay. Sorry, I'm so sorry. It's three cups of black tea, right?"

The waitress came to her senses and hurriedly turned over the torn page.

"Yes."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

She hurriedly wrote down something in the small notebook in her hand, and then, after looking at the three of them reluctantly for the last time, the young waitress seemed to leave with great regret.

Pity……

Are you sorry to have missed a great show?

As one of the parties involved, Tetsufumi Hirakawa didn't think this was interesting at all...

Until the intruder waitress left, the battlefield, which had been temporarily interrupted, continued.

Shinohara Shiori's eyes never left Hisada Masaki.

"Teacher Hisada, when I was taking a shower last night, I heard from Teacher Hirakawa that you wanted to meet me. I wonder if there is anything you want to talk to me about?"

"..."

Taking a shower... This is obviously irrelevant, right? I brought it up on purpose...

Tetsufumi Hirakawa lowered his head and stared at the table.

He felt Hisada Moki's gaze moving away from the side of his face.

"Shinohara-san, I was really surprised to hear last night that you were the one who did this."

"Hmm? I don't know what is Hisada-sensei referring to?"

"Shinohara-san should know it all by himself. There's no need for me to repeat it."

"Is it about what happened between me and Mr. Hirakawa? Yes, it was definitely me." Shinohara Shiori nodded.

Hisada Masu's eyes were gentle.

"Shinohara, can you tell the teacher why this happened? You should know that this is wrong, right? Did your homeroom teacher fail to teach you well? How could this happen?"

Hirakawa Tetsufumi lowered his head: "..."