Published at 14th of December 2020 10:40:56 AM
Chapter 157
Secretly in the Classroom
TL: Daemon
ED: PuffyPyjamas
I once again time leaped and moved forward 10 years . As for the date and time, it was just 2 hours after Sana and I bought the game and split off from each other .
In order to buy a Christmas present, I made a stop at the department store, before heading to school where Hiiragi-chan was working .
The cost for the present was taken from my precious 3000 yen savings that I withdrew from the ATM . I have finally hit rock bottom . I don’t have any confidence that she will be happy with it, but I do think that it would be nice if she’s happy with it .
After arriving at the closest station, I aimed for the school on my bike and arrived around 15 minutes later .
“The front gate is closed…?”
I thought it would be open for students who had club activities, but that doesn’t seem to be the case . I guess there weren’t any club activities at school today?
Since it can’t be helped, I went around to the staff parking lot and found Hiiragi-chan’s car .
I could see the staff room from there . I peeked through the window and found that the inside was empty .
“Huh?”
Where did Hiiragi-chan go? The car is here, so that means she must be here at school .
The back door was open, so I entered through it . At Hiiragi-chan’s desk, there was an open laptop with a shining pale light . The screen showed a document being created .
I thought that she might have left her seat to go to the bathroom, but it doesn’t seem she’s returning anytime soon .
“?”
I wonder where she went? I started walking around the school grounds after suddenly having the thought that she might be at the classroom .
I heard something, so I tried opening the door and found Hiiragi-chan there .
What is she doing… at my seat?
“Seiji-kun… he left a bunch of his notes and textbooks and went home… I guess he doesn’t plan on studying over break . ”
Hiiragi-chan was peering into the drawer while muttering to herself happily . Just as I was about to enter .
She slumped down onto the desk .
“Fufu . Seiji-kun’s desk…”
…
“Locker, locker… Ah, he didn’t bring his jersey home!”
…
“It can’t be helped . I will bring it home to clean it ♪”
…I guess that’s alright?
“…It smells like Seiji-kun’s detergent… Fufu, he really doesn’t wear it that often, or is it because he doesn’t sweat that much in the winter . ”
Is this, that? Is it like that thing where you secretly lick the recorder of the person you like after school?
As I was observing to see how things went, Hiiragi-chan turned around all of a sudden, as if sensing my presence .
“Eh… wait, no . Nooooooooo!?”
“I’m the one who wants to shout here!”
Hiiragi-chan inadvertently hugged my jersey .
“Why, why!? Weren’t you hanging out with Sanchan today? Why are you here!? F-from when?”
“We ended up ending early today . I just thought I’d come to see how your work was going… and then I saw you fishing through a student’s desk… even sniffing my jersey . ”
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“I-I wasn’t! Not at all!”
She then noticed that she was hugging my jersey .
“I-I just thought I would fold this up for you!”
And so on and so forth .
“Geez… It’s good that I was the one who found you out . Sensei, that definitely would have got you arrested . ”
“U-uuuu… I-I mean, the other teacher’s said that they wouldn’t come today, and there also wasn’t supposed to be any club activities on campus . ”
That doesn’t make a good reason for you to do that, you know?
“Rather, it’s currently Haruksan, not Sensei, right?”
That familiar line wasn’t exactly very convincing today . Letting out a sigh, I made my way over to Fujimoto’s seat .
“Are you d-disgusted?”
“It’s okay . Just a little bit . ”
“So you are!”
She received quite the shock .
“I only came to support you on your work too . ”
“S-sorry . ”
I handed her the present that I bought .
“…This is a bit cliché, but here . ”
The gift was a single rose that I bought from the flower shop wrapped with wrapping paper .
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“Eh? For me?”
There was a message card attached that I wrote on the train . What’s written in it is a secret .
“Of course . ”
“T-thank you! This makes me really happy! I’ll treasure it and put it in a vase!”
Hiiragi-chan’s eyes sparkled .
“Where should I put the vase? Ah, but it isn’t really that cute, maybe I should buy another one on the way from home…?”
Hiiragi-chan continued to mutter to herself, but somehow looked like she was enjoying herself . It’s great that she’s happy with it .
“Being like this makes us seem like classmates . Hiiragi-san and Sanadkun have seats next to each other… Today, with there being no one in the classroom, Sanadkun called Hiiragi-san out to hand her a flower as a present, and gave his confession of love . ”
Eheheh, so romantic . Hiiragi-chan was letting her imagination run wild .
“Enough running away from reality . Let’s head back to the staff room so you can continue working . ”
“No more! You’re too practical! Don’t fill my room of delusions with your reality!”
She acted like a person on a strike holding up a placard in refusal . Where did she get that anyways?
“It’s not guaranteed that no one else is here . Let’s hurry and go . ”
I threw out her placard and forcefully pulled her by hand out of the classroom .
“This serious Seiji-kun is as strict as an ogre…”
“Do your work properly . You’re an adult, right?”
“Yeah…”
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Once we returned to the staff room, she made two cups of coffee .
I accepted it after giving her my gratitude .
I then had a few casual exchanges with Hiiragi-chan, who was working on her laptop . During a break in the conversation, I brought up the main topic .
“Haruksan . Sana has probably noticed our relationship . ”
“…Eh? How?”
“You left the data inside the digital camera, right?”
“Ah . ”
Hiiragi-chan finally noticed .
“Sorry! I usually move the data onto a laptop, but I forgot—”
“No, it’s okay, I didn’t notice either . ”
The data that was inside consisted of the pictures from our past 3-4 dates she said .
“It’s not like she saw all of them, but Sana seemed certain of her conclusion . ”
If Hiiragi-chan’s personal camera were to have intimate pictures of me in them, then anyone would question it .
“That’s why, I want to tell Sana about us . ”
“…Are you okay with that, Seiji-kun?”
“Yeah . ”
She told me to believe in her . That she would do something about it . So, I will believe in my little sister .
After that, the two of us talked about how we would reveal it .
…With this, I should be able to avoid breaking up, right? If I reveal it to Sana, she’ll be an ally like Natsumi-chan, and then I’ll be able to avoid a bad ending, right?