[h2][b][u]Warakuma High School - 20/7/2015 - Monday[/u][/b][/h2]  

The corridor was packed with people as Katsuro turned into it, all crowding around the piece of paper on the board that explained their exam results. A small groan escaped his lips as he looked into the crowd, all trying to get to the paper to look at it, scan it for their results, act with joy/dismay as they would, and manage to shove their way out. He couldn't help but smile. This had been his first exam in a while, and it was one of the few things that he looked forward to here. He had heard that being top of a class felt good, and would make you popular.

...the last one was unlikely, but he still felt a tinge of excitement as he joined the group around the board, followed by a tinge of irritation. Why couldn't these people come later, when it wasn't so crowded?. Why did they feel the need to come right n..oh. Right. Katsuro shook his head as he managed to get close, with someone knocking into him and almost making him fall over. He swore under his breath before finally managing to stand up straight and look at the sheet.

His eyes moved down the page, passing various people he didn't care about, with several scores proving themselves to be fairly high. Hell, even a few 99's, with one of them being in his class! It turns out the people here got a better education that he...

95.

...thought.

There was a moment of silence on his part for a moment, ignoring the people around him, his eyes fixed on that little five on the page. Two lines, and a single curved one, almost like it was a mocking smile aimed at him. Albeit a sideways one, all joined together to make a little number that reduced him to utter silence, even in his own mind.

[color=8e35ef] [i] "..WHAT?!?!?"[/i] [/color]

He read it again, and again, and again. The five did not change. He missed five points??!?!? Five fucking points? That was five times as much as he allowed himself to get wrong! What the hell was going on? And how the hell (or whatever that other place was) did some people get more than him?

He didn't know what to do. He had never been beaten in academic score. Granted, this was the first time he had ever competed, but he had worked almost constantly, apart from that little trip to fuck-knows-where! Instantly, he began to think. Hopefully this was a spelling error, but what if it wasn't? How could his standards have slipped by so much? He didn't have access to any of his tutors, he had already studied a lot, what was he supposed to do? Was he becoming stupid?

Suddenly, he stopped and looked up, noticing someone leave. He barely knew anyone here, and was even worse at linking names to faces, but he recognized this one. Kotori. Someone in his class. Shy, but evidently knew something he didnt if she had got higher than him! 

He pushed his way out, walking quickly towards her. [color=8e35ef] "Excuse me!" [/color] He asked, trying to control his rage at the score and surprisingly succeeding. He caught up to her, caught his breath, and spoke.

[color=8e35ef]"Excuse me, you are Kotori, aren't you? I dont know if you know me, but im Katsuro Takuma. I'm in your class. I'm sorry to bother you, but i wanted to ask something..." [/color]

He took a deep breath.

[color=8e35ef]"I noticed your...excellent score in the test." [/color] He said, managing to get the [color=8e35ef]"Excellent score" [/color] through his teeth. [color=8e35ef] "You evidently have some excellent study methods, so i was wondering..." [/color]

He pulled a wallet from his pocket and pulled out a pile of yen notes. 
[color=8e35ef]"Could you give me some private tutoring lessons? I would like to know how to study as well as you as well as get better at subjects in general." [/color] He waved the wad of notes.

[color=8e35ef]"How does 10,000 yen per lesson sound?" [/color]