COTE: Reaction

Chap 8: Test papers and points

A/N

combining buying test papers and test point in the same chapter. a suggestion given by @TonyDark9 that i decided to take up.

Anyway, enjoy!

"Let's start the next video!"

Context: 2 days before the midterm exams, during lunch time

When it was lunchtime, I got out of my seat with a goal in mind. Then I headed to the cafeteria.

"Where are you going?"

After having noticed me rush out of the classroom, Kushida followed. Stopping in front of me, she leaned over and looked up to me.

"Because it's lunch, I thought I would go to the cafeteria."

"Fuun. Is it fine if I go with you?"

"It's fine, but you have a lot of other people you can ask too, you know."

"Yeah, why try talk to him specifically?" Shinohara wondered.

"Well, I thought he looked lonely, I guess, and did not want to make him feel left out," Kushida explained.

"Even though I have a lot of friends I can eat with, you have no one. Also, although you would usually talk to Horikita-san first, you didn't say anything today. Didn't you say yesterday that you were worried about something in the staff room? What was that?"

As usual, Kushida was listening to the surroundings; or rather, observing her surroundings. Honestly, I thought it would be annoying if someone was always, but I think it's fine if it's Kushida. I only got to know her secret by chance. I won't do anything bad.

"What secret? You know a secret of Kikyo-chan's?" Ike asked me.

"E-eto... He just chanced upon it so I explained it to him and told him to tell nobody... It's nothing important!" Kushida said, the cheery facade breaking for half a second for a moment.

"Huh? Oh, ok..." Ike sighed, as if rejected.

"I can tell you, but will you promise not to tell anyone else?"

"Keeping secrets is my strong point!"

We made our way to the cafeteria. Before long, we entered the confusion of the cafeteria and got to the meal ticket machine. After buying a ticket for two portions, I moved away from the ticket vending machine and didn't line up at the counter. From there, I looked at the fingertips of the students who were buying their food.

"What is it?"

Kushida looked at me in curiosity.

"There is a possibility that this will lead to an answer to what I was concerned about."

I looked at all the students who were buying lunch. After about 20 students, I found my target student. The student bought the meal and walked over to the counter with heavy steps.

"He looks so despondent..." A first-year girl muttered.

"Alright, let's go."

"What? Ok."

Quickly exchanging our tickets for meals, I walked over to the student and sat down.

"Um, excuse me. You're... a senpai, right?"

"...Huh? Who are you?"

Quietly looking up, he looked at me, uninterested.

"Are you a second-year? Third-year?"