Not long afterward, the door opened.
"Sorry to bother you," Yui Hama said with a smile.
"Sorry for the trouble," Yukino Yukinoshita said, smiling as well.
"It's fine. I was going to tutor them too, so you can join us. The atmosphere will definitely be better," Tsukikawa Shu said.
"Them?" Yui Hama tilted her head, not quite understanding.
Yukino Yukinoshita was equally confused.
As they stepped into the entryway, the two of them noticed something was off.
Why were there two more pairs of round-toed loafers by the entrance?
They looked like the standard shoes worn by middle school students.
There was also a smaller pair of slippers with rabbit decorations on them, clearly meant for a girl.
Could Tsukikawa-kun have quite a large family? Yui Hama was deeply puzzled.
In the end, they followed Tsukikawa Shu upstairs until he opened the door—
Three girls came into view. Two of them were hugging each other and crying, while another girl with medium-length hair narrowed her eyes as she watched with great interest, practically wearing the words "here for the drama" on her face.
"Hello..."
Yui Hama barely managed to react and gave them a stiff greeting.
Yukino Yukinoshita, on the other hand, frowned.
There was a whole room full of girls, with Tsukikawa Shu as the only boy. No matter how she looked at it, something felt wrong.
Meanwhile, Goto Hitori and Ouyama Mahiro hurriedly sat properly upon seeing outsiders enter, and the atmosphere instantly became unbearably awkward.
Tsukikawa Shu, who came in behind them, introduced everyone present.
"I'll go prepare some fruit. You all get ready too. Take out your workbooks first. Yukinoshita and I will check your grades in a bit," Tsukikawa Shu said.
Tsukikawa Shu went downstairs to prepare the fruit, leaving a room full of girls