Onee-san Sensei wa Danshikousei ni Edzuke Shitai

In a volleyball class, we are only playing for one set, so the winner will be decided after just one set. Our team had the advantage in the early stages of the match, but our opponents easily caught up with us, and they gave us a hard time, but we endured their counterattack, and in the end, we won the match.

"The score is 15 to 10, and Team A wins."

Sensei then blows out her whistle, and we all line up in the center of the court, then we bow to each other. While the other members of our team were taking a break to prepare for the next game, our class president called out to me.

"Good job, Umihara. Sorry, we relied on you too much."

"I'm sorry too for relying on you too much on receiving those loose balls."

"It's fine, I believe we can win our next match if we continue on like this, Umihara. A lot of people say that I'm not the athletic type, but in reality, I really get fired up and passionate when it comes to sports. That's why I'll be counting on you again in the upcoming match."

I can tell by looking at his face that the class president is a good guy. If I compare him, he's like one of those serious and passionate class presidents that I often see on a shounen manga.

When I went back to where my other classmates were, I felt that the air became a little stiff, but in order for Kishikawa-sensei to not worry about me, I have to behave as if I fit in with the rest of the class.

This is bad; it looks like I hurt myself after all.

When I tried to start walking, I noticed that the discomfort that I felt earlier in my right leg had turned into a sharp pain. I think that I hadn't sprained my leg, but it still hurts just to walk normally.

I think I can handle it if it's just one more game. I will just immediately go to the infirmary after class in order to get some compression to apply to my legs.



...


The last game was a little tough due to the pain in my foot, but somehow I managed to stay on the court until the end.

"Well then, today's lesson ends here."

After thanking sensei for the class, everyone is starting to leave the gymnasium and head to the changing room.

I thought that I would be able to somehow hide the pain in my foot until I arrived at the infirmary, but...

"Wait a minute, Umihara."

"Se... sensei."

Sensei's hand was then placed on one of my shoulders to stop me from leaving. Everyone in the class seems to think that Sensei stopped me because she wanted to warn me over what I had done earlier; that's why everyone left the gymnasium quickly.

"Why didn't you say anything?"

"I wonder what you're talking about... Woah!"

Before I could finish what I was trying to say, Sensei comes around in front of me, then she stares at me. After a while, her gaze gradually lowers.

"Se... sensei, even though everyone's already gone, but even so in a place like this..."

"What are you talking about? You injured your right leg, right? You should have told me that earlier."

Sensei then crouches down and looks at my legs, then she looks up at my face. I'm pretty sure Sensei is unaware of the destructive power of the way he naturally looks at my face while crouching down in front of me.

"At times like this, you can rely on sensei. Or is it that you aren't doing that because I'm not reliable enough as a sensei to you?"

"No, that's not true, it's just that..."

"It's just what?"

It's really hard for me to refuse someone who looks at me with eyes like an abandoned puppy. I know sensei is too well-developed to be  called a puppy, but it's a perfect description of what was happening in front of me.

"Is it really hard for you to tell me your reason?"

If you look at me with those eyes, then all of my stubbornness and my willpower to resist will be blown away.

"I know I'm being childish, but I don't want to show my uncool side to sensei."

"Ah..."

How should I interpret sensei's reaction? I have an idea what sensei's reaction means, but I'm ashamed to admit it.

Not only that, but there's one more thing that I'm afraid to tell her.

"As if I'm going to look down on you because of that!"

Sensei then stands up and puts her hand on my shoulder. Earlier, when there were other students around us, the zipper on sensei's jersey was tightly closed, but right now, when she stood up, the zipper came down on its own. I'm guessing that because sensei's jersey was too tight because of his abundant chest, the pressure from it naturally caused the zipper to open on its own.

Sensei is still unaware of her jersey opening up, and because of that, I'm in a really tight spot right now.

And as a final blow, sensei is now showing her other side, which she only shows to me when there are no other people or students around us, and that side is...

"It's onee-chan's duty to tolerate it, even if you are stubborn. You don't need to apologize to me as it was my fault to begin with because I didn't speak to you about your injury even though I already noticed it. "

That's right, sensei sometimes switches to her onee-chan personality when we are alone.

The female knight-sensei, who is feared and adored by all the students as a strict teacher, becomes my older sister when (she feels like it) she's being emotional.

"Se... sensei, you're not really my older sister, so calling yourself onee-chan is a bit..."*

"Hmmm... Well, I guess that's true. So it looks like you don't trust me that much. And if I say things like onee-chan, you will only get annoyed by them. Then how can I get you to trust me? How can I show you that I'm sincerely doing this for you?"

"N... no... you don't have to show me that, I'm fine with you sensei acting like normal; in fact, for me, I like being.."

"Like being what?"

I almost said something that I shouldn't have. I'm relieved that I was able to stop what I was going to say.

I like being with sensei... as if I'm going to say that to her, as normally I don't usually tell my teachers that I like them. Also, depending on the situation, it can be interpreted as "I like you as a person.", That's why I'm not going to say it, as I understand that this is a standard cliche in most romantic comedies.




Note:

1. I'm using older sister here because in this line nee-san is used first then onee-chan afterwards. For those who didn't know nee-san is a formal, common, and everyday term to address an elder sister, while onee-chan is an informal, childish, and intimate way of saying elder sister.

2. The last four lines is hard to convey in english basically the MC said is 先生らしくて, which is read as sensei rashikute, it can be translated as more like sensei, Meiru replied らしくて which can be translated to "more like what" and the first line of the very last sentence is written as 先生らしくて好, sensei rashikute ko which can be translated to like being with sensei, basically it's a play on words Mc saying he likes Meiru as a teacher but he stopped saying it and Meiru replied suggesting she's confirming what MC had said if he really likes her.