Lunch time.
The midday sun beat down on the corrugated metal roof of the storage house, creating a sweltering, secluded cocoon far from the prying eyes of the rest of the student body.
Inside, the "Hellish Study Group" was in session, and the air was thick with the scent of old gym mats, dust, and pure, concentrated academic despair.
Haruka stood before a makeshift chalkboard, her movements efficient and robotic.
She was currently teaching a complex multi-variable algebra problem that she claimed was "most likely" to appear on the final.
"So, first, you have to do this..." Haruka said, her chalk blurring across the board as she performed a massive jump in logic. "Then, you simply multiply with that. Once you get that result, you need to apply the third thing to... And then do this..."
The chalk clicked rhythmically against the board, leaving behind a trail of intricate symbols that looked more like ancient runes than mathematics.
