PM 00:10
Private Toyogasaki, Rooftop.
With a loud clank, the rooftop door opened once again.
"Sogo..." As soon as lunch break began, Utaha Kasumigaoka led Mashiro Shiina up to the rooftop with practiced familiarity. Sogo Doma felt that Utaha Kasumigaoka had probably developed a habit of being thick-skinned. But whose fault was that, exactly?
As Sogo Doma pondered this, he suddenly appeared upside down in front of the two girls. Then, before she could scream, he lightly chopped her on the forehead...
Thump!
"Ow!" Utaha Kasumigaoka clutched her head. "Sogo, what are you trying to do? You not only suddenly appeared and scared me half to death, but you also..."
"Did I scare you?" Looking at Utaha Kasumigaoka, whose face still showed lingering fright, Sogo Doma stroked his chin and raised a finger. "This is called getting even..."
"What? What do you mean, getting even?" Utaha Kasumigaoka asked, confused.
"Are you an idiot? Saying that stuff in class..."
"So you knew after all. Then that chop just now was meant to tell me..." Not to get ahead of herself? Utaha Kasumigaoka seemed to have misunderstood something. Her expression turned cold, and so did her heart, but before she could finish, Sogo Doma lightly chopped her forehead again.
Thump!
"Idiot. I wanted you to think about yourself. No matter what, you're the genius beautiful girl author, Utako Kasumi..."
"I don't care!" This time, Utaha Kasumigaoka decisively interrupted before Sogo Doma could finish.
"What if I never intended to be with you..." Sogo Doma did not say the rest aloud. Instead, he looked into Utaha Kasumigaoka's wine-red eyes. After a long while, he slowly said, "What if that were the case..." You would go from an unattainable flower to everyone's laughingstock.
Once again, he did not get to finish. Utaha Kasumigaoka gazed