classroom of the elite : slow changes

Chapter 7 : LET THE EXAM BEGIN!

"No no no, Kiyopon, repeat after me, 'As the proud soldiers of Knight Hirata, we shall stop you in your tracks!"'

The day before the exam had come, currently I was rehearsing for my role as 'soldier 2' for our Princess and Knight play'.

The plot was basically a rip off Romeo and Juliet, but knowing our class It'll most likely have many unnecessary surprises.

"As the proud soldiers of Knight Hirata, we shall stop you in your tracks...​" I replied dryly.

Honestly if there's one thing I'm not cut out for it's acting.

Lack of human interaction is the reason for this.

"Ahhh mou, more expression Kiyopon! Have you ever smiled!?!" Haruka reprimanded me with a dissatisfied look.

Whilst Haruka disliked alot of the members of our class she was able to behave like her normal self since she was only teaching me and Keisei.

I was next to her trying to learn my lines, for the play.

Well it's not like I couldn't learn my lines.

Infact if memorised the whole play in less then a minute.

My issue was my lack of expression and emotion.

Of course this was no fault of my own fault.

I honestly wish I could do a better performance.

It's just that I can't really express myself.

I came for this exact type of school life so being unable to perform is kind of upsetting.

"Alright let's take a break!" Called Yosuke from the main stage.

I scanned my surroundings.

Whilst many students were visibly tired most were happy with spirits high.

In the gymnasium we were all present including Koenji.

"I've got drinks!" I heard Kushida call.

Instantly many students surrounded her.

"As expected of Kushida!"

"Thank you, your so thoughtful!"

Such praise was mounted on the girl, which no doubt was fueling her ego.

Haruka beside me sighed.

"Kushida's so nice isn't she?, she's just about the only girl outside of our group I can get along with"

I'm not sure about that.

"Maybe truly good people do exist..."​Haruka​ said that smiling lightly.

This does make me think though, is it even possible for truly good people to exist?

If Kushida's outside face was the same as her inside one for example.

While I think that's theoretically impossible its a good question.

After all, everyone has bad thoughts and intentions all the time.

Whilst some show it more than others everyone experiences feelings of malice, jealousy and the like.

It's inevitable some of us also inwardly put others down before properly analysing the person for how they appear to be, instead of how they truly are.

For example, assume you knew nothing about Kushida and I saw her or a large shady looking student dressed all in black, smoking with his face half covered on school grounds, who would you trust more?