Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Lovey-dovey
This morning, Jinpei Matsuda was still very happy.
There are tool stores and hardware stores near the school that I particularly like.
I was busy adapting to school some time ago and didn't have time to go.
Today, I finally have some free time.
There is only one math class in the afternoon.
…And then, while browsing Twitter before class, I found out that my boss was going on a trip around the world.
Closed for a month.
Matsuda Jinpei, who didn't know where to start complaining, said: "......"
hateful.
I had already decided which screwdriver I was going to try out today.
He stared at the phone screen angrily, looking unhappy, and his whole body exuded the aura of "keep away from strangers".
“…”
Jinpei Matsuda has an unruly temperament.
When he doesn't speak, he looks like a cold-faced handsome guy who is unhappy.
...Besides, he is really unhappy now.
People were coming and going in the classroom, but no one dared to approach the two seats on his left and right.
Jinpei Matsuda didn't notice this at all, and was leaning back in his chair, fiddling with his phone, bored.
Hearing some noise coming from the podium, he looked up.
The teacher is here.
Jinpei Matsuda switched the phone interface and opened the chat box with Kenji Hagiwara.
Matsuda Jinpei: Where are you? The noon social gathering hasn't ended yet?
【Matsuda Jinpei: The teacher has arrived.】
A few seconds later, Hagiwara Kenji quickly replied.
[Kenji Hagihara: I'm waiting to help an old lady cross the street, and then I'll go help her grab discounted eggs at the supermarket. ovo]
[Hagiwara Kenji: Xiaozhenping, please help me check in =3=]
Matsuda Jinpei: “…………”
Okay.
It’s not the first time anyway.
*
Jinpei Matsuda originally thought it was just an ordinary call.
——As a result, he got the nickname "Kenji Hagiwara".
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
Matsuda Jinpei: “…………”
Looking at the girl who earnestly called him "Hagiwara-senpai" and "Yenji-senpai", he was about to explain when she suddenly bent down.
She poked his calf with her soft fingertips.
Matsuda Jinpei: “???”
The girl's long hair rose slightly in the air as she bent down.
The faint aroma of snow pear wafted through Jinpei Matsuda's nose.
“…”
Matsuda Jinpei felt as if he had bumped into the corner of a table while walking—
My legs are numb.
I felt numb instantly.
Just like the snow screen on TV.
He froze, a thousand chaotic thoughts running through his mind.
So cute...
Why did she poke me... She seemed to be peeking at me all the time...
She hasn't brought her textbook yet...
When she sat down next to me just now, she even smiled sweetly at me...
“…”
Just when I thought "How cute", that ambiguous feeling disappeared.
The girl straightened up, holding a pen in her hand.
She chuckled and placed the pen in front of Matsuda Jinpei: "Hey, sorry, I just knocked your pen over."
Matsuda Jinpei was inexplicably disappointed: "......"
oh.
The girl put down her pen, turned her head, and stared intently at the teacher on the podium.
“…”
Matsuda Jinpei paused and lowered his eyes to look at the ordinary black fountain pen on the table.
He picked it up as if possessed, and placed his fingertips on the place where the girl had just pinched it.
Jinpei Matsuda twirled his pen twice nimbly.
...Luckily I didn’t go to the social gathering with Hagi at noon.
But I came to class.
...For the first time, Jinpei Matsuda felt that it was great to have classes on Friday afternoons.
*
Roll call is complete.
Matsuda Jinpei looked at the long-haired girl beside him with sparkling eyes and took a deep breath: "...My name is Matsuda Jinpei."
After a moment, as if to prove something, he added: "It's not Hagiwara Kenji, that's my friend's name."
The girl blinked and said, "Oh, hello, Matsuda-senpai."
Matsuda Jinpei, who emphasized almost eight hundred times that there was no need to call him senior, said: "..."
never mind.
Just shout.
...She's quite cute when she screams.
"..." Matsuda Jinpei recalled the name that had shocked him for several minutes, and hesitantly confirmed, "...is your name really Maeno Takeshi?"
"Maeno Takeshi"'s expression froze, as if he was a little conflicted.
Matsuda Jinpei watched helplessly as the petite and cute girl, seemingly unrelated to the word "fierce," puffed out her chest again and repeated confidently, "Yes, my name is Maeno Takeshi."
A pair of deer-like eyes are full of determination.
He even gave him a deliberately fierce look.
Matsuda Jinpei, with a thousand troops surging in his heart: "..."
Okay, okay.
...still very cute.
*
Momozawa Airi cautiously glanced at Matsuda Jinpei, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he had no intention of asking further questions.
Finally covered the vest.
After all, Maeno Takeshi said that he was not popular in college!
