Junior High School
What are the benefits of attending a secondary school far away from home?
Hinata Aoi is out of Hinata Noko's supervision, and she doesn't have to worry about teachers or students spreading rumors to Ms. Hinata that she is not sociable. She has made it clear that she doesn't want to make friends, and has used her strength to label herself as difficult to approach.
He was not wearing a cold mask, but was as uncontrollable as a loach in a pond. Every time he approached, he was easily avoided. It was like doing Tai Chi, as if he had touched someone, but all his strength was taken away from him. He fought desperately with the air, but could not even touch the corner of her clothes.
The most intuitive feeling is probably Tsuyoshi Fushiguro.
She always tried to break down the wall between herself and Hinata Aoi, but for every step she took forward, Hinata Aoi took ten steps back. She really couldn't find a way to break through, so she could only watch silently, but the worry in her heart grew day by day.
How can you succeed if you don’t take the initiative to get to know and make friends with others?
As a social animal, how can it survive among people in the future if it is so solitary and likes to be alone?
Now, when everyone is not familiar with each other, is an important time to form small groups within the class.
Fushiguro Tsu Miki doesn't really advocate this kind of relationship, but for group work, she doesn't have to worry about who to partner with every time. If she doesn't want to go to the convenience store, there will be someone to help her buy things. During breaks, she can look up from the sea of learning and chat with someone to relax. On weekends, she can also go out for dinner and shopping with two or three friends... The daily life of these ordinary students is derived from this kind of relationship.
Apart from being used to Inumaki Satoru's proximity, Hinata Aoi is very polite to everyone and seems unwilling to talk much, which gives Tsumiki a headache.
Although quality is more important than quantity of friends, isn’t having only one person a little too few?
In fact, Tsu Miki is not a person who likes to meddle in other people's affairs. She is a very tolerant person.
No matter what kind of personality the other person has, she believes that "existence is reasonable" and "human nature is good", and looks at things with an open mind and treats everyone with kindness.
But when it comes to Hinata Aoi, she naturally puts herself in the perspective of her family, or even an old mother, and can't help but worry about this and that, fearing that the child will accidentally grow up to be unlucky and suffer in the future.
This special attention that belonged only to Hinata Aoi was of course also discovered by Sakurai Momoko, who cared about her.
She hadn't yet developed her friendship with Tsumiki to the point of being completely open with her heart, so it wasn't appropriate for her to try to persuade her not to dwell on useless things.
Her indirect suggestions were not appreciated, and Tsu Miki almost found out that she didn't like Hinata Aoi and gave her a lecture.
Not knowing the hidden connection between Tsumeki and Hinata Aoi, Sakurai could only interpret Tsumeki's special concern for Hinata Aoi as an outburst of caring for the Virgin Mary.
After a moment of thought, I thought that Tsumiki was overthinking it, and that she thought Hinata Aoi was a physically disabled but strong-minded little wretch who didn't want others to pity her, so she packaged herself as an independent and strong person. That's why she was so kind-hearted and insisted on getting close to her and making friends with her.
She was almost discouraged by Tsu Miki's saintly heart.
It's too stupid to morally blackmail yourself... Looking at Tsumiki now is like seeing my past self.
She has changed!
She suppressed her disapproval. If she didn't make friends, she would have no chance to develop the friendship into a close friendship. Even if she was so angry about the person she chose that she gritted her teeth, she had to swallow it!
Sakurai Momoko is stubbornly unwilling to let go and must develop a close friendship with Tsumiki... If all else fails, she'll force Hinata Aoi to be friends with Tsumiki! ...Is that feasible?
In distress, Sakurai did not realize that his best friend secretly threw a note to Inumaki Satoru in a place where Hinata Aoi could not see.
The angle was concealed and the movement was swift. The paper note was rolled into a ball and accurately hit the upper of Gojuanji's shoe. The tiny force also attracted the boy's attention.
"Please talk to me after lunch."
With his slender fingers, he rolled the paper back into his palm. Inumaki Satoru seemed to know naturally that he had to avoid Hinata Aoi's sight. He winked at Tsugumi Ki lightly to show his agreement, then continued to study the steps of the test that Hinata Aoi had broken down for him, as if nothing had happened.
