I Was Hired As A Tutor By A Cute Little Devilish Junior - Chapter 14 Scoring

“In girly points!”

So, after saying something incomprehensible, Satsuki pointed at me with a smug look on her face to announce that it had been decided.

“Fu, it’s been decided.”
“Nothing has been decided yet.”

She really said that. She also snorted proudly.
Shiina, who was standing beside me, tilted her head.

“What’s a girly points score?”
“It’s exactly what it sounds like. We’re going to let Riku score us for our girly-ness and have him evaluate it.”
“Why do I have to do that?”
“Riku said that, no? He’ll decide who’s worthy of being his wife.”
“Stop fabricating memories. And I also said I wasn’t going to decide.”
“I don’t remember that, bla bla bla.”
“Hey…”

Satsuki averted her gaze from me.
She saw Shiina, who was on the opposite side of her averted gaze, pondering something.

“What about Shiina, that girly-ness score? Are you up for it?”
“I-I’m…”

Shiina choked on her words and slumped down.
However, after pondering a bit, she looked at me and Satsuki alternately.

“I’m…For it. I-I’m not going to lose as Senpai’s student!”
“See, Shiina-chan wants to be Riku’s wife, too. Riku is the only one who’s reluctant.”
“I didn’t say that much! I’m only talking about being his student!”
“Ehh? It’s not that big a difference.”
“Yes, there is!”

I thought about what Satsuki had said as the girls struggled with each other.
Even if you suddenly ask me to give them a score, my understanding of girls was very limited.

“I have a problem when you ask me to do that. How do you actually score?”
“Well. What I’m thinking of is that Riku will look at our behavior in everyday life and grade us on a point system. For example~”

As she said that, Satsuki hugged my arm tightly.

“Riku~. Did you enjoy my bento today?”

And then she whispered to me with a deliberate upward glance and a sweet tone of voice.

“Eh, yeah. I-It was delicious?”
“Really? Ehehe, I’m so happy. I’ll make it again next week.”
“…”

I was speechless at the sight of the delirious Satsuki, who acted so different from usual.
I felt her b*easts pressed against my right arm as she hugged me, and I could sense her growth.

“Well, I guess it’s like this. What do you think? How many extra points do I get now?”

How many extra points? It was true that if it was a point system like that, and I could grade it based on my own judgment and prejudice, I might feel a little better.

“Well. It’s a little too different from the norm, and to be honest, I was a little taken aback by it, so I’ll give it a minus thirty.”
“Why!? I told you it was a point system! Why are you deducting points?”
“No, I’m following the rules. I added the negative thirty points.”
“Mmmmm~. You’re boring.”
“What’s boring? It’s the rudiments of middle school.”

Satsuki’s lips pouted in boredom.
It seemed that her math and Japanese skills were still not up to par. I was starting to worry more about Satsuki’s studies than Shiina’s.

“T-Then, it’s my turn next, isn’t it?”

Shiina went out to the mound in place of Satsuki, who has a minus thirty.
Shiina took a deep breath right in front of me, and then reached into her skirt pocket.

While Satsuki and I watch with bated breath, Shiina took out “it” from her pocket and slowly draped it over her face.
And then—

“Senpai, do you like me…with glasses?”
“Plus thirty points.”
“Unfair!”

Shiina smiled, looking a little embarrassed with her ehehe, but the minus thirty beside her was annoying.

“It’s not fair, Riku! The difference between her and me is terrible!”
“Stop complaining, as long as it’s my own decision.”
“Shiina-chan just wore glasses! So if I wear glasses too…will you give me an extra pair?”

As soon as she said that, she asked Shiina to borrow her glasses and turned around to look at me.

“See? How’s that? How do I look in my glasses?”
“Plus thirty points.”
“I’m happy, but I don’t agree!”
“What do you want me to do?”

I’ve given her a plus point, but she was still not happy.

“That’s a plus or minus zero score anyway. Good for you.”
“Eh? My score is now thirty.”
“What? No, what happened to the first negative 30 points?”
“Because the initial points are zero and there is no concept of negative points, so the negative 30 points are invalid.”
“That’s very arrogant.”
“I’m the one who initiated this, so I’m free to set my own rules.”
“Well, I guess that’s true…”

I personally don’t like the fact that Shiina and Satsuki have the same score at the moment, but it can’t be helped since Satsuki is the one who invented it.

