My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 231 The Sports Meet Concludes Successfully
"The gist of the story is that Ishida did something at the beginning of the school year and was ostracized by the whole class. He couldn't stand it and beat up Shimada Kazuki."

"Aunt Miyamura, why did the whole class beat up that spiky-haired guy, and why did they target that blond guy?" Yuzuru Nishimiya asked, swallowing the food in her mouth.

"Why they targeted him is unclear. I heard that he was stopped by other students as soon as they started hitting him."

Shizuka Miyamura shrugged, picked up the iced water on the table, took a small sip, and continued:

"These specific details are what those parents heard from their own children, so we don't know how true they are."

Furthermore, I heard that Ishida's mother is planning to transfer him to another school.

After listening to what Shizuka Miyamura had to say, Yuzuru Nishimiya quickly put it out of her mind and changed the subject, sharing interesting stories about her school with the three people present.

After all, it had nothing to do with her or the people around her. He was just a stranger she had met a few times. If this hadn't happened today, she wouldn't even remember that he existed.

A-Gang ate his meal silently, choosing not to join their conversation, his mind preoccupied with what his mother had just said.

After listening to her explanation, he almost instantly figured out the general reason for the incident. It was probably because Shimada Kazuki was spreading rumors about Ishida Shoya's eccentric behavior in sixth grade.

One of the incidents involved Naoka Ueno being splashed with water in the girls' restroom, with the claim that he bullied others when he was in sixth grade.

In addition to what he overheard during the first semester, the story spread wider and wider. When Shimada Kazuki saw that the effect was about right, he took the lead in isolating Ishida Shoya.

However, this was just a minor incident and had nothing to do with him.

He didn't have any idea that someone would suddenly become the only light in his darkness and save him.

The four of them ate for almost an hour before leisurely returning to school.

Suddenly, the taiko drum in the northwest corner resounded, and the cheering squad members, wearing "Victory" headbands, rushed up the steps of the stands, stomping on the wooden stairs like a swaying bridge.

The lingering aroma of oden wafted in the wind, mixed with the smell of freshly opened pain relief patches.

The loudspeaker blared the screeching sound of instruments being tuned, and the members of the wind band hurriedly picked up their flutes, which were covered in rice grains.

As the iron gate of the sports warehouse creaked open, slips of paper for the first event of the afternoon, the "Red and White Group Obstacle Course," fluttered in the sunlight like cherry blossom snow.

Shoko took Nishimiya Yuzuru to the class audience to cheer for Azumi Ajitani, who was participating in the competition. As soon as Nishimiya Yuzuru arrived, he became the group's darling.

Tsuna, on the other hand, took a nap with special earplugs before his match started, and told Shoko to come back and wake him up when it was time to start.

Shizuka Miyamura chatted with the parents around her and occasionally received inquiries from other parents about how to educate their children to improve their grades.

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"Tsuna, it's time to get up. The sprint race you signed up for is in about ten minutes." Shoko whispered, shaking the sleeping man awake.

"Snapped……"

Shizuka Miyamura couldn't stand it anymore and slapped him on the thigh, forcing him to turn the machine on.

"okay."

Tsuna rubbed his sleepy eyes, took the earplugs off his ears with his other hand, looked around, and asked in confusion, "Where's Yuzuru?"

"He's playing with Ayumi and Takagi-chan in the class audience."

Shoko raised her hand and pointed in the general direction of the audience seats. She waited for him to look over before withdrawing her hand and then sat down next to him with a serious expression.

After several minutes of waiting without anyone speaking, the previous tension had vanished, leaving only dissatisfaction with that person.

"Snapped……"

"W-what's wrong?" Tsuna rubbed his thigh where she had slapped him.

Shoko met his questioning gaze: "Ayumi just told me that our school trip this year is being canceled."

"They haven't even given any official notification yet, so where did you get this inside information from?"

"She asked Mr. Nokita at noon, and Mr. Nokita's exact words were that the principal had not yet made a decision, but there was a high probability that it would be canceled."

They said it was because it wasn't safe for first-year students to travel.

Tsuna noticed the fleeting disappointment in her eyes, but since she had been looking forward to the school trip since the first semester, he could understand and changed the subject:

"How about we go to the Kasai Rinkai Aquarium to see the penguins during winter break?"

"Great!" Shoko's mood was quick to come and quick to go, and she instantly beamed with joy: "I'll invite Takagi-chan and the others along, and we'll go shopping all day!"

"First-grade students participating in the class sprint competition, please proceed to the starting line of the track."

The announcer's sweet voice interrupted their conversation, repeating the message three times.

