"So..."
Faced with Sogo Doma's questioning and everyone else's confusion, Rumi Tsurumi couldn't help rolling her eyes. "Who exactly was it that suggested I go to Mr. Katsura's place...?"
"Me!" Most people would have felt guilty when faced with such a retort, but not Sogo Doma. If anything, he sounded completely justified.
"..." Rumi Tsurumi was rendered speechless instead. After a long while, she spoke again. "Did you really never study under Mr. Katsura?"
"Hey..."
"Then why are you so... so similar to Mr. Katsura...?"
"Huh?" This time, Sogo Doma was genuinely offended. Were girls these days blind? She was absolutely terrible at judging people! She actually said he resembled that Katsura Kotaro guy? Hah, this was beyond what even an uncle could tolerate—an aunt definitely couldn't stand for it!
"Hold it!" Sure enough, the aunt couldn't stand it. Before someone could speak up, Yukino Yukinoshita said, "You said Mr. Katsura and Doma are alike? How are they alike...?"
"They're both thick-skinned!"
Sogo Doma: "???"
Hey, hey, this was more than just offensive!
What did she mean, both thick-skinned? Give him a break—he didn't even have such a thing as skin, okay?!
But before he could say anything, Yukino Yukinoshita awkwardly replied, "Um, well..."
Still, though she had spoken, after opening her mouth, she found that the other girl made a lot of sense. There was no way to refute her!
"Actually..." After describing them as thick-skinned, Rumi Tsurumi continued, "When I first got the business card Mr. Katsura gave me, I wanted to run away..."
Well, that was hardly surprising. What little girl—no, not just little girls, but most girls, and even boys, upon realizing the person they were visiting worked at a transgender bar, would probably first think they had been set up. Their second thought would be: