"Team 6: Uchiha Otoha, Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki."
At the podium, the teacher continued hoarsely announcing the remaining team assignments.
Below, Otoha was practically beaming, rhythmically drumming both hands on his desk. If not for the occasion and the Uchiha image he had to maintain, he might have started dancing. Sure enough, they were siblings—just as Otome had worried, he too dreaded being assigned to the same team as her. Wouldn't that have been torture?
Though they were biological siblings, they simply could not stay together for more than five minutes without starting an argument.
Minato looked calm, but a flash of delight passed through his sea-blue eyes. He was far less composed inside than he appeared.
But things did not always go as one wished. Tenzan was currently on the verge of tears as he sized up his two teammates. Well, he did not know either of them. His two-year truancy streak had left him utterly unfamiliar with his classmates.
If they had graduated and never crossed paths again, it would not have mattered. But being teamed up with strangers was another matter entirely. Just the process of getting used to each other would be exhausting.
"My condolences!"
Katsuki reached out and patted Tenzan on the shoulder, looking sympathetically at his unfortunate friend.
They had spent so much time together that they had become quite close, but there was nothing they could do about this. There were only so many students in the class, and none to spare. Even the cleverest housewife could not cook without rice; all they could offer was verbal comfort.
"..."
Minato and Otoha expressed their condolences as well.
A total of twenty-four students from Katsuki's class had graduated successfully, making eight teams. Once the teams had been assigned, teachers began entering one after another