July had ended, August had begun. Days passed blindly as I used up my summer holiday for mundane tasks, studying, practicing piano or chess, and seeing friends every once in a while, especially Randan and Sakurako.
I had been studying a decent amount with Sakurako, we were practically done with the summer homework and were more than prepared for the next trimester as summer drew to a near close.
"Are we finally done with this stuff?"
"Yes we are. I take it you haven't done this in quite a while have you?"
"Nope"
"Well of course"
Sakurako gave up a titter as she stood up, at this point it seemed that she knew my house about as well as I knew it. I say this because she immediately went into my kitchen and grabbed a drink from my fridge.
The audacity to do this, absolutely mad. Not like I could care in the slightest actually.
The completion of our homework was a godsend, as I hadn't ever bothered to try to do it, I had no idea how tedious it was going to be. I mean I barely passed the entrance exams, I guess they just did the intelligence state from the mandated IQ test the school gives you. That too, they had suppressed the real number of, for me as well, it was
marked as 136. This made me small fry in the school of geniuses I attended, a school hellbent on pure improvement, and just making sure growth and development was maximised. Even the lowest scoring student, who I think has a whopping 43 overall, would have to improve to meet
the schools standards, they would improve by at least 20 points if the school had anything to say about it.
"You're definitely impressive I'll say that much"
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"You do this like it's nothing Sakurako, I need to summon quite a lot of strength to actually do this stuff"
"Well I've got a goal, I have been doing it for years"
"It makes sense, and I guess it's been getting easier for me to do this. Although I don't quite think my marks will improve dramatically yet regardless of my information absorption"
"I'm sure you'll be great"
I had grown a lot closer with Sakurako and she was definitely one of my closest friends now. I want to know more. I desire knowledge far surpassing what I have now, I need to know everything about her. As creepy as that may sound I just feel like I haven't gotten to know her well enough yet. All the new experiences I had had with her were definitely things to write home about, and as we grew closer I just wanted to continue to discover new things with her.
"I can't believe how quick summer break has gone. It's like a week and a half until we go back.."
"It really has gone rather fast hasn't it"
"Astonishingly"
"I've had a good break though.. Much better than any one of the breaks before this"
"I think I may agree with you there"
"I want to do better you know, in school that is"
"I think you will, just focus on your studies and you'll easily surpass most of everybody"
"I'll try harder from now on. I don't think wasting my talents is a good idea..You wouldn't be happy if I did"
Sakurako giggled a little at that remark. She'd started doing that a lot more now, it made me really happy.
One thing I knew was that, no matter what, I was going to do very well on the next exams we had, which would be the trimester two midterms.
I am aiming for a very good placement, show the school.. Show my them that my talents can't be buried, that I can't be buried. I will not lose, I cannot lose to this, to my family, to anybody. I will win. I will come first. I will be the top of the class, the year, the school.