manynovel Chapter 1045 My Yearning Heart
Chapter 1045 My Yearning Heart
Chapter 1045 My Yearning Heart
As soon as Hiratsuka Shizuka entered the office, a series of greetings rang out from inside.
"Yo, good morning, Hiratsuka-sensei."
"You're such a young teacher, so energetic! I could hear your voice even in the office."
"Your class did really well this time, ranking first and third in the grade, and the overall deviation value was also very good."
"..."
Amidst the cacophony of voices, Hiratsuka Shizuka responded haphazardly as she walked toward her desk.
call--
Leaning back in her chair, she let out a long breath, then picked up the cigarette pack on the table, shook out a cigarette, and popped it into her mouth.
chap——
An orange flame ignited, instantly turning the white cigarette black, the tobacco shimmering with a scarlet light.
Ah~ the best!
The first cigarette after class is definitely the best!
The other smokers around him smiled knowingly at Hiratsuka Shizuka's appearance. Some of them stubbed out their cigarettes and lit new ones.
Although Japan has put a lot of effort into banning smoking in the 21st century, and has achieved a situation where you can hardly see smokers on the streets, the number of smokers has not actually decreased since the bubble era.
People still smoke, just not as recklessly as before. It's a way to stay alert and relieve stress; in a high-pressure society like Japan, people can't live without it. Men smoke, and women smoke too.
Even in places like the school's teachers' offices, teachers only draw lots selectively.
How to choose? Of course, read the air! See if anyone around you is smoking. If the majority of teachers are smoking, then the air will be filled with the smell of smoke, achieving a consensus.
After taking two puffs, Hiratsuka Shizuka stubbed out the remaining half of the cigarette in the ashtray.
Some idiots often think that Japanese people live long lives because they only take two puffs per cigarette, but they never consider whether they would just buy another pack after finishing a pack in two puffs. Their longevity is simply due to better medical technology.
Just then, a small, pale hand handed over a cup of coffee.
"Thank you, Xuexueye."
Hiratsuka Shizuka turned around and happily thanked her friend, then took the coffee and took a sip with relish.
"How about it?"
Yukino Yukari sat down, smoothing the hem of her skirt around her thigh, and asked with concern.
Hiratsuka Shizuka knew her friend was asking about the class she was in charge of, and her eyes crinkled into a smile upon hearing this:
"It's much better than I expected. Only a few girls are a bit of a headache, but they're all good kids."
"That's good~"
Yukino nodded without saying anything more, then slid her chair back to her desk and began to attend to her own business. She was only concerned with her friends, not the students in her class.
Having gone through so much, Xuexueye's ability to avoid things has reached a new level. Now, she even avoids showing concern for her students. She no longer opens her heart to them as she used to, lest it cause unpleasant consequences.
Outside the office, Hachiman Hikigaya, who had been causing a ruckus in the classroom, finally couldn't delay any longer. Holding his report card, he slowly walked towards the office. Along the way, quite a few students shared the same expression. They exchanged glances and all grinned wryly.
When they reached the office door, it was surprisingly crowded. A group of underachievers, hoping to escape the school bell, were actually making friends there, seemingly sharing a sense of camaraderie.
Pshaw, a bunch of idiots.
Hachiman Hikigaya curled his lip in disdain and then pushed his way through the crowd.
"Xi Zi attended the meeting with Ma Si~~"
After calling out that, he went straight in, keeping his head down and eyes meek the whole time.
These bastards can drag their feet because they have no respect for teachers, no teacher who can knock someone off their feet with a single punch.
Damn it, Hiratsuka-sensei should be the principal, so she would have the right to take action against all the students indiscriminately!
Hachiman Hikigaya's appearance went unnoticed by anyone; even Shizuka Hiratsuka only noticed him when he walked right up to her.
"Oh, you're here."
As the beautiful teacher said this, she quickly stubbed out the cigarette that had somehow ended up between her fingers.
She turned around with a wiggle of her hips and looked at the boy in front of her.
Hachiman Hikigaya subconsciously took a step back and raised his hand in a defensive stance, but then reluctantly lowered it the next second.
