Volume 5 - CH 37

4 Girls Study Group

Without knowing what exactly Hideyori-san and Emi were planning, I guided the group to my house.

My parents, my father to be specific, hates it when I bring friends home but in preparation for today, I told him that I’m going to have a study session with a few of my classmates and he reluctantly agreed.

It was Emi’s idea.

If I had said that I will bring a few friends over to play, he probably would be like [No way, just focus on your study.]

Emi’s advice was [Bringing up your classmates would make your father be more reserved and since we are going to study anyway, he would have a hard time turning you down].

It sounded like it might actually work and it did.

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“Excuse u~s.”

When the group came in, they were greeted by my mother.

Each of them returned a greeting and my mother guided them to a large room in our house.

“Emi, what do we do now?”

Once everyone took a seat, Sakuya asked.

In return, Emi’s response was [Of course……], her hand reaching into her bag.

“We study.”

She said with a wide smile as she took out her writing utensils and notebooks.

“……….I’m going home.”

“No you don’t……..”

Emi grabbed Sakuya’s sleeve and pulled her back.

“You said that you will study right, Sakuya?”

“Nnn.”

Thus began Emi’s sermon.

On the receiving end, Sakuya kept dejectedly nodding through the whole thing.

“Okay then, let’s study!”

“What about Hideyori?”

“He said he was going to the arcade.”

“Then me too.”

“No.”

“I don’t want to stud~~~y!”

Sakuya tried to escape but she couldn’t move an inch with Emi grabbing her.

Emi doesn’t look like she’s breaking any sweat at all.

……….Emi is strangely strong, isn’t she?

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“Madoka……. Say some thi~ng.”

“Something.”

“Your joke is too cheap!!”

Looking at Tsugaru-san, I can’t help but feel that she’s rather curt.

It’s like she doesn’t feel a thing about Sakuya’s ordeal at all.

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“If you are always so harsh you won’t be popular among the boys you know!”

“I think I’m still rather kind myself.”

“But Hideyori might even treat Emi harshly like he did toward me if you keep this up.”

“I won’t get flustered just because you brought up Hideyori-kun’s name okay.”

“I’m going to kiss Hideyori before you.”

“Hmm, I don’t think I will let you do that.”

“Ahhhhhhhhhh.”

Sakuya is completely at Emi’s mercy.

Of course, Sakuya tried to struggle out of her hold but Emi didn’t budge at all.

“Are you made of steel or something?…….”

“My grip strength is the weakest in the class though.”

“Eh?…….No way, I can’t move my arm at all you know.”

“Then that just means you are weaker than me isn’t it?”

With her small hand and body, it made sense that Emi would have a weak grip.

However, no matter how Sakuya tried to struggle, she couldn’t escape Emi’s hold.

Even a boy would have to be quite strong to hold someone like that though.

Maybe she’s just hiding her strong grip to blend in with the girls…….

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“Oi, Madoka, tell her off will ya!”

“Off.”

“Your joke is too cheap!!”

Tsugaru-san flipped through her notebook and once she found a blank place, she placed it on the table and start studying.

“GUOHHH, Let my arm go, Emi.”

“Then let’s study……”

“I physically can’t.”

“Please try……..”

[Haa…..], Emi let out an exasperated sigh.

“It comes to this because both Master and Hideyori-kun seem to want you to grow up on your own. But I will do my best so that Sakuya can go to the school of your choice.”

“No need! I will inherit Master’s coffee shop anyway so I will just become a NEET.”

“Spoiled rotten aren’t you……..”

I think this is the first time I see a middle schooler declare so confidently that they will become a NEET.

Certainly, neither Master-san nor Hideyori-san seem like the type that would yell [Just go study!] to Sakuya.

“Oi, Madoka, say [Shorty!].”

“…………..”

“Don’t ignore m~e, Madok~~~a……….”

“Coffeehead.”

“Now you’re just badmouthing me!”

Tsugaru-san, who has already started studying casually, was very cool.

Even though it hasn’t even been 5 minutes since we came in, the place has become very lively.

“Fufufu.”

“Nn? What’s up Towa? You suddenly started laughing.”

“It’s nothing, I just thought that you three really are funny. I’m glad that you let me be your friend.”

After answering Sakuya, I finally realized.

I was glad that I moved here and met them.

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“Now Towa’s treating me like a weirdo too. This is on you, Sakuya!”

“Wanna gang up on her?”

“N~~o! Not you too Madoka!”

“Ahaha……., this is still a study session right…….?”

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We still haven’t started in earnest but I already wanted this moment to last forever.

After that, Sakuya reluctantly took out her homework.