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After Arase gave me a lift home, we parted there.
We would meet again in the evening, as usual, for a study session. Motivated by Arase’s words of support, I did my revision after breakfast.
It wasn’t long before I was concentrating and it was time for lunch.
Lunch was prepared by the nanny who came while I was studying.
I filled my stomach with the special pasta and got lost in thought.
‘Come to think of it, why did Arase do that?”
I wondered for a moment, but was soon interrupted by a chime.
The chime belonged to Sudo, my tutor.
I led him into the living room and we started studying again, as usual.
“Well, let’s start studying again today, shall we?”
“Nn, nice to meet you”
At first I was repulsed, but after a week of studying with him, I had opened up to him to a certain extent.
No, that’s a typo. I can now speak normally.
Although I didn’t completely trust him, I felt that I could feel a little more at ease knowing that this person would never look at me with colored
eyes
“Yeah, this is great. You’ve come to understand quite a bit. I guess it’s all thanks to your friend.”
“…… Well, I’ve got my teacher looking at me too.”
“Haha, thank you.
But I think it’s also largely because Sana-chan is so motivated. …… Oh, the formula is a little different there, isn’t it? You can use this formula.”
The teacher looked at the problem while praising me.
The teacher pointed to the formula in the reference book in his hand.
“Hmm …… this?”
Using it, he solved the problem, and I nodded my head. I can’t get a good answer out of it.
“…… I’m getting a bit tired. Let’s take a break.”
An hour and a half had passed since I had started studying. The teacher took note of the fact that my concentration was waning and gave me a break.
I asked the maid at home to make coffee for me and the teacher, and returned to the table.
The teacher took it and thanked her.
“Oh, by the way, for the upcoming confirmation test, I actually have some past papers. I heard that the trends and questions are almost the same, so you study those next time.”
“…… Eh? Is that so? If so, shouldn’t we have started studying for it from the beginning? Why the timing?”
“That’s true, but then you won’t be able to learn the basics, right? Even if you do just that, you might get a good grade, but it’s my job to make sure you learn and understand properly. I stayed silent until I was able to do it to a certain extent. If you understand it properly, I’m sure you won’t have to worry after that”
“hmmm ……”
If it had been before, I would have been angry at being kept in the dark, but this time I wasn’t.
This is because it was simply for my own good.
I’m not sure if I’ll be able to pass the confirmation test this time, but there may be many more times in the future when I bump into my mother and have to go through the same thing again and again. I can’t let myself be tied down and cause trouble for Arase and the others every time that happens.
In that sense, I have to study somewhat harder from now on.
Besides, studying is a bit more fun these days. I’m happy to be able to understand and solve puzzles.
“And also because there’s not much time left until the confirmation test. I said you could do it to a certain extent, but it’s still tough to pass. I think that from now on, focusing on past examinations will improve the chances of passing the test. Of course, I think your chances of passing the exam will increase if you continue to have study groups with your friends.”
“Yes, I’ll do that”
When I nodded obediently, which was rare, the teacher smiled kindly.
Then, he immediately looked troubled, as if he had just remembered something.
“Ah, later. Sorry for changing the topic, but I heard some strange rumors. I hope it’s someone else’s imitation, but… I wanted to confirm just in case.”
“Rumours ……?”
As soon as I heard those words, my mood became heavy.
“Actually, one of my classmates at university was talking about this. There’s a silver-haired girl at suwon High School who’ll fuck anyone.”
“───”
The words uttered by the teacher unintentionally make me frown.
“Ah, I’m sorry for scaring you!! Don’t get me wrong, I don’t believe in those rumors. However, the characteristics I heard were too similar to Sana-chan… so there’s no truth to that, right?”
“…… no.”
When I answered, the teacher looked serious and seemed to be thinking about something.
“I’m sorry, I said something strange. If Sana-chan said it, it must be true. I warned the person who was talking about it, but…I heard something like that elsewhere, so maybe it’s just a rumor..”
“…… who started that rumour?”
“I don’t know. I don’t know, but if they are spreading bad rumours like that, I can’t forgive them. I’ll see what I can do about it.”
“Thanks …….”
“I’m sorry, you were concentrating so hard. Now, let’s continue studying! ”
The teacher regained his composure and said so, but from then on I did not put any effort into my studies at all.
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After hearing strange rumours from Yuri and the guys I met at the convenience store, I tried to pay as much attention as possible to Sana’s surroundings.
I didn’t tell her, but I had a bad feeling about it, so I was looking around Sana’s neighbourhood a bit.
…… If only this part is cut out, you might think I’m a stalker, but I’m definitely not, okay?
As a result, I happened to see her future there, where she was involved with men’s voices again, so I hurried to find her and talk to her.
Apparently, among some of the high school students in this neighbourhood, there were rumours spreading that Sana was not good.
“Great work”
“Oh, sorry.
After make-up classes. Good work”
“Really.
You owe me.”
“I knew you’d say that. Here.”
“Whoa.”
As I was meeting Sasaoka after his remedial classes, I gave him a word of thanks and a well-cooled can of coffee, which he seemed to be exhausted from.
Despite the fact that it was a surprise, Sasaoka took it without a second thought. I had thought so since the ball game tournament, but it seems he has good reflexes as well.
As soon as he received it, he opened the pull-tab and tipped the can at once.
“Puhaaaah! Ah, coming back to life! I love this bitter taste!”
“That’s great.
So, have you heard about what I’ve been trying to tell you?”
“Yeah, I heard. Apparently, other people have heard about it too.”
“I knew it.”
I asked him to confirm whether other students had heard a certain rumour about Sana.
A certain rumour of Sana’s …… is that Sana will fuck anyone immediately.
This rumour had been around before …… that is, before I came, but recently I haven’t heard of it at all.
Nevertheless, in the last few days it has started to reappear in the blink of an eye.
“Do you think it’s true?”
“Of course I don’t think so.”
“Of course it is.
In the past, I would have believed it, but since you and Fujibayashi started talking, I’ve come to think that it’s just a rumour.”
It is true that Fujibayashi herself showed such behavior at first. There’s no way to know if that behavior is just to me, but I can now say with certainty that Fujibayashi is not the type of person who would do something like that to anyone.
“Well, I think that at least many of the guys at this school have changed their perception of Fujibayashi to some extent, …… but there are still some who haven’t.”
“Yeah.”
Compared to the past, Fujibayashi has become friendlier. The fact that she became friends with Yuri and the others probably had a lot to do with it.
Even so, there are still a certain number of people who look at Fujibayashi like she used to.
‘Well, as long as I see her in make-up classes, I’ll try to keep an eye out for her, too.”
“Thanks.”
“Really, you owe me this one too, don’t you?”
“All right.
I’ll buy you dinner again.”
“I’ll just have to make it up to you.”
Sasaoka said that with a small laugh.
If I had to say it myself, I felt weird with his behavior.
“What’s wrong with your face?”
“No, I thought you’d ask me to introduce you to a girl.”
“What do you think I am? Even I sometimes think about different things.”
“Hee”
Is such a thing possible? It might snow tomorrow.
“—-?”
At that moment, Sasaoka made an impatient face, and then he shrank his body in front of me and hid. It was as if he was a ninja.
“What is it?”
“….., it’s nothing.”
When I turned around, I saw someone behind me, but I didn’t know who it was, but that person quickly left.
Sasaoka then let his guard down. Were you running from someone?
“And, back on topic, I heard the rumours are coming from there”
“There?”
“East High School.”
Hearing those words, I sighed a little again.
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