The phrase "since we're already here" really made people compromise. Hayato Hayama, cursing internally, ultimately stayed behind with an awkward smile. Incidentally, Sogo Doma did not see him clutching his stomach in pain, nor did he see just how embarrassed Hayama had been when Shizuka Hiratsuka took out a recorder and played the recording... No wonder the hot-blooded female teacher had snapped her fingers as soon as she saw the car arrive. It wasn't that she had prepared in advance—this had clearly been premeditated for a long time!
Of course, Sogo Doma also overlooked the intense resentment in Hayato Hayama's gaze—there was no honor in this at all!
Ahem... It couldn't be helped. Sogo Doma's attention had already been drawn to a dead-fish-eyed boy. This definitely wasn't because Yukino Yukinoshita's expression had changed slightly upon seeing him, but because: "Boy, you have very nice eyes." The dead-fish-eyed boy: "???" Was he mocking him, or... Unfortunately, perhaps due to his withdrawn personality, the boy merely nodded as he wrestled with the question. "Uh..."
"Those are clearly already-dead eyes, aren't they?" Shizuka Hiratsuka, who had apparently said something to Hayama that had forced him to stay, broke out in a cold sweat at those words.
The dead-fish-eyed boy: "..." That was the evaluation he deserved, wasn't it? But... before he could speak, Sogo Doma retorted, "Ms. Hiratsuka, how can you call eyes so rich in DHA dead...?" The dead-fish-eyed boy: "!!!" Th-this was a kindred spirit!
"Hikki, someone actually said the same thing to you..." Before the boy could speak again, a large-chested girl with cherry-blossom-colored hair exclaimed in surprise.
"Um..." The dead-fish-eyed boy's eye twitched. "Yuigahama, if possible, could you just call me Hikigaya? Hikki sounds a little..."
"Eh!?" The cherry-haired girl—Yuigahama—looked somewhat upset.
"Girl..." Before she could say anything, Sogo