My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 369 Useless Western Films
“Hmm…” Nishimiya Yuzuru’s gaze fell on the students running the relay on the playground. After thinking for a while, he slowly said, “It’s been almost… a month, hasn’t it?”

The audience buzzed with excitement as the participating classes below shouted "We will win!" at the top of their lungs, making their ears ring.

In the distance, a loudspeaker would occasionally blare out, "Contestants, please assemble," and then the connection would drop with a crackling sound.

"Almost a month? That's about the time before our school trip?" Tsuna recalled.

"So how exactly did you meet?"

As soon as Ayumi Ajitani returned to the audience, she squeezed into the conversation, grabbed Yuzuru Nishimiya and pulled her into her arms to rub her.

The sudden movement startled her, but Tsuna seemed to have noticed it all along, not even bothering to lift his eyelids.

Tsuna asked curiously, "You're three grades above me, how do you usually chat together? Don't you have a generation gap?"

"We talk about novels, games, basically just these few things," Yuzuru Nishimiya's voice murmured like a mosquito's buzz as she quietly lowered her head.

"As for how we met..."

If the truth were told, there would likely be a lot of nagging and lecturing from her older brother and sister, and her sister might even get physical...

"What's wrong? Is there something you can't say?" Tsuna opened his eyes and looked at her, sensing the guilty feeling in Nishimiya Yuzuru's words.

A ridiculous thought popped into my head: Could it be that the two girls met through some kind of embarrassing conversation?
"He treated me to snacks for two days, and that's how I accepted him as a friend."

"..." Tsuna withdrew his gaze and closed it again.

"That's...that's all?" Ayumi Ajitani didn't believe it.

"Yeah, he treated me to snacks for two days, and then he'd treat me every now and then," Yuzuru Nishimiya started counting on her fingers:
"But at the beginning of the month, as soon as my mom gives me my allowance, I immediately ask her to give it back!"

She tilted her little face up, as if she were saying something very proud.

"Yuzuru, have you ever thought about this?"

"Huh?" Nishimiya Yuzuru looked at Ajitani Ayumi with a puzzled expression.

"That means you should never eat anything given to you by a stranger!"

"I...I tested it for poison with Hachiman before eating it..."

"..."

When Ayumi Azurani spoke to Yuzuru Nishimiya with a stern face, she seemed quite fierce in Yuzuru's eyes.

But for the male classmates around her who were dealing with the adults while secretly glancing over, her flustered, kitten-like appearance took them by surprise.

After waiting for a while, it was their class's turn for the relay race. The loudspeaker began to announce the participating classes and told them to gather at the starting point on the playground.

Nishikata was one of them. He walked off the field amidst cheers, while he kept encouraging himself in his mind.

...............

In the men's and women's relay race, five people participated: Nishikata, Takagi, Kitano, Tanaka, and Rinko.

Nishikata took the baton and bib number and quickly ran to his starting line. Four figures beside him were also poised to start.

He was tense, thinking about how to surpass them in Takagi's eyes and how Takagi would admire him.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, a claw slapped the back of his neck, sending his tense and imaginary thoughts flying!

Nishikata turned his head in bewilderment and saw Takagi standing beside him with a smile on her face.

"Go for it, Nishikata-kun!"

She dragged out the last syllable, and before leaving, she even gave him a wink with one eye.

"!!!"

"Contestants, take your positions immediately! The competition is about to begin!"

He felt as if the whole world had fallen silent, and the surrounding noise and horn sounds seemed to have vanished from his world in an instant.

.........

"preparation!!"

"boom!!"

"Damn! Is Nishikata possessed?! Everyone else has started running, and he's still standing there!" "I'm reporting him! I'm reporting him! There's a mole in our class!"

"Nishikata!! What the hell are you doing?!"

…………

As soon as the relay race ended, their class unsurprisingly came in last place.

"Takagi-chan, did you do something to Nishikata back then?" As soon as Takagi returned to her seat, Ayumi Ajitani couldn't help but lean over to her and start asking.

Meanwhile, two others were eavesdropping nearby.

"N-no, no,"

Just thinking about that wink made Takagi's earlobes heat up, and her voice involuntarily stammered:
"I just casually shouted 'Go for it!'"

She really just wanted to cheer him on, but she never expected... it would go off the charts...

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There are two projects left this morning.

Tug-of-war with a giant rope. Two classes are competing, and everyone has to participate; no one is left out.

At the same time, even Ms. Nanase changed into a leotard and joined in, which was a pleasant surprise for them.

Horseback riding battle. Three to four people form the "horse" (base), and one person acts as the "rider" riding on the shoulders.

The goal is to snatch the opposing rider's hat or pull him off his horse.

In this project, Tsuna made the greatest contribution by stealing the most hats, but the three men who acted as his horses were almost exhausted by the end.

After these activities, it was noon, and A-Gang's drowsiness was dispelled by the previous activities.

After lunch break, there will only be two events left before the closing ceremony, but right now the most important thing is lunch.

...............

"Where would you like to eat lunch?" Tsuna asked the two sisters beside him.

The parents of Ayumi, Tsuna, and the other two brought lunchboxes and warmly invited them to eat together, but the three of them waved their hands and declined.

Yuzuru Nishimiya: "Whatever."

Shoko: "I'll listen to you. I'll like anything Tsuna wants to eat."

"..."

Tsuna didn't respond immediately, and continued leading the two out of the school. He had already decided that the first shop they would see after leaving the school would be the one they ate at.

Ultimately, the three of them chose a tonkotsu ramen restaurant.

Pushing open the door, I found many students and parents already seated inside, the kitchen manager busy and laughing, and the waiters serving dishes with serious expressions.

"Aren't you going to invite your friend along?"

During the brief pause between the two, Tsuna glanced at Yuzuru Nishimiya, who was playing on his phone across from him, and casually asked a question.

“I asked,” Nishimiya Yuzuru looked up at him, “He said it would be fine to just grab something at a convenience store, and I didn’t insist.”

"Yuzuru, your new friend?" Shoko asked, puzzled.

She was the first to know about Nishimiya Yuzuru's new friends, and the sisters would have late-night chats almost every two weeks.

However, she didn't ask too many questions about whether her friend was male or female.

"Uh-huh."

"Would you like to introduce us this afternoon?"

"Well... let me ask him if he agrees..."

Once the three bowls of noodles were served, the conversation ended there.

When they returned to the audience seats, Ayumi and the others had already finished lunch. The three families gathered together to chat, with occasional laughter and occasional glances directed at one of them.

"This afternoon we have 'three-legged race' and 'riding race with borrowed objects,' both are recreational activities, so relax, okay?" Ayumi Ajitani smiled, her eyes crinkling.

(End of this chapter)