Love Comes After Learning

"Did they ask you to let me go? I'm afraid not? After all, I haven't received a similar notice from the 'employer' at all."

"You say I don't understand? Indeed, I don't understand and don't want to understand that troublesome quintuplet child, but so what if you understand?

Let them fail the mid-term exam, and then I was fired, and I was replaced by a tutor who might be more strict, ordering them not to do any extracurricular activities except for studying, and to use the greatest energy to complete the complicated homework, otherwise it would be Disobedience to parents..."

"They are just children who haven't left their families. Do you think that if the father of those people orders, who else can go to the committee?

Or is it up to you to fight against their father and ask the six of them to elope to the ends of the earth together? "

"Don't be so naive, let's see the reality, Shinichi Asada!" Uesugi Fuutarou's voice sounded like self-deprecating and sneering, "You are just like me, just a male high school student who can't do anything.

Playing the role of a bad guy and a good guy like a play, uttering bullshit rhetoric, and talking about the future of others with confidence——

Say, what else can you do but act and talk? "

"..."

As soon as the questioning was over, Asada couldn't help but fell silent.

But not long after, he suddenly laughed twice.

"Hmph... I knew you would say that a long time ago, and you are still the third in grade? You are such an idiot who is easy to guess."

"Huh?" Uesugi Fuutarou stared at his back in astonishment, "Are you stupid? You are still talking big, what's the point..."

"It makes sense, of course it makes sense.

Otherwise, why would I waste my saliva, talking back and forth with you for fourteen minutes and forty-four seconds?I also simulated your refutation and argument the night before, spending time on this matter that is destined to end well. "

Asada shrugged, and finally turned around, looking at Uesugi.

"Because of these words, I can only say them to you, and only to you."

——Man has many facets.

The so-called social role means that in different environments and facing different objects, oneself will automatically be brought into different roles, speaking different words and doing different actions.

One way with family members, one way with friends, one way with elders, and another way with loved ones.

We play different selves, put on false and real masks, to adapt to the changes of society and people.

Even if she is as straightforward as Yotsuba, when facing her own family, her attitude must be different from that of Asada.

The only ones who can keep their words and deeds from being unscrupulous are only robots with programmed responses.

Asada Shinichi understood from the very beginning that the reason why he was able to say these words calmly was because the person who stood on the opposite side of him was "Uesugi Fuutarou".

"If you are their father, I have another way of saying it."

"If you are a formal teacher who has passed the qualification test, I will say something else."

"Facing different people, you have to show different attitudes. I can't stand in front of their father and say "You don't understand them, but I understand!" Such stupid things, right?"

He spread his hands, smiled and shook his head.

"Because you are Fuutarou Uesugi, now I can express the most direct and embarrassing thoughts, and feel proud like a winner... Perhaps, I have to thank you for giving me the opportunity to do so." Do."

Raising his head and chest, Asada Shinichi stared at him calmly, with sincere gratitude in his eyes.

Uesugi Fuutarou's complexion changed, he took two steps back, gritted his teeth and rubbed his arms frantically.

"Disgusting! Disgusting to death! Goosebumps and nausea are coming up... Who the hell said to stop being so ambiguous last time! Is your mind a fish tank filled with goldfish? !"

Asada was startled suddenly, only then did he realize that there seemed to be some kind of deviation in his words and deeds, his expression also became ugly, and he covered his mouth with one hand.

"I'm going...why do you think of this, I'm obviously talking about something very serious...Ugh, my God, I feel disgusted by what you say..."

puff!

As if hearing a faint laugh, Asada's eyes sharpened instantly, and he looked left and right, but there was no one else on the vast rooftop except them.

Or Uesugi, who actually laughed at this moment? !

Not like that, after all, he seemed to be suppressing the discomfort rising from the bottom of his heart, and he didn't have the atmosphere to laugh at all.

"Don't throw the blame on me! You're the one who said it all, who knew you'd be so GAY all of a sudden... No, if I continue to stay with you on the roof, my whole body will become weird. I want to go back to the classroom!"

"Shut up, too, the more you talk, the worse it will be!"

Uesugi quickly packed up his things and walked quickly to the rooftop gate.

Instead, Asada stayed where he was. He didn't want to make more uncomfortable episodes because of fighting with Uesugi, so it didn't matter if he rolled back to the classroom first.

Just holding the doorknob, Uesugi stopped suddenly, looked down at the ground, and was silent for a moment.

Then, he spoke suddenly.

"...If you were facing them, what would you say? Do you know them well?"

His question brought the atmosphere back to normal, and made Asada startled for a while in surprise.

Then, he shook his head helplessly.

"Can't say anything, can't say anything."

"why?"

