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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Nekorune
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“Your teeth practically tore through your cheek… Looks like you got hit pretty bad.”
She wasn’t even asking how it happened anymore.
In response to the nurse’s emotionless statement, Miyuki asked,
“Is he okay everywhere else…?”
“Yes. But since he lost quite a bit of blood, he might experience temporary anemia. I’ll put him on an IV, so it’s best for him to rest quietly today. At least until lunchtime.”
Wait, are you going to give me an IV, nurse? From a needle?
The only rehydration fluids I need are the ones that come from that huge pair of medical bags of yours.
I’ll be lying here alone, so can’t you secretly come and feed them to me directly through my mouth?
“Thank you…”
The nurse smiled kindly at Miyuki, who bowed her head, and went to fetch an IV bag and a pole.
Sitting calmly on the bed, I called out,
“Hey, Miyuki.”
Miyuki jolted in surprise and turned around.
Judging from how wide her eyes got, it seemed she wasn’t used to me calling her by her first name.
“Uh, yes…?”
“Aren’t you going to class?”
“Ah… well… second period was canceled because of the commotion…”
“Really? Then stay here. Let’s kill some time chatting.”
“Okay… Sure. Should I bring you lunch?”
“Isn’t that obvious?”
Miyuki gave me a smile as fresh as a green apple, and shook her head.
“Okay, okay…”
“You know, I’ve noticed something”
“What…?”
“You haven’t called me by name properly even once. You’ve been avoiding it altogether.”
“…”
Miyuki was at a loss for words.
It was obvious she was struggling with whether to call me by my first name now that I was calling her by hers.
She let out a long sigh and stammered,
“I… rarely call boys by their first names… I’m comfortable calling Tetsuya-kun that way because I’ve known him since we were kids, but…”
“But not with me, huh?”
“Well… It still feels… a little awkward…”
Her hesitation was cute.
I chuckled and decided to ease her burden.
“You can call me whatever you want. It’s not like we agreed on calling each other by our first names.”
It may have been ‘Matsuda-kun’ so far, but soon, you will start calling me ‘Ken-kun’.
And eventually, you’ll drop the honorifics altogether.
I would make sure of it.
“Okay… Matsuda-kun.”
Miyuki called my name with a more relaxed expression.
I smiled faintly and said,
“Feels better, right?”
“A little…”
“Man, I’m a little thirsty.”
Then I coughed, pretending to clear my throat. Miyuki gave me an exasperated look and went to the water dispenser.
She brought back a paper cup filled with water, but then she suddenly grinned mischievously.
“You’re a patient now, so I’ll feed you. Open wide.”
Did you really think I would be offended by being treated like a child?
You still don’t know me very well.
You can even spit in it for all I care.
“Geez, just give it to me.”
I pretended to respond curtly, and Miyuki’s eyes curved into a smile.
“Oh, what’s that? Feeling embarrassed?”
Thankfully, the awkwardness from the name-calling situation disappeared instantly.
As we continued to bicker, the nurse returned to the bed with the IV.
“Could you two lovebirds take your arguing somewhere else?”
Miyuki’s face flushed red.
“W-We weren’t… Sorry, ma’am…”
She didn’t deny the “lovebirds” part, though…
Nice assist, nurse.
You’re a great mentor yourself.
And a mentor of your quality should definitely have a huge pair of boobs such as yours. What a perfect match.
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Since I was stuck in the infirmary, I didn’t know anything about what was currently happening in the school.
After all, only the sick and injured would be taken here.
Since it was the first day of school and everyone was on their best behavior after the circle incident, I was the only one in the infirmary.
But I was fine with it.
Because Miyuki came to visit on every break and filled me in on the situation with the circle.
She said the members were currently undergoing disciplinary action under police investigation.
The disciplinary committee had already been convened.
It seemed the school had been waiting for a chance to dismantle the Supreme Circle, and this incident was the perfect trigger.
“What about me? Why aren’t the police coming for me?”
I asked after swallowing a mouthful of rice. Miyuki, who was sitting on the bed watching me eat, replied,
“The student council took your situation into consideration since you were the victim here. You seem pretty calm, though. Are you used to being in and out of police stations?”
“I may not look like it, but I’ve only been in a police station a couple times.”
“So you have been there before?”
“Yes.”
Miyuki’s eyes sank at my short answer.
Then she pressed me with her gaze.
“Why?”
“I got into a fight with someone on the street.”
“…I figured as much …Aren’t you embarrassed to be picking fights with people?”
“You’re doing it again… You say you trust me, but you really don’t, do you? I didn’t pick the fight, it was the other guy who came at me. Guys like that get even more aggressive and start cursing at you even more the more you ignore them, you know?”
“That may be true, but… I don’t think the Matsuda-kun back then would have thought about it that deeply. You would have just retaliated because you were provoked, right?”
