"Shinobu~ Shinobu? It's time to wake up~" Kanae smiled as she looked at her sister's sleeping face, poked her cheek with a finger, and called out to her softly.
"Mmm... Sister... let me sleep a little longer..." Shinobu mumbled groggily, turning her head and pulling the quilt over her head.
Kanae held her sister's shoulders and shook them gently. Seeing her sister acting like a sleepyhead, she thought to herself, "How can my sister be so cute?" while her gentle voice continued to ring out.
"Although your sister wants to let Shinobu sleep a little longer~"
"But... it was Shinobu who asked me yesterday to wake you up earlier."
"Didn't you say you wanted to make a bento for Mr. Yangquan?"
"If you don't get up now, then..."
Before Kanae could finish speaking, she saw Shinobu suddenly throw off the quilt, looking at her sister anxiously with her messy hair disheveled, her voice somewhat urgent.
"Ah! Sister! Why didn't you say so earlier!"
Shinobu glanced at the alarm clock, hurriedly got out of bed, and rushed into the bathroom to wash up. Hearing her sister's complaints, Kanae covered her left cheek and couldn't help but let out a giggle with a smile on her face.
"Ara, ara~"
While Shinobu was frantically searching for her butterfly hair accessory, Kanae gently approached her, softly placed the accessory on the back of her head, held her sister's shoulders, and looked at her in the mirror with curved eyebrows.
"Shinobu looks very cute today too~"
"Mr. Yangquan will surely compliment you like that too."
Visibly blushing, Shinobu turned around and, seeing her teasing sister, couldn't help but raise her voice.
"Sister!"
"Hehe~" Kanae patted her sister's head and lightly left the room.
Shinobu covered her burning face and lowered her head slightly.
Honestly... being teased by my sister first thing in the morning...
And besides... that idiot Yoizumi... he wouldn't say that.
Just as she went downstairs, she heard her mother's voice.
"Ah, Shinobu is up so early today."
Kochou Sakura looked at her youngest daughter with relief; usually, she would insist on lazing in bed for a while longer.
"Mmm... I just wanted to wake up early for a change."
After mumbling that, Shinobu dove into the kitchen.
"Oh my~"
Why is she acting shy?
Kochou Sakura thought as she walked into the kitchen.
"So Shinobu is making her own bento today."
"Let me see."
Mixed tempura, hamburger steak, tamagoyaki...
These aren't things Shinobu likes to eat, instead, they are...
Before Kochou Sakura could finish her thought, she was pushed out of the kitchen by Shinobu.
"Mom, go to the living room first."
"This child."
After more than 20 minutes, Kochou Sakura glanced at the clock and spoke toward the kitchen.
"Shinobu? If you don't leave now, you'll be late."
"Mr. Yangquan went to school early today and can't go with you. You didn't forget, did you?"
Shinobu came out carrying the bento box, quickened her pace to change her shoes, and turned to say to her mother.
"Mom, I'm leaving."
"Take care on your way."
Watching her daughter's hurried back, Kochou Sakura returned to the kitchen, looked at the extra food on the plate, picked up some chopsticks, picked up the tamagoyaki, and put it in her mouth.
It's so sweet...
Right, the clothes in the washing machine need to be hung out to dry.
While hanging clothes in the courtyard, Kochou Sakura saw Mrs. Kamado who had also come out to air her quilt, and immediately greeted her.
"Mrs. Kamado."
"Good morning."
From afar, the school bell rang. Shinobu quickened her pace, a bit of sweat appearing on her forehead. If she went in through the main gate now, she would definitely be caught red-handed, so she had to...
Shinobu recalled the shortcut she had heard about from her classmates; she had no choice but to do this.
Because it was newly built, it was shorter than the surrounding walls, but still a bit high for Shinobu. Using a nearby wooden crate to help, she took a running leap and successfully climbed over the wall.
She hadn't expected someone to be below. She only had time to see that familiar hair color before she landed steadily into a warm embrace.
"Shinobu?"
Opening her eyes wide and looking at those clear, confused sapphire eyes, Shinobu swallowed hard and couldn't help but grip the bento bag in her hand tightly.
Yoizumi looked uncertainly at the wall, then at Shinobu, slowly bent down to set her down steadily, looking like he wanted to say something but hesitated.
"How..."
"Don't you dare say it!" Raising her hand to cover Yoizumi's mouth, Shinobu's cheeks flushed slightly, and she turned her head away to avoid looking at Yoizumi.
He blinked, reached out to take Shinobu's hand away. Could it be that because he didn't go to school with her, Shinobu was late?
That's a bit dangerous... although this height isn't much...
I'll talk to the dean later and suggest they either raise it or block it off as soon as possible.
"No need to rush, the third-year teachers are basically in a meeting right now."
Straightening her slightly messy hair and adjusting her breathing, Shinobu returned to her usual composed self.
"Then I'm going to class first... Yoizumi... remember to come find me this afternoon." After saying this quickly, Shinobu turned to leave, but was caught by the wrist by Yoizumi.
"Wait."
Turning her head slightly, her wrist held tightly, Shinobu's fingertips trembled, and her voice sounded a bit muffled.
"What is it?"
Yoizumi looked straight at Shinobu, with a serious expression, and handed a piece of paper to her.
Taking it and looking at the content, the smile on Shinobu's face stiffened.
What...?!
Yoizumi let go of her hand, still with that indifferent expression.
"Shinobu, remember to hand this to me before Friday, because you were late."
"A 500-word self-reflection."
"..."
After taking a deep, heavy breath, Shinobu tried hard to maintain her composure, looking at Yoizumi with half-closed eyes and a smile.
"I understand... Disciplinary Committee member."
"And one more thing..."
Shinobu approached him under Yoizumi's confused gaze, grabbed his tie, and pulled him down, then felt a pain in her forehead.
"At school, you have to call me Senior!"
"You are not allowed to call me by my name!"
Yoizumi blankly covered his forehead, watching Shinobu's retreating figure, lowering his head in some distress, and loosened the tie that had been pulled tight around his neck before retying it.
It was clearly Shinobu who said he should call her by her name.
Now he can't call her that anymore?
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