"Okay, I'll trouble you to tell them then."

Upon hearing this, Tsuna stopped talking, got up, rubbed the girl's head, and strode towards the assembly point.

"Tsuna, do your best!!"

The surrounding parents were drawn to her shouts, and their gazes followed hers to the boy's back in front of them.

As A-Tsuna squatted in front of the starting line to adjust his spikes, he caught a glimpse of a white figure swaying in the third row of the parents' stands.

That was Shoko standing there with her camera, the lens pointed directly in his direction.

He felt that this scene seemed familiar.

"On your marks!" The referee's shout tore through the air.

A-Tsuna bent down to brace himself against the scorching track, his palm pressing against a small pebble, the stinging sensation reminding him of training a month ago.

He fell down due to a mistake, and when Shoko heard the news, she rushed over from the art club with a worried expression and her hair sticking tightly to her forehead.

As the starting gun fired, his memories shot out like an arrow, the sound of the wind constantly filling his ears.

The moment he crossed the finish line, the stopwatch stopped at a new first-year record. Mr. Sai rushed over, waving his scoreboard, while Tsuna staggered, clutching his knee and panting.

My plan to run at a normal pace was shattered by the cheers from the audience.

"Congratulations on winning first place." Shoko's voice came from behind, several times softer than the cheers.

When Gang turned around, he was greeted by the iced barley tea she offered. Water droplets rolled off the aluminum can and seeped into his still-pulsating heart. He accepted it without hesitation.

"Tsuna, Mr. Sai said you broke the previous first-year record. As the new record holder, can you promise me a favor?"

"You've got it backwards, haven't you? Shouldn't I be the one saying that?" Tsuna said, panting heavily.

She suddenly looked up and smiled, "Okay, I'll grant you one request."

"Then I'll use this condition now."

Before Shoko could ask what it was, she heard him say, "Open this iced barley tea for me."

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The twilight was like tea diluted with too much water, blurring the white lines of the playground into a hazy gray.

The ribbons hanging on the barbed wire have faded to a dull yellow like those in an old movie, and a loose knot in one place sways in the wind, crushing half of the characters for "winner" on the edge of the sandpit.

The radio station, which should have been shut down long ago, suddenly emitted a series of static noises, startling the sparrows dozing in the cherry blossom tree and causing several pieces of gold foil sequins stuck in the gaps of the scoreboard to fall off.

Those were the stars scattered into the sky by the cheerleaders during the opening ceremony, now curled up into crumpled remains, pushed and shoved together into a small mound by the students on duty with their bamboo brooms. "It's over, it's over."

"I'm exhausted. Why do we have to clean up after we're done?"

"I also want to ask, why is it that we first-year students are responsible for cleaning and tidying up?"

"After all, the decorations were done by the second and third graders."

"I don't agree!"

"Clap clap clap..." A sudden clap of applause rang out in the classroom, which was filled with complaints, and everyone's eyes turned to the front door of the classroom.

"Everyone, you've all had a hard day. School's out now. Be careful on your way home." Leaning against the doorframe, Mr. Nokita said this before turning and leaving.

The classroom was suddenly filled with the sounds of desks and chairs being pushed and pulled, mixed with the sound of desks being slapped.

"Let's go, Shoko. Mom and Yuzuru are waiting for us in the parking lot this morning."

"Mmm!" Shoko reached out and placed her hand on the hand he offered.

With a single pull, he lifted Shoko, who was sitting down.

Shoko turned around, said goodbye to Takagi Sana and Ayumi Ajitani who walked up, then took Tsuna's hand and quickly left the classroom, heading towards the parking lot.

"Don't these two ever try to hide it from people anymore?" A girl next to Takagi Sana looked at the two holding hands, quite puzzled.

Ayumi Ajitani answered earnestly, "Because Nokita-sensei has already gone far away, and we are all minor characters who don't catch Shoko-chan's eye."

"..." The girl didn't say anything more, nodded to the two of them, said goodbye, and then quickly left the classroom with her backpack on.

"You didn't forget anything at school, so you went to the restaurant?" Shizuka Miyamura and the other two got into the car and asked through the rearview mirror.

Since she hadn't been home all day, Shizuka Miyamura didn't feel like cooking when she got back, so she asked Daiki Miyamura, who had already finished get off work, to pick a restaurant near their home and reserve a table for them.

"Uh-huh."

"Ah."

Both nodded at the same time, and Shizuka Miyamura fastened her seatbelt and started the car.

On the way, Nishimiya Yuzuru chatted with the three about her impressions of the sports meet and how she was 'bullied' by Ayami Ajitani and Sana Takagi that afternoon.

