Chiba Village, woodland cabin campsite.
"Young man, care for a drink?" Shizuka Hiratsuka said. Sogo Doma now refused to even call her "teacher," yet she herself had not agreed to his request to have some fun—cough, cough, to listen to what was in her heart. Clearly, there were stories and alcohol, yet she had left, claiming it was because—"As the teacher in charge, I have to look after the children. How could I drink?"
Pah! Sogo Doma felt that if he had not come today, she might already have started drinking. If she was really that responsible, why had she brought alcohol with her?
Still, seeing how burdened she looked, Sogo Doma did not truly insist on having a few drinks with her. It was not that he feared she would drown her sorrows in drink and only become more miserable. If something happened after she got drunk and Kasumigaoka saw it, cough, cough... Leaving aside all that irrelevant nonsense, he simply did not want to take care of a drunk woman!
Besides, Hachiman was here. Shizuka Hiratsuka was not the only person Sogo Doma could use to pass the time.
"You actually got alcohol from Hiratsuka-sensei?" Hachiman Hikigaya stared at the sake in the other man's hand, feeling the corners of his eyes twitch furiously. If they twitched any harder, even his dead-fish eyes might twitch right off his face!
"Of course. Didn't we say it while we were having such a pleasant chat? You have stories, I have alcohol..."
"I don't have any stories!" Before he could finish, Hachiman Hikigaya declared firmly.
"No, you do."
"I don't!"
"I think you could."
"But I really don't..." If he were not so wary of the guy before him, Hachiman Hikigaya probably would have... Well, even if he were not wary,