After receiving Hikari's answer, a satisfied smile appeared on Shirakawa Miwa's beautiful face, and only then did she sway her hips and walk toward the office first.
Standing up, Hikari saw that the seat of the recently arrived Yoshida Saki in the front row was completely empty, as if she had just arrived at school.
Hikari immediately stuffed the breakfast in his hand into hers.
"You haven't eaten breakfast yet, have you, Yoshida-san? Forgot to bring it? Take mine then, hurry up and eat."
Looking at the warm and still hot breakfast box that suddenly appeared in her hands, Yoshida Saki was stunned.
Indeed, Yoshida Saki had woken up late today and was in a rush, so she didn't bring breakfast. She had already prepared herself to go hungry all morning, but before she even finished putting down her bag, Hikari suddenly shoved his breakfast into her hands.
Yoshida Saki stared blankly at Hikari, her big eyes dazed.
"Hurry up and eat."
After saying that, Hikari turned and left his seat.
And as if receiving a command, Yoshida Saki opened the breakfast box and began eating.
While eating, her eyes began to slightly redden.
Hikari actually gave his breakfast directly to her, why would he do that?
Yoshida Saki didn't understand, but Hikari had helped her before, so she still trusted him a lot.
Always without friends, with no one to care for her, and always lonely, Yoshida Saki felt a strange sense of being moved at this moment.
It was the first time someone other than her mother had ever given her breakfast.
"Hikari-kun… you're really too kind!", Yoshida Saki was so moved her eyes were brimming with tears.
But unlike the touched Yoshida Saki, most of the boys in the class who noticed Hikari being called by Shirakawa Miwa to the office for breakfast all showed expressions of envy, jealousy, and hatred.
After all, the beautiful teacher Shirakawa Miwa was quite popular in the class.
Good personality, gentle, super pretty face, and an explosively hot body, she was practically a perfect ten, truly the goddess in many boys' hearts.
But this goddess would only invite Hikari alone to have breakfast with her.
How could the other boys not be bitter?
Most of the boys just felt sour but didn't overthink it, since they all knew that although she was a goddess, Shirakawa Miwa's identity meant she was absolutely out of their reach.
However, sitting next to Haruno Ayato, Morishita Wataru clenched his phone tightly as he watched Shirakawa Miwa's retreating figure.
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"Hurry up and eat breakfast, class is about to start."
As soon as Hikari arrived at the office, he heard Shirakawa Miwa urging him.
"Okay."
Hikari replied with a smile, pulled a chair next to Shirakawa Miwa, and began eating breakfast together.
"Why are you sitting so close to me? So stinky. Boys shouldn't sit so close to girls, don't you know men and women should observe proper boundaries?", Though she didn't actually smell anything, Shirakawa Miwa still pinched her nose in mock disgust as she spoke to Hikari.
"Shirakawa-sensei smells so nice, it just balances out my scent. But about the stink you mentioned, I didn't smell it. I only caught a whiff of sourness," Hikari replied cheerfully.
"What nonsense are you spouting? I'd be jealous of you? What do you even have to be jealous of?"
"Hikari-kun, I think you're getting more and more arrogant lately, huh?", Shirakawa Miwa pinched Hikari's soft flesh on his arm.
Though her grip wasn't strong and it didn't hurt at all, Hikari still pretended to wince, which made Shirakawa Miwa smile in satisfaction.
Then they continued to eat breakfast together.
In fact, Shirakawa Miwa wasn't all that sour. After all, as soon as she spoke up, Hikari immediately came to the office to eat with her.
It made all those times she bent the rules for him worthwhile.
But not far away, in the same office just a few desks away, another female teacher was truly feeling sour.
Homeroom teacher Takamine Ayako, who just a few nights ago had an unexpected skin-to-skin incident with Hikari, was also eating breakfast.
When Takamine Ayako saw Hikari and Shirakawa Miwa sitting very close, eating breakfast together and chatting intimately, even though she was eating sweet-and-salty oden, her mouth suddenly filled with a sour taste.
"Don't look at them, don't look at them…", Takamine Ayako shook her head and muttered softly to herself.
She wanted to avert her gaze but couldn't help being drawn to the sight of Hikari and Shirakawa Miwa.
'Why do I feel so uncomfortable seeing Hikari being so close with Shirakawa-sensei? Is it because of that accident?'
'But I clearly told him at the time to treat it as if it never happened…'
'But just because I said that, he really treated it like nothing happened?' [T/N: Typical]
Takamine Ayako had been busy with work these days and had forgotten much about that night of passion.
Except in the depths of the night, she rarely thought about it anymore.
But now, seeing Hikari and Shirakawa Miwa being so close, she was just… really mad.
Takamine Ayako could only stare sourly at them while continuing to eat her oden across a few desks, unable to do anything.
However, someone couldn't bear watching the couple flaunt their affection in the office any longer and stepped in.
"Hikari-kun! Do you know what time it is and you're still leisurely eating breakfast here? Class is about to start!"
"And Miwa, you've got class too, right? Still dawdling here with a male student, what kind of example is that?"
"Hikari-kun, did you finish the reflection essay I told you to write yesterday? Hmm?"
This sudden round of scolding startled both Hikari and Shirakawa Miwa.
Hikari turned his head and saw a long-haired female teacher with black hair down to her hips, a slender waist and ample chest, stunningly beautiful yet icy cold in demeanor, staring at him.
As expected, the person who had just scolded them was none other than, Shirakawa Miwa's best friend, and his homeroom teacher, Tsukishima Kyoko.
