Would he be embarrassed?
Doma, utterly shameless, Sogo said solemnly, "Ms. Hiratsuka, I'm actually quite a shy child. Places that would make me feel embarrassed... hmm..." He began to ponder, looking deeply conflicted. "What kind of place would that be? An Alphabet Club? A Naked Party? A Girl-Eating, Guy-Eating Camp? A gathering place for eighth graders? A normal high schooler's social venue? And..."
"Stop..." Shizuka Hiratsuka suddenly felt that asking whether he could be embarrassed had been incredibly stupid. "What part of any of those places sounds shy? An Alphabet Club? A Naked Party? A Girl-Eating, Guy-Eating Camp? Are those things a child should be saying? No matter what, I'm still a teacher... Besides, why is a gathering place for eighth graders ranked after all those shameful venues? And what the hell is a normal high schooler's social venue?"
In the end, she had become the designated straight man.
"I see. Then I should add that the order isn't ranked..."
"Is that the problem? Putting adult venues together with eighth graders and normal people is already a problem!" Shizuka Hiratsuka, the unable-to-calm-down retort machine, snapped.
"But there's no difference between those places to me..." Sogo Doma said gloomily.
"Would you feel embarrassed at a normal person's social venue? Since when did you have social anxiety?"
"No, I mean those places are all pretty normal to me. By the way, I was just using elimination to narrow down the places that would make me embarrassed. Everything I listed was eliminated..."
"Doma, didn't you just expose something? What happened to being shy?"
"Who says shy children have to feel embarrassed in those places?" Sogo Doma retorted.
"As your Japanese teacher, I feel deeply ashamed. Go learn what 'shy' means, Tokyo's number one student..."
"Ms. Hiratsuka, women who take things too seriously tend