So, it was all Horikita's fault. She had made him so neurotic now.
Hachiman began reflecting on himself.
Then.
Bang! After taking a few swigs of mineral water, Hachiman indeed felt much better.
However.
He did not continue toward the athletic field. Instead, he waited for more than ten minutes before heading toward the vending machines.
Yet more than half the bottle of mineral water in his hand remained.
Was he going to get another drink?
No.
Hachiman knew that Classmate Sakayanagi might do strange things when she was in love-struck mode, but Kamuro would not.
Kamuro was still clearheaded.
She might have helped Sakayanagi take his coat, but that might not have been all there was to it.
Therefore.
Her initiative in buying him a drink earlier might have been meant to conceal something and keep him from going to that area.
Sure enough.
As he drew closer.
Hachiman noticed a girl sitting on a dimly lit bench beside the vending machines.
She was a girl with a beautiful profile and a single ponytail.
Sitting on the bench with her hands resting on her thighs, she lowered her head as though she were in low spirits.
As he approached, he could even hear her soft sighs.
"Did something happen?" Hachiman walked over.
"Eek?!"
"!"
Yamamura seemed startled. When she saw Hachiman approaching, she nearly stood up.
"I'm the leader of Group 5. If a group member has emotional problems and I don't resolve them, that's a failure on my part," Hachiman said.
"And if you're not in good condition, I can't assign you to participate in tomorrow's exam."
"Um, it's actually nothing," Yamamura said somewhat flusteredly. "I'm just used to staying here."
"This place makes me feel at ease," she said.
By "this place," she meant the vending machines.