Chapter 2153: News from Sachi

Chapter 2153: News from Sachi



The same as yesterday, I decided to escort Marika to her classroom. We passed by Eguchi- sensei who I warmly greeted. I could see from her eyes how she wanted to just pull me somewhere and spend time with me away from her duties.

But given her fixation on discipline, the thought immediately vanished from her expression.

She returned my warm greeting before switching back to her usual strictness when it comes to the other students.

Marika couldn't help but throw amused glances at me as she still found it a little unbelievable how vastly different Eguchi-sensei treated me compared to the other students.

We stood there for a moment, watching as she returned to her role, scolding a group of students who were wearing their school uniforms loose. As always they got petrified at their spot as they immediately fixed everything Eguchi-sensei pointed out.

"Has she scolded you before, Ruki-kun?"

As we resumed our steps into the School Building, Marika curiously asked.

I nodded, "She did. That's why I got close to her, you know. But it's not during these gate inspections. It was after our first PE Class."

"Hoh...? How amusing. May I guess what you did?"

"Sure."

Marika cutely pressed on her cheek as she fell into a contemplative state.

Shortly after, as though her golden ringlet lit up like a light bulb, her adorable head bounced as she put out her guess.

"You, Ruki-kun, straightforwardly confronted her regarding her lessons, am I right?"

"Heh. That's impressive." I praised her.

"Boo. Ruki-kun. It's not difficult to figure out, no? I have also come under your tutelage in your boxing lessons. Eguchi-sensei is too strict and sometimes imposes unfair rules that often ends in the whole class suffering. On the other hand, while my Ruki is also strict, you're patient and lenient to those lagging behind your lessons. You even see it personally to fix their mistakes."

Halfway through her words, Marika's gaze at me became filled with more than just appreciation. She's also proud of me.

In any case, while she's not wrong about that observation, she directly compared us. Unlike me, Marika wasn't privy to what made Ryouko-san act like that to her students.

It's not her fault though. That image of Eguchi-sensei has been well-established ever since she started working here.

Thankfully, the atmosphere surrounding her name was already different nowadays. I could already hear students looking forward to her classes. Her fixation on strict discipline had started to loosen up, allowing students more liberties to speak their mind.

Of course, she's still not lenient when it comes to troublemakers. Hence, there were still a lot out there labeling her as a stuck-up.

Maybe if I heard a student talking shit like that about Ryouko-san, I'd probably snap at them. But well, they're lucky I'm not going out of my way to catch them.

"I'm still too much of a chicken to be compared to her, you know?"

After a while, that's all I could say in response. Marika simply grinned and quietly giggled, showing her satisfaction at my humble reply.

With our shoe lockers located in different rows, Marika and I separated temporarily to change into our indoor shoes.

No way. And most importantly, none of my girls are part of it. I don't know if I'm remembering it correctly but Misumi is part of the swimming club. Or did she already leave?

Ugh. My memory on things not related to my girls are really blurry.

Sachi tilted her head, a curious expression on her face. "You turned that down, didn't you?

Even though you'd probably be great at it, you're a busy man."

I shrugged. "Yeah. I have no time and I have no interest in swimming."

"Eh... Why not? How can I invite you to the pool this summer vacation? Oops..." Sachi

hurriedly covered her mouth and goofily stuck her tongue out.

She's acting like she just spilled her plan of inviting me but didn't she intentionally do that?

This girl... She's trying to test me, isn't she?

I did promise to hang out with her once in a while but pool, huh? I guess I can accompany her even if I'll probably be too busy when summer vacation comes.

"Girl, just invite me directly, alright? I'll help you cross out one of your to-do lists during that

time."

Sachi cheerfully laughed. "Who told you it would be on my to-do list?"

"You looked like the type to do it. Am I wrong?"

"Nope. I'll put five things in my to-do list involving you. Of course... you don't have to feel pressured in accepting them. I know how busy you will be. I'm only going to try and squeeze

in."

"Alright. Don't sound so pessimistic, I also care about you. Aren't we friends?"

"Y-yes!"

Sachi's face brightened up while almost stuttering. Following that, she once again jumped at

me, giving me a tight hug before running away and disappearing to the corridor leading to

our classrooms.

And right after that, Marika showed up on the other end of the shoe locker, waving her hand at

me, a hint of jealousy apparent in her eyes.

How adorable. Did she see everything?

For the record, I didn't flirt with Sachi. It's our normal friendly interaction. Right?