Sogo Doma led her into an even quieter stairwell. Fortunately, Eriri seemed to have been planning to do the same. Otherwise, she would probably have said something like, "So you really have been lusting after me for ages..."
Probably...
As everyone knew, Sogo Doma had never been a dense guy. In this country, allowing someone to call you by your given name was undoubtedly a signal...
For example, he and Yukino Yukinoshita had known each other for quite a while, yet the young miss had only ever let him call her Yukinoshita, not Yukino...
Eriri?
Had he done something?
Eriri Sawamura: "..."
If her mother had not pointed it out to her, she probably would never have realized what that Doma guy had done for her. First, he had investigated that guy, then he had helped her sort out the plot, and then... But that idiot never said a word!
Sogo Doma: "..."
What the hell was this even about? Hadn't he and this blonde always focused on teasing each other? But...
People instinctively left a little kindness for those who cared about them. Sogo Doma was no exception.
"Sawamura..." he tested the waters.
"Y-you-you..." Eriri looked as though she were about to explode. "Y-you bastard!"
Sogo Doma: "..."
-_-!
"I meant Eriri..." he said with an awkward laugh.
"G-get this straight..." Eriri turned her face away. "I-I only allowed you to call me that. D-don't get any weird ideas!"
Sogo Doma: "..."
With tsundere levels like that, if he just went along with it and said something like—of course, Eriri only let me call her that because we used to be friends—he could probably muddle through. Or he could play the part of an utterly oblivious, steel-hearted straight man.
"Got it, got it, Eriri. Um, I still need to