Living in Tokyo, starting with a lifestyle-related job

Mizuno Maki was a little happy as she accepted her salary.

After all, she now earns 6500 yen a day.

The salary is much higher than at Ichiran Ramen before.

Looking at the pitch-black night, Shiro Kaede knew it was time to go home.

"It's late, everyone should go home."

"Hmm," Mizuno Maki's heart started pounding again after hearing this.

Now that I'm off work, does that mean I'll go home with Kamishiro-kun like before?

When Nagasawa Yui heard Bai Feng say he wanted to go home, she became hesitant and timid.

She was hesitant to drive Shiro Kaede home.

After all, his family found out when she took him home yesterday.

I don't know what his family thinks.

But that guy, Kamishiro-kun, keeps inviting me to his house.

But I'm not ready to go in yet.

Even if you go in, you have to be mentally prepared, right?

Of course, she had no idea that Kamishiro-kun would do anything strange to her.

Cough cough, not at all.

just

I just realized I'd forgotten to bring a souvenir today, so I'm not planning to go to Kamishiro-kun's house.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be bad to leave a bad impression?

Yes, that's it!

Yui Nagasawa laughed somewhat nervously:

"Haha, I suddenly remembered something I needed to do today."

"I'm going back."

As she said this, Yui Nagasawa ran away from there like the wind.

Shiro Kaede was unaware of her situation.

However, he did not insist that she take him home.

Anyway, the difference between taking the tram and taking the bus is only about ten minutes.

There's no requirement to take a car back.

"Let's go then." Shiro Shiro knew that Mizuno Maki was going the same way as him, so he said this and started walking ahead.

"Hmm," Mizuno Maki replied shyly with her eyes lowered, then walked silently to Shiro Kaede's side.

Today she was very close to Shiro Kaede.

It's not like the previous distance of just a few meters at all.

Instead, they walked side by side, only two steps apart.

Although Shiro Shiro didn't say anything along the way, Mizuno Maki's heart was pounding, as if she was expecting something.

The two quickly arrived at the tram stop.

Mizuno Maki stood beside him just as before, never too far away.

at this time.

She suddenly remembered something.

I remember that Kamishiro-kun once said that if he didn't make it into the top ten in the midterms, he would be expelled by Hojo, the student council president.

Although he now receives tutoring from Watanabe Hina-senpai at noon.

However, in her own memory, Kamishiro-kun's junior high school grades were not ideal, with only a C grade.

To reach the top ten in the school year, one should be judged with an A grade.

Today is April 11th.

There's only about a month left until the midterm exams.

Time always flies.

These few days will probably pass in a flash.

But now Kamishiro is focused on working at the coffee shop, and has even promised Nagasawa Yui that he would become a star.

Could it be that he has already given up being a student?

Mizuno Maki's cool face showed some worry. She secretly glanced at Bai Feng, pondered for a moment, then gently bit her red lips and said softly:

"Kamidai-kun"

"that."

"What's wrong?" Kamishiro Shirakaze asked, puzzled.

Maki Mizuno hesitated for a moment, then took a deep breath and looked earnestly into his eyes as she asked, "Actually, I wanted to ask how your studies are going?"

"That's fine." Shiro Kaede countered, "Why are you suddenly asking this?"

Hearing him say that everything was alright, Mizuno Maki became even more worried: "Didn't you say before that if your grades weren't in the top ten of the school year, you'd be expelled?"

"With you so focused on opening the shop, won't you fall behind in your studies?"

"You need me"

Before she could finish speaking, Shirokaze shook his head and laughed:

"I am okay."

"do not worry about it."

Seeing his calm attitude, Mizuno Maki pursed her lips, looking somewhat unhappy.

Why do you always say it's okay?

Why do you still act like you don't care about anything?

Could it be that he has really given up on his studies, accepted his impending expulsion, and is now focusing on opening a shop to make money?

Although she couldn't stop other people's decisions.

But the more knowledge you have, the better it will be for your future life.

There is no doubt about this.

Even if Kamishiro-kun becomes a star in the future, the better he studies, the more people will love and respect him, right?

Running a coffee shop also requires knowledge in many aspects.

Therefore, she felt that Kamishiro-kun shouldn't give up on his studies now.

It's too early to talk about this, even though there's only a month left!

Mizuno Maki nervously clutched the hem of her clothes, her beautiful eyes flickering slightly, but in the end, she looked directly into Kamishiro Shirokaze's eyes:

"Chairman Hojo really does what he says."

"Kamishiro-kun, aren't you afraid of being expelled from school?"

Kamishiro Shirokaze smiled helplessly:

"I won't be expelled."

"My grades are actually quite good; I could easily get into the top ten."

Maki Mizuno simply didn't believe it, and lowered her head in a mix of anger and frustration.

She didn't know how to persuade Kamishiro-kun.

After all, if a person's grades are good...

Things would have gotten better long ago.

Even if that's not the case.

Even if Kamishiro had been working hard before the start of his first year of high school, it would have been impossible for him to improve his grades from C to A in just two months.

This range is really exaggerated.

If it's about going from C to B, that's understandable.

But the jump from C to A is too big.

Generally speaking, it is very difficult.

Learning is something that takes time to accumulate.

It's impossible to achieve success overnight.

The amount of knowledge required for just one subject is already enormous.

And that's for all six subjects combined.

So two months is really too short.

Just when Mizuno Maki was troubled.

The tram had slowly arrived in front of the two of them.

Shiro Shiro was the first to walk in.

Maki Mizuno, lost in thought, was completely unaware that the train had arrived and remained standing in the same spot.

Upon entering the carriage, Shiro Kaede noticed that she was still standing there in a daze and quickly reminded her:

"Mizuno-san?"

When Mizuno Maki heard someone calling her, she was startled to find that the train had arrived. Seeing Bai Feng's face instantly turn somewhat embarrassed and shy, she quickly lowered her head and went inside as well.

Seeing this, Shiro Shiro didn't say anything, just thought that she might be thinking about something, so he simply walked to an empty seat and sat down, intending to read a book.