"We lived closer when we were at Teikou," Kise said. "I invited Aominecchi earlier because, well, I wasn't, you know..."

He shrugged.

"I'm glad he helpped out. He's probably really pleased. I know my parents are little disappointed I'm not a brainiac like Saoko-nee, but they were used to it with Mihoshi-nee." He hummed. "Though they are really excited about me wanting to go to a university in the US. They were prepared for me to skip uni entirely like Mihoshi-nee did."