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“Huh, Kuga’s actually a dangerous guy…?”
“Kuga-kun was actually an S-type.”
“The guy who’s training Asahina Toka… how skilled is he?”
The classmates’ gossip came straight to my ears. That’s why your whispering is way too loud, you guys! And it’s not training, either!
“That’s obscene! Are those two in some kind of abnormal relationship!? But, training at school? Save that stuff for when you get home!”
I buried my face in my desk like Toka used to.
It’s over… My high school life ended on the very first day of the second semester.
“But it is training…”
Hey, wait—why is she piling on?
When I looked up, Toka was staring at me with a blank expression. She was radiating total unawareness, like she was thinking, “Did I say something weird?”
“Saying ‘training’ instead of ‘discipline’ actually makes it sound more real…”
I heard someone else say that too.
What’s realistic about it?! Stop it, don’t let your imagination run wild!
As I clutched my head, face flushed crimson, Toka tilted her head slightly and said.
“I’ll do my best today too, so Ryo-kun will praise me properly!”
Wh—wh—wh—when—did—I—declare—that?
Only she didn’t realize that her pure, innocent smile only deepened the misunderstanding.
This is hopeless. My honor, my peace of mind—everything’s a total failure!
“Kuga-kun, come to the staff room after school.”
“Yes…”
And so, I was dragged to the staff room for the second time today. The seat change was safely canceled… thanks to Toka.
After school—I opened the staff room door with heavy footsteps.
My view was met by my homeroom teacher, elbows on the desk, brows furrowed. I never caused any trouble back in middle school either. What’s so sad about having to come to the staff room twice today alone?
“Sit there.”
A chair was already prepared for me in front of the teacher. Full lecture mode.
“Ryo-kun, what about my chair?”
Toka followed me in as if it were the most natural thing. Actually, I’ll have to lecture Toka about this later…!
The teacher, still expressionless, brought over a chair for Toka to sit on. That lack of emotion was actually kind of scary.
“Now then, Hisaka-kun, Asahina-san. I don’t mean to pry into your relationship.”
“H-haaa…?”
“But such things violate public order and morals, so please refrain from them at school.”
So, we’ve finally been told we violate public order and morals…
“Teacher—but I’ve been made into someone who can’t live without Ryo-kun anymore…”
“Toka, just shut up!”
You know exactly what you’re doing, don’t you?! I’m gonna have to write “Self-Control” in big letters on Toka’s training notes!
“What’s with you two?! Is this some kind of dig at me being in my thirties!?”
“No, it’s not.”
Now she’s bringing up her own annoying stuff. Wait, the teacher’s in her thirties?
“Do you two understand?! School is for studying! It’s not a place for flirting or doing naughty things!”
We weren’t! We weren’t! We might have been flirting a bit, but we weren’t doing anything naughty! Misunderstandings piled up, and now we’re being labeled as total perverts!
“I’m sorry…”
I could only slump in my chair, holding my head. Toka was quietly looking down beside me. Wait, is she actually looking a little pleased despite looking down…?
“Even though it got canceled today, we will still do the seat change.”
“Teacher, I really want to sit with Ryo-kun…”
“That’s the school rule. We don’t change policy based on one person’s whim.”
“Uuuu…”
Toka looked unconvinced, but the teacher was 100% right about this. It can’t be helped. After all, that’s how school works.
“Toka, just give it up. Even if our seats are separated, we’re still in the same class.”
“By the way, is this seat change completely random?”
Toka tilted her head slightly.
“It’s a lottery, so it should be…”
“Then I just need to draw next to Ryo-kun again, right?”
“Well, that’s true, but…”
As the teacher frowned, Toka stood up smoothly.
“Then it’ll definitely be fine! Ryo-kun and I are like a ‘fixed route’ in a game!”
“Don’t compare it to a game!”
Aaaah! She said something weird again! She’s subtly influenced by social media!
“Fixed… wait, what’s fixed!? What’s fixed!?”
“Teacher, that’s not what we meant!”
Please stop. Seriously, just stop.
If this keeps up, my credibility at school won’t just hit zero—it’ll go negative.
“Ugh, you two… really, just…”
The teacher pressed her temples and sighed deeply.
“Haa… If you two really end up next to each other in the next seating change… I’ll forgive you as fate.”
Toka’s face lit up at the teacher’s unexpected words.
“Yay! Thank you! Well then, excuse me!”
Toka left the room before the teacher finished speaking. She bowed her head with an innocent expression.
She’s become free-spirited in a completely different direction from back when she was called a ‘failed student’.
“What are you doing, Ryo kun? Let’s go.”
“Uh, yeah…”
Pulled by Toka’s hand, I too left the staff room…
“Toka!”
“What?”
“I’m adding an entry to the training log!”
“You’re trying to add more again…”
After leaving the staff room, I immediately called out to Toka.
“Keep it down outside! Stop being lovey-dovey in front of everyone!”
“You’re still so nitpicky, Ryo-kun.”
“That’s because you’re so careless, Toka!”
Without my notebook handy, I furiously took notes on my phone. In her current state, it was impossible for Toka to lead a normal high school life.
“I’ve decided on my goal for the second semester!”
“Goal?”
“To make Toka a normal high school girl! I’m naming this the ‘Asahina Toka Normal High School Girl Project’!”
“Like I’m not normal…”
“Getting called to the staff room twice in one day isn’t normal!”
The first semester’s re-education was about reviving Asahina Toka, but this semester we need to take it a step further and re-educate her into a normal high school girl! If things keep going like this, it’ll get awkward for both of us in class!
“Ryo-kun. I noticed something…”
“Noticed something?”
“Am I… maybe standing in the class?”
“Now…?”
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