Chapter 44: Picket in the Morning with Childhood Friends
"Hoam~ So sleepy..."
Leaving the train station, Akira walked while covering his yawning mouth.
It was rush hour now, and apart from Akira, there were many other students in different school uniforms seen at the train station.
As he walked, some of the other junior high school students, especially female students, would glance at him, and whisper in his friend's ear.
"Look at that young man, he looks really cool..."
"From the uniform he's wearing, he's the famous Teiko Junior High School student."
"Not only handsome, but also smart, I wonder if he has a girlfriend."
"You? No way, a handsome guy like him probably already has a girlfriend."
Akira ignored the gossip of the girls, he was used to it. At first, he was very uncomfortable being talked about by girls, considering he was only average looking in his previous life.
Now he inherited the gene from his father, and it was his mother who gave him the handsome face he has now.
If the girls comment on how cool Akira is. Instead, the men sneered, and secretly spoke sarcastically.
"Damn Ikemen (Handsome Face)! I pray he stepped on a banana peel, slipped, and fell."
"I don't know, how many girls he has seduced using his appearance, I feel sorry for the girls he dumped."
"Pssst.... I heard from my friends, most handsome men are very weak in bed."
"I also heard that, it's said that handsome guys can only last less than 5 minutes."
(Why do I get scorn, and insults from them, even though I didn't do anything to them?)
(Sigh~ Human malice knows no bounds)
Even though he was angry inside, Akira couldn't do anything about it. Now that he was on the street, beating them up would only cause insignificant trouble.
(If only I had an illusion ability like Sharingan, I would make them experience illusions in a muscular gay man's gangbang) A dangerous thought appeared in Akira's mind.
The boys who insulted Akira should be grateful that he doesn't have an illusion-type ability, or else they will have an unforgettable bad experience.
Walk 15 minutes, finally Akira arrived at school.
In front of the entrance gate, he can see the figure of the sports teacher, Naruzo Machio, watching the students passing by, along with members of the Disciplinary Committee, who checked the students' performances.
"Good morning, Machio Sensei." Akira raised his hand, and greeted.
"Good morning, Nakano-kun, you came very early."
Machio recalled the student before him, because Akira had the highest score in the Fitness Test yesterday, and had left a deep impression on his mind.
"Today my picket schedule."
"I see... By the way, Sensei had heard of Nakano-kun's achievements yesterday." Machio said suddenly.
"My achievement? did I do something?" Akira was confused.
"Don't Nakano-kun remember what happened at the basketball club yesterday?" Machio asked.
Akira pondered for a moment, and recalled yesterday's incident.
"Hmmm... Didn't I, and the other new members have a match against the main members of the basketball club?"
Machio put his hand on Akira's shoulder, and said with sparkling eyes:
"That's precisely the achievement Sensei meant, the main member that Nakano-kun fought yesterday has competed in the national competition, and made it to the semifinals. You are really good at beating them."
"Don't get too excited Machio Sensei, the reason for the victory of the new members, is not only because of me, the other members also contributed." Akira said humbly, and not boasting.
"Ah, sorry, Sensei, I got too excited."
Machio hastily withdrew his hand.
Suddenly, a girl with tuscan red hair appeared in a long, thin ponytail with a shoulder-length topknot framing her face, on her arm was an armband bearing the words Disciplinary Committee.
"Machio Sensei, Akira, don't chat in front of the school gate, you two are blocking the entrance."
The girl pointed a bamboo stick at the two men in front of her with her right hand.
"I'm sorry, Riko senpai."
"I'm sorry, Suminoe-kun."
Akira, and Machio admit their mistakes, and apologize.
"Wait a minute, Nakano-kun knows Suminoe-kun?"
Machio suddenly realized the nickname Akira gave to the girl in front of him.
"Me, and Akira go to the same elementary school." Riko explained briefly, her eyes didn't move from Akira's.
Realizing Riko's eyes were only on Akira, an understanding smile appeared on Machio's face.
"Ahahaha... Sensei will be on guard over there."
After saying that, Machio left the two young people.
Teiko Junior High School doesn't forbid students from dating, as long as they don't get caught doing lewd acts in the school environment. Therefore, Machio immediately left.
"Good morning, Riko senpai, long time no see."
Not knowing what to say, Akira said standard words.
"Un, it's been almost a year, Akira has never been to the house again." Riko spoke bluntly.
"Cough, I'm busy studying for the entrance exams for Teiko Junior School, so I don't have time." Akira coughed awkwardly.
"Come next time, me, and Ako miss playing like we used to." Riko said frankly what he felt.
"Maybe next time." Akira answered ambiguously.
"Then I'll go to class first." Akira got ready to leave.
"Wait a minute, Akira." Riko stood in front of Akira, and blocked his way.
"Is something wrong, Riko senpai?" asked Akira.
Riko didn't say anything, she took a few steps forward, stood in front of Akira, she stretched out his hand to smooth the tie on Akira's shirt collar.
"Your neatness is a mess, and as the Chief Disciplinary Member, I can't allow students to break the school rules in front of me." Riko said while tying his tie.
"Well, that's done, next time pay attention to your tie." Riko nodded with satisfaction at his work.
"Thank you very much, Riko senpai. Then, I'll go to class first."
"Un."
This time, Riko didn't stop Akira.
After seeing Akira enter the building, Riko went to a nearby tree. Confirming that there were no students around, she sniffed her palm with a blush on her face.
"Ah~ This is Akira's scent, I haven't smelled it for a long time, and it makes me wet."
...
Akira didn't know what Riko was doing, opened the shoe locker, and he was relieved that he didn't find a love letter in the locker.
"Phew! That's good, I didn't receive any love letters today."
To be honest, Akira was tired of receiving love letters when he was still an elementary school student. At least, he had received 30 love letters, and received confessions from girls.
Of course he rejected all the confessions, he is not a pedophile. All the girls who confessed to him were elementary school students, Akira's conscience ached if he touched innocent little girls.
"I don't know how long this status quo can go on?"
Akira hung up, changed shoes, closed the locker door, and walked to classroom 1-A.
In Japan, school hours start at 9 am. It was 8.30am, there was still 30 minutes before the bell rang.
Walking down the hall, Akira only encountered a few students from other classes.
Arriving in front of the classroom entrance, he pushed open the door, and saw a familiar figure of a girl writing picket duty on the blackboard.
"Good morning, Shouko."
Akira greets Kirishima Shouko, who is a class 1-A representative.
Shouko turned her head, seeing it was Akira, and a rarely seen smile appeared on her face.
"Good morning, Akira. You look sleep deprived." Shouko noticed the faint dark circles under Akira's eye bags.
"A lot happened last night, I only slept for a few hours." Akira gave a vague answer while walking towards his seat, and putting down his bag.
"Staying up late is not good for health, don't stay up too often, Akira." Shouko was worried.
"Um, I'll remember your advice, thanks for worrying, Shouko."
Walking to Shouko, Akira took an eraser, and erased the scribbles on the blackboard.
Both of them began to run picket duty.
"I'll take out the trash first."
Holding a large plastic bag filled with trash, Akira said to Shouko.
"Un." Shouko answered while sweeping the floor.
Akira left the classroom with a trash bag in his hand, and headed for the trash incinerator, which was at the back of the school building.
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