A gift?
A gift that requires both the heir of the Yukinoshita family and the head of the Momobami clan to present together?
Shizuka Hiratsuka muttered in her heart, but didn't ask further questions.
She left the conference room and came to the second-year Class A.
Standing at the back door of the classroom, she immediately spotted Kuzeha, who was teasing Eriri Sawamura.
"This guy really is surrounded by so many beautiful girls..."
Recalling Haruno Yukinoshita and Kirari Momobami from the conference room, Shizuka Hiratsuka muttered to herself.
She didn't even notice the hint of sourness in her own tone.
"Kuzeha!"
Shizuka Hiratsuka called out softly.
All eyes in the classroom immediately turned toward the back.
Kuzeha glanced at Shizuka Hiratsuka, got up, and walked outside.
He had already received a message from Haruno Yukinoshita earlier, so he naturally knew what Shizuka Hiratsuka was coming to find him for.
Soon after, Shizuka Hiratsuka led Kuzeha toward the conference room.
"What's your relationship with Kirari Momobami from the Momobami clan?"
Shizuka Hiratsuka asked curiously.
This question stumped Kuzeha.
His only interaction with Kirari Momobami was during the meteor incident last time.
There didn't seem to be any proper relationship between them?
"We're... gambling buddies, I guess!"
After thinking it over, Kuzeha gave his answer.
Upon hearing this, Shizuka Hiratsuka's eyebrows immediately furrowed slightly as she pretended to be angry.
"Mentioning gambling in front of me—do you not see me as your teacher?!"
"How could that be? Shizuka is my most beloved teacher!"
Although she knew this was just Kuzeha's casual flattery, Shizuka Hiratsuka's mood noticeably improved!
"But are your gambling skills that good?"
Shizuka Hiratsuka asked curiously!
Hyakkaou Private Academy worships gambling, even using gambling skills to rank students by class!
For Kirari Momobami to become student council president at Hyakkaou Private Academy, her gambling skills must be unmatched throughout the school!
To become gambling buddies with her, one's gambling skills naturally couldn't be too poor.
But Kuzeha just shook his head.
"I'm just lucky!"
Seeing Shizuka Hiratsuka's disbelieving expression, he immediately raised an eyebrow.
"If you don't believe me, Shizuka, we can make a bet!"
"Bet on what?"
"Coin flip!"
Kuzeha took out a coin and handed it to Shizuka Hiratsuka.
"The rules are simple. I'll close my eyes, you flip and catch the coin yourself, and then I'll guess heads or tails!"
Shizuka Hiratsuka became interested.
"What's the wager?"
"A bowl of beef ramen!"
"Deal!"
Shizuka Hiratsuka took the coin, and after watching Kuzeha close his eyes, she flipped it.
Smack!
Shizuka Hiratsuka caught the coin with the back of her hand covering her palm.
Even she couldn't see which way the coin was facing.
"Alright, start guessing!"
Shizuka Hiratsuka said softly.
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Kuzeha open his eyes and place his hand over her small hand.
"What are you doing?"
"Absorbing your lucky energy!"
"Such nonsense!"
Shizuka Hiratsuka rolled her eyes.
She naturally didn't believe in absorbing lucky energy or anything like that!
Three seconds later.
Kuzeha still hadn't moved.
Shizuka Hiratsuka could already feel the warmth from Kuzeha's palm.
She even began to suspect that this was just Kuzeha's trick to hold girls' hands.
Thinking back, her last intimate contact with a member of the opposite sex was also with Kuzeha, on the subway...
Just as Shizuka Hiratsuka was about to lose her composure, Kuzeha finally spoke.
"It's tails!"
Hearing his casual words, Shizuka Hiratsuka quickly moved her hand away, and the coin was indeed showing tails.
Shizuka Hiratsuka's beautiful eyes paused for a moment.
"How about that?"
Seeing the young man's seemingly mocking expression, Shizuka Hiratsuka bet with him three more times.
Without exception, Kuzeha guessed correctly every time.
Even someone who didn't believe in luck and mysticism like her was starting to have doubts.
"I just absorbed all your luck for today, Shizuka. You'd better be careful today."
"You might even trip on flat ground!"
Hearing Kuzeha's teasing words, which seemed deliberately meant to provoke her, Shizuka Hiratsuka immediately gave him a charming eye roll.
"How could that be possible..."
Before she could finish her words, as she was about to take a step, there was suddenly a sound of threads snapping from under her collar.
Two buttons from her white shirt popped off.
Shizuka Hiratsuka looked down in surprise, then stepped on one of the fallen buttons with her high heel.
Screech.
The button scraped a white line across the floor.
Shizuka Hiratsuka cried out in surprise as she lost her balance, her body instinctively falling toward Kuzeha!
The young man's scent filled her nostrils...
Shizuka Hiratsuka's delicate body was steadily caught in Kuzeha's arms.
However, she realized she seemed to have been... handled with one hand.
Even for someone who looked like a mature older sister like Shizuka Hiratsuka, this was her first experience in over twenty years.
Her pretty face immediately flushed visibly red, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
"See, I told you!"
"If it weren't for me, Shizuka, you would have fallen flat on your face!"
After hearing Kuzeha's words, Shizuka Hiratsuka silently stood up, covering her chest.
She could faintly feel her heart beating through her palm.
"Could Kuzeha also feel my heartbeat just now?"
For some reason, this thought suddenly surfaced in Shizuka Hiratsuka's mind.
Then she calmed her emotions and glared at Kuzeha without good humor.
"Wasn't it because you absorbed my luck that this happened!"
"But speaking honestly, wasn't this a lucky event for Hiratsuka-sensei!"
Kuzeha's words and that smiling look in his eyes seemed to expose some of her thoughts.
And... what conscience are you touching?
This made Shizuka Hiratsuka look away in panic.
"Haruno and the others are in the conference room ahead. Go by yourself..."
Shizuka Hiratsuka looked down at her half-open collar.
Going there with Kuzeha like this might lead people to imagine all sorts of inappropriate scenarios!
"Thanks, Shizuka."
Kuzeha bent down to pick up Shizuka Hiratsuka's buttons and handed them to her.
"Be careful walking later, Shizuka!"
Hearing this, Shizuka Hiratsuka's eye twitched slightly.
After experiencing Kuzeha's seemingly prophetic effectiveness just now, she couldn't help but believe it now.
She covered her chest with one hand and carefully moved toward her office.
Kuzeha watched her slow, shuffling gait, the corners of his mouth curling into a pleased arc as he looked down at his palm.
"Mm, nice feel!"
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