Chapter 80: Class D's Cliques!
"Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School has expelled students sign the relevant confidentiality agreements in order to preserve secrecy. They're forbidden from revealing anything about the school."
"Afterward, the school arranges for those expelled students to transfer to ordinary high schools. After all, if the school didn't properly arrange things for them, rumors about this place would definitely spread."
"I see." Yuto nodded.
"Shimizu, are you asking because you plan to make Ike Kanji and the others drop out?" Chabashira Sae asked.
"That's right. Now that I know this school allows students to be expelled, I feel like I'll definitely cause students to drop out in the future, either directly or indirectly," Yuto said frankly.
Now that Yuto knew the school would properly arrange expelled students' futures, he felt less guilt about making students from his own class—or from other classes—drop out later.
Chabashira looked at Yuto's handsome profile and smiled wryly. "Shimizu, when I was still a student at this school, I never once thought about what happened to the students who dropped out. All I cared about was staying in this school and graduating from Class A."
"You troublesome brat, your heart is kinder than mine."
Yuto rolled his eyes at his beautiful homeroom teacher. Calling him a troublesome brat while saying he was kind—wasn't that contradictory?
At that moment, Sakura Airi walked over with a tray. Bright red slices of watermelon sat on it, and she smiled as she called out, "Yuto, Chabashira-sensei, come try some watermelon."
"Mm."
After eating the watermelon, Chabashira and Airi entered the kitchen together to prepare dinner. Once dinner was finished and the dishes were cleaned, Chabashira tactfully said goodbye to Yuto and Airi, leaving the young couple to enjoy their time alone.
Once dinner was over and the dishes were washed, Chabashira Sae tactfully excused herself, leaving the young couple to enjoy their private time.
A grinning Yuto swept the increasingly curvaceous Sakura Airi into his arms.
With a mix of joyful anticipation and shy excitement in her eyes, Airi let him carry her toward the apartment's bathroom.
The bathroom was about to become their battlefield of love…
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Another warm, sweet night passed, and morning arrived—
Airi lay in bed, her loose nightgown slightly disheveled. Her fiery red hair cascaded behind her, with a few strands falling across her long neck, adding a touch of allure to her skin, which was whiter than milk.
Who would have thought such a beautiful and alluring woman was the unassuming Sakura Airi?
And this captivating sight was reserved solely for her childhood friend, Shimizu Yuto.
"Mmm..."
With a soft moan, Airi's long eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes. Still hazy from sleep and last night's passion, her gaze was filled with a mesmerizing, dreamlike quality.
Looking at Yuto's handsome face so close to her, Airi blinked. Her eyes were filled with softness and love, and the slow curve of her lips revealed the happiness and satisfaction in her heart.
However, Airi also felt a little down because her stamina was too poor. She felt rather ashamed about that; if only she had a little more strength.
While quietly blaming her own stamina, Airi admired Yuto's sleeping face. When the time reached exactly seven o'clock, she woke him up and reminded him that it was time for his morning run.
After waking, Yuto kissed Airi's still-blushing cheek, then got up to wash and change into sportswear for his morning exercise. Airi did think about going running with him to train her body, but her tired limbs clearly told her she was thinking too much.
"Horikita, you're early again today."
When Yuto arrived at the field, he greeted Suzune, who was dressed in crisp sportswear.
"Mm. You're early too, Shimizu."
After exchanging greetings, Yuto and the cool Suzune began their morning run together. Since the two of them had been running together almost every morning, other students had noticed and were secretly discussing whether they were a couple.
After finishing his run, Yuto said goodbye to Suzune and returned to his apartment.
Suzune wiped away her sweat with the towel she had brought while watching Yuto's departing back. Only after she could no longer see him did she return to the student dormitory.
When Yuto returned to the apartment, he found Chabashira's high heels at the entrance. After entering the dining room, he saw Chabashira eating breakfast in a relaxed posture.
"Today's breakfast is noodles with beef sauce and soft-boiled eggs," Chabashira said casually.
"It smells great," Yuto said with a smile.
"Of course." Chabashira raised her brows slightly. Cooking was one of the few things she was truly good at.
"Shimizu, go wash up."
"Mm."
While Yuto went to the bathroom to shower and change, Chabashira increasingly felt that the way she and this troublesome brat got along was starting to feel strangely domestic. She shook her head and threw that odd feeling out of her mind.
When Yuto came out of the bathroom, Chabashira was no longer in the dining room. Only Airi was there, her fire-red hair loose as she showed Yuto a sweet, honeyed smile.
"Yuto, hurry over. Breakfast will get cold."
"Coming."
In the warm atmosphere of sitting close with Airi, Yuto finished the breakfast Chabashira had carefully prepared. Afterward, the two of them headed to school together.
Although they kept a distance of around two meters between them, Airi had grown somewhat. At the very least, she now dared to go to school together with Yuto.
Yuto and Airi entered the Class D classroom one after another.
By now, nearly half a month had passed since school began, and all kinds of small cliques had already formed in Class D.
There was the boys' clique led by Shimizu Yuto and Hirata Yosuke, and there was the girls' clique led by Kushida Kikyo and Karuizawa Kei.
The boys' clique was fairly easy to join and talk with. The girls' clique, however, was harder to enter because the girls were especially wary of people outside their circle.
Without someone familiar to lead the way, it was almost impossible to talk to girls from another group.
