Although romance had nothing to do with Classmate Sakayanagi, what she said was not wrong.
However, Kushida's call to check up on him seemed to be out of concern for his situation.
He should be a little more reserved.
Hachiman began reflecting on himself.
[Still, it is hard to imagine that you would truly fall in love, Hachiman. Do you think love can make someone stronger? Or does it make them weaker?]
He could not determine what Sakayanagi was thinking.
If Kushida had not called earlier, Hachiman would definitely have assumed Sakayanagi was telling him not to let romance affect their match and to focus on the special exam.
He was not an idiot. Sakayanagi's various actions really did make it easy to get the wrong idea.
For example, was it possible that she liked him?
But Sakayanagi had not said anything to make him leave, so he had probably misunderstood.
With that thought, Hachiman arrived at Zelkova Shopping Center and subconsciously headed toward a vending machine in a more secluded area.
"Yo, Hachiman Hikigaya." Just as Hachiman reached the second floor, he was wondering whether, now that the exam was over and Class A's students were tense, Yamamura might be hiding behind some vending machine when an unexpected person struck up a conversation with him.
She had beautiful silver-white hair, delicate features, and wore a beige coat.
It was the same style Classmate Sakayanagi had worn today.
Hachiman realized that perhaps because he had just eaten with Sakayanagi and then received a check-in call from Kushida, he had nearly been shaken.
The clearest sign was that everyone he looked at now seemed like Sakayanagi.
However, Sakayanagi had not confessed to him, and he had long since confirmed that they were incompatible.
So even if she really did confess to