What if his classmates find out that he has asked for a substitute class and report him?
Momozawa Airi clenched her fists under the table and looked out the window with determination, expressing her determination to work hard to Maeno Takeshi who was listening to the beautiful girl idol concert more than ten kilometers away.
but……
Taking advantage of the opportunity to share the textbook, Momozawa Airi tilted her head and glanced at Matsuda Jinpei again.
...It turns out that he is not a substitute teacher.
I'm a student here.
It's still a science major, and I may go to the engineering department in the future.
In Momozawa Airi's mind, Jinpei Matsuda was immediately labeled as "very awesome".
Woohoo, she also wants to study at Todai QAQ
I think I can find a good job that pays well after graduation...
“…”
Momozawa Airi, who really wanted to earn more money, lowered her eyes and looked at her math textbook. Thinking that her grades were still a little short of admission to the University of Tokyo, she sighed helplessly.
Matsuda Jinpei beside her paused and looked at her calmly.
In Matsuda Jinpei's eyes, the girl suddenly sighed, then puffed up her cheeks slightly, as if she was staring at a point in her math textbook and feeling worried.
Matsuda Jinpei: “?”
He hesitated for a moment and glanced at what the teacher was writing on the blackboard.
“…”
Simple.
I won't listen anymore.
Matsuda Jinpei lowered his head with relief, and quickly glanced at the content that the girl's eyes were looking at without making any noise - it had nothing to do with the part the teacher was explaining.
This is the part that will be learned in the next class.
Hmm, is it self-study in advance?
I didn’t expect Maeno…Takeshi to be so self-disciplined.
Jinpei Matsuda thought about it for a moment and came up with several solutions.
Matsuda Jinpei understood and said calmly, "It's okay if you don't understand. I'll teach you."
His tone was calm, but there was still a hint of awkwardness that was difficult to conceal.
Momozawa Airi suddenly looked up: "?"
Momozawa Airi was confused: "Huh?"
What don’t you understand?
She stared blankly at Jinpei Matsuda who suddenly came over and started explaining college math problems to her.
Momozawa Airi, who hasn't even finished high school math yet, said: "???"
*
While explaining patiently in a low voice, Jinpei Matsuda wrote and drew on the draft paper with a pen, visually showing the reasoning process behind the steps and theorems.
The two heads were close together, and the faint fragrance of each other kept sneaking in front of him.
Jinpei Matsuda felt a little awkward at first and found it difficult to concentrate.
As he was talking, he gradually forgot about it and devoted himself to solving the problem seriously.
…
After a while, this extremely complicated problem was finished.
Jinpei Matsuda looked up and saw that Airi Momozawa looked confused.
Like a squirrel that secretly hid a bunch of pine cones in its nest in the fall, only to find out one day that its home had been robbed.
“…”
Jinpei Matsuda began to reflect on whether what he said was too jumpy.
...This solution is not very complicated.
Jinpei Matsuda lowered his eyes and looked at the draft paper covered with densely written handwriting.
“…”
Well, if the person in front of him was Hagi, he would probably have slapped Hagi on the head and yelled, "Why don't you understand yet?"
Looking at the confused Momozawa Airi, Matsuda Jinpei remained calm, showed no impatience, and even enjoyed it a little. After thinking for a moment, he came up with a new and simple solution.
...Ah, it really makes him feel like a mature senior who answers questions and solves problems.
Matsuda Jinpei cleared his throat and feigned impatience: "...There's really no other way. Let's try another solution."
He began to explain patiently again, outputting countless obscure mathematical knowledge.
Weak, pitiful and helpless Airi Momozawa: "???"
Why is this senior suddenly grabbing others to explain the problem? ? ?
How could she, a high school student, not understand?
Although... although in his eyes she was a classmate...
And he looks so handsome when he's explaining the questions... He has a kind of rational handsomeness...
Feeling guilty, Momozawa Airi raised her head and was about to ask Matsuda Jinpei, who had suddenly become a bit of a teacher, what was going on when—
Jinpei Matsuda happened to look up as well.
"Matsuda-senpai, you—"
"I can understand it this way—"
Suddenly fell silent.
*
In order to discuss the topic in a low voice, there was not much distance between the two of them.
——Jinpei Matsuda came over on his own initiative.
The mint smell that hit her face made Momozawa Airi stunned.
In this small space, the fresh scent of Jinpei Matsuda's body and the scent of her pear-scented shampoo were ambiguously intertwined.
There is a subtle tendency to superimpose a third scent.
Before she could dodge, she suddenly felt a warm touch on her forehead, like a dragonfly touching the water.
Momosawa Airi: "...?"
