Private Toyogasaki High School, Faculty Office.
"Ms. Hiratsuka, isn't it a little too soon to discard someone after they've served their purpose? Even if you couldn't win Taihei over, I still have plenty of high-quality single male resources on my end..." Sogo Doma sat in an office chair with his legs crossed, grumbling indignantly.
"Shut up!" Shizuka Hiratsuka snorted. "You bastard Doma, if you don't want Umaru to find out what you're usually like at school, you'd better be quiet..."
"Enough already! You already used that trick to forcibly drag me down from the rooftop just now, and now you're threatening me with it again? Aren't you ashamed of yourself as a teacher? As comrades who, well, went on arranged dates together, don't you have a heart?" Sogo Doma snorted back.
"What do you think this is all because of? Do you know how the school officials looked at Kirisu-sensei and me when we submitted your leave request?" Shizuka Hiratsuka roared.
"I came first in the joint exams!" Sogo Doma said coldly.
"Your record of skipping class..."
"I came first in the joint exams!" Sogo Doma declared proudly.
"You sleep during class..."
"I came first in the joint exams!" Sogo Doma said with pride.
"No club activities. What about the club you founded? It—"
"I came first in the joint exams!" Sogo Doma persisted.
Shizuka Hiratsuka: "..."
"First in the joint exams, first in the joint exams—is that all you know how to talk about? Youth isn't just about grades, you bastard! Other than coming first in the joint exams, what accomplishments do you even have to show off...?"
"The little sister I taught also came first in the joint exams!" Sogo Doma became even prouder.
Shizuka Hiratsuka fell silent for a while. "..."
She sighed. "The power of bloodlines