My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 196 The Opening Ceremony of the Second Semester

"Let's hurry up, or we'll be late."

"Uh-huh."

Naoto Nishikata glanced at the time and decisively quickened his pace with Sana Takagi as they headed to school.

On the first day of the second semester, the morning light shone through the branches of the banyan tree, which was covered with wishing slips, and sprinkled golden light on the heads of the crowd.

Outside the school, some people clutched the hem of their clothes; inside the school, some people held up club recruitment posters and rushed around; many more people stood on tiptoe in front of the bulletin board, their heartbeats betraying the jingling of the charms on their backpacks.

The air was filled with the smell of new textbook pulp, the aroma of baked goods wafting from the cafeteria, and a certain indescribable thrill belonging to the era of youth.

"Tsuna, when do you think we should apply for a club?" Shoko took two packs of wet wipes out of her bag and handed them to Tsuna sitting next to her, asking.

Tsuna nodded his thanks, took the paper, and pulled out a few sheets to wipe the tables and chairs that were already slightly dusty:

"After school this afternoon, shall we go to the club recruitment office to check out the application process for joining the art club?"

During his time on the road, he had already silently prepared himself to give up the "stay-at-home club" and join the art club with Shoko wouldn't be so bad...

Anyway, he would be bored walking home alone after school, and considering Shoko's situation, he was really not comfortable letting Shoko join the art club alone.

"Hmm." Shoko nodded and reached out to take the few wet wipes that had been used to clean the soiled area from his hand.

But he raised his hand to dodge it, and then snatched the item from her hand instead.

"I'll take it and throw it away, and I'll go to the toilet while I'm at it."

Shoko watched him leave the classroom through the back door, and just as Tsuna left, Nishikata and Takagi walked into the classroom through the front door.

"Good morning, Takagi-chan and Nishikata-kun."

"Please take good care of Nishimiya-kun in the new semester."

"Please take good care of me in the new semester, Shoko-chan."

Naoto Nishikata's neighbor, Sana Takagi, mimicked his words playfully, almost bowing formally in response.

"Here you go." Shoko politely replied with "Nice to meet you" and handed the two unused packs of wet wipes to the two of them.

"Arigato." x2
"By the way, Shoko, where's your boyfriend?" Takagi Sana reached out and took the phone, glancing at Tsuna's seat before asking curiously.

Upon hearing this, Shoko quickly looked around to make sure no one had heard Takagi-chan's words. She breathed a silent sigh of relief and gently patted Takagi's arm.

"Tsuna went to the toilet."

"Oh, oh." Takagi Sana's lips curled up into a barely perceptible smile.

After wiping the table and chairs clean, Naoto Nishikata left his seat to chat with his friends at other seats.

Not long after, Tsuna returned to the classroom, nodded to Takagi in greeting, and then lay down on the table to take a nap.

His classmate Shoko has already been taken by Takagi, so this is the only option left.

He finished writing last night and didn't go to sleep until after 11 p.m., so he can catch up on some sleep. Otherwise, he might be so bored during the opening ceremony that he might fall asleep standing up.

But he had barely closed his eyes when he was woken up by the sudden arrival of Ayumi Ajitani.

No, to be precise, more and more girls gathered around Shoko and her two friends, sharing their interesting stories from the winter break.

The main source of the charm that attracted so many girls was two people: the class president, Ayumi Ajitani, and Shoko.

As for Takagi, she wasn't very noticeable among the girls in her class last semester.

However, it's undeniable that these three girls received high scores from the boys. But most of the boys knew that Shoko was already completely tied to Tsuna, so Shoko's score was much lower than the other two.

The girls in the class seemed unaware that the boys had created this rating system, and the boys were equally unaware that the girls had secretly made a rating list for them.

Moreover, the ratings are updated in real time.

Tsuna learned about the ranking from Shoko, but he couldn't find out from her where he ranked.

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"Bah bang bang!!"

A sudden clap of applause broke the silence of the noisy classroom, and everyone turned to look at the source of the sound.

After recognizing who it was, they all hurriedly returned to their seats, and even Tsuna, who was still lying on the table, was shaken by Shoko.

"Quiet down, everyone." After everyone was seated, Mr. Nogi, who had been standing at the classroom door, slowly walked to the podium.
"I'll give you one day to get your minds back on track after your winter break."

After speaking, Mr. Nokitaki scanned the students below, comparing them one by one with those in his memory, and only continued speaking after confirming that no one was missing:

"Our learning progress has fallen behind other classes. Starting this second semester, we need to speed up our pace."

"..." Tsuna, sitting in his seat, was speechless because the sentence sounded very familiar.

Is this still the catchphrase of every homeroom teacher? And does it apply to all countries?
"Ahem." Seeing that some students were starting to drift off, Mr. Nokitaki coughed lightly to bring their attention back before continuing:

"Let me first tell you about today's schedule. We'll be lining up to go to the gymnasium for the opening ceremony."

Upon returning, the class monitor asked a few boys to go to the textbook room and move the textbooks for this semester—eight of the same ones.

“Okay, Nokitaki-sensei,” Ayumi Ajitani quickly replied.

Ms. Ye Bei nodded to her, "Next, I'll rearrange the seats and briefly explain the specific arrangements and precautions for this semester."

This afternoon, you'll line up and come with me to the gymnasium for a 'health checkup.'

Ms. Nokitaki glanced at her watch. "Alright, that's the schedule for today. We'll add anything if we've missed anything. Now, everyone, go line up."

As soon as Mr. Nokitaki finished speaking, the classroom was filled with the screeching sound of chairs scraping against the floor, along with some students' complaints.

"Let's go, Tsuna."

Shoko called out someone's name, then took Takagi Sana's hand and they walked out of the classroom together.

Tsuna snapped out of his daze at Nokitaki-sensei's second-to-last sentence, stood up, and walked out to the corridor to queue with Naoto Nishikata, who was waiting for him.

He still had a strong impression of the 'health diagnosis' that Mr. Nokitaki mentioned.

When I was in elementary school, Shuimen Elementary School would send students to the gymnasium for health checkups every first semester of the year.

At Namikaze Middle School, diagnostic tests are conducted once every semester. He wasn't sure if other middle schools were the same.

The main purpose of 'health diagnosis' is to ensure the physical and mental health of students and to detect diseases or developmental problems at an early stage.

However, the examination was not extensive, mainly focusing on weight, height, vision, hearing, teeth, and so on.

When the topic of 'physical and mental health' came up, he inexplicably thought of the group of people he had met after school last time, including Ishida Shoya, whom he hadn't seen much since.

But he heard about Ishida Shoya being ostracized and isolated in class about once or twice a month.

As for whether he was bullied, he never looked into it or inquired about it.

(End of this chapter)