Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 100

In the non-stop wind and snow, half of December has passed, and the weather is still cold.

Another day after school.

The evening shift meeting ended, Naruse greeted Shangzi, and was about to leave when several boys suddenly came over.

"Naruse, save us!"

"..."

The same situation seemed to have happened several times in middle school, and Naruse's first reaction was that they were going to drag him into a fight.

Until he saw the textbooks in their hands.

"Next week is the final exam, and I don't want to make up the exam!"

"……so?"

"Takikawa said that Naruse often helps people with their studies, so please help us too."

He turned to look at Hikari Takigawa, who was leaning against the back door of the classroom, chatting with a passing girl.

"Naruse should be fine now, right?"

"I have to go to the club."

"Isn't Naruse the mascot of the Restoration Department? It's okay to be absent occasionally."

"...Who said that?"

"please--"

Naruse looked at Shangzi, she tilted her head, and let him decide with her eyes.

"Just how many of you?"

"Narase agreed? That's great!"

"No, I'm asking..."

"——Narase agreed to tutor!"

"Really?" There were several boys gathered around in the classroom.

Naruse was a little helpless, "There are so many people, are you going to hold a study meeting?"

"Okay." The boys were very happy.

In the boys' conversations, this matter was quickly decided, and the location of the study meeting was in the classroom of Class C, and the time was after school these days.

And Naruse, who was in charge of tutoring them, didn't have much room to speak.

Shangzi looked aside for a while, then pulled his clothes, "Then I'll go to the department first."

Although the end of the term is approaching, she has his individual counseling, so she is not in a hurry. Before the ban on club activities comes down, she will continue to go to clubs when she should.

Naruse sighed, "Hmm..."

She smiled slightly, "Come on."

Naruse left, Naruse put down his schoolbag, sat back in his original position, and glanced around.

There are about seven or eight boys who want to participate in the study meeting. He doesn't know the current study situation of each of them, and there are too many people, and he doesn't intend to find out one by one.

The scope of the final exam has been delineated, and he is going to directly sort out the knowledge points within the scope of each subject. As for how much they can digest, it is up to them.

He briefly introduced, "Is there any problem?"

"Okay, that's it."

The boys agreed one after another. Their requirements were very low, as long as they could pass the exam--those with high requirements would not just come to him now.

"Then come in the order of the final exam arrangement."

The first subject of the exam was biology. Naruse found the biology textbook and waited for the other boys to take their seats. Takikawa Hikari also returned to the classroom at this time.

"Hey, are you having a study session... Count me in too."

Naruse turned his head to look at her, and wanted to say that she could receive counseling with Shangzi later, but there were already a few boys sitting around, so he didn't speak.

"Well, start with biology, sort out the knowledge points within the scope of the final exam... I mean, if you plan to join, just take out your biology textbook and notes."

"OK~"

Hikaru Takikawa was close anyway, so he sat in his original seat, spread out the textbook and listened to him explain the knowledge points.

"...The immune response is divided into three stages. The first is... Well, I think it should be tested here, so let's remember it."

The girl in the back seat of Naruse had already left, and the seat was occupied by another boy.

Hikaru Takikawa was taking notes, and from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the boy next to him who didn't respond to Naruse's words, so he glanced at him.

"Aren't you going to write it down, Naganuma?"

"what?"

The two basically had no communication at ordinary times. Naganuma didn't expect her to talk to him, flustered by her straightforward gaze, and reacted for a few seconds before opening his mouth.

"I... that, I don't need to remember."

"Ok?"

"My biology is actually pretty good. I understand what Naruse is saying now. I want to ask him to tutor me in math..."

"Really?" Hikaru Takigawa tilted his body slightly, and glanced at his biological notes, "Wow, really...you remember it in detail."

"well enough……"

Naganuma sat up straight unconsciously, "Actually, I am more interested in biology, and I usually study some related courses by myself. In the last exam, I was only a few points lower than Naruse."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "That's amazing."

Naganuma moved the note to the side and sat up straighter.

"Actually, I want to apply for the exam in the future..."

