∵ Miyajima Tsubaki = Miyajima Sakura's mother, Miyajima Sakura is dating Hayato.
∴ Hayato and Miyajima Sakura are equal in status. Hayato = Miyajima Sakura, Miyajima Tsubaki = Hayato's mother.
From this, we can deduce,
∵ Aiya Yayoi = Aiya Hiroshi's older sister and, Aiya Yayoi = Hayato's older sister.
∴ Hayato = Aiya Hiroshi. Thus, Aiya Hiroshi is dating Hayato.
Logical and convincing.
Looking at the students' wild speculations and the parents' conservative yet subtle, still-not-quite-there-yet confused gazes, Hayato was truly a bit numb.
But thankfully, Aiya Yayoi also realized something was off.
She immediately corrected herself:
"I, and Hayato-kun, are neighbors, I live right across from his house, we grew up together, we're childhood sweethearts. I changed his diapers when he was little. It's not strange for him to call me 'older sister,' is it?"
No, I didn't live in that apartment building when I was little.
And you didn't live in Tokyo before you got married.
What kind of childhood sweethearts is that?
Hayato thought to himself.
But the crowd clearly didn't know these details... Even if Miyajima Tsubaki knew, she couldn't refute it with evidence.
So the two engaged in a confrontation with gazes like lightning and eyes like fire:
"Then your other younger brother also needs worrying about, doesn't he? I successfully completed my task with Sakura quite smoothly, so you don't need to trouble yourself here, do you?"
"No, no, no, no, no, there's nothing to worry about with my other younger brother... Or rather, worrying is useless, so I'll be ~especially~ ~diligent~ with Hayato-kun~~yo."
"Don't cry, Aiwu Guang."
Anshi Seiji patted Aiwu Guang's shoulder: "I'll send you some exciting videos to watch... Just forget about this whole thing."
The latter, after hearing his classmate's words, ran over to demand an explanation from Yayoi-nee, only to be hit by that very sentence.
He clenched his fists firmly... For Yayoi-nee's happiness, he said, 'What is this pain in the wind and rain!'
"Send them all to my email," Aiya Hiroshi said, trembling. "...Oh, and no cup sizes above A."
"You're really hard to please..."
"I think it's more appropriate for me to attend, after all, I have Sakura as a successful case, you see~"
"Hahahaha, but I'm a Teacher, a Teacher! I'm definitely more professional when it comes to educating young people, aren't I?"
"Does a School nurse even count as a Teacher?"
"Apologize to all School nurses in the world!"
Meanwhile, Miyajima Tsubaki and Yayoi-sensei's verbal sparring continued.
Hayato, on the other hand, was leaning against the corridor railing, pretending to admire the scenery.
Miyajima Sakura quietly approached him, leaned close to his ear, and exhaled a fragrant breath:
"Mom and Yayoi-sensei... what happened?"
"Ah, that... they're bored." Hayato was speechless, unsure how to explain.
If it had been anyone else, he wouldn't have been able to brush them off like that, but fortunately, it was Miyajima Sakura.
She had always shown a tendency to follow Hayato's every word, and now, with the dual instructions from her mother and grandfather to "treat Kobayashi-chan well"—the latter being an absolute authority in her mind—she was even more inclined to listen.
"...Did I cause you trouble?" Miyajima Sakura asked somewhat apologetically.
Hayato listened to the conversations around them.
"Holy cow, as expected of Kobayashi-chan! First, people were fighting over him at the club, and now at this parent-teacher conference!"
"And the ones fighting over him are all beauties... This time, she's a bit older... but..."
"Gentlemen, this is exactly my type!"
"But... rather than saying they're fighting for the right to attend the family conference on Kobayashi-chan's behalf... wouldn't it be more accurate to say they're fighting over Kobayashi-chan himself, isn't it?"
"To be honest, just as a passerby, maybe it's my imagination... I always feel like Madam Tsubaki isn't treating Kobayashi-chan like a son-in-law."
Miyajima Tsubaki and Yayoi-sensei's verbal battle was still raging, but it completely stopped with a single sentence from Miyajima Sakura.
"Nanuo Student!"
Miyajima Sakura waved at the crowd not far away.
Hayato also looked over and saw the slightly flustered girl hidden in the crowd.
It was Nanao Akane.
After hearing Miyajima Sakura's call, she paused slightly, then instinctively wanted to retreat and make a quick escape, but seeing Hayato's gaze also cast upon her, she smiled awkwardly.
"Th-that... Kobayashi-chan."
And so, Miyajima Tsubaki and Yayoi-sensei also stopped speaking at the same time.
They both looked at the charming girl with short hair.
Perhaps it was due to the red glow of the setting sun, or being watched by so many people, but the girl seemed a little flustered.
But at the boy's beckoning, the girl still squeezed out of the crowd and tiptoed, jogging to Hayato's side.
"...Miyajima Senior." Nanao Akane greeted Miyajima Sakura.
Although Nanao Akane was relatively tall among girls, she was still a bit shorter than Miyajima Sakura. Moreover, Miyajima Senior's aura was two meters eighty.
She always felt like she had to look up to clearly see Miyajima Sakura's face.
And once she saw the other person's face...
Wow, so beautiful, it was almost like she was glowing, giving one a sense of inferiority.
It was fine when there were fewer people, but under everyone's gaze, Nanao Akane felt that this gap would become even more apparent. Truly, truly worthy of being Baiqiu High School's unreachable flower, no matter how many times she saw her, she found her beautiful.
