"All right, we're all classmates. There's no need for this pointless rivalry."
Their teacher couldn't exactly explain her position, and taking too obvious a side while persuading them could easily cause conflict and trouble. She might even get blamed, so Luo Mang had to speak up.
"Hmph, fine. Since we're a couple now, I suppose I can listen to you."
Teacher Qiao and Temari: (ﾟ⊿ﾟ)ﾂ
Both of them were stunned. It would take them a good while to make sense of what Kurotsuchi had just said!
"What do you mean, a couple?"
Something clearly occurred to Kurotsuchi when she heard that. Her tone turned affectedly sweet. "Oh, Temari, you didn't know? Luo Mang and I are already together."
"What?"
Temari's eyes widened. She wasn't paying attention to what Kurotsuchi was saying anymore, still reeling over what exactly "together" meant.
Seeing her reaction, Luo Mang knew it was time for him to speak. He nodded and went along with Kurotsuchi. "That's right, Temari. Kurotsuchi said we seemed pretty well suited to each other, so we're dating to give it a try."
Whatever the case, that still meant they were together.
But Temari's surprise looked completely different from the expression on Teacher Qiao's face beside her.
Qiao was utterly shocked. What did they mean, they were together? Hadn't it only been three days?
"Are they really planning a marriage alliance?"
Qiao couldn't understand it, though she respected their choice. Of course she knew Kurotsuchi would be joining the team. As their teacher, she had personally welcomed Temari and brought only Temari into the team. How could she possibly not know Kurotsuchi was coming?
She recalled how, from the start, she had kept telling Teacher Sand that one was enough, that just one student would do.
The implication hadn't been that taking another