Everyone noticed that the person he had searched for was indeed Sakayanagi Arisu.
Ichinose's feelings were far from calm. If the students in the class were discussing Classmate Sakayanagi's confession, she felt there was no need to pay too much attention to it. Everyone could see that Classmate Sakayanagi might like Hachiman, but Hachiman was also a principled person, so she did not think he would be won over so easily.
Moreover, she had spoken with Classmate Sakayanagi before. They were friends, and she knew that Sakayanagi was her family's only daughter and came from a wealthy background.
Then it was obvious that if he got together with Sakayanagi, he would have to work. And that was precisely what Hachiman resisted the most.
So she believed that even if Classmate Sakayanagi confessed, it would not shake Hachiman, and she herself could not become a jealous person.
But now, that line of thought no longer seemed so reliable.
Because if Hachiman had truly rejected Sakayanagi, then he... would not have deliberately brought Sakayanagi here as well, right? In other words, Sakayanagi had also joined this race, and had perhaps... leaped out as the winner?
As for Ichika and Kushida, they would wait. Wait for the result.
"..." Kushida.
Kushida was thinking. If Hachiman was going to make a decision right now and did not choose her, what should she do?
As she thought that—
"I really am here."
A cute girl's voice came from upstairs. Everyone looked over and saw an exceedingly adorable silver-haired girl coming down the stairs with a cane in hand.
This was a two-story café. Everyone was gathered on the first floor. Hachiman had not included the reserved location or seating arrangements in the message notifying them, so the girls had arrived first and taken seats on