The Villain Who Got Pinned Down Until He Ran Out Of Stamina ~ This Time I Raised The Protagonist's Affection Too Much And Everyone Fell For Me~ - Chapter 41: The Villain... Struggles With His Studies ②

“Ugh…”

After the math class ended, during break time. I was… glaring at the returned quiz paper.

“Hey, Kasajima. You look scarier than usual, you know?”

“Yeah… Like you’re about to go murder someone… gulp…”

I was not looking that murderous… probably.

Setting aside the boys in class whispering among themselves… I checked the score written in the corner of the quiz paper over and over again.

“Is this reality…?” 

“Yuji-kun, is something wrong? Your face looks scary.”

Yuito came to my desk. I reflexively hid the paper against my chest.

“Is that the quiz we just got back? Don’t tell me… you got a bad score?” 

“Y-yeah…” 

“…I see. But we still have two weeks until midterms, so it’ll be fine! I didn’t score very well today either, so we’re in this together.” 

“Yuito…”

How kind of him to encourage me.

“By the way, is it okay if I ask what score you got?” 

“I got 40 points.” 

“…” 

“Yuji-kun?”

The quiz was out of 50 points. 40 points was a high score!!

“What score did you get, Yuji-kun?” 

“It’s seriously bad, so please don’t ask…” 

“Really?”

No matter how little I’d studied, such a low score… there was no way I could let people see what might be the lowest score in class…

“—5 points.” 

“What?!”

Hearing a voice from behind, I turned around to find Riina standing there. And because she had peeked from behind, my score was now exposed.

“Hmm, 5 points… Kasajima’s score matches his appearance, huh? Hehe.” 

“Don’t snicker! You’re making it more humiliating! Besides, Riina-san, you must be in the same boat as me!” 

“Don’t judge people by their appearance, please~ I got 45 points.” 

“What?! …Yuito, is that true?” 

“Riina-chan is smart, so it’s not surprising she’d get a score like that.” 

“Seriously…”

Was Riina always this smart? I might have missed that since I sometimes skipped through parts of the game.

“I think if Riina studies properly, she could score even higher than me.”

Mahiro also joined us. As for Mahiro, when the quizzes were returned, she was announced as the only one in class to get a perfect score, so yeah…

“Riina. Want to compete with me for the midterm exams?” 

“No way. I’m the type who just studies enough to get all As on my report card.” 

“I need to study hard too. If I fail, I’ll have to take make-up classes.” 

“Well, I’m the one who needs to work hardest… So, Yuito, please! Teach me how to study for the test!!” 

“Of course. If I can help improve your scores, Yuji-kun.” 

“Thank you!”

If Yuito taught me, I could surely avoid failing.

“When should we do it? Next week?” 

“Well…” 

“Wait a minute! We already had plans for Yui-kun to study with us~” 

“I’m fine with Kasajima-kun joining us, making it four people. From the looks of it, Kasajima-kun seems like he’ll really struggle with test preparation. It’s probably better to have one more person teaching.” 

“Ugh…”

Just as Mahiro had said… Yuito had his own studying to do, so he couldn’t focus solely on me.

“So we’ll all study together then. Is that okay with you, Riina-chan?” 

“If Yui-kun and big sis are fine with it, then it’s okay… But can I decide the location?” 

“Sure.”

Studying with the beautiful sisters and Yuito, huh… I’d probably end up watching the three of them flirt again, but it couldn’t be helped if I wanted to avoid failing.

Where would we study? As I waited for Riina’s suggestion…

“Oh!” 

“Hm?”

Looking at me, Riina made a sound like she’d just thought of something. And then—

“Let’s have our study session at Kasajima’s house.”

W-what…?????