I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

Tetsufumi Hirakawa actually hoped that something interesting could happen to break this boring atmosphere.

The interesting thing does not mean "some students cheat", which is not interesting.

It means——

It would be very interesting if there were a student standing in the school courtyard right now, facing the hundreds of teachers and students in the teaching building, and loudly confessing his love to another student - this would be a very interesting thing.

Eh...but Moriya is an all-girls school.

The trance-stricken Tetsufumi Hirakawa quickly realized this problem.

But, well, if you think about it, it's also very nice between girls.

So he continued to daydream.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa is such a person who starts to daydream when he is bored.

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The midterm exam soon came to an end amidst the dull and boring invigilation and all kinds of messy thoughts.

But there was a little accident at the end - it rained on Friday afternoon.

In fact, it is normal to rain, after all, it was cloudy in the past few days.

But what can I say, Tetsufumi Hirakawa stood in the shoe closet, looking at the rain outside, listening to the sound of raindrops dripping in his ears, and just felt annoyed.

He didn't bring an umbrella.

The reason is because the weather forecast says it won't rain today.

I trusted the weather forecast and thought, "I'd better believe it. After all, it's troublesome to bring an umbrella." In the end, Tetsufumi Hirakawa paid the price for his laziness and carelessness.

In fact, there are probably many students who didn’t bring umbrellas, but——

Look at these female students, walking together under one umbrella.

Girls are so good.

Oh, now is not the time to think about this kind of thing.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stood there helplessly.

How to do it?

It's so unfortunate that it starts raining just when I walk to the shoe closet, but there's no point in complaining. Standing here all the time is not a solution either. Why don't I go back to the office and sit down until the rain stops before leaving.

After all, the weather forecast said it wasn't going to rain. It's true that it's a mistake, but it won't be too big, right? It might stop soon.

Holding the Chinese midterm exam paper that he was going to take home for grading, and looking at the raindrops forming lines outside, Tetsufumi Hirakawa sighed and prepared to turn around and go back to the office.

Just as he took a step and turned around, he saw a familiar student in the shoe cabinet. It was Amamiya Ye.

"Teacher Hirakawa?" After he saw her, the girl closed the shoe cabinet and quickly noticed him.

"Yes, it's Amemiya-san." Hirakawa Tetsufumi stopped and responded.

"What are you...?"

"I didn't bring an umbrella. I'm going back to the office."

"Didn't you bring an umbrella?"

"Yes."

Amamiya Ye looked around curiously, and after finding that the other students were not very close, he approached Hirakawa Tetsufumi and spoke in a low voice.

"I have an umbrella with me."

"..."

Except for one morning when it rained and he didn't bring an umbrella and he took the student to school, Amamiya Ye always brought an umbrella with him at other times.

After all, it is [Dark Zekes Original Type 1], the equipment that the middle school girl can't live without.

I don't know how he did it, but he didn't mind the trouble.

He didn't bring an umbrella today just because he thought it was too troublesome.

After thinking about this series of thoughts, Amamiya Ye had already taken out an umbrella from her shoulder bag.

"I can send Mr. Pingchuan home with this body."

"... That's not necessary." Hirakawa Tetsufumi smiled and refused, "It would be nice if you go to the office to correct the test papers before the rain stops."

Amamiya Ye blinked twice and stared at him.

For some reason, Tetsufumi Hirakawa moved away feeling guilty.

To be honest, he has no idea how to treat this student. The identity of a middle school girl as "the only connection in the world" is too heavy.

In short, Tetsufumi Hirakawa is still in the stage of adapting to this identity. At least for now, he is really struggling with how to deal with this matter.

Before he thought it through, he subconsciously wanted to avoid the girl.

So what should I say next to avoid hurting the girl's kindness? "Rejection" is really a difficult behavior.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa kept thinking about the wording and preparing the right words.

However, at this time, there was a student who caught his eye before he answered the question.

Turning his eyes away, he saw a familiar figure.

"Teacher Hirakawa?" Shinohara Shiori walked out from behind a shoe rack and stopped.

"…It's Shinohara-san."

From Shinohara Shiori's perspective, she couldn't see Amamiya Yoru who was blocked by the shoe cabinet.

The girl's eyes fell on Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who was just holding the test paper at the moment, and then she guessed the answer.

"Didn't Mr. Hirakawa bring an umbrella?"

