after class

[Black and blue] after school

Author: Jiying

After School Activities

—Hey, is it okay for such a small me?

——Even if I know it doesn't match at all, I still love you and like you.

very noisy.

Ears are about to explode.

Even though he didn't move, his body seemed to be on the verge of being loaded.

The feet are so heavy; they bear all the weight of the body; they bear the weight of all the words around them.

The head is so heavy; it is already so low that it is about to hit the table. If you let your tired body go like this, there will definitely be a "bang" sound when your forehead hits the desk. If that happens, will the surrounding sounds stop?

It's strange, even though I only weigh 42kg, I feel that my body is so heavy that I can't hold it anymore.

Obviously only 156cm tall——

But, but—

Not even close.

Still with him, the difference is too much.

"What?! Kirishima Ran, you like Murasakihara Atsushi? Hey! Everyone knows—— Kirishima Ran likes Murasakihara Atsushi!"

"Eh, really! Did I hear you right?"

"It's the super-tall one in our class, right?"

"Haha, you are lying, you are so small, but you like such a tall guy, wow, it's so much worse!"

"Let me see, hey~ half a meter long!"

"Puhaha, it's 52 centimeters to be exact! That guy Murasakihara is [-] meters tall! He's super tall! I'm so envious!"

"I hate it, why does that little one like Murasakihara-kun! I don't want it! Murasakihara-kun is mine!"

"If there is a difference of 52 centimeters... Kirishima-san is 1 meters tall? Actually, it's not very short..."

"But he's the shortest in our class, right?"

"A 50cm lover?! Wow, no way - it's more believable to say that they are father and daughter~"

"Haha, just imagine the picture of them standing together and it's so funny~"

Unknowingly, there was a circle of people around Tong Daolan, boys and girls took turns interjecting, and topics about her and him flooded the sky.

Tong Daolan lowered her head, biting her lips tightly, clenched the chopsticks in one hand, and the corner of the school uniform with the other, the crumpled fabric was gradually soaked with sweat from the palm of her hand.

how so?

During the lunch break, I was chatting with my friend Yuina while eating bento, but the content of the chat was accidentally overheard by a boy at the next table. Like a child who discovered something new, he couldn’t keep his mouth shut for a while, and immediately went to class It's been announced.

At that moment, Tong Daolan was in a state of panic. She stared blankly at the neighbor who was acting like this and yelled over and over again, which made other students in the classroom gather together in a playful mood.

There was no time to react——

Xi Cai didn't expect that someone would overhear her casual words, she was at a loss, her eyes wandered between the people who were gradually gathering around her and Kirishima Lan.

"Nabo Takaya! Don't talk nonsense!"

Seeing her friend's face turn pale, Xicai, who realized that she had made a mistake, stood up immediately, pointing at the boy who sent the message and shouting.

"What, didn't you say that just now?" Nami Taka, the boy named, didn't care, and leaned on the back of the chair with his chin raised to treat Yukina provocatively.

"I didn't say anything just now! Besides, you stole—"

"The liar is a puppy~ You just said—"

"Ran Kirishima likes Atsushi Murasakihara!"

Kirishima Ran likes Atsushi Murasakihara.

She raised her head suddenly as if frightened, and the chopsticks in her hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

That's right...

She likes him, even though she seldom talks in class; even the temporary change to Shangyangquan at the last moment of the third year of junior high school and sitting here at the moment is also caused by this reason.

Everything starts with the first meeting.

During the freshman entrance ceremony, I was so happy that I was in the same class as him, and I usually tried more or less to have a chance to talk, but it was just a few words.

Every time she struggled to raise her head and talk to him, she decided that today she must jump 200 more ropes—to grow taller, taller, and try to grow taller until she can stand beside him in a matching manner. 160, 170, never give up.

However, since the first day of junior high school, her height has basically not changed.

Now, with the secret being discovered and publicized, the height difference has become a topic of ridicule.

What should she do.

Could it be that two people with such a huge difference in height can't be lovers?

Could it be that, with such a short stature, can't he like that tall person?

Really, is it so funny?

Tong Daolan bit her lip tightly, she would not deny herself, no matter what, her liking for him would not change.

She will never give up!Because she likes that person so, so much.

With a bang, the door of the classroom was opened.

"Ran Kirishima likes Atsushi Murasakihara..."

