Teacher Ageo guided the children to the second floor and stopped outside the room closest to the stairs. She gently opened the wooden door and asked the children to line up. One by one, Teacher Ageo led them to their small beds, each labeled with their names.
When it came to Shoko and Tsuna, Teacher Ageo led Shoko in first, then returned from the room and walked to Tsuna. Teacher Ueo stroked her chin and thought for a while, then said,
"Tsuna, you should take a nap here, too. I will explain to Teacher Yoshinaga later." As soon as she finished speaking, Teacher Ageo stretched out her left hand and took Tsuna to the last bed in the room. She chuckled and said, "Go to bed and take a nap. School will be over when you wake up."
Tsuna glanced at the bed, which had a small, cool mat on it, along with a gray pillow and a gray blanket. There was no name on the bed frame, indicating that it was likely a spare.
Tsuna retracted his gaze and turned his head to look at the front left side of the room, where Shoko's bed was, and found that she was not on the bed or around. He was about to move his eyes to look for her somewhere else. A voice came from behind him:
"Tsuna, are you looking for me?"
Tsuna turned around and found Shoko standing behind him, holding a small gray pillow. He frowned and asked in confusion, "Shoko, you don't want to come sleep with me, do you?"
"Yeah!" Shoko nodded obediently in response, regardless of whether Tsuna agreed or not, and walked directly to the bed, put the pillow in her arms next to another pillow, turned around and sat on the small bed, bent down, and took off her shoes to reveal her white socks, and then lay straight on Tsuna's bed.
Tsuna looked at the self-conscious Shoko and couldn't help but say, "Hey, Shoko, I haven't agreed to anything yet."
Tsuna wasn't sure if Shoko heard his complaint. He knew that after she lay on the bed, her eyes were fixed on him as if urging him to hurry up.
Tsuna stood by the bed, shook his head, and chuckled. He could only bend down to take off his shoes, then sat on the bed, took the small blanket, pulled it open, and covered Shoko and himself. Shoko also gave him more than half of his space.
After Tsuna lay down, he looked at Shoko, who was facing him. The breath from the other party blew on Tsuna's face, and he felt itchy. He spoke softly in a coaxing tone: "Okay, okay, go to sleep quickly, Shoko. You can go home after school when you wake up." After that, Tsuna chose to close his eyes. Shoko saw that Tsuna had closed his eyes, and the corners of her mouth too, and she chuckled softly, hugged Tsuna's arm, and closed her eyes.
After gathering all the children, Teacher Ageo began to count the heads on the bed. When she reached Shoko's bed, she noticed it was empty.
Teacher Ageo was calm and had an intuition compelling her to slowly glance at Tsuna's temporary bed at the back of the room. Sure enough, two adorable little heads were peeking out from the small blanket.
Teacher Ageo looked at the two of them with a maternal smile on her face and didn't say anything. Then she began to count the heads.
After everyone was counted, Teacher Ageo walked to the corridor outside, took out her cell phone, and called Teacher Yoshinaga to explain that Tsuna was taking a nap in her class and asked her not to worry.
After chatting for a while, she hung up the phone and returned to the room to help the children who were still awake fall asleep one by one. Once all the children were asleep, Teacher Ageo took a small stool, walked to the door, and sat down against the wall to rest her eyes.
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Tsuna struggled to breathe while sleeping, feeling as if a python was suffocating him. A stinging sensation was present on the right side of his face, accompanied by constant clicking sounds in his ears.
Tsuna suddenly opened his eyes, feeling a thin layer of sweat on his forehead and noticing that his right cheek was damp. He gently freed himself from the entanglement of Shoko's hands and feet and then began to breathe deeply.
"Hehe...are you awake?". As soon as Tsuna heard the chuckle, he knew it was his cheap mother. He turned his head and saw her holding her phone and looking at something.
Tsuna was about to ask when he heard the nasal voice of Shoko from the right: "Tsuna...!Good morning~". Shizuka put away her phone, covered her mouth with her hands chuckled, and walked out.
Tsuna sat up and gently shook Shoko, who was sleeping soundly. After a while, Shoko woke up from her sleep in a daze, smacking her lips as if savoring something.
Tsuna first looked around and found that the other children had already gone back. Then he slowly and gently spoke to Shoko, who was rubbing her eyes: "It's time to get ready to go back, Shoko."
"Yeah!". Tsuna first put on his shoes and squatted down to tie his shoelaces, and then helped Shoko who was sitting on the bed and yawning put on her shoes and tied her shoelaces.
After finishing, Tsuna stretched out his hand, gently pulled Shoko off the bed, and stood up. Then he walked to the bedside, folded the small blanket, and put it at the end of the bed before pulling Shoko to the door.
When the two walked out of the nap room and into the corridor, they saw Shizuka and Teacher Ageo, both with warm smiles on their faces. Teacher Ageo was pointing at the phone in Shizuka's hand.
Tsuna looked at the interaction between the two in confusion and asked curiously, "Mom, what are you looking at?" Shoko held Tsuna's hand and was still a little dazed.
When Shizuka heard Tsuna's question, she immediately put away her smile, walked forward with her phone, and looked mysterious, which made Shoko curious.
Shizuka squatted down with the phone and then held it in front of the two. Shoko blushed instantly when she saw it, and even the feeling of confusion she had before disappeared. Tsuna shifted his gaze and looked at Shizuka speechlessly.
The picture on the phone was a photo of the two of them taking a nap in bed. Shoko's hands and legs were tightly wrapped around Tsuna, and her mouth was biting Tsuna's right cheek and sucking hard. Tsuna looked uncomfortable.
Finally, Shizuka said hello to Teacher Ageo and pulled Tsuna and Shoko, whose heads seemed to be smoking, out of the kindergarten.
Teacher Ageo smiled and watched them leave, then walked into the nap room, folded the children's quilts and pillows, stretched her body, closed the wooden door, and walked to the teacher's office.
Because she had to prepare small props for teaching the children sign language tomorrow and look up some information, she would have to go home after work for a while.
Teacher Ageo walked to the door of the office, turned the doorknob and opened the door, and saw Teacher Yoshinaga still sitting in the office.
Teacher Yoshinaga was also attracted by the sound of Teacher Ageo opening the door. She looked up at the door and found that it was Teacher Ageo. She smiled and nodded to her and then lowered her head to do her things. After closing the door, Teacher Ageo also walked back to her seat.
When Teacher Ageo sat down, she couldn't stand the silence and began to ask Teacher Yoshinaga: "Midori, how are the children in your class? Are there any good kids besides Tsuna?" ("Midori Yoshinaga" is Teacher Yoshinaga's full name, and her acquaintances call her Midori.)
"Masumi, what are you talking about in your sleep? It's only the second day, how can we tell anything? But except for being scared to tears by the principal this morning, they haven't cried much." Teacher Yoshinaga refuted Teacher Ageo's words with a chuckle. ("Masumi Ageo" is Teacher Ageo's full name.)