"That is the list of students who need to retake exams during summer break."
At Sobu High, the words "Summer Vacation Precautions" were written on the classroom blackboard.
As the homeroom teacher, Hiratsuka looked at the clearly restless students below and sighed helplessly: "Even though I feel like you're all reaching your limit, I'll give you one more warning anyway. Summer break is almost here, but don't forget your positions as students. Don't play too wildly during the holiday."
"Okay~"
The eager students shouted in unison.
"Everyone is quite irritable during this time, so many students appear who cause trouble for society. I am very worried about this, so make sure not to cause any problems!" Hiratsuka said in a very powerful tone.
"Are you worried that causing trouble will leave a stain on our records and cause problems for our future job hunts?" a student asked, moved.
"No, if any of you mess things up, my vacation will also go down the drain..." Hiratsuka replied with a cold smile. "If you don't want to experience a Mach-level impact on your skull, then restrain yourselves a bit, got it?"
"Did you hear that? Everyone, perk up! Don't make Hiratsuka-sensei worry."
"You're the one I'm most worried about, you bastard Asakura!"
Hiratsuka shouted at Asakura.
"Eh? Wasn't I Sensei's beloved 'good student' last night?" Asakura revealed an exaggeratedly shocked expression.
"Before was before, and now is now! Do you know how I felt today when people from the police station came and said you caught that wanted criminal all by yourself? Before this, I never thought I would personally experience the meaning of the four words 'sudden cardiac arrest'!"
"Hiratsuka-sensei..." Asakura suggested solemnly, "If your heart isn't doing well, I suggest going to the hospital..."
"Whose fault is all this? Answer me! Look in my eyes!"
"Is there a bit of a problem with the grammar..."
"Too bad, I'm just a Japanese teacher."
Just as Asakura and Hiratsuka were interacting, the other students also began whispering among themselves.
"Hey, did you hear what Asakura just said?"
"Li—Living together already?" "Asakura-kun and Hiratsuka-sensei don't seem to have a blood relationship, right?"
"Is such a lewd teacher-student relationship even allowed?" "Everyone calm down, that's that Hiratsuka-sensei, you know? The one with the Iron Fist that could probably even catch the Pirate King?"
"Isn't that even better?"
"Who? Who just said that? Do we have a masochist among us?!"
Even Yuigahama Yui muttered with a face full of surprise, "Eh, even Hiratsuka-sensei..." "Seems like a formidable rival." "Is Takuma-tan's strike zone actually older women?" and so on.
Only Yanami, who had just been immersed in thinking about what to eat for lunch, completely failed to notice what had happened. By the time she snapped back from her mental menu options, she realized the classroom had somehow turned into a chaotic scene of "demons dancing wildly." Looking confused, she could only try to force a serious "Mudkip" expression that said 'I have understood everything,' echoing the surrounding classmates' strange remarks with things like "Ah, right, right..." "That's it..." and "You're right."
Of course, in the end, those gossiping in the class were suppressed by Hiratsuka's fists.
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Service Club activity room.
"Takuma-kun, I heard that on a dark and stormy night, you and that Hiratsuka-sensei broke through the immoral barrier between teacher and student, giving birth to a sticky, forbidden love?"
Asagumo Chihaya, who usually didn't show up much in the activity room, approached Asakura aggressively and asked, "As expected, is bigger better for Takuma-kun! The 'big in every aspect' kind!"
"While I can understand that information gets lost or misled during transmission, how on earth did it turn into this..." Asakura scratched his head.
"So it really was just a rumor." Asagumo Chihaya seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
"It's mainly because the protagonist of the rumor usually lacks public credibility..." Yukino said faintly.
"I'll take your opinion into slight consideration for now..." Asakura, standing, looked down at Yukino sitting in the chair and said in a tone that irritated the girl: "Miss Second-in-the-Grade."
"We only had a slight gap on a subject as subjective as essay writing." Yukino snapped her paperback closed. Though her face was expressionless, her eyes revealed a hint of annoyance as she looked at Asakura and said: "Rather, I just had no intention of fawning over the paper's author."
"There really are people like that, who say 'It's not that I couldn't do it, I just didn't want to~' after failing an exam." Asakura spread his hands.
"There is a difference between an excuse and a fact..." Yukino said calmly.
"In the vast majority of cases, reality is about result-oriented thinking."
"So is Asakura-kun also a result-oriented thinker?"
"If we're strictly talking about grades, then yes."
"Very well, I understand. I'll admit I lost this time..." the girl said straightforwardly. "For the next academic test, let's follow what Asakura-kun said and be result-oriented."
Then, the girl opened her book and began reading again.
Asakura also sat back in his seat, taking out his phone to scroll through something.
Only Yuigahama Yui let out a confused sound.
"Ah-re? It just ends like that?"
"Yui... were you always someone who liked to stir the pot?" Asakura shifted his gaze from his phone screen to the girl's face, asking with a look of disbelief.
"No, no, no, I mean, usually in this kind of development, shouldn't there be a bet on the next exam results, and the loser has to do one thing for the winner or something like that?"
Yuigahama Yui explained hurriedly.
"That only happens in novels or anime, right? And honestly..." Asakura glanced at Yukino and then shook his head, "I don't feel like there's anything I need Yukinoshita-san's help with."
"No, 'help' is just a general way of putting it. Maybe something like 'the loser obeys one command from the winner'..."
Yuigahama Yui wanted to explain further, but before she could finish, she felt someone pat her shoulder.
When she turned around, she saw Asagumo Chihaya with a smile full of intimidating power.
Although Asagumo Chihaya didn't say a word, for some reason, Yuigahama Yui read the meaning of "I advise you not to meddle in others' business" from her face.
Thus, Yuigahama Yui, who was originally very interested in this kind of trope that only exists in novels, suddenly shrank back in fear.