Chapter 10 chapter Ten

Hiroko thought, male Ashu's middle school years.What was he like then?Will the female tree tell her something about the male tree? Ashu, Thank you for your letter, it explained everything.Yes, I am looking for a male tree, and he is your classmate.Ah Shu is my fiancé.Do you remember anything about him?Maybe you can tell me how he was ten years ago. Hiroko Ah Shu tries to remember her middle school days.She studied at Otaru Junior High School, but the first thing she remembers are unpleasant memories from her youth.She didn't enjoy her middle school life very much, and gradually, she remembered why.

Hiroko, Let me tell you about the first day of class, the teacher roll call. "Maumi Hoshino!" "exist!" "Kyoko Furuichi!" "exist!" "Fujii tree!" "exist!" Two voices sounded in the classroom at the same time.Everyone turned their heads.Two people with the same name and surname!The teacher smiled and said, "This is the first time such a thing has happened!" The trouble started that day.We were both very shy and quiet, so we were the object of ridicule by others.They will write our names twice in the name columns of the two students on duty on the blackboard.Or "Ashu loves Ashu" that often appears.

Ah Shu began to think of more past events that happened many years ago.She tried to remember what he looked like: he wasn't very big, and she didn't think he was very active.However, due to constant teasing, they became "a couple".He didn't like the jokes directed at them, but he wasn't particularly protective of her either.He's just sick of the whole thing. Once he really lost his temper.We elected the class chairperson, and the other students somehow pre-arranged everything, and your tree got the same number of votes as me.What a nasty joke.The person who announced the result said: "The winners are... A Shu... and A Shu!" There was thunderous applause.I think I was like crying or something, your tree exploded.He grabbed the man by the collar and threw him against the wall.The classroom was chaotic, and everyone tried to separate the two.Mrs. Hamaguchi, our teacher, came in to stop everything.She wants your tree to go to the school library as punishment.I follow.

I work in the school library after class, and Mrs. Hamaguchi is also the director of the library.Your tree is weird.He borrows books that no one else would normally borrow, such as history and philosophy.He also likes to do weird things.There is a card in the paper bag of each book. When a student borrows a book, his name and return date are recorded on the card.Your tree likes to borrow unpopular books and write his name on blank cards.I don't know why he does it, he's probably just a bore, with nothing to do. There is a girl who is interested in your tree.One day he was reading in the library while I was doing some paperwork.She came and asked me to ask him if he had a girlfriend.So, I went up to your tree and asked him. "Nothing." He replied.

"what does that mean?" "No." He continued to read his book.I went back and told the girl.She wanted to give up, as if she didn't have the guts to confess to him, so I took her hand and dragged her to your Ashu who was reading a book.Not long after, she left.I guess to no avail.That evening, when I came home by bicycle, a man with a paper bag covering his head was waiting by the side of the road on his bicycle.He cut two holes to see the way.I knew at a glance that it was your tree.When my bike passed him, he caught up with me and, without warning, pulled out another paper bag and put it over my head.I screamed and stopped only by a tree.I wonder how this man can be so mean.

I remember one time your tree did something crazy.He had an accident and nearly broke his foot.Anyway, he was on the school track team, and sports day was coming up, and a lot of people from the school were playing.He couldn't participate, so he just sat at the start of the track and watched the race that day.When his favorite 100-meter sprint begins, the runner is preparing to start, and your tree is doing the same.When the starting gun fired, he did the stupidest thing: he jumped off the ground and ran forward!But after thirty meters, he couldn't bear to fall.Those behind him fell on top of him and lost their chance.Terrible.The staff surrounded him, wondering who was playing a prank.

Once we had an English quiz.When I got my score back, it was only 60 points, which is very poor.But when I looked more carefully, I found that it was your Ashu's test paper, not mine.I waited for him in the bicycle shed after school, and it was already dark when he came. "You took my English test paper." I said. "Oh? No wonder I got 95." He took out the test paper he had.He sat on the ground next to his bicycle. "Why did I do so poorly in the exam?" He said, "Ashu, can you help me with my bicycle." I agreed, the light attached to the generator in front of his bicycle flickered on and off, and he used this weak light to carefully read his test papers. "Now is not the time to read the test papers." I complained.Later, he gave me his test paper as a souvenir.

Ah Shu thought she might still have that old test paper.She found it in the attic.On the back of the test paper was a sketch of a naked woman. "Disgusting," she thought.It seems that the man, Ashu, is very good at painting. In a way, Tree is grateful to Hiroko for asking her to reminisce about her middle school days.When she first received Hiroko's request, she didn't expect that she could remember so much.Her experience, while unpleasant at the time, looks interesting ten years later.