Chapter 198 (2/2)

I love being praised

I really got a wake-up call when I saw the rankings without my name

‘Why are youthe ht

That’s why I studied like mad this time

White Day was co up soon, after all!

And the results of all that effort?

Rank 29

I just barely made it…

The wall of rank 25 was too crazy for me

I mean, I suppose 29 counted as pretty decent at Suiran, but I’d have a hard ti up at a national school

Over the next year, students everywhere else were really going to kick into gear to study for their university entrance exams

I still wasn’t sure if I wanted to go to a national university or Suiran’s

Although considering how little I liked pain and effort, Suiran was looking pretty attractive

Plus, Kaburagi wasn’t my enemy at thetoo badly at work

Maybe I could change up oals

I had my end-of-year report card sandwiched in my textbook as I waited for Oniisama to come home

When he did, he had company in the form of Imari-sama

Yaay, Imari-samaa!

Ah, but then I couldn’t boast about my marks in front of him

I was planning on ‘accidentally’ letting it slip from my textbook

Ah well, Plan Textbook could wait until tomorrow then

“Good evening, Reika-chan Thanks for the Valentine’s chocolate It was great!”

“Gokigen’yoh, Iift”

“No, no, it wasdesserts, aren’t you When I think about how Takateru gets to eat your delicious, love-filled chocolates every year I start to get pretty jealous”

“My~”

Guhuhu, thank you, Wakaba-chan, Kanta-kun

I know that was half flattery, but compliments are so nice to hear

Although Oniisa bitter

“Anyway, the reason I’ I wanted to give you,” he said, before presenting“Here, it’s a little early, but Happy White Day”

“Goodness You have already givenwonderful for the Valentine’s chocolate! Is this all right?”

“Of course it is”

Oh! Honey candies from that famous honey store

“These are acacia candies and eucalyptus honey candies! They look wonderful”

“You like honey, don’t you, Reika-chan? That’s why I thought about going with these Do you like them?”

“I love them Thank you!”

“There’s actually one ”

Imari-sama placed a square box onto my hand

I opened it up to find a silver ball inside

Some kind of modern art?

“What is it?”

“My, ive it a shake”

I did as told, and the globe chimed melodiously

“Waah!”

“They call it a spherical reat, doesn’t it?”

“It does It sounds like a suikinkutsu”

I shook it against my ear

Aah, it was so lovely

“You have exaive it a listen Okay?” he smiled as he tilted his head

S-So dazzling!

Haaahh…

This was truly what it e

I was going to hold this when I studied!

“If that’s all, go ho him out

You should at least get your friend some tea, Oniisama

The next day, I executed Plan Textbook, and not only did I extract a White Day present from him, he also promised to take me out to eat sometime

Mmhuu~

But he didn’t say on White Day

Hey, Oniisama

Don’t tellfrom me?