Kushida, Please Don't Make Things Difficult! Part 2! Two-in-One! (Continued)

It had only been twenty minutes since Horikita left via the hallway.

Although most students had chosen to wear the inn's yukata, some disliked that kind of attire and preferred their own clothes.

So Horikita had probably changed back into the casual clothes she liked during that time. Then she discovered that Hachiman had asked her out and came over.

Or perhaps there was another possibility.

She had changed out of the unfashionable-looking yukata because she was coming to see him.

Ah.

After witnessing two confessions in a row today, Hachiman felt like he was starting to get strange ideas.

Love-brained... No, he couldn't become love-brained.

"Ibuki kept pestering me, so I had no choice but to go to the ski slope today," Horikita said as she sat down. "She seemed determined to settle things with me."

"Still, I used her during the Sports Festival, so it was only natural that I agreed to her request."

"Is that so?" Hachiman nodded.

Then he took the photographs he had gotten from Sakura out of his pocket.

"Then consider this a gift for you."

"Coming to Class C was an improvement compared to last year."

"So I never prepared any sort of reward for you."

Hachiman said this and pushed the photos toward Horikita. "These are for you."

Suzune looked at the photos Hachiman had pushed over.

The people in the photos were herself and Ibuki. There was even one of her, Ibuki, and Shiina eating fried noodles together at the ski slope restaurant.

"These are..."

"Photos Sakura took?"

"Yeah." Hachiman nodded. "I hired her today. She was responsible for taking pictures of you."

"For someone like you, who studies ten hours every day, there are very few chances to relax with friends like this."

"And since we rarely get to go