The Fourth Period Is Modern Chinese (Continued)

Hayato leaned close to his ear as if whispering a secret and spoke the rest of his sentence.

"Whoa—! Hayato! That's even worse!"

"Why? You don't want Ebina looking at you with curiosity, right?"

"Being sneaky will make her notice us even more! Whispering over here will only stimulate her even more!"

Hayato glanced at Ebina...

Her glasses frames looked even redder than usual.

They were so hot that they seemed as though they had been made from molten lava.

"Oh—so that's how it is."

Hayato knew nothing about BL.

Nor did he harbor any prejudice.

He did not think she needed to give up her interests, either.

"To be honest, I don't really understand that stuff. I don't know what I should do. Well, let's just burn with youth."

"Uh, Hayato, you're acting really weird."

"Am I? In the end, friendship is what matters most. Is that conclusion so strange?"

"There's nothing wrong with the conclusion itself, but it doesn't sound like you. I kind of don't like you like this."

"Is that so? I like that you're willing to worry about me. You're more dependable than I imagined."

The first one to react to Hayato's words was Ebina.

She gave a small shudder.

Tobe himself was at a loss because Hayato had suddenly said something like that to him.

"Uh, thanks for the compliment, but..."

"Your shirt is very beautiful, sir‼"

"You don't need to compliment my clothes!"

He snapped back, sounding slightly annoyed.

"I finally learned how to say it, so it just slipped out."

"So you only said that because you were confused for a moment."

From Tobe's perspective, Hayato's strange behavior over the past few days had only grown more chaotic.

Rather than being driven by affection, Hayama had apparently become confused because of a