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~bell rings~

AND THE YEAR IS OVER! I SURVIVED! When it all began, I could've sworn I'd be eaten alive by my voracious students, but luckily I made it. Then again, I will miss my crazy students and all their wild antics. Now that I have the proper experience, I know what to expect next year. But out of it all, I was mostly glad that I met Jurina. With school out of the way, Jurina was all mine.

Unfortunately, I did have to teach for summer school sessions, which displeased Jurina. However, she did agree to come with me to school, at least so we can spend some time together. Most of the time, while I was teaching, Jurina was either sitting at my desk, in the library, or just wandering around the school, dying from extreme boredom. Even without me looking at her, I could tell she had an expression that said "Pay attention to me!" She just has to be patient. Luckily for the both of us, summer school wasn't all day; it started at 10 and ended at 2.

"Mouuu, Rena-chan, I'm sooo bored!" Jurina whined in frustration. "And it's so hot!"

"Calm down, it's lunch time. Come inside, it's much cooler." I took her hand and brought her to my room. While walking to my room, we bumped into Ken, Jurina quickly tearing her hand away from mine.

"Hey, Nakamura-sensei." Jurina greeted him.

"Ah, hello, Jurina-san. And hello to you too, Rena." I didn't think he'd acknowledge me.

"Hey, Ken." I answer him back. I certainly wasn't happy to see him, especially since I'm with Jurina. By looks of it, it seemed Ken wanted to talk with me.

"Nee, Jurina-chan, go ahead of me. I'll be there in a sec." I ordered her to go on without me. I winked at her as a hint that I needed to talk with Ken. She turned on her heel and went alone.

"So how are things, Ken?" I asked him sarcastically.

"Listen, Rena. I know things between us ended kind of badly, but I wanna make things right. Can you please give me another chance? Please?"

Oh, not this again. This was already the second time he asked me to take him back. What am I supposed to tell him now?!

"Ken, please, not again. It's not you, really! It's me."

"Rena, please. There has to be something I can do. Anything!" Obviously he wasn't giving up any time soon and I'm running out of excuses.

"Ken, please. I'm just better off on my own. I know you'll find someone else." That's it. That was all I could think of. I had no other excuse left to feed him. If he asks me again, I don't what I'd say!

"That can't just be it . . . . unless . . . you found someone else." Oh no! He's catching on to me.

"B-baka, not-t even." I stuttered with my words. Now he's got me cornered.

"You know, you could've just told me if you didn't want to date me in the first place." I could tell he was really pissed now.

"Well, now you know." I snapped back. "So please, leave me alone!" I turned on my heel and quickly walked to my room, trying to escape Ken. As I walked on, Ken kept yelling at me about who I was with now, but I ignored it. Once I turned to the hallway I ran. When I reached my room, I turned around and found Jurina sitting in my desk with an annoyed look on her face.

"Juri..."

"I heard what he said."

"....Jurina, what are you talking about?"

"I was standing behind the wall, and I heard what Ken said. You didn't tell him about us, did you?"

She got up and started walking towards me. By her expression, I thought I was surely going to be punished. Instead, she wrapped her arms around me from behind and kissed my cheek.

"Rena…you're not going back to him, are you?" This was probably the second time Jurina had shown her vulnerable side to me. And to be honest, I thought it was so cute!

"Hmm, Jurina-chan…" I brought her to my front, caressing her lips before kissing them. I felt bad for worrying Jurina, but she should've already known that I loved her more than anything else. I would never leave her for Ken or anyone. I could tell she began feeling sensitive, releasing tiny moans in between our kisses. Her moans gradually grew louder when I started tenderly biting her lips. Her hands then had a mind of their own as they started wandering around my white blouse. I couldn't help but reciprocate and I started teasing the bare skin underneath her skirt. My fingers easily glided over her soft, young skin, her thighs becoming hot under my contact. While our tongues battled, I moved my feet forward and gently pushed her back against the wall. Taking her shirt off, she pressed her body against mine, instantly heating things up. She kept pressing against me until I felt my desk behind me and she pinned me down.

"Ahh, Jurina-chan. I love you."

"I love you too. Hmm, but wouldn't this be the time you would tell me to stop because we're in public?" Jurina questioned me.

"Jurina...just ravish me!"

"Hai, sensei. Your wish is my command."

Once summer school was a wrap, I spent as much time as I could with Jurina, doing all the things she could possible think of. We went shopping, went camping, went to the beach, went on night drives, or just relaxed at home. Our nights were also filled with love and lust. LOTS of lust. This has to be the best summer I've ever had in my entire life. From time to time, I would also see some of my other students. Sometimes Jurina would invite her friends to come hang out with us. At first, I was a little uncomfortable with Jurina bringing her friends along because I was always with her. Hopefully, it wouldn't raise any eyebrows. But all in all, we were having the time of our lives.

"Today was fun!" shouted Jurina.

"Totally! We should definitely do this again before school starts." Mayu, one of Jurina's friends, replied. Today we went all over the place. First, I had to run some errands, which set the girls in the boredom mood. Later, we went for some lunch (my treat) and then we did some shopping. We hit up 4 malls just for the girls to run around and be teenagers. That goodness I'm not that old.

"You know, Jurina-chan," Mayu started. "You and Matsui-sensei are awfully close. I always see you two together."

"Well...I can't be friendly with my teacher?" Jurina tried to cover for me while I looked away.

"I'm not saying that. It's just that...I always see you two together. I've always thought that teachers were just teachers. Nothing more. If I thought otherwise, it looks like you guys are dating."

Jurina and I both froze for a second and looked at each other, while Mayu walked on. She turned around called out to us, snapping us out of our trance.

"Well, that's not the case. We're just friends. Besides I would never date Jurina!" I finally spoke up.

"I know, I'm just sayi...crap! It's already past my curfew. I'm gonna go, see you later!" Mayu shouted and departed for the subway

My apartment wasn't that far from where we were so we walked. I felt the atmosphere get weird again as Jurina kept so quiet. She didn't hold my hand or talk to me, and I'm too shy to take the initiative most of the time. I was dying trying to get in her brain to see what she was thinking. Maybe she was worried about Mayu catching on to us. In the meantime, the whole walk home was extremely and awkwardly silent. So many thoughts and worries swarmed in my brain that I didn't noticed Jurina had stopped and sat down on the sidewalk. There I decided that I have to stop being so shy and spoke up.

"Jurina, what's wrong?"

"*Sigh…don't worry about it." She got up and resumed walking home. I soon followed after and grabbed her hand.

"Honey...tell me." This was the first time I called her a nickname. But I didn't get one word from her after that. We just continued to walk to my apartment. Once we reached the entrance, I looked back at Jurina to see if she was coming in.

"I-I...I think I'll just head home." Jurina spoke in a somber tone.

"Oh...then I'll take you."

"No. It's fine. I'll just walk." Why was she being so sullen to me?

"Jurina…" I said to her. "I love you."

I gave her a deep kiss just to let her relax. I could feel the tension melt right off of her, wondering what made her so upset.

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". . . . Rena-chan. I'm so sorry."