Little rascal

"Teacher Ageo, I'll go back to the Sunflower Class first. See you this afternoon." Tsuna walked to the podium and said politely to Teacher Ageo before walking to the classroom door.

As Tsuna reached the door, he looked back at Shoko's seat and noticed she was watching him. He raised his hand and waved goodbye to her before slowly walking out of the Sakura Class.

Outside, he saw many children playing in the playground, slides, and sand pits during lunch break, especially around the slides.

Tsuna took a glance and planned to go back to the Sunflower Class for a nap when he suddenly heard the sharp cry of a child. Tsuna stopped and turned his head to look for the source of the sound.

The sound came from the direction of the sand pit. Tsuna looked closely and saw a little boy fighting with others for a toy. He was unsuccessful in getting it and ended up with sand splashed on his face, which made him cry.

Tsuna suddenly became interested and decided to stand back and watch for a while. The sound of crying was not as harsh as it had been in the classroom. It was quite captivating to observe them fighting and crying from a distance, and the best part was that it wasn't annoying.

The teacher once said, "People's emotions—joys, anger, and sorrows—are not the same."

At this time, a familiar figure broke into Tsuna's sight, and Tsuna suddenly felt more amused.

The figure who quickly walked towards the crying child in the sandbox was the "boss" Takakura.

Takakura walked to the sandbox with a dark face, and the originally noisy place suddenly became quiet. Even the crying child covered his mouth with his hands to try not to make any sound.

Tsuna watched as the boss arrived on the battlefield and handled the situation with just a few words. Tsuna couldn't help but sigh at how fierce Takakura looked, yet he was still very efficient.

Tsuna saw that the little farce was over, and he continued to walk towards the Sunflower Class in a good mood.

When he walked into the classroom, he found that the seat he had sat in before was occupied by another little boy, so he could only walk forward and take out the hat he had put in the hole of the table in the morning.

The kindergarten seemed to have anticipated this situation, as each child's hat was printed with their name. When Tsuna first picked up a hat, a little boy insisted it belonged to him. Tsuna turned the hat around to show the name, leaving the boy speechless. He then stood up and left his spot to search for his hat.

Tsuna saw him stand up and leave and patted the chair he had sat on to let it cool down before sitting down.

He put the sun hat in his hand back into the hole of the table and then lay down on the table to sleep.

Not long after he lay down, he was still looking for the feeling of falling asleep, and heard an excited voice from the side:

"The seat you are sitting on is mine! My seat!"

Tsuna thought she was talking to someone else, so he ignored it and planned to continue to find the feeling of falling asleep, but she shouted again: "Don't pretend you didn't hear it! I know you are pretending to sleep!"

Tsuna looked up at the other person, who was a little girl with a high ponytail and a clear and stupid look in her eyes.

Tsuna didn't plan to talk to her about those useless things, and said to her perfunctorily: "You remembered it wrong, your seat is next to the podium."

Unexpectedly, the other person stood by and stared at Tsuna without being moved. Tsuna ignored her resentful look and lay down to sleep.

After a while, he heard a slight sob. Tsuna looked up to find Teacher Yoshinaga and saw him sitting on a chair next to the podium, eating lunch.

There was no other way. Tsuna wanted Teacher Yoshinaga to have lunch, so he had to make a small sacrifice.

He turned to the little girl, who was sobbing softly, and said, "Can I help you find your hat? If we can locate it, everything will be alright." To gain her trust, Tsuna reached into the hole in the table, pulled out his hat, and held it up for her to see. "Look," he said, "your name isn't written on this one."

The little girl still ignored Tsuna. The crying was getting louder and louder. Tsuna hurriedly said: "Then what can I do to stop you from crying?"

The little girl stopped crying immediately, raised her hand, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said to Tsuna with tears: "I want you to play house with me!"

Haha! What a clever little rascal!

Tsuna decisively refused, thinking, 'How can a grown man like me play house with a little girl? Do you think you are Shoko?'

The little girl started crying again when she heard it. Tsuna thought about it and couldn't sleep at all now. It would be nice to go to the Sakura class and ask Shoko to come over to play so that she could meet more new friends.

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll go get my friends to come and play together." Tsuna interrupted her crying, and before she could reply, Tsuna stood up and ran to the door.

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Teacher Ageo sat at the podium and looked at Tsuna, who reappeared at the door, confused. She asked curiously, "Tsuna? Did you forget something here?"

"No... I'm here to go out and play with Shoko, Teacher Ageo."

Upon hearing this, Teacher Ageo walked directly from the podium to the door, squatted down next to Tsuna, and whispered, "Of course you can, but Tsuna..." She paused for a moment, then continued, "When you take Shoko out to play, be sure to pay attention to those other children."

Tsuna looked at Teacher Ageo's eyes in confusion, waiting for her next sentence to explain.

Teacher Ageo looked at Tsuna's cut,e confused look, stretched out her hands to rub Tsuna's little face, and slowly said: "You are still young and don't understand.

To put it simply, some children exclude and bully others who have minor difficulties. They often look at these children with disdain.

In the beginning, there may be only one or two, but over time, there will be more and more. People are social animals.

And the children are still young, and they don't think there is anything wrong with their behavior. The teacher has taught the Sakura class in Futaba Kindergarten for several years, and such things happen every few months."

Tsuna listened to Teacher Ageo and quietly lowered his head to think. He realized he had never considered this issue before. Since he was one year old, he had been with Shoko, without any other children his age around. Naturally, he hadn't reflected on the feelings of exclusion or the strange looks from others.

Teacher Ageo patted Tsuna's head, pulled him back to his thoughts, and said to him with a chuckle: "Go find Shoko to play."

Tsuna nodded and responded with "Yeah." Then he walked towards Shoko, who was lying on the table with her eyes open and in a daze. Teacher Ageo stood behind and chuckled at the sentimental brat at such a young age.

"Shoko... do you want to play house?"

Shoko was lost in thought when she suddenly heard Tsuna's voice. She distinctly recalled saying goodbye to Tsuna in the classroom, so how could she hear her now? Looking up in confusion, she was surprised to see Tsuna standing in front of the table.