In the non-stop wind and snow, December is halfway through, but the weather is still cold.
It’s the end of school again.
The evening class meeting ended, Naruse greeted Naoko, and just as he was about to leave, several boys suddenly came over.
"Naruse, save us!"
"..."
The same situation seemed to have happened several times in middle school. Naruse's first reaction was that they were going to drag him into a fight.
Until he saw the textbooks in their hands.
"The final exam is next week, and I don't want to make up the exam again!"
"...So?"
"Takigawa said that Naruse often helps people with their studies, so please help us too."
He turned to look at Hikari Takigawa, who was leaning against the back door of the classroom, chatting with a passing girl.
"Naruse should be fine now, right?"
"I have to go to the club."
"Isn't Naruse the mascot of the restoration department? It's okay to be absent from time to time."
"...Who said this?"
"Please——"
Naruse looked at Naoko. She tilted her head and expressed with her eyes that she would let him decide.
"Is it just you?"
"Naruse agreed? That's great!"
"No, I'm asking..."
"——Naruse agreed to tutor!"
"Really?" Several more boys gathered around the classroom.
Naruse was a little helpless, "With so many people, are we going to hold a study meeting?"
"Okay." The boys were very happy.
After the boys talked to each other, the matter was quickly decided. The location of the study meeting was in Class C classroom, after school in the past few days.
Naruse, who was responsible for tutoring them, had little room to speak.
Shangzi looked aside for a while, then pulled his clothes and said, "Then I'll go to the club room first."
Although the end of the semester is approaching, she has his private tutoring and is not in a hurry. Before the ban on club activities is lifted, she will continue to go to the club.
Naruse sighed, "Well..."
She smiled slightly and said, "Come on."
Naoko left, Naruse put down his schoolbag, sat back down, and glanced around.
There are about seven or eight boys who want to participate in the study meeting. He doesn't know everyone's current study status, and there are too many people, so he doesn't intend to figure it out one by one. Read the book
The scope of the final exam has been defined, and he is going to sort out the knowledge points within each subject from scratch. As for how much they can digest, it depends on them.
He briefly introduced it, "Is it okay?"
"Okay, that's it."
The boys agreed one after another. Their requirements were very low, as long as they could pass the exam - those with high requirements would not come to him just now.
"Then let's do it in the order of the final exam arrangement."
The first subject of the exam was biology. Naruse found the biology textbook and waited for the other boys to take their seats. At this time, Takigawa Hikaru also returned to the classroom.
"Hey, are you having a study session... Count me in too."
Naruse turned to look at her and wanted to say that she could receive tutoring with Naoko later, but there were already several boys sitting around, so he did not speak.
"Well, let's start with biology and sort out the knowledge points within the scope of the final exam... What I mean is that if you plan to join, just take out the biology textbook and notes."
"oK~"
Hikari Takigawa was close anyway, so he sat in his original seat, spread out his textbook and listened to him explain the knowledge points.
"...The immune response is divided into three stages. The first is...well, I think it should be tested here, so remember it."
The girl in the back seat of Naruse has left, and the seat is now occupied by another boy.
Takigawa Hikaru was taking notes, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the boy next to him had basically no reaction to Naruse's words, so he glanced at him.
"Why don't you write it down, Naganuma?"
"Ah?"
The two of them rarely communicated with each other. Naganuma didn't expect that she would talk to him. He was flustered under her direct gaze and reacted for a few seconds before speaking.
"I...that, I don't need to remember."
"Huh?"
"My biology is actually pretty good. I understand what Naruse is saying now. I just want to ask him to tutor me in math..."
"Really?" Hikaru Takigawa tilted his body slightly and glanced at his biology notes, "Wow, really... you remember it in detail."
"It's okay..."
Naganuma sat up unconsciously, "Actually, I'm more interested in biology, and I usually study some related courses on my own. In the last exam, I was only a few points lower than Naruse."
Takigawa Hikaru smiled, "It's really amazing."
Naganuma moved the note to the side and sat up straighter.
"Actually, I want to apply for the exam in the future..."