"First, those who stand on the stage should do a good job on the stage." He pointed out a finger, and his tone became lighter, "The sweat I shed is not the audience's business."

"Your concept that life is like a play can be seen everywhere..." Uesugi twitched the corners of his mouth, complaining with a sad face.

"Secondly, assuming that you are the one being discussed now, are you willing to make yourself the center of such an embarrassing dispute?" The second finger pointed out.

Uesugi instantly showed a dark expression of extreme disgust: "Absolutely not! How far can such a self-righteous person go?"

"Me too." Laughing sympathetically, Asada held out a third finger.

"Third, if they heard such words, I would rather jump off the roof. Do you know what it feels like to explode with shame? I have experienced it, so I don't want to experience it again."

Withdrawing his fingers, he sighed helplessly.

"It's a good thing that you don't need to feel ashamed at all when talking to you, but there is a good way to release yourself. I really appreciate the existence of Uesugi Daimyo..."

Well, it’s not disgusting to say that, as expected, what’s lacking is irony.

"Heh..." Uesugi looked at the crack of the door and smiled wickedly, "You can say whatever you want. The more fun you can say, the better, and you can say whatever you want now. You're welcome."

"Huh?" Asada frowned, instinctively felt something was wrong, "...I've finished what I need to say, what else do you want me to say?"

"Okay, then let me ask one last question..." Uesugi Fuutarou held the doorknob, his voice suddenly amplified.

"You never denied the fact that they are stupid, right? You didn't answer the question just now, you just kept shifting your concept and using big words to explain it away.

In fact, you also think that they can't combine study and forest school, so they can only give up study temporarily, right? "

"...What's your intention for asking this?" Asada looked suspicious, the alarm bells were buzzing in his heart, but he looked around and didn't find anything wrong for a while.

As if wanting to interrupt his vigilance, Uesugi shouted urgingly.

"Don't think about it! Just like just now, answer me with the most instinctive and sincere thoughts! Otherwise, I won't be willing to give up this job!"

"As a teacher, even if my term is coming to an end, I will be "responsible" for my students at the end!

This is my last request, Asada, tell me! "

Resounding in the sky, his words full of sincerity deeply moved Shinichi Asada.

"...I'll just respect your intention." Sighing, Asada looked at him seriously, and replied emphatically.

"No! I have confidence in them. Studying will never trouble them all the time. As long as they find the right method and work tirelessly, they can even surpass you and me and achieve the miracle of getting full marks in all five subjects." indefinite!"

"Hey, you believe in the quintuplets too much..." He was a little dumbfounded.

Emotionally calmed down, Asada shrugged.

"I'm their chairman. If even I don't trust them, this committee should be disbanded as soon as possible."

"... I did lose on this point." Uesugi laughed lowly, and then asked nonchalantly.

"So among the quintuplets, which one do you like the most?"

"..." Asada opened his mouth reflexively to answer, but suddenly sensed something, his face turned pale, his eyes widened, and he pointed at Fuutarou Uesugi with trembling fingers, "You bastard...could it be..."

"Tsk, are you talking too much..." Uesugi let out a sigh of regret, and then with a happy and proud smile, he opened the door fiercely.

"Get ready for surprises! Surprise—"

As soon as the door was opened, the five stacked figures fell out of the door unexpectedly.

"Woooo~"

"what!"

"Well……"

"Wow!"

"ah!"

The moment when the five girls with the same hair color and similar appearance came into view, they understood what happened.

Shinichi Asada entered a state of complete petrification.

"..."

"……what."

Uesugi stood behind the door, watching the stagnant and embarrassing scene, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and finally couldn't help the joy in his heart, like a villain full of evil, he laughed happily up to the sky a few times.

"Hahahaha—this is the best drama, and I want to thank you too, Shinichi Asada! Hahahaha..."

Under the light gray sky, on the top of the remote teaching building, the wild and relieved laughter spread far away.

far, far away...

-------------Chapter Dividing Line---------------

Back in time, about half an hour ago.

"Asada-kun is going to the rooftop, everyone hurry up!"

After class at noon, seeing Shinichi Asada leave the seat with empty hands, Nakano Wuyue hastily sent a message in the quintuplets group, calling on his sisters to act.

The reason for this is this-

Even though most people in the class had heard of "Uesugi's rooftop invitation", May at that time left the classroom in a hurry because of a rush to buy a limited dessert, and happened to miss it, and no one specifically mentioned it afterwards.

It wasn't until the inquiry on the phone that the more she thought about it, the more she felt that the matter was not that simple, so she went to investigate and found out that the two of them had a conversation on a certain rooftop. It seemed that at that time, Fuutarou Uesugi would He told Asada about the midterm exam, which made him have doubts about the balance between forest school and study.