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"The cafeteria at Liying High School is pretty good. Many students choose not to bring bento and eat in the cafeteria."

In the cafeteria with a lot of people, Yoshino Junpei really felt what it means to be watched by everyone. It is really not easy to survive this kind of attention every day.

It doesn't matter, they are all looking at Taki Wakaba, not me, Yoshino Junpei reminded himself repeatedly to face these probing gazes.

"What do you want to eat today?" Taki Ruoye asked.

"...Curry and rice."

"I want to try too."

Taki Wakaha and Yoshino Junhei ordered the same curry and rice set, and brought them to the table by the window.

Yoshino Junpei looked at Taki Wakaba sitting opposite him, and was in a daze.

When was the last time you had dinner with your classmates?When the film appreciation society was still there, he occasionally had dinner with those two friends, and had a happy discussion about the plot of the film together.But since the club activity room was occupied by people and he offended those people, the film appreciation club existed in name only, and even those two friends avoided him.

They are protecting themselves. Yoshino Junpei understands their thoughts and has no complaints towards them, but at the same time, he does not have expectations of them.

"That... can we sit here?"

The two faces that Yoshino Junpei was thinking about just appeared in front of him, and they wanted to avoid Yoshino Junpei's eyes, showing shame on their faces.

"...Okay, where is Senpai?" Yoshino Junpei looked at Taki Wakaha.

"no problem."

It was a table for four and it was just full.

"Hello, senior."

"Hello, senior."

Immediately after they sat down, they greeted Taki Wakaba respectfully.

"Are you Yoshino Junpei's classmates?" Taki Wakaha asked.

"Yes, we are in the same grade as him."

Taki Wakaba glanced at them and had a general impression of them.Both are thin, one is taller with short black hair parted in the middle; the other is shorter with short brown curly hair and wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses.

"My name is Taki Ruoye." When they were talking, Taki Ruoye would stop eating and concentrate on listening to their words. The stainless steel spoon held by the two fingers of her left hand shone in the sky, like a precious piece at her fingertips. The silverware is average.

That's right, Yoshino Junpei didn't pay attention to them at all, and guessed a lot about why they came to him.

"Shunpei, do you know? Those unscrupulous boys who robbed our activity room before seemed to be caught by Mr. Oda. We sneaked to the Academic Affairs Office to take a look, and the dean's angry voice could be heard from outside." Thinking of the dean's scolding, they couldn't help but smile.

"It's just that three people were arrested. These people were not the only ones who occupied our activity room that day." Yoshino Junpei's face was calm, making the smiles on their faces awkward.

"...But at least they will restrain themselves later. Sorry, we didn't look for you until they were arrested."

"..." Yoshino Junpei raised his eyes, "Then will you still go to the movie appreciation club? It's the same as before."

"..." The smiles on their faces froze completely.

"I'm not questioning or condemning you, and my impression of you hasn't changed for the better or for the worse because of your visit. If you don't want to be implicated because of me, just keep watching like this. It’s the same as before, don’t come over and say these things to me. It’s useless except to make you feel less guilty.” Yoshino Junpei didn’t look at them, and drew lines in the rice with a spoon .

"..." They looked at each other, forced a little smile, "Sorry...then we're leaving first...you have to take care of yourself. See you, senior."

"I don't hate them, and they're not bad either." Yoshino Junpei said, staring at the rice on the plate.

"You are looking at them." Taki Ruoye said, "It is because of the other party's reaction that you gave such an answer."

"They're just average people, and they're good compared to other people... It's nothing, I don't care, I didn't expect anything from them."

"Is it just that you don't have expectations for them?" Taki Ruoye strengthened the word "just".

"...It is impossible for this world to develop according to anyone's wishes. Can everyone abide by the rules and do their own things well? Why do you have to communicate your emotions with others and vent them on others?"

Taki Wakaha narrowed her eyes slightly, then stood up without hesitation, leaned forward, put one hand on the table, and touched Yoshino Junpei's head with the other.

"Hmm... Senpai, you..." Yoshino Junpei was a little caught off guard, but he didn't avoid it, his eyes stayed on Taki Wakaha's school uniform collar with bow tie and long hair hanging down, he was restless The surging inner emotions were gently relieved at this moment.

