My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 331 New Book Preview
Seeing that Nishikata wasn't nervous at all about going on stage, Tsuna stopped talking.

He listened silently as he rattled off a whole bunch of evidence that Takagi-san hadn't yet discovered.

When Ayumi Ajitani returned backstage with the venue setup team, Tsuna was starting to get a headache from seeing him still babbling on and on.

"What are you two talking about?"

At that moment, Ayumi Ajitani walked past the two of them, then turned back and looked at Nishikata, who was excited, and Tsuna, who was indifferent.

"N-nothing,"

After saying that, Nishikata looked at her curious face and, fearing she wouldn't believe him, added guiltily, "We're talking about where to go shopping after we're done."

She gave Nishikata and Tsuna a meaningful look, then turned away decisively, heading towards Shoko and Takagi, with a look that said, "I don't quite believe it."

Almost simultaneously, the microphones in the front area of ​​the stage went live with a "buzz," and the host's voice broke through the background noise.

Before the sound had completely faded, Nanase-sensei's energetic shout rang out from the entrance leading to the front desk:
"Those of you in the second act, hurry up! You can go straight up on stage and wait! Relax, just treat it like yesterday afternoon's rehearsal!"

"Clap clap clap..."

As she spoke, she clapped her hands twice, making a crisp sound backstage.

The once bustling backstage area suddenly dwindled to less than half its usual size.

As Nishikata watched the crowd gradually leave, he couldn't help but feel nervous again. Finally, it was only after Tsuna slapped him that his attention was successfully diverted once more.

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"Tsuna, it's my turn to go on stage next, and I'm starting to get nervous again, what should I do?"

When Tsuna heard Shoko's words, he put down his phone for a moment, looked up, and stared directly at Shoko sitting next to him.

Why did he look so nervous? I didn't see it. His brows weren't furrowed, he wasn't biting his lip, and his eyes... seemed pretty normal?

Exactly! The instant their eyes met, her gaze darted away guiltily, and she even unconsciously licked her lips – it was so obvious…

I didn't sense any tension, but I could definitely sense a lot of guilt.

"Nervous?" Tsuna pulled himself out of his reverie and continued in the direction she wanted to hear:
"So what do you suggest we do about Shoko? How can we ease your tension?"

On the other side, Nishikata suppressed the urge to roll his eyes and wisely got up to leave to chat with other friends.

Once he was out of sight, Tsuna and Shoko simultaneously looked away. Shoko met his gaze again, awkwardly picking at her fingers.
"Well... what you just said, isn't there some way to ease my stage fright?"

When A-Gang heard this, he really couldn't see any 'nervousness' on her face; she seemed perfectly normal.

That's right, her eyes always unconsciously drift towards his lips, stealing a glance before quickly looking away, then glancing again...

For a moment, he wondered if she was making a mistake in her judgment. Was she hinting or being overtly obvious?

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The two chatted for about ten minutes about where to go after the performance.

After the second act ended and the stage curtain closed, Ayumi Ajitani quickly organized the set setup team to go on stage and change the scenes and props.

"It's settled then. After we're done, we'll start by exploring the teaching building on the left!"

As she spoke, Shoko unconsciously ran her tongue across her lower lip as if savoring the memory, as if the soft touch still lingered on her lips.

Finally, after being reminded and urged by Nanase-sensei, she reluctantly got up. As she stood up, she quickly glanced at Tsuna beside her, and a strange flutter in her heart, mixed with a little bit of "revenge," suddenly rose up.

She suddenly raised her hand, spread her fingers, and before he could notice, roughly rubbed his soft black hair several times!
Before he could react, she quickly withdrew her hand and scurried lightly and hurriedly toward the stage.

"..."

Tsuna smoothed his messy hair, only turning his gaze away after Shoko's figure disappeared at the entrance of the passage.

"Buzz..."

Feeling his phone vibrate, Tsuna looked down at the lit screen.

"Miyamura-sensei, the publisher has just released a trailer for 'I Want to Eat Your Pancreas'."

"Do you and Shoko want to share this too?"

"It's good to increase the buzz."

Tsuna looked at the messages sent by Kazuno Jun on LINE.

After replying with "Okay," I switched to Futaba Publishing's Twitter account to watch the latest trailer.

A teaser poster featuring the male and female leads from the movie "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas," along with a short teaser announcement of just over ten words.

Tsuna glanced at it briefly and clicked into the dozens of comments. The trailer had probably been posted just a few minutes ago, so there weren't many comments yet.

For example, just like the comment section of 'Anohana', because of the ending, the comment section has been largely overrun, with most of the comments being criticisms of him.

[No way? Miyamura-sensei is releasing a new book so soon? (Tilting head in confusion.jpg)]
Judging from this art style, I feel like Miyamura will be writing a sweet romance this time.
"'I want to eat your pancreas'? Judging from the style of this trailer, it doesn't seem like a horror or suspense film."

"I'm a prophet! The male lead will definitely die this time! If he doesn't, I'll eat shit! I'll eat it live on stream!"

"The poster for this trailer was also drawn by Nishimiya-sensei. Could it be that these two have some unspeakable secret? (suspicion.jpg)"

"The male lead in this book is so ugly, but the female leads in both books are so cute! (licking screen.jpg)"

A-Gang glanced at the top-liked and most-commented messages and, without hesitation, forwarded them all using his personal work account.

"Ayumi, Ayumi, look!"

A gasp came from a neighbor's seat not far to Tsuna's left. He turned his head to look at them in confusion.

The few people present were also drawn to the noise she made with her loud voice.

"Neighbor, can you calm down first?" Ayumi Ajitani noticed the gazes fixed on the two of them and felt a little helpless.

"I can't calm down at all!" The neighbor slammed her hand on the armrest of her chair in anger. "Did you know that damned old bastard Miyamura just released the trailer for his new book?!"

"ah…?"

Seeing the surprised look on her face, the neighbor guessed that the other woman definitely didn't know, so she immediately held up her phone to show her. The content on the phone was a preview of a new book from Futaba Publishing House.

Ayumi glanced at the screen, then subtly looked in Tsuna's direction, only to meet his gaze. She could only give an awkward laugh and look away.

Since the neighbor didn't know that Tsuna was the old scoundrel Miyamura she was cursing, she couldn't really offer any advice.

Hmm... That's what she thought when she first finished watching 'Anohana'...

(End of this chapter)