I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

"okay."

Without paying attention to this, Tetsufumi Hirakawa listened to the gentle sounds of rain and wind beside his ears, and his face felt a little bit of the coolness of the water vapor.

As he walked into the stairwell, he suddenly thought of something and said.

"By the way, Shinohara-san."

"Ok?"

Shinohara Shiori lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking, and looked at Hirakawa Tetsufumi.

Their eyes met.

"Actually, I wanted to ask this before, what instrument does Shinohara-san play?"

"..."

Shinohara Shiori stopped without saying a word.

"what happened?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa had no choice but to stop and turn around to ask.

"Teacher Hirakawa, don't you even know the musical instrument?"

"That doesn't mean I don't know him at all..."

Shinohara Shiori looked at him hopelessly, then walked forward again.

"Teacher Pingchuan, it's not that you don't know him at all, but that you basically don't know him?"

“…You could say that.”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa said this in a very low voice.

"You are the instructor of the wind band."

"...Okay, I also know that I have a lot of room for improvement in my duties as a mentor."

In response to the young lady's sarcasm, Hirakawa Tetsufumi used a very nice expression: Well, it's just like the wind band now.

But I still tried to find a reason.

"After all, I haven't learned this kind of knowledge, and these instruments look similar."

"..."

This is really a completely layman's statement.

Shinohara Shiori tidied her long hair somewhat helplessly and said.

"My instrument is the trumpet."

"small?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa had no idea about this. As he said, these things all look the same.

"..."

Obviously, after hearing his tone, Shinohara Shiori gave up the idea of ​​explaining.

Ok.

After finishing the topic, the two of them walked downstairs and headed towards the shoe closet amid the sound of rain and footsteps.

After arriving at the shoe closet and changing his shoes, Tetsufumi Hirakawa took out his umbrella from the umbrella stand and stood outside the shoe closet, waiting for Shinohara Shiori.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no sign of the girl.

"Student Shinohara."

I had to shout into the shoe cabinet.

After a few seconds there was a response, footsteps approaching, and then from behind a shoe cabinet, Shinohara Shiori walked out, empty-handed.

"what happened?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at Shiori Shinohara's empty hands.

"The umbrella is gone."

The story of small women’s peace.

"The umbrella is gone?"

"Ah."

The eldest lady remained calm.

“…Was it taken away by another student?”

"maybe."

When saying this, Shinohara Shiori used a very indifferent tone.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa understood it as the generosity of a young lady.

She was able to remain calm even after losing her umbrella on a rainy day. She is worthy of being a lady from a noble family. She would not lose her temper over trivial matters.

However, he glanced at the drizzle still falling outside the shoe cabinet.

"The rain hasn't stopped yet."

"Ah."

"How to do it?"

"..."

-

Tetsufumi Hirakawa held up an umbrella and extended an invitation to Shiori Shinohara who was still standing in the shoe cabinet.

"Shinohara-san, come on."

The girl looked at him and bowed.

"Thank you, Mr. Pingchuan."

"You're welcome. Shinohara-san's car is right outside the school gate, right?"

"Ah."

Shinohara Shiori nodded and walked under the umbrella of Hirakawa Tetsufumi.

Compared to Amemiya Yo, Shinohara Shiori is much taller, so at least there is no need for Hirakawa Tetsufumi to take the trouble to lower the umbrella, and the umbrella can cover both of them well.

Besides, the rain at this time is much lighter than in the morning.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa held an umbrella, and Shinohara Shiori followed beside him, and the two walked towards the school gate together.

"Teacher Hirakawa." After walking a few steps, Shinohara Shiori spoke.

"What's wrong?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa avoided the puddles on the ground and responded to the girl beside him.

"What do you think of the wind orchestra?"

In the already dim sky, under the black umbrella, Shinohara Shiori looked at the profile of Hirakawa Tetsufumi who was standing next to her.

"What do you think?"

"Ah."

"…Well, to be honest, I don't really understand."

"Teacher Pingchuan, you really are..."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi smiled helplessly and thought it necessary to explain to the girl.

"Although it may sound like I'm making excuses, a big part of the reason why I don't interfere with the wind orchestra is because I believe professional matters should be left to professionals."

"Mr. Ogasa is a professional music consultant. I might make mistakes if I interfere, so I neglected it."

Shinohara Shiori chuckled.

"Isn't it because of laziness?"

“…A little bit.”

I don't deny it.

"Then teacher, do you know how your classmates in the wind orchestra evaluate you?" Shinohara Shiori said again.

"How do you rate it?"

Hirakawa Tetsufumi's curiosity was aroused, and he turned to look at Shinohara Shiori, meeting the girl's gaze that seemed to have been staring at him for a long time.

Shinohara Shiori turned her eyes away and looked ahead.

"They said..."

"Ok?"

"I'm very curious about your love experience."

"Ah...this."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

This is always the case with students gossiping about young teachers' love affairs.

When he was still a student, his classmates gossiped about those young teachers.

"Are you married?"

“They all have children.”

"really?"

"Of course, I heard it in the office."

"I can't tell."

such.

Now, it was his turn to become the subject of gossip among the students.

A little emotional.

"But fortunately, at least the gossip is not about my professional ability. After all, there is none."

After thinking about it, Tetsufumi Hirakawa laughed at himself helplessly.

The girl next to him pursed her lips after hearing this.

"So, does Mr. Hirakawa have a girlfriend?"

"Shinohara-san is also gossiping about this?"

"is it not OK?"

Shinohara Shiori looked at him with pure eyes.

"Of course you can, but I didn't expect that young ladies like you would be interested in this."

"Even the gossips of the wives of billionaires in the banquet hall cannot avoid this kind of gossip."

Shinohara Shiori said.

"Teacher Hirakawa, gossip is human nature."

"That's true."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi nodded affirmatively, and then after a few seconds, he continued.

"As for my girlfriend, no."

"No?"

"Yeah, what's wrong, this tone."

“Because in the opinion of many students, you should have.”

Hirakawa Tetsufumi smiled.

"Take it as a compliment. But it's really not."