"Was that supposed to be a nice thing to say?"
"Huh?"
"Sorry, I misspoke. Perhaps it wasn't something nice to say to you..."
Faced with Yukino Yukinoshita, who seemed to be implying something, Sogo Doma had no idea what to say. "..."
"Actually..." Of course, the second young lady didn't give him a chance to speak. "I'm rather envious of you."
"Tch..." But that gave Sogo Doma something to say. "Isn't that perfectly normal? After all, so many people envy me..."
Yukino Yukinoshita: "..."
So what right did this... bastard have to call her narcissistic?
Sogo Doma: "In most stories, someone as handsome as me would usually..." be the protagonist!
But before he could finish, Yukino Yukinoshita realized, "Usually not survive past three chapters?"
"..." Sogo Doma's eye twitched. He had to admit, Yukinoshita's skill at insulting people was steadily improving. It was only because she'd run into him; with anyone else, she'd probably have already beaten them down into questioning their life. "So you're envious of someone who can't even survive three chapters?"
"Is there a problem with that?" To Sogo Doma's surprise, Yukino Yukinoshita didn't follow the usual script. Not only did she not deny it, she even asked him in return.
"..." Didn't Yukinoshita find that embarrassing? Envying someone who couldn't survive three chapters could only mean she was even worse than them. Sogo Doma, who had prepared a whole bellyful of remarks, choked on his words. After a while, though, he couldn't help asking, "Then what do you envy about me?"
"..." This time, the second young lady fell silent. After a long while, she finally said quietly, "A lot of things. I envy your freedom, envy how you do whatever you want, envy how you have no reservations, envy... What are you doing?"
Uh, listening