You know me well.
“Doesn’t matter what I thought back then, the result would’ve been the same. I’ll be careful from now on, so can you please stop nagging me? Do we have to do this while I’m eating?”
Miyuki flinched at my disappointed look, and then said,
“Okay… Eat your food… But will you be careful? Promise?”
“Uh-huh.”
“I’m not trying to nag… I just want a clear answer… A-anyway, eat up.”
You can kill a guy if you hit him with a stick all the time, you know?
Throw in some carrots too every now and then, will you?
“I’m done.”
“You still have half left…”
“Well, it seems I have lost my appetite because someone was being too nosy.”
“…Sorry…”
Miyuki clasped her hands between her thighs, looking flustered.
Thanks to that, her skirt was pulled down through the inner side of her thighs, revealing her Y-zone and pleasing my eyes.
Look at those wide hips. My children would have an easy delivery.
“Chill, I’m just messing with you. I don’t have much of an appetite, that’s all.”
“Is it because of me?”
“I already told you it’s not… Anyway, what did you have for lunch?”
“I had something simple with Tetsuya-kun at the cafeteria. Oh, hold on…”
She rummaged through a black plastic bag placed at the corner of the bed and handed me a strawberry cream bun and a small carton of milk.
“I was going to give this to you for dessert… Want to eat it now?”
“I’ll eat it later.”
“Okay. I’ll leave it here. Oh, and your disciplinary committee hearing has been scheduled.”
It’s finally happening.
What’s a school setting without a disciplinary committee hearing?
“When is it going to be?”
“After all the classes today…”
“That’s harsh. The nurse told me to rest for today.”
“That’s why I asked them to change the date, but… they were very stubborn about it…”
I understood the student council’s position.
Several teachers had rushed over, even skipping their classes, and it involved the infamous Supreme Circle.
Naturally, the student council wanted to deal with it quickly.
“You even asked them to change the date? Attagirl.”
“If it’s still too painful for you to be moving around, I’ll talk to them again.”
“Nah, that’ll only make you look bad.”
“If worrying about someone ruins my image, then I would be disappointed in the student council.”
She’s got a lot of conviction. This is why I like Miyuki.
“I’m fine. Let’s get it over with today. It’s better for me that way too.”
“I wish you could rest a bit more, Matsuda-kun… You said you got hit in the head a lot. You’re already stupid by default, what are you going to do if you can’t even speak properly at the hearing?”
Miyuki’s concern was half genuine, half teasing.
I chuckled and said,
“Ah, trying to pick a fight with me again, I see.”
“Oh, I would never stoop so low as to pick a fight with a patient, so I’ll let you off the hook today.”
I’ll remember this.
Later on, I’m gonna make you put on a cat-tail anal plug and make you meow every time I thrust.
“And I’ll be attending your disciplinary committee hearing as well. As an observer.”
I widened my eyes at Miyuki’s words.
“You?”
“Yes. I was invited by the student council. They said it would be a good experience. I was supposed to attend other students’ hearings too, but… I declined because I didn’t want to skip class. I didn’t want to see their faces either…”
She declined because she didn’t want to skip class? That’s so Miyuki.
Anyway, if the disciplinary committee hearings were already happening, then what was going to happen to Takashi?
I was actually touched when he tried to jump in to help me, even though he was so terrified of Samoyama…
It was a shame that it happened towards the end, but I still wanted to repay him for his manly act.
I wanted to ask Miyuki for updates regarding his situation, but she hated talking about Watanabe Takashi and probably didn’t care about him, so I let it go.
I would have to pull some strings at the disciplinary committee hearing to dissuade them from expelling him.
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“So, Class 1-A, Matsuda Ken, correct?”
There was a separate room for disciplinary committee hearings.
The way it was set up made it feel like being inside of a small courtroom, and the presence of three police officers made me a little nervous.
The student council president, who was sitting in the center and looking down at me from a judge’s bench-like position, was a stern-looking girl wearing glasses.
Short, navy blue hair, exuding a cold beauty aura. Like an ice princess.
A standard student council president type. I suddenly felt the urge to add her to my “to get” list.
“Yes.”
“We have conflicting testimonies from the students who were called by this disciplinary committee. As the victim, could you explain in your own words how the incident unfolded?”
“Well… it’s simple. I wanted to quit the circle, so I asked my friend, Watanabe Takashi, to tell them in my stead…”
Nothing but the truth came out of my mouth.
The president remained silent for a moment after hearing my explanation.
After that, I expected her to push up her glasses with her index finger, and…
*slide*
Look at that. Just as I expected.
“So you’re saying you were beaten up because you wanted to quit?”
“That’s right.”
“Is that some sort of requirement for quitting?”
“No. Usually, they cut off your pinky instead.”
The president and the two loyal followers flanking her flinched.
