Can I Still Be Your Heroine Even Though I'm Your Teacher?-Chapter 2Volume 3 .3 - Bluff
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“Huh, I thought Mayuzumi-san would be happy to take on the role?”
“Nikki. Ririka likes watching other people’s romances. But I don’t want to be involved. I prefer to watch from the audience side. All I can do is cheer.”
After dragging us along, she now says she won’t touch the crucial part.
What’s she thinking?
“Mayuzumi-san, isn’t that a bit much?”
“That’s why, Nikki, you should take that place!”
Mayuzumi-san maintained her nonchalant demeanor and dropped the bombshell.
“No, if a guy like me gets involved, it’ll definitely get complicated.”
“Sensei also disagrees.”
Tenjō-sensei quickly concurred.
“Eeeh, but it’s a good idea, isn’t it? Nikki talks a lot with Akiaki, so it would be natural.”
“If another boy rejects the confession on behalf of Kuhouin-san, it might give Kuhouin-san a bad reputation.”
Just as Sensei said, if a response to a confession came from an unknown boy, it would leave an even worse taste, and it would be infuriating no matter how you look at it.
Above all, having one’s sincere feelings disregarded would only deepen the wound.
“Reiyu-chan-Sensei. To a man, the woman who rejected him is the villain who hurt him anyway.”
Mayuzumi-san struck at a poignant truth.
“Nikki would handle it sincerely, and the other party would back down. Plus, he’s a handsome guy who’s a perfect match for Akiaki!”
Mayuzumi-san confidently gave a thumbs up.
What’s okay about that?
I couldn’t understand her leap in logic at all.
“Mayuzumi-san, you know…”
Tenjō-sensei was also puzzled, wondering how to change the subject.
“Reiyu-chan-Sensei, don’t you think Nikki is handsome?”
“!? As a teacher, I cannot make personal comments about a student’s appearance.”
“Even though Nikki sits near you every day, Tenjō-sensei, you don’t think anything of it?”
Mayuzumi-san was throwing out dangerously provocative words.
“All my students are equally my students.”
“Hmm, then wouldn’t it be quicker if Nikki just became Akiaki boyfriend?”
Mayuzumi-san suggested something outrageous.
“Huh!?” “Eh!?” “Wait a minute!”
Me, Sensei, and Akira all exclaimed in surprise at the same time.
“It’s just a pretense, an act. Since Nikki is thought to be the boy who gets along best with Akiaki, it wouldn’t be too far-fetched, right?”
“It is unreasonable! It’s too reckless! It’s completely absurd!”
I vehemently deny it.
“Really? I think the two of you together would make sense.Don’t you think so, Reiyu-chan-Sensei?”
“I do not think so! As a teacher, I cannot overlook the act of lying to those around you!”
Mayuzumi-san’s suggestion is absurd.
“But, you know, the cultural festival is coming up. There will be even more boys trying to get close to Akiaki by taking advantage of the event.”
Mayuzumi-san’s threat is not an exaggeration.
Akira also had a premonition that things would get even noisier from now on, which is why she came to consult with Sensei.
But that doesn’t mean I can take on such a role.
I have someone I like, Tenjō Reiyu.
“It all comes down to whether Akiaki wants it or not.”
Until now, Akira had been silent, but now all three gazes were fixed on her.
Of course, Akira would never agree to such an outrageous proposal.
She should just reject it with her usual merciless retort and be done with it.
Come on, cut it off sharply.
But no matter how long it takes, Akira doesn’t deny it.
All that’s there is a high school girl, full of embarrassment and conflict.
Eventually, she lifts her head with a determined expression and comes before me.
“Nishiki, please. Act as my boyfriend until the cultural festival is over.”
Akira’s usual haughty demeanor hasn’t changed.
However, instead of denying it, she’s pleading for me to accept that outlandish solution.
Kuhouin Akira is saying “please”?
I thought I must have misheard.
But seeing Akira’s serious expression, Mayuzumi-san’s smug smile, and Tenjō-sensei’s face frozen in shock, I was convinced that everyone had heard the same words.
“Nikki, now is the time to show what kind of man you are!”
Mayuzumi-san stirs things up irresponsibly.
Perhaps her behavior up to this point was a ploy to get me to play the boyfriend role from the beginning.
The story was so well thought out that I couldn’t help but suspect it.
“No, I…”
“It’s just for show, don’t overthink it. Just rely on Nikki when in trouble. If there’s no problem between you two, you can even act lovey-dovey like real lovers or maybe even start dating for real? Wow, isn’t that’s exciting?”
Mayuzumi-san is the only one getting excited and rattling on.
I’m too scared to look at Sensei.
My decision to refuse hasn’t changed, but how can I get her to understand?
“Do you have someone you like, Nishiki?”
“I do.”
I said it. I really said it.
Even if I can’t openly talk about it, my feelings won’t waver.
That much I wanted to declare in front of the person herself.
“Is it a student at this school?”
“No, it’s not.”
The person is not a student but a teacher.
“…I’m sorry for making you wake me up every morning even though you have someone you like. But I’m grateful, and I know this is an unreasonable request. I’m not keen on it either, but you’re the only one I can rely on, so please help me. Once this is over, you don’t have to do the morning calls anymore. So, please cooperate.”
Akira appeals with a desperate expression.
I hadn’t realized how stressed she was about confessions that she would agree to such a ridiculous proposal.
Behind her usual defiant expression, she seemed to be desperately trying to get through it.
The morning routine—she was so desperate that she didn’t mind ending the morning calls she had never allowed me to stop.
I had never imagined that.
It was all a bluff.
Now that I knew how urgent Akira was, a slight hesitation crept in.
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Tenjō-sensei lifted her face, which had been slightly downcast.
“—Nishiki-kun, please accept.”
I heard words that made me doubt my ears.
“Are you serious? You were against it just a moment ago.”
“If Kuhouin-san is really in trouble, I can’t just ignore her as her homeroom teacher.”
“But the method is absurd.”
I was annoyed at being indirectly pushed by Sensei, and I ended up denying it without choosing my words.
“Maybe so.”
Even though she had made the Neighbor Agreement with me and was seeking eternal love, she was allowing me to play the role of another girl’s boyfriend.
That premise was overturned.
“Sensei, are you really okay with this?”
Her eyelashes trembled as if she was disturbed by my question.
“That’s why. I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear anything about this conversation.”
She answered with an unnaturally bright voice as if shaking off her inner conflict.
“But that’s no different from not doing anything as a teacher. Let’s think of a more proper solution. If so, I’ll cooperate as much as you want.”
“A teacher isn’t omnipotent, and there are limits to what we can do. So, you see, Nishiki-kun—”
Tenjō-sensei stated without disturbing her expression.
Her mask as a teacher did not waver.
To anyone who didn’t know about our relationship, it would sound like just turning a blind eye.
However, for the parties involved, Nishiki Yuunagi and Tenjō Reiyu, it’s a different story.
Such a thing should not be allowed, even if it’s a lie.
If the roles were reversed, I would definitely hate it.
Of course, I immediately understood that Tenjō-sensei did not really want this.
“『As a homeroom teacher, I’d appreciate it if Yuunagi-kun could help Kuhouin-san as a classmate if she’s in trouble.』” (v1c2)
Tenjō Reiyu maintained her position of supporting Mayuzumi-san’s proposal from the standpoint of a teacher.
And at this timing, that line was unfair.
At that time, I acted voluntarily for the sake of making Tenjō-sensei happy.
To solve the worries I had expressed in my room, I volunteered to be the morning call person for Kuhouin Akira, who was often late.
She is now implicitly urging me to repeat that.
