"The clouds are so white."
After saying that, he took a deep breath, as though he wanted to inhale the moisture from the clouds.
Kita stared at Ishikawa Hayato in disbelief. Her face quickly flushed red, her legs pressed together, and her steps became much stiffer as she hurried ahead as if fleeing.
Bocchi was full of question marks, unable to understand what Ishikawa Hayato meant.
But Bocchi suddenly realized that Hayato seemed to flirt shamelessly with everyone else, while always holding himself back around her.
When they arrived at the shop.
"Kita-chan, Bocchi-chan, Hayato... Huh? Hayato-kun didn't come?"
Nijika cheerfully greeted the two coming down the stairs, but when she noticed one person was missing, she paused in confusion.
Kita had originally planned to greet her too, but after hearing that, she looked back in confusion.
All she saw was Bocchi, who looked uneasy under everyone's gaze.
Bocchi raised a hand and cautiously pointed.
"Um... Hayato is over there..."
The three of them looked in the direction Bocchi was pointing.
At some point, Ishikawa Hayato had passed everyone from the back of the group and run over to Seika. He sat on the barstool beside her, looking at her with a brilliant smile.
The three of them could sense something rising from Seika's calm back.
"Hayato-kun, stop bullying my sister!"
Nijika hurried over and pulled him away.
Just as she pulled Ishikawa Hayato away, the voice of a drunk echoed from the entrance.
"Eh~~ It's really lively today, senpai~ Long time no see."
A woman who looked like nothing but trouble was sprawled drunkenly over the railing that Ishikawa Hayato often vaulted over.
Her rose-red hair was tied in a side ponytail that hung over her shoulder. She wore a jacket, but because of her loose posture, the