The boys were booing, and turned their heads when they heard the sound behind them——

"what are you guys saying?"

With a muffled voice because of the snacks in his mouth, the visitor walked through the door shorter than him with a slightly bowed body, holding a pile of snacks in his arms as usual, and walked leisurely into the classroom.

Everyone stopped talking, and for a moment all eyes were on Atsushi Murasaki who came in, but after a few seconds of silence, they booed again with the mood of watching the excitement.

"Oh oh oh the timing is perfect! The main character is here!"

"Hey Murasakihara, let me tell you, Kirishima Ran from our class likes you!"

"That's great~ She's actually quite cute! I saw someone confessing to her in the courtyard a few days ago!"

"You guys are lucky~ Come on, come on, congratulations to the 'newcomer'—"

The boys pushed Murasakihara towards Kirishima Ran while joking.

"What? What are you talking about?"

Still using his usual casual tone, Atsushi Ziyuan unwrapped another delicious stick, and let the boys push it away with a blank and uninterested look.

It wasn't until the two people in the topic were no longer separated from each other, and they were surrounded by everyone, that Atsushi Murasakihara looked down at the girl in front of her with a very bad complexion as if she had just discovered it.

"Hmm... isn't this Kishima-chan? What's the matter, you look very bad?"

Atsushi Ziyuan tilted his head from side to side and asked suspiciously.Although I don't talk much at ordinary times, the other party often gives me snacks.

At this moment, Kirishima Lan, who had stood up from her position, lowered her head heavily again, clenched her hands into fists, trembling slightly, as if she was enduring something.Facing Ziyuan's question, she began to speak slowly in a small voice:

"It should be...Kirishima, Murasakihara-kun."

"Is that so, I misremembered, what's the name behind that?"

"Ran, Ran, Kirishima Ran."

Again, that slow way of speaking... This kind of conversation is no different from the introduction of each other when they meet for the first time.

Kirishima Ran felt as if something was choking her throat, and it was a bit difficult to speak from there.

Her eye sockets were red, and her vision was quickly clouded with mist.

Why, this kind of thing happened...

After being known by everyone, they were ridiculed in the class. The worst thing is that Murasakihara-kun appeared again. He must think... I don’t know what is good or bad, right?

but--

It's not my fault that I'm short!

I've obviously worked hard to grow taller!

why!

hateful!

"No way, that guy Murasakihara didn't even memorize the names of his classmates..."

"Haha, Kirishima Ran is really embarrassing."

"Let me just say, why would Murasakihara-kun care about that kind of dwarf, she is so whimsical!"

"But how tall does a girl have to be to be worthy of Murasakihara-kun?"

The surrounding discussions gradually grew louder, and Xi Cai stood still at a loss, looking at her friend's back worriedly but couldn't say anything.

It was her fault, it was her words that were overheard by that brat, that's why she——

"Swipe-"

Suddenly, the harsh sound of a chair being pulled against the ground made everyone shut up.

Before she could react, she saw the short girl stepping on the chair, and finally she was able to face the tall boy at about the same height——

A few seconds before everyone had time to react, the girl's movements were done in one go without hesitation.

Suddenly, a clear and slightly trembling voice resounded in the classroom:

"Murakohara-kun, I like you."

"I know there is a big gap between our heights, but this is not a reason for me to give up liking you;

I know that the idea of ​​wanting to be with you is whimsical, and I don’t even know what is good or bad, but I have worked hard to grow taller;

I get up early every morning to run for an hour, skip rope a thousand times, eat two eggs every day, and drink a glass of milk every night before going to bed. The daily bento is prepared, dried shrimps, kelp, and even my favorite food Snacks have also been banned for several years.I'm not sure if I can grow taller by doing this, but I will try it as long as possible;

I know you like to eat desserts, and delicious sticks are your favorite, so every day I go to the home economics class to make desserts, although it is difficult to eat every time, but I make it over and over again;

Every day after school, I want to give you the snacks I made, but I am afraid, I know that the taste I made is not good, and I am afraid that you will hate me, so every time I can only look at your back when you are going to participate in a department activity, and dare not go forward. In the end, I had to throw everything I made that day into the trash can;

I--

You probably don’t remember, you ate my delicious bar once in the third year of junior high school, and since then I have often bought delicious bars——

I--

To say so much nonsense, really, it's like