While combing through the knowledge points, there was always muttering behind him, so Naruse turned back and glanced at the two of them.
"Don't disturb him."
"I'm sorry~" Hikaru Takigawa lay down on the table, raised his head and smiled, "Go on, Teacher Harumi."
Naruse then turned around.
Takigawa Hikaru smiled at Naganuma again and made a silent gesture.
He nodded, but his reaction was a few beats slower. She was already focusing on the notes in front of her again.
After looking at her for a while, Naganuma handed over his notes.
"I have written down everything the teacher said in class, as well as my own additions... If you don't understand something, you can ask me."
Takigawa Hikari was slightly surprised, glanced at his notebook, turned around and smiled.
"Thank you then."
The afternoon study session lasted until dark, and the biology part was finally over.
"Is this enough to pass?" a boy asked.
"Don't ask me."
Naruse packed his things, "I have sorted out all the knowledge points, and I have also reminded you of the places that I think you will get on the exam. The rest can only be relied on by yourself."
"I hope Naruse's premonition is more accurate..."
"I hope so." He looked at the back door, where Shangzi was leaning there, smiling and waving.
"Gone."
Hikari Takigawa quickly followed, and the three of them went back together.
The remaining boys also packed their things and prepared to go back.
Someone put a hand on Naganuma's shoulder.
"I said, Naganuma..."
"Xiao Lin? What are you doing?"
"You and Takigawa probably haven't spoken much, right?"
"...Almost. What's wrong?"
Xiao Lin showed an expression as if that was indeed the case, and then became a little embarrassed.
"You know a lot about something...but don't get it wrong."
Naganuma blushed, "What on earth are you talking about."
Xiao Lin let go of him and shrugged.
"No, it's nothing, that's all I want to say."
Seeing several boys looking at him, Naganuma felt very uncomfortable.
"Inexplicable..."
After he left, the remaining boys gathered together.
"Oops, Naganuma also fell."
"I'm definitely in trouble. I just said a few words... This guy is too easy to deal with and easy to understand."
"But that's a trap...a trap called 'Takigawa Hikari'."
"Even if she hasn't spoken much, you should be able to tell from Takigawa's usual words and deeds that she has that kind of personality, right? That guy from Naganuma seems to be taking it all as a favor to me..."
The boys suddenly fell silent.
"...No, don't tell me. I thought Takigawa had a crush on me at first."
"Me too."
"I also confessed..."
Several people looked at each other.
"That guy from Naganuma doesn't have the same plan, does he?"
"After staying in Class C for so long, I will still be fooled by Takigawa's illusion. If I tell anyone, it will be embarrassing."
The boys felt the same and felt sorry for Naganuma, but it was getting late, so they quickly dispersed.
The next morning.
When he arrived at school, Naruse was changing his shoes. Next to him, Hikaru Takigawa opened the shoe cabinet. A letter suddenly floated down and landed in front of him.
【To Mr. Hikaru Takigawa】
"..."
Surprised but not surprised, Naruse picked up the letter and gave it to her.
"This time it seems to be a boy." He judged from the handwriting.
Takigawa Hikaru himself was used to it, so he took the envelope and opened it directly.
"Ask me to go to the back of the gymnasium at noon... Is it noon? I have to accompany Yue to have dinner... Hey, I was told that the afternoon would be fine, so I'd better go in the afternoon."
She put away the letter and said, "Remember to remind me when Chunhai arrives in the afternoon."
"You should remember it yourself."
"I will forget."
At noon, Hikaru Takigawa went downstairs to eat with his sister and came back soon. However, a certain boy in the class didn't rush back to the classroom until class started.
After school in the afternoon, when he was about to continue yesterday's study session, Hikaru Takigawa opened his schoolbag and saw the letter, and suddenly remembered what happened in the morning.
"Ah, I have to leave for a while."
In front of Naruse and the boys, she waved the letter and said, "You go ahead."
"..."
His eyes followed her and the letter until she left the classroom, and the boys all stood up.
"Let's go and have a look... Naruse is coming too!"