"..."
Hiratsuka Shizuka sighed and called out, "Hachigaya."
"exist!"
Hikigaya Hachiman stood at attention, his body ramrod straight.
While the Berserk Angels under Hojo Kyosuke's leadership don't have a tradition of bullying, they still inevitably give their juniors some basic discipline, such as standing up straight and bowing, which is practically ingrained in the Japanese.
Hachiman is no longer the same as before, always hunching over and tucking his neck into his chest. When he stands there, everyone who sees him praises him for being very energetic!
Hiratsuka Shizuka looked at the boy in front of her with great satisfaction. He had completed his own transformation, but...
"Your math... I feel like there's absolutely no hope left. You should probably think about switching to the humanities track so you can apply to universities that don't require math scores."
she said softly.
Eh?
Looking at the soft-spoken, violent teacher, Hachiman's mouth dropped open in astonishment.
That's it? That's it?
Shouldn't you start by throwing a couple of punches, and then ask all the questions while you're fighting? Why are you suddenly being so gentle?
He was filled with suspicion and doubt, wondering if there was a bigger conspiracy waiting for him, such as the previous statement that he was not allowed to participate in club activities and competitions.
Thinking of this, Hachiman's face contorted into a ferocious expression.
Seeing the student's expression, Hiratsuka Shizuka waved her hand, both amused and exasperated, and said with a smile:
"What's wrong? Did you think I was going to punch you and order you to finish your makeup exam right now, or I'd call your parents?"
"Isn't it?"
Hikigaya didn't speak, but conveyed his feelings with his eyes.
"Hikigaya..."
With a sigh, Hiratsuka Shizuka lit another cigarette.
"I am the instructor of the Kendo Club. I watched your selection competition in its entirety and witnessed you win the qualification for the main team."
I saw your performance and felt your awareness.
Although your subject imbalance makes me want to split you in two and throw the half that can get top ten in Chinese into the humanities class, but...
I am a person who believes in morality. I have witnessed your awareness and seen how hard you strive to achieve your goals.
Sitting in the chair, Hiratsuka Shizuka looked up at Hikigaya Hachiman, her dark eyes filled with encouragement and support.
The gaze was too intense; Hachiman, who had just undergone a transformation, was not used to this feeling of being trusted, and his eyes involuntarily wandered.
Hiratsuka Shizuka noticed his expression, then changed the subject and said:
Hachiman, have you ever seen a lighthouse on the coast?
"Ah."
"Under the sun, even if you follow a straight road, you still can't walk in a straight line. But in the pitch black of night, even if a distant lighthouse has only a very faint light, a lost ship can still walk in a straight line until it reaches the light."
Hiratsuka Shizuka's tone was melancholic; at this moment, she resembled an elder with profound wisdom about life.
"The most important thing in life is to find your own goal. I believe that even if you still have some shortcomings, you are already able to take responsibility for your future."
She stood up and slapped Hachiman Hikigaya on the shoulder.
"Go forth bravely, young man!"
Hachiman Hikigaya, whose blood was already boiling, exhaled two puffs of hot air from his nostrils and shouted loudly, "Ooh!!"
The other teachers in the office were startled by the sudden shout and turned around. In the past, Hikigaya would have immediately shrank back and pretended it wasn't him, but now he just wanted to shout a few more times to repay the trust of his respected teacher, Hiratsuka.
Humans are emotional beings and social beings; they live their entire lives by drawing emotions from others.
As a leader and an idol, Kyosuke Hojo was able to ignite Hachiman Hikigaya's passion and unleash boundless power with just a single sentence.
However, in some aspects, his role was far inferior to that of Hiratsuka Shizuka; there were some things he couldn't say, things that were inappropriate for his status.
Father, mother, elder brother, younger brother, friend, partner, boss...
People need to draw different emotions from people of different statuses and positions, and these emotions will collectively form the inner world of a person.
As for his teacher, Shizuka Hiratsuka's trust and encouragement gave Hachiman Hikigaya a surge of confidence and a firm belief in the future.
At this moment, Hachiman Hikigaya felt his chest swell up as if it was about to explode!
