Thanks for waiting, everyone!
Hm? Is it just you, Aoyagi?
Where are An and Shinonome...?
About that...
They said that they won't be able to make it to practice today, so we'll just be doing solo practices.
Oh, okay. That's alright with me...
But does that mean something happened between An and Shinonome...?
I'd actually like to ask you about that...
...?
Hello.
Welcome, Kohane.
Everyone else is already here.
I heard that you're studying for exams?
Not me but...
These two...
*Sigh*...
This wasn't supposed to happen...
Oh, could it be...?
What happened with Tono left you with no time for schoolwork?
No, exams happened before that and has nothing to do with this.
But I told them so many times to be mindful of these things...
I think they know, Aoyagi...
Everybody makes mistakes, so let's try not to worry too much about failing a couple tests, okay?
Hey, who said I failed?
I passed... Barely...
Kohane, for my own sake, please don't pin that kind of thing on me...!
Huh? But you said that you have to take a make-up...
The make-up includes not just the ones who failed but those within ten points of failing as well.
Oh, that's why they're making you take it.
So how many points above failing were you two?
Eight points.
Nine...
Really?! You were so close!
I know, right?!
If you round up, that's ten! There's no point in us taking the make-up!
That's not the point. You're well below the average, so there is reason for you to have to take it again.
...
As tough as this sounds, try your best. I'll try to find some good studying music in the meantime.
Yeah, thanks...
I'll even throw in some drinks.
Promise to study hard, okay?
Yes, ma'am...
I, um... I'll help too!
Don't worry, An!
Kohane...!
Thank you so much!!
Now, we should get started...
Shiraishi's on Classics and Akito has to do English. I'll help Akito with English, and Azusawa...
Right. I'll help An with Classics.
An, do you have your exam with you?
Yeah, here...
Oh, you missed a lot of points in the vocab section...
Akito did the same thing.
Having a good vocabulary usually makes everything else much easier...
If only you gave this as much attention as you do when it comes to singing...
I was trying to do things efficiently...
Guessing which questions will most likely be asked isn't the same as studying efficiently...
Okay, fine. My bad...
Hehe.
Let's get started too, An.
Okay.
Hmm...
This phrase usually means...
Interesting, charming, cute or something along the lines of being touching in some way.
Right, I get that...!
But this other one, uh...
That means...
Azusawa, spoon feeding her answers won't help her learn that stuff.
In the event that they do fail the make-up exam, they'll be forced to take classes on the weekend.
They'll even be put on the secret blacklist of students with bad grades that the teachers made.
What?! A blacklist...?!
Wait, you actually believe in stuff like that? There's no way something like that actually exists.
Yeah, there's no way!
But there's also the saying, Where there's smoke, there's fire.
D-Does that mean something like that could actually exist...?
(What do we do if they do put An on the blacklist...?)
(Wait, everyone else might start making fun of her for that too...)
Look, it's Shiraishi. I heard she had to take a make-up again after she bombed it the first time.
Aww, poor her...
Hey, how about we have Shiraishi do all our homework so she'll get better at studying?
Kohane!! Help me!!
No, An... An...!
Hm? Kohane?
An..!
We have to keep trying! I don't want to see anyone make you do their homework for them!
What? Me doing other people's homework...?
It's okay, An!
You're not going on the blacklist!
Let's just start by expanding your vocabulary! Try to memorize everything on these two pages in the next ten minutes!
H-Hold on, Kohane...
Wait, two pages in ten minutes?!
Toya, why did you have to say that?! Kohane's not gonna show me any mercy now...!
But you'll have to move at least at that pace to get through this today.
You too, Akito...
Huh? Uh, I was just thinking about something...
They might be at this a while.
You're probably right.