Chapter 46 - Discussion 1 (2/2)

“He-hello. Long time no see.”

Pupu, pupupu… This is bad, I can’t stop myself from laughing.

The red-faced Natsumi-chan suddenly stood up.

“T-that’s right, lo-long time no see… What great weather we’re having today, right?”

“Yes, that’s true, it’s a great weather to be a cat.”

“You sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-saw it!? Fr-from when!?”

“From when u started to try and get the cat to pay attention to you while using cat language.”

“That’s from the start!!”

“Ahh, that was quite surprising. You were so into trying to be like a cat.”

“Why didn’t you call out to me?!?!?!?!”

“I took a video, do you want to see it?”

“Noooooo. Delete it… Ah, I mean, please delete it. Please…”

As I was not one to laugh at the misery of others, I delete the video straight away.

“Even Sensei would never never think that Natsumi-san would try to imitate a cat.”

“D-don’t tell Haru-chan…!”

“But you know, with such a skillful cat imitation, I would definitely want her to see it. It’s good enough to put on a show!”

Pukuku.

If I end up thinking about this at night, I’ll end up laughing till morning.

“Please, I’m sorryyyyyyyyy… Please don’t tell Haru-chaaannnnnnn.”

It feels like I teased her too much about the cat. Natsumi-chan was already half crying.

“Sorry, I’m joking. Let’s go, to Sensei’s home.”

I walked while pushing my bicycle, as Natsumi-chan moved beside me.

“From that time, I heard that you’re getting along Haru-chan. Is that true?”

“Yes. Since that time, I see Sensei from time to time and talk with her about various things.”

I see, she said. It seems that she felt polite speech would be too stiff and was unneeded.

“You knew about Haru-chan from before didn’t you? I mean, it wasn’t that you didn’t know about Haru-chan at that time, but that you did know her, or something like that.”

As expected, she’s sharp. Of course, she was right.

As I reply “Of course not”, Natsumi-chan nodded ambiguously.

“I go to school, but it’s a girl’s school, you see?”

She started with that. Within our prefecture, there was only one girls only high school.

“Of course, there are guy teachers, but they’re all the popular type. Isn’t that amazing?”

What’s with that? Amazing…

“From what I heard… there’s a lot of students going out secretly with them.”

“O-oh…? But, I thought that a student and teacher couldn’t date each other…”

That was our conversation as we put our stuff onto the shelf. Well, I guess common sense is not always the correct. No… Since girls at a girl’s school have a more exclusive image than other school, maybe that type of thing is a common thing there.

“Yes. I also think that. But, a girl in love has a lot of power you know?”

“H-haaa…”

Natsumi-chan tried to hide her reddening face.

“It’s quite embarrassing to say this, but… for a woman, being a woman has a time limit. It’s something I learned in health class.”

That’s, well, when a woman gets older they can’t have children anymore, right? For reproductive functions, men have no problem, even after getting older. That’s why, a woman can be said to have a shorter “lifespan” than a man.

“That’s why, the feelings of love for a girl is more powerful than that of a boy.”

Natsumi-chan hit me lightly in shoulder to hide her embarrassment.

As I thought, she probably already knows. The relationship between Hiiragi-chan and I.

I just want to avoid the situation where I say, “We’re dating,” and she ends up going “WHAAAAT!?” in surprise.

Speaking of the girl’s only school within the prefecture, it was supposed to be one with high standards, and has many refined rich ladies going to it. It should also be quite far from here.

“In general, everyone there is a sheltered girl, and whether it comes to falling in love or liking someone, they’re all starved of it. Even if they’re quite hesitant, they’re all surprisingly… how should I put this, carnivorous?”

She unexpectedly seems to know a lot about this. About love affairs between students and teachers. If that’s the case, maybe I should ask.

“If your sister… Sensei, has someone like that… that she can’t help falling in love with, and ends up dating with someone forbidden—”

“Hmm…” Natsumi-chan thought for a bit while staring at the sky. Then, she spoke, “If Haru-chan is happy, then it’s okay… If it’s someone that can be relied on, then I would support their love.”

“Even if there’s an age difference?”

“You can’t force someone not to love because of age, right?”

That’s right. I didn’t fall in love with her just because she’s my teacher or because she’s older than me.

Even though my first time meeting her was like that, after speaking with Natsumi-chan, I know that she’s a good girl.