Jealousy?

It's been three weeks since the entrance ceremony and it's the last week of the month. And like the first week, nothing major happened that is worth mentioning. Other than the fact I became closer to the rest of my classmates.

I still keep reminding them to always pay attention and behave in time for the class. Although some misbehave, they got reprimanded by everyone who saw them.

And today, our homeroom teacher, Chie Hoshinomiya-sensei has a more serious expression. It's different from her usual bubbly attitude. This got the attention of everyone.

"Okay everyone, today's lesson will be serious than usual,"

We waited for her to finish without anyone interrupting her. This made her smile. Making the atmosphere less tense.

"Today is the last day of the month. So we will have a short test, please get one and pass this to your classmates so everyone has one each," she said.

"Test? Sensei, you didn't mention a test. Will our score reflect on our individual performance or will it reflect on our class as a whole?" Saya asked the thing that everyone has in mind.

"Sorry takagi-san, I cannot answer that fully. The only thing I could tell all of you is that your score won't reflect on your report card. You could say that the purpose of this test is for future reference. There will be no risk of punishment. So don't worry,"

This is quite weird. Since any test that is done by a school usually reflects on their performance in the report card. And now a test is being held but it will not affect us in any way? this is quite bizarre. It could only mean that it will that the test will reflect on some other way.

I do have an idea which this will reflect on, but I'm not 100% sure. I lack information. This school really love giving vague ideas to their students.

I'm not against it. But it's very frustrating when I'm not in control of the situation. But there is really nothing I could do about that.

As soon as I saw the question, I noticed something. There are twenty questions, four per subject. The first seventeen questions are basic questions that anybody could answer correctly. The last three, however, are questions that needed a lot of thinking. This would be extremely challenging for normal high school students.

'Should I answer this test seriously?' I thought to myself.

I still couldn't think of a reason why they would put a very hard question in this test. Especially the very last question, a math problem. To solve that problem you need a very complex formula.

But that is not a reason for me not to take this seriously.

And with that, I answer every question with absolute confidence. I was able to finish in 5 minutes or so.

I regret doing that because I have to stare at my paper and wait for the bell to ring without doing anything, which bored me to death.

After an agonizing amount of time, the sweet-sounding of the bell rang against my ear. Signaling the end of my suffering.

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"Um, are you perhaps Kirusu-kun from class 1-B?"

While I was eating my lunch alone in the cafeteria. I was suddenly asked by a group of girls from a different class. I noticed that their faces are quite familiar.

"Yes, I am. Are you girls perhaps students of class 1-D?" I asked.

"Oh, yes we are. How did you know?" One of the girls asked.

"I'm just guessing. Anyway, do you girls need something from me?" I asked.

"Um, nothing particular. We just saw you alone and we decided to come to say hi," One of the girls, I believe to be the leader of the group said.

"Oh, how sweet of you," I said with a smile.

There is really nothing for me to do since I decided to be alone for today. I declined the invitation of Ryuji and others so I could have my peace. But I didn't think I would attract the attention of other girls from different classes...

Okay, that was a lie. I'm fully aware of how deadly my looks are. And I don't want to brag, but I know I would attract a lot of attention from the opposite sex. And this is exactly the situation I predict would happen. This is also the situation I want to happen.

And as for the reason why... well that is a secret for now.

Anyway, one thing that surprised me is that the one who grabs the bait is someone I know and adore when I read the LN.

That girl is standing in front of me, is the leader of the girls in class 1-D, Kei Karuizawa. She is a beautiful girl that has an average height for a girl at her age with waist-length blond hair that is tied into a ponytail and she has purple eyes.

"Oh, it's nothing," She smiled happily.

"Well, you girls probably know me but I'll still introduce myself. I'm Adam Kirusu from class 1-B. Nice to meet you all,"

"Oh, we forgot to introduce ourselves. I'm Kei Karuizawa from class 1-D. And these are my classmates, Satsuki Shinohara, Maya Sato, and Chiaki Matsushita,"

"Hello," The three of them greeted me.

Satsuki Shinohara is a cute girl that has neck-length blue hair that is tied by a pink hair clip in the middle of her hair with a blueish-pink eye. She doesn't really stand out to me. This could prove me wrong since they are real people and not some characters from an LN. There is also Utaha, Saya, and others. They didn't appear in the LN or anime, which confused me to this day.

Anyway, as for Maya Sato, she is considered to have an above-average look that has an upper-back length brown hair that has bangs hanging on the left side, blue eyes, and an average height. She is the same as Satsuki, She doesn't really stand out for me. But then again, maybe I could be wrong.

And lastly, Chiaki Matsushita. She has above-average looks with long brown hair that has bangs swept to the right and blue eyes.

When I first saw her, I could tell that something is different about her, in a good way. I'm not sure what that feeling is but I'm 100% sure that she is hiding something. This quite interests me since when I read the LN, she doesn't really have anything that would make her stand out. But looking at her now, she is definitely someone to look out for.

