"Today," the teacher began, pointing at the board, "you'll be assigned a project that's on emotion. How cursed spirits emotion and resolve is different from that of a human. you guys will be grouped up in 3s. take five minutes to find your partners."

Satoru and Suguru zeroed in on you, the silent-smart girl of the class. you charted #1 on every test without even trying, meanwhile these two were begging to stay afloat when it came to academics.

they got up and walked over to you, two pairs of hands now on your desk. you looked up with a midly spooked expression. "eh?" you tilted your head, eyes widening when satoru kneeled to your side.

"pleasebeourpartnerforthisprojecti'llgiveyouanything!" he pleaded before suguru slapped the back of his neck.

"he means." he let out a sigh. "will you be our partner for this project?"