Chapter 113: The Chaotic Study Session!
Afterward, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka and the others sat down around the long table.
Perhaps because Yuto was present, Ike Kanji, Sudo Ken, and Yamauchi Haruki did not dare cause much trouble.
Ike was starting to regret coming.
Had he known that the demon Shimizu Yuto would be here, he would have refused even if Kikyo had personally invited him!
Just like that, the study session suggested by Horikita Suzune began in a somewhat stifling atmosphere.
Kei soon returned and sat beside Yuto.
The honey-blonde girl's sweet smile and the way she pressed herself against him filled Ike Kanji and the others with unbearable envy.
Not only did they have to miserably study questions they could not understand, but they also had to watch Shimizu Yuto act affectionate with his girlfriend!
It was like killing them and then crushing their hearts too!
Because her beloved boyfriend was personally teaching her, Kei could motivate herself to face even the studying she hated.
Ike and the others were different.
They were already poor students and never listened during class, so they could barely solve any of the exercises Suzune had carefully prepared.
Helpless, Suzune began explaining the methods and how to apply them.
However, she preferred being alone and was terrible at teaching.
Combined with the three boys understanding nothing, her irritation and impatience rapidly rose.
Two minutes later, the short-tempered Sudo threw his pen onto the table.
"I can't do this anymore! I give up! I can't understand this math problem at all!"
"Me too!"
"Same here."
Once Sudo gave up, Ike and Yamauchi followed.
Suzune's face darkened.
At that moment, Class D's little angel, Kikyo, stepped forward.
Clasping her hands together, Kikyo persuaded them in a sweet voice.
"Everyone, try a little harder."
"Once you understand the method, the rest is just applying it."
"And the exercises Horikita-san prepared might appear on the exam, right?"
"Well, if Kikyo-chan says so, I guess I can try a little longer..."
Ike complained, "But if Kikyo-chan taught me, I might be able to work even harder."
Suzune secretly gritted her teeth.
She had not even complained about how stupid he was, yet he had started criticizing her teaching?
"Well... What do you think, Horikita-san?" Kikyo looked at the dark-faced Suzune.
"If you're willing, Kushida-san, then you can teach Ike-kun," Suzune answered coldly.
"Mm!"
Kikyo happily began teaching Ike.
But even after replacing Suzune with Kikyo, Sudo and the others still could not understand anything.
Kikyo stared at the three blank, foolish faces, and her composure began to crack.
She finally understood why Suzune's anger had risen so quickly.
However, Kikyo had to maintain her little-angel persona, so she forced herself to keep smiling.
Yuto turned toward Kikyo, whose lips were subtly twitching, and smiled.
It looked like being a little angel was quite difficult right now.
"Yuto~ Stop looking elsewhere. How do I solve this difficult question?" Kei asked coquettishly.
"This one? Read the question carefully first, then do this..."
Several more minutes passed.
Kikyo could barely maintain her smile after enduring the trio's stupidity.
Suzune had now completely understood just how hopeless Sudo and the others were.
Unable to take it anymore, Suzune said, "Aren't you three far too ignorant and incompetent?"
"You can't even solve exercises at this level. Anyone who paid the slightest attention in class would know how!"
"Shut up! This has nothing to do with you!"
The short-tempered Sudo stood up and glared at Suzune.
Suzune showed no fear of him as she released a cold aura.
"It truly has nothing to do with me."
"But since you can't solve problems this simple, I can only feel sorry for you."
"Sorry for what?!"
"Naturally, I feel sorry that you'll fail the midterm and be expelled by the school!" Suzune said mercilessly.
"What are you saying, you damn annoying woman?!"
Enraged, Sudo reached out, intending to grab the collar of Suzune's uniform.
However, before his arm could reach her, a hand forcefully pressed it down against the table.
"Shimizu Yuto, what are you doing?!" Sudo glared at Yuto, who was holding his hand down.
"I should be asking you that. What were you planning to do to Horikita?" Yuto asked calmly.
When Suzune and Sudo began arguing, Yuto had already moved toward them.
He knew Suzune's pride would provoke the short-tempered Sudo and that Sudo would probably try to attack her.
So when Sudo attempted to teach Suzune a lesson, Yuto stopped him in time.
Suzune stared blankly at Yuto standing before her.
She pressed her thin lips together.
Having always been alone, this was the first time someone had protected her.
"I was going to teach her a lesson!"
"You wanted to attack a girl who kindly tried to teach you so you wouldn't fail the midterm?"
Yuto raised an eyebrow.
"Don't you feel ashamed?"
"Kindly? She's been insulting us for being stupid from beginning to end!" Sudo shouted.
"That's right!" Ike agreed.
Yamauchi also nodded.
Yuto and Kikyo's mouths twitched together.
Wasn't that simply the truth?
The three of them really were idiots.
"Let go. I'm leaving!" Sudo glared at Yuto, who was still pressing down his hand.
Yuto released him.
Sudo quickly rubbed his hand.
This bastard was ridiculously strong. It nearly felt bruised!
After rubbing his hand, Sudo irritably threw his textbooks and stationery into his school bag.
"I even took leave from basketball practice to come here. This was a complete waste of time!"
"I thought it was strange from the start!"
"Horikita Suzune, someone like you who doesn't even have half a friend suddenly wanted to teach us?"
"No matter how you look at it, something is wrong!"
"You only offered to teach us because you wanted to make fools of us!"
Her goodwill had been twisted and misunderstood.
Suzune's expression instantly turned cold.
