A 520 KTV Adventure and a Double Birthday Party That Took a Sudden Turn

Ever since Class 1-D brought back the terrible news of the changed exam scope from the office on May 15, they had completely plunged into a hellish pre-exam cram period.

Horikita Suzune, the person in charge, displayed a chilling level of efficiency, staying up almost nonstop to organize the key points from the newly added material.

Over the past few days, messages in Class 1-D's group chat had been refreshing at an incredibly rapid pace, as though everyone feared missing the latest update.

Even through the screen, one could feel the suffocating tension, as though someone might be expelled at any moment.

Less than two days remained until the midterms on the twenty-second.

Inside the girls' dormitory.

Karuizawa Kei lay sprawled over her desk in despair. Looking at the densely packed review notes before her, she felt as if her brain were about to start smoking.

"I can't do this anymore. If I keep reading, I'm seriously going to throw up..."

Just as she was about to close her eyes and rest for a while, the phone beside her desk suddenly vibrated.

She hurriedly picked it up and checked it.

Tatsuya Sakuya: [Want to go to the KTV at Keyaki Mall? My treat.]

Karuizawa Kei froze for a moment, then swiftly typed out a reply with both hands.

[The midterms are the day after tomorrow. Couldn't you pick a better time?]

A few seconds later, he replied.

Tatsuya Sakuya: [All work and no play makes life dull. It's my birthday today, though. But if you need to study, forget it.]

Bang!

Karuizawa Kei sprang up from her chair, slamming her knee hard into the desk.

B-Birthday?

That guy's birthday was actually May 20?!

"Th-That idiot, why didn't he tell me sooner?!"

Karuizawa Kei: [Fine. Wait for me there.]

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