"Rome wasn't built in a day, which is why I agree with Doma's point..." Hachiman Hikigaya flattered him without changing expression. "When you force your own wishes onto others without understanding the situation, in the end..." He stopped there and looked toward Hayama— in the end, you wouldn't accomplish anything at all.
"B-but there must be another way, right?" Yui Yuigahama said. "Hikki, didn't you say Hayama isn't Sogo? If it were Sogo..." At that, everyone subconsciously looked at Sogo Doma. But after recalling a certain someone's character, they turned their gazes to Hachiman Hikigaya instead.
"This..."
"I'd also like to know what would happen if it were me," even Sogo Doma said with interest.
"Hiss~!" Hachiman Hikigaya took several deep breaths before saying, "If the people in Hayama's circle aren't really friends, then Doma is the kind of person who makes everyone in his circle... Maybe that's a bit too harsh to say..."
"People only unite when faced with a powerful external enemy, and Doma..." As he spoke, he furtively glanced at someone again.
Yukino Yukinoshita: "..." Could it be that Doma had done it for that reason back then too...
"You're not saying I'm an external enemy, are you?" Sogo Doma felt insulted.
Everyone: "..." In a sense, he really was!
Even Yui Yuigahama unconsciously stole a glance at him. Sogo was interesting, sure, but he had just called her arrogant, while Hikki had been explaining things to her the whole time... Yukino Yukinoshita, meanwhile, subconsciously looked at Utaha Kasumigaoka. Come to think of it, hadn't she allied herself with this black-hearted woman to fight against Doma Kon—Sogo?
Only Utaha Kasumigaoka was secretly delighted—That's right, Sogo-kun is your external enemy. But he's mine!
"Wait a minute, Hayama seems to have noticed us..." Just as everyone was deep in