Let me do something, Shizuka Hiratsuka

But how long does the cooling-off period take?

It's been a week since Ebina-san, Yumiko-san, and Hayama-san started having conflicts...

After leaving the service department, Yuigahama Yui felt clueless.

"Ms. Hiratsuka?"

Yuigahama Yui, who was planning to go back and ask Yukino about the cooling-off period, happened to run into Shizuka Hiratsuka, who was walking towards her.

"How is it? Any clues?"

Even Shizuka Hiratsuka was having a headache over the current situation in Class F.

"Well, Yukinoshita-san seems very reliable..."

Calm, composed, and capable of handling the likes of Amano without flinching, she truly deserves to be the pride of Gaoling in our school.

Yuigahama Yui looked ahead.

"About Yukino?"

Shizuka Hiratsuka was more concerned about Makoto Amano's actions.

"What's wrong?"

Yuigahama Yui didn't understand why Shizuka Hiratsuka was asking that.

"Shh... Let's listen to what they're saying first."

After hearing faint voices coming from the service department, Shizuka Hiratsuka pressed her finger against her lips, gesturing for Yuigahama Yui to listen from the corner.

——

"I didn't expect Hayato to be so irrationally angry at others."

Hayama Hayato and the Yukinoshita family have been family friends since childhood, so they have always had interactions.

Makoto Amano naturally had many encounters with Hayama Hayato.

He also knew that Hayama Hayato always presented himself as a friendly, nice, and handsome guy in front of others.

"Maybe it's because of you."

For some unknown reason, Hayama Hayato seems to have had a dislike for Makoto Amano since before.

But unlike Hayama Hayato, Makoto Amano didn't pay any attention to the other party's animosity and greeted him with a smile every time.

Yukino recalls Makoto Amano's explanation to her, "It's the pity of the strong for the weak."

He truly is an enigma, just like her sister...

"Because of me? That's so sad, especially since I'm also one of the 'victims'..."

Makoto Amano feigned innocence, but he secretly moved closer to Yukino's school bag.

More precisely, he was eyeing the entrance examination form.

"Is this form important to you?"

However, Yukino had already taken out the entrance examination form from her school bag before he could snatch it.

Strangely, the content of the form was still the same as when she had last seen it.

"No, it's important to me, regardless."

Makoto Amano attempted to take it, but Yukino, who had been on guard, held the form tightly against her chest.

Makoto Amano had no choice but to give up.

"Do you mean you don't want other people, like my mother, to see this form? By the way, why did Mr. Hiratsuka ask me to take your entrance form home and give it to my mother?"

Yukino looked puzzled.

Lacking crucial information, she couldn't make sense of it at all.

"Because..."

From behind the service department door, Makoto Amano caught a glimpse of someone passing by.

"Ms. Hiratsuka just confessed her feelings to me."

Makoto Amano spun a lie without changing his expression.

"How could Mr. Hiratsuka confess to you?"

Yukino had an expression of 'you are definitely lying'.

"Then I rejected her with the reason that - I already have someone I like, and that is you, Yukino..."

"You think I'll believe that?"

Different from the calmness at home last night, Yukino, who is now in a one-on-one situation with Makoto Amano, still blushes a little when she hears such words.

Even if Makoto Amano didn't really like this option in his heart.

"I was also serious last night."

Today's Makoto Amano is half true and half false.

"You, you... last night..."

Yukino has already started to waver.

No, it's impossible.

This guy must have run his mouth off last night.

Thinking of Makoto Amano's inconsequential Harem declaration...

The girl quickly returned to a calm state after being slightly shaken.

"I still want to ask you about last night, did you already know about my mother's plan..."

No matter how late she was, Yukino began to understand that the dinner party last night was actually a blind date event led by her mother.

And the object of the blind date is herself and this guy in front of her.

"So, in order to get revenge on me, Hiratsuka-sensei decided to report my 'Great Harem Project' to your mother, so as to separate us, so as to achieve her evil goal of occupying me alone..."

Do something useful, Teacher Hiratsuka!

Makoto Amano maliciously slandered a certain teacher who was eavesdropping outside the door, while resisting the pressure in Yukino's eyes.

If Shizuka Hiratsuka doesn't come out to interrupt, he won't be able to make it up anymore.

——

"Hiratsuka... Teacher?"

Yuigahama Yui, who was standing outside the door, had already started to tremble.

She was both shocked by what she overheard and also very afraid of the current Hiratsuka-sensei.

It was the first time she saw Hiratsuka Shizuka's face so dark.

And this oppressive murderous aura...

But what she's most curious about right now is—is Hiratsuka-sensei really having an affair with Amano-san?

"Makoto Amano—you brat, how dare you slander this old lady like this!"

With a bang, the female teacher in a white coat broke the door panel in front of her with a fist, as if the small universe had exploded, and then walked into the service department aggressively.

"Help me, Yukino!"

Seeing that Yukino's attention was all attracted by Shizuka Hiratsuka, who broke in, Makoto Amano finally found a chance to snatch his career path form from Yukino's chest.

"You..."

When Yukino came back to her senses, Makoto Amano had already run to the window of the classroom.

"Sorry, what I just said is basically a lie, and Ms. Hiratsuka, I didn't mean to target you, but who told you to hide outside and eavesdrop... Goodbye!"

While talking, Amano Makoto has already stretched half of his body out of the window.

"Hey, this is the second floor..."

"It's okay, this height can't stop me."

Under Yukino's complicated and worried eyes, and in front of the female teacher in a white coat with fire-breathing eyes, Makoto Amano jumped out of the window confidently and landed smoothly on the grass below.

Amano Makoto turned and left after waving at Yukino and Hiratsuka Shizuka to show that he was safe and sound.

"Although Amano-san is weird... but he is really handsome."

The last girl with a dumpling head who witnessed Makoto Amano jumping out of the window couldn't help but sigh to herself.

"Stinky brat, don't run away!"

"Calm down, teacher!"

Shizuka Hiratsuka, who was so angry, planned to chase and jump out of the window but was stopped by Yukino and Yuigahama Yui, who just arrived.

After all, this is the second floor, and the teacher is wearing high heels.

This is not fun.

———

"Yo, what a coincidence, Hayama."

Not long after "jumping out of the window," Makoto Amano "coincidentally encountered" Hayato Hayama, who was playing football on the playground.

"You obviously came here specially to find me... What's the matter?"

There is only such a small place in the whole school, and it is obviously impossible for people who come to the football field after school to be a "coincidence."

Hayama Hayato smiled and greeted his teammates who played football and walked to Amano Makoto's side with a serious expression.

"No, it's nothing. It's just that I haven't seen you for a long time, so I wanted to come and take a look."

Compared to Hayama Hayato, whose eyes turned sharp towards him, Amano Makoto looked indifferent.

His seemingly smiling but not smiling skills have long been passed down by the Yukinoshita family.

"What the hell are you..."

Hayama Hayato didn't believe that Amano Makoto came back to him if he had nothing to do.

"Forget it, you're already bored."

Shaking his head, Hayama Hayato didn't plan to chat with this annoying guy anymore.

"Hayato..."

Just when Hayama Hayato turned around, Makoto Amano's tone suddenly became much more serious.

"Since you choose to be a good old man, don't give up halfway."

"What is this?"

Hayama Hayato stopped but didn't look back.

But it was hard for him to calm down anymore.

"Preaching to me?"

"No, just advice from a 'friend'."