[Hachiman Hikigaya]
Oh.
So she had returned to the student dorms.
But today was only Wednesday. It obviously wasn't a day to go looking for her, so Kushida stayed quiet.
Meanwhile.
Hachiman had already returned to the student dorms with Karuizawa.
"We're at your floor. Good night, then."
After they entered the elevator, the buttons for the fourth and sixth floors were pressed.
When they reached the fourth floor, the elevator doors opened. This was the boys' section, which meant Hachiman had to get off first.
"Ah, good night," Karuizawa replied.
Even after Hachiman stepped out, Karuizawa remained obediently inside the elevator.
For her, today's developments had still moved a little too quickly.
She hadn't even made up her mind yet when, before she knew it, Hachiman had taken her to meet Classmate Sakayanagi, and she had received Sakayanagi's permission to keep her.
That meant she would be her dog for at least seven years.
Though she wouldn't exactly be Sakayanagi's dog, since Sakayanagi seemed to have decided to assign her to Hachiman as his dog.
In a way, Classmate Sakayanagi seemed to like Hachiman a great deal, but her possessiveness was frightening too.
After all, who bought the opposite sex they liked an assistant to help them work for seven years?
Anyone would remember that kind of favor, wouldn't they?
As she thought that.
Ding!
The elevator doors opened, and Karuizawa hurried out.
But the moment she entered the girls' dormitory corridor, her wandering thoughts abruptly snapped into focus.
Because a girl with long black hair and beautiful fox-like eyes was walking toward her.
The girl carried a thermos, so she had probably come out to get hot water.
But then.
"Karuizawa."
Just as Karuizawa was feeling a little awkward, the other girl suddenly called out to her.