"……Yes."

It seemed that Mr. Hirakawa's expression was a little strange, but he was probably worried about "how to get home".

“Hmm—” Shinohara Shiori pretended to be thinking seriously, with her hand resting on her chin.

When he put his hand down, he smiled and said, "Teacher, although I didn't bring an umbrella either, my driver should be coming in with an umbrella now. If Teacher Pingchuan is worried about how to get home, I can give you a ride."

"This..." Hirakawa Tetsufumi showed a subtle look of confusion.

There was no problem in other occasions, but the problem was that he had just rejected Yu Gong Ye...

At this time, Amemiya Ye, who had been eavesdropping behind the shoe cabinet, finally came out.

"..."

"..."

Amemiya Ye stared at Shinohara Shiori silently.

After seeing Amamiya Yo, the smile on Shinohara Shiori's face gradually disappeared.

The eldest lady stared at the umbrella in Yu Gongye's hand.

The atmosphere suddenly turned cold, as if all sounds were frozen and silent.

"..."

"..."

After an unknown amount of silence, Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who felt something was not right, finally came to his senses and spoke.

“Ah… that—”

It turns out that Amamiya Yoru and Shinohara Shiori are enemies.

Even though we didn't do anything and just met, the atmosphere became cold.

Where does their hostility come from?

Innate personality incompatibility? The natural conflict between the auras of the middle school girl and the young lady? The so-called destined enemies?

Also, his previous decision to make Shinohara Shiori and Amamiya Yoru become friends was definitely the most failed decision.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi tried his best to maintain a gentle smile: "Shinohara-san, Amamiya-san, classmates should be more friendly with each other."

Shiori Shinohara stopped looking at Amamiya Ye, and brushed her long hair casually: "Mr. Hirakawa, I have no problem with Amamiya-san."

'yes? '

I wanted to ask this, but Amamiya Ye nodded first: "Yes, yes."

"..."

Absolutely not.

But that's it, whatever happens is fine.

Shinohara Shiori obviously didn't want to dwell on this matter. After brushing her long hair, she pretended to be natural and said, "Teacher Hirakawa, I can give you a ride."

Amamiya Ye didn't say anything, but just held the umbrella in her hand, faced him again, and stared at him silently.

"..."

"..."

There was the sound of continuous rain in my ears, the humid air around me, and two girls in front of me.

At the exit of the shoe closet, two girls pushed and shoved each other as they walked out, holding an umbrella.

In the shoe cabinet, a girl changed her shoes, looked over here strangely, and walked around them.

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked around.

After a moment of silence, he raised the test paper in his hand and continued to smile: "Um... the teacher hasn't finished grading the midterm exam papers yet. I want to go back to the office to grading them first, so that I will feel a lot more relaxed when I get home."

"..."

"..."

After he gave this answer, the atmosphere at the scene changed.

Shinohara Shiori glared at Amemiya Yoru.

Amemiya Ye was not willing to be outdone and glared at Shinohara Shiori with the same angry look.

Of course, these actions are carried out in secret.

The two girls knew very well that some things should not be too obvious.

When facing Hirakawa Tetsufumi, Shinohara Shiori acted calm as if nothing had happened, as if nothing mattered to her: "Well, goodbye, Mr. Hirakawa."

"Well, Shinohara-san, bye."

Amamiya Yeya followed closely behind: "Goodbye, Mr. Hirakawa."

"See you too, Amamiya-san."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi took a step back while holding the test paper: "Then... the teacher will leave first."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and put away the smile that had lasted too long and became stiff.

"..."

It's hard to describe the complex emotions.

Faced with a student who said he was her "most respected teacher" and a student who said he was the "only connection", it seemed that no matter what choice she made, it would be a bit... strange.

That's nothing.

It was obviously a normal behavior. It was raining and I didn't bring an umbrella, so I helped to give them a ride. It was a very common behavior in daily life, and I had given them rides before.

But when faced with a choice, things started to become strange in the distance.

Maybe I’m overthinking it…

Tetsufumi Hirakawa felt a little powerless.

I'd better go and correct the test papers. By the way, Mr. Hisata is still correcting the test papers in the office, right?

This female teacher is so dedicated that she is the only one who would think of taking the test paper home and correcting it slowly.

Just as I thought this, before I took two steps, or even walked into the shoe closet, another voice came into my ears.