🔔 Hashiba's Internal Monologue: New Distraction

(It was already tye second semester. Yano-kun is rubbing his pinched finger while Yoshida-san applies gel.)

7:59 AM. Injury: done. Aid: deployed. My internal screaming: active.

RING!

The bell finally rings. Thank goo—

The door slides open and Mr. Tanaka walks in. He isn't holding his textbook. He's smiling.

"Good morning, class! Before we begin, we have a new face joining us today!"

Everyone turns to the door. Standing next to Mr. Tanaka is... (The Reader). They look completely normal, maybe a little nervous.

A new student? Oh no. They have no idea what they’ve walked into. They look so calm right now. Give it one day. I need to warn them about the seat next to the window. It's suspiciously wobbly.

"Please be kind to (Reader's Name). You can sit in the empty desk in the third row."

Third row... wait, that's beside me by the window.