My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 225 The Jealousy Jar Gets Overturned (Part 2)

The morning light cast pale golden cracks on the wet slope.

As the hem of his sailor uniform swept across the puddles, the boy's canvas shoes suddenly sprang into action, sending water droplets bouncing across the hem of his blue-gray stand-up collar uniform.

The dark patterns etched on the concrete by last night's torrential rain are being crushed by their playful antics.

The girl deliberately stepped into a puddle with her round-toed leather shoes, and the splashing rainbow fragments just happened to hit the boy's raised smile.

The reflection of the school gate's iron railings swayed like piano keys in the puddles, and the lingering echoes of the two children's laughter were carried by the wind into the rustling sound of plastic bags in the convenience store.

With Tsuna holding her hand, they explored all the interesting stalls they hadn't visited the day before the shops opened.

The light music club's live rehearsal, the history club's recreation of Warring States period armor, the science club's fun experiments, and an exhibition of anime characters.

Students sell homemade handicrafts, including felted wool, hand-painted postcards, and Japanese-style ornaments.

Shoko also took a fancy to a handmade cat doll that looked a bit like Tsuna. After some persuasion, she managed to buy it for 500 yen.

"Tsuna, look, for a moment, I really felt like you!"

On their way back to the classroom, Shoko excitedly held up the cat plush toy and showed it to Tsuna.

"How is this similar?" Tsuna looked speechlessly at the gray cat doll that resembled a dead fish with lifeless eyes.

"Look, look, I felt that same feeling just now, didn't I?" She raised her hand to dodge his outstretched hand.

When Tsuna saw that she was holding the cat again, he gave up the idea of ​​taking it from her.

"Tsuna, could you keep this cat for me for a few days?" Just as they were about to reach the classroom, Shoko suddenly handed him the plush toy she was holding.

"?" He took the doll, which was still slightly warm, without hesitation.

Before he could even ask, he heard her explain, "Remember to hug this doll when you sleep at night. I'll come back to take it back in a few days."

"..." Tsuna paused as he unzipped his backpack.

Good grief, scent labeling, huh? And is it really okay to say it so bluntly...?
Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that before Shoko had even finished speaking, the tips of her ears had already turned crimson.

After a pause, Tsuna still didn't say anything, silently putting the black cat plushie into his bag, while Shoko, who was standing next to him, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"You two, if this keeps up, we'll be opening for business soon." At that moment, Ayumi Ajitani's helpless urging voice came from behind them.

Shoko turned around and greeted her, then took her arm and started chatting about various topics related to the school festival.

"Hey hey hey," Tsuna replied perfunctorily before quickening his pace toward the classroom.

He wisely refrained from listening to the conversation between the two girls.

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The carp streamers, raised in the morning light, still swayed on the eaves, while dusk had already soaked into the still-burning oil from the takoyaki stall.

The black curtain of the haunted house curled up in the corner of the corridor, like time crumpled by screams; when the indigo-dyed tablecloth of the handmade market was put away, a few ginkgo leaves with the aroma of buckwheat noodles fell off.

One by one, the constellation lanterns of the Astronomy Department fell, and the lingering warmth of the tea kettle carried the unopened promise of the girl.

As the last arrow pierced the air at the archery dojo, the bamboo swords of the kendo club cleaved the setting sun into tiny golden fragments, which fell softly across the empty training ground.

Who is smiling and saying goodbye until next year? The hem of a uniform skirt sweeps across the confetti scattered on the ground, and the sound of footsteps and shadows are stretched long, very long by the twilight.

"Clap clap clap..."

Ayumi Azurani stood in front of the newly restored classroom podium and clapped her hands vigorously, instantly silencing the previously noisy classroom.
"Everyone has worked hard these past two days!"

Tonight, Xiao Hui and I tallied up the sales figures for the past two days, and we'll distribute them to everyone tomorrow!

She didn't say anything too comforting, but a simple sentence was enough to revive most of the students who were slumped in their chairs.

Ayumi Ajitani looked at Ms. Nokitaki standing at the door, only to see her shake her head with a light smile and turn away.

She instantly guessed what Ms. Nokitaki meant and shouted to the students below, "Everyone! School's over, be careful on your way home!"

The quiet classroom was instantly filled with laughter and chatter once again, along with the sound of chairs scraping against the floor.

"Shoko, stop looking. Nobody would steal something like this."

"Uh-huh."

