Chapter 208: Amami-san’s Change
It was the middle of July. The rainy season finally ended. The long-awaited summer vacation would start next week, but our exam was around the corner.
Summer was a season filled with excitement like club activities and romance, but the school dampened everyone’s mood with a heavy amount of assignments. Of course studying was important for us, but at the same time, I preferred spending my summer vacation playing around and doing nothing productive.
Well, I guess having to balance having fun and studying was the main hurdle of being a student.
After school, the day before the exam, the usual five-person group were hanging out at a family restaurant. Usually we would hang out at my place, but Umi said that we should go somewhere else once in a while, so we came here instead. On the table were our textbooks, along with our drinks.
“I see, I understand now… Thank you, Maki. Thanks to you I can avoid getting red marks again.”
“You’re welcome. You shouldn’t be that worried, though. Haven’t your grades improved lately?”
“Ah, now that you mention it, I took fewer remedials these days. Even my parents are surprised.”
I’ve been watching his studies for a while now. It seemed like he studied by himself in secret. He had been making some progress as his grades were better compared to when he first asked me for help.
He was still barely passing, but it was progress nonetheless.