On December 30th, it has arrived at the New Year's Day holiday, and in one more day, it will be the arrival of the new year.

But Tetsufumi Hirakawa doesn't have much energy to think about the New Year now...... To put it a little bit of an exaggeration, he's now wondering how he's going to get through this year safely.

Last night, Tetsufumi Hirakawa had already called Hinata to inform him of the news of the meeting at two o'clock this afternoon.

What's more, in order for Kuda to be mentally prepared, don't be completely stunned when the time comes, so, on the phone last night-

"That, Jasmine...... I have one more thing to tell you. ”

"What?"

"That's it...... In fact...... Hmmm......"

“……”

At that time, I struggled for a long time and spoke.

"That girl is Shiori Shinohara."

“……”

“……”

What you get is a death-like silence of course.

"Shiori Shinohara?" After a long time, the repetition of Kuda Moshu sounded.

"Hmmm......"

"Shinohara-san?"

“…… It's her. ”

"Shinohara-san from your previous class?"

“…… There's nothing wrong with that. ”

"So, it was your former student, Shinohara-san in the class, who happened to you?" At that time, it was obvious that Hisada's voice was obviously unacceptable.

And in the face of her incredulous inquiries over and over again, all Tetsufumi Hirakawa could do was admit it.

“…… Well. ”

“……”

“……”

After a pause, Hinata Moshu thought of something and continued to ask.

"And, the last time before, before you quit your job, you already had a ...... with her Beyond the teacher-student relationship? ”

“…… Yes, but Jasmine, I don't want to, it's the same dream, that's it...... So, when I woke up, I quit. ”

“……”

“……”

"Actually, these things happened with my boyfriend, and the one I want to see tomorrow is still my own student......?"

Kuda Moshu felt that this matter was a little ridiculous.

I am a teacher, and my boyfriend is also a teacher, and then one day, I suddenly found out that my boyfriend actually hooked up with the students who were both together.

It's ridiculous and ridiculous.

"......" Tetsufumi Hirakawa has nothing to say, irrefutable.

After that, there was a long silence, and it wasn't until he hung up that Hinata Moshu said a word.

Zhewen...... You really made me, I don't know what to say. ”

“……”

Then, the phone hung up like that.

……

Recalling last night's phone call, Tetsufumi Hirakawa didn't know what to say.

Although he himself doesn't want to do this, but, from her point of view, her boyfriend, whether it's a cracker leg or a student, is too disappointing, right?

The separation between dreams and reality is really bad.

However, no matter how much you feel it, it is useless.

Now, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon, and it was about to be the time to meet.

"Ding Dong—"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa heard the doorbell coming from his door.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room, anxiously waiting for the arrival of the final meeting, suddenly came back to his senses, looked towards the door, and stood up.

Because Shiori Shinohara chose the place to meet in a café not far from his house, it should be Maki Kuda who plans to go with him to find him in advance.

When I came to the entrance, I pressed down on the doorknob and pushed it open.

The smooth lines of the goose egg face, the eye-catching facial features, the ends of the hair hanging down the sides, the beige coat, and the bow tied at the waist.

That's right, as the door was opened, it was his current girlfriend, Maki Kuda, who hadn't been seen for three days.

On his face, which was always gentle in the past, he didn't have much expression at the moment.

“……”

Standing behind the door and looking at her, Tetsufumi Hirakawa's words that he had clearly thought about what he should say after meeting disappeared in an instant, and became blank again.

"Jasmine."

Finally, he opened his mouth and called out only his name.

"Hmm." Kuda Moshu nodded slightly, "Let's go." ”

“…… Good. ”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stepped out silently, side by side with Kuda, who turned to leave, without holding hands.

They are now going to meet Shiori Shinohara, his ex-girlfriend, a girl who has regained her life during her relationship with her current girlfriend...... Or a student of the two together.

It's complicated to think about.

……

Didn't speak all the way.

Although Tetsufumi Hirakawa also looked at the side face of Maki Kuda several times and wanted to ask her attitude, he did not open his mouth in the end.