Shoko nodded, but her gaze remained fixed on the signboard placed by the door, as if afraid it would be stolen in the last few minutes.

Tsuna glanced at his watch; it was already past 5:30 PM.

Business was better today than yesterday, so with everyone's agreement, we extended our business hours to 4:00 PM.

Including cleaning and restoring the classroom to its original state, more than an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

At noon, his mother brought Aunt Nishimiya and Yuzuru here for lunch, but because they were too busy, neither he nor Shoko came out to see the three of them.

I overheard Takagi and Nishikata mention it in the kitchen.

"Come on, Tsuna, stop spacing out." Shoko slightly bent her index finger and tapped his desk.

"Hmm." Tsuna snapped out of his thoughts, stood up, and walked with her to the door, ready to help her carry the troublesome signboard home.

"Ayumi-chan, Tsuna and I are leaving now. Bye-bye, see you next week." Shoko waved to Ayumi Ajitani, who had returned to her seat.

"Glass-chan, are you really not going to wait for me? I'll finish the tally with them soon."

Ayumi blinked her big eyes at her, her eyes seemingly glistening with tears.

She needs to work with several students in her class who hold positions to tally the sales figures for the past two days before she can go home.

She cleverly 'arranged' for Takagi and Nishikata to return the rented clothes, which meant they left early...

"Hmm..." A scale began to form in Shoko's mind, and in a short while, the scale tipped in her favor.

He nodded and agreed: "Then Tsuna and I will wait for you in the corridor outside."

"Mmm, I love you..." Ayumi Ajitani changed her pitiful expression from before and blew her a kiss.

Her adorable expressions and actions surprised some of the boys who were secretly watching her, and some even regretted not recording it with their phones.

The two walked out of the classroom and came to the window in the corridor, looking at the students playing below. There was also a life-size standee of Tsuna next to them.

Around 5 p.m., everything outside was shrouded in twilight.

The lights in the teaching building also came on at this time, and faint reflections could be seen through the windows.

The twilight-colored glass reflected Shoko's lovely face.

Tsuna's attention couldn't help but shift from the sunset to that face.

As dusk melted the glass into an amber frame, the girl's nose rested against the cool windowpane, her eyelashes casting butterfly shadows in the reflection. The sunset glow gilded her silhouette with honey, and even the white mist spreading across the glass became a blush.

The boy casually took out his phone from his pocket, pointed it at the girl, and pressed the shutter. At that moment, their eyes met.

The soft click of the electronic shutter and the approaching footsteps shattered the amber-colored tranquility. Tsuna frowned; this old neon phone always made a sound when taking pictures, and this wasn't the first time he'd complained about it…

He and Shoko turned around at the same time. The few people standing behind them, fidgeting, were Kawai Miki and Ueno Naoka, who had ordered from the store in the past two days.

There was another girl between the two of them, whom he and Shoko had never met before; she must be from their class.

Adhering to the principle of politeness, he and Shoko simply greeted the three of them and prepared to continue enjoying the scenery outside.

But Kawai Miki stopped her, saying, "Um... Miyamura-san, wait a minute."

Seeing that the two had stopped, she quickly introduced them, "This is our classmate, Shui Shui Sui Zi. She has a few words she'd like to say to you..."

As soon as she finished speaking, she patted the girl on the back, as if encouraging her or cheering her on.

The girl was wearing thick-rimmed glasses with high prescriptions, making her look like someone who was easy to bully.

The girl blushed and took half a step forward, then suddenly looked up and stared directly at Tsuna: "Um... um... um..."

After stammering for a while, unable to finish her sentence, the girl blushed and lowered her head, no longer daring to look him in the eye.

The clever girl, Shoko, immediately understood the girl's meaning, and alarm bells rang in her mind; she was consumed by jealousy.

She frowned slightly, her face expressionless, and silently took two steps toward Tsuna, then naturally took his arm.

At the same time, he didn't forget to pull the life-size cardboard cutout over with his other hand, as if to assert his dominance and tell the girl opposite him not to have any unrealistic fantasies.

The girl opposite her did notice her movements out of the corner of her eye, and even looked up at her.

Just when Shoko thought the other person would back down, to her surprise, the other person suddenly found the courage to quickly pull out a pen and a notebook from their pocket, ignore Shoko, and hand them to Tsuna:

"Um... um... Miyamura-kun, I just wanted your contact information, I didn't mean anything else. Could you please write down your phone number for me...?"

