One in the afternoon.
Uesugi Hara arrived at the exam venue early.
He was there to claim a seat.
But it seemed someone had arrived even earlier than him.
Two girls were already in the room.
Ichinose Honami and Sakura Airi.
Ichinose Honami was resting with her head on the desk, while Sakura Airi sat in the same spot as yesterday, looking at her Blog.
Uesugi Hara didn't disturb the resting Ichinose Honami. He walked straight over and sat beside Airi.
The two of them were messaging on their Terminals.
"Airi, you came so early. Have you eaten?"
"I have."
"Then why did you come so early?"
"I didn't have anything to do, so I came."
That was what happened when she had no friends to visit...
Uesugi Hara ruffled her hair.
"So what were you looking at just now, Airi? You seemed really engrossed."
"M-my Blog."
Airi grew a little shy. It was weird to look at her own Blog, wasn't it?
"Did you find anything interesting?"
"Some... some of the comments made me... really happy."
"Then let's look at them together."
"...Okay."
Airi shyly turned her Terminal toward him, and the two of them browsed through the Blog comments together.
The sound of a vibrating Terminal rang through the quiet room.
Ichinose Honami woke up as well.
Her alarm had gone off.
"Uesugi, Sakura, you're here."
Airi nodded.
Uesugi Hara answered, "Yeah. Ichinose, did you not get enough rest last night?"
"A little. Since I came early, I thought I'd catch up on some sleep."
"But what were you looking at just now?" Ichinose Honami asked curiously.
Uesugi Hara didn't answer. That was Airi's private business, so she should be the one to say.
Airi answered softly, "I was looking at... my Blog."
Seeing that Airi didn't seem