Classroom of the Elite: After the Information Refresh, They Always Wanted to Win Me Over!

As she drew, Shiina Hiyori realized that, at some point, Shimizu Akira had started staring at her absentmindedly as well.

They had only recently begun dating, after all, so they were both still a little self-conscious. Her earlobes reddened slightly as she asked, "Why do you keep looking at me?"

Shimizu Akira answered honestly, "Because I don't understand drawing, so all I can do is carefully observe my cute girlfriend and remember every part of her properly."

This blockhead could say something sweet too?

Shiina Hiyori adjusted her hair slightly and shot him a look. "We're a couple. We'll definitely be living together, not separating right away, so why would you need to deepen your memories of me? The reason I'm recording the trees is because we only have a little over a year left before we leave this school. By then, we won't be able to take care of the trees ourselves."

Though she was only raising one... no, two trees, Shiina Hiyori, who had no prior experience with nurturing things, was unexpectedly serious about it. Coming over once a week to tend to them had become something of a habit.

They were second-years now, and the second semester would soon be over. The remaining year or so would pass in the blink of an eye.

Shimizu Akira said with a smile, "When the time comes, we can just ask Chabashira-sensei to take care of these two trees. You don't need to think so much about it."

"Chabashira-sensei...?" Shiina Hiyori suddenly recalled that, when she had coffee with Kushida Kikyou a few days ago, Kikyou had mentioned that Chabashira seemed to like Shimizu Akira.

Would she really choose to stay at this school?

Hiyori thought that if she truly liked him the way Kikyou said, then the moment Shimizu