"Do I even need to explain this?" Senba Gari lightly tossed the test paper covered in countless O marks onto the table and said with a headache, "With grades like yours, who am I supposed to keep an eye on if not you? Look at Eli and Nozomi. Even though they were handling student council work for Honoka and the others a few days ago, their final grades were still at a high level. But you? I clearly went over all the key points with you in so much detail I couldn't have made it any clearer, and yet... tch. This is the first time I've ever thought red was such an eyesore."
"Mmgh... Th-this is my fault? It's not like being bad at studying is my fault," Yazawa Nico said to Senba Gari, unwilling to accept it.
"Not your fault? Then is it supposed to be mine? Seriously..." Senba Gari rubbed his temples with a headache. He didn't know what had been going on with him these past few days either. Every time he woke up in the morning, he felt sore all over, and his head kept aching from time to time. But he couldn't be bothered to pay it much mind and simply chalked it up to not sleeping well lately.
"You, can't you put in a little more effort? The schools you wrote down on your application aren't places you can get into with your current grades."
With a helpless sigh, he placed his hand on Yazawa Nico's head, then fiercely messed up her hair as if venting the gloom in his heart.
"Urgh..." Yazawa Nico, unable to say anything, pouted gloomily and stopped talking.
"Well, it's not like you haven't improved at all. If you could put even half the energy you spend on idols