Late November.

It was shortly after Fujiwara Sandai had arrived to select up Shino, his gyaru girlfriend, from her part-time job as standard that he seen one thing was off along with her.

Normally, when Sandai got here to select Shino up, she would have a smile on her face as if to say she’d been ready for him, however… in the present day she was oddly quiet and seemed like she was brooding over one thing by some means.

“What’s unsuitable?” Sandai requested.

Shino seemed away, after which out of the blue stopped in her tracks and bit her decrease lip.

“……” 

Shino was the sort who would instantly communicate if one thing was up, however her conserving silent like this was actually uncommon.

At a time like this, even when he had been to forcibly get her to talk, it could solely make it unnecessarily exhausting for her to talk up. Sandai stopped strolling, and determined to attend for Shino to start out speaking.

After a number of minutes had handed, because the streetlight flickered repeatedly, Shino lastly opened her mouth. “So I’ve a… request to ask…” Shino shut her eyes tightly, put her palms collectively, after which energetically bowed her head. “Assist me research! I wish to keep away from failing the finals! You stated earlier than you’ll assist me research if I’m having a tough time for the finals, proper? Sorry, I’ll depend on you!”

Apparently Shino wished Sandai to assist her research, and so took up on the supply that Sandai had stated earlier than about her counting on him when push involves shove.

In order that’s why, concurrently Sandai lastly understood why, he questioned as properly, is it a request to be so frightened about?

Sandai wasn’t the sort who would hate to assist research, and he had talked about that earlier than, so Shino ought to perceive that as properly.

Then why?

Sandai thought for a bit, after which realized—he realized that there was hardly any time left till the finals.

“I don’t thoughts serving to you research, however aren’t you a bit late in asking me? The finals are every week away…”

Certainly, there was just one week left till the finals.

The scope of the finals can be broad, cramming can be exhausting to do as properly, and it could be troublesome to cope with it with solely so many days left.

Sandai had definitely informed Shino to depend on him when push involves shove. That stated, that had been at first of this month, roughly three weeks in the past.

At that cut-off date, together with the remaining one week from now, there had been nearly a month to spare earlier than the finals. Exactly as a result of there had been that a lot time to spare, Sandai had confidently informed her to depend on him.

It was past his expectation to be requested to assist her by some means with one week left.

I’d certain like to have at the least two weeks. I want she might’ve requested me sooner, although… nah, I can’t flip again time. Now that she got here to me, simply considering stuff is a waste of time.

Some individuals would get indignant and exasperated at a time like this, however Sandai held no such emotions and easily seemed ahead.

For one, that was as a result of they had been a pair, however as a result of he additionally sympathized additional with Shino’s circumstances and emotions.

Shino often put loads of her spare time into her part-time job and didn’t have the luxurious to consider assessments. And within the midst of such a circumstance, she turned conscious of the looming finals, remembered her boyfriend’s phrases, and tried to depend on him.

So if he had been to get indignant at and exasperated with Shino, that might merely be insensitive. There was no approach Sandai would be capable of do such a factor.

Anyhow, attempting to do what he might do for now, Sandai took out a textbook and workbook from his bag, and went into occupied with how he ought to assist her research on this one week as he walked.

“Are you indignant…?”

“I’m not indignant.”

“Actually?”

“Actually. Proper now I’m pondering how I ought to provide help to research. Wait a bit.”

Though not absolute, there was the so-called development for questions that might come out for every topic and trainer. Sandai had gotten the grasp of that to a sure extent.

After taking that into consideration, a one-week timeframe was as troublesome because it was reckless. Although, since he was being relied on, as her boyfriend, he wished to do one thing by some means as her.

“…Sorry. I ought to’ve requested you sooner.”

“There’s no want so that you can apologize. I’m the one who stated you might depend on me. I’m accountable for my phrases. I’ve duties to meet my very own tasks.”

“…”

“It’s the final minute, so it’s gonna be every week filled with learning.”

“…Okay.” Wanting barely relieved, Shino gave a small nod.

Sandai smiled and rolled up the textbook in his hand.

“Let’s work exhausting.”

“Yeah! I’ll give it my—nn? Hey Sandai… there’s one thing I wanna ask…”

“What’s unsuitable?”

“Why’re you rolling up the textbook?”

“I’ll say it once more, however I’m not indignant. Neither am I exasperated. That stated, there are solely so many days. You realize that, proper?”

“I perceive that we solely have every week, and never one other week!”

“That’s proper. Pondering usually, it’ll develop into spartan in a scenario like this, proper?”

“Eh—mmmmnnnnggg.”

“It’s gonna get like this, proper?”

“Y-You’re angy, you’re completely exasherated!”

“No, I’m not.”

Sandai pushed and pressed the tip of the baton constituted of a rolled up textbook on his lovely girlfriend’s squishy cheek.

He was not indignant nor exasperated, not within the least. He genuinely simply had a way of obligation to information Shino to keep away from failing.

Nonetheless, Shino would most likely get demotivated with only a stick alone, so some type of carrot would even be mandatory. The problem was what sort of carrot ought to be ready.

Anyhow, the times of creating Shino research exhausting started.