She had originally intended to use the lull when Shigen Ryouka began her talk to speak with Kobayashi-chan, but she hadn't expected to see Miyajima Sakura right beside him.
She had originally thought of leaving like that, but then she was noticed by the sharp-eyed Miyajima Senior... Now, she couldn't retreat.
"Is Nanuo Student's conference over?" Miyajima Sakura asked.
"It's... it's okay." Nanao Akane answered cautiously, "Miyajima Senior, are you done?"
"Yes."
"I'm not like you, I'm a good student, so of course I finished early," Hayato said lightly, biting his pineapple bun.
Nanao Akane gritted her teeth, wanting to kick Hayato's shin, but considering Miyajima Sakura beside them, she timidly withdrew her foot.
"...Th-that's right, Miyajima Senior is really amazing." Nanao Akane said.
"If you know I'm amazing, then study hard." Hayato added, "You can get two out of sixteen multiple-choice questions wrong."
It hardened. Nanao Akane's fist hardened again. This was her achievement from noon today. During her lunch break, Kobayashi-chan took her to the library for a battle of questions, and that was the result. She had been mocked all day with "2-16."
But... it was only two questions!
"...I, I tried very hard." Nanao Akane suppressed the urge to shout, behaving politely.
"2-16." Hayato said.
"..." Nanao Akane decided to close her ears.
"Want some?" Hayato asked, offering the half-eaten pineapple bun.
Nanao Akane looked at the pineapple bun, was about to reach for it, then looked at Miyajima Sakura.
Miyajima Sakura tilted her head and chuckled, "Too bad there's only one left."
"Eh? Was it Miyajima Senior who gave it to Kobayashi-chan?"
"Yes, it tastes very good."
"...Th-then, I won't eat it?" Nanao Akane was a little uncertain.
"Don't you like pineapple buns?" Miyajima Sakura asked.
"...Not exactly." Nanao Akane was a little unsure how to answer.
If something she gave to Kobayashi-chan was given to another girl, she would definitely be angry, right?
Nanao Akane thought about putting herself in Miyajima Sakura's shoes.
"Akane."
As Nanao Akane was having a polite yet somewhat awkward conversation with Miyajima Sakura, Hayato on the other side suddenly called her name.
"Huh?" Nanao Akane turned her head.
Then half a pineapple bun was unceremoniously stuffed into her mouth.
"Mmm mmm..." Nanao Akane moaned twice before she finally adjusted.
"Kobayashi-chan..." Miyajima Sakura gave a wry smile, "If Nanuo Student doesn't like it, don't make her eat it..."
"Just a little something to tide her over, it's still a while until dinner," Hayato said with a faint smile.
"Do you want me to go buy something at the convenience store?" Miyajima Sakura asked Nanao Akane again.
"No, no need." Nanao Akane quickly waved her hand, and since that was the case, she could only start chewing the bread in her mouth: "...I didn't say I didn't like it."
Miyajima Sakura clapped her hands together, as if she had thought of something.
"I think Nanuo Student is also afraid that Kobayashi-chan will be hungry, which is why she said she didn't want to eat, right? Your relationship is really good..." She smiled gently.
No.
Why do I feel like your relationship (referring to Nanao Akane and Miyajima Sakura) is better?
Anshi Seiji and Aiya Hiroshi exchanged glances.
The moment Big Sister Nanao appeared, Anshi Seiji and Aiya Hiroshi both wanted to rush out and drag Little Brother Hayato away, but... the scene of a river of blood didn't appear.
Instead, there was a state of loving sisterhood.
What was going on?
"What... what were you doing here just now?" Nanao Akane asked. She arrived a bit late and didn't know the full story.
Both Madam Tsubaki and Yayoi-sensei knew Nanao Akane.
In Hayato's words, it was "I have a girlfriend," and this "girlfriend" was Nanao Akane.
Leaving aside Miyajima Tsubaki, who had no connection with Nanao Akane, even Yayoi-sensei had not communicated with her since Nanao Akane left the Baseball Club... And the messy affair between Aiya Yayoi and Hayato happened precisely after she left the Baseball Club.
Looking at Nanao Akane's puzzled eyes, Yayoi-sensei confidently brushed her hair back.
Although this young girl was Hayato's official girlfriend, she was, after all, ten years older than him, and she was also her teacher. As the saying goes, 'once a teacher, always a (),' right? So she was naturally considered an elder. At this point, there was no need to be reserved; she just needed to act as usual.
"Th-th-th-th-th-that... it's nothing... R-right, Kobayashi-chan, w-w-w-we were just chatting. You, you, you, you, hurry and say something, Madam Tsubaki!"
Miyajima Tsubaki gracefully scrutinized Nanao Akane.
Excellent figure, well-defined features, beautiful appearance; she was a rare beauty.
However, compared to Sakura, she didn't have much of an advantage.
Although she could be called the young man's official girlfriend, Sakura's relationship with the young man was also profound. As Sakura's mother, she naturally couldn't fall behind in front of a mere young girl.
Tsubaki smiled calmly and spoke leisurely.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes... we, we, we, we were just having a simple chat... Mm, just chatting."
"..."
Nanao Akane frowned, a silent "Wuwah" in her heart.
She looked at Hayato with some difficulty... She just felt like they didn't really like her.
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