My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 230: A sudden scandal and the sports meet – which do you choose to watch?
"The tug-of-war competition that the class monitor and Takagi signed up for is about to start. Aren't you going to go cheer them on?"

Tsuna's gaze fell on the two people who were heading from the stands to the center of the playground to gather, and he asked them a question casually.

Shoko first freed Nishimiya Yuzuru from Miyamura Shizuka's arms before slowly responding:
"Yes, I've been cheering them on in my heart the whole time. And those who aren't participating can only cheer from the audience, which is pretty much the same as what I'm doing, okay?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Shoko waved her hand casually.

"..." Tsuna looked away. What he said was true, but something still felt off...

“Look there.” At this moment, Shizuka Miyamura interrupted their conversation.

After the two looked in the direction she was pointing, she continued to ask with a puzzled expression:

"Doesn't that person look like the mother of your sixth-grade classmate, Ishida Shoya?"

She still had some impression of Miyako Ishida, mainly because of the trouble her son caused, which forced her to have some impression of her.

However, it has been almost a year since I last saw him, and I'm not sure if the person causing trouble in the distance is the other person.

"It seems so." Tsuna squinted at the direction she was pointing, but it was a bit far away, so he couldn't see it very clearly.

"It seems like Aunt Ishida and another parent are arguing about something, and there are even faint signs that they are about to come to blows."

The clever Shoko picked up the camera hanging around Nishimiya Yuzuru's neck, pointed it in that direction, zoomed in on the image, and explained her guess.

"..." Suddenly feeling her neck being strangled, Nishimiya Yuzuru didn't know whether she should ask her sister if she had a problem with her...

Upon hearing this, Shizuka Miyamura followed Shoko's example, except she took out her phone and zoomed in to look at the image:

"It seems so. The other parent is the mother of Shimada Kazuki, who was in sixth grade."

She had some impression of this person when the parent-teacher meeting was held, but unlike Miyako Ishida, she had some impression of Kazuki Shimada's mother.

"Should we go take a look?" Speechless, Tsuna asked casually after rescuing Nishimiya Yuzuru from her sister's clutches.

He had no interest whatsoever in why the two people in the distance were arguing.

"No, we shouldn't go and join in the fun. We might get beaten up, and it's none of our business anyway. We can just watch from here."

Shizuka Miyamura's gossipy nature was immediately piqued by the commotion caused by the two people in the distance, but it was indeed inappropriate for her to go over there.

At the same time, she was a little envious of the parents over there, who could watch up close and hear clearly.

This scene naturally attracted the attention of the parents around them, and some students even ran to call the teacher.

Tsuna also followed suit, raising his phone and pointing it in the direction the two were pointing. More than the arguing parents, he was more concerned about the expressionless Ishida Shoya and the half-smiling Shimada Kazuki.

I can roughly guess the reason for the argument between the two parents; it was probably started by Miyako Ishida.

As time went on, the parents in the audience were drawn to the behavior of these four people, and when they looked in the direction they were looking, they naturally saw the gossipy scene.

Faced with a sudden piece of gossip and their own child's competition, most parents decisively chose the former, since there would be two more years to watch the competition later.

But the Eight Trigrams are different; once they're gone, they're gone.

"They've started fighting! They've started fighting!"

Someone in the audience shouted this excitedly, and the hearts of the remaining few people were captivated by his words.

Upon hearing this, Tsuna, who was still watching, looked away in confusion. It was just a tug-of-war, wasn't it? How did it turn into a fight?

He glanced decisively at the center of the playground and saw that the game was still going on as usual, and his class was in the lead. It wouldn't be long before they won.

Only then did Yu Guang notice the direction in which the surrounding parents were looking.

"..." Speechless, he was at a loss for words and didn't know how to describe it.

Sure enough, the unexpected twists and turns are much more appealing than the actual match.

When he turned his gaze back to the two parents in the distance, he saw that the two parents who had been pulling each other's hair had been separated by the teacher.

Before long, the two parents were asked to leave by the teachers who stepped forward to stop them, followed by Kazuki Shimada and Shoya Ishida.

"This is inexplicable, truly inexplicable." Shizuka Miyamura shook her head, smacked her lips, and looked away.

She had already made up her mind that after the sports meet, she would use her connections as a housewife to find out the whole story.

The first-grade tug-of-war competition ended, and then it was the second and third graders' turn.

The three of them, including Shoko, discussed what had just happened, while Tsuna ignored the surrounding noise and started reading a novel saved on his phone.

