COTE: Horikita Is My Childhood Sweetheart

Chapter 93: Discipline? What's that

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"..." Horikita Suzune glanced at Rin Matsuoka's empty seat.

"..." Sakura Airi glanced at Rin Matsuoka's empty seat.

"..." Karuizawa Kei turned her head and looked at Rin Matsuoka's empty seat.

"..." Kushida Kikyo also turned her head curiously and took a look at the seat.

Rin Matsuoka's absence touched the hearts of several girls. They all took out their mobile phones and sent Line messages to the absent person.

Rin was so absorbed in typing that he couldn't help himself when his cell phone suddenly started ringing continuously. Rin, who was still entering the code, turned his head and took a look at the phone screen.

"Sakura, Karuizawa, Kushida... why is there Horikita?!"

Rin couldn't help but reveal an expression of astonishment. He could understand that these three girls sent him Line messages, but how could Horikita Suzune send him a Line message, and the time she sent him a Line message was now.

What time is it now? It's class time. If Horikita Suzune sends him a Line message at this time, it would be a violation of discipline!

Feeling shocked and surprised, Rin stopped the work at hand, picked up his mobile phone, and began to check the received Line messages.

The Line messages sent by Sakura Airi, Karuizawa Kei, Kushida Kikyo, and Horikita Suzune were all similar, asking why he didn't return to the classroom and whether something unexpected had happened.

Rin's response to Sakura Airi, Karuizawa Kei, and Kushida Kikyo was that he was sick, had already asked for leave from Chabashira-sensei, and was now sleeping in the dormitory, so please don't disturb him.

Rin's response to Horikita Suzune was different.

[I'm not feeling well, so I'm taking a leave. By the way, Horikita, why are you sending me a Line message at this time? This is against class discipline.]

Horikita Suzune stared at Rin's response.

Why should I follow classroom discipline when my boyfriend is being snatched away by other girls?

Can observing classroom discipline make Rin her boyfriend?

What, can't?

Then what are we supposed to abide by!

Well, if it were other girls, they might think so, but Horikita Suzune, who has a tsundere personality, would never think so~

After realizing that Rin was just pretending to be sick, Horikita Suzune put her phone back in the drawer and continued to concentrate on taking notes in class.

As for Sakura Airi and the others, since Rin replied to their Line messages with the words "Do Not Disturb," they were sensible and did not continue to send him Line messages.

"It's really strange. Rin was fine half an hour ago, how come he got sick?" Confused, Karuizawa Kei muttered to herself.

Sitting on the seat to the left of Karuizawa Kei was Shinohara Satsuki. She ignored the teacher teaching at the podium and leaned over to whisper in Karuizawa Kei's ear.

"Kei, you just left the student cafeteria with Rin-san. What happened afterward?"

Karuizawa Kei's cheeks flushed, and she mumbled, "We are just like that..."

"What's that like? Did you kiss?"

"How is that possible!"

Because of her shyness, Karuizawa Kei overreacted, and even the teacher who was giving the lecture couldn't help but glance at her. Unfortunately, due to the school rules of that month, the teacher couldn't scold Karuizawa Kei.

Karuizawa Kei looked around with a guilty conscience. After realizing that no one paid attention to her, she whispered to Shinohara Satsuki, "Although Rin and I haven't kissed yet, we have already held hands!"

"Kissing and hugging and whatnot, it will probably be soon."

"As expected of you, Kei. You are so bold."

"Of course!" Karuizawa Kei showed a natural and strong expression, "I am a hot girl, not a delicate girl. I have strength and means to deal with boys."

Shinohara Satsuki looked at Karuizawa Kei with admiration. Her older sister was truly amazing—she managed to win over the most handsome boy in the class so quickly.

Huh... I don't know who was crying after being rejected by Rin Matsuoka.

Time flies by quickly when you're focused. Rin Matsuoka stretched lazily while sitting on a stool and said happily, "Finally, it's done. I'll test it on my phone later. Hopefully, there won't be any bugs when it runs."

"Oh, I seem to have forgotten to buy a USB drive to store the software."

Rin now needed a USB flash drive compatible with his phone's charging port. He looked at the current time.

"It's 4:37. The club recruitment starts at 5 o'clock, so that's just the right time. I'll go buy a USB drive first and then head to the gymnasium to check out the club recruitment."

Quickly, Rin put his notebook into his backpack, left his dorm room without putting on his school uniform, and headed out, wearing just his undershirt and carrying his backpack.

Since USB flash drives are sold in regular convenience stores, Rin didn't need to go all the way to the distant Keyaki Shopping Center.

At the convenience store, Rin picked up a random USB flash drive compatible with both his phone and laptop, spending 10,000 personal points!

A USB flash drive costing 10,000 points—isn't that too expensive?

Rin, however, didn't waste his points. This USB drive, worth 10,000 points, had extremely high read and write speeds, which was exactly what Rin needed for his next task.

After buying the USB drive, Rin found a nearby seating area by the convenience store, sat down, inserted the USB drive into his laptop, and began transferring the software.

The software Rin wrote was small, and the USB drive's high read and write speeds allowed the transfer to complete in just two seconds.

"Now for the verification step," Rin muttered as he ejected the USB flash drive from his laptop. He then inserted it into his phone's port.

Rin watched his phone as a pop-up window appeared. When a progress bar showed up on the interface, he couldn't help but smile.

"Halfway to success."

For the remaining step, Rin needed to insert the USB drive back into his laptop and check if the content from the phone could be copied over successfully. If it could, the process would be a complete success.

Satisfied, Rin put away his laptop and USB drive, slung his backpack on, and started walking towards the gymnasium.

When he arrived at the gym, seniors at the entrance were handing out brochures with detailed information about each club.

Rin walked into the gym while flipping through one of the brochures. It was still five minutes before five o'clock, but the gym was already crowded. Judging by the uniforms, most of the people present were freshmen who had just enrolled.

The seniors in charge of recruiting new students had set up desks and stools in front of the platform in the gym for rest and to record the names of freshmen planning to join the clubs.

"Hey~ Isn't this Matsuoka-san? What a coincidence!"

A bright and cheerful female voice reached Rin's ears. He looked up and saw the pretty figure of Ichinose Honami.