Sometimes, even Sogo Doma couldn't quite understand what went on in otakus' minds. Well, it wasn't that he didn't understand at all—it was just that once Umaru got involved, he...
"Hachiman, did you see that?" Zaimokuza was still struggling. "That is light—the light of normies! Even someone like me wants to draw close to that light..."
"Snap out of it, Zaimokuza!" Hachiman Hikigaya finally couldn't sit still any longer. "What light? It's just a fake. Don't let it fool you..." In truth, there was something he didn't say—if even that kind of light rejected Zaimokuza, he might truly descend completely into darkness.
"But, but..."
"Zaimokuza!" Seeing that the other man still wanted to say something, Hachiman Hikigaya hurriedly said, "Remember who you are. Otakus like us..."
Sogo Doma: "..."
Were these two putting on a play or something?
"Um..." Unable to stop himself from complaining internally, he turned to Komachi Hikigaya beside him. "Miss Komachi, is your brother really okay acting like that?"
"Huh?" Komachi Hikigaya merely gave him an utterly wholesome smile. "What is this mister talking about? Komachi doesn't have an older brother. I'm an only child."
Sogo Doma: "..."
Was this because she found her brother too embarrassing, so she simply denied his existence?
"Komachi..." As the person involved, Hachiman Hikigaya clutched his chest. "H-how can you say something like that? Your brother, your brother..."
"Huh?" Komachi Hikigaya said, "Did this mister mistake me for someone else? I don't have an older brother who talks about fakes all day long..."
Hachiman Hikigaya: "???"
Komachi!!!
"Oh, right..." Before he could say anything, Komachi Hikigaya turned to Sogo Doma. "Mister, did you say that big sister is your little sister?"
"Huh?"
"Could you introduce me to her?"
"..." Seeing the worshipful look in her eyes, Sogo Doma froze. Did