Before the morning class began, Mashima Tomoya stood at the podium and flipped through the attendance sheet. He casually mentioned that anyone who still had not met the standard for swimming class had one week left to train hard. They would be leaving for a cruise vacation next week.
The classroom instantly erupted. Some shouted about the cruise, others asked whether it was the kind with a swimming pool, and the boy at the desk in front had already turned around to discuss with the back row whether there would be a casino on board.
Kiryu Yume lay sprawled over his desk and yawned. Beside him, Morishita Ran rested her chin on her hand and stared out the window, as though the topic everyone in the classroom was discussing had nothing to do with her.
"The school is sending us on vacation for free?" someone muttered from the front rows. "You'd have to be brain-dead to think that's possible. It's definitely an exam."
Several people nearby chimed in, but the discussion soon returned to the special exam.
Kiryu Yume lay on his desk with his eyes half-closed when he felt someone lightly poke his upper arm with a pen cap. He turned his head and saw Morishita Ran watching him, twirling the pen in her hand. "A cruise, huh? A huge deck, so many people in swimsuits. You'll be thrilled when the time comes."
"...What do you mean?"
"You'll definitely spend the entire time staring at everyone's legs!"
Kiryu Yume sat upright and glanced around before lowering his voice to protest. "How can you slander my innocence out of nowhere?"
"What innocence?" Morishita Ran tilted her head. "I saw you with my own eyes in swimming class the day before yesterday. You spent half the class staring at Kamuro Masumi's