To be honest, Kushida still didn't quite understand her own state of mind.
After school that afternoon, Wang Meiyu, Inokashira, and the others closest to her came to the dorm to visit her. Kushida dealt with them using her polished acting skills while casually probing for information about what had happened at school that day.
For her, gathering information had become something like an instinct.
Then Wang Meiyu brought up what had happened in the classroom not long ago. First, Sudo had inexplicably exploded, and then Hoshino had fallen to the floor, seemingly while peeping...
To Wang Meiyu and the others, Sudo's behavior was simply the usual conduct of that violent, frightening boy in their class. There was nothing strange about it.
But Kushida keenly sensed that something was off. There was also what Hoshino had mentioned to her that morning—his plan to take action against Class B. Sudo's incident looked accidental, but was there actually some hidden connection? Or perhaps it could be used somehow?
—That was how she should have been thinking.
But in reality, what she couldn't get out of her mind was Hoshino peeping.
"That scumbag! He'd just had his way with me, and he was already going after other girls..." Kushida grumbled inwardly. For the moment, she couldn't even be bothered to keep up appearances. Claiming she was tired and needed rest, she sent Wang Meiyu and the others away, then immediately contacted Hoshino.
Though she had imagined a hundred different scenarios, when Kushida actually saw Hoshino, all the complaints filling her stomach simply wouldn't come out. Stepping on his foot was about the harshest punishment she could manage, but to Hoshino, it probably just looked like she was acting cute.
When Hoshino picked her up, pressed her against the wall, and kissed her, a