“And by the way, how long are you going to keep this score thing?”
“Hmmm, I hadn’t thought of that. Shiina-chan, do you have any idea?”
“Me? Well, I have a personal wish, but how about until the next test?”
“The next test is the first midterm exam. Okay, let’s go with that.”

After agreeing to Shiina’s idea, Satsuki looked at me and asked, “Riku, do you understand?”

In our school, we have five tests a year. The first-semester midterm and final, the second-semester midterm and final, and the end of the school year exam.
The first-semester mid-term examination is held in the latter half of May. In other words, this meant…

“I’m going to have to keep track of your scores for almost a month now?”
“Good luck, Riku.”
“Please do, Senpai.”
“Haa…I get it. But I don’t know anything about girly things, and I’m really grading you based on my own prejudices, okay?”
“It’s okay. In other words, we just need to make Riku excited for now.”
“Yes. So, you can score it any way you want.”

And so, like a teacher, I was assigned to “score” my student and my childhood friend.

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“So, how did this happen?”
“That’s right. Why is Imai-senpai sitting next to Murakami-senpai?”
“I’m just supervising Riku as a childhood friend to make sure he’s doing well. Shiina-chan, aren’t you a little too close for a mere student?”
“I’m the only student approved by my senpai, so I’m not just a student.”
“I don’t remember asking Satsuki to supervise me, nor have I ever been asked to tutor anyone other than Shiina…”

The two girls on either side of me were arguing with each other.
I think I realized firsthand that a situation where you have a flower in each hand is not necessarily a good situation.

“Satsuki, I’m doing fine without you having to worry about me. I’m a serious and normal tutor if I do say so myself.”
“B-But, maybe Riku might be using his position as a tutor to do this or that to Shiina-chan!”
“I’m not. Why do you come around and think the same way.”

Why do these two want to make me a criminal?
I’ve been living honestly for the past sixteen years, and even Satsuki, who has been watching me closely, doesn’t seem to trust me at all. It was sad.

“Shiina also. It’s fine to have a rivalry with Satsuki, but if you’re so attached to me, you won’t be able to study anything.”
“Ugh. T-That’s true, but…”
“But what?”
“Umm…I feel like if I don’t do this, Murakami-senpai is going to keep on messing with Imai-senpai…”

Shiina’s voice becomes quieter and quieter towards the end.
She might think that I might be offended if she said that, but I really don’t think it’s anything to be concerned about.

“Don’t worry, Shiina. I’m sitting here to tutor you. No matter what the pervert next to me might do, I’ll do my job well.”
“Senpai…!”
“Um, you know I can hear you right?”

The minuses were making a lot of noise again, but I was going to ignore her because it would be too much trouble if I responded.
In the middle of teaching Shiina how to study, I heard voices from next to me saying “Hey”, “Hey”, and “Hey”, but I didn’t listen.

But it seemed that my childhood friend’s need for attention had already reached its limit.
Suddenly, she hugged me by my arm, just like before.

“Hey, Riku~. There’s something I want you to tell me too~”
“What’s with the suddenness?”
“Teach me health and physical education~♡”
“H-Hey!”

Once again, Satsuki pressed her surprisingly plump b*easts against me and whispered in my ear as she breathed into my ear.
The scent of her hair, which had been increasing lately, and her breath caressing my ear, made my spine stretch.

I was proud to say that there was nothing that could make me nervous about Satsuki now, but my ears were weak, so please stop. My ears.

“S-Senpai. Please look at me.”
“S-Sorry. All right, don’t get so attached to me.”
“No. You should only look at me. I’m not going to lose to her either…”

She said something I didn’t understand and then pressed her chest against my chest in the same way as Satsuki.
Why do these two keep hitting me with their b*easts?
Both Shiina and Satsuki had to be aware of this because of their size there.

“Riku. Hey-nee-ta~”
“Senpai. P-Please look at me.”

I was pulled from both sides like a tug of war.
This was the basis of physics, the balance of forces, I suppose.

At any rate, I have a certain duty that I need to perform for the two of them.
I’m sure they want me to do it, too.
I confidently told them that.

“You both get minus thirty points.”

“”Ehhh!?””

…In a way, this scoring system may be a remote that allows me to control the two of them. This was the moment I realized that.