Chapter 157 - Secretly in the Classroom (1/2)

Secretly in the Classroom

TL: Daemon

ED: PuffyPyjamas

I once again time leaped and moved forward 10 years. As for the date and time, it was just 2 hours after Sana and I bought the game and split off from each other.

In order to buy a Christmas present, I made a stop at the department store, before heading to school where Hiiragi-chan was working.

The cost for the present was taken from my precious 3000 yen savings that I withdrew from the ATM. I have finally hit rock bottom. I don’t have any confidence that she will be happy with it, but I do think that it would be nice if she’s happy with it.

After arriving at the closest station, I aimed for the school on my bike and arrived around 15 minutes later.

“The front gate is closed…?”

I thought it would be open for students who had club activities, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. I guess there weren’t any club activities at school today?

Since it can’t be helped, I went around to the staff parking lot and found Hiiragi-chan’s car.

I could see the staff room from there. I peeked through the window and found that the inside was empty.

“Huh?”

Where did Hiiragi-chan go? The car is here, so that means she must be here at school.

The back door was open, so I entered through it. At Hiiragi-chan’s desk, there was an open laptop with a shining pale light. The screen showed a document being created.

I thought that she might have left her seat to go to the bathroom, but it doesn’t seem she’s returning anytime soon.

“?”

I wonder where she went? I started walking around the school grounds after suddenly having the thought that she might be at the classroom.

I heard something, so I tried opening the door and found Hiiragi-chan there.

What is she doing… at my seat?

“Seiji-kun… he left a bunch of his notes and textbooks and went home… I guess he doesn’t plan on studying over break.”

Hiiragi-chan was peering into the drawer while muttering to herself happily. Just as I was about to enter.

She slumped down onto the desk.

“Fufu. Seiji-kun’s desk…”

…

“Locker, locker… Ah, he didn’t bring his jersey home!”

…

“It can’t be helped. I will bring it home to clean it ♪”

…I guess that’s alright?

“…It smells like Seiji-kun’s detergent… Fufu, he really doesn’t wear it that often, or is it because he doesn’t sweat that much in the winter.”

Is this, that? Is it like that thing where you secretly lick the recorder of the person you like after school?

As I was observing to see how things went, Hiiragi-chan turned around all of a sudden, as if sensing my presence.

“Eh… wait, no. Nooooooooo!?”

“I’m the one who wants to shout here!”

Hiiragi-chan inadvertently hugged my jersey.

“Why, why!? Weren’t you hanging out with Sana-chan today? Why are you here!? F-from when?”

“We ended up ending early today. I just thought I’d come to see how your work was going… and then I saw you fishing through a student’s desk… even sniffing my jersey.”

“I-I wasn’t! Not at all!”

She then noticed that she was hugging my jersey.

“I-I just thought I would fold this up for you!”

And so on and so forth.

“Geez… It’s good that I was the one who found you out. Sensei, that definitely would have got you arrested.”

“U-uuuu… I-I mean, the other teacher’s said that they wouldn’t come today, and there also wasn’t supposed to be any club activities on campus.”

That doesn’t make a good reason for you to do that, you know?

“Rather, it’s currently Haruka-san, not Sensei, right?”

That familiar line wasn’t exactly very convincing today. Letting out a sigh, I made my way over to Fujimoto’s seat.