[Extra]Event at a bar one day (Nishino and studying for exams)

It was a little after six o'clock in the afternoon in a small bar in the basement of a small building on the outskirts of Roppongi. Nishino was sitting in a row of sofas facing each other, facing his textbooks and notebooks. It was early before the bar opened, and there were no other customers in the bar.

"If you want to study, why don't you do it at home?"

"........"

After moving into a share house, he got a taste for communicating with the kurogal. Whenever he had time, he would go to the living room and spend time interacting with her there. This naturally meant that he had less time to devote to his studies. So, in preparation for his mid-term exams in a few day's time, he set up in the same place. 

"It's time for me to open the bar."

"At this early hour, you don't get that many customers, do you?"

"......."

As the futsumen grasped his pen in a serious manner. Marquis hesitates to continue, apparently realising that he is not facing the school's material in a duplicitous or drunken manner. Meanwhile, the bell rang, signalling the arrival of the guests. It was Tarosuke.

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He walks into the bar without regard to the signs telling him it's not open for business. 

"Yo, yo? I' m here again today......Hey, Nishino!"

When he spotted the futsumen in the bar, his face broke into a smile. Before Marquis could say anything, he was on his way to the seat in the sofa where Nishino was sitting.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"I'm studying for my mid-term exams coming up in a few days." 

"mmmm, mmm"

"......What's up?"

"If you want, I can teach you. I've been to university. I'm not proud of it, but I got a good score on the exam, right?"

"Is that so?"

"What subject are you studying, Maths? Which problems are you working on now?"

"Here's a text question labelled application."

"Let's see......"

Tarosuke picks up the textbook with great enthusiasm. He is silent for a few moments. Within a few minutes, his face begins to tense up. 

"What's the matter? You've got that strange look on your face again."

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"No, yes, you're right......."

He had thought that it was just an ordinary public school exam. Unfortunately, the application questions in the textbook were already too difficult for him, as he had long since left his studies. It had been many years since he had last worked on factoring.

"Oh, oh, yes!" 

"What is it?" 

"Oh, by the way, I've got some work to do." 

" ... I see." 

"I'm sorry! I'll see you next time!" 

"No, don't worry about it." 

With a series of excuses, the handsome man left the bar as if he were running away. He had been going to this bar for a long time and finally got a chance to meet the person he wanted. Tarosuke is the one who disappoints him by making a mistake. From then on, his personal belongings, which he brought to work, included more and more mathematical texts. This catches the eye of a colleague and opens up a whole new world of work for him, but that's a story for another time. 

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