"Oh, nothing. Nothing! Nothing outrageous, you know. Just some-- stuff." It was actually very, very normal stuff. It wasn't like he could ask anyone else - Kengo would brush him off, Yuuki would make a terrible teacher and Gentarou was probably doing worse than JK was. Besides, Tomoko was his classmate and she'd be the perfect candidate in helping him out.

Ah, what the heck. What would hurt if Ryusei knew about his subject troubles anyhow? "I need some help in one of our subjects, so I was thinking of asking her on that."

A beat. "I hope that's fine with you, Ryusei-san?"