Yukino Yukinoshita seemed to have found some kind of answer. She gazed out at the view of private Toyogasaki, a smile appearing on her face. Yet that smile lasted only a few seconds before fading away.
After all, that idiot who had once been willing to stand against the whole world for her was gone now...
There were already so many outstanding girls by his side.
Utaha Kasumigaoka...
Mashiro Shiina...
Even Ako Tamaki, who was always sneaking glances at him...
Haa... Yukino Yukinoshita let out a soft sigh inwardly. Who could she blame? After all, she had chosen to finish elementary school early rather than spend that time with him, then flown abroad to study...
Perhaps, in Sogo Doma's heart, she had already become a traitor?
No, that wasn't right!
Yukino Yukinoshita shook her head. If she was merely a traitor to him, why had he gone to Sobu High School to find her? Besides, he still remembered what she liked—she liked cats...
That was why, when they met, he had given her a remarkably human-like cat. It really was the sort of gift only an idiot would give...
What delighted Yukino Yukinoshita even more was that, after seeing the cat, her mother—who had never liked such things—had actually agreed to adopt it. She had even let Yukino name the cat Pankeli.
Speaking of that cat...
Pankeli was clearly a stray, yet it was more understanding than cats that had been raised by people since birth. Moreover, Pankeli did not reject her approach...
This gave Yukino Yukinoshita, who liked cats but often scared them away, an immense sense of satisfaction. Because of that, she had always believed she and Pankeli were fated to meet. No other stray could have been like Pankeli.
But now...
Yukino Yukinoshita once again imagined things