Thursday, April 29th. A few days had passed since the monthly exam. The sensei had also finished grading the papers. Today, the exam results and rankings would be announced.
The students were all full of anticipation, waiting for the May Day holiday after just one more day of school tomorrow.
Of course, quite a few students were also feeling uneasy, worried about whether they would pass the exam.
During the break, in the classroom, Mochizuki was bored, scrolling through his phone.
Just then, a sound came from the hallway; a student was shouting loudly that the exam results were out.
Immediately, both the classroom and the hallway became bustling, filled with the sounds of students talking.
Following this, many students swarmed out, heading to where the results list was posted in the hallway, carefully checking their scores.
Naturally, there was more than one results list posted.
After all, there were many students.
Mochizuki was still in the classroom.
Shiina Mahiru heard the sound of the results being released and had originally wanted to get up immediately to check her scores.
Seeing so many students crowding out together, her small face showed a bit of surprise.
Then she noticed that Mochizuki Yo was still sitting in his seat, unmoving.
So Shiina Mahiru didn't get up either.
Soon, the other students left one after another, leaving only the two of them in the classroom.
Mochizuki also realized it was just him and Shiina Mahiru left.
Mochizuki planned to go after the crowd thinned out; he didn't want to be squeezed in with a bunch of people!
Anyway, he wasn't in a hurry, but seeing that Shiina Mahiru was still there was strange.
She was someone who cared about her grades; while eating at home, he could always hear her voice full of anticipation.
Looking around, there was no one else nearby, so Mochizuki asked, puzzled, "Shiina, aren't you going to check the results yet?"
This was the first time Mochizuki had spoken to Shiina Mahiru in the classroom since they had known each other for so long.
Usually, he was busy with his own things.
Shiina Mahiru seemed a little happy and replied, "There were too many people just now, I probably couldn't even get in if I went now."
"Yeah, that's true."
"Mochizuki-kun, you better not fail."
"It's fine!"
After a while, a few students slowly started walking back.
Shiina Mahiru couldn't sit still anymore and decided to get up to check the results.
Mochizuki also felt it was about time, so he got up as well and followed behind Shiina Mahiru.
In the hallway, quite a few students were moving around, seemingly having finished checking their results and returning, or perhaps just starting to go check.
Shiina Mahiru arrived at one of the results lists, where quite a few students were still gathered.
Mochizuki was also not far behind her.
When students nearby saw Shiina Mahiru arrive, they subconsciously made a little room for her.
After all, the Angel was very popular at school.
Another reason was that Shiina Mahiru was first this time, though it was a tie for first place.
Shiina Mahiru politely said "thank you" as she walked up to the list.
However, Mochizuki was too embarrassed to squeeze in with her; the space wasn't made for him.
So Mochizuki could only stand behind and watch.
Coincidentally, Yukino Yukinoshita also arrived at this spot at the same time.
As luck would have it, she even stood next to Mochizuki.
When the surrounding students saw Yukinoshita and felt her cold aura, they again moved away.
This was convenient for Mochizuki; the area next to the two of them became slightly empty, though they were still in the back.
Yukinoshita glanced at Mochizuki but didn't say anything.
She looked up at the very top of the results list.
Mochizuki sighed, thinking, "Is this the advantage of being ranked high?"
She quickly found herself.
What met her eyes was her own name, Yukino Yukinoshita.
However, there was another name next to it, Shiina Mahiru.
It seemed these two were tied for first place.
And the two of them had appeared here at the same time.
The students who noticed this situation were a little excited, as if anticipating whether the two would interact.
Shiina Mahiru, who was at the front, had also seen her results, and she could see the specific scores for each subject more clearly.
Perhaps because of the pinyin order? So Yukino Yukinoshita's name was to her left.
First Place: Yukino Yukinoshita Shiina Mahiru Chinese: 132 points 131 points math, English both got perfect scores. History: 86 points 95 points Geography: 89 points 90 points Physics: 95 points 90 points Chemistry: 92 points 88 points
It seemed Yukino Yukinoshita was better at science subjects, while Shiina Mahiru was better at humanities, but their proficiency in other subjects wasn't bad either.
Because there were two people in first place.
So the rankings went directly to, third place... fourth place... fifth place...
After looking at her own results, Shiina Mahiru couldn't stop her lips from curving up.
Although it was a tie for first, she had improved compared to the entrance exam.
Then Shiina Mahiru started looking for Mochizuki's name.
Yukinoshita, who was in the back, also wasn't in a hurry to leave; she was looking for Yui Yuigahama's name, and as for Mochizuki, it was just incidental.
After all, Yui Yuigahama had gone through her tutoring training, and she wouldn't allow Yui Yuigahama to fail.
Yukinoshita and Shiina Mahiru just continued looking down the list, searching for names.
Mochizuki also slowly searched for his own name.
It was just that there were too many people, and a lot of views were blocked.
Tenth place... Fifteenth place... Twenty-fifth place... Twenty-sixth place... Thirtieth place: Mochizuki Yo
The first to find it was Shiina Mahiru at the front; she saw that Mochizuki's ranking was quite high.
Shiina Mahiru was a little surprised, but even more delighted. It turned out she had worried for nothing!
There were over 300 people in the entire grade!
Thirtieth place was already quite a high position.
Having found the name she was looking for, Shiina Mahiru turned to leave.
As soon as she turned around, she saw Mochizuki, and just as she was about to smile, she noticed Yukino Yukinoshita standing side by side with him, although the two weren't talking.
But she felt a bit jealous inside, she didn't know why!
A thought to defeat her appeared in her mind.
And Yukino Yukinoshita also noticed Shiina Mahiru walking out and glanced at her.
Shiina Mahiru also looked at the other person, and their eyes met in a silent clash.
But no one spoke.
"Is this the girl who's tied with me?" This thought simultaneously appeared in both of their minds.
The surrounding students couldn't help but feel a little disappointed that neither of them spoke first.
After all, everyone wanted to see some excitement.
As Shiina Mahiru left, quite a few other students also left.
Yukinoshita and Mochizuki Yo moved to the front.
Soon, Yukinoshita was the first to find her own ranking.
She softly said, "Thirtieth place."
"Huh?" Mochizuki was startled. "Was she talking to me?"
He then found the thirtieth position, and indeed, it was him.
None of his subjects were particularly outstanding, but they were all acceptable.
It was about what he expected; he had passed everything, so Mochizuki Yo also turned and left to return to the classroom.
Meanwhile, Yukinoshita was still in the same spot. She realized that looking for Yui Yuigahama's name by checking the rankings from top to bottom was the wrong choice.
Yukino Yukinoshita moved positions and started looking from the last place.
"Hmm, quite a few people on the last page have failing subjects. It seems tutoring is needed."
Gradually looking upwards, Yukino Yukinoshita quickly found Yui Yuigahama's name.
Fortunately, she had passed all subjects, and her math and English were just barely passing, right on the line!
"It seems the sensei gave her a hand!"
Only then was Yukino Yukinoshita satisfied. Yui Yuigahama still had some foundation, and her hard work tutoring her for the past two days and lending her notes hadn't been in vain.
Moreover, the request had been completed!
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