He had no interest in the sports meet competitions at all, except for the fun class competition that Shoko temporarily signed up for later, which was somewhat interesting.

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"Next up is a fun competition for classes. First-grade students who have signed up for the fun race walk, please gather at the starting line of the track."

The announcer's sweet voice rang out from the loudspeakers around the playground, repeating the announcement three times before stopping.

"It's my turn. Remember to cheer me on, Tsuna."

Shoko whispered something in his ear, then stood up and, with encouragement from Miyamura Shizuka and Nishimiya Yuzuru, quickly left the audience.

As Tsuna stared at her departing figure, a memory flashed through his mind of that time in gym class, when Mr. Sakai was explaining the rules and procedures of the obstacle course to everyone:

"At least two students from each class must sign up for the obstacle course race." Teacher Zuo Jing stood at the front of the line and held up two fingers to the crowd below:

"Participants must first run a short 50-meter race to the designated location in the center of the playground."

Upon arrival, contestants need to randomly draw a slip of paper with a description of the item or person they need to "borrow".

Then, based on the prompts, the participants need to quickly find the corresponding items or people at the sports meet.

You can ask for help from the audience, teachers or other students, or even borrow clothes or props temporarily.

After successfully borrowing the target, participants must complete the race while carrying the item or person. The first to reach the finish line wins. This is the specific process of the borrowed item race.

After speaking, he ignored the noisy students below, picked up a cup of water, and took a small sip, mainly because it was too hot to drink…

"Mr. Zuo, who wrote those notes? Are the things they want to borrow really difficult?"

At the front of the line, Ayumi Ajitani raised her left hand and asked impatiently.

Mr. Zuo raised his hand and pressed it down, instantly silencing the noisy queue, though some whispers still lingered, which he chose to ignore.

"In the past, the notes were written by the student council. Some were tricky, while others were quite ordinary. It all depended on personal luck."

This mainly tests the contestants' on-the-spot reaction and interpersonal skills.

As soon as he finished speaking, he pressed on, "Has the class monitor thought of anyone to sign up?"

Ayumi Azurani paused upon hearing this, then slowly shook her head. She thought the project was indeed quite interesting, and she wanted to sign up as well.

Unfortunately, she had already signed up for five events, so let's leave this opportunity for someone else...

"Tsuna, what do you do if you draw a weird item in the obstacle course? Like 'the principal's dentures' or something like that..." After listening to what Ms. Sai said, Shoko, who was at the back of the line, thought for a moment and couldn't help but ask Tsuna, who was standing in front of her.

"If it were me, I would decisively choose to withdraw from the competition," Tsuna replied without hesitation.

He said that students who write things like this on notes are definitely not normal students, disgusting!

“Boom…boom…boom…!”

"Class monitor, remember to give me the list of registered athletes for the sports meet before the day after tomorrow. That's it." Teacher Zuo Jing mentioned this briefly before turning around and leaving the gymnasium.

The group scattered, and the five-person group returned to the classroom.

"Shoko-chan, I remember you didn't sign up for any of them, right?" Ayumi Ajitani pulled up an empty chair and sat down, smiling as she leaned closer to Shoko.
"What do you think of obstacle course? It doesn't involve much exercise, and the main thing is that it's easy and fun."

“That’s definitely a good idea,” Takagi Sana, who was sitting behind them, chimed in.

Tsuna, standing to the side, twirled his pen and listened silently, ignoring the pleading look that Shoko was giving him. He had no intention of making Shoko's decision.

At this point, he could only remain silent, feeling that if he said anything more, he would interfere with Shoko's decision.

"Shoko-chan, look, everyone in the class has signed up. You don't want to be the only one, do you?"

"Ayumi-chan, I'll give you the answer after school." Shoko pushed away the face that was leaning towards her.

"That's fine."

Just then, the bell rang for the last class. Ayumi Ajitani had nothing more to say, so she stood up and returned to her seat.

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My recollection was interrupted by Yuzuru Nishimiya's cheers. There's no need to recall whether Shoko signed up or not, and the obstacle course race was about to begin.

Tsuna's gaze was fixed on Shoko on the second track, ignoring the other students around him.

The scorching sun made the rubber track on the playground scorching hot, and the sound of whistles mixed with cheers rose into the air.

She dashed off like an arrow, the first to cross the starting line, but because she hadn't exercised for years, she quickly fell behind the other students.

A total of 12 first-grade students signed up for this program, and she was the fifth one to arrive at the center of the playground to draw a slip of paper.

"Student, you can only draw one card here, and you can't exchange them." The student council assistant at the sports festival pointed to the plastic box on the wooden table next to him.

