Is this strange?

After class, I always went home with Alice, since we lived very close, I think we got used to doing that; throughout high school, we went home together, sometimes some colleagues walked with us, but it rarely happened.

"Hey, but now seriously, who are you going to report to?" Alice asked while walking beside me. I think she still hasn't given up on it. I see no reason not to talk now; we are away from school.

Some people were passing by, but I didn't know any of them, and those people wouldn't remember if I said who I'm in love with, and what would they do about it since they don't know me? They would do nothing.

At school, it was different, the number of people who know us at school is excellent, and our colleagues were watching us at that moment. Imagine if I say that I am in love with my teacher in front of everyone? I would die of shame.

So to answer Alice's question, I just said, "The teacher." The moment she heard those words coming out of my mouth, her feet stopped, and she stood looking at me for a while.

"Is this serious? For the teacher?"

"Yes, by the teacher." The atmosphere seemed to be getting tense. It felt like I was on trial, and the judge was Alice; I was starting to feel bad about being stared at by her, until ...

"HAHAHA, what? Did you fall in love with our teacher?" She started to laugh in the middle of the street as she punched my shoulder.

"What's so funny about that?"

"I can't believe it, are you in love with our teacher? Are you stupid? Nothing can happen between you, of course, I would laugh about it."

"Stop it; it's not my fault for falling in love with her."

"Don't give me this story that you don't rule your heart, you fell in love with her willingly, and that's very funny."

"Because it's funny?"

"Yuu, are you asking that? She is your teacher and is also much older, of course, it's funny."

"That's not funny, you know, I'm seriously thinking about declaring myself to her." All that made me frustrated. Is it hilarious for a student to fall in love with his teacher? I thought it was weird, but not funny.

"Okay, I'll support you with that," Alice said as she put her hand on my shoulder and smiled at me. For a moment, I thought she was serious, but then she started laughing at me again.

"Let's go home, and don't tell anyone about it."

"Of course I'm not going to tell anyone, I don't want my friend to be made fun of for the whole choice."

"I see, so this is so funny and weird."

"Well, most people think so, but I believe that if you want to do this, want to declare yourself to her, you can do it, but don't count on me to comfort you when she rejects you."

"I won't count on you for this."

"I'm glad." For a moment, Alice's gaze changed. It seemed that she was bothered by something, besides that forced smile, Alice was undoubtedly upset about something.

But since I'm an idiot, I decided to ignore it.

//

"I arrived."

"Ah, Yuu, how was it? Where's Alice?"

"Alice? She went home."

"I see, I could have asked her to come to dinner with us." This is my mother, Erika. Usually, she always asks to bring Alice home. I think she is trying to push me towards her.

How can I say? Sometimes she tries to join me with Alice, even if we don't agree on anything, she always tries this, she should stop for a while. I forgot how many times I was forced to ask Alice to have dinner here at home.

Alice's company is something I like because we already have a conviction for many years. She is a fun girl, we always play something after dinner, and of course, my mother still watches us from afar, you could forget that nothing will happen between us.

"I'm going to take a shower in a little while, I'm going down for dinner," I told my mom as I took off my shoes and put them in a closet near the door.

"Okay, but before dinner, you could go and call Alice."

"No, I will not do that."

"Ara, fufu." Stop acting weird like that, you should think about things a little more, don't you know that trying to put two people together like that is a little strange? Let me try to find my love on my own.

As it is, if I don't declare myself to the teacher right away, my mother will end up forcing us to be together for real. Just thinking about it makes me shiver.

I can't imagine myself dating Alice. It's too weird for me.

'Okay, bath time.' I took my towel hanging on a support on the wall and went into the bath; this is one of the best hours of my day, where I can lie in the tub and be thinking about Suzan.

I couldn't get that sad face out of her mind. She sure was unhappy about something.

'It could be...'

"Is she having love problems?" No, it can't be, she can't be in love with someone. I can't imagine that Suzan having feelings for someone, that cold woman who doesn't seem to feel love.

Wait, I'm a little hard on her, I won't find out what happened until I asked her, but wouldn't that be weird? During one of our conversations, I just ask why she is sad? That would be very strange.

Haaa ~~

I sighed and closed my eyes while still lying in the bathtub. I didn't even notice the time passing. I only realized that I was already in the bath for a long time when I heard my mother's voice screaming at me from downstairs.

I'm going to ask her what happened tomorrow. I hope I can do it without looking too invasive; I don't want her to be upset.

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