39 - People who have a desire to teach are not necessarily suited to become teachers (Patreon)

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“Is there anything you don't understand, Nakano-kun?”
“I’m fine, Sakura-san.”

We are studying after taking the break. Hiuri sometimes shows concern for me and asks me that, but since what I'm currently studying is what I'm good at, I don't need to ask any questions.
I only single-mindedly keep doing the exercises, but I am doing them with the determination not to lower my score in these subjects just because I’m good at them.

“Hiu, what about this one—?”
“Um...”

As always, Hayashi-san continues to ask questions to Hiuri. Tadashi also asks questions to Hiuri from time to time, but Hayashi-san asks her the most questions by far.
However, if you listen closely, you will notice that she does not ask questions about the same thing, and she seems to understand after only one answer. Does that mean her understanding ability is high? The fact that she can't understand things in class means that the class format doesn't suit Hayashi-san quite a bit.

Tadashi is also getting better and better at concentrating. He used to be fidgety at first, but now he only speaks when necessary.

Maybe I'm the one who's not concentrating the most at this point.

“Nakano-kun...”
“Nn? I don't have any particular questions, you know.”
“I see...”

Hiuri tries to be considerate and asks me, but so far I haven't had any problems.

“Do you really have nothing, boyfriend-kun?”
“This is something I’m good at after all.”

Hayashi-san then asked me... do I really look like I have a low understanding ability? I'm not saying my grades are good, but I can't say they're bad either...

“Okay then, you should study what you’re bad at.”
“Eh?”
“We have a wonderful teacher called Hiu after all, I think you should work on the areas you're bad at while you have a chance now.”

I can ask her help in the dream, so I don't have to force myself to be able to do it now... but she has a point. There may be things that even Hiuri doesn't understand, and in those cases, being able to rely on other people that are here right now might get me to overcome my bad subjects.
I take out another book. Hmmm, My motivation drops all at once.

“He—h, so boyfriend-kun isn't good at math—”
“Actually, it’s science subjects as a whole. I'm not good at application...”

In past tests too, I failed miserably on such application problems.
　Thanks to studying in the dream, I have been able to solve the problems to some extent, but I still can't shake the feeling that I'm bad at it.

“Here, this is Hiu’s Sensei Time.”
“Rinrin, concentrate.”
“Ye—s.”

After that, Hayashi-san became quiet. It helped that Kannazuki-san had an expression that looked like she was about to get angry.

“So, which part do you have a problem with, Nakano-kun?”
“Umm, the application of this formula is...”

...

“Phew! It's finished!”
“Tadashi, study properly when you get home, okay?”
“Leave it to me!”

Is he serious? I feel anxious...

In the evening, our study meeting ended.

“It's been a while since I studied with anyone other than Hiu, so it was refreshing—.”
“Hayashi-san, you don’t hold a study meeting with your friends?”
“If I were with other people, I’d end up wanting to play with them. Hiu is the best because she gives me the right amount of break and focus!”

I see. It's true that Hayashi-san tends to want to play and she may have trouble concentrating.
Also, I think that having Kannazuki-san in addition to Hiuri also had an effect. Kannazuki-san was single-mindedly studying alone during the whole study meeting, which seemed to give us a sense of tension.

“I feel like I can pass the test this time—!”
“Study properly, Shindo-kun.”
“Yes!!”

Your reply is good. But whether you actually study or not is a different matter.

“I want to get together again─. As expected, we can't finish preparing in just one day.”
“That's true. Are there any days when you're free?”

With a word from Hayashi-san, everyone adjusted their schedules and decided their next appointment. It will happen next Sunday.

“We don't have much time until the test, but let's do our best.”
““Yeah—!””

Hayashi-san and Tadashi's voices echoed throughout the neighborhood.

...

“Kazuki-kun, you should have guessed!”
“Eh, what is?”

Apparently Hiuri fell asleep before me, so when I arrived in the dream world, Hiuri also arrived at the same time. And currently, she is angry.

“It’s the study meeting, you know, study meeting!”
“Umm... I did give you juice instead of coffee though...”
“I was happy about that, but... that’s not it.”

Hm? Was there anything else besides that?

“I gave you a lot of chances to ask me questions, didn’t I?”
“Yeah.”
“Then ask me!!”

When I calmed down the agitated Hiuri and listened to her talk, it seemed like she wanted to help me with my studies.

“If you want to teach me that much...”
“In the first place, I went because Rinrin told me I would be able to teach Kazuki-kun, you know?”

The suggestion Hayashi-san gave her in the classroom, it seems, was the right to teach me.

“And I was looking forward to that...”
“I thought I would be okay since you could teach me in the dream...”
“The me in real life don't think that... haa, well, whatever. It’s true that the me here can study one-on-one with Kazuki-kun.”

Real life Hiuri has no memory of the dream. It is normal for people to not remember what happened in their dreams.
Therefore, it is normal for her to not remember our study meeting with just the two of us. It seems that there was a difference in perception between me and Hiuri on that point.

“Or rather, did you want to teach me?”
“Yeah. I'll tell you this, but my real life self is pretty attached to Kazuki-kun. If there's a chance to get along, I'll be pretty proactive about it.”

It seems our chance to become a couple in real life is high. According to Hiuri, it’s only a little bit more, so let's do our best without rushing.

“Well, let’s put that aside, starting today, we’ll study here as well.”
“Please take care of me, sensei.”
“Leave it to me.”

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(T/N: 応用系の問題 - application problem. I previously translated it as ‘applied problem’)

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