After leaving the dormitory, he could feel the refreshing wind blowing straight at him.
Hachiman opened his tired yet unusually alert eyes.
It was all Horikita's fault. She had left him completely unable to sleep.
Just thinking about how Suzune Horikita might like him and was looking forward to them dating in college, or even getting married, was truly terrifying.
"Huff, huff, huff—"
Hachiman continued forward and soon arrived at the track. Perhaps because they were deep in the mountains, the sky had not been polluted by industrial society, and the moon was unexpectedly bright.
The stars spread like a spiderweb, glittering brilliantly.
As he thought that—
"Mmm—ah—"
A sweet singing voice drifted from one corner of the track. Hachiman followed the sound and looked over.
The first thing he saw was a girl standing on the ground, gazing up at the sky as she softly hummed a song.
Her jet-black hair cascaded down her back. She clearly wore no special adornments, yet she still made his heart skip a beat.
Hachiman had supposedly become immune to cute, beautiful girls after attending this school, but he still could not deny that the girl before him was truly beautiful.
The aura she gave off was somewhat similar to that of the Horikita he had just been thinking about.
That was right.
Although one Horikita had thrown his emotions into disarray, Hachiman had now encountered another Horikita.
Hachiman looked over.
The way his gaze settled on her was drawn by the powerful beauty Yukino possessed.
Yukino had a lovely singing voice, but seeing her stand alone beneath the moon, singing to pass the time and clearly enjoying herself, was rather surprising.
Yukino had an air of someone on the verge of separating from the crowd, yet blooming with dignified grace.
This was