Seeing her serious and frosty look, Shirakawa Miwa, who had just been puffing out her chest proudly, immediately shrank back, "Kyoko, there's still ten minutes until class starts…"
"That's still soon. We need to prepare lesson plans and such. After all, we must be responsible not only for ourselves but also for the students!", Tsukishima Kyoko said.
"Mm… you're right, I'll finish up quickly," What Kyoko said was very reasonable, so Shirakawa Miwa had nothing to argue with and nodded.
Tsukishima Kyoko then turned and saw Hikari still eating breakfast, and her anger surged, "Hikari-kun, how's that reflection essay on your truancy coming along?"
"Haven't finished it," Hikari replied confidently, even though he was in the wrong.
"You little!", Seeing Hikari's spirited answer, Tsukishima Kyoko's brows furrowed, "You haven't even finished your reflection, and you dare come to the office? And dare to eat breakfast here?"
"I'm the one who brought Hikari-kun here. Don't blame him, Kyoko. Blame me…", Shirakawa Miwa quickly spoke up to defend him.
But Tsukishima Kyoko immediately interrupted, "Miwa, don't butt in! I'm scolding a student from my class, I'm the homeroom teacher!"
After cutting off Shirakawa Miwa, Tsukishima Kyoko continued scolding Hikari.
"Hikari, oh Hikari, you've been such a disappointment lately!"
"Daydreaming in class, skipping classes… You're becoming less and less motivated! Although we haven't had exams yet, your already not-great grades are bound to drop drastically!"
"I used to think you had potential, but you've really let me down. So disappointing!"
"If you keep this up, you'll become one of those delinquent scumbags sooner or later!"
Tsukishima Kyoko wore an icy expression as she sternly lectured Hikari.
"Stop, stop, Kyoko. It's not that serious," Shirakawa Miwa, who was close to Hikari, couldn't bear seeing him scolded like this and tried to mediate.
Tsukishima Kyoko immediately redirected her anger toward Miwa, "Hmph, not serious? It's all your fault! You're spoiling him! If you keep letting Hikari misbehave like this, he'll definitely become one of those good-for-nothings!"
"Yes, yes, it's my fault, Kyoko. Please stop scolding," Shirakawa Miwa accepted the firepower from Tsukishima Kyoko, as long as Hikari wasn't being scolded anymore.
Seeing Tsukishima Kyoko's face full of anger, Shirakawa Miwa felt a bit helpless and didn't know what else to say.
If it were any other day, she'd try to persuade her to calm down, but today Kyoko really seemed genuinely angry, and hard to talk down.
After all, Tsukishima Kyoko wasn't scolding Hikari just to vent or target him. She was genuinely worried he was going down the wrong path.
Understanding her best friend very well, Shirakawa Miwa knew this was Kyoko's way of showing concern and responsibility as a teacher.
It was just her personality made her expression too intense and unpleasant.
'Sigh, just look at poor Hikari-kun, he's been scolded into silence.'
'After all, he's still just a high schooler, how can you yell at him so harshly?'
She'd comfort Hikari later.
With that thought, taking advantage of Kyoko pausing in her tirade, Shirakawa Miwa quickly pulled Hikari out of the office.
"You go back to class first. I'll help you deal with your homeroom teacher. Don't feel bad, okay? Kyoko might have a foul mouth, but she does care about you," Outside the office, Shirakawa Miwa gently comforted Hikari.
"Mm, I know," Hikari nodded calmly.
"Hug you, don't feel sad, go back to class," Shirakawa Miwa hugged Hikari while patting his back.
Feeling that sudden face-lotion-like attack, soft enough to suffocate Hikari returned the pat on Miwa's smooth jade-like back, then turned to leave.
Watching Hikari's retreating back, Shirakawa Miwa felt a little heartache.
Even the faintest sadness on that handsome young face would break her heart.
But actually, there wasn't the slightest expression on Hikari's face.
Because that scolding from Tsukishima Kyoko really wasn't that big a deal.
Even in his previous life, he had heard similar lectures countless times, they went in one ear and out the other.
Let alone in this life, where he's dealt with minotaurs and youkai ghosts, any one of those was far more intense and stressful than this.
So Hikari didn't care at all about Tsukishima Kyoko's scolding.
After all, from her perspective, he had indeed been skipping class and such lately.
She probably really was worried.
So Hikari didn't plan to argue with his cold beauty of a homeroom teacher, she could scold, he'd live his life as usual.
Hikari returned to class.
Meanwhile, in the office, Shirakawa Miwa found Tsukishima Kyoko and chatted for a bit, subtly asking her not to make things hard for Hikari.
Seeing her best friend plead on behalf of one of her students, Tsukishima Kyoko was beyond frustrated.
But she brushed it off.
"Sigh, such a headache. These students really don't give us peace. Hikari-kun used to be so obedient, how'd he turn into this? He's starting to look like that hopeless Morishita Wataru…"
"Home life's already a mess, and school's just as troublesome… life as a middle-aged woman is really hard…", Tsukishima Kyoko lightly bit her red lips, her cheeks slightly pale.
She reached to re-button a loose button that had popped open due to earlier chest-heaving anger, patted her full chest, smoothed her long black hair down to her hips, and got up to go teach her class.
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[Noon]
[School Rooftop]
Hikari held two warm, love-packed lunchboxes in his hands, quietly looking at the two beautiful girls before him.
Since returning to the classroom from the office that morning, nothing had happened.
His pure love radar hadn't gone off, and Hikari was happy to rest, listening to lectures properly, finally aligning with Tsukishima Kyoko's expectations of him.
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