Go-Toubun no Hanayome √AE

Chapter 35:A Ribbon's Infinite Loop ①

Regardless of outside events, the preparations for the final festival were still underway with the class representatives all doing their best.

Irigaku:"I want to help too!"

Yotsuba:"Thank you, but I can handle this."

Fuutarou:"Is it even allowed for teachers to help specific classes?"

Irigaku:"No, the punishment for something like that is severe. A teacher playing favorites marks them as failures."

Yotsuba:"R-Really?"

Irigaku:"Maybe, I never read the rules."

Fuutarou:"How are you even a teacher?"

Irigaku:"Sibling of mine was a teacher himself and I sorta just absorbed his teachings."

Yotsuba:"You can do that!? Uesugi-san, let me feel your head!"

Fuutarou:"He didn't mean it literally...You didn't mean it literally, right?"

Irigaku:"This class sure is something. A set of quintuplets, a brainiac, a sports demon, a guy that looks like he's constantly collecting debt, a flamboyant guy whose sparkles I still can't seem to figure out how I see them and many more. My classes were never that interesting. I simply graduated with reasonable grades and began to go to law school. Something happened and I had to be kept under watch a bunch. Eventually, my name was cleared and I was able to work as a lawyer and teacher and are you guys still listening?"

Irigaku would see that Yotsuba had been dragged somewhere else with Fuutarou looking over the checklist.

Fuutarou:"Yeah, something about good grades."

Irigaku:"Party pooper."

Fuutarou:[Parts of that story sound familiar, oh well.]

Yotsuba left to go get something, leaving Fuutarou alone with the checklist. As Fuutarou looked up, Irigaku got really close to his face.

Irigaku:"...Sorry, you just look like someone I think i met once."

Fuutarou:"That's oddly specific."

Irigaku:"Yes, I suppose it is. Say, now that the Nakano sister isn't here, I have something I want to ask you."

Fuutarou:"What is it?"

Irigaku:"You see...Are you dating one of the-"

Fuutarou:"No."

Irigaku:"Wow, what a fast answer!"

Fuutarou, visibly annoyed, tried to go somewhere else.

Irigaku:"I-I'm sorry, I was joking! I do have a real question."

Fuutarou:"...And that is?"

Irigaku:"Well, I asked this to the youngest sibling, Nakano Itsuki, but I thought getting your side would be beneficial as well since you're their tutor."

Fuutarou was listening more intently now.

Irigaku:"Even with my short time as their teacher, I can see that they're very supportive and clearly love each other. However, I wonder about that in the long run. Once they're adults, will it be truly alright to have so many others sharing their face? Even if they drift apart from each other, will they still feel that same love as before. Do you believe that they'll see them as threats to their individuality and own freedom?"

...

Irigaku:[...Why is there no answer?]

Irigaku turns to see a dumbfounded Fuutarou.