Chapter 075: The Invisible Girl in Sakayanagi's Class-Is Following People Your Hobby? 6k! (Continued)

Just as he thought that, he saw Karuizawa rub her hands together.

Rubbing her hands was a sign that they were cold.

Right.

After all, it was already January.

The temperature had dropped.

And Karuizawa's earlier gesture clearly meant she did not want to return to the dorms just yet. In other words, she wanted him to stay with her a little longer.

Considering that neither Karuizawa nor he had gloves right now, and that he had treated today as a rehearsal date with Kushida, getting her a small gift would count as gentlemanly behavior.

At the same time, Karuizawa's reaction reminded Hachiman of something.

The weather had changed, so he needed to consider what gifts to give Ichinose, Kushida, and the others this year.

Last year's scarves seemed to have been well received, but giving scarves again would probably get him criticized. Gloves might not be particularly welcome either.

As he considered it—

"Do girls like fluffy things? Things like stuffed animals?" Taking advantage of being out with Karuizawa, Hachiman decided to borrow her perspective as a girl to choose a gift.

"Huh?"

Karuizawa looked puzzled, probably unable to understand why Hachiman had suddenly asked that.

However, Hachiman's mind was racing.

If she helped him, then giving her one as a thank-you gift would not be excessive.

That was what Hachiman thought.

Thus, though their thoughts were on entirely different tracks, the two still headed for Zelkova Shopping Center together. Hachiman waited in the first-floor lounge while Karuizawa went to pick flowers.

She needed quite a while, which was a strange phenomenon in itself.

Men's restrooms usually did not require lines, but on the women's side, even when there were enough stalls, a huge queue somehow always formed.

Just as Hachiman took out his phone to check the time,