I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

"She changed my mind." Hirakawa Tetsufumi said without much hesitation... He didn't intend to hide it anymore.

"It seems that Ye Yue has indeed provided a lot of help to Mr. Hirakawa's ridiculous ideas."

“…” Hirakawa Tetsufumi was speechless.

"So, Mr. Hirakawa, what do you think now? Just tell me, Shiori is ready."

"..."

"Have you made up your mind? You will never be shaken by anyone else?" asked Shinohara Shiori.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi nodded silently, unable to refute.

Although she was prepared, when she got the expected answer, Shinohara Shiori's eyes still revealed sadness like water.

"What if Shiori wants to leave Mr. Hirakawa because of Mr. Hirakawa's ridiculous idea?"

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa clenched his cold fingers, his eyes flickered a little, but he still faced the girl in front of him and said this sentence.

"I can't give up on Shiori."

"It's like I can't give up on Mr. Hisada, it's like I can't give up on Hazuki, is that right?"

I didn't get an answer, but I just accepted it.

Shinohara Shiori didn't know what to say. She felt heavy in her chest and couldn't speak. She felt depressed.

She was tired and leaned weakly onto Tetsufumi Hirakawa's shoulder.

I didn't speak again for a long time.

Shinohara Shiori thought about a lot of things, and after thinking about them, she thought about the future - whether it was a future with Tetsufumi Hirakawa or a future without Tetsufumi Hirakawa, she thought about it.

She was so weak that she couldn't even sit up straight. The air was as heavy as water, pressing on her and making it almost impossible for her to breathe.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa put his hands on Shinohara Shiori's now delicate shoulders and hugged her.

After an unknown amount of time, Shinohara Shiori finally felt her soul, which had been squeezed out of her body by the air, return to her body.

Thoughts returned.

In the final analysis, I have thought about everything, all possible futures, before we met.

But every time I think about it, I still feel sad, so sad that I feel miserable.

"Teacher Hirakawa, do you know?" Shinohara Shiori's clear voice suddenly sounded again, but at this time, even the clearest voice sounded heavy.

"……what?"

"Shiori had this kind of emotion several times in total," said Shiori Shinohara.

"The first time was in the third semester of the first grade... Yes, that was when Shiori's mother asked Shiori to give up playing wind music."

"The second time was when Hirakawa-sensei hinted that Shiori couldn't have forbidden feelings for you."

"The third time was when I woke up from my dream at the end of the summer festival."

"The fourth time is now..."

"The common point is that Shiori really sees no hope... She doesn't know what to do."

"..."

In addition to this commonality, another commonality is that even if there is almost no hope, she will still fight for it in the end.

She had known for a long time that she would never be able to accept a future without Pingchuan, but she also absolutely could not just watch that kind of future - a future with someone else - come to pass.

"Teacher Hirakawa." Shinohara Shiori suddenly raised her voice and said.

"Shiori...what's wrong?" Hirakawa Tetsufumi responded.

"Even if she knew this, Shiori couldn't just quit like that... She was looking at a future that was almost impossible to change, but she still had to give it a try. Shiori is that kind of person. As long as she didn't see the results, she wouldn't give up."

"..."

"Do you know?"

"...I know, Shiori is that kind of person." Hirakawa Tetsufumi leaned against Shiori Shinohara's head and nodded.

"So Shiori wants to give it a try... to see if she can hold Hirakawa-sensei's hands, to see if she can make sure that Shiori is the only one left in Hirakawa-sensei's heart."

"..."

"Before I didn't know that Mr. Hirakawa liked Shiori, it was still difficult for me to give up. Now, Mr. Hirakawa has said that he likes Shiori and will not give up on her, so there is no reason for Shiori to give up."

"..."

"What supports Shiori to continue like this is this reason: Shiori likes you."

"Well, I like Shiori too," said Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

However, the next moment, Tetsuo Hirakawa heard Shinohara Shiori's low, almost unclear voice, with a faint tremor.

“Even though I say that, Shiori also gets sad… There are times when she wants to give up…”

"..."

"..."

The faint sound of crying was like a needle, piercing into the heart.

But Tetsufumi Hirakawa could do nothing.

He held Shinohara Shiori's cold hand, his throat was blocked and he couldn't say anything.

……

for a long time.

"Teacher Hirakawa, please return to Moriya." Shinohara Shiori suddenly said, "Become the instructor of the wind orchestra."

"..."

"..."

……

At the beginning of April in the third grade, Tetsufumi Hirakawa once again walked into Moriya and became the instructor of the wind orchestra.

Chapter 343 Towards the End - Shinohara (Part )

"Is Mr. Hirakawa accompanying Shiori this summer?"

"When?"

"every day."

"..."

"——I really want to say that, but Mr. Hirakawa probably can't do it, right?"

Faced with Shinohara Shiori suddenly turning around and staring at him with her questioning, all Hirakawa Tetsufumi could do was smile awkwardly.

