Syo was surprised to see Setsuna in the classroom during lunch. He was outside of the classroom with the door open a crack, just enough for him to see her at the piano. He saw Setsuna earlier, but she left as quickly as she came with her food in hand. Her friends seemed confused about why Setsuna left so quickly. Syo came early because there were only a few minutes till the bell rang to return to class.

He used most of those minutes to stand near the crack of the door and listen to Setsuna play and talk to herself about what she should improve. There were no stutters in her voice when she spoke and for once, he could hear her loud and clear. Her voice was so relaxed when he thought she would be stressed. It relieved Syo when she ate the cafeteria's melon bread from time to time. It'd be bad if she didn't eat before her test, he thought.

Before he knew it, the bell rang and it surprised both of them. Syo chose to wait for someone else to come in since he didn't want to seem super early. In a couple of minutes, Ichinose Tokiya was walking to the door.

"Is it locked?" he asked.

"Oh, um, no," he replied. He moved out of the way for Tokiya and waited ten seconds to enter.

He found Setsuna at her desk, tapping like she would if she was playing a piano. Tokiya, who was in the back, was reading out of his book in peace. Syo put his head down and immediately found the silence unbearable. Soon, some of the students began to file in, including Shinnosuke. When he saw Setsuna, he gave a quick wave to his friends and took his seat.

"Where were you during lunch, Nishima?" he asked curiously.

Setsuna stopped tapping her fingers and looked at him, still not noticing Syo. "Sorry for not telling you, Miura-kun. I was practicing in here."

The two were talking happily with Syo just staying quiet behind them. The bell soon rang and Ryuya entered.

After taking a short attendance, he spoke up. "Alright, since Jinguji decided to skip again, Nishima will play her piece for us. Nishima?" Setsuna got up from her chair with her sheet music. "Also, do you know if he wrote his lyrics?"

"N-no, sir," she replied as she sat on the piano bench.

"So this song is untitled and lyrics are incomplete," he muttered, writing something in his grade book. "Whenever you're ready."

Syo turned around in his seat to see Setsuna taking a few deep breaths. When she felt calm, she had a look of determination and began to play. The unnamed tune was as amazing as Natsuki told him. It was more than he expected, but if only Ren decided to actually attempt to get some good grades, maybe it would be better.

The song ended all too soon, and the class applauded for her as Setsuna walked back to her seat. On the way, she got a few praises and a thumbs up from Shinnosuke.

"Thank you, Nishima. The grades will be up on the bulletin on Monday. All the classes with gather there so we can reveal the scores together. Now, get out your textbooks and turned to page 37."

~Afterschool~

"Hey, Ren!" Syo called. He found Ren alone (luckily) with no fans around.

Ren was looking out an open window on the second floor when he turned his head to Syo. "If it isn't Munchkin."

"I've told you already! It's Kurusu Syo, dammit!" he snarled angrily. "Anyways, you know you just failed the Recording Test, right?"

"Oh, really? That's too bad." He gave a shrug.

"You're gonna do the retake, right? Hyuga-sensei's starting to get annoyed at your absences and zeros."

"Oh, it'll solve itself," Ren replied coolly, walking away with his hands in his pockets.

Syo sighed, leaning against the wall beside the window. He doesn't have a care in the world . . .How the hell did he get into S-Class with that careless personality?

"Secchan!"

"Huh?" He looked out the window to down below.

He saw Natsuki jogging to catch up with Setsuna, who was running an errand for Ryuya before she went to her dorm. She had a stack of papers in her hands and her schoolbag slung over her shoulder. Natsuki said something Syo obviously couldn't hear and Setsuna responded with a confused expression before shaking her head. She gave a short reply and smiled sheepishly. Natsuki smiled back and probably offered to help her since he took half of her stack.

Syo looked confused as he began to walk back to the dormitory.

~Later at the Boy's Dormitory~

"I'm back," Natsuki said when he opened the door.

"Hey, Natsuki," Syo greeted while he did his homework at his desk.

"Syo-chan, I got to talk to Secchan," he said as he put his schoolbag down.

"Yeah, in the practice room, right?"

He chuckled. "No, I saw her after school. I asked her if she hated you. She told me no, so there's nothing to worry about, Syo-chan!"

"I . . . I wasn't really worried . . .," he mumbled, hiding the smile from his roommate. But when I think of it, that only answers one of my questions.

~Monday~

"So . . . how come you're here, Ren?"

Syo was standing beside Ren, waiting for the teachers to reveal the scores. All the classes, from S-Class to F-Class, have gathered for the Recording Test results.

"What? I can't see my score?"

"You already know what you got, so what's the point? Besides, Hyuga-sensei will scold you once he sees you."

Ren shrugged. "Oh, well."

"Not a care in the world, huh?" he muttered in annoyance.

The curtains covering the scores were pulled away. The talking among the classes increased. Syo looked at the S-Class section to search for his name. He grinned when he found his name beside a 95. Of course, beside Jinguji Ren on the board was a 0. He found that Natsuki's score was a 91.

Faintly, he heard a somewhat familiar voice laugh a bit. From the corner of his eye, he saw some girl beside Setsuna slouch in relief.

"I actually passed . . .," the auburn haired girl said.

Setsuna giggled again at Eriko's reaction to her 87. "Well, you did practice your singing almost every chance you had. Your hard work paid off, Eriko-san."

"What about you?" she asked eagerly. She looked up again to find the score and was a bit angry to find an 82. "It's all because of Jinguji-kun! There's a 15 point deduction when the composer doesn't complete the song or the idol was absent for the Recording Test . . ."

"I-I'm fine with an 82, really! At least I passed the test, right?" Setsuna reasoned.

Eriko crossed her arms, still not approving of the score. "You deserve so much more, Setsuna."

"Well, this is supposed to be a simulation of real life, according to Hyuga-sensei. So really, this is fine. If one goes down, so does the other."

Syo took Setsuna's situation to thought. If Ren actually came . . . Nishima would've probably got a 97! Jeez, Ren and his stupid choices!

"Ren, you pulled down Nishima's score," Syo informed directly.

"Oh, did I now?" He gave an intrigued look. "Why are you so worried about it?"

He simply put his hands in his pockets. "S . . . she worked hard on that song, and it all went to waste."

Ren chuckled. "Whatever you say, Munchkin." He walked away, figuring that he had better things to do than sit around in class.

"Dammit, Ren, QUIT IT, WILL YOU?!" he hollered. Syo scowled at the playboy, not bearing in mind that Setsuna was shivering at his call.

She was freaking out about the angry look and the scream before gaining control of her shaking and walking away with Eriko to talk to their friends. It was stupid to even try to look at him . . . He's just too scary . . .

I am preparing for the next chapter already, which will take place at Maji Love 1000% Episode 4. This one somewhat takes place in Episode 3, you know, the beginning of it.