"Shizuka, there's something you got wrong..." Sogo Doma said, seemingly answering an entirely different question as he looked at the bewildered Shizuka Hiratsuka.
"Hm?"
"Whether you climbed over the wall or not, I never pushed Taihei onto Kaguya Shinomiya..." Sogo Doma chuckled and raised a finger, as if intending to explain something.
"Heh..." But before he could finish, Shizuka Hiratsuka sneered. "Do you even believe that yourself?"
"Why wouldn't I?" Sogo Doma countered. "Shizuka, even if I really did arrange a blind date between Taihei and Kaguya Shinomiya, it was only a blind date. If a blind date meant it was guaranteed to work out, then wouldn't you have already—cough, cough..." Shizuka Hiratsuka: "..." Damn it, was it her fault that all her blind dates failed?
It seemed it was... Still, embarrassed as she was, the hot-blooded female teacher understood what Sogo Doma was getting at. "You mean..."
"Bingo!" Sogo Doma did not keep her in suspense. The moment she spoke, he confirmed it. "It was just one blind date. That doesn't mean they'd end up together. Not to mention that Taihei is already an old man pushing thirty—there's no way he'd fall for a high school girl whose chest hasn't even developed. And as for Kaguya Shinomiya... Kaguya already has someone she likes. Would she agree to be with Taihei just because of a blind date? Here's a little piece of gossip for you: Kaguya Shinomiya has been on no fewer blind dates than you, Shizuka." Shizuka Hiratsuka: "..." What did he mean, no fewer than her?
Why did he have to use her as the example?! Wait a second? Kaguya Shinomiya had been on as many blind dates as she had? Wasn't Miss Shinomiya a high school girl?
She had started going on blind dates while still in