A week passed as students studied hard throughout the entire week to prepare for exams. It's now the last day of the exam.
"Hooray!" The students cheered as the last paper is collected.
"Settle down, as mentioned before, those who got low scores will have to stay for extra classes." The teacher warned before he walked out of the classroom.
"Keita, what did you put for the last multi-choice question?" Itsuki asked.
"Oh, I put B." Ayumi casually answered.
"Wait, not D?" Itsuki asked.
"..." Keita ignored them.
"Hey, say something!" Itsuki said.
"I chose A." Keita said.
"Damn, I was so close!" Itsuki said.
"Me too..." Ayumi sulked.
"Don't worry about it, we all studied for it. Now it's finally over, You should go celebrate somewhere." Keita said as he prepared to leave.
"Aren't you coming with us? You're a part of the study group don't you?" Itsuki asked.
"Huh?" Keita appears to be oblivious.
"Don't huh me! We're going to celebrate at M's altogether!" Itsuki grabbed Keita and dragged him out of the classroom.
"Sigh, these guys..." Ayumi shook her head, then follows them.
"Oh, Kei-kun! Ayumi-chan!" Kanade spotted them on their way to M's.
"Hey, I exist too... Ehehe..." Itsuki tries to prove his existence.
"Oh, hello!" Kanade responded.
"Hwaaaah! I'm the happiest man alive!" Itsuki felt blissful.
"Oh, who are they?" A guy casually walk from Kanade's back.
"Oh, Kawasaki-kun!" Kanade called.
"Ugh... Exams are difficult. I can't even make time to deliver stuff..." Kaoru complained.
"Hey, who are you?" Itsuki turned hostile.
"Whoa, same here. I guess I'll go first. Name's Kawasaki Kaoru, same year as Kujou-san. Nice to meet cha." Kaoru said.
"Kiryu Itsuki." Itsuki said.
"Well, how about you?" Kaoru asked.
"Futaba Keita." Keita said.
"Hm, I think I saw you somewhere before..." Kaoru said to Ayumi.
"What are you? Mr. Popular?" Itsuki scowled.
"Calm down you guys! He's just a friend of mine, don't worry about it!" Kanade explains.
"Ah, friend huh? Alright, so I'm officially Kujou-san's friend now I'm so happy." Kaoru gloats.
"Ugh..." Itsuki sulks.
"I guess I heard that you guys are going to celebrate somewhere? Want to come over to my place?" Kaoru invited.
"Oh, that's right! But I want to pay Mikoto-san a visit, so let's go to M's!" Kanade said as she made the decision and headed forward.
"Sigh... This girl..." Kaoru shook his head and follows.
"That guy... I'll get him someday!" Itsuki gritted his teeth.
"It's plain obvious that the two of you are very interested in Kujou-senpai..." Ayumi said.
"Huh?! How did you know?!" Itsuki is surprised.
"Um... Kanade-chan is a very good friend, please treat her well." Mio said.
"O-Of course we will! Right, Keita?" Itsuki asked.
"..." Itsuki seems to be thinking about something.
"Keita... Is there something wrong?" Mio asked.
"Ah, don't mind about me. So we are heading to M's?" Keita asked.
"That's right." Ayumi said as she follows ahead.
It took a while for the transport to reach to the station, they entered M's and saw Yuuki.
"Mom?! Why are you here?" Kanade asked.
"Am I that surprising to see here? It's nearby here anyways. It's pretty boring to stay at home, so I decided to make some friends out here."Yuuki said carefreely.
"Oh, it's you Kujou-san." Kaoru said.
"Oh Kaoru-kun, I didn't know you're friends with Kanade-chan!" Yuuki said.
"Uh... Something happened before, so..." Kaoru said.
"Oh, be sure to tell me next time! The laundry needs some attention now! See you next time!" Yuuki said as she leaves the cafe.
"Can't tell if anything is off, but that's sus." Itsuki murmured.
"I'm home." Ayumi stepped in.
"Oh, that's a big group." Mikoto said.
"Yeah, we're here to celebrate the end of the exams, do you mind us celebrating here?" Itsuki asked.
"Of course you can, thanks for taking care of my Ayumi." Mikoto said.
"Ah, actually she is the one taking care of us." Itsuki said.
"Oh, is that so? Well, take a seat, and start ordering! You must be hungry now." Mikoto invited.
"Alright! Let's get into it!" Itsuki said. The whole group celebrate their success on getting through the exams, it livened up the atmosphere in the cafe.
"Oh, that reminds me, is there any problems you don't understand in the exam?" Kanade asked.
"Oh, there is one, this question." Itsuki asked.
"This one huh, I think I'll choose A here." Kanade said.
"Wait, what did you choose for this question again?" Itsuki asked Keita.
"I said it's A." Keita replied blatantly.
"Wow, you're so smart." Itsuki compliment.
"I just study every day." Itsuki said.
"Ugh... This is not some sim game..." Itsuki sulked.
"Ayumi-chan, is there anything you want to ask?" Kanade asked.
"Hmm? I just happened to be unsure about the same question just now. Now that it's answered and I was wrong, I have nothing to say about it." Ayumi said.
"Ah, right." Kanade replied.
"By the way, both you and Keita are holding your phones, are you two messaging each other?" Itsuki teases.
"Huh? Did you hit your head or something?" Ayumi got flustered.
"Woah, look at the face!" Itsuki continued.
"No. I'm just playing my game." Keita said.
"Yeah, me too!" Ayumi showed her phone.
"Oh, this one I know. The one Kei-kun played as well." Kanade said.
"You know him very well huh?" Kaoru said.
"Yeah, we are childhood friends. Of course I know him very well!" Kanade sounds proud when she said this.
"You know bro, sometimes I hate to say this. I wished there's a girl that knows me very well." Kaoru said to Keita.
"You must have some weird fetishes." Keita sounded disgusted.
"Ahaha! I don't think our brother here disagree with me." Kaoru said.
"Ugh... I'm not even your 'brother' at all..." Itsuki said.
"See?" Kaoru gloated.
"Ayumi, do you want to go back to your room?" Mikoto asked. It's 5:48, it's almost time to go home. Yet it sounds like she is meant to go back to her room at this time every time Keita is here. Keita became curious.
"Alright. See you guys in school." Ayumi headed upstairs.
"I'm off to the bathroom." Keita goes to the bathroom. As he walk to the bathroom, he turned to another direction to take the stairs.
"I'm sorry to disturb you... I have a question." Keita knocked the door.
"Kei-kun..." Ayumi said in a soft voice. Confused, Keita have a weird feeling.