My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 284 Futaba Publishing House Certification

"'pixiv'?"

"It's okay, never mind. Skeb is fine too." Tsuna shook his head without explaining when he saw Shoko tilting her head in confusion.

Skeb and pixiv are similar, but Skeb emphasizes the "anonymous submission" and "paid commission" models, allowing creators to accept user-paid customized content, and has a robust privacy protection mechanism.

"How did you suddenly think of this?" he asked before Shoko could press for an answer.

"This afternoon at the art department, Xue-senpai mentioned to me that she has opened an account on Skeb and is specifically taking on custom orders for anime and manga characters."

As Shoko spoke, she scooted over and sat down next to Tsuna. The girl's unique fragrance, mixed with the scent of her shower gel, lingered around his nose.

"So I was thinking, should I do what Senior Xue does and take on online commissions to earn some pocket money and help ease my mom's burden?"

A-Gang stared at her beaming smile, unable to look away for a moment.

"Tsuna, are you even listening to me?" Shoko, annoyed that he wasn't responding, bumped her head against him.

"Yes, yes, yes..."

"But in that case, you might as well just register an account on 'pixiv' and get official certification from Futaba Publishing."

Tsuna paused for a moment, then continued to suggest:
"That way, others will know that you are the illustrator of 'Anohana,' and you will be able to get more commissions without having to build up any fame to get them."

Shoko was somewhat tempted, but still hesitated, "Wouldn't that be too much trouble...?"

She didn't want to cause trouble for others in this matter.

"No, I'll just tell Xiaoshun." Tsuna shrugged. "Once you register an account, you can just post some illustrations from 'Anohana' on it."

"Uh-huh!"

Upon hearing this, Shoko immediately grabbed her phone and, under Tsuna's watchful eye, quickly registered an account. However, when it came to the personal verification issue, she chose to go downstairs to ask Shizuka Miyamura for help.

"Tsuna, and then what?" Shoko held up her phone, showing him the contents of the screen.

"And then?" Tsuna pretended to think. "Then you'll end up biting off more than you can chew. Shoko, you should finish the task I gave you first."

After saying that, he raised his hand and rubbed her head.

"..."

"I've already talked to Sister Xiaoshun about the verification. Send her your registered account later, and she'll teach you how."

Seeing that she didn't resist, Tsuna became even more aggressive, pinching her chubby cheeks before letting go before Shoko could slap his hand away.

"By the way, if you're going to post illustrations for 'Anohana', try not to post those printed in the physical book, especially the illustrations for the unreleased second volume."

"Yes, don't worry, Tsuna, I know that." Shoko nodded, then asked in return:

"What about those illustrations from 'Your Lie in April,' which I used to practice?"

"no problem."

The two chatted about this topic for a while until Kazuno Jun sent a message to Shoko, forcing them to stop.

Afterwards, Tsuna continued with his work, while Shoko, following Kazano Jun's suggestion, busied herself with her newly registered account.

She had a gut feeling that this account might stay with her for life...

At eight o'clock in the evening, the incandescent light of the convenience store stood out conspicuously on the dimly lit street.

Yaeko Nishimiya, who was returning home late, bought several cans of coffee from the vending machine, the dinging sound mingling with the announcement of the train arriving at the station.

As night fell and the wind turned cool, the curtains of the izakaya rustled in the breeze, and Naoto Nishikata, wearing a light jacket, hunched his shoulders. At three in the morning, the streetlights illuminated the empty intersection, with only the drums of the 24-hour laundromat still turning.

Yuzuru Nishimiya kicked off the small blanket covering her, calling out Hachiko's name indistinctly. Hachiko, lying on the tatami, glanced up at her and then drifted back to sleep.

At 6:30 in the morning, crows were cawing loudly on the telephone poles, and A-Gang, who was jogging, was walking on the dew-dampened stone path in the park.

The convenience store clerk had just put the steaming hot rice balls on the shelf when Ayumi Ajitani, yawning, bought them. The steam from the rice steamer blurred the glass window.

The midday sun shone brightly on the road. Elementary school students wearing yellow hats lined up to cross the overpass. Shizuka Miyamura and Tsuki Uzaki walked slowly by, carrying supermarket plastic bags.

The microwave ovens at the school's lunchbox heating station kept emitting long "ding" sounds.

The pigeons in front of the shrine suddenly took flight, crashing into the lazy clouds in the sky.

"I also want to take on commissions on 'pixiv'!!!"

The group of people eating their lunchboxes nearby ignored Ayumi Ajitani's usual shrieks.

"Just thinking about it—" After a while, Tsuna swallowed the food in his mouth and spoke.

Before he could finish speaking, Shoko slapped his arm. "Ayumi-chan, if you study hard for another three years, you'll have no problem taking on any commissions."

"Three years...?" Ayumi Ajitani suddenly didn't want to speak.

Then Shoko told Ayumi about her three years of studying illustration in junior high school. Ayumi, thinking about Shoko's short-lived enthusiasm, soon shook her head and changed the subject.

"By the way, Shoko-chan, do you guys have any plans for summer vacation?"

"Drawing illustrations at home."

"I stay home and read comics or look at illustrations by Glass Sauce."

"What's wrong?" Tsuna vaguely guessed what she was going to say.

After thinking about it seriously, Nishikata said, "I'll probably take a part-time job."

“I would like to invite you to my grandfather’s house.” Ayumi Azyu made a gesture with her right hand to indicate the number seven. “Seven days, just seven days.”

"Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture?" Tsuna asked back.

“That’s right, that’s right.” Ayumi Ajitani nodded, not surprised that he knew the address, since she had just told Shoko-chan about it not long ago.

“It’s by the sea, so we can go to the beach. And the watermelons at Grandpa’s place are ripe, so I can guarantee you can eat as much watermelon as you want.” Ayumi Ajitani patted her chest confidently.

"..." Tsuna was at a loss for words. Was it the watermelon's problem? It was clearly a question of whether something would happen two months later that would cause delays, okay?
"Ayumi-chan, we don't know what will happen two months from now..."

Before Shoko could finish her refusal, Ayumi Ajitani's expression visibly worsened, and she immediately changed her mind:
"But most likely there won't be any problems. Tsuna and I should be fine!"

"Okay, I'll book the tickets and cover the round-trip fare." Ayumi Ajitani smiled involuntarily when she heard that Ajitani hadn't refused. "What about Takagi-chan and Nishikata-kun?"

"I'm fine with it." Takagi shrugged. "We'll cover our own travel expenses, since we'll be staying at your place anyway."

"When are we going?" Nishikata still hesitated.

"Let's do it on the second or third day of summer vacation."

"No problem, count me in then." When he thought of the beach, the first thing that came to his mind was Takagi-san in her swimsuit…

"There are still two months left, it's really hard to say..." Tsuna muttered to himself as he closed the lunchbox.

(End of this chapter)