Another Like Me - Part I (CoTE x OC) ✔

Chapter 42 - Striking Gold

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There are light spoilers for Y2V5 here. You've been warned.
Chapter 42 LMAO.
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The Class was enveloped in a queer silence. The atmosphere was heavy. Today was the day that our Midterm results were going to be announced.

Of course, I wasn't worried. I was more concerned about certain others like Ike, Yamauchi and Sudo. Or maybe not Sudo. I had been informed by Horikita that Sudo was diligently focusing on academics when Horikita was teaching him herself. I guess I needed to applaud her commitment towards tutoring Sudo. I know that I would have given up already if I were in her place.

I had a bit of fun with this test though. Way to go to attract more attention onto myself. I wanted to focus the limelight on me, not because I am an attention-hungry weirdo, but because I wanted to remove any unwanted attention from Kiyotaka. By attracting all the attention onto myself, I could possibly create a bigger shadow for Kiyotaka to work alongside me from.

At the stroke of the bell, our ever-punctual teacher walked in to the class, and quickly gauged the intense atmosphere in the class. For a split second, she glanced in my direction, but quickly turned her head away to face the class. How sweet.

"It seems you all are quite prepared for this already," she breathed out.

"Because today's the day our results are gonna be announced, right?" Ike said in a low tone, and the class immediately gulped under the serious pressure.

"Exactly. And anyone who fails will be immediately expelled from the school. You'll be asked to pack your bags and leave. Now, I don't think I should be wasting anymore time. I'll put up the individual scores. Read them carefully."

"Sensei, what's the passing score this time?" Yosuke asked this question from his seat.

"43 marks. It's quite a fabulous score, if I may say. I reckon that there is a student in this class who has singlehandedly raised the average by 3 marks," sensei said airily. Way to go, sensei. You just painted me out as a villain.

"Huh? If I get expelled because of that shit then I'll actually pummel that person," Sudo barked from the last seat. Did that meathead actually buy that explanation?

Sensei did not waste anymore time and hung up the chart displaying all the names and scores of students. There was absolutely no privacy. Everyone's scores are out in the open like a makeshift garage sale.

"Huh?"

"Woah....."

"No way....."

Chiaki turned and incredulously looked at me. So did the rest of the class.

"You're actually crazy, you know that?"

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Midterm Results; Class 1-D; Semester 2

1. Takeyama Keisuke — 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99
2. Kouenji Rokusuke — 97 | 98 | 92 | 93 | 95
3. Yukimura Teruhiko — 91 | 92 | 94 | 93 | 94
4. Horikita Suzune — 89 | 87 | 92 | 92 | 90
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17. Ayanokoji Kiyotaka — 71 | 76 | 71 | 75 | 76
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39. Ike Kanji — 49 | 45 | 51 | 47 | 50
40. Yamauchi Haruki — 43 | 45 | 43 | 44 | 47

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The scores were printed on the hanging chart, and Chabashira-sensei tapped her pointed heels on the raised podium. The din immediately subsided.

"As you can see, there were no expellees this time around," sensei said. "But quite a few of you had a very close brush." Ike and Yamauchi gulped. "If you do not improve your academics, then it will become a point of major concern for the class and for yourself."