"And besides..."
"Shinomiya, if I were you, I'd just pretend this never happened!" Kaguya Shinomiya froze. "What do you mean?"
"It's simple..." Sogo Doma explained. "No matter what your father told you, as long as neither of us, the people involved, comes forward, what can he do? Force you—or force me?" Kaguya Shinomiya: "..." Don't make it sound so simple. What did he mean, she shouldn't come forward? If only she could...
"By the way..." Just as she was inwardly grumbling, Sogo Doma continued, "If you hadn't kept calling me, I would've already treated this like it never happened!" Kaguya Shinomiya: "..." So this was her fault now?
Damn it! For some reason, although Kaguya Shinomiya kept saying she had no interest in him, when Sogo Doma acted even more indifferent than she did, she felt utterly stifled... After hanging up, Sogo Doma turned around. "Yo, Shizuka Hiratsuka, you're still here?" The hot-blooded female teacher's eye twitched again. "..." So who exactly had been the one to keep her here just now?!
Although she was grumbling inwardly, she said, "So, you and Kaguya Shinomiya are that close?"
"Don't get the wrong idea..." Sogo Doma said. "She just wishes I'd die. I remember Hijikata—or was it Katsura Kotaro—saying that, right?"
"..." This guy.
"Hey..." Shizuka Hiratsuka wanted to cover her face. "Doma, since you know what people think of you, don't you want to change something?"
"Hm?" Sogo Doma shot her a glance. "Shizuka Hiratsuka, I was just saying it casually. Do you really think everyone wishes I'd die?" Shizuka Hiratsuka: "..." Ah... well... it probably wasn't bad enough to deserve death, right?
Still, a sentence of no wife—well, not life imprisonment, but no wife—should be fine! Seeing the look of agreement on the hot-blooded teacher's face, Sogo Doma couldn't take