Chapter 59

The start of the week.

Yui arrived at school a little earlier than usual in the morning, exchanged casual greetings with her classmates, and quickly returned to her seat to wait for Yuki to arrive.

She spread out her textbooks and problem sets for studying on her desk, but in reality, she wasn't absorbing any of the content. Instead, she kept glancing at the door, eagerly anticipating Yuki's arrival.

（Here he comes.）

As usual, Yuki walked in looking sleepy and moving slowly.

In contrast, Yui quickly took out her glasses from her bag, put them on with a flourish, and lowered her gaze to the problem set on her desk.

Just then, the sound of a chair being pulled out came from beside her, and Yuki took his seat.

（Come on, come on...）

Yui pretended to be studying hard, waiting for Yuki to touch her glasses, but he didn't even greet her.

When she sneakily glanced at him, he was staring blankly out the window. Finally, Yui couldn't stand it anymore and called out to him.

"Good morning."

Yuki glanced at her and nodded lightly, then fell back into silence.

What's with that attitude? Is this going to be a headache from the start of the day? Yui, forgetting about her glasses, pressed on.

"…What's with that look?"

"I thought I might be bothering you if I interrupted your studying."

It seemed Yuki was trying to be considerate, but in reality, Yui wasn't studying at all.

More importantly, notice me. Notice that I'm different from usual, Yui silently pressured him.

Finally, Yuki looked at Yui's face and asked,

"What's up with you?"

"Huh? Oh, these glasses? Well, you see..."

"No, I mean your hair is sticking up."

"I don't know, it's just my natural curly hair."

It was suspicious enough to make her wonder if Yui was doing it on purpose.

Deciding to start over,

"Recently, I've been studying so much that my eyesight might be getting worse."

"Really?"

"Yesterday, I studied all day at home."

In reality, she had been rereading several volumes of a new manga series before she even started reading the latest one, and the morning had passed by. In the afternoon, she went shopping with her mother and sister, and they had dinner at a restaurant, which was delicious.

"So that's why you're wearing glasses..."

Yuki leaned in to look closely at her eyes, and Yui decided to go for her signature glasses push-up.

Yuki's gaze became even more fixed. He must be captivated by this overflowing intellect.

"What? Why are you staring?"

"You look like someone who's trying too hard to look smart by wearing glasses."

"Oh, there are people like that, aren't there?"

Yui nodded vigorously, and Yuki suddenly frowned.

Even though he said that, it was already having an effect.

"Huh, is something wrong?"

"You're shining so brightly it's blinding."

"Oh, really?"

"Try not to look at me so much."

Are you going to say that to everyone who wears glasses? F**k you!

She thought but held back. An intellectual glasses character wouldn't say something like that.

Right now, she was an intellectual, cool, and beautiful girl with glasses. She had to act the part.

"By the way, how's your test preparation coming along, Yuki?"

"Thanks to Mizuki, it's not going so well. But if you studied all day yesterday, you must be pretty far along, right?"

"Yeah. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me."

"…Your way of talking is a bit off, isn't it?"

"What do you mean? I always talk like this."

"Uh, no, it's different."

"Oh, come on, it's not different."

"It is different."

"Stop being so picky."

"Exactly, that's it."

What kind of character does he think she is?

This was making her sound more like an intellectual gangster than an intellectual Yui.

Anyway, she was the intellectual Yui, the smart one. She had to remind herself of that.

"Ugh, you're so persistent, Yuki."

"Here comes Mrs. Yui."

"Hehe."

"Then, I don't understand this problem."

"Let me see, I guess I have no choice..."

Trying to exude a sense of importance, Yui looked at the problem set Yuki showed her.

It turned out to be math, and the problem was so long that she lost interest just reading the question.

She was trying to act smart, but in reality, she was just wearing glasses for show.

（...I don't understand. I don't understand at all.）

Despite this, Yui pretended to read the problem and nodded vigorously.

"Ah, this one... It's a bit of a trick question..."

"Like, the X and Z here..."

"Yeah, the X-Men and Z-Men are..."

"Stop joking around."

"Wait, wait!"

Yui grabbed the edge of the problem set Yuki was about to take back.

Yuki calmly pushed her hand away, saying, "You'll tear it."

"You don't understand it anyway, right? I'll ask Rion next time."

"That's not okay! It's definitely not okay!"

"Why not?"

"Well, Rion is on my team, right? How many battles did it take to bring her over to our side?"

"…Me?"

At that moment, a faint voice came from behind, and Rion was standing there like a ghost.

Yui almost fell off her chair in surprise. Even Yuki looked a bit startled.

"W-What's up, Rion? Do you need something?"

"Can't I come if I don't have a reason?"

"Don't answer that!"

For some reason, Yuki interjected.

Rion looked uncomfortable... Maybe these two were up to something.

Rion had never come to her on her own before unless Yui called her.

（Huh... Could she have come to see Yuki? No, that can't be...）

"Eh, well... I just stopped by on my way to the bathroom..."

Rion said hesitantly, forcing an unnatural smile.

Something was definitely off... As Yui watched, Rion's eyes widened in surprise.

"Ah, Yui, you're wearing glasses..."

YuiGlasses...? A new Pokémon or something?

She tilted her head for a moment, then remembered she was wearing glasses.

Rion looked like she had something on her mind. Could she have figured out that they were just for show...?

"Y-Yeah, my eyesight isn't great, and my seat is at the back..."

"I might get glasses too..."

"Eh?"

"Recently, I've had trouble seeing the board, so I thought I might wear glasses during class."

Yui was speechless at this unexpected declaration.

If the already smart Rion wore glasses, she would become even smarter.

Worse, it was a copycat move. She was trying to copy her!

"S-So, if you wear glasses, we'll be a pair, kind of..."

"No, Rion! You can't rely on glasses like that!"

"Eh, eh?"

"I'll train you! Look at my finger!"

Yui extended her index finger and slowly moved it back and forth in front of Rion's eyes.

By repeating this, she would restore Rion's vision. She had seen it on TV.

"You can see it, right? You can't see it because you think you can't see it."

She said something like that.

As she moved her finger closer and farther from the confused Rion, Yuki, looking slightly exasperated, stepped in.

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