In order to not embarrass myself at the sports day events I have been running every day. The weather is cooling up and the leaves are changing colors now. It’s actually really fun running on the paths in the forest. School life has been pretty good so far. I’m doing well in all my classes and I’m making new friends every day. My teachers are nice and so are the students. It’s almost a little too perfect...? During a period of self-study my chemistry teacher interrupts me. 

“Yoshida. You’re doing so well in chemistry class. Are you interested in maybe being a tutor?” He asks. 

“I appreciate it, but I am not sure if I will make a good tutor.” I explain. 

“Ah, I think you would be a great tutor! You see, Zekuu is failing my class, He doesn’t get along with many students but he hasn’t picked a fight with you yet so I was thinking you would be a good match maybe.” He explains.  

“Oh... I understand. I will think about it.” I smile. 

“Let’s make a deal, you tutor him, and I will drop your lowest test grade by the end of this semester. Even if he still fails, I will keep my promise. How does that sound?” the teacher proposes.  

“Hm... Sure, I’ll do it.” I agree. 

“Thank you so much! You’ll do great!” he praises. 

I have a lot on my plate now, but if I fail a test in the future, I will be happy to have this to lean on. After accepting the deal, I walk over to Zekuu and lightly tap his shoulder. 

“Hi Zekuu. The teacher just asked me to tutor you. When is a good time for you?” I ask nervously. 

“Uh... I don’t know. I don’t have a lot of free time for this kind of stuff. I don’t know why he asked you. “ Zekuu scoffs. 

What an ungrateful guy... it’s a good think Kiyoshi is no longer together with him. 

“The teacher told me you're failing... You should time to study with me. I don’t have a lot of time either, but I agreed to help you.” I explain.  

“Alright, alright, since you seem so serious about it. Give me your phone number and I’ll text you when I have a good time to meet.” Zekuu sighs in annoyance. 

I really don’t want to give him my number, but... I guess I have no choice. We exchange numbers quickly. 

“Text me soon, like I said I’m busy as well.” I explain. 

“Yeah, yeah.” he agrees. 

By 3:00pm I still have no messages from zekuu. How am I supposed to help someone who doesn’t want help. This is so frustrating. After school I go to art club with Tallius.  

“Great, you two showed up. The student council has asked art club to help make banners and posters for sports day and not many of the art club members have shown up today.” Hajin explains as we enter the club room.  

Hajin gathers some supplies for us and sets it down at a table, “Here’s the supplies. Can you guys make the poster for the soccer team. This one is blue versus white.”  

“Of course! Anything to help!” I smile. 

We go ahead and set our stuff down then get to work. Today’s club activities were fun. Usually, we don’t have anything to do, so this was cool.