The rise of the internet had given some words "new" meanings. Take "going to have a bath," for example—did she really think Utaha Kasumigaoka didn't know what that meant?
That Sogo Doma guy was actually trying to fob her off with that excuse, right when her inspiration was about to strike...
Utaha Kasumigaoka wanted to grind her teeth. At the same time, her inspiration vanished, and she fell back into a writing slump. While mentally beating someone to a pulp, she muttered in a fit of pique, "Sogo Doma has no idea. If it weren't for him, I'd already have finished my bath and be resting..."
It was true. If she was stuck for too long, she was better off taking the day off to relax.
"Girls take much longer to bathe than boys. Even if Sogo Doma messages me after he's done, it'll be a long, long time before I can reply. After all, I have to bathe too..." Utaha sounded like she was starting to sulk.
But once again, it turned out she'd been overthinking things. Because she was so preoccupied with the fleeting sparks of inspiration, she could barely focus on bathing. After washing up absentmindedly, Utaha Kasumigaoka realized she'd taken less than half an hour.
"Boys finish bathing faster, right?" With that thought in mind, Utaha Kasumigaoka waited another ten minutes or so before sending her first message on LINE.
"Sogo Doma, 'going to have a bath' is an excuse girls use!"
She thought that if Sogo Doma replied right away, she'd answer, "So, I'm going to have a bath..."
It was a childish little act of revenge, but Utaha Kasumigaoka was really looking forward to how Sogo Doma would feel when he got her message.
Only...
At that moment, Sogo Doma was still in the