"Okay, I see, Junpei, you can eat obediently first." Taki Wakaha sat back, the hand propped on the table rested on her cheek, her eyes were on the same level as Yoshino Junpei, She tilted her head slightly and smiled at him.

"...Okay." Yoshino Junpei blushed a little.

If your heart is filled with only one emotion, bad things will happen.Obviously, under the situation of being bullied and unable to get help for a long time, Yoshino Junpei is no longer willing to trust others, closes his heart, and has a negative attitude towards everything he sees.

However, it should not be too late now.Taki Wakaba thought about his future plans while eating.

"Take me to your club room." After they put the plates back, Taki Wakaba said.

Yoshino Junpei was stunned for a moment, "...There is nothing to see there, I haven't been there for a long time, I guess it was messed up by them too. That day...they didn't want to use the lounge to break in Come in, I know, they just want to show their power and strength, and want to have fun over others."

"Then let's take it back, how about it, isn't that a good idea?" Taki Ruoye took a step closer and said with a smile.

"..." This was something Yoshino Junpei had never thought about, just because it was Taki Wakaba who said it, but he seemed completely unable to remember the possible dangers of this behavior, and only "I want to do it" that made the heart pound, his throat rolled, and he spit out a word: "Okay."

Yoshino Junpei stood at the door of the activity room where the sign said "Shake Research", took a deep breath, and pushed open the sliding door.

He had the key, but the door's flimsy lock seemed to have been broken long ago.

Reasonably, this is the activity room of the film appreciation club he formed, but when facing the domineering bad boys, he has to go against his will and say that he has occupied their activity room.The DVDs he cherished were trampled on mercilessly by them, but he didn't even have the ability to get one back.

The door was opened, and an unpleasant smell rushed out.

As Yoshino Junpei expected, they hadn't used this activity room for a long time, after all, there was nothing for them to have fun with.

Leftover instant noodle buckets, residues of food bought in convenience stores, cigarette butts, glass shards, and DVDs scattered all over the floor, without even a place to stay.

"...In short, let's clean it first." Yoshino Junpei picked up a DVD, shook off the glass shards on it, opened it and saw that it was broken, and had a feeling of "what am I imagining?" Pain.

"Sure enough, the person who caused all this should clean up, right? They must not know how tiring it is to clean up."

Taki Wakaba turned on her phone and took a photo of the messy activity room.

"Huh?" Yoshino Junpei hadn't reacted yet.

"Among the people arrested by Oda-sensei today are those who occupied your activity room?"

"Correct."

"Then let them clean it up."

"Is it still possible?"

It does.Yoshino Junpei stood at the door of the Academic Affairs Office, and when he saw the dean who was talking and laughing with Taki Wakaba, he already felt that what Taki Wakaba said was about to come true.

The old man who is known for his strictness and likes to focus on students' grades, read newspapers and listen to reports, actually talked with Taki Wakaba like a spring breeze and drizzle, and he nodded happily when Taki Wakaba said anything.

"Of course... they must be compensated... okay, okay... you take them all away..."

When Taki Wakaba and the dean approached, Yoshino Junpei heard a few words from him.

At the same time, the dean's eyes turned to Yoshino Junpei, and Yoshino Junpei hurriedly said hello: "Hello, teacher."

"Are you okay?" The dean glanced at him from head to toe.

It's okay——Just when Yoshino Junpei was about to say it habitually, he saw Taki Wakaba's calm gaze, which didn't put pressure on him, and didn't expect any specific answer from him, as if he didn't care what he made. Taki Wakaba will not be disappointed by any answer.

Obviously it was because of her negotiations that she had this opportunity.

No, isn't it as if it's for her?Taki Wakaba probably wouldn't want me to think this way, what she wants is for me to speak out for myself.

The scar on my forehead, the pain of being punched, the broken DVD, I hope to change all this, if I can change all this, if this time will be different, I will do it.

Even if I fail this time, even if this time is the same as before, I will not regret it.

Yoshino Junpei clenched his fists, he nodded at Taki Wakaba, and then looked directly at the dean:

"...not too good."

The dean let out a sigh of relief: "When did it start? Why didn't you find a teacher?"

"...He saw it, and then he passed by." Yoshino Junpei said with some difficulty.