Satoru's hand reached into his pocket.
Empty.
Only his long spear.
Hand is hand.
Chicken is chicken.
But no phone.
"Damn, I left it with Minister Gongdao." Satoru said.
Who carries a phone while running? "Wait a moment, I'll go get it."
"Why bother." Ayaka pulled out her phone, then pretended to scroll for a long time: "...Oh, this one, right? I have too many contacts, almost didn't see it. Here, Karate Club, write this down."
Heh, little Suzuka, how laughable. At such a level, she dares to claim to be "very familiar"? Ayaka thought, I can't help but show off a bit.
Suzuka was stunned. So even Ayaka-senpai had Satoru's contact information…
But this wasn't Satoru's fault; it was just that she came too late.
I'm sorry, Satoru, it's because I didn't take it seriously enough, you… please forgive me.
Suzuka devoutly wrote down the number, originally wanting to try calling it.
But then she thought that Sakura might answer, so she quickly stopped that dangerous idea.
"…Um, can I send you messages later?" Suzuka asked softly.
"Of course, otherwise, what's the point of getting contact information?" Satoru said, subtly expressing: "…But sometimes I don't look at my phone, so I might not reply. Ayaka-senpai, why did you kick me?"
"Nothing." Ayaka huffed and turned her head away.
So you, boy, have that much self-awareness! Ayaka thought.
"Mhm!" Suzuka nodded vigorously, her face flushed with excitement, as if she had received immense encouragement.
This is great, truly great. Satoru is indeed a kind person. Suzuka thought.
This is great, truly great. Suzuka is indeed a diligent person. Satoru also thought.
Heaven knows.
Aside from Sakura, the perfect superhuman, the girls he currently had good relationships with—Akane, Arisa, and even Ayaka-senpai—not a single one of them cared about studying!
What is a student's most important task!? (Resounding voice!!)
"It's mostly math." Suzuka said somewhat shyly, as if chatting casually, "I don't understand it at all."
Immediately, her shoulders were pressed down by Satoru's hands.
"Huh?"
Looking up, she saw Satoru's eyes sparkling.
My path is not alone!
Math is not meant for humans!
Satoru thought to himself, he now had an external brain. Although he couldn't externalize his brain to Suzuka, helping her improve a bit was no problem.
…Satoru is staring at me, he's staring at me!
Suzuka was almost dizzy with heat.
After steeling herself, she decided to go all out and blurted out the deepest thought in her heart:
"…Can Satoru please tutor me after class, at my house…?"
"...?" Ayaka's radar went off.
Her gaze, which had been smugly glancing at Suzuka, suddenly sharpened.
If the intimacy with this guy were ranked from first to last...
Ayaka thought, Sakura is first, so she should at least be second, right? And sometimes she could even poke first place's butt to pull her down a bit… How could someone suddenly come along and try to poke her second place butt!?
Satoru was also stunned; he hadn't had a chance to speak yet.
Suzuka inevitably panicked.
"Th-that—of course, it's not just us, there's also Ayumu! Ayumu will come too! Right, Ayumu?!"
Ayumu was originally in a friendly exchange with Masafumi, playing 'What are you looking at?', 'What's it to you?', 'Keep looking!', 'I'll keep looking!'
Suddenly called by name, Ayumu gave Masafumi a friendly international gesture:
"I'll deal with you later!"
Masafumi responded with the same gesture, even disdainfully pointing his middle finger downwards at the ground.
"Uh, yeah, I'll come!" Ayumu immediately replied.
Although he wasn't quite sure what was happening, Suzuka seemed to want him to answer 'yes'… After quickly figuring out the whole situation, he almost slapped his thigh.
Suzuka, you're trying to harm me!
How can I be a third wheel!?
But luckily, he had a clever plan: he could bail.
Say 'yes, yes, yes' now, and then bail later to play video games with Higoshi.
Suzuka gave Ayumu a deep look.
"Mm, okay, no problem. Let's just set a time," Satoru also said.
He wasn't stunned because he didn't want to go, but just suddenly felt that...
Siyuan was perhaps a bit too proactive! Nanao, learn from her!!
"—So, Akane! Please come with me!!"
During lunch break, Suzuka bowed to Akane, making a very sincere request… No, it should be called a 'plea'.
She held Akane's hands, her eyes like an innocent puppy.
Akane smiled: "Hahaha, I'm not going."
"Akane!"
"Why are you calling me to your study group?" Akane asked, and it was even scheduled for a rest day. Did she really have to study on a rare rest day?
Study? Study my ass!
"B-but, I already told him that, that friends would come along, if, if it's just me… he might blame me," Suzuka said, a little afraid.
What's there to blame? Akane didn't quite understand: "Isn't Matsubara coming?"
"Ayumu will definitely bail!" Suzuka said through gritted teeth.
Having grown up together, Suzuka knew exactly what kind of person Matsubara was.
Akane thought for a moment.
"…Actually, I'm quite curious about the boy you like."
"So, please, you must come!" Suzuka tightly gripped Akane's soft hands.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch… You strongwoman!" Akane frowned and said, "…I'll think about it."
"You can call your guy too… Consider it an early double date," Suzuka offered a suggestion.
Akane's mouth twitched slightly; that guy definitely wouldn't agree...
After all, that guy's personality was cold to an almost bland degree.
"…I'll ask him, just in case," Akane said.
"Great!" Suzuka beamed.
"Then I'm going to eat lunch with Satoru-chan," Akane said, raising the bento box in her hand.
Suzuka let go and waved her hand, "Then go ahead."
How nice. When would she be able to make a bento for Satoru?
…Oh, right, I can't cook.
Never mind then.
Suzuka clutched her head, once again doubting her life. She, she seemed to have no special skills other than karate… She was practically devoid of feminine charm!!
Akane walked briskly towards the classroom, then tilted her head, thinking about Suzuka's strategy.
She actually didn't want Satoru to go.
It wasn't for any special reason, just for the sake of the boy Suzuka admired.
Otherwise, if Satoru stood there, no matter how you looked at it, it would make that boy feel inferior.
Hehe, Satoru-chan is indeed the best!!
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