"Ah."

Shoko nodded, stepped forward, reached into the only hole, and without hesitation, took the first piece of paper she touched.

When she saw what was written on it, she was immediately stunned.

The note, which was being used for a race against time, read: "The person I most want to hug right now."

Is it tricky?
She suddenly found the content tricky, but it didn't seem so tricky after all.

She subconsciously looked up at the parents' spectator stands in the shaded area at the edge of the playground.

Tsuna was crouching at the very front of the audience, holding Yuzuru Nishimiya's camera, with the lens pointed directly at her.

His school uniform shirt billowed in the wind, and his wispy hair clung messily to his face, yet he stubbornly adjusted the focus, trying to capture every expression of Shoko in the swaying sunlight.

"Shoku-chan! Stop looking! The last person to draw a slip of paper has already started looking for it!" Ayumi Ajitani's scream pierced her eardrums and pulled her back to her senses.

She suddenly clutched the note and rushed toward him, the sound of her sneakers crunching on the sand startling the sparrows on the roof.

A-Tsuna hurriedly put down his camera and stood up, but was knocked back by a girl who bumped into him, his lower back hitting the cold iron railing.

Shoko's breath was hot against his neck, and when she wrapped her arms around him, the scent of gardenia-scented laundry detergent mixed with the girl's unique body fragrance filled his nostrils.

"I bet this note isn't about kidnapping someone of the opposite sex, is it?" Tsuna ignored the jeers from the boys in the audience.

Shoko tilted her head back, ignoring Aunt Miyamura taking pictures like crazy behind her, and waved the crumpled note, a smile playing at the corners of her eyes:
"I drew the name of 'the person I most want to hug right now'."

Sunlight streamed through the stray hairs that clung to her ears, leaving a golden edge around the note, like some kind of secret contract.

Just then, the sports meet march playing over the loudspeaker came from afar, mixed with Ayumi Ajitani's anxious shouts:

"Glass-chan! Stop hugging me! The rules require you to bring items or people to the finish line, not just stand there hugging!"

When Shoko realized what was happening, she grabbed Tsuna's hand and ran towards the finish line, causing the bracelet with "Tsuna & Shoko" engraved on her wrist to clink together.

It was snatched from Nishimiya Yuzuru back then, and now it traces a silvery arc with her flowing hair.

The two were the second to last to reach the finish line, while the last one was because he actually drew the 'principal's dentures slip'.

When he went to borrow it, he was refused. Not wanting to give up, he tried to forcibly take it, but was then escorted back to the audience by students from the student council, which meant he was eliminated at the bottom of the class.

After the race to borrow an item ended, Shoko didn't return the note, and Tsuna didn't get the answer he wanted when he asked why.

It wasn't until after he graduated from junior high school that he accidentally found that crumpled note in the lining of his classmate Shoko's graduation record book.

On the back, there was an extra line of small print: "The person I most want to hug is already waiting for me at the finish line."

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"Order whatever you like, as long as we don't waste food."

During the lunch break, Shizuka Miyamura led the three of them outside, randomly picked a restaurant, and took the menu from the waiter, placing it between the three of them.

Shoko and Nishimiya Yuzuru didn't stand on ceremony with her, but they didn't order any expensive dishes, just a few home-style dishes.

Tsuna glanced at it and then looked away, letting the two sisters beside him order. He then looked at the far left of the restaurant, where a mother and son were sitting.

It was Miyako Ishida and Shoya Ishida.

When Shizuka Miyamura brought the three of them in earlier, she saw Miyako Ishida, nodded to her in greeting, and then ignored her.

Right now, Miyako Ishida is talking incessantly, while Shoya Ishida across from her has his head down, making it impossible to see his expression.

The two behind them finished their lunch and left the restaurant before Tsuna and the others.

"Stop looking, everyone's gone. You should eat quickly, and good luck in the competition this afternoon," Shizuka Miyamura reminded her.

"Mmm." Upon hearing this, Tsuna stopped talking, looked away, and silently began to eat.

But unlike him, Shoko couldn't resist her curiosity and asked aloud:
"Godmother, have you found out why Aunt Ishida had an argument with other parents before?"

Why did she ask that? Because after her obstacle course race, there were no more competitions for the two of them in the morning, and Shizuka Miyamura was bored.

So she asked the parents in the audience where Miyako Ishida had been sitting.

"Hmm... let me think..." Shizuka Miyamura recalled the statements she had collected from various people and began to organize her thoughts.

(End of this chapter)