"Rei."

  Hearing his name called, Ishigami looked up and saw Onodera. Still, he was as calm as ever, but strangely enough, Tsubame felt a little panicked. However, she soon calmed down and greeted Onodera in a friendly way as usual. "Rei-."

  Regardless, Tsubame couldn't help but g Ishigami and Onodera, feeling slightly surprised that they called each other by their first names. Still, she just taught Ishigami, and she didn't think she had done anything wrong. Even if they did, it didn't matter since she knew her of them dated each other.

  If someone was wrong, it would be Onodera, who thought her retionship with Ishigami ecial.

  "What are you two doing?"

  When she asked, she approached them, trying to appear as calm as possible. Yet, inwardly, she felt unfortable watg how close Ishigami and Tsubame were.

  She knew Ishigami would be studying in the library, so when she finished her club, she came directly to visit him, wishing to study together. At the same time, she thought of teag him since she khat his grade wasn't that good, yet when she arrived, she didn't expect Tsubame to be there.

  "She is teag me."

  "Yup." Tsubame nodded and said happily, "Yuu-kun is smart! He uand my teag easily!"

  "Don't act like a mother who is happy that her son is smart."

  "Geez, don't get embarrassed, okay?"

  "...as I have said before, don't get all too touchy, okay?"

  Ishigami was so helpless when Tsubame tried to touch him again and quickly stopped her.

  Let's say that he touched her; what would happen?

  ht, this young woman ervert, so she enjoyed being touched by a young man like him.

  As the two started to talk to each other, Onodera could feel that she coulder the world of the two, and at the same time, she felt like... he slowly disappeared from her. While she khat Tsubame only taught Ishigami, she couldn't help but feel regret for introdug Tsubame to Ishigami.

  Still, Ishigami was as gentle as ever, so he had never ignored Onodera. "Rei, I have Tsubame-senpai, who is rah iire grade, to teach me now. Be careful. On the exam, I will overtake you."

  "...do you have to mention my rank now?" Tsubame eechless.

  "I think that your achievement will make it easier for Rei to uand how dangerous I am going to be in the exam."

  "...that's my achievement, okay? If you want t, use yours ter." Tsubame sighed, then looked at Onodera with a smile. "Rei-, do you wao teach you? Let's stop this guy from getting ahead of himself."

  "That's a good idea." Ishigami nodded and said solemnly, "In the shonen manga, the existence of a rival is necessary to make the protagonist bee stronger, so let's study together Rei."

  "Rei-, e on! Follow us to study and use your power to beat this protagonist wannabe!"

  "Hey, hey. Tsubame-sensei, you 't be unfair and teach Rei all the time."

  "It's fine, right~? I have taught you before~! Now, it is Rei-'s turn~!"

  Watg their edic exge, Onodera smiled and joiheir study. "Okay, okay. I will join, but Ishigami, let me show you the differeweeop 50th and the sed from the st position, okay?"

  "...Rei, don't bully me, okay?"

  As Ishigami eechless, Tsubame ughed; Onodera couldn't help but think that they could bee a sweet couple. With Tsubame, she could imagihat Ishigami would be happy, and for her, who wished to help him, she khat she should help Ishigami, yet... she wondered why... she didn't like it.

  'I hate it.'

  Onodera didn't like how Tsubame would be so close to Ishigami. She khat this thought of hers was selfish, especially when she khat she had mocked him and even joihers in saying many horrible things to him. Frankly, she khat she wasn't fit to be with him or even think to gain his affe.

  Yes, she knew her feelings well toward him, but as expected, as a girl, she was too shy to aowledge it, and she also wasn't sure whether Ishigami liked her, yet every time they talked, they had fun together, and the time they spent together... while it might be short, he had bee someone important for her, so whehought... he would do all of the things they experieo irls... she just didn't like the idea and she wanted him for herself.

  However—

  Watg how focused Ishigami was when studying and how Tsubame answered all of his questions seriously, Onodera closed her lips and also joihe study... yet, as expected, she couldn't focus.

  Regardless, watg the quiet Onodera, Kobaodded, feeling relief inwardly.

  'As long as it isn't Onodera, everything is fine...'

  ---

  As they studied, the time felt moving so fast, and soon after, it was time for the library to close. Naturally, they left the library after they had ed up their books and greeted Kobachi, on the library ittee. However, they didn't go home together sisubame had something to do.

  "I have to go back early! My older brother is about to get married, so I am going to meet my sister-in-w! Let's study together tomorrow again, okay?"

  While everything started because she wao repay him, Tsubame enjoyed her time with him and couldn't wait until tomorrow to e so she could be with him... no, to teach him!

  "Thank you, Senpai." 2x

  "Um~! See you tomorrow~!"

  Like a gale, Tsubame left, prepared to meet her sister-in-w, leaving Ishigami and Onodera alone.

  "Let's go back, Rei."

  "Um."

  While Onodera felt like her chest was being stricted by something, she could see he was calm and appeared gentle as usual.

  Was she the only one who felt this feeling?

  Did his heart race when they were alone?

  Or did he like Tsubame more?

  Onodera didn't like it, but if it was for his happiness, she thought that it was the best since she knew well that Tsubame was a good woman and she should support him, but—

  "H-How did you have Tsubame-senpai to teach you, Yuu?"

  "Hmm... to be ho, I am not sure, but she suddenly came to me and told me that she would teach me when she saw me studying in the library."

  "Oh? So, you teo meet each other in the library before?"

  "That should be the case."

  "...I didn't expect her to be the type who would go to the library."

  "Me too, but now, it is uandable since she is rah iire grade."

  "...you are... right."

  Ishigami decided to keep quiet about the fact that Tsubame had been following him and waiting for him to be alone.

  "...she is beautiful, isn't she?"

  "Yeah."

  Oried to smile as she asked, "Isn't she gentle?"

  "...she is too close to my liking, though."

  "Did you fall for her?"

  Ohought that Ishigami would give her a simir instantaneous answer, which made her eyes wet, but uedly, he turned, looked at her, held her hand, and asked her softly, "What's wrong?"

  "...don't."

  "Don't?"

  "Please... don't be gentle like this for me... I-I don't deserve it..."

  The mentle he was, the more she was uo hold her feelings. At this moment, she was afraid that all the feelings that she had suppressed would overflow, and she would say something that she shouldn't say to him.

  "I don't think so."

  Ishigami shook his head since if Onodera didn't deserve his kindness, then who would be?

  "You were the first person roached me. Even if everyoried to avoid me, you didn't care about them and tried to help me. More importantly, you apologized and admitted your mistakes. If that wasn't enough of a reason for me to be kind to you, then what is enough?"

  In the beginning, Ishigami wao take revenge on this horrible girl who mocked him; he khat she tried to be better, especially when she had treated him with many things and, more importantly, wished to help him ge.

  Their beginning might not be good, but as she was sincere, he would be lying if he wasn't moved by her words.

  "Let's go back."

  As Ishigami let go of her hand, thinking of getting a snack or two befoing to the gym, his hand was grasped. Naturally, he was familiar with this hand, as he had held this hand several times.

  "Rei?"

  "Yuu..."

  Watg his fusion, Onodera blurted out her feelings, "I like you, Yuu. Be my boyfriend."

  'Ah, I said it...'

  ---

  There is o wait until 100 chapters, okay?