Mizuki and Tsukasa should be out soon...

Yes... Though, Akito and Shiraishi have two subjects, so they'll be longer...

*Sigh*

I'm so tired...

Wait, have you two been waiting for us?

Welcome back, Mizuki.

How did it go?

I passed with flying colors, of course!

Did you? That's good.

Thanks! Tsukasa should be back soon too, don't you think?

Yes. I believe so...

Oh, have I kept you three waiting?

Tsukasa, how did it...

No, I don't need to ask.

Exactly! I passed, of course!

Congratulations, Tsukasa!

Woohoo!

So you'll still be in the year above me next year!

Uh, yes... Now that you mention it, it's frightening to think about what could have been. That was a close shave...

Once again... Thank you, Rui.

Thanks to you, I'll be able to go into third year.

Hehe, there's no need to thank me. I want us to be third-years together.

So this just leaves Li'l Bro and An, right?

Yes. Come on you two, you can do it!

Akito... Shiraishi...

Hahaha... Don't fret about them.

I caught a glimpse of them when I left the classroom, and they were both concentrating super hard.

Really...? If you say so...

It's finally over...

I'm so tired...

Akito, Shiraishi...!

Sorry to keep you guys waiting.

We don't mind... But, how did it go?

I...

Well, I messed up some questions, but it was alright in the end.

It was?!

Good job, Akito!

Uh... Sure. Thank you.

And An? What about you?

I...

I passed!

Not just that, look...!

I got a perfect score in classics!

Seriously?! That's amazing!

Yeah! The teacher told me I did a really good job!

Whoa, not bad.

You earned this, Shiraishi.

Congratulations, Shiraishi.

Thank you! All of you, from the bottom of my heart.

So everyone passed. Yay!

Yeah. Though, apparently...

We could've taken this test as many times as it took.

Wait, what do you mean?! We had more than one chance?

Yeah. This one guy failed, but the teacher just sent him back to his desk to try again.

Are you serious?!

So, we didn't actually need to study that hard for it?

Well, if we didn't study a little bit, we'd never get some questions right no matter how many times we tried.

Exactly. Also, I imagine the teacher purposefully kept quiet about that part.

If students knew that they had unlimited attempts, at least some of them would slack off.

Oh... That makes sense.

But... I think I preferred it this way.

You did?

Hmm... I was thinking during the test.

About how nice it's been studying with you guys this past week.

Shiraishi...

You guys worked so hard to teach me so much, and I became able to answer questions that I was clueless about at first...

I realized how much your support and kindness have kept me afloat.

And I realized how glad that makes me feel!

Also... I was really pleased to be able to answer the questions. Especially since I can finally read Classical Japanese...

I even got to understand what the person writing it was feeling... It was kinda fun.

I usually don't like studying since it's so hard, but I realized that it's not all so bad.

I know what you mean.

When I finally solved those math problems that'd given me so much trouble, I had a real sense of accomplishment.

Yes! I've also come to enjoy physics more than before!

I still don't exactly love studying...

But I'm really happy I did my best!

Shiraishi...

I have all of you to thank for this.

Not just you three for teaching us, but you two for studying so hard alongside me...

So, thank you so much!