Until My Spirit Was Destroyed By My Super Yandere Childhood Friend And I Fell Into Darkness - Chapter 3 (So, you know, why don't you teach me how to study?)

So, you know, why don’t you teach me how to study?

Today, it has been exactly two weeks since the very painful event that the girl I was interested in fell for Alan.

Needless to say, I was even more shocked when I heard that the girl confessed her feelings to Alan and they ended up going out.

Although the emotional scars have healed over time, it is still quite heartbreaking to see Alan and that girl talking happily in the classroom.

Ellen had made it somewhat better, but what is hard is hard.

“…I’ve got to get back on track now, the next regular test is coming up.”

I was the one who kept getting the first place in my grade in regular tests, but I was able to achieve this because I studied hard and desperately every day, it wasn’t because I was a genius.

Therefore, if I cut corners, I could be overtaken by others in no time.

Being first in my grade is the only thing I am proud of and it’s also my identity.

That’s why I absolutely cannot give up the first place to someone else.

As I was getting ready to leave, someone suddenly called out to me from behind.

“Hey, Kaito. Do you have a minute?”

“Um, you’re Minase-san right? Do you need something?”

When I turned around, I saw my classmate Yuki Minase standing there.

I still can’t completely match the faces and names of my classmates, but I know that Minase-san is the only gal-type girl in this class, so I recognized her.

But since Minase-san and I don’t usually have any contact with each other, we rarely talked.

If Minase-san is going out of her way to talk to me, she probably wants something from me.

“Kaito, you always come first in our grade in tests, don’t you?”

“Yeah, what about it?”

The top 10 students in the test were posted on the bulletin board on campus, so it was well known that I had been ranked No. 1 ever since I entered the school.

“So, you know, maybe you could teach me how to study? I’m in a bit of a pinch right now.”

“…huh?”

I had been bracing myself for what on earth she wanted, but I was surprised to hear such a request out of the blue.

Sure, I’m first in my grade, but I’m not confident I can teach her very well because I have no experience teaching others.

And to be frank, I’m quite uncomfortable with girls like Minase-san.

I began to think about how I could refuse, but was dissuaded when I heard the following words.

“I was working part-time to pay for my brother’s tuition, and I couldn’t keep up with the classes at all.”

“What do you mean you are earning money for your brother’s tuition?”

I was surprised to hear her say that she was earning money for her younger brother’s tuition, and I couldn’t help but ask her about it.

After that, I began to ask about the details of the situation.

Apparently, Minase-san’s family finances were very tight right now, and her parents could not afford to pay for her younger brother’s private high school tuition with just their earnings alone.

This was because her father, who was the breadwinner of the family, recently went through a restructuring and his income had drastically decreased.

At first, the younger brother apparently said he would quit high school to work, but Minase-san disagreed.

“He’s really good at what he does, unlike me. But when he said he was going to quit high school to work, I told him to stop joking. That I’ll earn his tuition money.”

After that, Minase-san started working part-time with a rather unreasonable schedule, and the truth seemed to be that she was unable to keep up with her classes because she was late for school more often.

“I didn’t really care if I got expelled because I was willing to quit high school to work for him. But when I told him about it, he cried, saying he didn’t want to ruin his older sister’s life because of himself. So, to reassure him, I don’t ever want to get expelled.”

At our high school, if you got a red mark on a test, you had to take a follow-up test, and if you fell below a certain standard on the follow-up test, you would be expelled from the school.

In other words, Minase-san probably thought there was a high possibility that she would be expelled from school if she continued as she was and asked me for help.

Incidentally, Minase-san was initially thinking of having a teacher teach her instead of me, but her recent bad behavior had been dragging her down and it didn’t seem to work out.

There was only one answer I could give after listening to Minase-san so far.

“All right, I’ll teach you how to study if you like.”

“I really appreciate it. With Kaito at the top of our class, You are a real force to be reckoned with.”

As soon as I told her I was going to teach her how to study, she looked really happy.

“So when and where do you want me to teach you?”

“I have a part-time job after school, so I’d prefer lunchtime. The place is the library because a classroom would be too conspicuous.”

After saying this, Minase-san left the classroom at a brisk pace.

I started to head for the shoebox, thinking about how I was going to teach her tomorrow.

Ellen should not have waited for that long, as it has only been about five minutes since the end of homeroom.