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Gojo clapped his hands twice to attract the attention of the teenage students who had gathered in the training ground. His students are so good, they come so early, it's not like GLG Gojo Satoru is late to practice or anything ☆.
“To celebrate Maki's complete recovery. Today I will organize a 2.vs.2 tournament for you guys!”
The noisy children all turned their eyes to the teacher who was late but still had that annoying smile haha. This old man is already 28 years old, but he still likes to joke around day after day without knowing it. Just watching him play tricks is enough to make them tired. How much energy does this person really have? Is it the power of sweets?
“What kind of tournament, there are only 2 pairs here.”
Maki complained harshly as usual, slightly off topic, but the black-haired boy next to her looked a bit bewildered, not understanding anything, but listened attentively.
'As expected, Yuta is still the most obedient' - The person who clearly knew why his reputation in the eyes of his students was shaken was nodding proudly when the child he brought here became so obedient.
'I want to give him candy' - Gojo suddenly wants to become a kindergarten teacher.
“Okay! Let's pair up quickly. Whoever is left over will be paired with "Sensei"~"
Gojo raises his voice and emphasizes his words when getting into the main story so that the students have more spirit. The three of Maki, Toge and Panda wondered if this man didn't have any better jokes? It's obvious that Maki just said "there are 2 pairs" here, who would react to this stupid joke—
“Can I pair up with sensei too? Lucky…"
Oh they forgot, Panda waved his hand to pull his silly friend back.
“No no, we are even.”
“Shake” - Toge also confirmed again while looking suspiciously at his classmate, knowing that he was sometimes a bit bewildered, but at this point, it was a bit scary.
“Eh…that's right.”
Yuta bowed his head, gently rubbing his arm to ease the pain. Although he knows that Gojo-sensei is rarely serious, Yuta sometimes gets caught up in his jokes without realizing it.
'Why didn't I realize that..mou, it's so embarrassing...'
The credibility of Gojo-sensei's words plummeted again in the cursed child's heart. But strangely, his admiration for this person has never wavered.
Meanwhile on the stairs, the homeroom teacher hugged his heart in happiness, how adorable could that child be? Even though he knew that the possibility of Yuta reacting was very high, when he saw those ocean-colored eyes that were always lowered and suddenly lit up like stars, his heart made of sugar candy melted.
Gojo suddenly wanted to tease that child a little more, he put his hands in his pockets and tilted his head in wonder.
“Why do you want to pair up with sensei?”
The teenager pursed his lips and tilted his head while squeezing his cheeks moodily.
“Um I don't know…I just suddenly felt very happy when you said we could pair up with you.”
Maybe it's the feeling of security when being next to sensei? Regardless, compared to his classmates, Yuta is still closest to his sensei. Not to mention Panda, he talks a lot and is also very friendly, Maki is a bit violent, but after doing the mission together, Yuta understands his friend a little better. He's still a little afraid of Toge because of how mysterious he is.
How should we put it, it's like an introverted kid meeting someone he knows at a crowded party.
“Yuta, do you like me that much?”
The lingering tone was full of teasing intent, and anyone who heard it knew it wasn't serious at all. Gojo can imagine two different scenarios happening: 1. Yuta looked at him with a strange expression and doubted his life, "I'm a boy, right?". 2. Yuta was shaking his hands wildly and didn't know what to do.
“Yes, of course I like Gojo-sensei a lot.”
"Huh"
The whole training ground was silent for a long time, even the good tease didn't expect Yuta's terrifyingly straightforward answer. The remaining students felt that no matter what the meaning was, it was scary. What did their friend see in this teacher who liked to play pranks and came to class later than his students??
Yuta saw everyone staring at him, and Gojo, who was also strangely silent. Yuta started to panic, he scratched his slightly pink mochi cheek.
“Ah, yeah ehh–I don't know how to explain–it's the 'like' kind of thing—um, for teachers? I'm really not good at these things so–what is it..?”
Seeing Yuta's increasingly red face made his heart made of candy melt. The old man's beautiful face froze, his genius brain trying to process the information stream without a suitable encoder prepared.
