The Story Of How I, A Gloomy Guy, Ended Up Surrounded By the Top-Tier Beautiful Girls In Class After A Seat Change

Chapter 100: Summer Vacation Is All About Doing What Everyone Says♡

The suspicion about me dating Airi has been completely cleared up, and now, with exams approaching, a tense atmosphere has taken over the school.

Classes have shifted to intensive sessions covering exam material, and even the students’ chatter has become focused solely on studying, with no more idle conversations.

…Except for about two troublemakers.

“Hey, hey! Let’s go bug hunting, to festivals, and to the pool during summer vacation!”

“That sounds great, Airi! I was just thinking about getting a new swimsuit this year.”

Every break, Airi and Yuria gather around my desk, talking about summer vacation. Usually, Kuroki Rui, the leader among the trio of beautiful girls, would tell them to study, but Rui is being bombarded with questions from other students about studying, so she can’t join the conversation.

Taking advantage of this, Airi and Yuria keep talking about summer vacation after the exams are over. Airi has been told she can’t work part-time if she fails her exams, and Yuria doesn’t seem to be doing too well in class either. Should I be the one to scold them in Rui’s place?

“Hey, you two. I get that you’re excited about summer vacation, but what about studying?”

“……”

When I casually ask them, they both look like the world is ending, their faces drooping in despair.

“H-Hey, what’s with those gloomy faces?”

“Ryota, you’re just acting all relaxed because you’re in the top 50 and get your name posted on the board, aren’t you?”

“You wouldn’t understand how it feels for us, who might get called out for failing and have our names posted for the wrong reasons.”

The two who were all smiles just a moment ago now look at me with dark eyes, as if they’re despising me.

“N-No, I didn’t mean to criticize you or anything.”

“Seriously, Ryota, it’s so easy for you because you’re smart. If you feel sorry for us, share some of your brain cells.”

“Even if I did, Yuria, you wouldn’t study.”

“Hear that, Airi? He thinks we’re stupid because we don’t study.”

“That’s so mean, Ryota!”

“You’re twisting my words!”

I can’t believe they both dislike studying so much, and yet they managed to get into our high school… I understand Airi did it for her family’s sake, but what’s Yuria’s story?

“Oh! I’ve got an idea! If Airi and I manage to avoid failing any of our exams, how about you spend your entire summer vacation following our plans, Ryota?”

“What? What the—?!”

“That sounds amazing! Then I’ll have you run and get ice cream for me whenever I feel like it.”

“Yuria, what are you talking about? That’s not even a plan!”

“In that case, I’ll make you carry my shopping bags.”

While we’re talking, Kuroki Rui somehow appears at my desk.

(Why does she always show up just when these conversations get started…? Seriously!)

“If that’s the deal, then we’ve got to study. Let’s do it, Airi.”

“Got it!”

Whatever the reason, the two finally get fired up and return to their desks to open their textbooks.

“Good for you, Ryota-kun.”

“…Well, I guess I should be happy that beautiful girls like you are inviting me to do things during summer vacation, but it doesn’t make sense to study just for that reason, right?”

Rui gives me a mischievous smile.

“Let’s spend lots of time together during summer vacation, okay?”

Seriously, what’s going to happen to my summer?

A chaotic summer vacation was approaching.

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Chapter 101: Yuria’s Request♡

After Airi and Yuria managed to avoid getting failing grades, it was decided that I would be at the beck and call of the three beautiful girls during the summer vacation. It’s been a week since then, and the two girls from the reverse poster group, excluding Kuroki, have been studying like completely different people.

(Are they really that eager to make me do their bidding during summer vacation?)

As I watched them silently study during lunch break, I found myself lost in thought.

(Well, in Airi’s case, I understand she’s serious because she’s banned from working a part-time job, but for Yuria, there’s no risk involved, so I don’t see why she has to be this serious about it…)

Well, in any case, for me, being at their beck and call during the summer vacation is more of a reward than a punishment.

While most people might hate having their precious summer vacation interrupted, in my case, I’m actually looking forward to this “punishment.”

The reason is that I usually spend my summer vacation in a completely self-indulgent way every year.

I wake up at noon, spend time on my phone while still in bed, eat whenever I feel like it, and then go back to bed at night. As an introverted otaku with no club activities, I repeat this almost every day for 30 days straight. I do it so consistently that even the witch from a certain magical girl show wouldn’t notice me.

That’s why I don’t mind being kept busy if it means I’m being kept busy by the three beautiful girls. In fact, it feels more like a reward than anything else.

“Hey, Ryota.”

While I was lost in my thoughts, Yuria, who was sitting to my left, started poking my left shoulder and talking to me.

What is it? Is there something she doesn’t understand?

“What’s up?”

“Um… Do you have time after school?”

“After school? I don’t have any plans, but are you going somewhere?”

“No, I was thinking we could have a study session since the test is in a week.”

I thought she was going to invite me to the arcade in the neighboring town for a break, but I was surprised by the unexpected choice of “studying.”

“How about inviting Airi too? Oh, but she has a date with her boyfriend today, so she can’t make it.”

Airi, who was sitting in front of us, turned around and chimed in on our conversation. Her boyfriend… oh right, Airi has work today.

She told me before that she had a lot of shifts during the cultural festival, so even during the test period, she’s working about once a week.

“Rui also has practice after school, right? So it’ll just be you and Ryota studying together? That sounds nice.”

Rui, who was busy with a track team meeting during lunch, apparently still has practice after school, even during the test period. Since she has the Inter-High coming up at the end of the month, it can’t be helped.

“Besides, Airi, didn’t you have a study session with Ryota the other day? You got really good at math after that, so today I’m going to absorb as much knowledge as I can from him.”

Yuria said with a grin, narrowing her eyes. Absorb… that sounds kind of suggestive.

“Don’t get any weird ideas.”

“Ouch.”

Did she read my thoughts? Yuria lightly chopped me on the head. As expected of someone who understands me so well. She even read my mind when I was mentally twisting her words into something inappropriate… No, wait, it’s Yuria’s way of saying things that’s suggestive.

“I’m back. What are you guys talking about so cheerfully?”

As we were talking, Rui returned to the classroom, apparently done with her meeting.

“Yuria was just saying that she’s going to have a study session with Ryota today.”

“Oh? Just the two of you?”

“Yep. Since you’re busy, and Ryota is good at studying and seems to have some free time, I thought I’d ask him to teach me.”

I feel like I’m being made fun of, but it’s a well-known fact that I’m a super free person, so I can’t really argue against it.

(Yeah, yeah, I’m just a bored, pervy, introverted otaku. Whatever.)

“Hmm… a study session, just the two of you. I see.”

Rui responded with a slow nod and narrowed her eyes to almost slits. What is with that reaction?

“Ryota-kun?”

“Y-Yes?”

“Take care of Yuria, okay? We all have to avoid failing the test, so make sure to teach her well in my place, alright?”