Tokyo Metropolitan Library, Aki Tomoya, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and carrying a shoulder bag, walked in.
It was already late June, which meant the end of the term was approaching.
He didn't have a packed schedule on the weekends and would choose to wander around the city when he was free.
But today was different; he had arranged to meet someone here.
Arriving a little early, Aki Tomoya saw someone he knew here.
"Kato-san?"
Aki Tomoya, who was looking for a quiet spot, suddenly noticed a familiar figure while passing by a large bookshelf.
Perhaps Aki Tomoya's voice startled Kato Megumi, and she slowly turned her head to look.
Their eyes met, and they nodded in greeting simultaneously.
Meeting a classmate in this place surprised Aki Tomoya.
He had been a regular at this library for the past few months, but this was the first time he had met someone he knew here.
"Aki-kun, what a coincidence!"
Kato Megumi greeted him softly, closing the reference book in her hand, a hint of surprise in her eyes.
Aki Tomoya wasn't the only one surprised to meet a classmate here.
"It really is a coincidence."
Aki Tomoya replied, looking at Kato Megumi, who was wearing a pink jacket and a white pleated skirt, with some curiosity.
He had arranged to meet a friend here but ended up seeing a female classmate first.
"Does Kato-san come here often?"
He asked at this moment.
"No, the term is ending, and I don't want to have to attend make-up classes at school during the summer break."
There was no one around, and their voices were very low.
With the end of the term approaching, the reason Kato Megumi was in the library this Sunday was simple.
If she failed her final exams, it would affect her ability to schedule her summer break freely.
Furthermore, Kato Megumi, who wanted to go to University, had been studying diligently recently, it was just that others hadn't noticed.
"What about you, Aki-kun?"
"I'm meeting a friend here."
"A date?"
Kato Megumi couldn't help but make a related association in her mind.
However, the next second, Aki Tomoya's helpless expression immediately shattered her association.
"It's not a date, that guy Yoshihiko asked for my help, so of course, I'm going to make him pay!"
Not wanting to fail the final exams and have to attend make-up classes during the summer break, Aki Tomoya and Kamigō Yoshihiko had almost resorted to a dogeza last week to ask for help.
Meeting him at the library today was partly to help that guy review, and partly because Kamigō Yoshihiko would be paying for tonight's expenses!
Kamigō Yoshihiko understood that if he asked for help, it wouldn't be right not to repay Aki Tomoya properly.
"So it was Kamigō-kun!"
Kato Megumi remembered Kamigō Yoshihiko's shout in class after the last midterm exam; he looked as excited as if he had gotten a perfect score.
In fact, Kamigō Yoshihiko had just barely passed the passing line.
With the end of the term approaching, even though summer break was coming, whether Kamigō Yoshihiko could escape the fate of make-up classes during the summer break depended on what he could achieve in the remaining time.
"Is Kato-san also planning to prepare for the entrance exam?"
Aki Tomoya suddenly asked, because the name Fujikawa University was simply too tempting to mock, and he had a very deep impression of the red book Kato Megumi had been looking at.
Afterward, he also looked up Waseda University and Fujikawa University and gained a new understanding of these two additional private universities.
Aki Tomoya didn't know how many times he had mocked the description of Waseda University standing side by side with the two major private universities.
After confirming it wasn't a merger, Aki Tomoya accepted this fact, but that was it; the addition of a few universities didn't have much impact on him, anyway, Tokyo University's position in Japan was still in a league of its own.
"I also saw you looking at the past exam papers for Fujikawa University before."
Aki Tomoya added at this moment, he didn't have much meaning behind it, just asking casually.
Kato Megumi next to him didn't think too much either, just treating it as a casual chat between classmates: "That's right."
"The Faculty of Law?"
Aki Tomoya remembered that the only place Fujikawa University could be considered outstanding was the Faculty of Law; the other faculties were neither the best nor the worst, just average.
And similar to most private universities, applying there did not require taking the National Examination, only an internal University exam and interview.
"Even at Fujikawa University, the deviation value for the Faculty of Law is a bit high; I'm more confident in something with a slightly lower score line like the Faculty of Commerce."
The Faculty of Law at Fujikawa was considered its only strong point, and Kato Megumi was well aware of her own capabilities; even if she chose a relatively inconspicuous private University in Tokyo, the faculties with higher deviation values there were not within her consideration.
Kato Megumi, who had aspirations for higher education, although she greatly admired Aki Tomoya's lofty and ambitious determination, did not develop similar ideas because of it.
"With that kind of choice, if you put in a little more effort, you won't need to go to an Academy."
Kato Megumi continued.
She wasn't choosing a famous University, nor was she considering the faculties with high deviation values there. Even though she was pursuing higher education, Kato Megumi didn't have much pressure and didn't have to consider which Academy to go to for tutoring like many students preparing for exams.
Just like her inconspicuous self, she chose an inconspicuous University and then chose an inconspicuous faculty within that inconspicuous place.
Accordingly, she didn't have much pressure and also gained the support of her family.
"Not having to go to an Academy really saves a lot of money."
Aki Tomoya responded with a sigh.
In Japan, the cost of tutoring at an Academy, especially in a place like Tokyo, is truly a painful expense.
Buzz buzz buzz—
Just then, the phone in Aki Tomoya's pocket vibrated.
Kamigō Yoshihiko had probably arrived.
"Sorry."
He said, taking out his phone, and then saw the message from his friend.
The other person had arrived and was asking where Aki Tomoya was.
Aki Tomoya looked up at the sign hanging on the ceiling and then sent his location.
"If you don't mind, Kato-san, how about we study together?"
After putting away his phone, he suggested.
It was such a coincidence, Kato Megumi was alone, and they were classmates, so he might as well do her a favor.
"Is that okay? Won't I be a bother?"
"I'm more afraid that guy Yoshihiko will be a bother to you!"
"...Thank you."
The unchanging expression on Kato Megumi's face showed a slight change.
And shortly after Aki Tomoya sent his location to Kamigō Yoshihiko, the other person quickly found the place.
When he saw Aki Tomoya and Kato Megumi together, he didn't recognize the girl next to his friend as a classmate at first, and as if struck by something, his hand, which he had just raised to greet them, froze.
"This isn't what we agreed on! We were supposed to study together, so why am I the third wheel?!"
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