Well, the conversation had come right back around. This girl was such a pain...
Just as Kamio Tatsuya was wondering how to handle her, Kiryuin lifted her arm and draped it around his neck.
The sudden weight made Kamio Tatsuya instinctively duck his head, bringing himself down to her level.
"By the way, what happened to that purple-haired girl from last time?"
Since they were so close, Kamio Tatsuya could even smell Kiryuin's perfume. It was completely different from Shiina's and Kamuro's.
And in that position, Kamio Tatsuya's face had also ended up pressed against Kiryuin's chest.
He had to admit, it was pretty soft.
But this clearly wasn't the time to dwell on that. Kamio Tatsuya bent at the waist, slipped out from under Kiryuin's arm, and straightened up again.
"Masumi's sleeping in and doesn't want to go out. Also, Senior Kiryuin, please keep your hands to yourself when you're talking to me."
Kamio Tatsuya's perfectly straightforward answer caught Kiryuin off guard. She looked at him, then at Shiina Hiyori behind him, and seemed to realize something.
"Is that so? Young people these days really are something."
"What are you talking about?"
"Nothing." Kiryuin shook her head, then suddenly sighed. "You've really grown, haven't you? You weren't even as tall as me the first time we met, and now look at you."
Kiryuin was over 170 centimeters tall. Kamio Tatsuya didn't know her exact height, but she was probably no shorter than Ryuen, making her exceptionally tall for a girl.
At this school, even counting the teachers, Kamio Tatsuya had never seen anyone taller than her.
But ever since the school year began, Kamio Tatsuya had been growing nonstop, like a bamboo shoot.
He hadn't measured himself, but he'd seen Sudo once recently and no longer had to look