Monday, afternoon, Tetsufumi Hirakawa's home.

"Ding Dong."

It's the doorbell.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room with four cats around him, glanced at the mobile phone in his hand.

16：06。

At this point in time, there is only ...... that can come Kuda-sensei, right?

Tetsufumi Hirakawa picked up Michael from his lap, got up, and walked to the door.

"Here we are."

As he spoke, he walked down the hallway, held on to the doorknob, and pressed down.

The door was gently pushed outward, and in my sight, the figure of a familiar female teacher slowly emerged.

She was dressed in Moriya's teacher's uniform, generous and decent, with a light smile on her face that made people feel warm at a glance.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Hirakawa."

Kuda Moshu stood in the doorway and waved her hand, and as she waved, a strand of hair on the side of her face swayed.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at Moshu Kuda and immediately smiled.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Kuda-sensei—did you just come over after work?"

Hinata Moshu's expression was a little troubled: "Yes, because Mr. Hirakawa can't take good care of himself, I can't relax after work." ”

"Ah...... I'm sorry. ”

"Forget it, I'm sorry."

"Well, then, thank you Kuda-sensei for being able to visit me when I am sick, I am very grateful."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was not sorry anymore, but instead clasped his hands together and bowed, as if he had made a wish to the gods in a shrine.

“……”

Kuda Moshu looked at him with a kind of "Hirakawa-sensei, you're enough" looks.

After getting up, Tetsufumi Hirakawa didn't see it.

He continued to smile, pushing the door open a bit, then moved out of the way.

"Anyway, Mr. Kuda, let's come in first."

“……”

There was no reply, but after sighing and gently brushing her long hair, the female teacher walked in with a bag of shopping bags.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa bent down and took out a pair of slippers from the shoe rack next to him and placed them in front of Kuda Moshu.

——

After Kuda Moshu changed into her slippers, she stood in the hallway, carrying the bag in front of her with both hands, and bowed quite formally.

"Mr. Hirakawa, excuse me."

"Don't bother, it's me who bothered Mr. Hida." Tetsufumi Hirakawa returned the salute, "Please come in." ”

"Okay."

Kuda Moshu stepped on the stairs of the entrance and began to look at the furnishings of Hirakawa's Tetsubun family.

It was the first time she had walked in.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa's home can be seen to be a single person, without too many clutter of life, and even compared to the empty space, it can be called a little simple.

As for the degree of hygiene, it is an exaggeration to say that it is spotless, but it can be said that it is clean, at least the "breath of life" is not offensive.

At the end of the look, Hinata Moshu still used a tone of checking the students' homework, and nodded with satisfaction: "I didn't expect Mr. Hirakawa's home to be quite tidy." ”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa glanced at Moshu Kuda: "I would like to know what my home is like in Mr. Kuda's imagination." ”

"Hmm...... This one. Kuda Moshu thought about it and nodded convincingly, "I thought that a lazy person like Mr. Hirakawa would be very messy at home, and his clothes would be thrown away or something." ”

“…… I'm lazy, I'll admit it, but that's not the same thing as being lazy and not liking cleanliness. Tetsufumi Hirakawa pointed to the right path.

"Really?"

"Naturally."

"But it wasn't going to be cleaned because of my arrival, was it?" Kuda Moki looked at him with a light smile.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa's tone responded seriously: "Normally, my family is like this. ”

“…… The tone is exposed, Mr. Hiragawa. ”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked like a clean man: "This is the case, there is no need to justify, in fact, I love cleanliness quite much." ”

Kuda Moshu didn't speak, just stared at him.

“……”

“……”

A moment later.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa turned his face, looked away, and changed his words.

"A little tidying up, that's right. However, after all, this is the first time that Mr. Kuda has arrived, so of course I need to be prepared, and this kind of preparation just reflects the importance I attach to Mr. Kuda. ”

"Okay." Kuda Moshu replied without any waves.

"Okay?" Tetsufumi Hirakawa repeated, expressing his confusion at this tone.

The gentle female teacher glanced at him gently: "Teacher Pingchuan, I don't know if I pay attention to it or not, but I'm used to you liking to talk nonsense." ”

“……”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa paused, holding out a finger unrelentingly.

"It's definitely not nonsense to pay attention to this point."

"Okay, I got it." Kuda Moshu responded very casually.

It turned out to be exactly the same as his usual perfunctory appearance.

“……”

What is it? Did you learn badly with him?

