Episode 14 – A former genius who realizes everything and a childhood friend who loses everything
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I never thought I would place last in my grade.
The hopeless scores that came back one after another in class after the test.
Even when I tried to talk to him about it, he was not in a very good mood.
For me, the past few days have been a hell of just praying every day.
And today, I found out that my prayers were meaningless.
The result sheet handed to me showed that I was at the bottom of the grade.
I was more upset than shocked at this unexpected ranking.
“……Damn it. How did I get this question wrong?”
After school, I went over to Rio kun’s house.
I’ve been in this room a few times before, but today it’s even dirtier, with study materials scattered all over the place.
As he reviewed his studies without any regard for me, the face of a childhood friend I hated somehow came to mind.
I remember that he used to give priority to my remedial work, no matter how bad my grades were.
At least he never neglected me like this.
“You know, Rio kun……”
“……”
“Will you help me study for my make-up class?”
“……”
I tried to make my request sound as cute as possible, but he didn’t respond.
Suddenly, he put down his pen and looked over at me.
“You don’t even listen to me when I tell you what to do, do you?”
“Eh?”
“How can you get the lowest grade when I’m the one who helped you study?
I can’t help you, to tell you the truth. You’re on your own.”
“……What’s that?”
Rio kun spat those words out and returned to his studies, and my eyes widened.
I don’t know who he is.
The Rio kun I knew was a smart, kind, good-looking guy who always had time to spare.
Who is this guy?
Who is this creepy bastard who is so miserable, slipping in grades, distorting his face, and taking it out on me?
“It’s your fault.”
“…..Eh?”
“It’s your fault ! You couldn’t even teach me because you’re a stupid, small fry ! Why are you blaming me when your teaching methods are so bad? You’re a piece of shit, a premature ejaculator !”
“Wha !?”
“If you were Tsukushi, you wouldn’t have put me in last place ! The only thing I can say is that this time you’re no better than that incompetent scrawny little worm ! You even lost to him in grades !”
I know that.
I know that my childhood friend was in first place on the test this time around.
And also Amakusa Nagisa, who he was close to, had always lost to Rio kun, but now she had cheekily turned the tables.
When I said this, Rio kun reacted with a jerk.
And then he asked me with a look I had never seen before.
His face seemed to be filled with surprise and awe rather than anger.
“You’ve been studying with Edano Tsukushi all this time?”
“Eh? Y-yeah. I haven’t said much about it. That guy, even though he can’t even study properly himself, would make up practice questions just for me before every test, and after the test he would stare at my answer sheets and mutter to himself. Oh, that’s right. That guy is so damn poor that he writes all of his practice questions by hand ! So lame, right!? Kyahaha. So–“
“That’s enough.”
“—Eh?”
I was about to talk about how inept and stupid he was, but for some reason he stopped me.
Tilting my head, Rio kun tore out the page he was writing on and crumpled it up into a ball.
He held his head as it was.
“Haa……. That’s how it is. No wonder.”
“Eh, what?”
“You really have a rotten brain, don’t you? Don’t you know what you’re talking about?”
“Huh? What are you talking about?”
I’m baffled because I don’t understand what my boyfriend in front of me is saying.
When I talk to Rio kun, we never have conversations like this.
It’s a problem.
He is so smart, but he lacks the ability to communicate with others, which is the most important thing.
Conversation with someone who has poor verbalization skills is exhausting.
As I was thinking, Rio kun finally shook his head and said.
“That’s enough. Get out of here.”
“Huh? We haven’t finished talking yet.”
“I’m done. In many ways. And I want you to stay out of my life.”
“……Lame.”
He’s taking it out on me again.
I’m sure he blames me for his failing grades and is getting impulsive.
To be honest, this incident has left me quite disappointed in Rio kun.
But that’s not good enough.
Now that this has happened, he has to take responsibility so that I can pass the make-up exams and retests.
“You’re admitting that Tsukushi was better at teaching me? Don’t you have any pride?”
“……Haa. If you’re gonna go that far, why don’t you learn from Edano Tsukushi again? He’ll make sure that even that half-rotten brain of yours, which seems to be full of nothing, will be able to help you avoid a red grade.”
“Terrible ! I go to a high school with a 73 deviation score, and I’m smart !?”
“…That’s right. But wasn’t you able to get in because you studied under Edano Tsukushi?”
“That’s true to a certain extent. But if he can do it, you can do it better. What’s up with that? You’re talking like you’re inferior to him.”
“Tsk.”
“Oh, you clicked your tongue ! So cynical. What is it? Why are you so depressed just because you lost to him once on a fluke? You’re too mentally weak, aren’t you? So stupid. So feminine, I can’t stand you.”
He said mean things to me with a strong tone, and I lost my temper.
Thanks to that, I ended up saying a lot of irritating things.
I spoke so quickly that my breathing became erratic.
I was breathing hard.
He just looked down, clutching his pen.
“Break up with me. Seriously.”
His voice sounded as if he was trying to squeeze out a word, making me break out in a cold sweat.
This is not good.
This is serious.
“I-I’m just kidding. Come on, let’s have sex, shall we? Let’s forget the bad stuff. I’ll let you do all the things you like in our make-up session.
I tried to calm him down, but his expression was dark.
“I don’t need that kind of thing anymore.”
“Ah…….”
By the time I realized it, it was too late.
I lost both my grades and my boyfriend that day.
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“What should I do? I broke up with Rio kun, but how am I gonna prepare for the make-up class? Haa, it’s the worst …..This is the worst.”
On the way home, tears suddenly started flowing.
The anxiety and despair that I had forgotten about after my fight with him came flooding back.
I’m afraid that the teacher will be angry with me a lot in the make-up class.
I’m afraid to go home today in the first place.
I don’t want to be sent to cram school.
I’m sure they will confiscate my phone, and there is a good chance that my mom will throw a tantrum.
And what about the next test?
I don’t have anyone at home to help me study anymore.
“What is this…? Why is this happening?”
I’ve had bad luck ever since I cut ties with Tsukushi.
With the math quiz the other day, my grades have been dropping, while his grades have been doing well.
It’s as if it’s my fault that his grades went down.
Seeing this, Rio kun broke down, and the worst is yet to come.
“Oh no, I’ve blocked him……”
I tried to contact Tsukushi, but quickly gave up.
I remember the last time he ignored me, I had blocked his contact information in a fit of anger.
Wiping away tears, I walk through the city.
“Hey, isn’t that Amane, the stupid girl at the bottom of the class?”
“She’s crying.”
“Don’t say too much. She’s so cute.”
“I mean, isn’t she crying so much that her makeup is falling off? She doesn’t look like anyone I know.”
“She’s uglier than I thought she’d be.”
“Hey, hey, hey. I didn’t say anything.”
[ [Hahaha !] ]
I heard a group of boys who seemed to be my classmates saying such things to me, and I couldn’t stop crying even more.
My school has a very high grade system, and those who are in the lower grades are the targets of ridicule.
Perhaps I would be bullied.
This thought brought me down to the depths of despair.
What should I do in such a situation?
No one will help me.
It’s tough, what should I do?
“I’m sorry, Tsukushi……. Please forgive me. Please be friends with me again.”
All I could do was cry.
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