Kuwabara's excitement about the last week of school diminished somewhat when he saw Shizuru's stony face on their walk home. "Is something wrong?" he asked.
"No," she said shortly.
"Okay," Kuwabara said, completely unconvinced. He tried to think about what might have upset her. Stumbling on an option, he ventured, "Did you get your entrance exam results back?"
"Yes," she said.
"How'd you do?" Kuwabara asked.
"I failed them," Shizuru said, as matter-of-fact as if she'd said the sky was blue.
Kuwabara stopped walking in surprise. He knew Shizuru made good grades; there was no way she should have failed all her exams. Remembering her argument with their father, he understood. Shizuru had failed her tests on purpose; their father couldn't make her go to high school if she hadn't been accepted to any of them. If that was her plan, she wasn't upset that she had failed, but she was steeling herself for Mr. Kuwabara's reaction when he found out.
Kuwabara wisely decided he'd be hiding out in his room this night.
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AN: Sorry about being late; between a test and a paper, I completely forgot about updating yesterday. My bad.