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Then I had several study sessions with Yuuka (and Mizuki chan).
I managed to get a passing grade from Mizuki chan on the reading test.
Then came the mid-term exam for the first semester of the second year of high school.
On the morning of the first day.
“Good morning, Yuuka.”
“Good morning, Sota kun.”
I took the same bus to school as usual.
But today, we didn’t talk much.
“……”
“……”
After saying hi, Yuuka and I sat on the seats alongside each other, swaying on the bus, silently working on our last-minute English study for today’s first period.
Yuuka flipped through her handmade vocabulary book, while I focused on reviewing the parts I had picked up beforehand that I was having trouble with.
After quietly studying for a while.
When I had reached the end of my study, I casually looked at Yuuka’s face sitting next to me.
Flap, flap.
Yuuka was flipping through her vocabulary book with a serious expression on her face without noticing my gaze.
She is flipping through the book at a very high speed, so I guess she has the contents of the book almost completely in her head.
Unlike me, she is very thorough.
As expected.
I was impressed by her cute face and her dignified expression like a princess.
I couldn’t help but admire Yuuka’s serious profile, but then I remembered that today was the first day of the test.
This is not the time to be gawking.
I had to study harder than Yuuka, who has excellent grades.
I put my mind back into it and immediately resumed studying for the English test.
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I reviewed until just before the bus ride and got off the bus at the bus stop nearest the school,
“Sota kun, let’s do our best for today’s test.”
Yuuka gave me a shout out in a cute cheering pose with her hands clasped in front of her chest.
“Yeah, let’s do our best.”
I responded with a light gut-punch with my right hand.
“How confident are you?”
I’ve done everything I need to do this time, so all I have to do is solve the problems.
I have been studying very seriously for this test.
After all, since I had a study session with Yuuka, I can’t get such a pathetic score.
If I got a bad score, the serious Yuuka would feel responsible and Mizuki chan, who trusts me immensely, would be disappointed.
I didn’t want to disappoint the Himemiya sisters, nor did I want them to be disappointed.
Above all, I wanted to see their smiling faces.
So, not only during study sessions, but also at home, I stayed up late every night checking English vocabulary and math formulas, memorizing memorized subjects over and over again, and reading past papers distributed online by the newspaper club [Test Prediction Questions for Each Grade !].
Incidentally, the Newspaper Club’s test prediction questions sometimes have the exact same questions, which has caused some consternation among the teachers (according to Kensuke).
“It seems to be going very well. But–”
“Hmm?”
“You look a little tired. Maybe you haven’t slept enough?”
Yuuka looks a little worried as she peeks down at my face.
“I studied hard during the pre-test period, so maybe I’m a little sleepy. My body is also tired.”
“I see……”
“But there’s nothing wrong with taking the test. It’s not like I’m sick or anything, so don’t worry about that.”
“Fufu, that’s proof of your hard work. Okay, then I’ll do my best during the test so I don’t lose to Sota kun.”
“No, no, no, you won’t lose to me, because the chances of me beating Yuuka are almost zero, okay?”
As expected, a little serious study before the test would not make up for the overwhelming gap in performance that existed from the beginning.
If it were that easy, no one would have a hard time.
“It’s not about the score, it’s about the motivation. Even if there is a problem you don’t understand, you never give up until the end.”
“If that’s the case, I’ll do my best until the end. I’ll start with the first hour of English communication”
“If you stumble from the beginning, it can create a bad chain reaction.”
“I get so excited thinking about all the things I failed at. So, I’m gonna defeat the first problem with all my might!”
“That’s the spirit♪ Do your best♪”
Yuuka once again gave me a shout-out with a cute cheering pose, holding her hands in front of her chest.
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