"Pfft! Cough cough cough... cough cough!"

Kanoko Hasumi coughed violently after choking on a mouthful of Frappuccino, and her face turned red.

"Are you okay? Teacher."

Kato Yusuke, who was sitting next to her, stepped forward to help pat her back.

"Well, if you don't mind, please use this, teacher!" Even Hui stood up from his seat and handed over a handkerchief.

"Ahem, cough...thank you, no, it's okay." Teacher Hasumi gasped and said, "I just... choked a little bit."

After saying that, he took out a tissue from the bag and blocked the girl's handkerchief back.

Kako on the side looked at the scene dumbfounded, looking a little flustered, and then immediately began to apologize.

"That! Yes, I'm sorry! I didn't expect it to be like this. I'm really sorry, teacher."

"No, it won't..." Hasumi Kanoko waved her hands repeatedly and wiped her lips with the tissue she took out.

There was a lot of excitement.

After a while.

She slowly regained her composure.

Although her face was still a little red, she still looked at Kako immediately and said with a gentle smile: "It's okay, Himekawa-san. It was the teacher who choked, it's not your fault."

Kato Yusuke first glanced at Yoshiko, then at Megumi, and then said to the former: "Although it may be just a joke, please don't say such words again, Himekawa-san."

His tone of voice was not serious, but anyone could hear the seriousness in his words.

"sorry……"

While lowering her head lower, Kako couldn't help but glance at her friend secretly.

She saw the other party looking at her quietly.

Although there was no difference in her expression from usual, Kako still felt some gentle admonishment from Kei's eyes.

From Kanoko Hasumi's generosity, to Yusuke Kato's calmness, to Megumi's persuasion.

Seeing that although the three of them were different, they all responded without a single word of blame towards her, a deep feeling of self-blame suddenly came to Kako's heart.

So he said calmly again: "...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that, I just accidentally..."

She turned to Teacher Hasumi and said timidly in a sincere and apologetic tone: "I'm really sorry, Teacher Hasumi, I actually doubted your relationship with Kato-san for a moment. How is this possible? I will take good care of it."

Reflective...!"

After saying this, he bowed deeply at 90 degrees with his hands folded in front of his lower abdomen.

"Um, Himekawa-san?"

"yes……?"

"The teacher is really not angry with you, so keep your head up."

"……real?"

"Yeah~Really."

Only then did Jia Zi cautiously raise her head.

What caught his eyes was the friendly and helpless smile of the other party.

Teacher Hasumi asked: "Why do you think I'm dating Kato-san?"

"Huh? That...this..."

"There's no need to be nervous. The teacher is just curious. You can feel free to say it. It's okay."

Maybe I felt the kindness in this word.

Kako looked very hesitant and glanced at Kanoko Hasumi and Yusuke Kato respectively, then lowered her voice and said: "...The bag you put behind you is the same as the store we just visited."

'Sure enough...' Teacher Lian Jian sighed secretly in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He just said calmly:

"Before waiting for Kato-san to come here, Teacher did buy clothes in this store. I didn't expect you to go there too, but is there anything wrong with this?"

There was a bit of confusion in his expression.

"Eh? Before coming here...does that mean the teacher was not with Kato-san at that time?"

"Well, I don't remember that."

"What... it really is like that." Jiazi showed an expression of relief, and then scratched the back of his head in confusion, "I'm sorry, I really misunderstood, and I accidentally thought that someone else was you."

"I see."

Seeing Kanoko, Hassan nodded in understanding, with a soft smile on her lips, "Anyway, it will be good if the misunderstanding is resolved, then..."

She turned her gaze to the boy standing next to her.

It happened that the other party was also looking at her.

Although there was no expression on her face, she still subconsciously recalled the scene about half an hour ago, and her face felt hot again.

But this time, it didn't arouse the girls' suspicion. They both regarded this as the sequelae of the cough just now.

"...After we buy the materials for the student union, can we all have lunch together?"

"good."

Kato Yusuke nodded in agreement.

At this time——

"that."

Hearing this, Hui interjected from the side: "Since it's the work of the student union, then I'll go too."

"Ah, by the way~ Speaking of which, Kato-kun is also the vice-president of the student union." Teacher Hasumi said as if he was belatedly saying, "Then can I ask you to take care of me next? It just so happens that the teacher also wants to put something in the parking lot.

"

"Yeah, no problem." The girl nodded her head in response.

So Kato Yusuke also nodded and acquiesced.

"Okay! Then I'll go find Yamaguchi-san and the others first, and I'll contact you after it's over, Xiaomei~" With that said, Kako took the lead to leave with clattering steps.

"Then let's go to the stationery store, teacher."

"Well, be careful along the way~" Hasumi Kanoko smiled and waved goodbye to the two of them.

Until their figures disappeared into the crowd.

She suddenly dropped her shoulders as if she had lost all strength, and let out a long breath, muttering: "I'm sorry, Kato-kun, I had to borrow your name just now."

…

Walking on the way to the stationery store.

Kato Yusuke suddenly said: "Actually, there aren't many things that I need to buy. It doesn't matter if I come alone, Megumi."

"Yes, I know." The girl nodded lightly in response, "After all, it's Yusuke. Nothing should be difficult for you. You are very trustworthy."

Yusuke paused for a moment, "Is this a compliment or a derogation? Also, doesn't it matter if you don't use your last name?"

"Well, I don't think I would use derogatory words to describe you. Besides, since there is no one else here, it would be weird if we all call each other "Kato-san", right?"

"Is this the wisdom of Megumi Kato?"

"Ah~ what you said now is definitely derogatory. I hope you can keep this disrespectful thought in your heart."

Kei said in a careless and calm tone: "By the way, Yusuke doesn't want me to follow you?"

"I don't think so, I just think there's no need to trouble Megumi with this kind of thing." Kato Yusuke said without squinting.

But my heart is spinning like a spring silkworm, with thousands of thoughts.

From the chance encounter at the summer festival to the chance encounter with the Six Pegasus.

From long hair shawl, to short hair like silk.

He felt that he should apologize, but he also thought that the other party would not accept such ambiguous words.

After all, the relationship between the two is just classmates and companions.

Although I have some special affection for AUO and above, I will never really take that step.

So the best thing to do is to draw a boundary in your relationship and don't cross it.

And this is what the other party is doing.

The advice Mr. Hasumi gave today came to mind - "Teacher, I hope you can keep this gentleness and thoughtfulness and don't let the girls around you get hurt, but you must be decisive where you should be decisive. Do you understand?"

?”.

My heart suddenly felt open-minded.

Although I was a little confused about the reason why the teacher said this, it did not affect the persuasion contained therein.

All kinds of thoughts come to mind in a blink of an eye.
To be continued...