Crossover Anime: How a Shameless Person Lives

Mumu Leaf Apartment.

Hiratsuka Shizuka leaned calmly against the door of 504, a cigarette dangling from her mouth, taking a puff every now and then.

His eyes were fixed on the stairwell, his fists clenched and unclenched.

Beside her, Tomie was idly clipping her nails.

A mischievous smile appeared on his face.

They looked like they were waiting to see a good show.

"Maybe we shouldn't wait any longer; that brat might not even come back today."

"No, we have to wait for him. It's just outrageous! He's skipped school after only two days!"

Speaking of this, Hiratsuka Shizuka gets a headache.

Many of the children who entered school through these special channels have some psychological problems.

But Mercury and Tomie in front of her were the two most serious in her eyes.

Let's not even talk about Mercury; he drinks and skips school.

She even went to the old director to find out that he had done things like fighting, swindling, and so on.

They practically have "I'm a bad guy" written all over their faces.

This perfectly fits people's stereotypes about orphans.

And then there's Tomie, who's no pushover either.

Although she had only attended school for two days, Hiratsuka Shizuka already had a preliminary impression of her, and it was a very deep one.

She used her attractive appearance to treat the students in her class like ATMs.

She would unleash her sharp tongue at the slightest provocation, making those students who stood in her way feel utterly ashamed.

Arrogant and spoiled.

You can find a bit of every negative emotion a woman can have in Tomie.

This is only because she has restrained herself.

As the smoke filtered into her lungs, Hiratsuka Shizuka stubbed out the cigarette butt in her metal cigarette case, her brows furrowing even more.

"These are children who clearly need to be properly guided, but they insist on going down the wrong path."

She looked at Tomie, her tone tinged with disappointment.

"Stop trying to fool people with that face. Don't treat your classmates like fools. Act like a teenage girl."

Tomie paused, the nail clippers between her fingers, and said casually, "You're being nosy. They're willing to spend money on me because they're stupid and happy to do it themselves. What's it to you?"

"I am your homeroom teacher!" Hiratsuka Shizuka's voice rose a few decibels.

"I can't watch you ruin yourselves one by one. I have the right to guide you onto the right path and let you happily live out the hymn of your youth."

Tomie chuckled and put the nail clippers in her pocket.

"Is the teacher so concerned because she thinks she can reform us 'bad kids'? Or is she just trying to satisfy her own saintly conscience?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka was speechless for a moment, and just as she was about to retort, she heard a series of hurried footsteps coming from the stairwell, accompanied by a boy's indistinct laughter.

……

Footsteps approached from afar, accompanied by intermittent laughter and the clinking of bottles.

Mercury finally appeared at the top of the stairs, with a strange woman draped over his shoulder.

He was holding a half-empty bottle of liquor with an illegible label, and his face was flushed with a drunken, almost excited glow.

"Huh?"

Mercury squinted, paused for a moment when he saw the two people in the hallway, and then grinned.

"Hey, cute Jing, what are you doing?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka ignored him, her gaze falling on the beautiful mature woman beside her, her brows furrowing even more.

She approached step by step and snatched the wine from Mercury's hand.

"How much did you drink?" she asked, her voice laced with suppressed anger.

Tomie chuckled softly from behind, her gaze inexplicably fixed on Yuki-onna Shinfuyu.

Especially when he saw her snow-white skin, a flash of jealousy crossed his eyes.

"Ahem, well... just a little bit."

Seeing Hiratsuka Shizuka's angry expression, Mercury felt a little guilty.

Perhaps it was a sense of guilt for this extremely responsible act performed without any prior connection or kinship.

Or perhaps it's because they're not used to this sudden concern.

In short, Mercury did feel a slight pang of guilt.

"Hoo~" Hiratsuka Shizuka suppressed her anger and said to Yuki-onna Fuyuki beside her, "Thank you for bringing this kid back."

Snow Woman paused for a moment, then forced a perfectly timed gentle smile onto her face: "After all, this child was drunk, and it's not safe for him to come back alone."

As she spoke, her gaze swept over Mercury almost imperceptibly, her expression becoming extremely complex.

She never expected that the boy who helped her with her rent and even living expenses was actually a student.

Mercury was about to say something when he was glared at fiercely by Hiratsuka Shizuka, and he swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

Tomie, who was standing to the side with her arms crossed, suddenly spoke up, breaking the slightly awkward atmosphere: "Now that you've delivered the person, shouldn't you leave? There's no extra room for strangers in this hallway."

Her tone was clearly hostile, and her gaze lingered on the snow woman's snow-white neck in the dead of winter.

Damn it, I lost another one.

The smile on Yuki-onna's face faded slightly, and she didn't reply.

"Then I'll head back now, Mercury."

"Okay, take care."

He only looked away after watching Yuki-onna walk into room 503 next door.

"Ha, so you're actually neighbors. I thought you were just a drunkard, but I didn't expect you to be a lecher too," Tomie mocked from the side.

It's like seeing your pet walking with someone else.

I'm in a very bad mood.

"If you're sick, go take your medicine." Mercury gave him the middle finger.

He showed no leniency towards Tomie.

Tomie's face darkened at the middle finger rebuke, and she was about to retort when she was interrupted by Hiratsuka Shizuka.

"That's enough. We can talk about your business later. Now let's talk about skipping school today."

"◑▂◑"

……

Back in her room, Yuki-onna leaned against the wall and put down her handbag, which was full of 400 million yen.

Her face was flushed, as if she had just come out of a sauna.

She raised her hand and pressed it against her burning cheeks. The skin her fingertips touched was scalding hot, and even her breathing became slightly rapid.

Walking to the window, I pulled back a corner of the curtain, and my gaze fell on the door of room 504, where the teacher in the white coat was pushing Mercury inside.

A girl with a beauty mark under her eye followed behind with her arms crossed, and the three of them quickly disappeared behind the door.

"A student... just a student, like Reiko."

She murmured softly, her fingertips unconsciously stroking the metal zipper of her handbag, which contained 400 million yuan—money the two of them had just swindled and cheated out of that day.

Although the money came from a shameless source, it did solve her immediate problem.

And she was a student, just like Reiko back then.

As I thought about it, my legs tensed up.

"Reiko~"