It's really scary to always be gentle and angry, and this atmosphere is prohibitive.

arrived at the agreed café like this, and then, when there were still about a dozen steps away from the café, Tetsufumi Hirakawa took a few steps forward because he didn't react, and suddenly realized -

The figure beside him stopped and landed behind.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa also stopped, turned around, looked at Maki Kuda, who didn't know how to stop, hesitated, and still asked the first sentence on the way.

“…… Jasmine, what's wrong? ”

Kuda Moki stared at him and didn't speak.

…… Is it because I'm about to see my boyfriend's crackling object, so I find it hard to accept?

Tetsufumi Hirakawa became more and more empty in the eyes of Kuda Moshu.

However, what I didn't expect was that Kuda Moshu, who didn't say a word, suddenly stopped again and walked up.

Then, in his unexpected gaze, she reached out and took his hand.

“……”

"Let's go."

Kuda Moshu didn't give Tetsufumi Hirakawa a chance to ask.

“…… Good. ”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was armed, turned around a little stiffly, and walked towards the café.

……

However, soon, Tetsufumi Hirakawa probably knew what the reason was.

Walking a few steps to the door of the café, along the transparent glass wall, you can see that there are not many people in the café at the moment.

Because of this, the excellent, dazzling, and temperamental eldest lady became more and more conspicuous.

Shiori Shinohara had already arrived, sitting up straight in her seat in the café.

And at this moment, her eyes also found them who came to the door, and, if she guessed correctly, the landing point of her gaze should be......

Tetsufumi Hirakawa glanced down at his arm that was being held by Maki Kuda.

“……”

“……”

After a pause, Tetsufumi Hirakawa was pulled in by Moki Kuda, and under Shiori Shinohara's gaze, he walked towards her step by step.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa felt the pressure mounting.

In this way, the tone was probably set for today's meeting...... There is absolutely no peace...... In other words, according to the identity of the people present, the ex-girlfriend and the current girlfriend can't be calm, right?

"Hirakawa-sensei, Hida-sensei, hello."

When Tetsufumi Hirakawa and Maki Kuda came to the front of the table, Miss Shinohara-sama politely stood up and bowed.

The demeanor is dignified, and the tone seems to be calm.

It's just that when he got up, his eyes met with that of Kuda Moshu.

“……”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa felt that the atmosphere was a little strange, and he didn't dare to speak.

Hinata Moki stared at Shiori Shinohara.

After a moment, she nodded.

"Hello Shinohara-san."

It's also quite calm.、Greetings that don't seem to have any problems.。

"Let's sit down."

"yes, okay."

Agreeing lightly to Kuda's proposal, Shiori Shinohara sat down dignified when Kuda Moshu pulled Tetsufumi Hirakawa to sit down.

The two continued to look at each other.

The atmosphere is getting stranger and stranger.

Even at a certain moment, Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who was restless, suddenly felt that perhaps, he was now in a silent battlefield where his life was in danger at any time......

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the dedicated waitress to finally come to their side, breaking the atmosphere that had been accumulating.

The voice sounded to Tetsufumi Hirakawa, and it was a little beautiful.

"Hello three guests, do you need something?"

The confrontation-like eye collision finally ended.

While Tetsufumi Hirakawa breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he immediately echoed and looked at Kuda Moshu.

"yes, let's order something—Jasmine, what do you want?"

Kuda Moshu glanced at him, and then looked at the order on the table.

After glancing at it, she reached out and pushed the order in front of Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

Her voice was soft and gentle.

"Zhewen, you should know what I like to drink, right? Just order it for me. ”

“……”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa felt a little pressure.

However, before Tetsufumi Hirakawa could answer, he heard it again, Shiori Shinohara, who was sitting opposite, whose voice was equally soft, but quite clearly reached his ears through the silent air.

"Hirakawa-sensei, you should know what Shiori likes, right? It's good if you can weave some poetry for you. ”

“……”

Hinata Moki looked at Shiori Shinohara.

