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“Hey. Hey.”
I come back to myself when I see Hinano’s hand being waved in front of me.
“Shoma, are you okay? Lately, I’ve been feeling like you has been high above. Does your bento not taste good?”
“No, the bento is very tasty. I was just thinking.”
“If you’re having trouble, you can talk to me about it.”
“Yeah. Thanks.”
“Speaking of which, you’re a good thinker, but have you been studying lately?”
“Hmm?”
“Studying. You know, we have an examination right after the Golden Week holidays.”
I realized that the presence of the test was almost upon us when she said that to me.
“Oh, that’s right. I’m fine.”
“Well, that’s good, but…”
“Hinano, you don’t have to worry”
“Well, yes. I’m sure you’ll be fine as long as you’re doing your homework and reviewing on a regular basis.”
Hinano is an honor student with top grades in the school year.
Everything looks so perfect that you wonder what her flaws really are.
I’ve been studying a little bit on a regular basis, so I’m getting good grades, but at this time of year, I always have one person on my mind.
I wonder if that person is going to be okay, I think to myself as I put the bento that Hinano made for me in my mouth.
“Delicious!”
★★★★★
After finishing my lunch and parting ways with Hinano, I went to see the person I was worried about.
When he was happily chatting with his friends, I chopped him from behind.
“Daiki, do you have time to hang out?”
“Ouch, what are you doing?”
Daiki turned around and looked at me.
“What is it, Shoma? It’s been quite a while since we went to your house, but Mai’s mood is a little bad.”
“Nothing. I promised Mai that I would see her next time. I’ll have to take care of it myself.”
“It’s you I’m talking about.”
“You really haven’t done anything, have you?”
“….I-I didn’t. I ate Mai’s pudding without permission.”
“That’s it. that. Don’t blame me.”
I asked him in the course of such an unimportant conversation.
“But more importantly, are you doing well in your studies?”
“What are you talking about?~”
“Don’t play dumb. I’m talking about the exam that’s coming up right after the Golden Week holidays.”
“Ah~ yes, yes. I know what it’s about.”
What I was worried about was this guy.
Last year, he had been getting several scores that were on the verge of a red mark, so I had been teaching him.
“If you behave like that, I won’t teach you this year.”
“Oh no, Shoma-sama, please don’t do that. Please teach this eyes.”
Daiki says as he puts his hands together and bows his head to me.
“So, how much are you doing now?”
“Zero.”
“I guess so.”
I sighed heavily.
I’m thinking about what I’m going to do about Daiki’s studies.
“Ah. Shoma, are you free during Golden Week?”
Daiki asked me with a look as if he had just thought of a good idea.
“Oh, I don’t have any free time at the moment. I have to study.”
“Then why don’t you come over to my house and teach me how to study? Hey? All right?”
He comes up to me and begs me to come over.
“Okay.”
I reluctantly agreed to the offer.
“Alright.
“Now Mai’s in a good mood. ……”
I didn’t hear Daiki’s little voice.
★★★★★
It was 9:00 in the morning on the first day of Golden Week.
I was visiting Daiki’s house as I was told.
Unusually for Daiki, he told me that it would be better to come early if possible.
Thinking it was good that he was motivated, I pressed the intercom.
A woman’s voice said, “Yes”, and after a while the door was opened.
And out of the door came Mai, wearing the pajamas I had seen her wearing one day, and with sleeping hair.
“G-Good morning. Mai.”
“Eh!? Shoma-senpai! Why are you home?”
“Why? I went to teach Daiki how to study. Didn’t you hear?”
As I was explaining the situation to Mai, who was upset, Daiki came from the back of the house.
“Oh, Shoma’s here. Come in.”
I was about to enter the house when Mai stopped me.
“W-Wait a minute~, please wait a minute~”
The wrinkles between Mai’s eyebrows were furrowed as she said this while closing the door.
I was so surprised that Daiki didn’t tell Mai about this.
When the door is closed, a voice leaks out from inside the house.
“What do you mean~? If Shoma-senpai is coming, you should have told me. He saw me looking so disgusting.”
“Eh, I didn’t tell you?”
“You didn’t!”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. But Mai also said it the other day. It’s a surprise! Suprise!”
After those words, Daiki’s shout echoed with a dull thud.
After waiting for a while, the door was opened again.
The one who came out was Mai, who was so beautifully dressed that she looked different from before.
“I’m sorry to keep you waiting. Come in.”
When I entered the house, I found Daiki in the back, rubbing his shin painfully.
After that, I just kept on studying.
Japanese, English, math, English, physics —-.
It seemed that his declaration of zero study was true, and it was very difficult at first.
Many times Daiki seemed to be about to run away, but I kept him and forced him to do it.
Mai treated us to lunch at noon.
After that, we continued to study, and when Daiki’s studies were over, I decided to go home.
In contrast to her brother, who was happy to see me leave, her sister was disappointed,
“I’ll come back tomorrow,”
With my words, the situation reversed.
I hadn’t studied for this long in a long time, so I arrived home, did what I had to do, and went straight to bed.
★★★★★
After that, I went to Daiki’s house every day, and after a study-intensive Golden Week, the exam finally arrived.
I started by reading through all the questions.
I wondered if Daiki would be able to avoid a red mark with what I had taught him during this Golden Week.
—-Good.
I clenched my fists.
Even when I looked at Daiki, trying not to think that he was cheating, he didn’t seem to be bothered.
I started to solve the problems and fill in the answers.
The test continued with Japanese, math, and science, and finally the bell rang, signaling the end of the test.
“It’s over~!”
I heard Daiki’s voice echoing.
“Good work. Are you going to be able to avoid a red mark?”
“Thanks to Shoma, it was a piece of cake. Thanks a lot.”
“No, it’s because you did your best. If you don’t want to feel like this again, you’d better study beforehand.”
“Hey, hey, hey. I’m tired from studying so much, I’m going home.”
“Okay. See you later.”
I saw Daiki off and went home.
Maybe because I had studied a lot after a long time, or because tomorrow was Saturday, I fell asleep in bed when I arrived home.
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