‘Is this what it feels like to be confessed to?’ - The six-eyed sorcerer's chaotic brain could only extract a stream of thoughts that sounded like a teenager who had never been confessed to. We feel sorry for the girls who expressed their love for him in the past.
The people next to him who had sugar in their mouths grimaced in disgust. Panda gently pushed Maki's shoulder with his elbow.
“Maki, what a pity, now you have no chance with Yuta.”
Maki's glasses lenses turned white, the young girl's knuckles creaked in preparation for battle. Toge turned away so he wouldn't have to see the scene of bloodshed as his classmate committed the most brutal act of animal abuse - specifically here is 'panda'.
“Damn panda, stay still for me.”
Meanwhile, the man who had finished processing the information overflowing his memory was covering his mouth and looking extremely dramatic.
“I'm so guilty, aren't I?”
The man despised by his students felt like a sinner when he 'accidentally' let one of his students fall in love with him.
“Takana” - “Try to keep to yourself”
“If you make a mistake, the police will immediately arrest you, Satoru.”
Panda continued Toge's words, Yuta felt like he was the only one who didn't understand what was going on.
"Police?"
The big round puppy eyes blinked, making his classmates feel seriously worried, not joking anymore.
“Yuta, you're so naive that it makes us worried.” - Maki said.
Gojo pretended to be suffering from something terrible. He took a step away from the innocent student, showing an extremely painful expression as if he was holding back the demon inside him.
“Yuta, please avoid getting too close to me for a while, otherwise—ughhh, I still want to be your beloved sensei so we have to bear to be apart!”
The more Gojo looked at that innocent, round face, the more he saw that this joke was really about to come true, he could never become a criminal! Yuta looked at his teacher painfully telling him that they shouldn't be near each other, then felt his glass heart crack, blue liquid dripping like a wet puppy on a rainy day.
“Eh..? Can't get close to you? But... you're usually very busy, I have less time with you and yet...not being able to see you makes me feel–a bit lonely…I–like being with you so much. But.."
Ocean-colored eyes softened, the sea surface sparkled under the sunlight.
“If you want us to keep our distance then–I'll try. But I can't guarantee..."
Gojo raised his hand to signal his innocent student to stop. Oh my god, it's obvious that Yuta is the one being teased here, why does Gojo now feel like he's the one being toyed with?? His weak heart seemed to be under the spell of the lovely boy in front of him, and the peaceful flower garden inside suddenly bloomed brilliantly.
“Yuta! Stop! The devil inside me is about to appear!”
The three second years warily pulled Yuta away and looked at their homeroom teacher with a disgusted expression. Maki pointed straight at her classmate and raised her voice as if instructing a child.
“Remember to be careful when going somewhere alone with that idiot, we know you often have personal matters with him.”
Toge also put his hand on his friend's shoulder and poured out a bunch of words about the ingredients for making rice balls.
“Tunamayo, sujika, takana konbu!” - “Bring pepper spray and an electric stun device to protect yourself.”
Yuta was bewildered and didn't understand anything. He was still not very familiar with Toge's rice ball language, but he could see that his scary-looking classmate was very worried about him. Before Yuta could decipher Toge's words, Panda added even more confusing words.
“As a friend, I advise you to suppress your feelings until graduation, this is good for both you and Satoru, Yuta.”
Panda put his hand on Yuta's shoulder with a gloomy expression. He blinked in confusion, not understanding what everyone was saying. And Panda, Maki and Toge weren't too surprised when in the future, their advice was completely ignored. It's true that falling into a demonic love means he won't have any sanity left.
Some time after remembering the stupid story from their first year of school, Maki, Toge and Panda realized how Yuta was fooled by Gojo's stupid joke. Obviously, before Gojo said "whoever is left over will be paired with sensei", Maki pointed out that they only had 2 pairs, right??
Oh...that's it, Yuta has been in love with that idiot Satoru since then, now that they think about it, why did they waste their time advising this person who was blinded by love?? It's so useless! - quote from current second year students.
Basically, they already love each other, so even if the family prohibits it, it won't do anything, this kid...hah...