Tokyo.
"Haah..." Sogo Doma stretched lazily. "We're finally back!"
"No one asked you to come along!"
"Shizuka Hiratsuka, at least I fulfilled my duty as a tool. I may not have helped you all that much, but I—"
"Heh..." Before he could finish, Shizuka Hiratsuka sneered. The things this guy had done counted as helping? Still, thinking of those two thank-yous, forget it... Two minutes later.
"She can call herself a teacher when she treats people like this?" Sogo Doma couldn't help saying as he watched the car speed away, leaving him behind.
"All right, all right..." Utaha Kasumigaoka was rather embarrassed by this. "Who told you to say something like, 'Once we reach the city, she won't be able to threaten you anymore,' to Shizuka Hiratsuka?"
"..." Wasn't he even allowed to talk some trash?
"Besides, we're not far from where we can catch a ride. Getting off here isn't so bad..." Before she could finish, Sogo Doma said in a tone of disappointment, "Utaha, you really don't have to give Shizuka Hiratsuka so much face!" Utaha Kasumigaoka: "???" Was she giving the teacher too much face?
Wasn't it Sogo who gave her far too little face?
"Because I wanted to walk around alone with you too, Sogo. Don't you want that?"
"..." Sogo Doma froze. After a long while, he looked toward the road where the car had already vanished. "Then I suppose she knew better!" Meanwhile.
"Yukino, what kind of person do you think Doma really is?" After ditching Sogo Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka, Shizuka Hiratsuka, still annoyed, couldn't help asking.
"..." After giving it serious thought, the young lady said, "A bastard."
"See? You think he's a bastard too, right?" Shizuka Hiratsuka felt much better.
"Actually, he's not that much of a bastard..."
"Screech!" Before Yukino