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“I can’t believe it……! This is my score !?”
“Heh, you’re doing good, Reisa, even for you.”
“That’s right ! I think it’s really great even for me ! …..What did you make me say !?”
Today, at the front of the classroom at the end of the school day, the returnee was bothering me again.
She is surrounded by close female friends and is always chatting away.
The cause is this, which was handed out just now.
It is the answer sheet for the quiz we took in the second period today.
It’s easy to see the seriousness of our teachers when they finish grading the quizzes of all 400 students in half a day.
I was unable to see the results of such a test.
As soon as I received them from the teacher, I bent over the score section to escape reality.
But for a moment, I could see the word zero through it, and I couldn’t get it out of my brain, even if I didn’t want to.
Damn, I failed.
I need to avert my eyes more…….
As I was thinking this, a shadow fell on my desk.
At the same time, a beautiful blonde hair, flowing in the wind, flickers in my vision.
“You don’t wanna see it?”
I scratched my cheek.
“My grades have been slipping lately, and I’m scared. If I don’t get any good grades again, I’ll be depressed.”
“It’s just a quiz, it doesn’t have anything to do with regular tests or mock exams ! Plus you taught me so well and I did good, so it’s all right !”
“But you see….., I might get a zero.”
“No way～”
She shook me by the shoulder and made up my mind.
Oh well, whatever.
I opened up the score on the answer sheet.
[ [A-a hundred points……?] ]
The number was surprising, and Reisa and I looked at each other.
The classmates, who had unknowingly been lured by Reisa and had come along, also started to make a fuss.
Of course.
Even though it’s just a quiz, my high school is a top choice.
Starting with the regular test, the basic questions are designed to be at the level of entrance examinations for certain difficult universities.
Even if it was just an introductory math test, it would be a perfect score for that level.
“You’re too much of a genius !”
“You’re exaggerating !”
I was surprised at myself as I said this.
What was the reason for my recent slump?
I had forgotten that this test even existed until just the other day.
I’ve not been able to concentrate on my studies since I got into trouble with Kako.
It was a test that I was supposed to have taken in the worst condition ever.
And yet, I had no idea that I would get a perfect score.
To be honest, I knew that.
I could solve the test so smoothly that I felt like I was losing my mind while I was solving it.
However, I really don’t think that’s why I got all the questions right.
The only thing that was out of the ordinary was that I spent a day teaching an unfamiliar returnee, and at best I didn’t see my childhood friend.
How did I suddenly get such a good score?
I wondered, and then I remembered.
I asked Reisa, who was fussing happily beside me as if she were me.
“So, what was your score, Reisa san?”
She is a returnee from a respectable family.
And what a joy it has been so far.
I asked her, thinking that she had probably gotten a score equivalent to, if not perfect, a perfect score.
That is what I thought when I asked her, but……
“Me? I got 31 points ! It’s the first time I avoided a red mark. I’m really grateful ! Thanks !”
“No, you just barely passed ! You’ve got to work harder !”
I knew there was something wrong with this returnee.
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[Kako’s point of view]
On a hotel bed, I was happily indulging in the warmth of my boyfriend beside me.
I’m dating a handsome and intelligent boyfriend, and after school I would go to a hotel or his house to satisfy my body and soul.
It was a dreamy life.
Just by being away from that gloomy and incompetent childhood friend, the world looked completely different.
Well, I enjoyed teasing and making fun of him, too.
After we finished our activities and took a shower, we would take a short break and then move on to the study session, which was the usual flow of things.
I was too lazy to study, but I didn’t want my boyfriend’s grades to drop, so I had no choice.
It’s irritating to watch a guy who’s not good at his job.
While thinking about this, I tilted my head at Rio kun, who, unusually, turned his back on me in silence.
Usually, he hugs me gently afterwards, but he’s kind of curt.
“What’s wrong? Did it not feel good?”
I ask, and the words come back to me like a groan.
“…..I failed today’s quiz.”
“Oh, the math one? But you got a 93 ! That’s awesome !”
“…….”
A math quiz was conducted for the entire grade today and the results came back the same day.
I’m in the same class as Rio kun, and I know the results.
To score over 90 on a test at our school is a tremendous feat.
Probably near the top of the class.
It is true that it is not a perfect score, but considering the level of difficulty, it is no surprise.
There is no way any student could get that kind of score in the first place.
So, if Rio kun scored 93 points, then he’s amazing.
Then I remembered the goofy side of my childhood friend and laughed.
He’s probably not going to get 70% of the points and will just keep on whining.
“Don’t worry ! You’ll probably get that score and still come in first. It’s a world of difference compared to my incompetent childhood friend.”
As soon as he finished, Rio kun let out a big sigh.
“….I’m ranked 2.”
“Eh?”
“I heard from my teacher that I’m in second place. There was another first-place finisher, and he got a perfect score.”
“W-who was it?”
I had a bad feeling about this.
The smile of a childhood friend who was recently rumored to be in love with a beautiful student who had returned from overseas vaguely comes to mind.
I asked, hoping that couldn’t be the case.
And yet.
“Your childhood friend, Edano Tsukushi.”
“…..I-it was obviously a fluke !”
I had a bad feeling about this.
I said comfortingly and Rio kun nodded.
“That may be true. But, I heard that Nanamura, who he taught, managed to avoid failing for the first time in her life.”
“……What the heck?”
The word is a bit confusing and unintelligible.
What do you mean, she’s always failed exams up until now?
I’ve never failed exams at school either.
But that’s not important.
The problem is that the incompetent, scrawny, hard-working guy is doing well and getting on with it.
It pisses me off.
A loser like that deserves to keep his head down for the rest of his life.
“I should have gotten a perfect score. But I made a careless mistake that I normally don’t make…!”
“Ugh, my score was worse than usual, too ! I’m sure you’ll be able to find a way to get a good score ! So don’t be depressed.”
“……Sorry, maybe my teaching was bad.”
“I-I don’t think that’s the case.”
Unable to completely deny it, I became hesitant.
I’m sure he made practice sheets for me to solve.
It’s so creepy that I usually give up halfway through, but his practice tips always hit home so well that I wonder if he even knows the test questions.
Maybe he’s just lucky.
But, I somehow understand that if he had helped me study this time, I would have gotten a better score.
Rio kun didn’t notice my weak points as much as that guy did.
…..No no no. That’s not possible !
I shook my head and told myself.
I’ve never been able to stay away from Tsukushi because my parents threaten to throw me into cram school if I drop a grade.
He’s an idiot, but he was contributing slightly to our grades.
That’s why I don’t need him anymore now that I’m dating Rio kun.
He’s smarter than him and even cooler than him, so he’s a perfect match for me.
If I can ignore the fact that he’s not very good at sex, I can boast about it at school and he’s good at study, so it’s all good.
That’s right.
It’s wrong to compare him to that guy.
I put my arm around Rio kun and looked him up and down.
Then I say, looking up.
“Let’s do it again, okay? I’ll comfort you.”
“Yeah…..”
Rio kun’s helpless reply made me feel the heat in my body recede a little.
Shaking off such evil thoughts, I let myself be embraced passionately by him.
If it was him, I wonder if he wouldn’t have taken out his anger on me like this.
A strange thought crossed my mind today.
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