"Ding dong!"

Suddenly, a cell phone notification sounded in the car, but Yuzuru Nishimiya did not stop talking because of it.

Shoko took out her phone from her pocket, quickly silenced it, and then checked who sent the message. She opened LINE and was immediately taken aback.

The person who sent the message was the girl who added 'him' yesterday.

"Congratulations to Miyamura-kun on winning first place in the sprint! I was going to bring you some water, but you beat me to it."

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"What's wrong?" Tsuna leaned closer to her and asked in a low voice.

Without hesitation, Shoko held up her phone and showed it to him.

After he saw it clearly, he put his phone away, typed a message on the keypad, sent it, and then the screen went black. He and Tsuna listened silently to Yuzuru Nishimiya speak.

The drive took five or six minutes, during which Yuzuru Nishimiya talked incessantly for the same amount of time, with Shizuka Miyamura and Shoko occasionally responding.

As the group entered the restaurant, Nishimiya Yuzuru's eyes lit up even more because she saw the woman sitting opposite Miyamura Daio.

I could tell from her back view that the woman was Nishimiya Yaeko, and my steps quickened considerably with joy.

At the boundary between twilight and night, the Yamanote Line train, trailing a warm yellow light, cuts through the thickening frost.

In the cold light of the platform's electronic screen, a silhouette wearing a camel-colored turtleneck sweater is looking up at the falling maple leaves, with glimpses of the Tokyo Tower's first light clinging to its eyelashes.

After the group returned home, Tsuna immediately went into the bathroom. After almost a whole day of exercise, he felt sticky all over.

As he dried his hair and stepped out of the bathroom, he heard Shizuka Miyamura's question coming from the living room:
"I heard you're going to the Kasai Rinkai Aquarium with Shoko and a few friends during winter break?"

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"You and Shoko are going to the Kasai Rinkai Aquarium in a few days, so be careful," Shizuka Miyamura reminded her as she stretched out in yoga poses in the living room.

A-Gang nodded and swallowed the orange in his mouth: "Don't worry, Mom, there will be a few friends with us."

"There will be a lot of people after the New Year. I don't understand why they chose that time period." Upon hearing this, Shizuka Miyamura stopped what she was doing and used the remote to pause the instructional video on TV.

"I don't understand either." Tsuna shrugged.

The date was decided after Shoko told the three of them, and everyone discussed it together.

Of course, no one in the family had ever made a decision for him; he was just being casual. The decision was made closer to winter break, and everyone listened to Ayumi Ajitani. The date was set for January 5th, which happens to be the New Year from January 1st to January 3rd.

Moreover, according to Shoko, she chose this date because the Kasai Rinchu Aquarium launched a limited-edition collaboration with her favorite Chickenzilla merchandise.

He just couldn't understand why an aquarium would collaborate with a chicken...

A-Gang snapped out of his thoughts, looked up at the clock on the wall at 22:21, and said, "Mom, you should get some rest. I'm going back to sleep now."

"Good night." Shizuka Miyamura nodded and restarted the yoga lesson on TV.

"Good night." He stood up, turned and left the living room, heading towards his bedroom on the second floor.

Nothing major has happened since the sports meet ended, and only a little over a month has passed.

Three days after the sports meet ended, before class, Ms. Nokitaki told everyone that the first-year school trip had been canceled.

The main reason given was that the principal was concerned about the safety of first-year students going on school trips.

Ishida Shoya's mother, Ishida Miyako, ultimately failed to transfer him to a school, but he never found out why.

However, because Ishida Shoya failed to transfer schools, the principal transferred him to the same class as Ueno Naoka and Kawai Miki.

I heard that he didn't experience any bullying, exclusion, or isolation there.

However, because he was a newcomer and because of some rumors, not many people in the class made friends with him, and he was always alone on his way to and from school.

Last weekend, when I went shopping with Shoko, I ran into him standing alone by the old bridge.

Moreover, judging from the other person's eyes, it seemed like they didn't recognize him and Shoko, which was strange, but he didn't pay too much attention to it and continued shopping with Shoko.

"Click..."

Gang snapped out of his thoughts, turned the doorknob, and pushed the door open into his bedroom.

These things are not important. What is important is that in a few days, during the Chinese New Year, my father-in-law will give me an order to stay at home and help him receive guests.

This is a bit of a headache; it seems like my old man wants to recognize me first...

In the past, many people would visit his home during the Lunar New Year, bringing gifts, but he would always find an excuse to stay at Xiaozi's house.

(End of this chapter)