Shuichi Chiba wiped his hands on her skirt, expressing his disdain as he said, "No matter how much you like me, I'll always be the one you 't have."

  "Mm..." Tsuki Akiyama felt even more excited at his words.

  "e on, you two! If you don’t hurry, you’ll miss the train!" An Akiyama turned around, puffing out her cheeks in annoyance as she urged them on.

  Relutly, Shuichi Chiba grabbed Tsuki and An Akiyamad hurried after her.

  It seemed that after the earlier satisfa, Tsuki Akiyama didn’t tio tease him orain.

  However, her legs were still weak, and she had to lean against Shuichi Chiba to stay upright. The crowded train carriage pressed them together just like the day before.

  Feeling the sweet st of the girl and her delicate, soft body, Shuichi Chiba thought that he would be in for a tough night.

  ...

  As they arrived at the school gate, the members of the disciplinary ittee noticed their president and immediately showed .

  "President, your face is even redder thaerday. Is your dition worse? Why not take a day off to rest?"

  Tsuki Akiyama pressed her bag against her skirt to hide the writing ohighs aly deed with a calm expression.

  "That's okay. If I really 't ha, I'll go to the infirmary. The student cil has been really busy tely, and taking a day off would just dey things." Tsuki Akiyama replied.

  She gnced back at Shuichi Chiba, hoping he would uand her unspoken plea, but to her dismay, he wasn’t even looking her way, let aloeasing her with his gaze.

  "Nagase-sensei, you look worse thaerday. Is your cold getting more serious?" Shuichi Chiba blocked his homeroom teacher’s path just a short distance from the school gate.

  Sumire Nagase felt a bit unfortable fag this student. She turned her gaze away, ched her fist near her mouth, and cleared her throat. "Don't stand too close to me; you might catch what I have."

  "I don't mind. If I get sick, it'll just give me an excuse to take a day off a. It’s you I’m worried about..." Shuichi Chiba said with a polite smile but didn’t finish his thought.

  Sumire Nagase suddenly remembered what he had said yesterday and frowned. "Even if you don’t have respee as a teacher, ’t you at least show some sympathy for a sick person? Do you have to keep ing after me like this?"

  "You’re thinking too badly of me, sensei. I’m just curious. You took medie yesterday and had a good night’s sleep, so why is it worse now?" Shuichi Chiba pondered, stroking his thoughtfully.

  Sumire Nagase felt a bit guilty. Should she really admit that she hadn’t slept at all in the infirmary yesterday, but instead had been caught up in a game with him and a female cssmate?

  Did that make her even more exhausted?

  However, given how he had been staring at her in css yesterday and his probing ents in the infirmary, it was clear he suspected she hadn’t been asleep at all.

  She absolutely could not admit that! Otherwise, she would pletely lose her standing as a teacher!

  Just as she was feeling anxious and decided to stick to her story of having slept soundly yesterday, Shuichi Chiba suddenly said, "I heard that someone saw someone who looked a lot like Nagase-se a cospy store in Akihabara st night. It must have been a case of mistakey, right?"

  Sumire Nagase instantly froze.

  How could she have been spotted? She had clearly worn a mask! How could anynize her?!

  "Teacher, it seems uhat you would go shopping in Akihabara yesterday, especially not to a cospy store, right?"

  Sumire Nagase forced a smile that looked quite unfortable. "That's right! I mean, how could that possibly happen? It must have been a case of mistakey."

  "But if the teacher really did go, it would expin why your cold has gotten worse." Shuichi Chiba said with a smile.

  "..."

  Sumire Nagase bit her lip tightly, her expression stiff. This student of hers was clearly implying something, deliberately trying to get under her skin!

  At that moment, Tsuki Akiyama walked over and casually greeted her, "Good m, Nagase-sensei."

  "Mm, good m." Sumire Nagase replied absentmindedly, not realizing that Tsuki Akiyama was the student from the infirmary yesterday.

  After all, Tsuki had been so excited and animated at the time that her void tone were signifitly different from her usual cool demeanor.

  Moreover, aside from the first few sentehat Sumire Nagase had clearly heard, the rest had been murmurs, making it even harder for her to firm anything.

  While it ossible to check who had taken leave to visit the infirmary yesterday, she hesitated. Tsk.

  Sumire Nagase just waet about the absurd events of yesterday and act as if nothing had happened, let aloake the initiative to iigate.

  "Is there something going on, Akiyama-san? Is it about the sports festival?" Sumire Nagase asked absentmindedly.

  She was familiar with this outstanding student, who was also the sister of the css representative in her own css.

  This is what a good student looks like! Why 't Chiba learn from her?

  Every day, he just seems i on putting her down—does he not uand the importance of respeg his teachers?

  "Yesterday after css, I happeo see you in Akihabara, Nagase-sensei. I didn’t approach you because it would have been rude, so I came to say so." Tsuki Akiyama said, slightly bowing.

  "..."

  Sumire Nagase's fastantly flushed red. So it was you who saw me yesterday!

  But there was really no need for you to e all the way here just to apologize!

  "Akiyama-san, you must have mistaken me for someone else, right? Besides, why would you be in Akihabara? There must be some misuanding."

  "I definitely didn't mistake you, teacher. Yure is very reizable—tall and with long legs, it's quite striking." Tsuki Akiyama replied early.

  Her gaze casually swept over the inappropriate area, without directly stating that it was also a striking characteristic.

  "As for why I went to Akihabara..."

  A hint of unusual excitement fshed in Tsuki Akiyama's eyes, but her expression remained calm and serious.

  "It was to prepare for the sports festival. I went to check the prices of the necessary props and es to avoid making the same mistakes as the previous student cil president."

  Sumire Nagase forced a strained smile, feeling pelled to pliment her: "You truly... worked hard, Akiyama-san."

  "This is what I should do. I'll take my leave now."

  Tsuki Akiyama nodded, her gaze briefly brushing over Shuichi Chiba's face without lingering, as if it were just a casual gnce.

  However, Shuichi Chiba had clearly observed that she had been using her backpack to shield Sumire Nagase's line of sight, while her hand was at her thigh.

  Hiss...

  What a tempting little vixen.

  Doing such little as in front of the teacher while maintaining a serious expression, devoid of any smile, made one want to immediately pin her down on the ground.

  As she watched Tsuki Akiyama return to her sister's side, Sumire Nagase directly covered her face, wanting to escape. But Shuichi Chiba, ever-timely, said softly from the side:

  "Avoidance isn't a good habit. Is that what the teacher pns to teach her students?"

  Sumire Nagase halted her heavy footsteps. tinuing to run would betray her responsibilities as a teacher, but stopping would lead to her disqualification as an educator.

  Either choice would result in a terrible oute...

  However... it wouldn't be the first time for disqualification...

  "What do you want from me? Are you pnning to use this to coerce me?"

  Sumire Nagase tried to muster her teacher's authority, pretending to be formidable, but it only came off as a facade, making her seem even muilty.

  Shuichi Chiba shrugged. "Where do you think my thoughts are going? I'm just a bit ied in cospy and wao have a versation with you, teacher."