He wanted to shout, but after looking at the teachers around him who were staring at him like he was crazy, he obediently shut his mouth.
"I will not let you down, Hiratsuka-sensei!"
After leaving those words, he turned and left with a resolute expression.
"Wait a moment!"
Hiratsuka Shizuka called out quickly.
Hikigaya returned a questioning look, but Hiratsuka Shizuka was even more puzzled than him.
"Hey, you think you can get away with this so easily? You failed three subjects!"
Teacher Jing said with a look of disbelief.
"what?"
Hachiman's mouth dropped open: "But that wasn't it just now..."
Hiratsuka Shizuka raised her hand to interrupt:
"What do you mean? That's your teacher's encouragement! But you're still just a first-year high school student, and you still need me, your teacher, to help you correct your direction."
Hachiman's pupils dilated in shock as he murmured, "Direction? But don't I already have a lighthouse?"
"That's right, as a teacher, I am your guiding light!"
Hiratsuka Shizuka raised her chin.
This works too! ?
Hikigaya's eye twitched, and he cursed wildly in his mind.
"Come on, go to your math teacher now and get the schedule for your upcoming tutoring sessions. Even though the principal said he wouldn't disqualify you from the national competition because of your grades, I'll still keep a close eye on you from now on. After all, I'm not only your homeroom teacher, but also your kendo instructor."
Even if you fail the makeup exam, you still need to study hard! Show some seriousness! A man who's not afraid of death, why would he be afraid of math?!
Hiratsuka Shizuka encouraged him.
@&%……*￥&%￥%!
Hikigaya was muttering some really dirty words in his mind. Who said he wasn't afraid of death? He takes great care of his kendo gear every day, afraid that one day his helmet will suddenly crack during practice and someone will chop him on the head with a knife.
But seeing the violent teacher in front of him already clenching his fists, he obediently walked towards the math teacher to receive the tutoring schedule.
"Don't even think about getting away with it. If I find out you're slacking off, I'll call your parents right away!"
Hearing the voice behind him, Hachiman Hikigaya, who was about to leave the office, frowned and clenched his fists in great pain.
Teacher, don't you know that world truths like mathematics are objective and irrefutable? If you don't know, you simply don't know!
Back in the classroom, Hikigaya high-fived Hatake Goro, like a relay race. Well, unfortunately, the only thing this guy in the front row is good at is math, so even good eyesight can't save him.
Paji
Hachiman, sporting a spiky hairstyle, lay sprawled on the table, completely ignoring the harassment from the woodworker behind him.
"Hajima..."
A worried voice sounded in front of him, and a beam of white, holy light shone on Hachiman. His gray-white, dead fish eyes instantly lit up with colorful neon lights as if they had been fully charged.
"Uuuuuu——"
He sat up abruptly, grabbed the angel's hand, and cried out:
"Hiratsuka-sensei is inhuman! She said if I can't pass the make-up exam, she won't let me participate in the national competition!"
"What? How could this happen..."
Upon hearing this, Totsuka Ayaka's eyes widened adorably, her delicate face filled with worry, making her look like a pitiful beauty clutching her heart.
Hikigaya was so cute that he forgot to pretend to be pitiful for a moment. It wasn't until Zaimokuza kicked him from behind that he came back to his senses.
"Hiratsuka-sensei is not only the homeroom teacher, but also the kendo club instructor. Saika, you know, I can't resist her tyranny at all!"
"Oh... what should we do then..."
Upon hearing this, Saika became even more worried:
"How about we go together to ask Hiratsuka-sensei for leniency? Hajime, you worked so hard to become a regular player, what if you can't go to the national tournament..."
He was almost in tears.
Hachiman Hikigaya was almost moved to tears by the angel's actions. He was even reluctant to deceive him, so he wiped away his tears and whispered:
"My only option now is to try my best to pass the retake exam. Caijia, can you tutor me?"
"Of course! As long as it helps you, Hajime!"
Ayaka readily agreed, but hesitated slightly: "But my math isn't actually that good... You should probably ask Hojo for help..."
"We can't trouble the Minister with everything!"
