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“Sota kun, do you think you might be in a pinch for this mid-term test?
“I wonder. I don’t even know if I’m in a pinch or not, since I haven’t started studying for the test yet.”
“Eh !? You haven’t studied for the test at all?”
“Erm, well, yes.”
Yuuka’s eyes widened in surprise, and I answered honestly, even though I felt a little embarrassed.
But hey, it’s still a week before the midterm exams start, right?
It’s a little early to start studying for exams, don’t you think?
“That means you’re in a pinch, right……?”
“I’ve managed like this for a while during my freshman year, so I think I’ll be fine.”
I can’t be sure, but I’ve been able to keep up with all my classes in second year, so I guess it’ll be okay.
I don’t know.
However.
Yuuka’s face was colored with more and more anxiety as she heard my rather subtle answer.
“Are you sure? You wont’ get held back or something? I don’t wanna be Sota kun’s senior.”
“I don’t think I wanna call Yuuka senpai either.”
If that should happen, I would be too embarrassed to ride the bus to school at the same time as Yuuka ever again.
I can’t even face Mizuki chan, who trusts me so much.
And definitely Kensuke would be super happy to say, [Hey Sota, call me Hattori senpai, okay? Hmm? Hey, what’s up?]
like that.
“Right?”
“But you don’t have to worry so much. I may look like this, but I’m a man who does things when he has to.”
“You helped Mizuki, you also helped me from being hit on, and I know Sota kun is an amazing boy, but…”
“Worst case, i might study overnight. Not only is it tiring, but it goes out of your head the moment it’s over, so I don’t really wanna do that.”
In order to reassure the extremely anxious Yuuka, I also revealed the existence of a secret trick, [overnight study]
[Overnight is just a temporary measure. Aah, listening to Sota kun’s story, I’m getting worried more and more.”
Yuuka, however, looked rather extraordinarily worried.
“Erm, sorry for making you worry unnecessarily. I’m sorry, Yuuka.”
I’m really sorry for being a random, stupid, unplanned high school boy.
“You don’t need to apologize at all…ah, that’s right ! Hey, you know?”
And then, as if Yuuka had come up with a great idea, she lightly clasped her palms together in front of her chest.
“What’s wrong?”
“Are you free after school today, Sota kun?”
“I’m in the go-home club, so basically I’m always free.”
Other than Yuuka (and Kensuke), I don’t have many friends.
“Then……w-why don’t we have a study session for the midterms together at my place?”
“At Yuuka’s house? Now?”
“I-it’s hard to get bored when you’re with someone, right?…I-I guess?”
“I see. That’s a thing.”
Especially in front of Yuuka, I’m sure that even if I make a mistake, I won’t be able to show my lazy side.
On the contrary, I’m sure that I will emphasize my seriousness in studying hard.
I’m also a boy around that age, so I try to put on that kind of appearance.
“Right? Maybe Sota kun is a last-minute type of person who thinks that he doesn’t have to study because the test is still some time away?”
“Like profiling in a detective drama, you were able to spot my usual pre-test behavior without missing a beat…..”
Is Yuuka actually secretly collecting my personal information and profiling me?
Is she checking my personality and whether or not I’m the right kind of guy to get along with Mizuki chan?
“I knew it. I think it’s better to do everything as early as possible. Let’s have a study session together, shall we?”
Yuuka said with a superior look in her eyes.
Is there really a high school boy who is old enough to say no when asked by the school’s idol with a superior look in her eyes if he would like to have a study session at home together?
No, I’m sure that there are no such high school boys.
And I was a high school boy.
So that’s it.
Today, I dropped by Yuuka’s house after school and we had a study session for the midterm exam.
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