However, Hayato's reaction speed was excellent.
Hayato hadn't stepped on his foot before, and this time she also failed to kick Hayato's backside.
He pushed his folding bicycle and sped off, covering more than ten meters in a flash.
Then, Hayato watched him get on the bike.
"I'm off first.
Call me if anything comes up." Hayato waved his hand.
Hayato was annoyed but still asked:
"Are you sure you don't need me to drive you there?
It's not close to Kichijoji from here; it'll take you over an hour to cycle."
"No need," Hayato said.
"...Really, if it's not okay, I can drop you off a street away when I drive you, and then you can just cycle the rest of the way, couldn't you?" Hayato said, thinking the young man was afraid of his little girlfriend getting jealous.
Hayato had always believed that her flirtation with the young man was a bit improper, so everything was considered with his official girlfriend in mind.
As for her… she would step back as much as possible.
"Stop thinking nonsense," Hayato said helplessly.
Then Hayato realized that the young man was definitely not considering it from that angle.
Because…
She witnessed Hayato's first pedal stroke… It was truly a ride that was powerful and seemed to transcend time.
Her Wuling Hongguang felt like a toy compared to that bicycle…
...
Aiya Yayoi twirled her car keys with slender fingers and walked back to the hospital room with a swagger.
After returning to her former identity as a biker gang leader, Hayato felt a bit nostalgic for her youth and couldn't quite snap out of it.
But when she pushed open the hospital room door and saw Miyajima Sakura standing inside, Hayato quickly let out two soft "ahem"s, then put her keys back into her hip pocket, stopped pouting and whistling randomly, and even straightened her back a bit.
One still had to maintain integrity.
She needed to uphold her dignity as a teacher in front of students… even if she was just the School nurse.
"Ah, Hayato-sensei, you're back!" Sakura said in surprise, clasping her hands together.
Then she looked behind her: "…Where's Xiaolin-kun?"
Tsubaki gave Aiya Yayoi a stern look, signaling her not to say anything reckless.
But Aiya Yayoi didn't even need Tsubaki's hint; she knew what to say… In front of an old woman like Tsubaki, Hayato could speak freely… because she knew that even though she and Miyajima Tsubaki had vastly different personalities, their positions regarding Hayato were very similar.
However, Miyajima Sakura was different; the person closest to her should be Nanao Akane… Let the young people sort out their own affairs.
"Oh, he had some things to do, so he left first," she said.
Miyajima Tsubaki breathed a sigh of relief.
Concealing things from her own daughter for the young man didn't seem very ethical… But Tsubaki was truly tired today.
If Sakura showed a sad expression, she really wouldn't know how to comfort her.
After all, so much had happened today…
Miyajima Tsubaki thought, just forgive Mom for being selfish this once.
Miyajima Sakura nodded, not overthinking anything… Hayato looked at Miyajima Sakura and thought that perhaps even if this girl knew the truth, she wouldn't make a fuss.
But since the other side had requested it, she didn't want to test anything further.
Silence fell for a moment.
Miyajima Tsubaki, meanwhile, stared at Aiya Yayoi with a questioning gaze.
She hadn't expected this woman to come back… She thought that even if she didn't leave with Hayato, she should have gone home alone by now.
"Miyajima-san, your grandfather probably needs care too, so why don't you go to your grandfather's room?" Hayato said with a smile.
"What about here?" Miyajima Sakura asked.
"Don't worry, I'm here," Hayato said with a smile.
"You're not needed," Miyajima Tsubaki said displeasedly.
"I just went to see Father; he's in good health, and I've mostly recovered.
Sakura, you can go to Grandpa's room; I'll take care of myself."
Miyajima Sakura looked at her mother with some concern, but under her mother's authority, she could only agree with a nod.
Hayato-sensei, however, still smiled and said to her:
"Miyajima-san, you go ahead.
No matter what your mother says, I'll stay."
"...You." Tsubaki wanted to drive this unwelcome woman away.
But Hayato remained cheerful: "Madam Tsubaki, don't push yourself.
Before, you thought you were fine and then you still ended up collapsing in the hospital room, didn't you?
What if you get exhausted again?"
Miyajima Tsubaki was speechless.
Her fainting actually had nothing to do with being tired, or even with the "hospital room" itself… But to Miyajima Sakura, that was indeed the version she heard.
She had been checkmated.
Miyajima Tsubaki still wanted to say something, but after seeing Sakura's worried eyes, she closed her mouth.
"Don't worry about bothering me; I am a School nurse, after all.
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