【ha……? 】
At the same time, Matsuda Jinpei's somewhat dull voice rang in her mind.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Momozawa Airi: "…………"
Momozawa Airi: "………………"
Her first reaction was—
How can you talk so loudly in class?
The second reaction is -
This is the inner voice of Jinpei Matsuda.
The third reaction is——
She had physical contact with Jinpei Matsuda again.
Momozawa Airi, who didn't dare to think about where she had touched, said: "..."
Matsuda Jinpei realized where he had touched: "..."
[…It’s great to be in math class.]
【I must study math well in the future. 】
Jinpei Matsuda's voice resounded in Momozawa Airi's mind.
The tone was a little dazed.
Sounds like you love learning.
Momosawa Airi: "...?"
They stared at each other for a moment, even forgetting to retreat to a reasonable social distance.
Until Momozawa Airi and Matsuda Jinpei's phones vibrated at the same time.
The two woke up as if from a dream and separated quickly in a panic.
Draw a clear line.
“Ahhhhhh I understand, I understand, I understand—”
"Cough cough cough cough cough, let's stop here--"
Momozawa Airi looked to the right in a way that made her intentions more obvious.
Jinpei Matsuda looked to the left, trying to cover his ears and steal the bell.
Then they all covered their faces with their hands.
*
“…”
Momozawa Airi's face flushed.
The scene just now and Matsuda Jinpei's thoughts lingered in her mind for a long time.
The classroom was a little noisy, but Momozawa Airi could almost hear her own heartbeat suddenly accelerating.
She turned on her phone and found a message from Takeshi Maeno, asking her how work was going.
[Momozawa Airi: Mission accomplished perfectly! No one noticed!]
After replying the message, Momozawa Airi fanned herself with her hands, trying to cool down the burning temperature on her face.
“…”
She, she just came to help others... just to check in.
...Luckily I was sitting in the back seat in the corner.
No one should have discovered... discovered...
“…”
Momozawa Airi didn't dare to think any further, her ears were getting hotter and hotter.
No one should notice their affectionate behavior in class...
…
[Hagiwara Kenji: Jinpei, you've grown up =v=]
[Hagihara Kenji: I am very relieved =v=]
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
He turned his head stiffly and found Hagiwara Kenji standing at the back door with an expression that said, "Ah, it's great that Jinpei has grown up."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…………”
The blush on his face had not yet faded, and he didn't want Hagiwara Kenji to notice his loss of composure.
Just when Matsuda Jinpei was about to turn his head away to cover up the truth, he happened to see Momozawa Airi's red ears as she also turned her head away.
And cheeks.
The other person's fair skin was now stained with a large blush.
It somehow matches the color of the dress she's wearing.
But her neck is still very white...
“…”
Matsuda Jinpei paused and turned his head away silently.
…Damn, my face seems to be getting even hotter.
*
After class, Matsuda Jinpei, who had been daydreaming for most of the class, had no time to say anything when a gust of wind blew beside him.
Student "Maeno Takeshi" suddenly stood up and ran with his schoolbag on his shoulder as if he was fleeing.
Even faster than the teacher left the classroom.
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
He watched "Maeno Takeshi" pass by Hagiwara Kenji.
Hagiwara Kenji walked over slowly, curling his lips and asking, "What did you talk about in this class?"
However, there was no intention to ask about the course content.
Matsuda Jinpei curled his lips: "...Tsk, you stood back there for half the class?"
At this time, his face looked normal, and there was no sign of his face which was redder than a tomato just now.
Hagiwara Kenji nodded with a smile: "I'm sorry to bother you guys so much by coming here."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
Matsuda Jinpei hesitated for a moment, then looked at Hagiwara Kenji who had sat down next to him and asked slowly, "Do you know Maeno Takeshi?"
"?" Hagiwara Kenji recalled for a while and accurately picked out his classmate Maeno Takeshi from a large number of complicated interpersonal relationships.
"I know, we're in the same class." Hagiwara Kenji supported his chin, "What's wrong?"
"..." Matsuda Jinpei was strangely silent for a moment, thinking about how Kokunran had always been good at getting along with girls. Finally, he humbly admitted, "...I'm quite interested in her."
The latter sentence was a little vague, and Hagiwara Kenji couldn't hear it clearly.
I roughly heard the word "interested".
Hagiwara Kenji: "?"
He carefully recalled the image of Maeno Takeshi.
Tall and muscular.
Even on the basketball team.
Hagiwara Kenji: "? What kind of interest??"
Wasn't he just giving a cute girl an innocent forehead kiss?
Matsuda Jinpei stammered, "...love interest."
Hagiwara Kenji's pupils were shocked: "????"
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