What kind of person was Sogo Doma?
Over this period of observation, Shizuka Hiratsuka had been quite surprised. In her opinion, Sogo Doma was absolutely not a problem student in the traditional sense. He seemed to keep a smile on his face for everyone, yet only close observation revealed that there was not the slightest trace of emotional fluctuation in his eyes.
His eyes were completely dead—that was what Shizuka Hiratsuka wanted to say.
Sometimes, whenever something popped into that guy's overheated brain, he would immediately go and do it, with no purpose whatsoever. That was one of the reasons she said Sogo Doma was like a madman.
Then there were all the other reasons: he did whatever he pleased, cared not at all about what others thought of him, and always said and did the unexpected.
The more Shizuka Hiratsuka observed Sogo Doma, the more she cared about what exactly was going through that guy's head.
So, when she spotted Sogo Doma entering the izakaya, she did not stop him. Instead, she called out to him and invited him over.
Now, hearing Sogo Doma's speech about how anyone who was alive would have worries, Shizuka Hiratsuka felt that her chance had come. Perhaps today, she could have a heart-to-heart talk about life with this guy.
Thus, when Sogo Doma suggested that he just call her Shizuka, she did not refuse. Instead, she played along. "Looks like Sogo really does have worries, if you came here to drink your troubles away?"
"You got it completely wrong. I just had a craving for alcohol. It's totally different from Hiratsuka-sensei coming here to drown her sorrows after failing at matchmaking. By the way, I was silent because of this bottle's alcohol content..." Sogo Doma said, shaking a finger before pointing at the