The strongest high school student in Japan

"Cheer up, kid. Why are you so dejected?" After seeing him, Mogami Sayuki muted the TV and looked up at her son.

"Mom, it's already this late, stop making sarcastic remarks." Mogami Jun shrugged in dissatisfaction, "Okay, I'm going to rest now."

"Stop!" Mogami Sayuki's expression turned serious. "You seem to have forgotten our positions. It was you who caused me trouble today, but you are still venting your anger on me? You are no longer at the age where you can be forgiven by acting like a spoiled child. Now sit down!"

As she spoke, she pointed to the side of the sofa - that was where Sagihara-senpai had just sat.

In Mogami Jun's impression, his mother seldom spoke to him harshly like this. It seemed that she had always been unhappy, but just suppressed it in front of the senior.

Under normal circumstances, he would have argued with reason, but this time he knew he was in the wrong, and after all, he had basic respect for his mother, so he didn't say anything and sat on the sofa obediently.

"You must feel very wronged, right? You were rejected by your senior and you got scolded by your mother..." Mogami Sayuki laughed sarcastically, "But I'm sorry, I have to teach you a lesson today."

"Please feel free to teach me a lesson. I was wrong today." Mogami Jun replied with his head hung.

"You admit your mistake, but do you really know where you went wrong?" Mogami Sayuki replied, "If you just want to have a relationship, I would let you do whatever you want, but you can't take the happiness of others as a price."

"Price? What price?" Mogami Jun was a little confused. "Do you think it's embarrassing to fall in love with me? Do you look down on your son so much?"

"I'm not looking down on you. I'm saying that you're not a suitable partner right now—" Mogami Sayuki shook her head. "I heard from Ms. Sagihara that she rejected your confession. Is that true?"

"It's true." Mogami Jun replied with a bit of frustration, "But it's not that she doesn't like me, but she is a little skeptical about my sincerity..."

"That's right." Mogami Sayuki looked at her son, "Do you understand what she means? Do you know what she is refusing?"

"I... I don't know." Mogami Jun answered honestly, "Maybe there is some kind of dissatisfaction."

"That's the problem. You're confessing for yourself, that's all." Mogami Sayuki sneered. "Although I've only met her twice, I can tell that she's definitely not a frivolous kid. She's absolutely serious about you, so she can't tolerate you not treating her with the same seriousness. So even if you confess, even if she's very willing to accept you, you'll still be rejected."

"Please explain it more clearly." Mogami Jun was intrigued and couldn't help asking, "I'm not doing this for myself, am I?"

"Then I would like to ask you, what was the motivation that prompted you to confess? Did you hear that she was bullied, or that she was reported by that old man?" asked Mogami Sayuki.

Uh... this is too accurate... Jun Mogami even suspected for a moment that he was being monitored by his mother.

"Yes, that's right." He nodded with difficulty. "I heard from the chairman that my grandfather had informed him and asked him to restrict the contact between the senior sister and me... So I felt that I should take responsibility, so I went to the senior sister and said that we should go out together."

"And then you were rejected, right?" Mogami Sayuki asked sarcastically.

Jun Mogami lowered his head helplessly.

"So this is why she rejected you - although on the surface it seems that you are pursuing her, in fact you are just satisfying your desire to protect her. This is a kind of hero-playing for you, and you hope to solve all her difficulties by yourself." Mogami Sayuki said slowly, "When I talked to her just now, I could also feel her distress. The problem comes down to this. She doesn't want to get your pity just because she is pitied. She wants to be with you upright and share your joy and sorrow, instead of being unilaterally sympathized by you. Do you understand, kid?"

The mother's explanation made Jun Mogami, who was originally a little confused, suddenly enlightened.

With that said, it’s easy to understand the senior’s feelings.

Essentially, she is also a proud person. Although she has a gentle and docile personality, she certainly would not be willing to accept the feeling of being treated as a pet.

So she chose to refuse, and then prepared to devote herself to society and be with herself on an equal or near-equal footing.

Ah, I see…

Although he has lived for so many years, he has never dealt with women much, so even though he is smart and eloquent, it is difficult for him to analyze the unpredictable minds of women.

It was not until his mother, who was also a woman, helped him analyze the situation that he suddenly realized.

If you look at it from this perspective, I am a little arrogant...

"After talking about her, let's talk about you. You have a rebellious mentality. It's like when others don't want you to do something, you insist on doing it because you are arrogant and hate being ordered around. So after hearing what grandpa did, you made up your mind to confess." Mogami Sayuki continued, "There are only two of us here. Tell me the truth, are you obsessed with her to the point of being willing to gamble your future life on her? Is that true?"

