"Actually, Little Hikki is a good person too..." Everyone had a rebellious streak, and Yui Yuigahama was no exception. Besides, putting his flaws aside, Sogo Doma clearly outclassed Hachiman Hikigaya in every respect, which made her somewhat unwilling to accept it. It made sense—one was merely a friend she had just met, while the other was a boy she had a deep crush on... At that, Utaha Kasumigaoka and Yukino Yukinoshita both fell silent. That dead-fish—cough, cough—was Hikigaya really a good person too?
Perhaps, but compared to a certain someone...
"He's, he's very yasashii..." Yui Yuigahama seemed to know that her reasoning was hard to believe—after all, there was already such an outstanding example before them. Luckily, she still had the all-purpose yasashii to fall back on.
"Yasashii..." It would have been one thing if she had not mentioned yasashii, but the moment she did, Yukino and Utaha's expressions turned strange. After all, Sogo Doma had said more than once—only when you could not find any merits in someone would you praise them for being yasashii!
"Th-that's right..." Completely unaware of this, Yui Yuigahama desperately tried to recall how Little Hikki was yasashii. "For example..." As the saying went, three women made a play, and there happened to be exactly three of them here. They were having a lively chat, but Hachiman Hikigaya, one of the people being discussed, did not feel the same way!
What did it feel like to hear people praising you right in front of you? For some people, it would be enough to make them swagger into the clouds. But for Hachiman Hikigaya, who had mild shut-in tendencies, although he was pleased, he was also deeply embarrassed. More importantly, there had already been an exceptional comparison before he was praised—the embarrassment far outweighed the pride!