As he thought that, he noticed someone pushing open a partition.
It seemed someone had been showering in one of the stalls, then walked straight toward the bathing area.
Then some students recognized him.
"It's Sanada from Third-year Class A!"
"Sanada's got some guts!"
The students around them watched Sanada, with his delicate features and slender build, head toward the bath with admiring looks.
"..." Sanada.
Sanada had finally summoned up some courage.
He had recently been playing P5R. Normally, he still did not have enough courage to step into the bath, but now was the time to go all out.
The longer he delayed, the worse it would be for him.
Fortunately, Hachiman wore a towel while soaking in the bath.
And he was not wearing his glasses right now, so he could not see much.
He just had to make sure he did not fall.
"It's pretty lively outside." Sanada walked over to the bathing pool on his own. "Um, Hachiman. Actually, I wanted to ask you for help."
Oh.
?
Hachiman looked at the guy who had kept starting to speak and then stopping when they met that afternoon.
Had he finally gathered his courage?
"Um, actually, there's someone I like." Sanada said directly. "For this exam, she and I were assigned to the same group. We got acquainted over something small during last year's Sports Festival, and we had some contact after that."
"But I don't know what she thinks."
"For this activity, I originally wanted to take the same course as her."
"But I noticed that she seemed to be ignoring me a little. There's also a second-year boy taking the same course she plans to take, and she doesn't seem very opposed to him either. So I was wondering whether she noticed my feelings