Jun Mogami did not answer for a moment. He thought carefully about what he was thinking.

The future life...these words are too far away for him, and it is difficult for anyone to be sure.

When asked whether he liked the senior schoolmate, of course he liked her very much and he could nod his head 100%, but when it came to whether he could put such a heavy weight on her, he really wasn't sure.

By the way, if there is a high school student who can brazenly say that he can devote his life's love to someone, he really wants to see it.

"I don't have one," he finally said. "But maybe I can try."

"I'm glad you're so honest. I really appreciate that you don't lie. It's not your fault. No matter how close high school lovers are, few can make it to the end because young people are too impulsive. They can make any promises under impulse, but the passion will quickly cool down, so it won't be long before they forget their promises. This is also a very normal phenomenon." Mogami Sayuki continued to smile, "If it was any ordinary girl, it wouldn't matter. Everyone grows up like this. But do you think she can withstand this 'normal phenomenon'? Miss Sagihara's personality is not ordinary, right? If they really want to be together, she won't take it lightly."

"..." Mogami Jun was speechless.

It's not just unusual, it can be said to be stubborn.

He once had hundreds of millions of yen in his hand, but he threw them away without any regrets. He would rather live a poor life just to satisfy his sense of atonement. It is unimaginable how stubborn such a person is.

But this is exactly what he likes most about his senior.

"So, your impulsive confession is irresponsible, not only to yourself but also to her. You are not ready to bear the weight of fate, but you casually ask others to entrust your life to you. Don't you think it's too much?" Mogami Sayuki continued to hit her son, "If in the end, she invested everything but you withdrew, and all her hopes turned into nothing, can you imagine what kind of blow this would be?"

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Yes, it is absolutely right. It is irrefutable.

Under his mother's series of questions, Mogami Jun was speechless and admitted that everything she said was right.

"Mom, am I a bad guy? If you put it that way, I realize that I am really bad..." Finally, Mogami Jun took a hard breath, "Isn't it very selfish to ask others to give everything to satisfy my willfulness and heroic desire? I hate myself for being like this."

"No, you're not bad, you're just inconsiderate and can't understand a girl's feelings. You're very gentle to her, so she's grateful to you. But gentleness can sometimes be poison... a poison that breaks one's heart." Mogami Sayuki sighed, "You're still too young, you're all too young, so you can't understand that sometimes the cruelest things are done by the closest people."

"So what should I do?" asked Jun Mogami.

In fact, he is not as young as his mother thinks, but his previous life experience is really not of much help in this matter.

So at this moment he wanted to seek advice because he didn't want his senior to be sad.

"Isn't the answer in you?" Mogami Sayuki asked back.

"Eh?" Mogami Jun was a little confused.

Mogami Sayuki raised her hand and placed it on his chest, feeling the strong beating of her son's heart. "You should find your own heart. You have always made me very satisfied, and I am very proud to have given birth to a child like you, but you still lack too much in this regard - you have been isolated from others for too long, so you have never been able to feel the warmth of the outside world, and in the end you were unable to put your heart on someone. In a sense, you have always been heartless. For you, it is enough to unilaterally impose your own ideas on others, and you don't want others to infect you, so... you always think that you don't need any friends, let alone fall in love with anyone. But don't forget, if you want to make someone happy, then you must be at the same temperature as others!"

Having said that, she sighed again in annoyance.

"Actually, I am also wrong in this regard. The way we have been educating you has always been problematic, but I can't change it even if I want to... If only I could have been more persistent before..."

"Am I such an unkind person, Mom?" Mogami Jun asked hesitantly.

"Can't you just ask yourself? Why are you asking me?" Mogami Sayuki asked back.

Mogami Jun took a deep breath.

It seems... that's indeed the case.

He has always been a very honest person, so he doesn't want to escape from reality. If he thinks carefully about his actions with an objective attitude, he will probably come to this conclusion.

"So what should I do?" Mogami Jun asked after a long while, "Take the initiative to approach others? I'm afraid... it's a bit difficult."

"You'll have to figure this out on your own. But let me be frank, I don't ask you to please anyone. You are my son, and you don't need to please anyone. You also don't have to be humble just to fit in. You are you, my proud son. You don't need to change anything... I just hope that you can feel what others give you, and then be someone that others won't regret getting close to you. That's enough." Mogami Sa Yukikyu shook her hand and stroked her son's chest.

"Grow up...it's time, son."

Jun Mogami lowered his head, as if thinking about his mother's words.

The mother did not say anything else, and obviously did not expect her son to listen to everything she said at once.

For her, as long as she can listen a little bit and make a little progress in the direction of growth, she will be satisfied.

