Mid-terms Exam with Yandere

"Good morning, Minamoto-kun."

"Good morning, Tsukinaga-san."

Recently, I often go to school with Tsukinaga-san. Feeling bad about keeping her waiting for me, I started leaving early as well.

"Hoaahmm~"

"Did you not sleep well last night?"

"Something like that. I was so engrossed in the novel last night that I didn't realize it was nearly morning."

"What kind of story was it?"

"It's an isekai story that takes the perspective of a side character. So the main character is an NPC in a futuristic RPG game where everything uses AI. What I like about this story is the protagonist who has a strong character. He is a commoner who was frequently abused by the nobles, weak, lacking in talent, but despite all that he never gave up. This is a kind of zero to hero story but with a lot of lessons to be learned."

"For you to say it like that, surely the story is truly interesting."

"Yeah! I know fantasy isn't your genre, but I recommend this one for you to read."

"Well, I'll give it a shot later. Just tell me when you finish reading it, I want to borrow the book."

"Oh it's not officially published yet. It's still a web novel so you can read it for free via your smartphone. The title is TAOSC, I'll send you the link later."

"Okay. I'll read it after the test."

"Roger that....
Wait, what did you say?"

"I'll read it after the test."

"What test?"

"Mid-term test."

"When is it?"

"Two weeks from now."

I breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that.

"Thank goodness it's still two weeks away."

"What are you talking about? We ONLY have two weeks to prepare."

"Two weeks is a lot of time to prepare."

"It's not."

"Then how many times do you need?"

"So, how many times do you need to start preparing for it?"

"A month, maybe?"

My jaw dropped. All my life, I've always studied for exams only the day before. It never crossed my mind that someone would prepare it way in advance.

"So Minamoto-kun."

"No! I don't wanna hear it."

"From now on let's start studying together."

"Lalalalalalala."

I covered my ears and yelled loudly so that Tsukinaga-san's dreadful words will not enter my ears. But, she was immune to all my tantrums and pulled my hand that was covering my ear.

"Everyday, after school, at the library. I won't tolerate any slacking off."

I gulped hard. When she said she won't tolerate, it means just like what the words mean. If I skipped a day, I don't know what is going to happen to me the day after.

I don't have any choice except nodded obediently.

"Good. Every day I mean starts from today. So prepare yourself after school later."

My shoulders slumped low. It's still early in the morning, but my spirit is already drained dry like a salary man after working late into the night.

From that day on, I had a study session with Tsukinaga-san everyday after school. I didn't like studying from the start, so this felt more like a boot camp than studying together. Even so, Tsukinaga-san still taught me patiently. She knows me very well. Whatever reason I gave didn't work on her since she knows how to handle it. I don't know whether to be happy or sad to have a girlfriend like her.

For two weeks, or rather three with the exams, I studied very hard it was like I'm going to take an entrance exam. Even after the study session, Tsukinaga-san still giving me homework. Truly, I felt like I was doing nothing else but studying.

But perhaps thanks to that hardship, I came to the exam well prepared. Usually, turning over the exam paper is like opening Pandora's box. I know there will only be disaster doing so. But this time I didn't feel that way. I can do most of the questions without any problems.

When I received my exam results paper, I could only gape in disbelief.

"No way...."

Not only did I not get any red marks, but all of my grades were over eighty. This is the highest score I've ever gotten in my life.

As soon as school is over, I run towards the person I most wanted to meet right now. I heard the class rep yell at me but I ignored her.

When I almost arrived at her classes, I saw Tsukinaga-san just came out of class. With my current speed, I almost ran into her. Luckily I was able to brake in time.

"Tsukinaga-san!"

"W-What?!"

After I ran and shouted her name out of nowhere, I didn't finish my sentence since I was busy taking a breath.

"What happened? What made you run like that?"

"Tsukinaga-san!"

"Yes?"

Tsukinaga-san tilted her head. A question mark seemed to float out of her head.

Kuh! How cute!

"I made it, Tsukinaga-san!"

"...What did you make exactly?"

"The test. I passed every subject. Furthermore, I got over eighty in every test."

"Well, I'm happy to hear that."

"It's all thanks to you. If it wasn't for you, I would have a hard time passing the red marks."

"No, it's not. It's all thanks to your own hard work."

"Well it's true. But you're the one who made me do all that studying stuff. In other words, it's thanks to you I made it. Plus, your way of teaching was amazing. They're very helpful."

"You are exaggerating."

Tsukinaga-san blushed. She averted her eyes while wiggling around.

I didn't realize it earlier, but talking in front of the door surely attracted a lot of attention. Especially with all the shouting I did, now we become the center of attention of all students.

My face blown red as well. With a low voice, I asked Tsukinaga-san to move somewhere else.

"Shall we get going?"

She nodded shyly. Pretending not to notice all the eyes that were fixated on both of us, we left the school ground.

On the way home, we stopped by to buy a crepe and go to the park to eat it.

"Too sweet," she mumbled.

"What flavor is yours?"

"Vanilla. Why?"

"Do you mind if we swap? Mine is too sweet."

I take a look of Tsukinaga-san's crepe. It's true that hers is more 'lively' than mine.

"I don't mind but..."

I'm still hesitant to exchange the food I just ate with hers. I mean it's an indirect kiss, right? But why doesn't she seem bothered at all?

Tsukinaga-san shoved her crepe at me so I had no choice but to accept it. After we each held a different crepe, Tsukinaga-san immediately ate it right beside my bite mark. Seeing her unfazed doing that amazed me.

Seeing the crepe in my hand, I can't help but gulped. My mind wildly imagines Tsukinaga-san's lips that just touched the crepe and now I'm about to taste the mark she left behind.

Gulping one more time, I take a bite after a long time.

Sweet.

This crepe is indeed sweeter than mine. But maybe that's what the seller intended from the beginning.

"Are you bad with sweet food, Tsukinaga-san?"

"Yes, I'm not used to it."

"That's surprising. I thought all girls had sweet tooth."

"Maybe mostly, but I'm not one of them."

"Then why did you order it anyway?"

Tsukinaga-san looked embarrassed when she wanted to answer my question.

"I'm just curious. Once in a while, the girls in my class talk about it, having fun after school with their friends. Eating sweets, go to karaoke, etc. Hearing them everyday makes me want to give it a try as well."

Tsukinaga-san doesn't seem to have many friends. I've been forgetting about it lately, but Tsukinaga-san always spends time alone in the library. I never saw her going home with her friends nor had an exciting conversation with anyone. Apart from me, she is always alone.

"Let's do it then!"

"What?"

Tsukinaga-san was confused to see me who suddenly stood up.

"Let's do what the girls in your class say. After this we have the summer holiday, so we have plenty of time to do whatever you want."

Tsukinaga-san was flabbergasted. But then her mouth closed and turned into an arc.

"Will you do it for me? I mean it's not worth wasting your time."

"What are you saying? It's thanks to you that I don't have to take supplementary class. So this is a payback for that. Besides, it never crossed my mind that spending time with you is worthless."

Tsukinaga-san's cheeks slowly turned red. Right after that she threw her head to the side.

"Then I'll be in your care for the rest of the summer holiday."

"Yes! Just leave it to me!"