She wanted more than just this.
She wanted everything.
And the result was that among the girls he knew... things were practically about to explode.
The girls of Class 1-D arrived at the cafeteria.
And this time, far more of them had come.
Aside from the key person, Sato, her friend Karuizawa, Shinohara, and Chiaki Matsushita had all come as well.
Hasebe had come purely out of curiosity.
And she had brought Sakura along too.
Kikyou Kushida had come as well to ease the atmosphere.
When Sakura was brought over, she had thought Haruka had finally worked up the courage to stand up for her and confront Yanagi, telling her that she was a person, not a pet.
But in the end,
she learned that Oreki was dating Yanagi.
Sato had confessed to Oreki before and been rejected, but now he had accepted another girl's pursuit. Everyone felt that Oreki had gone back on his word.
However,
Oreki had clearly dated Karuizawa before.
And he had not gotten back together with Karuizawa now.
Yet he was dating Classmate Sakayanagi...
Could it be...
"I asked Oreki too. He seemed to reject the idea of romance at school, but... but now he actually agreed to date Classmate Sakayanagi."
Sakura had already seen Oreki and Classmate Sakayanagi sitting together, and Classmate Sakayanagi seemed to have made a bento herself.
Sakayanagi Arisu had even taken the initiative to wipe cake cream from the corner of Oreki's mouth.
The gesture was rather blatant, practically radiating the air of a couple.
It was truly a harmonious scene.
Sakura voiced her thought. "Could it be that the person who had been supporting Oreki all this time... was Classmate Sakayanagi?"
"It was Sakayanagi?"
Everyone could see—or rather, had gathered around to watch—Oreki and Sakayanagi eating together.
And