“You know. I think it’s weird to study before a mock exam.”
It had been an hour and a half since they started studying.
Ayaka suddenly started to say something like that.
“Hey, Ayaka. Who is the one who organized this gathering today?”
Soichiro asked Ayaka in a slightly exasperated voice.
Ayaka tilted her head.
“It’s me, though?”
“What was this gathering about?”
“It’s a study group.”
“─ Don’t deny the reason for holding the gathering that you yourself organized.”
Soichiro gave a plausible prodding.
In response, Ayaka restrained him with her hand, “Well, well, listen to what I have to say”.
“The purpose of mock exams is to find out where you stand, right? That’s why it’s important to study daily. It doesn’t matter if you do a little bit of studying right before the exam and raise your score by a few points.”
“I think that’s the kind of thing that a kid who’s been studying hard regularly would say,…… not a kid like you who’s usually doing nothing but sleeping in class.”
When Yuzuru said that, Ayaka smiled.
“But I was the top-ranked student in the school last time too.”
“…… Well, I can’t say anything back about that.”
In fact, Yuzuru is not a serious student either, he is only trying to understand the content of the class, so he can not say anything about others.
“As expected of, Ayaka-san! It’s exactly as you said! It’s useless to struggle now! Let’s stop now!”
“Chiharu, you should study……. Your parents got angry at you right?”
Soichiro forcefully grabbed Chiharu’s shoulders as she stood up as if to agree with Ayaka and made her sit down.
Maybe because she lost her concentration a little bit, Arisa, who had been studying properly without saying much, put down her pen.
Then she spoke up with a question.
“But this mock exam is more important than the last one, isn’t it? The name of the test is also ‘High Difficulty Test’.”
“The questions would be more difficult than the last one…. or so it was advertised”
Yuzuru agreed with Arisa’s words.
Following that, Soichiro, who sat back down next to Chiharu, continued.
“I’ve heard that it’s hard to raise deviation scores. Because the group of people who take the test is higher.”
Then Tenka, who was drinking a cup of tea, raised her eyebrows.
“I think it depends on the questions that are given, though. If the examiners make a mistake and only give problems that no one can solve, the deviation score may go up for some people.”
At that moment, someone let out a big sigh.
It was Hijiri.
“You guys are going deviation this, deviation that…… are you all deviation people? How can you talk about such boring stuff at a time like this?”
“That’s only for you, Hijiri-kun. I’m having fun, okay? with Deviation. Because I did well in the last mock exam. It’s terrible right. I feel sorry for you.”
“Excuse me, Tenka-san. It’s critical for me too, so can you please stop?”
Tenka incited Hijiri, and Chiharu was injured by a stray bullet.
Meanwhile, Hijiri was raging against Tenka.
“Shut up. Be a little considerate, you know considerate. There are people in this world who don’t like the word “deviation,” and people who don’t have anything to do with it.”
Chiharu also agreed with him.
“That’s right. Do you know why school is boring, but school romance stories are interesting? It’s because they cut out the classroom scenes.”
Unfortunately, however, Chiharu and Hijiri are not people who are immune to the word deviation.
In fact, considering the results of the last mock exam, they need to be very aware of it.
“Well, this meeting is a ‘study session,’ you know. You two in particular need to take this seriously.”
When Yuzuru said that, they both sighed loudly.
Then they glared at Yuzuru with fierce eyes.
“You know people won’t like you if you keep talking straight.”
“Please stop the logic harassment.”
Then Arisa tugged on Yuzuru’s clothes with a cute little motion.
And she put her alluring lips close to Yuzuru’s ear.
” ……If they think it’s the right thing to do, why wouldn’t they do it?”
“Probably because it’s more trouble than it’s worth …… That’s the same reason I never cleaned up.”
Yuzuru himself thought, “I need to clean ……,” but he didn’t really put his mind to it until he got into trouble with Arisa.
In short, it’s a matter of crisis awareness and triggers.
“Well, they’ll get serious when they fail.”
“Isn’t it too late once you fail ……?”
“But I heard that more than half of the students in our high school are ronin”
“Huh? …… Is that so?”
“Apparently the teachers don’t stop them even when they’re about to fail.”
“Wow. ……”
“Well, as it is now, Hijiri and Chiharu are on that course. We’ll use that as a lesson ……”
“I hear you.” “I can hear you.”
Today was supposed to be the first time that Chiharu and Hijiri had actually met. ……
It seems that they have become friends without knowing it.
Yuzuru shrugged his shoulders.
“I know I’m getting off track here, but what I’m trying to say is that I want to play. We’ve got so many people here!”
“If that’s the case, why don’t you call it after the mock exam? ……”
When Yuzuru prodded her, Ayaka’s cheeks flushed and she began to squirm.
“Because Tenka-chan and I have no connection at all. I was wondering if she would come if I suddenly asked her to play with me. Right, Tenka-chan.”
Ayaka then laid her own head on Tenka’s shoulder.
“E, eh …… I guess.”
Tenka was bewildered by Ayaka’s antics.
It seems that even the cool girl tends to get pushed around a little by Ayaka.
Yuzuru sipped his tea and thought a little about the combination of this group.
There are a few people in this group that he knows indirectly, but doesn’t usually have much contact with.
There are also a few people who have met each other before but are not that close.
For Yuzuru, the one he doesn’t have much contact with is Tenka.