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"Dad, if you have anything to do, go first. Mom and I will walk back slowly later." The three were standing in the corridor outside, looking at the classroom.
Tsuna saw his father picking up his phone in a hurry to look at it, and couldn't help but speak.
"Yes, there is something." Daisuke was a little hesitant.
Tsuna looked at the situation inside and knew that his mother would not be able to come out for ten minutes.
He waved his hand and said, "If you have something to do, go and do It. The parent-teacher meeting is over, and it will only take us a few minutes to walk home."
"Okay, remember to tell your mom."
Daisuke's hesitant thoughts disappeared. He raised his hand, patted Tsuna's head, and rubbed Shouko's head: "Wait for me to bring you big fish!" He left with a brisk pace.
"Bye, uncle." Shouko waved her little hand and watched him walk down the stairs. She turned her head and saw Tsuna's slightly speechless expression. She asked curiously, "What's wrong, Tsuna?"
"Nothing." Seeing his old man's expression, he thought that he had something urgent to do, but he didn't expect that he was going fishing.
After hearing that it was nothing, Shouko continued to chat with him about the interesting things that had happened recently. She didn't have the restraint she had when Daisuke was still here, even though Uncle Miyamura also watched her grow up.
"Dong..." After Daisuke got in the car, he took out his mobile phone and made a call.
"Daisuke, did you see the picture I sent you? Are you envious?" As soon as the call was connected, before Daisuke could speak, a rough voice sounded first.
"Just wait for me, you have the nerve to send me a picture of two palm-sized fish to show off?" Daisuke said this unconvincedly and hung up the phone immediately, without giving the other party any chance to refute it.
The two chatted outside for about ten minutes before Shizuka slowly walked out of the classroom: "Sorry for the wait."
"Mom, Dad has something urgent, so we're leaving first." Tsuna waited until she came to him before speaking softly. This time, he would help him hide it from his mom, and next time, he would have to rely on himself.
Shizuka thought it must be an urgent matter in his office, so she didn't say much. She took the hands of the two cute kids and said softly, "Okay, let's go too."
If Tsuna hadn't mentioned it, she would have thought he had gone to the bathroom and wanted to wait for him to come out before leaving.
The three of them walked out of the school gate slowly. Tsuna suddenly thought of something, turned his head, and whispered to Shouko: "Shouko, let's go buy the materials we need tomorrow."
"Okay, okay," Shouko replied excitedly. When she heard him say that, she instantly thought of the fact that he had promised to make a handmade kite for her yesterday.
"What materials? Is it some extracurricular homework assigned by Teacher Minagawa?" Shizuka, who was caught in the middle, was left confused.
Thinking that Aunt Shizuka didn't know about this, Shouko said softly before Tsuna could explain, "No, no, it was Tsuna who promised me yesterday that he would make me a beautiful handmade kite, so we had to buy the materials for tomorrow." Her words were full of joy that could not be hidden.
"Really?" Shizuka was somewhat unbelievable. She believed that Shouko would not lie, but she didn't believe that her son had this skill, and she had never heard him say it.
"Yes, yes!" Compared to Shizuka, Shouko had full trust in him, and she felt that her Tsuna was very Powerful.
"You have this skill? Why haven't I heard you tell me about it?" Shizuka smiled and let go of Tsuna's hand, raised her hand, and rubbed his head. No matter if she knew it or not, doubting it out loud, etc., she didn't want to do anything to undermine her child's self-confidence.
"Keep a low profile, I learned it from TV, and I haven't fully practiced it yet." Tsuna looked into his mother's eyes and laughed awkwardly. He couldn't say that he had learned it in Hawaii in his previous life.
Shizuka patted his head gently: "Let's go, go buy the materials you need to prepare, and you have to make one for me too." After saying that, she took his hand again.
"Aunt Shizuka,it was me first! Tsuna promised me first." Shouko gently struggled to get rid of Shizuka's hand and retorted excitedly.
"Haha..., I'm not competing with you, and Tsuna is yours." Shizuka couldn't stand the cute look of Shouko puffing up her mouth and angrily retorting, which was not lethal at all, and finally laughed softly and joked.
When Shouko heard her say that, she instantly wilted, and her previous momentum completely disappeared. She was so shy that she stammered:
"Then...then...then...what...now...now...it's not mine yet...-( ꈍᴗꈍ)-" The more she talked, the lower her head was, and she was so shy that she was silent in the second half of the words.
"What did you say, Shouko? Auntie didn't hear it?" Shizuka didn't want to miss this opportunity to tease her, and put her ear close to her and continued to joke.
"I...I...I...I...didn't...say anything..." Shouko lowered her head and whispered, not daring to let Auntie Shizuka see her blushing face.
"Really?" Shizuka continued to joke.
Shouko couldn't see that the other party was teasing her. She wanted to get angry, but couldn't. However, she couldn't stand Aunt Shizuka's teasing. She lowered her head and said shyly, "Auntie, you are too much!" After saying that, she didn't even raise her head and bumped into the arms of the bad guy, who didn't help her. (In short: an alternative version of being angry)
"Let's go, Mom." He felt that the person in his arms was holding him more and more tightly, and hurriedly changed the subject.
"What materials are you going to buy?"
Shizuka also stopped and instantly regained a serious expression, and asked curiously.
"Let me think..." Tsuna raised his hand and placed it on Shouko's head, rubbing it and thinking. After a while, he spoke lightly: "Glassine, bamboo, glue (white glue or latex), kite string, and colored pencils, that's all."
Shizuka thought that the materials he mentioned were easy to buy, and wanted to hold their hands, but then she remembered that Shouko was still in someone's arms, and chuckled: "Okay, Shouko, Auntie was wrong, I won't tease you anymore, Tsuna's face is already red as can't be redder."
Shouko believed her words, and quietly raised her head to take a look at him, wanting to see if what Auntie Shizuka said was true.
"Auntie, you are lying to a child!(ᗒᗩᗕ)" The two looked at each other, and Shouko shyly lowered her head, silently vowing in her heart that she would never believe her again.
Tsuna persuaded in a gentle voice: "Okay, okay, we should go, Shouko, if you hold me like this, it's not convenient for me to walk like this." He didn't feel much about a third-grade child holding him, and of course, his face didn't blush or his heartbeat.
I think Naoko is still shy, so I'll ask: "How about I carry you on my back, Shouko?"
"Then let's go…" Shouko quickly let go of her hands and held his little hand instead. She didn't want Tsuna to carry her, as that would make him too tired.
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