Besides.
Having recently made chocolate herself, Hachiman knew that the chocolate Ryuen was holding had been homemade, not bought from the Shopping Street.
"So, Ryuen, are you—" one student said, seemingly surprised. "Could it be that you're planning to give it to someone?"
"Give it to someone?"
Yet Ryuen burst out laughing when he heard that.
"That's right. I'm going to give it to someone," Ryuen said. "They always look like they're not interested in anything, but they probably haven't received any chocolate."
"Ohhh," the boy who had just spoken to Ryuen said. "So Ryuen likes the cool and distant type?"
"Idiot." Ryuen seemed somewhat annoyed. Then he grabbed his bag and headed outside.
"He really is noisy." The girls in class did not join in. Ryuen was fairly dependable, but he used to be the kind of guy who could even hit girls, so he was not popular with the girls in class. Naturally, no one would take the initiative to give him chocolate either; he would probably call it fawning or something.
"Ibuki, don't you have anyone you want to give chocolate to?"
Suzune Horikita, who sat in front of Hachiman, took the initiative to speak to the girl who had just found Ryuen boring.
"Why would I give any?" Ibuki said. "I don't admire romance at all. And lots of people say you'll definitely break up after graduation anyway."
"I see." Horikita did not seem prepared to continue talking with Ibuki.
Meanwhile, Hachiman had already prepared to get up and head to the Student Council office.
"Hikigaya." But someone called out to Hachiman from behind just as he was about to leave.
"Is it starting?" Shiina had originally been about to leave the classroom, but she seemed to stay after seeing this development.
After all, Hachiman and