My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 252 Graduation Ceremony in Progress

"Drip...drip...drip...!"

As the alarm clock rang again, Tsuna reached out to turn it off, changed into his usual casual clothes for his morning run, and went downstairs to greet Shizuka Miyamura.

"be careful."

"Ah."

"Click..."

Tsuna closed the door, turned around, took a deep breath, glanced at the dark blue sky out of the corner of his eye, and started walking, eventually maintaining a steady pace.

In front of the vending machine, damp with morning dew, a girl in a pleated skirt bent down to pick up a fallen melon bag.
The wind rustled through her hair, carrying a string of amulet bells. The aroma of maple syrup wafted from the bakery around the corner, melting together with the peeling vermilion paint on the shrine eaves in the warming morning mist.

"I am back."

After exchanging a few words with Shizuka Miyamura in the kitchen, he went into the bathroom. When he came out, he saw Shoko waiting in the living room.

As always, under her coercion, he could only obediently enjoy the services from Shoko-san.

Then, at Shizuka Miyamura's suggestion, Tsuna finished his breakfast in about ten minutes and went to school with Shoko.

He was quite looking forward to today's graduation ceremony, mainly because spring break would start in a few days, although it would only last about two weeks.

At eight o'clock sharp, the two entered the noisy classroom on time.

As soon as Shoko sat back down, she couldn't wait to ask, "Tsuna, do you think we'll only have half a day of classes today?"

"Maybe……"

Considering the principal's mastery of nonsensical writing over the past three years, he felt it was somewhat unlikely, and after much deliberation, decided to change the subject:

"By the way, Shoko, have you thought of a pen name yet?"

"Um……"

"Pen name? What pen name? Is Shoko going to write light novels too?" At this moment, Ayumi Ajitani returned to her seat, heard the two chatting, and was a little confused and surprised.

This sentence successfully attracted the attention of the two. Shoko helplessly shrugged, "Ayumi-chan, you're overthinking it. I don't have that ability, and you know that too."

"I know...?" Ayumi Ajitani paused, somewhat confused about what Shoko meant...

Rubbing her temples, she began to recall the important thing she had forgotten: "Let me think... don't give me any hints..."

After a few minutes, Tsuna finally couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up to remind them, "It refers to the pen name of the illustrator, Shoko."

Upon hearing this, Ayumi Ajitani clasped her hands together and stubbornly said, "I was just about to say that, but you beat me to it, Miyamura."

"..." Tsuna then 'forcibly ignored' the two of them, said something to Shoko, and then lay down on the table to take a nap.

Shoko nodded in agreement and started chatting with Ayumi Ajitani, who was sitting in the seat in front of her, about her pen name, mainly about what pen name would be good.

Takagi Sana walked into the classroom and had just returned to her seat and put her bag down when Ayumi Ajitani pulled her into the conversation.

Seeing that Tsuna had fallen asleep, Naoto Nishikata chose not to disturb or join the three's conversation, but instead went to chat with the group of boys gathered in the upper left corner of the classroom.

"Dong...dong...!"

As the school bell rang, Tsuna was shaken awake by Shoko, and Nokitaki-sensei walked into the classroom right on time. The noisy classroom gradually turned into a hushed whisper.

"Now tidy up the classroom items and see if there are any textbooks or equipment that need to be returned. If you have any books that you have borrowed from the library, you should also return them in the next few days."

Hearing this, the students below started making noise again. Perhaps time was running out, so Mr. Nokita on the podium didn't say anything to stop them, but just watched them silently.

"Is that all?"

About ten minutes passed, and Ms. Ye Bei looked at the few books and measuring rulers placed on the podium, somewhat puzzled. After receiving confirmation from the class monitor, she asked the monitor to organize the students to gather outside the auditorium, while she took the equipment to return it.

Amidst the clatter of desks and chairs being pushed and pulled, Ms. Nokitaki was the first to leave the classroom with those few items.

Ayumi Ajitani also organized the students to line up in the corridor and led them down from the head of the corridor.

At 9:30, the third-grade students gathered outside the auditorium and entered the auditorium after their homeroom teacher gave them a final word of advice.

Find your assigned class seats, sit down under the guidance of your homeroom teacher, and quietly wait for Principal Gaotai to speak.

As soon as Tsuna sat down, Shoko, who was sitting next to him, excitedly poked his arm. "Tsuna, look! I found where Mom and Auntie are!"

"where?"

When his gaze turned towards her, Shoko raised her hand and pointed to one of the directions behind her.

Tsuna looked in the direction she pointed and indeed saw his parents and Aunt Yaeko.

Shizuka Miyamura and Yaeko Nishimiya were separated by a distance, and he judged that Yuzuru Nishimiya was sitting between them, but was being blocked.

"Students, please be quiet. Our graduation ceremony is about to begin."

As the principal's words echoed around the auditorium, he stopped paying attention and looked at the spotlight with his classmate Shoko beside him.

As the noise subsided, the principal began the graduation ceremony. First, he asked the seated students and their parents to stand up, and then the school song started playing over the loudspeaker.

After the music ended, everyone was allowed to sit down, and the principal began to review the students' growth process, followed by encouragement for the future.

He spoke very enthusiastically, but the students below found it all rather dull.

After the speech, he began to have student representatives from each class come up to the stage one by one in order of class to receive their certificates.

The two student representatives, one male and one female, were chosen by Class 2: Tsuna and Ayumi Ajitani. As the students from Class 1 went on stage, the two quickly went to the side to prepare.

"Miyamura, I'm a little nervous, what should I do...?"

"..."

"Take a deep breath, it'll be over soon." He thought of the most effective method for the short time.

Because it's really almost their turn, there's no point in saying anything now, all they can do is take a deep breath. As for asking her to imagine the parents and students below as potatoes, he just couldn't bring himself to say it.

Moreover, this sentence will have absolutely no effect; at most, it will make her laugh, although making her laugh can also distract her.

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

After he finished speaking, Ayumi Ajitani began to take deep breaths as he instructed, but before she could take a few breaths, she was urged onto the stage by Nokitaki-sensei.

The principal looked at the couple and was even somewhat satisfied, so he said a few more words. Finally, the two bowed and accepted the certificate with both hands, and it was the turn of the class representative.

As Shoko, seated in her seat, looked at the two people under the spotlight, a strange emotion flashed through her mind.

"for you."

Tsuna returned to his seat and handed the red certificate in his hand to Shoko, who seemed to be lost in thought.

Shoko looked at the certificate, which had Tsuna's name, the principal's seal, and the school's stamp on it, and accepted it without much thought, putting her earlier emotional out of the blue.

After the graduation certificates are awarded, the local education commissioner will give a speech, followed by a speech from a student representative. The graduate representatives will express their gratitude to their teachers and parents and reminisce about their campus life.

Initially, the principal sent Mr. Nokitaki to find Tsuna, but he politely declined, mainly because he felt it would be too awkward...

Ultimately, when that failed, the principal asked the student from Class 4, who ranked second in the third grade, to give a speech on behalf of the class. He also mentioned that she was the first person he approached, and she readily agreed.

(End of this chapter)