Chinami Defeated by Sleep

Rattle.

Carefully pushing open the sliding door, I gave an awkward smile when the professor stopped teaching and turned toward me.

“Sorry. Something came up... I submitted an absence slip to the faculty office.”

“.... I wondered why you'd skip class for once, but you did show up. Go sit down.”

Normally, he should've asked why I was attending class for once.

Hearing the professor himself acknowledge how my reputation had changed felt strangely moving.

I nodded in apology to the professor, went into the classroom, and saw Miyuki sitting by the window.

As I crossed the back of the classroom, tapped Tetsuya on the back, and sat down, Miyuki showed me what she'd written in her notebook.

[Good job.]

She seemed to be praising me for following her instruction to come in with a time gap...