"Would you care to come with us for lunch, Shizukana-kun?"
I looked up, seeing Horikita, Ayanokoji and Kushida.
School had just ended for the morning, and it was the day after Ayanokoji's couple of misfortunes.
In other words, I'd been spot on.
Kushida sent me a small wink, and I suppressed a smile from forming.
"Of c-course. Is this about the study group?"
"As a matter of fact, it is."
"Alright."
I stood up, and followed after the three of them, led by Kushida, towards Pallet.
I ended up paying for Ayanokoji's drink, due to requesting to.
He looked at me strangely, but I waved it off.
"I figured since I g-got some points for the whole Swimming t-thing, I could get my friend something, y-yeah?"
"You didn't have to though."
"It's fine. Besides, I-I owe you."
"You do?"
"Yeah, k-kind of."
Eventually, I just sighed.
"Okay, admittedly, I'd l-like to ask for your help with s-something, but at a later time okay?"
He nodded hesitantly.
"I swear it won't be a-anything bad, shake on it?"
I held out my hand, and he sent me that look again.
Maybe he doesn't know what a handshake is? Surely his life prior to high school wasn't that reserved was it?
Staring at my hand, he eventually held out his own hand, and we shook on it.
"If it's anything too much, I get to refuse."
"Deal!"
"So. What did you want to talk about?"
We turned our attention towards Kushida, who asked the question, and was sitting across from Horikita.
She also paid for her drink, likely as an apology.
"I'm making a study group to help Sudo-kun. Can you help us one more time?"
She glanced at me for a second, before responding.
Ah, she wanted more information, I forgot she's trying to learn more about Horikita.
"Who are you doing this for? Is it for Sudo-kun's sake?"
"No. This is for me."
"Is that so Horikita-chan. Acting for yourself, huh."
"Will you not help people who don't act for their friends?"
"I think you're free to think however you want. However, I wanted to make sure that you wouldn't lie, so I'm happy you answered honestly. Ok, I'll help you out, after all, we're classmates, right?"
She turned to look at us two guys, but just barely, I noticed the question was more directed at Ayanokoji.
How slick.
She's making me think the question was secretly directed at me, thanks to the conversation we had, but it was really a jab at Ayanokoji.
"Y-yeah."
I only smiled warmly.
"I want to ask you directly, though. It's not for your friends, it's not for the points. Is it to reach class A?"
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My New Life
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