He could clearly sense the shyness in the girl's words, and she emphasized the words "meaning" very much.

The students who hadn't yet returned to their classrooms were gradually starting to notice this scene in the hallway.

Ayumi Ajitani, who was focused on analyzing the sales figures of the past two days, was reminded by her friend and naturally looked out the window at the people in the corridor.

Shoko was shocked to hear this, not expecting that this female was really here to steal her Tsuna.

She immediately intensified her movements, releasing the standee with one hand and instead tightly gripping Tsuna's arm with both, while also moving her body closer to him.

I wanted to use my body to shield him from the pen and notebook.

She also noticed the gazes of her classmates looking over from afar. Normally, she didn't dare to have too much physical contact with Tsuna at school, but at this moment, she no longer paid attention to them.

She didn't want to lose face in front of this girl.

This scene happened almost instantly. By the time Tsuna reacted, he only felt his arms being wrapped in two soft things and could clearly smell the fragrance of the girl in his arms.

The tips of my ears started to turn red quickly.

Just as he was about to refuse, the girl in his arms did not give him the chance.

Seeing that he remained silent, and noticing out of the corner of her eye that his ear tips were turning red rapidly, Xiaozi assumed that it was the first time he had been asked for his contact information in person and that he was embarrassed to refuse.

The moment the idea popped into her head, she made up her mind. With a determined heart, she tiptoed and, in full view of everyone, lightly touched the boy's cheek with her foot.

"Humph!"

As he finished, he turned back and gave the three men a taunting snort, only to find them seemingly stunned.

Not only those three, but the students watching from afar were also stunned, and even Ayumi Ajitani in her seat had her mouth agape...

At this moment, Shoko regained her senses and realized that she seemed to have just done something big in front of everyone...

Her face felt hotter than Tsuna's body was being kissed; she felt so ashamed she couldn't face anyone, and there wasn't even a crack in the ground for her to crawl into...

She could only keep snuggling into Tsuna's arms, hoping that no one would look at her.

Tsuna sensed the strangeness in the person in his arms and was about to refuse when the girl opposite him quickly ran away.

Leaving behind a shocked Miki Kawai and Naoka Ueno, the two quickly recovered, said goodbye to Tsuna and Shoko, and fled the scene.

"Squad leader, due to an unexpected incident, Shoko and I have to go now. Sorry."

Tsuna met the gaze of Ayumi Ajitani, who was still staring at them from inside the classroom. He yelled at her, grabbed a standee, and, holding Shoko's hand, fled the scene.

If Shoko hadn't been being led by him, she would have run even faster than him.

Once the main characters were gone, everyone dispersed, including some of the boys and girls who still harbored fantasies about Shoko and Tsuna.

After this little incident, almost everyone had given up hope.

In a corner unnoticed by everyone, Ms. Noki adjusted her glasses and stared at the backs of the two main characters.

He only looked away after the two disappeared down the stairs, sighed softly, shook his head, and continued downstairs.

She was going to turn a blind eye to this matter.

She had received phone calls from Shizuka Miyamura and the principal to remind her and show concern about their relationship when school started.

There's no need to call the parents in to discuss their puppy love anymore; it's unlikely to have any effect anyway...

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The silhouettes of bats cut through the twilight sky, and the chirping of insects wove a luminous web among the blades of grass, until the moon broke through its ink sac and scattered silvery stars into the raven-feathered folds of the sky.

"What's going on? Did you upset Shoko today?" Shizuka Miyamura asked as she sat in the living room watching her drama.

Since that brat got home around 6 p.m., it's almost 10 p.m. and Shoko hasn't come over yet.

Weird, so weird.

"How can it be……"

A-Gang stopped typing, and the scene from earlier that afternoon involuntarily flashed through his mind, making him feel a little guilty.

"She's been too tired these past two days. She probably fell asleep as soon as she got home, ate, and took a shower."

“Hmm…” Shizuka Miyamura nodded upon hearing this.

That's certainly possible, after all, she witnessed the busyness of their maid and butler café over the past two days.

"By the way, have you finished checking that light novel of yours?" Shizuka Miyamura suddenly changed the subject.

"Mom, do you want to see this?" Gang asked without looking up as he checked the first half for typos and details.

"Ok.

The drama I'm currently watching ends tomorrow, and there's nothing I'm looking forward to watching right now, so I thought I'd read your light novel to pass the time.

“Sure, I have tomorrow off, I’ll bring it to you.” Tsuna agreed without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)