However, two people were exceptions. They were welcomed by everyone.
Those two were Shimizu Yuto and Kushida Kikyo.
There was no need to explain Yuto. His reputation, built through his challenges against the clubs, made the students of Class D feel proud and honored, so aside from poor students like Ike who only knew envy and resentment, everyone in Class D welcomed him.
As for Kikyo, she had a cute appearance, a charming presence, and a bright, warm attitude toward everyone. Because of that, she was publicly recognized as Class D's little angel.
Even jealous girls did not dislike the warm and cheerful Kikyo. Because of this, Yuto and Kikyo were the two most popular people in class.
"Yuto~ Good morning."
The moment Yuto stepped into the Class D classroom, he received Kikyo's cheerful greeting.
"Good morning, Kikyo."
"Mm~"
With a brilliant smile on her face, Kikyo followed Yuto and walked with him toward his seat.
After Yuto sat down, Kei said goodbye to the friend she had been talking with and walked over to him. She brought her own chair and sat down beside him.
Now, Kikyo stood beside Yuto while Kei sat beside him. The two most eye-catching girls in Class D occupied his left and right sides, almost as if they were announcing their claim to the other girls.
In fact, Kikyo and Kei had not done this only once. It had continued for more than ten days, so the students of Class D were already used to seeing Yuto surrounded by them.
Some girls were even curious about which of them Yuto would choose as his girlfriend.
However, the girl who could truly be considered Yuto's girlfriend had only just entered the Class D classroom.
Airi glanced at Yuto, who was being guarded on both sides by Kei and Kikyo. Wearing her plain glasses, she revealed a thoughtful expression.
'I don't have the stamina to keep up with Yuto's desires... Should I find someone to help?'
Being unable to fully satisfy Yuto had become Airi's constant torment.
Unlike other girls, Airi's heart belonged solely to Yuto, leaving no room for jealousy.
As long as something was good for Yuto, she felt she could accept almost anything. Otherwise, Airi would not have silently watched Kikyo and Kei grow closer to him.
Yuto looked strangely at Airi, who seemed lost in thought.
What was this girl thinking about so seriously?
Kei noticed Yuto's distraction and shook his arm. "Yuto, I'm talking to you. Are you listening?"
"I am. Hm? Did the sun rise from the west today? Those guys actually came to class this early."
Yuto looked in surprise at the three people stepping into the classroom.
Sotomura Hideo, Ike Kanji, and Yamauchi Haruki were three members of the idiot quartet.
As for the missing Sudo Ken, since he seemed to have joined the basketball club, he no longer had much time to fool around with those idiots. After all, the basketball club gathered every morning to run and train.
If Sudo kept staying up all night playing games with Ike and the others, he would definitely miss the basketball club's morning gathering.
Since Yuto ran with Suzune on the field every morning, he had naturally seen Sudo among the basketball club members and learned that Sudo had joined the club. Yuto had been rather surprised by that.
He still did not know how Sudo had managed to join the basketball club smoothly after fighting Oda and the others.
Kikyo and Kei followed Yuto's gaze and saw Ike's group as well.
Those three were late almost every day, so arriving this early was practically a miracle. Also, the smiles on their faces were a little... disgusting.
A look of distaste appeared on Kei's delicate face. "Yuto, I know why these guys came so early."
"You know?"
"I know too," Kikyo cut in. "It's because first period today is swimming class, so they came early."
"Exactly."
Yuto understood. So those guys were looking forward to swimming class. No wonder they had come so early and were smiling so disgustingly.
During swimming class, both boys and girls would change into the swimsuits prepared by the school. Compared to the fully covering school uniforms, swimsuits naturally revealed much more, making everyone's build easier to notice.
Most high school boys would look forward to swimming class for that reason.
Although Yuto was also a high school boy, he was not especially interested in swimming class. After all, he was not someone who had never seen a girl's graceful figure before.
He already spent plenty of close, 'affectionate' time with Airi every night.
"Hahaha, Yamauchi, I'm really looking forward to swimming class!" Ike said with a bright grin.
"Yeah! I've been looking forward to this day since two days ago!" Yamauchi Haruki answered with the same brilliant smile.
Since these two never cared what others thought and often openly discussed which girls had the best figures, their conversation immediately drew looks of disgust and contempt from the girls in the classroom.
However, the ecstatic Ike and Yamauchi were completely oblivious to the girls' scornful glares. They continued their unrestrained discussion about the upcoming swimming class, even starting to bet on which girl had the biggest breasts.
The topic was so juicy that the idle boys nearby quickly joined the discussion.
What surprised Yuto the most was that even Kiyotaka Ayanokoji joined the strange conversation.
That really was unexpected. Yuto had thought Ayanokoji, who carried that emotionless aura, would not be interested in such a topic.
At that moment, a strange gleam flashed through Yuto's clear black-and-white eyes. Out of curiosity, he used his mind-reading ability on the expressionless Ayanokoji.
[Putting aside the content of the discussion, I envy this kind of conversation between friends... How nice. Friends. I want friends too.]
Yuto looked strangely at Ayanokoji.
So what this guy was thinking about right now was not which girl would stand out the most. He was envying the way Ike and Yamauchi talked to each other?
Because the topic drew the interest of most of the boys, Ike and the others suddenly had an idea. With great enthusiasm, they began making a point-based wager.
The bet, of course, was on which girl had the biggest breasts...
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