I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

Instead of becoming more distant, are we closer?

Is the young lady going to break down?

...Such concerns made Tetsufumi Hirakawa feel uneasy.

"Teacher Hirakawa, are you scared? Are you scared of Shiori?"

Shinohara Shiori smiled lightly and poked his face with her finger.

No matter whether it was the intense gaze or the usually clear voice, he now felt inexplicably chilly. The cool fingers poking his cheeks also made Hirakawa Tetsufumi feel uneasy.

He tried his best to control his emotions and smiled gently.

"No, how could that be."

"But it's obvious that you're a little nervous."

"...Ah, this." Hirakawa Tetsufumi didn't know how to answer and could only maintain a slight smile.

"Are you afraid that Shiori will be angry?"

"..."

If he was worried about Miss Shinohara getting angry before, now, Tetsufumi Hirakawa is indeed a little worried that this young lady might do something irrational.

Like taking out a hatchet from under her skirt or something...

It must be a delusion, a delusion, right? A dignified and elegant lady can't hold something as dangerous as a hatchet.

When I was nervous, I couldn't help but have all kinds of random thoughts in my head, but fortunately I didn't forget to respond.

"Of course I am worried and afraid that Shiori will be angry, and... well, I am also nervous now because Shiori looks..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa paused, looking for the right adjective.

In the end, Shinohara Shiori answered for him.

"Do you think Shiori is weird?"

"...Yes." Hirakawa Tetsufumi admitted honestly.

"Do you think it's strange that Shiori isn't angry?"

"……Um."

"Do you think it's strange that Shiori has become closer to Mr. Hirakawa?"

"……Yes."

"Also, do you think it's strange that Shiori didn't leave Mr. Hirakawa because of this kind of thing?" Shiori Shinohara stared at Tetsufumi Hirakawa. The strong and passionate emotions in her eyes quietly dissipated a little among the three rhetorical questions.

Bring on a little other emotion.

It was a feeling of loss, sadness, and helplessness.

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa felt a little heavy.

"Shiori." He called the girl by her name.

Shinohara Shiori was silent at this time. In the living room where the light was a bit dim in the afternoon, Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked at his own reflection through clear eyes, also in silence for a long time.

Perhaps it was after a considerable amount of time that the motionless Shinohara Shiori finally moved.

She sighed deeply, the sound traveling through and reflecting off the closed walls of the living room, echoing in her ears.

The emotions in the girl's eyes, love, loss, sadness, and sorrow, melted together in this sigh and turned into something more complex.

Before Hirakawa Tetsufumi could see clearly, the girl lowered her eyes. She leaned forward and leaned into his arms.

"Mr. Hirakawa, Shiori...how can you not be sad?"

"How willful! Even though he has already responded to Shiori, he still holds on to such bad thoughts and says such bad words."

"I……"

"If you want to apologize, forget it."

"..." Hirakawa Tetsufumi closed his mouth again.

Shinohara Shiori also paused slightly.

She listened to the heartbeat that was within reach, thump, thump.

This is what I have been looking forward to for a long time, to be able to lie in the arms of the person I love, listening to his or her heartbeat and smelling his or her breath.

However, the sad reality is that her emotions have never been reciprocated, and the sadder reality is that even if she was responded to, it was only a partial response.

The heartbeat in my ear beats because of her and also because of another person.

"But what can be done?"

Shinohara Shiori asked this out loud, and was also asking herself.

"The wrong approach will only lead to the wrong outcome."

"Originally, Mr. Hirakawa has always been with Mr. Hisada..."

"It was Shiori who used a bad way to hold Mr. Hirakawa's hand, trying to bring you to Shiori's side."

"Well, seeing Hirakawa-sensei unwilling to let go and holding Hisata-sensei's hand, Shiori... doesn't seem to have any right to blame Hirakawa-sensei."

"After all, you were holding Mr. Hisada's hands with both of yours."

Shinohara Shiori spoke softly, and in the quiet air, her words quietly hit the eardrums.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi unconsciously put his arm around Shinohara Shiori's hand and tightened it.

Shinohara Shiori felt it and smiled.

"So in the end, it's all Shiori's fault."

"However, if Mr. Hirakawa thinks that Shiori doesn't mind at all because of what she did just now, then you are wrong."

"Shiori does mind. She does mind a lot."