This teacher is really getting harder and harder to coax.

——

The topic of hygiene in Tetsufumi Hirakawa's house ended quickly.

The two no longer stood, but walked to the living room and sat down on the couch.

And the four cats in the living room, because of the arrival of Kuda Moshu, also caused a noise of meowing

In a few clicks, Kuda Moshu, who was sitting opposite Tetsufumi Hirakawa, had two more kittens in his arms.

"This is, plus ...... Jiabaili and Chimera? ”

Kuda Moss tried to name them.

“…… Well. ”

I didn't make a mistake, I remembered it.

The female teacher, who was attracted by the cute cat, soon began to play with the cat, rubbing the cat's head by herself, and showing a very satisfied smile.

It wasn't until a while later that she reacted in hindsight and looked at Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hirakawa, I haven't asked you yet, how are you doing now?"

I finally remembered the business of this trip, not to play with the cat, but to visit him.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa silently looked at the cat lying on the lap of Maki Kuda.

"It's okay, except that no one cares, it's all good."

“……”

Hinata Moshu was speechless for a while, and then gently brushed the tips of her fluttering hair with her fingers, very troubled.

"Teacher Pingchuan's tone, how can it be the same as a child who is angry."

"Is there one?"

"Yes."

"Nope." Tetsufumi Hirakawa does not admit it.

"Yes, indeed." Kuda Moshu said helplessly, then picked up the two cats from their laps, put them on the sofa aside, and stood up.

Under the gaze of Tetsufumi Hirakawa again, the young and beautiful female teacher came to him.

A little sweet smell wafted across his face, and Tetsufumi Hirakawa asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Let's take care of the little kids who are angry because no one cares." Kuda Moshu bent down and groaned with a smile.

"I don't."

"Well, no." Kuda Moshu nodded.

Then, she reached out and reached for Tetsufumi Hirakawa's forehead.

“……”

After the silence that even the meow of the cat had stopped, the back of Kuda's slightly cool hand lightly pressed against his forehead.

"Kuda-sensei......" Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at the beautiful female teacher who was close in front of him.

In her eyes, there is naturally a tenderness that belongs to her, like spring water.

"Hmm." Kuda felt his temperature with the back of her hand, and after a few seconds, she left again, pressed against her own forehead.

"It seems that there is no problem now, there is no fever."

She straightened up.

“……”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stiffened a little unnaturally, and he also reached out and touched the residual temperature.

“…… Now it's time to cool down. ”

"Uh-huh." Kuda Moshu responded softly, "It's good that Mr. Hirakawa doesn't have any problems." ”

“……”

The words fell, and the atmosphere fell silent in an instant.

The cats were playing with each other, not paying any attention to what was going on here.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa sat on the couch, his hand touching his forehead all the time - he didn't know what was going on, and he didn't know how to put his hand down.

And the gentle governess stood in front of her, with a little smile, quietly watching him.

The living room was quiet, and the only cat's play was not enough to affect the mysterious and peculiar atmosphere that suddenly permeated the two of them.

It's quiet, so quiet that it makes people reverie a little.

Some are at a loss.

Some...... Nervous.

This silence lasted for a while.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa put down his hand and looked at the female teacher who was still looking at him with a gentle smile.

"Mr. Kuda'......"

"Well, what's wrong?"

Both of them were soft-spoken, and all the time, the mysterious, unspeakable, and indescribable air was so surging and lingering.

It seems that every morning, when I arrived at the school office, the misty water vapor on the teacup of the female teacher next door was fluttering.

"The ......"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa seemed to want to say something.

Kuda Moshu listened, but did not make a sound.

It's just that before Tetsufumi Hirakawa could speak, a bell rang from the door.

"Ding Dong—"

“……”

“……”

In the silence, the doorbell was very harsh.

Michael "meowed" in response.

The atmosphere dissipated and disappeared without a trace.

“……”

“……”

The two of them looked together in the direction of the door.

There was silence for a while.

"That ......," Tetsufumi Hirakawa stood up, "it looks like someone is coming." ”

"Hmm." Kuda Moshu nodded.

"Could it be that a student is coming to visit you?"

"Maybe."

Then, not knowing what to think, she turned around again, faced Tetsufumi Hirakawa, and asked very seriously.

"Mr. Hirakawa, do I need to hide?"

“……”

The scene is somewhat familiar.

This was the scene when Tetsufumi Hirakawa went to visit the sick Kuda Moshu.