"Hikki..." Yuigahama looked somewhat awkward, her smile forced at best. It was unclear whether Hikigaya understood, but he turned his face away and fell silent again.
He was obviously a twisted guy. As for people like that, Sogo Doma had to say—he was quite interested. After all, the more twisted someone was, the more fun it was to toy with them!
"So you two aren't friends?"
"Uh..."
"Then I guess you're lovers..."
"Huh!?" Yuigahama, who had only just been feeling awkward, was dumbfounded again. Wh-why did this guy think she and Hikki were a couple?
Clearly... Hikigaya: "..." !!!
"How could we be!?"
"Why couldn't you be?" Sogo Doma countered. "If you aren't friends or lovers, why are you two so far away from the main group?" Hikigaya: "..." He simply didn't want to interact with other people!
If he had known that leaving the group would make him run into this inexplicable guy, he would have obediently stayed with everyone... Wait a minute!
"But you left the group too, didn't you?"
"Come on, if I stuck with the group, that unreliable female teacher might treat me like a glorified errand boy. Better to wait until they've all finished being busy..." A kindred spirit!
Hikigaya felt that way again. If the other guy hadn't kept harassing him, this guy definitely could have become his kindred spirit. "Exactly, that's what I was thinking too..."
"Impossible!" Before he could finish, Sogo Doma declared firmly, "This big-boobed Yuigahama clearly doesn't look smart enough to think of slacking off by leaving the main group!" Yuigahama: "..." For some reason, she really wanted to punch this guy in the face!
What did he mean, she didn't look smart? And how was leaving the group to slack off supposed to be smart in the first place!?