Report 26

Plot
Arata and An show the results of their retests to Kazuomi, having scored even worse than before since this time there were a smaller number of questions worth more points each. Kazuomi notes that he thought An would pass at least one test, as unlike Arata she tried to answer most of the questions. Rena notices Kazuomi's plight, and he is about to tell her that Arata and An suspected they might be going out together. However they stop Kazuomi from sabotaging himself, telling him Rena would be more likely to be angry with him than with them, but Kazuomi is clueless about what they mean.

Chizuru turns up, interrupting the discussion by notifying Kazuomi that the class representatives were called to the staff room. She catches sight of Arata's tests, and together with Kazuomi they exchange some non-flattering comments on his performance. Chizuru notices that in just a week since the start of the semester Arata has already built a circle of friends, and reminds herself that she must do her best to make friends too.

As Chizuru leaves the staff room with Kazuomi he asks her to use his given name, which she immediately accepts with ease that surprises both Rena and Arata. Noticing Rena looking at her Chizuru resumes her attempt at making friends and smiles at her. Taking her attempt at a smile as a triumphant smirk like she did earlier Rena feels shocked and insulted, and Arata tries to calm her down by explaining Chizuru meant no harm. However Rena is not convinced, and reminded of her loss of the silver pin, she is overtaken by a dark mood.

Trivia

 * The events in this chapter took place on, 7 days after Report 25.