"This student isn't injured, is he?" As soon as Takeuchi Sensei led the two into the teacher's office, he heard Teacher Minagawa's concerned voice, which sounded grating to Takeuchi Sensei.
"Good afternoon, Teacher Minagawa." Tsuna greeted Teacher Minagawa, who was sitting furthest inside.
Teacher Minagawa chuckled as she returned his greeting, then asked with confusion, "Hehe... Good afternoon, Miyamura. Are you fighting with other students again because of Shouko?"
In her experience over the past few years, this kid, Miyamura, only fought because others bullied Shouko. She guessed it was probably the same this time.
"No, but it's similar. The main reason is because of me."
Tsuna chatted with her very naturally, completely lacking the reservedness a normal student would feel when called to the teacher's office, especially with so many teachers inside.
"Is that so?" Teacher Minagawa was a little surprised, but not much. These were minor matters. Aside from Miyamura not paying attention in class and the trouble he caused protecting Shouko, he was a model student.
Takeuchi Sensei, who had sat back down in his designated spot, was directly ignored by the two chatting. He quickly interrupted:
"Hey, hey, hey, Minagawa, this is a matter concerning my class. Why are you chatting with my student?"
Hearing this, Teacher Minagawa stopped talking and started eating her bento. Seeing that she wasn't speaking, Takeuchi Sensei took out his phone from his pocket, first handed it to Ishida Shoya, and said calmly:
"Call your parents to come over first." He had already understood the whole situation and felt it was best to let the parents handle it at school. He didn't want to waste his breath, especially since the important person wasn't injured.
Ishida Shoya took the phone and naturally dialed his mom's number, then handed it back to Takeuchi Sensei for him to speak. Meanwhile, Tsuna used the phone watch his mom bought him a few years ago to call her.
"Hello? Who is this?" Ishida Shoya's call connected first.
Takeuchi Sensei turned on the speakerphone so Ishida Shoya could hear, then explained the situation in a gentle voice:
"Hello, I'm Ishida's sixth-grade homeroom teacher. He had a conflict with a student in his class. Could you please come to the school? Don't worry, he wasn't seriously injured."
"Okay, okay, I'll be right there." The voice on the other end sounded hurried, and the call immediately ended. Takeuchi Sensei and Ishida Shoya's gazes simultaneously turned towards Tsuna.
"Hehe... What's wrong, Tsuna?" Shizuka finally answered the phone at this moment, asking with a light chuckle.
"Mom, I..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Shizuka's voice from the other end: "Wait! Don't tell me, let me guess." Tsuna rolled his eyes at the air.
Shizuka asked directly, "Are you injured? How badly is the other person hurt?"
Every time her son called her from school, it was because he got into a fight, without exception. She didn't need to guess what was happening.
"I'm fine. The other person just got hit on the shoulder."
"Alright then, I'll hang up. It's not convenient to talk while driving. I'll be at your school in two or three minutes."
"Okay, be careful on the road." As soon as Tsuna hung up, he noticed Takeuchi Sensei's strange look and asked in confusion, "Is something wrong?"
"Nothing." Takeuchi Sensei quickly shook his head in denial.
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"Tsuna has been up there for a long time." Shouko sat on the bench, swinging her legs, sounding a little worried.
Chika, sitting next to her, swallowed the food in her mouth and comforted her, "Don't worry, Shouko. Maybe Tsuna is queuing up to get hot water."
"Yeah, Shouko, if you're hungry, just eat first. You don't have to wait until he comes down to eat together."
Miu didn't chew her food like Chika, but directly chimed in while still eating.
"It's okay, I'm not hungry yet, just a little worried." As soon as Shouko finished speaking, she saw a familiar figure appear at the school gate.
Shouko immediately stood up, placed the two bento boxes she was holding on the spot where she had been sitting, and said to them:
"Chika, Miu, could you watch my and Tsuna's bentos for me? I think I saw Auntie Miyamura. I'm going to check if it's her."
"Sho..." Before Miu could even finish the first syllable, Shouko had already run off.
Shizuka, who had just finished talking to the security guard, saw Shouko as soon as she entered the school and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Shouko, why are you here?"
Shouko ran forward and confirmed it was indeed her godmother, but the next second, after hearing her words, she tried to piece them together in her mind but couldn't understand, almost burning out her CPU. Finally, she asked in confusion:
"What are you saying, Auntie? Is this still Japanese? I feel like I don't understand. This is school, where else would I be?"
"Tsuna's fight this time wasn't because other students bullied you?" Shizuka raised her hand and patted her forehead, finally fully realizing.
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Shouko turn around and run off directly, and called out to stop her, "Shouko, run slower! Be careful." She quickly followed suit, now fully aware that the kid's fight this time happened without Shouko even knowing.
Miu saw Shouko run back in a hurry and asked curiously, "Sho..." Okay, she ran off again.
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Tsuna sat bored on the chair, looking at the ceiling. Ishida Shoya next to him wasn't much better off, and even Takeuchi Sensei was quietly eating his bento nearby, while the other teachers were either eating or handling documents.
"Tsuna!!" Tsuna stood up from the chair and stretched his limbs, thinking he was so bored he was hearing things when Shouko's voice appeared out of nowhere.
Suddenly, a soft figure pounced into his arms. Just as he reacted, the adorable creature in his arms started touching him all over, looking here and there.
At this moment, Shouko completely ignored the seven or eight pairs of eyes watching her in the teacher's office, simply examining his body.
Just as Tsuna was about to stop her, he saw her eyes were red and there was fine sweat on her forehead. He was about to reach into his pocket to get a tissue to wipe her sweat, but she pulled his hand out forcefully and started examining his palm.
"Say something! Are you injured somewhere?" Shouko only released his hand gently after confirming it wasn't injured, but he still wouldn't say where he was hurt, and she couldn't see any injuries.
Hearing her words tinged with a slight sob, Tsuna quickly explained:
"I'm not injured anywhere. I just wanted to get a tissue to wipe your sweat." After speaking, he took out a small pack of tissues from his pocket, pulled one out, and carefully wiped her sweat.
After confirming that Tsuna wasn't lying to her, she directed a glaring attack at Ishida Shoya nearby.