However, Aunt Miyamura also said that the symptoms vary from person to person, and some girls may not have obvious discomfort, which is also normal.
"Hey, hey, hey, I'm just concerned about you, okay?" Tsuna walked over to her with a pillow and sat down, holding her in his arms. "Why do you always call me a pervert?"
This sentence naturally got another roll of the eyes from Shouko.
Neither of them spoke for the rest of the time, and they just went about their own business in silence.
Shouko was watching TV series, and Tsuna sat beside her, leaning his shoulder on hers to watch TV, while he continued to play the small game Push the Box on his mobile phone.
Ten minutes later, Shouko, who was leaning on his shoulder, suddenly whispered, "It's a little tender there, but it's nothing serious. Don't worry about me."
She rubbed her head against his shoulder after she finished speaking.
Tsuna nodded and changed the subject, "Are you planning on going somewhere this afternoon?"
Shouko paused the TV with the remote. "I was planning on hanging out with Takagi-san and Ajitani-san this afternoon.
But with the exam tomorrow, I thought I'd ask you to help me review this semester's material."
"Yeah, sure." Tsuna didn't have much of an opinion.
As for why Shouko and Takagi-san were so close after a semester, and why they still called each other Takagi-san, he understood it was probably Takagi's request. He didn't quite understand, but since it didn't make much of a difference, he didn't really care.
They'd been on good terms all semester.
He'd also stumbled upon something else: Takagi seemed to enjoy playing pranks on Nishikata, while none of them had the same idea.
And Nishikata had even promised him that if Takagi succeeded in playing a prank on him once, he'd do ten push-ups, with the number increasing based on the number of times he succeeded.
He could only say—this guy wasn't exactly normal.
"Tsuna, do you think Ajitani will skip the exam again this time?"
Tsuna hesitated for a moment, "Probably... no? Wasn't she in an accident last time?"
If Shouko hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten that half a month ago, during a Japanese language exam, Ajitani had sneaked out.
Teacher Fujiro even suspected that the class monitor had some grudge against her. Why did she sneak out of her exam when she hadn't skipped any others...
As for why she sneaked out, she later told the others it was an accident.
Shouko felt increasingly irritated watching TV, so she used the remote to turn it off: "Forget it, let's not watch anymore. Let's go upstairs and review."
She stood up, ignoring Tsuna's opinion, and pulled him upstairs.
"I can walk by myself. Aren't you feeling uncomfortable now? Be careful not to bump into anything."
"Pervert..." Shouko rolled her eyes at him again. How could that part of her body be easily bumped?
However, she silently changed from holding his hands with both of hers to holding him with one hand. She was still a little scared. After all, it hurt to touch, let alone bump into something...
Then, except for meals, the two of them spent almost the entire day in Tsuna's room reviewing their homework.
The time came to 10:15 p.m.
"Tsuna, I'm going back to sleep first." Shouko yawned and stood up.
"Yeah, good night." Tsuna glanced at the time. It was indeed a little late.
"Remember not to stay up late tonight! Good night."
Shouko couldn't help but reach out and poke his white forehead before leaving. Then she waved and went downstairs.
As for the textbooks and exercise books, she left them with him. Anyway, the most important person to help her review was him.
"Are you ready to go back to sleep?" Shizuka, who was watching TV in the living room, noticed Shouko coming downstairs and asked casually.
"Yeah, goodnight, Auntie." Shouko waved and was about to leave, but she was stopped by her:
"Shouko, wait a minute."
"Yeah?"
Seeing Auntie Miyamura waving at her, she walked into the living room without much hesitation and sat down on the sofa next to her.
Shouko was a little confused by her mysterious attitude. "What's wrong, Auntie Miyamura?"
"Yeah..." Shizuka paused the TV with the remote control and carefully organized her words. "Have you been feeling unwell recently? I think you seem a little emotionally unstable lately."
Shouko nodded and expressed her guess.
Shizuka confirmed it: "Then it will probably come this week. It's such a coincidence that you have two days of exams."
"By the way, Auntie..." Shouko thought of the question she wanted to ask this morning, but suddenly felt embarrassed to voice it...
"What's wrong? Are you still feeling unwell?" Shizuka asked doubtfully.
"That's right... that's right..." Shouko hesitated. "It's about the hair growth in those areas you mentioned... I checked again yesterday... it's still clean... nothing..."
"Hehe..." Shizuka smiled and shook her head, reassuring her, "Those are just minor issues. You're still young, so they're not very noticeable. In a year or two, they might become noticeable."
"Oh, so that's how it is. Good night, Auntie. I'm going back to sleep." Shouko felt relieved. She stood up, said goodbye, and left the living room.
"Good night," Shizuka watched her leave the living room before looking away.
She still believed Shouko was still young, so it wasn't obvious yet. She thought it would be fine in a year or two.
After all, the probability was too small—less than one in fifty people.
"Click..."
Only when the door closed did Shizuka shake off the chaotic thoughts in her mind and return to watching TV.
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"It's finally over."
Tsuna couldn't help but stretch when the exam time was over and the test papers were collected by the invigilator.
"Tsuna, pay attention to your image as a top student..." Shouko hurriedly reached out and pulled down his clothes that had lifted up when he stretched.
"The image of a top student? Do you mean the kind of nerd with glasses?" Tsuna turned his head to look at her.
After this semester, everyone in the class already knew that he had good grades and was always ranked first in the exams.
At this time, the class monitor, Ajitani, came forward with a backpack with a chicken doll on it to interrupt the conversation between the two, and asked curiously:
"Shouko, what are your plans next? Like where to go to play?"
"No..." Shouko put the stationery into the pencil case and shook her head. "I should spend about a month at home."
"What about Takagi-san?" Ajitani looked at Takagi-san behind Shouko.
Takagi-san thought about it, and still shook her head slowly. "About the same as Shouko."
(End of this chapter)
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