"That's right, it all stemmed from the difference in status..."
"Being aloof and hard to approach were Yukinoshita's labels. While those labels made it difficult for her to make friends, they also conveyed one thing: Yukinoshita wasn't someone to be offended. For example..."
"Yuigahama, if you met Yukinoshita for the first time, would you dare approach her on your own?"
"Huh?" Yui Yuigahama hadn't expected this to involve her. But after thinking over Sogo Doma's question, she subconsciously stole a glance at Yukinoshita. Seeing that frost-covered face, Yuigahama involuntarily shuddered. "Um, well..."
"You wouldn't dare, right?" Fortunately, Sogo Doma answered for her.
"..." Yuigahama fell silent. Yukino Yukinoshita also fell silent. "..."
"Then would you dare provoke her?" Sogo Doma continued.
"Why would I provoke—" Yui Yuigahama said.
"Stop..." Before she could finish, Sogo Doma interrupted her. "If we replaced Yukinoshita with Hachiman Hikigaya, Yuigahama, would you dare approach him?"
"I-I already get along with Hachi—"
"You have to set aside certain objective factors, like the fact that you know him!" Yui Yuigahama: "..."!
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"How did you know..."
"Was that difficult?" Sogo Doma put on an inscrutable expression. "Think about how everyone else treated Hikigaya, then think about how you treated him. As long as someone isn't an idiot, they could infer that you knew things others didn't. In other words, you'd looked into him!" Utaha Kasumigaoka and Yukino Yukinoshita: "..." Ah... Fine, they were idiots, okay?
Yui Yuigahama: "..." Had she made it that obvious? Miura and the others hadn't noticed at all...
"However..." Without waiting for them to say anything, Sogo Doma continued, "With your brain, it would probably be hard for you to imagine not knowing what Hikigaya was like, so let me ask something else. Would you—or rather, would anyone else—dare provoke Hikigaya?" Yui Yuigahama