Hiratsuka Shizuka
"Here's your payment for this job. I'm counting on you next time, too."
"...Thank you."
Hiratsuka Shizuka took the envelope of cash from the fierce-looking man and turned to leave the building.
She went into a convenience store and bought a can of alcohol. After draining it in the parking lot, she hurled the empty can to the ground.
"Damn it! That bastard Hikigaya! He's completely ruined my life!"
Hiratsuka, formerly a middle school teacher, had her teaching credentials revoked after a video of her beating a student went viral online.
Hachiman, whose face had been blurred in the video, was unharmed, while her unblurred face made it impossible for her to find work.
Her family had also been so disappointed in her that they cut ties with her.
Desperate, she'd been discovered by an underground talent scout, and now she could only make a living by appearing in action films.
"It was all that bastard's fault for not joining the Service Club! Why am I the only one being punished?!"
She didn't think she'd done anything wrong, insisting it had been "tough love."
Remembering that Hachiman attended an elite boarding school, she kicked over a trash can and shouted, "This is ridiculous! I'm going to that dump of a school this weekend and making him pay!"
Yuigahama Yui
"Hey, want to get parfaits after school?"
"Sorry, I'm going to visit Sabre's grave today."
Yuigahama turned down Miura's invitation and went alone to the pet cemetery.
As she looked at the dog food left as an offering, the tragedy of the day of the entrance ceremony resurfaced: the collar had come loose while she was walking her dog, and just as her beloved pet ran into the road, a car belonging to the Yukinoshita Family ran it over.
After seeing Sabre's mangled body, she'd cried out and missed the opening ceremony, returning to school only two weeks later.
At her weekly visits to the grave, sorrow was joined by anger at Hikigaya:
"If only Hikigaya had been the one who got hit and died! What kind of person runs away without even apologizing?!"
The girl stamped her feet in anger. "That's it! Next time, I'm going to his school and demanding an explanation!"
Yukinoshita Yukino
"Look, it's her..."
"The one who ran over Yuigahama's dog..."
"How awful..."
"But Yuigahama forgave her. She's so kind..."
Yukinoshita endured the whispers around her as she headed for her shoe locker, only to find her indoor shoes torn to shreds again. She had no choice but to walk home in her slippers.
Ever since the video of the accident had been uploaded to Twitter, she'd become the enemy of the entire school.
Her desk being scratched up and her textbooks being ripped to shreds had become commonplace, yet the teachers all turned a blind eye.
Forced to live alone, she finally snapped:
"Why should I have to put up with being bullied by a bunch of idiots?!"
She turned her anger toward the absent Hachiman. "It's all that scumbag's fault for standing by and doing nothing! I'll make him pay sooner or later!"
Komachi
"So we're going to the elite high school this weekend. Komachi, want to come along?"
"Of course! We have to make that scumbag kneel and apologize!"
After hanging up, Hikigaya Komachi seethed with anger.
After the school trip incident, her brother had not only hurt Yuigahama and Yukinoshita, but had also run off to a boarding school to dodge responsibility.
"Can't get into the school? There's always a way to make him apologize!"
The girl clenched her fist. "We're absolutely making him prostrate himself!"
Everyday Life
"Have you decided on your plans for the weekend?"
"Besides seeing a movie and going shopping, I'd like to take a leisurely walk."
"How about walking around the school grounds?"
"Sounds good to me. But don't overdo it, Sakanayanagi. You're not in good health."
"It's all right. In an emergency, Hikigaya can carry me in his arms like a princess."
"Please don't say things like that in the cafeteria... Everyone's staring, and it's making my skin crawl."
"I want to be carried, too..."
"Hiyori! Don't add fuel to the fire!"
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