"Hey! Satsu!"
"Hey! Satsu!"
"Wake up!"
Ayanokoji called out twice in a row, but Satsu remained lost in his dreams without any response.
Finally, Suzune, who had been watching from the side and could no longer stand it, picked up a compass and viciously stabbed it into Satsu's arm.
"Gah—!"
Pain shooting through him, Satsu let out a howl identical to the Tom Cat meme. Seeing this, Ayanokoji closed his eyes and sympathetically patted Satsu on the shoulder, as if to say—
"When you end up with a leader like this, you just have to accept your fate!"
Ayanokoji knew that feeling all too well. The mark Suzune had left on his arm last time still had not faded.
"We're going to Horikita's study session today, remember, Satsu?" Ayanokoji reminded him kindly.
"Why are you always sleeping? It feels like every time I come looking for you, you're asleep."
Whether he attended the study session or not had never mattered much to Ayanokoji, and he had no other plans anyway.
But with Suzune right beside him, he could not exactly act reluctant.
"A study session? What study session?" Rather than answer Ayanokoji's question, Satsu feigned confusion.
"Hm~?"
Seeing Satsu play dumb, Suzune offered him a friendly reminder from the side. She held up the compass still in her hand, its tip flashing with a chilling glint from time to time.
Satsu's arm immediately began to throb. Not wanting to get stabbed again, he hurriedly changed his tune.
"Ah... ah! The study session, right? I remember now."
"Horikita, but hasn't our task already been completed? Tutoring Sudo and the others is your responsibility."
Suzune put away the compass and, unusually, explained in a calm tone. "It would be better if you two intermediaries were present."
"Besides, all three of them are