I, who advocate giving up, feel like a disqualified person

There are people around him who care about him, but if I am the only one who succeeds in persuading him, those people will think that we have a better relationship... It is normal to feel frustrated.

The person most likely to develop this kind of emotion is undoubtedly the one who is currently very close to Senior Su...

"Even so, you still decided to do it yourself?"

"Well...it's not to say that I'm stronger or that I have a better relationship with him. I just feel that I have to do it. Because there is a reason why I have to do it..."

"So, please, teacher, you must help me."

"Ugh..."

She sighed after hearing what I said, but I didn't understand the reason for doing so.

"Honestly, I still hope you study hard and don't do these things that have nothing to do with studying... But then again, you do too many of these things."

"..."

"But if you're willing to calm down and study hard, you won't be yourself anymore. And if I force you to study and do your homework, then I won't be the teacher Nan in your mind, right?"

"That is to say..."

"When have you ever asked for help without my help?" She turned around, a hint of helplessness on her face. "It's just that after this matter is over, you have to prepare well for the final exams. You don't want to have any regrets at the end of the first grade, do you?"

Sure enough...I didn't find the wrong person.

"Ah."

After finishing these, I will review...

It always feels like a flag.

"So, what's the name and class of your senior?"

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

When it was time to go home from school, Brother Nan stopped me at the door.

"Have you asked the reason?"

"Hmm... well, his homeroom teacher isn't exactly sure. They just know it's about his friend, and his parents told the school not to provoke him... well, if we want to know the exact story, let's go to his house."

Then he handed me a piece of paper.

"That's your senior's address...but you'd better wait until he's not home before visiting."

"...oh..."

After a simple goodbye, Brother Nan left.

Now it seems that things are complicated.

"...Well, Brother Nan did his best..."

But it's not a complete failure. With his home address, I should be able to visit his parents. It's not like even his parents don't know what happened to him...

However, is Sun Hao also persuading Senior Su today?

Wanting to confirm, I went to the place where they met last time again, and just as I got close, I heard the conversation.

The two people were there as expected.

"...But, I don't think now is the time..."

Ah... that's what Sun-sama said... seems to be saying that now is not the time to be depressed...

"Why do you always care about those factors?" Senior Su seemed to have resistance to this sentence.

"Wha...what?"

"Every time someone tells me... it's not the right time to do this, it's not the right time to do that... and then I never do it again. But this time... because it's about him, I don't want to lose it again."

...It seems like something happened to that friend...?

"...I did not mean that."

Senior Sun... said something inappropriate. Anyway, the atmosphere is a bit tense right now. If Senior Sun doesn't try to smooth things over, there's going to be a conflict between the two of them because of that statement...

Damn it, even though it’s a bit inappropriate to go out now, but... I can’t care less.

"Wait...wait!" I suddenly jumped out from around the corner and appeared in front of them. "Although this may be a little inappropriate...but I still have something to say."

Although it is not clear what exactly is being said.

Special way of communication

Senior Su, the person involved, did not react much to my sudden appearance. On the contrary, Senior Sun, who was the persuader, had a look of astonishment on his face.

Then, he quickly walked up to me and started questioning me: "Why are you here? Didn't I ask you to do the club work? Why are you..."

"About this... I think that's what you should do." I lowered my head and stated my reasoning, but I wasn't sure if it came from the heart. "Because in the field of drama, I'm still far from being as good as you, senior... So, you should focus on the club's affairs."

"No...but..."

"Senior Su, let me persuade him."

Although I don’t know what happened to my predecessor, I have a mysterious confidence in my heart.

"...You're the one who's going to persuade them?"

He took a step closer, as if to put his face against mine.

"No...that's right."

"...Don't be ridiculous."

The tone was so unusually gloomy, so unusual that I couldn't even believe it came from the mouth of my senior...so much so that I asked again just to verify it.

"Senior...what did you just say?"

"I said stop joking!"

The senior who seemed to never have any emotional fluctuations suddenly yelled at me angrily, and the sound was particularly loud in the empty corridor.

"Hey, Haozi." Senior Su behind him seemed to have noticed something was wrong and wanted to step forward to dissuade him.