Tsu Miki received the signal and turned back to continue chatting with Sakurai. It didn't take many words for Sakurai Momoko to put aside her worries temporarily and talk about all kinds of topics without restraint. She was still not satisfied until the bell rang.
*
The two "agents" used the excuse of going to the toilet to meet near a bench hidden under the shade of a tree outside the teaching building.
The two people who seemed to have a tacit understanding seemed very restrained when they had a "tryst".
One is the sister of the future junior who receives special training together, and the other is a student trained under his nominal adoptive father. They both know the existence of the other party, but are not familiar with each other at all.
Instead of sitting on a bench and having a long chat, the two chose to stand at the corner of the building next to them, each leaning against a wall, looking in the direction around them, always paying attention to whether anyone else noticed that they were meeting here.
"What's going on?"
A notebook was extended from the other side of the wall. Tsu Miki raised her hand and pinched a corner of the notebook, wanting to take it and write a reply, but she couldn't pull it away. Only then did she realize that she could speak directly.
"...Hinata-san is a little too clingy to you. That's not good."
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The ballpoint pen in Gojuan's hand was so startled that it almost fell to the concrete floor and broke. He was very curious about how Tsu Miki came to this conclusion, and he felt a little secretly happy in his heart.
So, in the eyes of others, Hinata and I have such a good relationship?!
I thought Gojo Satoru had something to tell Tsumiki, but I didn't expect she was here to help him dream.
The corners of his mouth, hidden by the mask, couldn't help but curl up to the sky.
Flying handwriting:
"Why do you say that?"
Inumaki Ji tilted his head slightly towards the direction of Tsumeki's voice, and his body also tilted, expecting Tsumeki's further "praise".
As expected, Tsu Miki spoke:
"Haven't you noticed that Hinata-san only plays with you?"
"When someone invites her to collaborate in class, she signals that she wants to join you. When someone asks her to go for a walk around the playground, she waves it off, saying she wants to watch you do your homework. When someone asks her if she wants to have lunch together, she says she's already made an appointment with you... It's not like everything can only be done together!"
"Except for you, she has never been with anyone else attentively!"
The girl deliberately lowered her voice but it did not prevent her from becoming more and more excited as she spoke, revealing the childishness and vitality beneath her calm face.
The "others" she mentioned included others at first, but later she was the only one left, and she felt very depressed.
Inumaki Satoru looked confused and didn't know how to respond for a moment. He had no awareness that Hinata Aoi was using him as a shield to refuse others.
When he was in elementary school, he was a transfer student. To him, everyone in the class was a senior who was close to Hinata Aoi. He would ask for advice everywhere, but he would also be inferior to them in everything.
After entering junior high school, he was more experienced than anyone else in this regard. He successfully got promoted, but lost the stack of reference answers from elementary school.
Now listening to Tsumiki saying that she has monopolized Hinata Aoi's friend seat... It's hard to empathize with Tsumiki, so let him be happy on his own for a while~
It seems like Hinata Aoi only considers him as a friend now~
Is it really him who has this uniqueness?
Inujuan Ji was stroking his chest while feeling his accelerated heartbeat, and he believed it eight out of ten.
"...Inugumaki-kun?" Tsumiki asked without getting a response.
The boy came to his senses and hurried to write, revising and revising, and gradually wrote out a sentence in his sloppy handwriting that made Tsumiki speechless and frowned -
"No?"
Was he doubting her analysis, or was he modestly saying that Hinata Aoi didn't treat him so well?
It was also the first time that she intuitively felt the rough edges that were commonly considered to be boys, and she didn't even notice Hinata Aoi's obvious coldness and xenophobia.
From her brother's few words, she thought that Gojumaki was a person who liked to play pranks but was very reliable at critical moments... Is this matter not important enough for him?
By the way, from Gojo Satoru's endless tirade showing off his child, she had always thought that Hinata Aoi was a person who respected teachers, had excellent grades, was gentle, steady and energetic... Did something happen during this holiday that changed him so much?
Regardless of the value of these words, the person who can be described by these words should not be the person who is unwilling to get along deeply with his classmates, right?
