“Surprisingly better than I thought!” He admitted. “Isamu freaked out, but of course he did. School is his thing. Always has been. Always will be.”

That part, he could laugh about.

“I was actually more surprised how Papa reacted. I thought for sure, going back home for the qualifiers, that I’d get the same lectures about being lazy or not applying myself or whatever. But he didn’t… He was almost… supportive?” Minoru scratched his head. “Not of me dropping out, but of me taking my time. Taking classes online. That kind of thing.”

But enrolling in anything, even just a single class, was going to wait until after the Finals this year. He stood his ground on that.