"Don't come over!" he shouted, and the angry expression on his face intensified again.

I was frightened by such a senior and couldn't help but take a step back.

Upon seeing this, Senior Su also stopped moving forward.

"..." He glanced back at Senior Su behind him, then turned back. His expression had softened somewhat, but he still felt very angry. "I'm sorry... Let's end our conversation here today... Sheji and I have something to discuss."

"...How can I feel at ease with you like this?" Senior Su seemed a little worried about me.

"I'll be fine... Go back quickly..."

...Why do I feel a little dangerous...

"Is there really no problem..."

"It's okay, let's go!" His emotions seemed to fluctuate again.

"...Well...see you tomorrow."

Although he gave me a worried look, Senior Su still walked towards the stairs.

"..."

My senior and I watched him leave.

Chapter 9: A special way of communication

"You guy..."

Before I could react, Senior Sun grabbed my collar and pressed me against the wall.

The back was hurt by this action.

"What did you just say..."

"..." My collar was so tight that it was hard to breathe, but I still repeated what I had just said, "...Su...Senior Su's affairs...just leave them to me."

"What do you know? Why should I leave it to you..."

"Even so..." I grabbed his wrist and started to push him away, "You shouldn't have kept it from me..."

"This is none of your business!" He pressed me against the wall again, even though I had moved a little away from it. "You don't even know what happened to him, so stop bragging."

"But...senpai, your persuasion is ineffective..."

"Then you will definitely succeed?!"

Faced with this question, my anger seemed to be aroused.

"What if I say I can? Will you be unhappy?"

"So stop joking! You don't even know what you're talking about! How are you going to persuade him?"

"So you know everything?"

I looked him straight in the eyes, and he looked back at me without hesitation.

"Of course... I know exactly why he's like this!"

"Just now! I clearly heard you say something you shouldn't have! Is this what you call understanding him?!" I took advantage of his distraction and immediately broke free from his hand that was grabbing my collar. "Is this what you call persuasion?"

"Shut up!" He said and tried to hold me down again, but I simply swatted the attacking hand aside.

"I won't shut up. After all, aren't we all in the same mood of wanting to solve the problem?!"

Then why did you have to hide it from me? I should be the one who is angry!

"I told you this isn't your business! We already agreed to let you manage the drama club, and now you don't want to!"

"I have no interest in drama at all. It's clearly a drama that you, senior, should direct. Why are you pushing it to an outsider like me?"

"...outsider?"

He seemed to be hesitant about this word.

"Yeah, I have no interest in drama at all! Can you please stop pushing this annoying thing on me! I'm really fed up with it!"

Before I could finish my words, I felt a solid punch on my cheek.

Oh... Is that so... When Rinhanekawa belittled the tea ceremony, was that the emotion with which Rinhanekawa slapped him?

But, I'm not the one in the wrong...it's obviously the senior who is being self-righteous.

"Senior, I'm sorry!"

He was a little confused about my reaction.

As I said that, I put all my strength into throwing a hook punch at his face. Because he was distracted, he didn't have time to dodge the punch.

It's been several years since the fight, and when my fist hits someone's face, it actually hurts.

"I'm also very angry now!"

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

"asshole..."

"You're the bastard."

I don’t know how long we fought... maybe not that long, because neither of us were in very good physical condition, and we didn’t have much experience in fighting, so even though we felt exhausted, maybe the fight didn’t actually last that long.

Well, maybe that wasn't a fight, it was just a way to vent the anger that had built up inside me. And most of the resentment from the seniors didn't come from me saying I didn't value the drama club, but from Senior Su's refusal to listen.

So, it seems like I've walked into a trap.

The reason why I was angry was not only because my senior hid something from me, Senior Su, of course there were other reasons.

I also took the opportunity to vent my anger at losing six games in a row in the rankings.

At this time, I was leaning weakly against the wall, while my senior was leaning against the classroom door opposite me, with blood on the corner of his mouth... and the inside of my cheek was also scratched due to the contact with his teeth... He must have looked very embarrassed.

"Damn it, you bastard who doesn't keep his word..."

"Then you are...Asshole Senior."

I didn't want to say anything more because the school was about to lock up and it would be useless to continue arguing with him.