February ended, and the second tests for national and public Universities also concluded one after another. After the start of the year, the college entrance examination could basically be declared over at this point in time.
March is both the graduation season and the time when Aki Tomoya and others who are about to enter their third year will face the first national mock exam of the year.
"The time for the mock exam has been confirmed, on the seventeenth and eighteenth of March."
The time for the first national mock exam has been confirmed: the first national descriptive mock assessment test of the year.
Before the graduation ceremony, when the second year was about to end.
Including March, there were still more than ten months left.
"Aki Tomoya and your friend who is aiming for Keio are definitely not worried about this mock exam, right?"
Kamigō Yoshihiko put down his reference book and looked up at Aki Tomoya enviously.
Just thinking about exams felt like going to the execution ground.
The fear and nervousness about exams were particularly prominent in Kamigō Yoshihiko.
Especially before the critical point of the first national mock exam, Kamigō Yoshihiko became increasingly nervous and began to fear the results.
"I'm afraid I have to disappoint you, Kudo is not much better than you."
In fact, regarding the first mock exam, the candidates in the Academy this year were more or less nervous.
However, after the results were announced last month, the people in the Academy were quite optimistic because of the good news brought by the three Seniors.
"Well, after all, he is someone going to Keio."
Kamigō Yoshihiko could understand after thinking that Kudo Sayaka was aiming for Keio.
Compared to those aiming for prestigious Universities, he, whose aspiration was just an ordinary University, felt much more relaxed after making this comparison.
"My Teacher at the Academy told us that we should just treat the mock exam as a regular test. The official exam is still next year."
"It's next week! Speaking of which, the third-year students are about to graduate, right? That Kasumigaoka-senpai got into Keio and Sophia University, that's amazing."
Envy came and went, but in the end, none of it was his. At this moment, Kamigō Yoshihiko was less envious of Kasumigaoka Utaha and more nervous about the final year.
In the final year of the third year, even Kamigō Yoshihiko was on edge.
This year's first mock exam starts on the seventeenth, next Saturday and Sunday. After the mock exam, it will be the graduation ceremony, and then they will enter the third year in April.
"If I wasn't influenced by you, Aki Tomoya, I guess I could just mess around in the last year, right?"
Kamigō Yoshihiko looked at Aki Tomoya and smiled.
After entering Toyosaki Academy, when he first met Aki Tomoya, his otaku friend, Kamigō Yoshihiko's plan was still to happily finish three years and then find a job through the school's recommendation.
Kamigō Yoshihiko hadn't really thought about aspirations or anything like that.
And now, he had a slight longing for the future, and he would also start to fantasize about working hard with the help of his friends.
"Do you regret it?"
"Not at all. Rather, I'm quite grateful that you didn't let me continue to drift along and wait for death. At least I can see a little hope."
Even if it was nowhere near as good as his good friend Aki Tomoya, it was still better than before.
Kamigō Yoshihiko didn't regret it, he just felt that time was running out.
Ding ding dong dong—
"Class is starting, let's not talk anymore."
Unconsciously, the class bell rang, the last English class of the morning began, and the Teacher walked into the classroom.
Their lessons had already entered the review stage.
"The third-year Kasumigaoka is going to Keio after graduation. You guys work hard tomorrow too."
First, using the third-year Kasumigaoka Utaha to encourage the students, the English teacher's gaze swept around and finally lingered on Aki Tomoya for a moment.
This year, Kasumigaoka Utaha was admitted to Keio. And next year, the person most likely to contribute to the school again, in the eyes of the Teachers, was probably Aki Tomoya.
...
As the semester neared its end, the atmosphere in the second year was not relaxed. At least half of the students were still facing the pressure of college entrance exams.
In contrast, the third-year students who had just finished their exams and were close to graduating were much more relaxed. No more classes were scheduled. After spending the last two weeks and completing the graduation ceremony, they would leave this campus.
Late March is Japan's graduation season. Cherry blossoms begin to bloom, and school starts after the spring break ends in early April.
"The representative of the current students, the representative of the graduating students, you can already guess who they are now."
In the hallway during lunchtime, when Kasumigaoka Utaha walked out of the classroom after being delayed for a while, she happened to hear someone talking about the graduation ceremony.
At the graduation ceremony, the graduating student representative had been confirmed. It was almost a given that she would be the one chosen.
As the graduating student representative for the third year, Kasumigaoka Utaha was well-deserved.
On the other hand, as for who the representative of the current students at the graduation ceremony would be, most people in the school already had someone in mind.
"How boring."
Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced indifferently at the people still talking about the graduation ceremony, then turned and went downstairs towards the rooftop.
Lunch break, rooftop, book.
Kasumigaoka Utaha liked to read in quiet places.
Especially when she was alone, and the rooftop was definitely a very good spot. It had almost completely become her exclusive territory.
When she reached the door of the rooftop, Kasumigaoka Utaha's steps paused.
Through the glass on the door, she saw a girl from her class walking out quickly from inside. That person was looking down and didn't notice that there was someone behind the door at all.
Seeing this, Kasumigaoka Utaha quickly moved aside, and the next second the girl from her class pulled open the door and walked out.
"Ka- Kasumigaoka-san?! Excuse me..."
"You didn't..."
After the girl from her class finished speaking, she didn't pay attention to Kasumigaoka Utaha and walked quickly down the stairs, as if she was trying to escape something.
Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at the other party's back in surprise and doubt. The expression on the other party's face from earlier still lingered in her mind.
"What's going on?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha walked onto the rooftop with doubt. After seeing a back standing in front of the high railing on the rooftop looking into the distance, she understood immediately.
"A confession before graduation..."
She sighed in her heart, and at the same time realized that she had accidentally seen someone else's wound.
She had just habitually planned to come to the rooftop to read alone at noon, but ended up seeing a girl from her class heartbroken. Kasumigaoka Utaha's mood was somewhat complicated.
The classmate who ran away like that had a ninety-nine percent chance of having their confession fail.
After encountering such a situation, Kasumigaoka Utaha was planning to leave the rooftop to avoid awkwardness.
But at this moment, for some reason, the back wearing a black stand-collar uniform became increasingly familiar, making her have to squint her eyes and look carefully.
"I don't even know her, and suddenly confessing or something, I'm so awkward, and she's also a third-year student..."
At this moment, the boy sighed with his hands gripping the railing mesh.
At the same time, Kasumigaoka Utaha had unconsciously stood behind him, her expression at this moment was incredibly subtle.
"Aki... you really are..."
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