The image was very different from what one had imagined. Tsu Miki was not ashamed or annoyed by Hinata Aoi's repeated rejections, but she could not help but care about and worry about Hinata Aoi's mental health.
Inujū Satoru, who had just been secretly complained about by the girls in their hearts, wrote down his answer after careful consideration. He really didn't think that Hinata Aoi treated him so specially.
He gained friendship by being thick-skinned, and after being disciplined by Gojo Satoru, he still had self-awareness.
Isn't this normal now? Hinata was like this in elementary school, too, right?
She never takes the initiative to chat with others and stays quietly in her own little world. However, this does not prevent others from going to her for help with problems, chatting with her, or confiding their thoughts to her... Well, it's Naoka Ueno who does these things, and at most Kawai Miki can be counted as well.
But at that time, no one thought that Hinata Aoi was not sociable. No matter what their opinions and evaluations of her were, they always spoke of her with admiration, just like a fixed light bulb that never goes out of power, attracting moths to fly around it, and then lying on the glass cover, unable to reach the light inside.
Not only does she illuminate the whole room, but in Inumaki Satoru's heart, Hinata Aoi is as dazzling as the sun.
It can glow by itself, and when you see it, you feel warm and comfortable. Besides, it is the sun, so being able to see it is enough. If you want to touch it, you have to have a thick skin like him, otherwise you will burn yourself before you even get close.
Whether Hinata Aoi wants to make friends or not, she has her own reasons, and Gojumaki Ji supports her unconditionally.
He is also very confident in Hinata Aoi's charm. Excellent academic performance, outstanding athletic ability, and outstanding appearance are enough to dominate the front page of school news and become a campus idol.
With the added bonus of her strong will despite being physically disabled, Hinata Aoi will sooner or later gain a lot of fans and continue to serve as the "mascot" in the class.
Thinking of this, Goujuanji felt a little worried.
The time he can spend with Hinata Aoi has been compressed by training. If someone else wants to share this pie, he really can't give him a generous blessing.
...Why am I so selfish?
Goujuanji reflected on himself and resisted change.
Putting these emotions aside for the moment, Goumaki Ji knew that he couldn't explain his ideas to Tsumiki in just a few words, so he simply didn't bother to explain them. Before Tsumiki felt that he was unreliable and gave up communicating with him, he gave his own plan -
"She will be loved, and I will always be by her side."
This sentence was more like a conclusion than a plan. It was of no constructive value to Tsu Miki, but it inexplicably gave her a sense of security.
"...It's us." It's us who will stay with her.
Fushiguro Miki added.
She and her brother owed a great favor to Gojo Satoru. She made a grand appearance when her brother was about to be taken away by the Zenin family and she was about to be sent to an orphanage because her foster parent was missing. She cursed their father, Fushiguro Shinobu, and then paid a sky-high fee to stop the Zenin family from snatching the children away, and adopted them both.
She knew in her heart that Gojo Satoru was mainly impressed by her brother's ability and saved her incidentally, so she should repay him even more.
Unable to help Gojo Satoru in any way, Hinata Aoi, who Gojo Satoru often mentioned, became her focus.
She will do her best to protect this girl who is held in the palm of her nominal adoptive father's hand.
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A week had passed since the start of school, and Hinata Aoi had been avoiding the seniors in the volleyball club for a full six days.
She felt the perseverance of the sportsman.
I understand that they want to recruit people who are interested and capable to expand their club and strive for higher rankings in the competition, but I don't understand why they are targeting her.
It was fine a few days ago when the senior grades had not officially started school, and the senior students were just looking around at the entrance of the teaching building and the school gate. Now that all classes have started in the past few days, the senior students are already lingering at the classroom doors.
This set of operations is very similar to human traffickers' scouting.
Hadn't she made it obvious enough that she was disabled?
Even though she was just being stared at and no one actually found her, the feeling of being targeted was really creepy. Hinata Aoi even wanted to bring her disability certificate and show it.
The women's volleyball club of this middle school is somewhat unknown compared to the boys' club, and needs fresh, strong or potential blood to flow in.
But her basic skills are maxed out and her stats panel is barren, so she shouldn't be among the people who are sought after, right?
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