With the colder weather, there is always a broader excuse to miss appointments and classes. I find it hard to see how a girl from one of the classes had contracted pneumonia a day ago and then recovered just as quickly.

I did not understand her hushed words and flushed face when I offered a handkerchief for her sickness, when there merely was

Tetsu-kun, if there is any activity you wish to exploit more in our week of partnership, let me know. As long as they are within the school's rules and following the legality of your age, of course.

Otherwise, I may limit ourselves to classes only.

Not much is different since the merging of the two classes. I find the back rows to be already crowded by the time I reach the classroom.

It would do the teacher better if she didn't notice one person out of a good twenty-five to be catching up on much needed rest.

I still don't understand this tradition of throwing chalk.