"If there is any way, I would even like to tie up Mr. Hirakawa with a rope or something."

"..." Hirakawa Tetsufumi froze for a moment, "This..."

Because I was hugging her, the stiffening of her body due to those words was quite noticeable.

Shinohara Shiori laughed again, and then when the smile faded, her tone suddenly turned helpless.

"But what can be done?"

"If Mr. Hirakawa insists on holding Mr. Hisada's hand, what can Shiori do?"

"Then we can only continue and completely bring Mr. Hirakawa to Shiori's side, right?"

"……continue?"

"Yes." Shinohara Shiori finally stood up from Hirakawa Tetsufumi's arms and looked up at him at a slightly higher angle.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa once again saw the look in the eyes of this young lady.

That strong, ardent love once again took over her whole being, engraving his face in her eyes.

"Since Shiori can hold one of Hirakawa's hands, then there should be no problem for her to hold the other hand, right?"

The look that could melt one's heart made Tetsufumi Hirakawa completely at a loss for words.

But there was no need for him to speak.

Shinohara Shiori took the initiative to move closer and gave him another intoxicating kiss.

……

Miss Shinohara is really clingy and I don't know how to deal with her. I was often troubled by such emotions in the past.

But after being together like this, Hirakawa Zhebun was really intoxicated into such fiery emotions.

Shiori Shinohara, Miss Shinohara, what should you do?

Tetsufumi Hirakawa had no way of judging her thoughts.

Even if he wanted to, Du Jiutian would never let go no matter what.

However, facing the girl who was confident that she wanted to hold his other hand, there was really no way to refute it.

Then don't refute it.

It's much better than taking out a hatchet to chop off his other hand or tying him up with a rope.

A strange and dangerous thought flashed through his mind, and Hirakawa Tetsufumi quickly turned his attention back to Miss Shinohara.

The girl in my arms, her soft body and her greedy kiss...

……

My breathing became a little heavier, and there was an inexplicable extra feeling in my hands.

When they parted, the two looked at each other in the quiet living room.

"Teacher Hirakawa." Shinohara Shiori spoke very solemnly.

"Well, Shiori." Hirakawa Tetsufumi responded solemnly... and pinched it.

So the solemn expression of the young lady in front of him suddenly became strange, and took on a more lovely pink color.

She bit her lip and steadied her voice.

"If you still don't want to let go of Mr. Hisada, Shiori...of course I can understand."

"From now on, Shiori will work hard to hold Hirakawa-sensei's hand and bring you to Shiori's side completely."

"besides……"

As she spoke, Miss Shinohara awkwardly gathered her hair on the side with her hands and tidied it behind her delicate ears.

Her delicate face became even redder, but she still managed to hold her gaze away, looking directly into Hirakawa Tetsufumi's eyes, and pressed her hand against the back of her hand.

"Teacher Hisada, don't you feel terrible about it yourself?"

"..."

"..."

……

The living room was a bit cold and silent. After saying that sentence, Miss Xiaoyuan felt a little embarrassed herself, and turned her face away.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi...

No matter how thick-skinned you are, you can't ignore this sentence.

He put down his hand awkwardly and looked away.

Of course it's bad, and of course he knows about this.

However, even if this is the case... Although I am sorry for this, but, invisibly, he has reached some kind of bet with Shinohara, right?

One side believes that she will never give up on Hisata no matter what, while the other side believes that she will definitely hold his other hand as well.

Of course, this kind of thing is probably the kind of thing that one knows but won't say out loud.

After all, no matter what, Hirakawa Tetsufumi couldn't point at Shinohara Shiori and say:

"Shiori, that's impossible. My other hand will definitely hold Hisata tightly."

There is no way I could say such a thing.

……

When the cold air warmed up again, the lovers, undisturbed, naturally stuck together again, without knowing who started it first.

It can be said that Shinohara Shiori and him are reunited after a long separation, right?

The first time was during the summer vacation, in August.

After that, the time they spent together became less and less as they deliberately avoided each other. Even if they occasionally made eye contact, they would separate immediately. When they really met, the atmosphere was always cold and lonely.

As for the second dream half a month ago, it certainly doesn’t count as a dream.

So, at least for Tetsufumi Hirakawa, he and the young lady in his arms can perhaps really be said to be together again after a last meeting.

The emotions that had been locked inside my heart for a long time were completely aroused by the sweet kiss.