Episode 18 – Business

“Can I just leave my bag in the clubroom before we go?”

I asked Misaki sensei, and she agreed with a smile.

“Yes, that’s fine. I’ll let Azuma san know that I’m borrowing Fujisaki kun for a bit.”

“Borrowing…I’m not in a position where I feel like Azuma senpai’s property.”

“Fujisaki kun, you’re so slow. If that’s the case, then you won’t be able to fall in love unless you’re with someone who is very kind and can express her feelings to you, right?”

“Eh? What do you mean?”

“Nothing. Think about it yourself.”

[He’s not aware of my feelings, and he’s not aware of Azuma san’s feelings either, huh. It’s obvious that I’ve been waiting for Fujisaki kun for a long time. My participation rate in club activities was high from the beginning, but it wasn’t until Fujisaki kun joined the club that I started showing up to the club every day. That’s what I mean.

However, Azuma san doesn’t seem to understand her own feelings. She says she wants to see you every day, she wants to be in the same space with you, she feels at home when you are around her, and so on…… Doesn’t that mean she loves him?

It’s not just love that makes you think about someone so much that you can’t forget them for even a single moment, and you can’t stop your heart from pounding.

…But I won’t tell Azuma san. I’m going to take him while you’re in a daze.]

Erm……is that what Azuma senpai’s feelings are?

She doesn’t have a particularly considerate attitude towards me. Her likeability towards me is only [53].

I thought that this number meant that her feelings for me were not that strong. But I wonder if that’s actually not the case. Is it a recognition of about…..one step before falling in love?

Yes, I wonder. I can’t hear Azuma senpai’s inner voice, so I don’t know what’s really going on at all.

But to someone you just don’t care about, you don’t say, [Do you want to go out with me?].

Hmmm……I don’t know how to treat Azuma senpai anymore. It doesn’t seem like she’s specifically targeting me, but from my point of view, she might be the person I can get along with most easily. No, isn’t it too cruel to date someone with such casual feelings?

I concluded that I had no choice but to maintain the status quo, since there was no answer to my question.

When I arrived at the clubroom and opened the door, Azuma senpai looked at me with eyes that seemed to have no particular interest in me.

“Ah, Fujisaki kun, you’re late.”

“I’m sorry I’m late. I had some minor business to attend to.”

“……Fujisaki kun, before you know it, you’ve started to use some of those shameless words.”

“Hm? Is the word [minor business] really that bad?”

Either these two talked about it sometime and came to a common understanding of it, or that understanding has become commonplace without my knowledge. The former, right?

“Fujisaki kun is late. And, Misaki sensei Sensei, welcome back.”

“Yeah, I’m back. I’m sorry, I’m going to borrow Fujisaki kun a little more. Now, Fujisaki kun, put your bag down and let’s go.”

“Ah, yes. I’m sorry, Azuma senpai. I’m off to help Misaki sensei.”

I put my bag on the desk and went to the doorway of the club room.

“Hmm. So help out. See you later.”

“Okay. I’ll be right back.”

Azuma senpai is no longer looking at me as I leave the clubroom. She’s concentrating on her own work.

[Azuma san, you’re not good at love….. Pretending to be uninterested will only make the other person less interested. If you’re interested, you should say so. I’m sorry, but I’m not going to give in when it comes to Fujisaki-kun, so I can’t be nice to you, okay?]

Apparently, that’s how Azuma senpai’s attitude seems to be to Misaki sensei. Hmm…..that’s difficult. I guess I must be a very insensitive person after all.

“Fujisaki kun, follow me.”

“Yes, I understand”

[Well, I don’t have anything to do, so what should I do? I got an idea for something like that ! I’m counting on you, my potential !]

I almost laughed when Misaki sensei suddenly started praying.

Misaki sensei is an adult, and I get the sense that she’s cunning, but…I think she also has a cute side.

If we were classmates, I wonder if I would have fallen in love with her without hesitation…

[I don’t know what to do, I don’t have anything to do, but it wouldn’t be cool if I didn’t do something. Ah, that’s right. Let’s go buy some sweets. It would be a little better if I said it was for the three of us to eat together.]

I walk around the school with Misaki sensei, who is thinking this in a relaxed manner. The school store is attached to the cafeteria on the first floor, but for some reason we go up the stairs. I think we are going a long way around, but are we really going to the school store?

Besides, we occasionally pass other students. Considering the feelings of Misaki sensei, it would be better for us to be less conspicuous. But on the contrary, she certainly doesn’t look suspicious at all when she is behaving so majestically and cheerfully greeting students as she passes by.

“……Misaki sensei, where are we headed?”

“Hmhm? I’ll let you know when we get there.”

“What kind of an event is this?”

“A walk around the school with your teacher?”

“…..It’s an event that doesn’t really interest me from the word go.”

“Indeed. If I were a high school student, I wouldn’t want to walk around the school with my teacher.”

“What about forcing me to do it?”

“Nothing. There are a lot more high school boys than you might think who want to take a walk with me, you know?　According to my brain survey, 70% of the boys in school want to walk with me.”

“That’s a perfect fantasy of yours, isn’t it? ……But if we actually took a survey, the numbers would probably be around that.”

I think it would be more than that. She’s popular as a teacher and attractive as a woman.

“Since I’m taking you out for such an honorable walk, shouldn’t you be more than happy about it, Fujisaki kun?”

“As a healthy high school student, I can’t get carried away by a walk with my teacher.It’s obvious that teachers and students don’t get along in the end as a gender.”

“Ah, to make such a dreamless comment, Fujisaki kun, you are unexpectedly steeped in the mundane world, aren’t you? It is the way of the young to carry on with their feelings, even if the world doesn’t allow it, isn’t it?”

“Sensei, do you know the term [youthful indiscretion]?”

“Well, I don’t think it’s in my dictionary. It probably won’t be listed forever.”

‘……I see.”

[Hmm, the response is not so good. At this rate, I wonder if he still doesn’t have any special interest in me……. If I leave it like this, it won’t be good. I think it would be better to think about shaking my hands more actively.]

Misaki sensei begins to think about what to do. While talking to me, she was thinking about this and that. This stream of thought was a little too stimulating for me, and it got the blood pumping in my lower body.

After about two minutes, she finally got his thoughts together and settled on a somewhat safe place. It was both a relief and a disappointment.

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