CH ss - 17

SS 17: The Girlfriend Who Forgot Her Textbook and The Boyfriend Who Showed His

Translated by: chocolalaEdited by: Seiryuu

“Hey, Yamato-ku~~n!”

Yuzu approached my seat in the classroom during recess. Usually, Yuzu would prioritise her friends while in the classroom, so it was rare for her to come to me like this.

“What’s the matter?”

“Nothing much, I just forgot to bring the textbook for the next lesson. We’re moving to another classroom, after all. So, show me yours when we’re there.”

“Well, I don’t mind… But that’s rare, Yuzu forgetting stuff.”

Since this girl was known as an honours student, she was pretty disciplined in that area.

“Ahaha, actually I lent it to a friend in the next class and forgot to collect it. And she’s absent today.”

“Is that so, that’s just like you.”

As I listened to her explanation, the truth was so like Yuzu, who befriended many.

“I’ll go with you, then.”

“Yep. Thanks.”

After preparing the necessary materials for the class, I started to move to another classroom with Yuzu.

“By the way, this is the first time I’ve sat next to Yamato-kun when we have lessons in another classroom.”

“The seats are usually pretty much assigned after all.”

There wasn’t any particular fixed seating, but everyone kept sitting in the same seat that they had decided on at the beginning of spring1. Hence, Yuzu and I, who only started dating in the second semester, had never sat side by side during lessons until then.

“It’s quite refreshing to take a lesson next to Yamato-kun. I feel a bit excited.”

“…Oh yeah?”

When she smiled at me in such a carefree manner, I was indeed embarrassed.

When we arrived at our new classroom, we sat next to each other. The people from the other class were still not used to the fact that we were dating, and they were leering at us.

“People are looking at us. Why don’t we put on a show and entwine our arms?”

“I humbly decline.”

Yuzu, who was used to being the centre of attention, teased me, but I, who was recognized by others and also myself as a gloomy loner, was not very fond of this atmosphere.

“But it’s kind of nice to have a class with a boyfriend next to me.”

“I’m uncomfortable though.”

“Ehh, It’s a rare opportunity, so let’s have some fun. Like getting nervous when our faces are near when you show me your textbook or being conscious of each other when our shoulders touch, see, there’s a lot of things you can enjoy.”

“It’s useless if you’re expecting something that occurs in shoujo manga.”

‘Geez… how can I last during this lesson?’ I sighed inwardly and right then, the teacher in charge came into the classroom.

“Alright, let’s start our lesson. Open your textbooks.”

And the class began.

“…”

Contrary to my expectations, Yuzu was earnestly looking at the blackboard.

As expected of someone with good grades, she was sharp and had good focus. Well, she was a bit of a loose cannon after school with me, but she was an honours student by nature. Yeah, of course. I should also concentrate and not think of anything else.

I was about to turn my attention to the teacher’s talking when I suddenly felt something warm surrounding my left hand. I looked next to me and saw Yuzu holding my hand with a mischievous look on her face.

Taking her clasped hands under the desk so that no one could see her, she was writing something in the corner of the notebook with her left hand.

[Isn’t this kind of exciting?]

This girl… She only pretended to be serious, yet she already started to fool around.

[Listen to the lesson seriously!]

So I also wrote a message in the corner of my notebook and showed it back to her.

[Just cut some slack for today. It’s not always that we sit side by side.]

There was no point in showing my textbook to her if she wasn’t taking the class seriously… Geez.

[I don’t care if your grades drop.]

[That’s not good. Let’s study together after school.]

[Instead of doing that, why don’t I just tell you to take your lessons seriously from the start?]

[Nah]

[Is that a no? Nothing I can help you with then.]

I wondered if I was as guilty as her as I only complained and not exactly stopping her. I guess I indeed was.

In the end, this secret exchange continued until the end of class.

chocolala: After a long streak of long SS, finally, a short SS, still that was so sweet! But today’s post for the main story is long, so it all balanced out, yay!

Footnotes

Japanese academic year starts in April; so their graduation that takes place in March will be amidst blooming sakura petals. And high possibility for the sakura to still bloom and start falling when school starts in April.