Shinohara Shiori looked back, the corners of her mouth slightly curved.

The young waitress next to her, with the pen in her hand to record orders, accidentally scratched the page, making a "tearing" screeching sound.

She opened her mouth slightly, and then, after being stunned, her eyes, as if emitting light, looked at Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa wants to die.

……

Failing to die, Tetsufumi Hirakawa finally ordered a cup of black tea for Kuda and a cup of black tea for himself.

As for Shiori Shinohara......

In the gaze of Hinata next to him, Tetsufumi Hirakawa could only squeeze out a smile and express his attitude.

"Poetry...... Shinohara-san, you're still ...... Order it yourself, right? ”

“……”

Despite this refusal, Shiori Shinohara looked unexpected, brushing her long hair lightly and said.

"Then Shiori is just like Mr. Pingchuan, and the black tea is good."

“……”

“……”

“……”

After a pause, Tetsufumi Hirakawa turned his face and looked at the waiter next to him in a daze.

"Ahem."

He coughed lightly.

“…… Okay, okay, sorry, I'm very sorry, it's three cups of black tea, right? ”

The waitress who came back to her senses hurriedly turned over the torn pages.

"Yes."

"Okay, please wait a minute."

Hurriedly writing in the small notebook in his hand, and then, one last glance at the three of them reluctantly, the young waitress seemed to leave the stage with regret.

Regretful......

Regret missing out on a great show?

Tetsufumi Hiragawa, who is one of the parties involved, doesn't think this matter is wonderful at all......

Until the intruder waitress left the scene, and then, the battlefield that had been temporarily interrupted here continued.

Shiori Shinohara's gaze never leaves Kuda Moshu.

"Mr. Kuda, when I was taking a shower last night, I learned the news that you want to see me through Mr. Hirakawa's phone, I don't know, do you have something to do with me?"

“……”

Bathe...... It's obviously an unrelated thing, right? Specially brought it up......

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stared at the table with his head down.

He felt Hisada's gaze leave his side face.

"Shinohara-san, I was really surprised when I heard last night that you were the one who did such a thing."

"Huh? I don't know, what is Kuda-sensei referring to? ”

"Shinohara-san should be clear to himself, and I don't need to repeat it."

"Is there a matter between Mr. Hiragawa and Mr.? Well, that's me. Shiori Shinohara nodded.

Hinata Mosa's eyes were gentle.

"Shinohara-san, can you tell the teacher why this is happening? You should know that such a thing is not right, right? Is it because your homeroom teacher didn't teach you well? That's how it is. ”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa with his head down: "......"

Shiori Shinohara laughed silently.

"Kuda-sensei, of course I know what this kind of thing is all about. But—"

The girl denied it.

"On the contrary, Mr. Hirakawa's teachings have always been correct, and he is the most respected teacher in the minds of his students."

"Respect?" Hinata questioned.

"Respect, of course." Shiori Shinohara doesn't think there's anything wrong.

"Is there something wrong with the way we respect?" Maybe Hisada is such a character, or perhaps, considering the identity of the other party's student, her tone has always been very restrained.

"Maybe there's a problem." Shiori Shinohara, said, "However, there is no way, for Mr. Hiragawa's liking, I will not restrain it because of my identity." ”

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"Then even if you don't consider the identity of teachers and students, you should know that Zhewen is my boyfriend, right?" Kuda's tone fluctuated.

Shiori Shinohara shook her head.

"Kuda-sensei, you should know that I was with Hirakawa-sensei first. If it weren't for the identity, he'd be with me by now, without your chance. “

The tone is polite, always with honorifics, but the wording is not polite at all.

"Actually, you're just taking advantage of your identity."

You can ask Mr. Hirakawa about this. Shiori asked him this question. ”

"If it weren't for the identity issue, at the end of the last time, Mr. Hirakawa would definitely choose to continue to be with Shiori, right? He also likes Shiori. ”

Shiori Shinohara smiled and looked at Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

Kuda Moshu also looked over.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa's head is getting lower and lower.

He wanted to find a rope.