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“Asahina-san! Quiet!”
Oh no, this is bad. Really bad. Even the teacher’s getting angry now. I frantically covered Toka’s mouth with both hands, but her gaze was fixed on finding the girl sitting next to me.
“Um, excuse me…”
A girl with black braids approached us. I think her name was Hara-san… or something. Never talked to her before.
“I drew the seat next to Kuga-kun, so how about we swap…? Also, my eyesight isn’t great, so I’d like to switch with Asahina-san’s seat.”
Ouch, ouch, ouch! Why does this hurt so much?!
Because of that airhead Touka, my classmates are going out of their way to be considerate of me! And she even used that classic seat-swap line!
“Really!? Thank you!”
Toka’s smile bloomed brightly. Hey, wait—don’t go using your SSR smile here.
“U-uh, sure…”
“Thanks to you, I think I’ll have a fun school life. Really, thank you so much!”
Hara-san’s face turned bright red, like a boiled octopus. Then, with a little bounce in her step, she went to the very front seat Toka had drawn.
Wait, that’s not fair! Who wouldn’t react like that if Asahina Toka flashed a smile like that? Doesn’t matter if you’re a guy or a girl!
“See? I’m growing up properly! Training success!”
“I… I guess you could call it a success…?”
“Plus, I actually talked to my classmates for the first time!”
Toka plopped down next to me and puffed out her chest proudly. The teacher, seemingly drained of any energy to speak, remained motionless, face buried in the desk.
“Ever since I met you, Ryo-kun, I realized… being passive wasn’t good. I need to try changing myself too.”
Toka looked serious as she delivered this truly heartfelt line. If not for what just happened, I might have been moved to tears!
“Touka, just a sec—”
“Everyone, listen up!!!”
Just as I tried to speak to Touka, the teacher’s booming voice echoed through the classroom. The entire class gasped, and in an instant, the room fell deathly silent.
“This… class… is… hereby… declared… off-limits… for… romance!”
In response to Toka’s declaration, the teacher countered with a mysterious declaration of his own!
“”Eeeeeeehhhh!!””
Naturally, cries resembling screams erupted from across the classroom.
“Te-teacher! What are you saying!?”
One of the boys hurled those words at the teacher.
The teacher, who should have been slumped over, stood up with bloodshot eyes. Though usually a mild-mannered English teacher, his face was now a demonic visage.
“Kuga! Watching the two of you, I’ve seen it clearly! The order of this class has been disrupted and destroyed by you two, and now, it has completely collapsed!”
The teacher slammed his fist on the desk. The chalk on top bounced up. He finally dropped the honorifics.
“Using the seat change to monopolize Asahina-san, and making your classmates worry about you! Do you think such mixing of public and private matters is acceptable?!”
“No, I didn’t do anything…”
I tried to protest frantically, but the teacher’s momentum overwhelmed me, and I was at a loss for words.
No, it wasn’t me! It wasn’t me! I wasn’t the one causing trouble!
“Listen up! To be so obsessed with sitting next to someone during a seat change! You’ve completely mistaken school for a dating ground! Therefore, starting today and for the next three years, my class will ban all romantic relationships!”
The power word “romantic ban” drew groans of “Whaaat?!” and “No way!” from all over the classroom. The girls especially were up in arms.
“Teacher, wait a minute! That’s way too unreasonable!”
This time, Toka stood up. I frantically tugged at her uniform sleeve. Stop it! Don’t provoke the teacher any more!
“Asahina! You’re involved! Sit down!”
“Precisely because I’m involved, I’m saying this! Romance is one of the most essential elements for students to lead a normal high school life!”
Toka asserted herself boldly toward the teacher.
The guts of Toka, once hailed as a national child star, were no mere bluff. Though right now, I wished they were.
“Huh? What are you talking about?!”
“Ryo-kun is my mentor for becoming a normal high school girl! Thanks to Ryo-kun, I was able to talk to my classmates for the first time! This is proof that romance is helping me grow! By forbidding it, are you trying to steal my future, teacher?!”
Toka pressed forward, her eyes brimming with tears.
Th-this kid’s switched into acting mode…! Her intense performance instantly changed the class atmosphere. You could feel everyone starting to side with Tohka. Seriously, it’s a complete waste of talent. When exactly does she decide to unleash her acting skills?
“Ugh…”
The teacher, overwhelmed by Toka’s intensity, instinctively took a step back.
“And! Are you denying love, Teacher!? You must have loved someone too, right!?”
“Don’t say another word, AAAAAAAAAH!”
The teacher’s face flushed bright red.
Her classmates applauded her argument. The classroom was now in complete chaos.
It’s over… The more Touka talks, the further away my plan for her to become a normal high school girl gets. And my normal high school life can say goodbye too.
“Kugaaaaa! Come to the staff room later!”
“Yes…”
And so, I was summoned to the staff room once again—
“Ryo-kun! Love always wins in the end!”
“It was a total defeat!”
Saying that, Toka threw her arms around me right in front of everyone.
Can I really call this a success for my development plan…?
“Huh? But what would we do if romance got banned?”
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