My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 263 is a bit strange...

"One last thing, regarding clubs."

Back in the classroom, Ms. Nanase noticed that the students were looking rather listless, so she got straight to the point:
"The clubs will start recruiting new members tomorrow. Everyone can go and take a look after school tomorrow. If you are interested in joining, remember to tell your teacher."

As for why not today? That's because today is the first day, and we only have half a day of classes.

Those returning students worked a full day as usual today, so we couldn't recruit any more.

Next, Ms. Nanase explained a few things to note and arranged the daily duties before letting everyone go home after school, reminding them, "Be careful," before leaving the classroom.

"I'm going to the bathroom."

Tsuna casually said something to Shoko sitting next to him, then got up and left the classroom through the back door.

"Uh-huh."

"Shoko-chan, are you planning to join any clubs in high school?" Ayumi Ajitani asked curiously as she turned around.

"Hmm..." Shoko paused in packing her schoolbag, realizing that this question had actually come up to her.

The illustration commission that Tsuna gave her for the second volume of "Anohana" is that not a single one has been drawn yet...

She slowly shook her head and answered truthfully, "Probably not... but joining the Home Return Club is more likely..."

She pressed further, "Ayumi-chan, did you want to join a club in high school?"

Ayumi Ajitani didn't answer. Instead, she took out her phone, opened a popular high school topic post, and showed it to Shoko.

"Is not joining a club an incomplete high school experience?" Shoko read the large print in the book, her mind filled with even more doubt.

"Ayumi-chan, joining the Homecoming Club is the same as joining a club, so it's just as perfect as a high school life."

At this moment, Takagi Sana, who had finished packing her schoolbag, walked to the aisle to the left of the two of them and took the cell phone from Ajitani Ayumi's hand.

"Takagi-chan, aren't you planning to join any clubs in high school?" Ayumi asked, puzzled, though she didn't seem to mind Takagi snatching her phone away.

Ayumi Ajitani spoke softly, but she managed to attract someone's attention, especially since he was also curious about this.

"I don't know." Takagi glanced at the trending topic, handed the phone back to her, and shook his head. "Shall we all go to the recruitment office tomorrow?"

"Okay."

"I have no opinion."

"Where's Nishikata?" Takagi turned around and looked at Nishikata, who seemed to be in a daze.

"Ah...? Oh... umm, okay!"

After chatting about club topics for a while, they noticed that there weren't many students left around the timetable, so they went to check it out together.

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"Jiang Ye, why didn't you say hello to your old classmate?"

Originally, as soon as school was over, Ishida would quickly pack up his textbooks, grab his schoolbag, and leave through the back door, but unexpectedly, someone called him back just as he reached the stairwell.

With people coming and going around him, he could clearly feel everyone's eyes on him as he looked down, and the sounds of conversation around him filled his ears, as if everyone was talking about him.

His hands unconsciously tightened around the backpack straps, as if he wanted to escape immediately.

"What's wrong? I greeted you like this, and you're not even acknowledging me?"

Listening to the other person's teasing words, he could tell that the other person was Shimada Kazuki.

"..."

He hesitated for a moment, then decided to look up, greet the other person, and then flee the place.

Meanwhile, Tsuna, who had just washed his hands in the toilet and came out, stumbled upon this dramatic scene.

At the same time, one can't help but marvel at how wonderful fate truly is.

It's unbelievable that even in high school, they're still in the same school. There's Ishida Shoya with his head down, Shimada Kazuki with his eyes squinting, and Hirose Keisuke standing to the side, choosing to ignore them.

Between going back to the classroom to find Shoko and going to help her out, Tsuna chose to observe first. For one thing, he had been quite curious about Ishida Shoya's condition before.

"Shimada—"

Tsuna saw Ishida Shoya raise his head and meet the gaze of Shimada Kazuki opposite him. Unlike Shimada Kazuki's squinty eyes that revealed no emotion, Tsuna saw Ishida Shoya raise his head and meet Shimada Kazuki's gaze.

The emotions in Ishida Shoya's eyes seemed a bit complicated.

But before he could even observe, he saw Ishida Shoya suddenly cover his mouth, push past Shimada Kazuki across the street, and run downstairs.

Seeing the protagonist leave, Tsuna also stopped and headed straight for Class 2 classroom.

With his previous thoughts becoming even more certain, Ishida Shoya seemed to have something wrong with his mind.

But that seems to make sense...

In sixth grade, he was betrayed by what he considered his best friend, and was ostracized by most of the class.

In the first year of junior high, due to the other party's half-fabricated story, what he thought was the start of a new life in junior high was shattered again.

There might not have been any bullying during the second semester when he transferred classes, but there was definitely isolation and exclusion. As for what happened after that, he didn't know much about it.

Starting from the second year of junior high school, he rarely heard any news about Ishida Shoya, and he wasn't particularly interested in finding out or inquiring about it.

"Tsuna, you're so slow."

"hug--"

Shoko raised her hand and covered his mouth: "That's not what I meant."

"You two, we have no problem with showing off your love as you walk, but could you please not stop and do it in one place?" Ayumi Ajitani said quietly.

The two apologized in unison and went downstairs with the others. It was already midday, and they were all eager to get home for lunch.

After walking together for a distance outside the school gate, the five of them parted ways as usual.

“阿纲，以后是8点半上课，中午12点40分午休到13点25分。”路上硝子同学跟他解释起高中的课程表。

"Is there only a 30-minute break at noon...?"

“Yes, we need to be more careful with our meals from now on.” Shoko nodded. “We get out of school from 13:30 p.m. to 15:20 p.m., and there’s an elective class after that, but we probably won’t be able to take it.”

"Hmm... that's not much different from junior high, except the lunch break is shorter."

"Oh, right," Shoko shook the hand that was being held, "How about we go check out the club recruitment area together tomorrow?"

Tsuna nodded without hesitation, as he was somewhat interested in the clubs in high school.

The two waved goodbye between the two houses, and Shoko said she would come to visit him after dinner.

"I want to take a nap at noon, how about this afternoon?" Tsuna hesitated...

"It's okay, you can go to sleep. I'll just quietly draw illustrations next to you." Shoko nodded, suppressing the corners of her mouth that were about to turn up.

The two chatted for a few more minutes before finally venturing inside due to the scorching sun.

"I am back."

"Where's the glass?" Shizuka Miyamura's questioning voice came from the restaurant.

"..."

After changing his shoes, Tsuna followed the sound into the kitchen and replied, "Time to come home for dinner."

Lunchtime passed by amidst Shizuka Miyamura's questions, and when he returned to the second floor to prepare for a nap, he received a message from Shoko.

"Tsuna, the plans have changed. Ayumi asked me to go out this afternoon, so I'll come find you again tonight."

"Please be careful when going out."

"(Nodding frantically.jpg)"

(End of this chapter)