Sorting out the knowledge points, but muttering behind him all the time, Naruse turned to look at the two of them.

"Don't bother him."

"I'm sorry~" Hikari Takikawa lay down on the table and smiled again, "Go on, Mr. Harumi."

Naruse turned around.

Hikaru Takikawa smiled at Naganuma again, and made a silent gesture.

He nodded, but his reaction was a few beats slower, and she had already refocused on the notes in front of her.

After watching her for a while, Naganuma handed over his notes.

"I wrote down everything the teacher said in class, as well as my own additions... If you don't understand something, you can ask me."

Hikaru Takikawa was slightly surprised, scanned his notebook, turned his head and smiled.

"Thank you then."

The afternoon study session lasted until dark, and the biological part was finally over.

"Is this enough to pass?" A boy asked.

"Don't ask me."

Naruse packed his things, "I have sorted out all the knowledge points, and I have reminded the places that I think will pass the test. The rest can only be done by yourself."

"I hope Naruse's premonition is more accurate..."

"I hope so." He looked towards the back door, Shangzi leaned there, smiled and waved.

"gone."

Hikaru Takikawa quickly followed, and the three of them went back together.

The rest of the boys also packed up their things and prepared to go back.

Someone stepped on Naganuma's shoulder.

"I said, Naganuma..."

"Xiaolin? What are you doing?"

"You and Takikawa probably haven't spoken much at ordinary times, have you?"

"...More or less. What's the matter?"

Kobayashi was showing such an expression, and then became a little embarrassed.

"You guys are easy to understand in a certain way...but ah, don't get me wrong."

Naganuma blushed, "What the hell are you talking about?"

Kobayashi was letting go of him and shrugged.

"No, nothing, that's all I have to say."

Seeing a few other boys looking at him, Naganuma felt very uncomfortable.

"baffling……"

When he left, the rest of the boys got together.

"It's too bad, Naganuma has also fallen."

"It's definitely fallen, and it's just a few words... This guy is too easy to handle, and it's too easy to understand."

"But that's a trap... a trap called 'Takikawa Hikaru'."

"Even if you haven't said much, looking at Takikawa's usual words and deeds, you should be able to tell that she has that kind of personality, right? That Naganuma guy seems to take it all as a kindness to me..."

The boys were suddenly silent.

"...No, don't tell me, I thought Takikawa had a crush on me at first."

"Me too."

"I also confessed..."

Several people looked at each other.

"That guy from Naganuma didn't plan to do that, did he?"

"After staying in Class C for so long, you will still be confused by Takikawa's illusion, and you will be ashamed if you speak out."

The boys empathized with each other while feeling sorry for Naganuma, but it was getting late, and they dispersed quickly.

the next morning.

When he arrived at the school, Naruse was changing his shoes. Hikari Takikawa next to him opened the shoe cabinet, and a letter suddenly floated down and landed in front of him instead.

【To Takikawa Hikaru】

"..."

Surprised but not surprised, Naruse picked up the letter and handed it to her.

"It seems to be a boy this time." He judged from the handwriting.

Hikaru Takikawa himself had gotten used to it, and opened the envelope immediately after taking it.

"Ask me to go to the back of the gymnasium at noon... Is it noon? I have to have dinner with Yue... Hey, the afternoon is also fine, so I'll go in the afternoon."

She put away the letter, "When Chunhai arrives in the afternoon, remember to remind me."

"You remember it yourself."

"I will forget."

At noon, Hikaru Takikawa went downstairs to have dinner with his sister, and came back not long after, but a certain boy in the class hurried back to the classroom until class started.

When school was over in the afternoon and he was about to continue yesterday's study session, Hikaru Takikawa opened his schoolbag, saw the letter, and suddenly remembered what happened in the morning.

"Ah, I have to leave."

In front of Naruse and the boys, she waved the letter, "You guys start first."

"..."

His eyes followed her and the letter, until she left the classroom, the boys all stood up at once.

"Let's go and have a look... Naruse comes too!"

(End of this chapter)