Hikigaya Hachiman Is Definitely Dependable! Paying Back 4,000 Words!

"I wouldn't recommend that Classmate Sakayanagi go there," Hachiman said.

"..."

See?

She had racked her brains trying to find a way, but it had completely failed.

"That is true," Sakayanagi said. "But I can't let myself ruin your fun."

"While we're still on the school trip, both Kamuro and Karuizawa should make some memories of it."

Gripping her cane, Classmate Sakayanagi said, "So please don't worry about me. You two should go have fun together."

Then she looked at Hachiman Hikigaya.

"And Hachiman, could you stay here with me?"

"..."

Kamuro looked at Sakayanagi in astonishment.

Because that was an option too?

Indeed.

She had originally wanted to create an opportunity for Sakayanagi and Hachiman, but she had thought too crudely. With Sakayanagi's tiny build, she probably could not handle a haunted house.

So that had been her miscalculation.

Yet now, Sakayanagi and Hachiman were going to stay behind together?

Alone together.

"But if that's the case..." Karuizawa caught on as well.

However, Kamuro walked over.

She grabbed Karuizawa's hand, as though she intended to drag her away.

Karuizawa was not particularly athletic to begin with, and she had no ability to resist Kamuro.

So she could only be led away regretfully.

"Come to think of it," Classmate Sakayanagi said calmly as she sat down beside Hachiman, "it's rare for me to sit on the same bench as you, Hachiman."

The two of them had not had little contact.

Ever since they enrolled, they had often eaten together.

Even recently, they had still been having lunch together.

But they usually sat across from each other at a table, so they had very little experience sitting on the same bench.

"Do you want some water?" Hachiman asked. "We walked quite a lot at the aquarium too, didn't we?"

"No," Sakayanagi