She wanted to answer with equally sharp words, but seeing Yuto standing protectively before her made her abandon the idea.
'Forget it. There's no need to cause Shimizu more trouble...'
"Hey, Ike, Yamauchi. Are you two staying here to let this woman keep mocking you?"
Sudo, who had finished packing, looked at Ike and Yamauchi.
The two cautiously glanced at Yuto.
When they saw that he had no intention of speaking, they quickly packed their books and stationery too.
"Ayanokouji, you're leaving too!"
"Me? Mm, okay."
Ayanokouji, who intended to follow the flow, also began packing the textbooks he had taken out.
Kikyo hurriedly said, "Is everyone really okay with this? You'll be expelled if you fail the midterm!"
"Don't worry, Kikyo-chan. I'll stay up all night cramming," Ike answered confidently.
Yuto rolled his eyes.
"You're placing your hopes of passing on last-minute cramming? You're awfully optimistic."
"Stop nagging..."
Ike complained unhappily.
Then, seemingly afraid Yuto would retaliate, he picked up his half-packed textbooks and hurried away.
Sudo, Ike, Yamauchi, and Ayanokouji all left.
Only Yuto, Kei, Kikyo, and the silent Suzune remained.
The study session organized by Suzune had collapsed just like that.
"Horikita-san, your attitude was terrible earlier."
"No one would want to study with you when you act like that," Kikyo told her seriously.
Yuto's mouth twitched.
Kikyo did not have the right to criticize someone else.
While teaching Ike and the others, she had almost been unable to maintain her smile either.
"I truly was wrong," Suzune said as if reflecting.
"These people don't merely lack basic knowledge. They don't even have the humility or desire to learn."
"Even when expulsion is at stake, they still don't care."
"I was indeed wrong."
"I now thoroughly understand how ineffective and unnecessary it is to teach them."
"So, Horikita, are you planning to abandon them?" Yuto asked with a smile.
"I'm not abandoning them. They simply don't care!"
"I won't give up on Sudo-kun and the others!"
"I'll keep trying to persuade them to study," Kikyo said earnestly.
At that moment, she seemed to radiate the light of a little angel.
Suzune looked coldly at Kikyo.
"Kushida-san, do you sincerely mean that?"
"I don't believe you truly want to help them."
"What do you mean? I don't understand, Horikita-san."
"How can you say something so hurtful without caring at all? I have feelings too," Kikyo said with an aggrieved expression.
Kei tightly gripped the pen in her hand.
'You can feel hurt if you want, but why are you moving so close to my boyfriend?'
Kei swiftly packed her textbooks and stationery.
She picked up her school bag and grabbed Yuto's hand.
"Yuto, let's leave too."
"This place doesn't seem suitable for studying. Let's go back to the classroom!"
"Mm." Yuto nodded.
He said goodbye to Kikyo and Suzune.
...
After Yuto and Kei left, the atmosphere between Kikyo and Suzune became even colder.
Suzune glanced at Kikyo, who had lowered her head as though deeply hurt.
Because the study session's failure had put her in a bad mood, Suzune no longer felt like hiding her thoughts.
"Kushida-san, you actually hate me, don't you?"
"How could that be?"
"If I hated you, why would I keep trying to become your friend?"
"That's exactly what confuses me!"
Suzune answered without hesitation.
"I don't know why you hate me."
"I don't understand why you keep approaching me despite hating me."
"But I'm telling you now—stay away from me from now on!"
After clearly stating her thoughts, Suzune packed her belongings and left the library.
Kikyo, who was left alone, changed.
Her expression became gloomy, completely opposite to the bright and warm face she usually showed.
Suppressing the irritation inside her, Kikyo also packed her belongings and left the library.
In truth, every time Suzune rejected her, the anger inside Kikyo increased.
The gradually accumulating rage was close to making her explode.
'I need to find somewhere without surveillance cameras to vent...'
Kikyo silently thought as she left the library.
There were surveillance cameras everywhere in this school.
Because of that, Kikyo could not even find somewhere to release her anger and dissatisfaction.
If she could not find a way to vent her negative emotions, she felt she would explode someday.
...
While Yuto and Kei walked toward the Class D classroom, the phone in his pocket rang.
Yuto took it out with his free hand.
To his surprise, Horikita Suzune was calling him.
"Kei, let me answer this."
"Mm~"
Kei considerately released Yuto's arm.
Carrying both school bags, she moved to the side and waited for him to finish the call.
"Hello, Horikita?"
"It's me."
Suzune's voice remained cold, but it now carried a hint of dejection.
It seemed the failed study session had affected her.
"Shimizu, are you heading to the classroom to study?"
"That's right. Why?" Yuto answered.
"Don't go to the classroom yet. You can easily get full marks without studying anyway."
Suzune's reply left Yuto unsure whether to laugh or cry.
What did that mean?
Was she praising his academic ability?
"You know the cafe near the library, right? Come over. There's something I want to discuss with you."
"Discuss what? Is it about Sudo and the other two?"
"You guessed correctly. Come quickly. I don't like waiting."
"I haven't agreed to come yet," Yuto said irritably.
"And what is there left to discuss about them? Haven't you given up on them?"
"I've already given up on them."
"But what I want to discuss isn't their studying. It's something else."
"Fine. I'll come for your brother's sake," Yuto said helplessly.
Holding her phone, Suzune immediately frowned.
She had invited Yuto to the cafe.
What did that have to do with her brother?
Suzune was about to ask, but Yuto had already ended the call.
She could only abandon the question and wait until he arrived.
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