Oh, the next problem is...

Yikes, reading comprehension... I'm gonna need my Japanese-English dictionary...

*Sigh*

They've been making me take so many supplementary classes lately too...

(Fortunately, neither the teacher nor anyone else from class is here. That means I can take my time and look at my textbook while I try to solve these...)

Still, what's with all these worksheets?

Are they really gonna hold me back if I don't finish all of them?

No, wait! What if that's just their way of getting me to hit the books...?!

But I should probably just do my best to get through them. Having to repeat a year would be a total drag.

Alright, that's it for English!

That just leaves... Ugh, math...

I hope these problems only need me to plug and chug some formulas.

Huh? Mizuki?

Hm? Hey, Ena!

Wait, what are you doing here? Night school doesn't start for a while...

I was gonna check out this one store before coming here, but they were closed...

You didn't bother to check beforehand?

Hehehe...

Laugh all you want. I can always go tomorrow.

Anyway, why are you here? Supplementary classes? Are you sure they're not gonna make you repeat a year?

Nah, I'm actually pretty good at this stuff. In theory, it shouldn't take me too long.

If anything, my biggest enemy right now is my motivation level. I'm trying to solve these problems, but they're so boring.

Seriously...?

Shouldn't you be trying a little harder since there's a real possibility of you having to repeat?

I am trying...

Oh, I know...! You're free until classes start, right? You should stay here and study with me!

What? Oh, actually, we do have math today, and I'm probably gonna get called on...

That's all the more reason to stay and study!

Here, sit next to me.

Fine, it's not like I have anything else to do.

Wait, Mizuki, you're working on math too...?

Yup. Once I wrap up these problems, I'm free from my supplementary classes.

Really...? Oh, this formula looks kinda familiar. What was it for again?

Oh?

What happened to you being a year ahead of me?

Don't blame me. All this old stuff keeps getting replaced with new information.

Anyway, I need to check over what we're covering in class today.

(Grr. She totally brushed me off.)

(Still...)

Hm? What is it...?

Nothing. It feels like we're at school is all.

What do you mean? We are at school.

Hehe. I know.

Anyway, time to get through these problems!

(Hm...? That's weird. I thought this formula would give me the answer...)

(And there's nothing else like it in the textbook...)

Hey, Ena...?

Is this the right way to solve this problem?

Lemme see.

Sorry, I have no idea...

Okay.

Hmm... What should I do? This is the only one I can't figure out...

Why not just ask the teacher?

No way. Not after saying that it'd be a piece of cake. That'd be like me admitting defeat.

You're kidding, right...?

I mean, you can't go home until you solve that.

I know...

So, I'll just take a picture of this and...

<Mafuyu, am I solving this problem the right way?>

And send!

You won't ask your teacher, but you're willing to ask Mafuyu?

Yeah, 'cause Mafuyu's Mafuyu.

Uh, okay...? Well, we'll see if she responds before the day ends.

Oh, right. Mafuyu's always super busy...

I guess that means I should try a little harder to figure this out on my own.

So...

Whoa, hey! Mafuyu replied!

What?! No way! You literally just sent her that text! She figured it out already?!

Looks like it!

Check it out! She wrote how to solve it in her notebook and took a picture!

Oh, here's her message.

<You're using the right formula, but putting in the wrong numbers>...?

No, she's right! That explains why it was spitting out such a weird answer...

And it only took her a second to figure out. She really is smart...

Wow, she just totally saved me!

<Thanks for helping me solve that! That was actually the last worksheet they were making me do for my supplementary classes! You're a lifesaver, Mafuyu!>

It just goes to show that it's always nice to have a senior you can rely on.

Oh? Sorry I'm so unreliable.

No, don't say that!

Studying with you was so much fun, Ena♪

Eww. Now you're just being creepy...

What?! You meanie!

Haha!

Hehe.