The reason was simple: Tohka had to prepare for the National Tournament individual event qualifiers, so she had no time to deal with him for the moment. She had to stay up late studying match records.
And Kageyama Sora had other things to do as well...
After all, everyone from Kiyosumi High School would be participating in the National Tournament individual event, and there was also the matter of whether Fukuji Mihoko and Ikeda Kana would continue being beaten by their coach... In short, he still had a lot of follow-up work to finish, so naturally, he had to get busy.
That day, he bought a great many sweets and went to Kazekoshi Girls' High School.
The conclusion he reached was that the coach greatly admired Ikeda Kana's refusal to give up until the very end. The entire Kazekoshi Girls' High School was doing everything they could to support Fukuji Mihoko, intending to let her participate in the individual event without worries.
Ikeda Kana even put up her cat ears and glared at Kageyama Sora, declaring that a bad man could not disturb the Club President.
Having been branded a bad man, Kageyama Sora could only leave the sweets behind and depart helplessly.
But... on his way back, Kageyama Sora kept feeling that someone was following him.
Kageyama Sora's steps paused. Afternoon sunlight filtered through the gaps between the roadside trees, falling across his shoulders in mottled patches of light and shadow.
He did not turn around immediately. His fingers merely absently rubbed the mostly empty bag of sweets—the macarons and cream puffs inside had almost all been divided among the Kazekoshi girls, leaving only a lone piece of chocolate mousse.
He had felt like he was being followed ever since leaving Kazekoshi's gates. At first, he thought it was