"Don't look at me like that!" Faced with the questioning looks from Utaha Kasumigaoka and Sogo Doma, Shizuka Hiratsuka seemed to grow even more frantic. "How could I possibly..."
As a teacher and an educator, how could she possibly encourage Mashiro to put some unmentionable thing on her head? Shizuka Hiratsuka felt deeply offended!
"Calm down..." Fortunately, everyone present knew Mashiro well. Unlike Sogo Doma, who was just enjoying the show, Utaha Kasumigaoka saw that Shizuka Hiratsuka was so frantic she'd even started calling herself "this old lady," and hurried to say, "Ms. Hiratsuka, just calm down first. We all know what Mashiro's like..."
"So..." But while she was speaking, Sogo, who was enjoying the show, cut in again. "How exactly did Ms. Hiratsuka trick an innocent girl?"
At that, Shizuka Hiratsuka, who had just been calmed down, couldn't help protesting again. "I didn't!"
But while the passionate teacher was desperately defending herself, Mashiro pointed to the unmentionable thing on her head and said, "Ms. Hiratsuka said this was cute..."
"I told you to wear it!" Shizuka Hiratsuka's head was pounding.
"Why?" Mashiro asked, bewildered.
"What do you mean, why? Unmentionable things are meant to be worn..." Shizuka Hiratsuka tried to explain.
"But the teacher said it was cute..." Mashiro was confused again. "Why would you hide something cute?"
"Well, that's because..." Shizuka Hiratsuka could explain that much, but she had only gotten halfway through when she spotted Sogo Doma standing off to the side, watching the show. "Why did you have to come over here, you brat?"
"Huh?" Sogo Doma was taken aback. "What does that have to do with me?"
"I..."
"Anyway..." Before she could continue, Sogo Doma cut her off again. "Ms. Hiratsuka, what exactly did you say to Mashiro? How did things end up..."
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