In the office.
The sudden, unexpected sight caused Miko's brain to completely crash. Her brown eyes widened instantly, trembling slightly.
Miko had served as the Disciplinary Committee member in Shuchi'in's middle school division. In those three years, she fought wits with budding young boys and girls, confiscating countless love letters, doujinshi, spicy novels, and discs.
Adhering to the philosophy that "to know yourself and your enemy is to win a hundred battles," Miko would look over everything she confiscated. Therefore, the Disciplinary Committee member, tasked with maintaining school discipline and safeguarding student purity, actually understood more than the vast majority of students.
The scene before her seemed to be a variant of Big Sister Pulling Little Cart? Or perhaps Hawk Catching a Chick? Her crashed brain vaguely supplied a few concepts.
Miko's rationality immediately returned. Her fair, smooth little face was instantly covered in a deep blush. She quickly dropped the stack of forms in her arms onto the floor.
"I-I'm sorry, excuse me!"
Bang!
Miko, her cheeks burning red, backed out of the office, quickly closed the door, and hurried away.
Inside the office.
The abrupt sound of the door closing instantly pulled Shizuka's consciousness back from its hazy ascent.
"I was just seen... by a student?"
Shizuka suddenly realized this. Remembering her posture just now, her eyelids twitched wildly.
"Hiratsuka-sensei, are you feeling better?" Asa looked up at her and asked softly.
In truth, nothing significant had happened. Her skirt was just a bit wrinkled, and her black stockings had a few runs, highlighting the full curves of her thighs where they were tightly pulled. After all, getting Shizuka out of the cabinet required some vigorous movement.
Shizuka's head was still foggy, the lingering physical sensation making it difficult to concentrate. Only after hearing Asa's words did she slowly collect herself.
"Much better, thank you, Asa-kun." Shizuka stroked Asa's little head.
From a process standpoint, her plan was undoubtedly quite successful. However, the outcome seemed somewhat problematic. She never imagined that her flushed, dazed expression would be seen by a female student. A little shota, a female teacher, plus her expression at the time... it would be hard not to get the wrong idea if someone saw it!
And, apparently, it was a new Student Council member. Shizuka picked up the scattered forms by the door. She looked at them and her eyes slightly widened.
"Miko Iino..."
"She wouldn't just spread rumors, would she..." Shizuka felt uneasy. She didn't want her reputation among the students to be ruined! But more importantly, she didn't want Asa to be looked at strangely by others!
"No, I must talk to Iino-san..."
It wouldn't be difficult to explain what just happened. However, as a teacher, Shizuka suddenly remembered that Miko was also the Disciplinary Committee member. Her extreme, anti-romance philosophy, which banned dating, was notorious in the middle school division.
In Shizuka's view, any form of extremism was a type of psychological disorder. Resisting romance so strongly at an age when infatuation should be blooming wasn't a good sign.
"Perhaps she hasn't yet tasted the sweetness of love..." Shizuka subconsciously looked at Asa beside her, her body experiencing a faint, pleasant tingling.
....
"Kaguya-nee, can I come practice Kyudo this afternoon?"
Kaguya looked at the message displayed on her phone, and her heart began to beat uncontrollably. Her mind conjured the handsome and serious face of the little shota, along with the scene of teaching him Kyudo that day. The details, the actions, and the visuals were vivid. Her body, it seemed, also remembered the sensation of that time. Kaguya's delicate frame felt a subtle tingling.
This reminded her of her previous conversation with Hayasaka Ai .
"Hayasaka, if a girl's heart starts racing and her body feels weak and tingly, what might be the reason?"
"Those symptoms could mean she has a cold or fever."
"Ah, no... what if the girl felt that way because of contact with a... a boy?"
"Hmm, in that case, it probably means the girl likes the boy."
Me? Falling for a little shota? Kaguya didn't entirely agree with Hayasaka's assessment. Therefore, she needed to verify her own feelings. She needed to know if the flutter she felt in Asa's presence was real or imagined!
....
That afternoon, after school.
At the Kyudo Club.
A group of girls was diligently practicing, receiving instruction from the club president, Ayako Mitsuzuri. However, their gazes couldn't help but drift to the far corner of the dojo. There, the Student Council President, the Ice Queen Kaguya Shinomiya, was instructing an exceptionally handsome little shota on the proper archery stance.
"Relax both shoulders, brace with the elbow!" Kaguya's cool, clear voice rang out.
Generally, beginners start by learning the large framework—getting a general posture and finding the feel for shooting. Then the teacher intervenes to refine the details, correcting the student's clumsy minor movements hand-by-hand.
"Shinomiya-senpai is teaching him so meticulously. Will the little shota be able to absorb it all at once?"
"Hmph, you underestimate Asa-kun. He's very intelligent!"
"Shinomiya-senpai must be building a more solid foundation for him!"
The Kyudo club members each had their own thoughts on Kaguya's detailed teaching method. Overall, they approved of her instruction.
But if they moved closer, they would realize. The way Kaguya's slender fingers traced the little shota's body didn't look much like adjusting minor movements. It looked more like... lingering affection?
'Yes, I'm just verifying...' Kaguya repeated to herself inwardly.
That afternoon, ever since she saw Asa, her anxious mood suddenly calmed down. When she was close to Asa, her worried feelings disappeared. When she touched Asa, the faint expectation she'd harbored for days was answered. Her body once again experienced that familiar, touching slight tremble.
Kaguya clearly knew that her verification seemed to have yielded a result!
But...
She looked at Asa's face, which was still tender with baby fat amidst his young handsomeness, and secretly clenched her small fists.
"Asa-kun, I'd like to give you a gift," Kaguya said to Asa after the afternoon instruction ended.
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