My youth romance is always confusing

"Hiratsuka-sensei?"

Looking at that figure, I subconsciously called out the name of the person that appeared in my mind.

But as soon as I said it, I regretted it. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if I called the wrong person?

If you call it right...it's even more embarrassing.

The figure in the windbreaker trembled when she was called, then looked around. When she found that there was no one else, she grabbed the collar of her windbreaker to cover her face and walked over.

It looks like the underground intelligence agents in novels when they are handing over their work.

"Um...."

"..."

In fact, I knew I was right the moment she came over, but I didn’t know how to start the conversation in this situation.

After all, this is indeed a bit subtle.

Fortunately, Yuigahama did not follow. If she had come, it would have been really embarrassing for Mr. Hiratsuka.

"Teacher, you like toys very much."

In order to break this strange awkwardness, I started looking for topics to talk about.

But it doesn't look like the effect is very good.

"Um... well, you know, people's hobbies are not limited by age."

Facing Hachiman, Hiratsuka Shizuya started chatting hesitantly.

Originally, she just wanted to come out today to see if there were any new toys recently, but she didn't expect to be caught red-handed by her own students.

This is really a bit...

"Oh, that's true."

The teacher seems to really like these things. Although I also watch anime, I seldom buy toys like these for home. At most, I buy a few comic books or doujinshi and put them in the study.

Come to think of it, I think I saw the book that I asked Ebina to buy for Komachi last time in the study before. It was put in without even opening the package. I'm sure that guy didn't even look at it.

She also said she wanted some souvenirs from the comic convention, but I won’t bring any for her next time.

This unexpected meeting was beyond my expectations, and judging from Mr. Hiratsuka's expression, he probably didn't expect to run into me here.

But now that it has been confirmed, it is better for everyone to do their own things as soon as possible.

"Come to think of it, you don't look like the type to go shopping at the mall on the weekends."

Hiratsuka Shizuka, who spoke earlier than Hachiman, immediately found the blind spot.

From what she knew about Hachiman, wasn't he a stay-at-home type who would stay at home whenever he had the chance? Why did he come here to buy things, and his two sisters weren't around.

"Uh, on a whim?"

I didn't expect Hiratsuka-sensei would ask about this. Now it's my turn to be embarrassed.

But maybe the teacher didn't intend to delve into the matter any further. It might be that she just wanted to take advantage of the "let's go" atmosphere and run away.

"That--"

"Xiaoqi!"

The energetic voice of a high school girl came from a snack shop in the distance.

Yuigahama came directly from the snack area pushing a shopping cart.

The originally empty shopping cart is now filled with all kinds of snacks.

How much does this guy love snacks? Be careful or he’ll gain weight.

Oh, by the way, this guy’s fat seems to have grown to a point that Yukinoshita would envy.

No wonder Yukinoshita always looked like she had something to hide when she looked at her, it turned out to be because of this.

I turned around to face Yuigahama, pretending not to know the windbreaker weirdo behind me.

Hiratsuka Shizuka pretended to be a customer shopping, hiding behind Hachiman and looking at the paper cups on the shelf with a natural look on her face.

Of course, with all the stuff on her face, no one could tell it was unnatural.

She is truly a violent female teacher. She is even good at hiding her body shape.

"Have you finished shopping?"

It's amazing! There are so many things on the list, but we've already bought them all in such a short time.

Could it be that Yuigahama's ability to act is at the same level as a junior high school student? This is really surprising.

"Yeah, those things are all in one place, just pick and choose. What about you, Xiaoqi?"

It seems that after Hachiman crossed out all the things on the list that Yuigahama couldn't buy, there were only a bunch of snacks left for her to be responsible for.

How could the snack queen, who has been wandering around shopping malls all year round, be afraid of this? She knows exactly what is on each shelf. If she wasn't afraid of bumping into uninvited pedestrians, she would buy the snacks with her eyes closed.

Yuigahama tilted her head with a smile, and turned the cart sideways so that Hachiman could see the snacks inside more easily.

"I still need a lot of things here. I haven't bought the vegetables or anything like that yet."

I picked up the basket and showed it to Yuigahama. Compared with her cart which was almost full to the brim, my basket looked empty and looked very cold.

"What? Xiaoqi, you're not as fast as me."

"Yes, yes, our protagonist today is of course the most agile and nimble person."

Although it sounds a bit weird, this sentence is correct.

At the very least, the facts before us now show that this statement makes sense.

"Hey, the protagonist is just having a birthday..."

Although she said so, Yuigahama had already shyly put her hands on her hair, stroking it back and forth.

The way she looked made me not know what to say.

Besides, didn't she say something that sounded terrible just now?

"Well, I have some things left to buy and I am almost done with them. You can go to the vegetable stall and wait for me."

In order to prevent Yuigahama from revealing anything that could be easily misunderstood, I quickly sent her away with a lame excuse.

But she didn't seem to be unhappy. Maybe she was happy about the long-awaited vegetable shopping session.

I breathed a sigh of relief as I watched Yuigahama leave with the cart.

But Hiratsuka-sensei's slightly teasing voice came from behind again.

"Hey~ It's a birthday party. A girl actually invited you."

"How rude! 'Even I was invited.' I was going to say that, but unfortunately, Hiratsuka-sensei, you're right."

"Huh? I thought you were going to make some excuses or something, but I didn't expect you to just admit it. This makes me feel like I'm bullying the weak."

"Don't feel anything, teacher, you are just bullying the weak."

It is a double bullying both mentally and physically.

But looking at Mr. Hiratsuka's face with dark sunglasses, I really didn't have the courage to say those words.

"Stop talking about that and tell me the real reason."

I don't know if it was for Hachiman or Yuigahama, but Hiratsuka Shizuka, contrary to her usual behavior, started asking the reason.

Hey, what's going on? The atmosphere suddenly becomes like a prisoner interrogation.

If this wasn't an indoor shopping mall, Mr. Hiratsuka would probably just light up a cigarette.

"Teacher, you already said that no one would specially invite me, so it's just an ordinary club activity."

Anyway, it is only attended by members of the club, so it is not wrong to call it a club activity.

But Shizuka Hiratsuka was obviously dissatisfied with this answer.

She raised her eyebrows behind her sunglasses, looking displeased.

"Are you kidding me? I'm the instructor of the Service Club. All your club activities require my approval. How could I not know about your club activities?"

"Then maybe you are just being lazy, teacher."

"Shut up, you little brat. Do you want to get beaten?"

It seems that my nagging has no effect.

Damn it, this female teacher is so superior to me both in status and physically. Why put such a person by my side? Wouldn’t it be better for me to spend a quiet high school life, God?

"But since you said it was a club activity, is Yukinoshita here too?"

"Ah, yes."

"Really? Then I'll be relieved."

For some reason, Mr. Hiratsuka looked relieved when he heard that Yukinoshita was also involved.

Even if that guy is the minister, you can't treat him differently, teacher. Is it okay for you to do this?

"What's that expression of yours?"

Seeing a look of speechlessness on Hachiman's face, Hiratsuka Shizuka subconsciously flicked her fingers.

But she quickly came to her senses, this was a shopping mall and she didn't have a cigarette in her hand.

"No, it's nothing."

I guess the teacher is worried about Yuigahama, it would be safer for the two girls to be together.

But if you think about it this way, teacher, you may have some misunderstandings about me. I am a high school boy who can make reasonable judgments based on social common sense. I am harmless to people and animals.

"See you later."

"Oh!"

After saying goodbye to this unexpected encounter, I walked towards Yuigahama's back.