Hachiman immediately rejected the idea, arguing that something as painful as learning math needed something fun to ease the pain. It's a simple principle even children understand: you get candy after taking your medicine!
Besides, he wasn't sure if his older brother, being a math idiot, would scold him in a fit of anger if he asked for tutoring.
"Snapped!"
"I've explained it so many times, and you still don't understand?"
"Snapped!"
"If Komachi can do it, why can't you?"
"Snapped!"
"You can do Momotaro and the snow cave, but you can't?!"
Asking a question and getting a knife to the head—Hachiman has no doubt that his mathematical intelligence absolutely deserves such treatment.
"Okay, but let's make this clear first, I also have my own club activities to participate in, so the study session can only be held after my club activities are over."
Caijia said in a low voice, looking very embarrassed, probably feeling terrible that he couldn't do his best to help his friend when he needed it so much.
Hachiman was overjoyed to hear this. He had wanted to say those words himself, as becoming a regular player meant he would be undergoing grueling training. But Saika spoke for him first!
Oh dear, she's such a kind and understanding angel.
He pressed further, "What about lunch break? We can eat our lunchboxes while we study, right?"
"Of course!"
Totsuka Ayaka smiled sweetly and readily agreed.
Hachiman was instantly captivated and blurted out his innermost thoughts:
"And what about when you go to sleep at night?"
"Ugh?"
Ayaka paused for a moment, then thought for a moment before saying, "Do we need to study via video before bed? That's fine..."
"Yeah!"
A loud shout interrupted Saika's words, and a wild bear suddenly stood up and pounced on Hachiman Hikigaya.
"Totsuka! You are heading towards the abyss! But it doesn't matter, I will exorcise the demon!"
With a shout, Yoshiteru Zaimoto pried open Hikigaya's mouth and stuffed a textbook, which he had coiled into a tube, directly inside.
"Let all knowledge flow in! Slaanesh, the god of demons, leave quickly!"
He chanted strange incantations and kept hitting Hachiman Hikigaya, who struggled desperately.
To be honest, for a moment they really did look like a priest and a hapless man possessed by a demon. Totsuka Saika was terrified and kept backing away.
Soon, his good friends, including Mitsuhashi Ryoma and Kuroda Kaito, also came to help Hikigaya exorcise the demon, and he was covered in sweat.
The mischief continued until class started, which was Yukino Yuka's class.
This is everyone's favorite class. The girls admire the elegant teacher herself and aspire to be like her.
The boys were afraid of the man sitting by the window; they didn't dare to cause trouble or even speak during class.
Classical literature was also the only subject in the class where no one failed.
The school bell rang, and Yukino Yukari walked up to the podium with her test paper in her arms.
As usual, she distributed the test papers, and while doing so, she would say a few words to each student, giving a brief evaluation of their exam performance.
Until they read out Hojo Kyosuke's name.
"Still a perfect score, Hojo-kun~~"
The classical beauty smiled gently.
One of the questions in this classical literature exam tested knowledge of a love poem, but Hojo Kyosuke didn't write the standard answer; instead, he gave this response—
"How can I bear this? My longing is boundless; though I pray to heaven and earth, my thoughts only grow stronger."
This is not the standard answer. The teachers grading the papers don't know why Hojo Kyosuke insists on being different, since the previous answers were all perfect. A group of teachers discussed it for a long time but couldn't figure out why, but they didn't dare to grade it wrong for fear of being questioned about their competence.
In the end, under the tyrannical power of a certain "Heisei Romantic," I could only shrug and give him full marks.
Only Yukino Yukari knew that this sentence was written for her.
Or perhaps it was her god who wrote it for her.
"How can I bear this? My longing is boundless; though I pray to heaven and earth, my thoughts only grow stronger."
Kyosuke Hojo took the exam paper, raised his head slightly, looked at Yukari Yukino on the podium, and smiled slightly.
In the next class, Yukino Yukari didn't go directly to the test paper, but instead analyzed the love poem recorded in the Manyoshu.
"...This is Hojo-kun's performance in this exam..."
The love letter you wrote to me
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