Feeling that he had had enough fun, Sogo Doma let his imagination wander in high spirits. Then, with a tap of his toe against the wire fence outside the rooftop, he leaped back onto the balcony.
Less than a minute and a half had passed since he had left the balcony. He could have been faster, but saying "bye-bye" to Yukinoshita had delayed him a little.
"Another idea... Ako because... Damn it, why did I forget to bring my laptop up here?" Utaha Kasumigaoka was still immersed in her low mood. Under that oppressive atmosphere, it was difficult for her to notice anything else.
"Um..." Sogo Doma shrugged and handed her laptop over from behind his back. "Young Utako Kasumi-sensei, tell me—did you forget this ordinary laptop, the pure silver laptop below, or the pure gold laptop beside the silver one?"
Utaha Kasumigaoka: ???
She had not understood the rest, but she had seen her laptop.
"That's my laptop..." Utaha Kasumigaoka, who had been lamenting her inability to record her inspiration, immediately snatched it up and hugged it.
"Honest Utako Kasumi-sensei, because of your honesty..." Sogo, the drama queen, continued his river god act.
"Tap tap tap..."
"Divine intervention..." Having gotten her laptop, Utaha Kasumigaoka had fallen into a frenzied state.
Sogo Doma: "..."
"Um..."
Someone who felt ignored rather wanted to make his presence known.
"But Ako..." Utaha Kasumigaoka muttered as she continuously hammered away at the keyboard in her crazed state.
Sogo Doma: "..."
Had it been a mistake to jump down and bring her laptop up?
Thinking that, Sogo Doma sat down beside Utaha Kasumigaoka on a bench, clasped his hands behind his neck, and looked up at the sky. No matter what happened, the sky was always so carefree...
He looked once more at Utaha Kasumigaoka,