Shinohara Shiori sighed softly.

"Then I'll look for Mr. Pingchuan again."

"it is good."

……

School started in April, and we re-entered the wind band. We had a training camp in May and practiced the new year's etudes together in the concert hall. We rushed towards June together in the familiar and nostalgic daily life, and then in the blink of an eye it was summer vacation in July.

For both Hirakawa and Shinohara Shiori, summer vacation is indeed the most important time.

At this time last year, the girl who knew everything was doomed to go wrong took a big step towards the wrong path... She expressed her feelings.

A year has passed and there is still no progress.

Shinohara Shiori looked at herself in the mirror, lost in thought.

It wasn't until the phone on the table vibrated slightly that I came to my senses.

It's time to go out.

After looking at the message on her cell phone, Shinohara Shiori picked up the phone and stood up. Before walking out of the room, she took a last look at herself in the mirror.

……

The summer heat did not dissipate so quickly. Although the sky had turned gray, in the direction of the setting sun, there was only a skyline that gradually changed from orange to gray-blue, and the vague outline of the clouds. Above the head, most of the sky on the other side had completely fallen into the gray twilight. Even the outline of the clouds disappeared, completely covered by the background color of the sky. However, the ground that was scorched by the August sun during the day, even though the sun was gone, still rose with faint heat in this evening as it was heading towards night. The air was flowing from the bottom to the top.

The exposed skin, especially the head, can clearly feel this temperature. This is the temperature of summer, and it is warm when the wind blows.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at the figure slowly walking towards him from the front.

The cherry-colored yukata had a belt tied very neatly, without any wrinkles. The Y-neckline revealed a clean and beautiful neck, so clean that one would want to lean in and take a bite.

She was wearing wooden clogs and holding a small handbag in her hand that was sticking out from her yukata. Although she was in the crowd, she stood out so conspicuously that the figures around her seemed to be blurred by a filter, and were automatically blurred by the brain. Only this girl was left in the eyes.

She walked towards him, and her unhurried steps seemed to contain a brisk impatience.

Finally came in front of me.

The girl raised her hands, and the sleeves of her yukata slid down a little, revealing her white wrists. She slowly turned in front of him.

Thus, the dim light of the evening faithfully reflected the girl's entire body in his eyes.

The chest was wrapped in the yukata so that even the slightest fluctuations disappeared, and the back was equally flat. The long hair that was scattered behind her was tied up with a red hairband, revealing the girl's equally beautiful neck.

When he turned around, the girl was standing in front of him, with a flawless face, a small and cute nose, eyes that seemed to sparkle in the twilight, and a gentle smile at the corners of her mouth.

"Teacher Pingchuan, does it look good?"

The warm evening breeze with a hint of summer ruffled my hair. The girl in front of me ran her fingers across my face, brushing my hair away.

Following the oncoming wind, I can smell the girl's body fragrance and hear her clear and pleasant voice.

"Shiori is of course beautiful."

From the moment he saw this young lady, Hirakawa Tetsufumi couldn't help but smile. He took a step forward, stretched out his hand and held the girl's hand with her snow-white wrist exposed in mid-air.

Fingers crossed and hooked together.

"Mr. Hirakawa didn't admit it so frankly last year."

Their hands dropped, fingers linked, and they turned to face the entrance to the busy street of the summer festival.

"Sorry, I was stubborn last year." Hirakawa Tetsufumi said sincerely, still looking at the stunning profile of the girl next to him that he never got tired of looking at.

Until he couldn't bear it anymore, he leaned over and kissed the girl's fair cheek.

A kiss on the side, and when leaving, Shinohara Shiori also turned her cheek to her.

"What's wrong?" asked Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

Shinohara Shiori looked up and down at the blue yukata on Hirakawa, and Hirakawa Tetsufumi couldn't help but look down at his own outfit.

"What, isn't it appropriate?"

"It looks weird."

"… Such hurtful words."

"You wore it especially for Shiori?"

"Yeah, I wore it on purpose but was told it was weird."

Shinohara Shiori laughed: "I'm just a little uncomfortable with it. Shiori didn't say that Mr. Hirakawa is not handsome."

"so?"

"Of course. Also, why does Teacher Hirakawa have a little girl's aura?"

"Correction: Wanting to show a better side to the person you like is not just something that little girls have... Even I would have such thoughts."

"Teacher Hirakawa likes Shiori?"

"There's no need to ask this kind of question. Of course I like Shiori, I like her, I like her very much." When he said the latter part, Tetsufumi Hirakawa said it in Shinohara Shiori's ear.

The voices in her ears and the vague voices in the background... Shinohara Shiori clenched her hands.

The smile on her lips is so beautiful that one can't take their eyes away.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi heard her say, "Shiori asked this just because she wanted Mr. Hirakawa to say so."