"Mom, so the reason you sent the senior away was because you liked Asana more, right?" After a long silence, Mogami Jun suddenly asked, "I can see that."

Mogami Sayuki was stunned for a moment, then answered with a smile.

"If I have to make a choice, I would rather choose Asana. But I still say that if you finally follow your heart and make any choice, as long as it is your own choice, I am willing to accept it. The important thing is that you can't make a choice that others and yourself will regret."

"Okay, I understand." Mogami Jun nodded. "Although there are still many things I can't digest right now, I will keep all your words in my heart, Mom."

"Well, it's enough as long as you can remember it." Mogami Sayuki nodded.

Then she suddenly grabbed her son's shoulders and pulled him towards her.

"It must have been a very hard night for you. Come and rest in your mother's arms," ​​she whispered.

Mogami Jun struggled quickly.

"No, no thanks, mom... I'm already this old, and it's too embarrassing to be so close to mom."

Just kidding, he doesn't want to be considered a mama's boy...

"It's been a long time since we've seen this, right?" Mogami Sayuki looked at her son with a smile, "Don't we have to pay tuition for classes these days?"

Uh……

After his mother said this, Jun Mogami suddenly felt embarrassed.

Having said that, he was indeed very traumatized and very tired tonight.

While hesitating, he suddenly found himself lying on his mother's lap.

The faint scent after the bath rushed into his nose, making him even more drowsy.

I haven't felt this warm for a long time.

There are probably not many people in the world who love themselves wholeheartedly.

"Go to sleep and get up early for class tomorrow." Mom whispered.

Jun Mogami fell asleep quickly and slept very relaxedly.

The mother didn't say anything, just looked at her sleeping son quietly.

Her eyes moved to her son's arms. Because he was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, it was easy to see the several small wounds on his arms that could not be concealed due to the frequent blood draws a while ago.

It’s kind of heartbreaking to watch, and you can imagine what a painful lesson the young man must have experienced at that time.

Mogami Sayuki's heart suddenly tightened.

Today she has figured out who tortured her son into the hospital.

Hyoudou Takako… The mother bit her lip slightly.

I'm not the one who can save you.

166, strange

When Jun Mogami woke up again, he found that it was already daybreak.

And his mother was not next to him. He was just lying on the sofa with a thin blanket covering him.

He squinted his eyes to adjust himself to the light in the room, then glanced around and found that there was no trace of his mother.

Her workplace is quite far from here, so she must have gotten up early in the morning to go to work.

At least move me to the bed, what if I catch a cold on the sofa... Mogami Jun complained in his heart, then staggered to his feet.

Because he fell asleep without taking a shower last night, he felt a little sticky now. He quickly ran to the bathroom, took a shower, and changed into a short-sleeved shirt, only then did he feel better.

By the time he had gotten ready, it was already very late and he had to go out to school.

Naturally, there was no breakfast on the table - Mogami Sayuki was different from most housewives. She didn't like to waste time on cooking. She was usually too busy with work to cook, so the Mogami family did not serve meals.

If we were to say what Jun Mogami is dissatisfied with his mother, this would probably be the first one...

However, there was a banknote on the table, which was probably the pocket money my mother left for me before she left.

thanks Mom.

Jun Mogami muttered to himself, then took the money and put it in his wallet, then strode out of the room and headed for school.

He had walked this familiar road so many times recently, so he was very familiar with it. He knew where he needed to turn and how many meters to go straight before there was a fork in the road. All of these were engraved in his mind, and he would not get lost even late at night.

Along this road, the scenes of last night came back to his mind again.

I rode the Ferris wheel with my senior, went home together, and finally sent her back to school on this road.

Also, at the end, the hug with the senior student at the school gate.

Thinking back on it now, my heart still beats faster.

Is this what they call love?

Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't, he wasn't sure.

After a heart-to-heart talk with his mother last night, he had discovered that he had a huge flaw in his emotions, or he simply didn't know how to pour his feelings into other people, so he didn't have the courage to say that he was in love - even though he had just confessed his love.

Maybe this is the side effect of closing one's heart for a long time.

But he was still young and able to correct himself, and it was a solvable problem - at least he believed so.

While thinking about all these things, Jun Mogami followed the flow of students, walked through the gate, came into the school, and finally arrived at his own classroom.

As usual, some students gathered together to chat, some sat in their seats, and some moved around. Everyone had their own things to do, but it seemed that no one had anything to do with them.

After a long period of adjustment, these classmates have probably gotten used to not communicating with anyone, so no one would take the initiative to chat with him, and of course he has no intention of taking the initiative to fit in.