What, Yamaguchi didn’t tell you about that?
I looked at Miyuki, and she was covering her mouth with her hand.
She was quite surprised.
The president regained his composure and said,
“So, that would be the standard procedure.”
“Yes.”
“Then why did you get a beating instead?”
“I made a deal with Yamaguchi. Thankfully, he agreed.”
“By Yamaguchi, you mean the leader of the Supreme Circle? Yamaguchi Daimon?”
Yamaguchi’s first name was Daimon?
He had a badass name that suited his appearance.
“Yes, ma’am.”
“Why did you bother getting beaten up to quit an illegal group? Couldn’t you have just stopped meeting with them?”
“I thought things would get troublesome if I just stopped showing up.”
“What kind of trouble?”
“Retaliation.”
“I see. I understand. You’re friends with Samoyama Akiro, one of the main culprits in the incident, right?”
“Huh? What the h—”
I quickly shut my mouth to stop myself from cursing.
The president smirked at my reaction and asked,
“I guess not, then?”
That smirk was really annoying.
I cleared my throat a few times and answered nonchalantly,
“No, ma’am.”
“What’s your relationship with him?”
“Like oil and water. What happened to that b—I mean… What happened to him?”
“He was expelled and charged with assault. Not only was he involved in violence on school grounds, but many people had nothing but negative things to say about him.”
One of the hallmarks of ‘school life’ settings: a guy who’s jealous of the protagonist picks a fight with him in front of everyone.
According to that cliché, I should have taught that screaming idiot a lesson with a good throw, but I guess this incident wasn’t going to follow that standard.
What a shame. Such a shame…!
It seemed Samoyama had accumulated a lot of bad karma.
Even his fellow circle members were badmouthing him.
“What about Watanabe Takashi?”
“Why are you curious about Watanabe Takashi’s situation?”
“He’s a close friend. He wanted to quit as well, but he was too scared of the seniors.”
“He never said anything like that.”
“He was probably afraid of retaliation.”
“And you would stand in his defense, I see.”
“That’s right.”
The president gave a faint smile.
Did she like my honesty, even if it was just a little?
Hey, can you put on some contact lenses?
Let’s commit some indecent acts together later.
“You’re quite honest. Watanabe Takashi received a one-month suspension for delinquency.”
I was ready to fight for him if he was expelled, but it looks like they let him off with just a one-month suspension.
Get some rest and see you soon, Takashi.
“I see.”
After discussing various other matters, I received 50 hours of volunteer work in the school as punishment.
Although I had caused trouble, I was the victim who simply wanted to quit, and my sincere efforts before the break seemed to have earned me some good graces with the disciplinary committee.
Honestly, I was surprised.
I thought I would get at least a week’s suspension.
Was this the protagonist’s luck? Sweet.
“50 hours of school service… So you’ll be cleaning toilets again?”
Miyuki said, holding a notebook close to her chest.
I scoffed and replied,
“I’m never cleaning toilets again. The student council president never specified what kind of service I have to do.”
I had club activities after school, I couldn’t waste my time cleaning up other people’s crap.
“Then what are you going to do?”
“I’ll mostly help out in the cafeteria. It’s usually empty since most students bring their own lunch anyway.”
“You’re quite skilled at finding loopholes, aren’t you…?”
I had no intention of working in the cafeteria every day.
Why? Because I wanted to have lunch with Miyuki on the rooftop.
“Or I could clean the club room after club activities.”
“That sounds good. I’m so glad it ended with just school service.”
I rested one arm on Miyuki’s head and stretched with the other.
“Ah… It’s finally over. Feels good.”
“You’re too heavy. Get your arm off me.”
“Zip it. Where’s Miura, by the way?”
“He’s checking out the Kendo Club room.”
“He’s surprisingly meticulous, isn’t he?”
“It’s natural to check out the club you want to join. You’re just too laid-back, Matsuda-kun.”
“Well, I couldn’t check it out myself now, could I? I had a disciplinary committee hearing to attend to, after all”
“That’s true. Speaking of the hearing… you were about to swear back there, weren’t you?”
I stopped in my tracks and looked at Miyuki with an exasperated expression.
Then, I grinned mischievously and nodded.
“Guilty as charged. Are you going to punish me? Should I take off my pants?”
“W-why would you take off your pants…?”
“So you can spank me?”
“…You’re unbelievable… Do you always have to make those perverted jokes?”
“What do you mean? You seem to enjoy them. Look, I can almost see a smile on your face.”
“W-what are you talking about…! When did I…! Stop assuming things you know nothing about…!”
Miyuki grumbled and started to walk faster.
I smiled as I watched her speed-walk down the hallway and shouted,
“Miyuki! Wait up!”
Miyuki’s pace quickened even more.
I knew she would react like that.
I laughed and quickly chased after her.
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