Satomi smiled shyly when Haru thanked her and rubbed the back of his head, getting dirt and grass in his hair. "Ummm..." She almost pointed it out, but guessed he must not care, so she kept quiet. She was quiet until he said she did good too and she smiled, blushing a little bit. "Oh. Thank you!" she appreciated the compliment. She could have done better. Should have done better. She was a bit of a perfectionist so she always wanted to do things just right, which meant that it bothered her a little that she hadn't hit dead center on every single one. Still, it gave her something to strive for. Next time she would do better. Next time she would hit the mark every time!<br/><br/>She thought he was going to say something else, but Iruka-sensei spoke up before he could, dismissing them. "Haruki, would you stick around for a minute?" Iruka asked, but it wasn't a true request, as he wasn't giving the boy the option to refuse. "Oh. See you later!" Satomi waved good-bye to him and headed off as everyone else did. Unlike everyone else, however, she didn't actually leave. Instead she hid herself in a tree where neither of them would see her. Not that they would expect her to remain, so they wouldn't be looking for her.<br/><br/>Once Iruka was pretty sure the other students were gone, he leaned against a tree and rubbed the back of his head somewhat nervously. He hated to have to break this kind of news. "The reason I wanted you to stay..." He hesitated, trying to decide how to say this before he decided to just get it out of the way. "You won't be able to graduate." He broke the news somewhat bluntly, but he had a somewhat sad tone to his voice, which told that he wished this wasn't the case. "You just haven't reached the same level that everyone else has. I can't pass you. I'm sorry." he sighed lightly, pausing. "You have so much potential. If you would just stop slacking off and apply yourself." he frowned a little. "You're going to have to try harder if you want to graduate." he hoped the boy would take the advice to heart. He really did have a lot of potential. He just needed to focus on his training and apply himself.<br/><br/>Satomi watched from the shadows of the tree. "Oh, Haru." she whispered to herself quietly as she listened to what Iruka-sensei said. Haru wasn't going to graduate. She felt bad for him. It made her sad to hear that he was going to be stuck at the academy another year while the rest of them moved on. Why was it always him? Not only did he have to listen to his classmates laugh at him when he didn't do as well as everyone else, now he would have to watch as they moved on and he was left behind.<br/><br/>She continued to hide behind the tree as she waited to see Haru's reaction. She would wait until Iruka-sensei left and then maybe she could talk to him? Try to make him feel better? But how? She wasn't exactly the most outgoing and talkative person. She didn't really know how to make him feel better. But she could at least try!