"How did you guys know my name?" I asked.

"You didn't know? you are considered to be the most handsome looking guy by the first years," Kei said.

"Oh, are perhaps talking about the famous site about ranking the students?" I asked.

"Yeah, that one. We noticed you look the same as the boy who is number one on the ranking so that's why we came here to say hi, I hope we're not bothering you," Maya said.

"No worries, I'm not doing anything, to begin with,"

"That's a relief," Satsuki said.

"Hm? Why so?" I asked.

"Well, you look so serious when you eat, I thought you would be mad if we interrupt you," She said.

"Oh, haha. Do I look that scary to you?" I laughed and asked.

I guess she was there when I got "mad" at the second-years. I wouldn't blame them if that was the case.

"No, not really. It's the opposite. You look so calming to be around," Chiaki said.

"I see, that's good to hear," I said.

I offer them to take a seat to which they accepted. We talked for a quite while before the ringing of the bell signaling the end of lunchtime. And with that, I bid them farewell and I eventually split up with the girls and went to my classroom.

The moment I open the door and walk into the room. I noticed all my classmates look in my direction.

'This scene looks familiar'

'Oh, yeah, this scene reminds me of the first day of school' I thought.

I ignore the gaze for now and went to my seat. When I reach for my chair and seat down, my neighbor, suddenly said something that caught me off guard.

"You are quite the lady-man aren't you,"

Yukino, who usually reading a book and ignoring her surrounding, initiates to start a conversation. Well, more like insulting me.

"You saw that?" I asked.

"Not really, Hamaguchi-kun(Tetsuya) told everyone," she said.

"What? everyone?"

'Looks like someone needs a beating' I thought while thinking of someone's annoying face.

Tetsuya, who is walking in the hallway suddenly feels a chill down his spine.

'Did I anger the devil?' He thought.

"Care to explain why you would flirt with girls in another class?" She said.

'Why do I feel like I been caught cheating on his girlfriend,' I thought.

"Why? are perhaps jealous?" I asked.

There is a silence that follows after I said those words. She didn't respond but stared at me, menacingly. She started to look at me like I was trash. I sweat a little from her intense glare. I didn't want this to continue so I apologize.

"I'm kidding, no need to give me that glare," I said.

She didn't respond but ignore me completely. She returned to her reading. I didn't want to make the situation worse than it is so I just shut my mouth.

With our current circumstances, I started to feel like I did really cheat on this woman. Which made me feel bad at doing absolutely nothing.

With nothing better to do, I just stared outside by the window, admiring the beauty of this school. This happens for a while until our subject teacher enters the room which signals another boring lesson for me to listen to.

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"Hey, Adam, how are the girls from class 1-D? did you fancy any of the girls?"

Tetsuya, who is the reason for my bad mood for today, suddenly approaches me with his usual happy attitude. His innocent smile made me realize that he didn't do that on purpose. But that won't save him from the punishment that is about to come his way.

"Tetsuya, did you know that you did something that pisses me off?" I said while standing from my seat with a smile.

"Eh?"

Confuse about what I said, he could only look at me with confusion. Before he could sense the danger. I grab him and his head and put him in a headlock. After that, I strongly rub his head back and forth with my palm.

"It hurt, Adam, what did I do?"

"Nothing,"

"Eh? Gulp, whatever I did do wrong, I'm sorry!" He said.

I noticed that he did feel guilty about what he did, although he didn't fully understand what he did wrong. I started to feel guilty myself so I'll let him off the hook this time around.

"hahaha, I'm only kidding, but never do that without fully understanding the situation, got it?"

"Oh, are perhaps talking about me sharing to the class what I saw earlier? Yeah, I'm sorry, I didn't think far enough that it would cost you trouble," he apologized.

He really is a child when it comes to things like this.

"Well, not really, anyway, I forgive you if you treat me a drink,"

"Oh, it's that all I have to do? then leave it to me,"

"Can we come to?" Honami, with utaha and the others behind her, asked.

"Sure, it's been a while since I hang out with you girls. Are you ok with that, Tetsuya?" I asked Tetsuya who is fixing his messy hair.

Usually, the girls hang out with the girls and the boys hang out with the boys. So it's been a while for me to hang out with Honami and the other girls(Utaha, Tsukasa, Saya, and Utaha)

"Yeah, I'm fine with that," he said.

"That's great," Tsukasa claps her hands together and smiles.

"Where do you guys want to go? Does anything come to mind?" I asked.

"Oh, I do have a shop in mind that I want to check out," Saya replied.

"Shopping?" I asked.

'I have a bad feeling about this,' I thought.

Asking them was a big mistake on my part. With that, I accept my faith and let the girls lead. And whatever circumstances will it be, I will face them like the usual. I would face them head-on with confidence and disdain.

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