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021: DISTRACTION
Yoite woke up from a nap on Yukimi's couch. Miharu was sprawled along the apartment floor, scribbling idly on some paper. Yoite blinked to clear his vision and recognized quadratic equations printed across the sheet.
Miharu noticed Yoite's attention and glanced backwards at him. "Grandma said my homeroom teacher left all this work for me to make up," he explained. He looked back to the homework and scrawled something. "I figured I might as well do some of it in case I go back to school anytime soon."
It had never occurred to Yoite that Miharu was supposed to be in school. School had always been a distant concept to Yoite—someplace for other people to go to, something he was aware of but had never experienced.
He stared down at the equations. Miharu had only done four so far and his answers were all wrong. Yoite didn't bother telling him though; Miharu probably didn't care.
Yoite had no idea how much school a student was allowed to miss, but he had no doubt that Miharu was probably in some sort of trouble. An awful, unfamiliar feeling started squirming somewhere in his chest, but he squashed it down. He had no use for extra emotions. Not now, not when he was so close to the end.
Yoite closed his eyes tiredly. Maybe Miharu would be going back to school soon.