"Because... because it's hard to control who you fall for or who falls for you."
"So, I think Hachiman received anonymous chocolate, then wanted to find out who gave it to him and return the favor, right?" Sakura said.
"Was it really that simple?" Hasebe asked curiously.
"That should be it," Kushida realized.
That was what Hachiman had said from the start. But would someone really go to such lengths over a single unmarked chocolate?
In other words, that guy had actually received a whole lot of chocolates, hadn't he?!
P.S. This chapter is 5,000 words. Paying back 1,000 words.
P.S. Still owe 517,000 words.
P.S. Also, the new picture of my wife is really cute.
Classmate Sakayanagi: I've Never Seen Anyone This Bold Before! Part Two!
Kushida finally understood.
So Hachiman had not received chocolate from just one girl. He had received enough chocolate that he felt the need to investigate it carefully.
Because Hachiman Hikigaya had become popular.
Indeed.
Kushida knew that although Hachiman had seemed difficult to get along with when he first enrolled, as time passed and people got to know him better, many students probably came to see him as dependable.
On top of that, after he started wearing glasses, he gave off an entirely different impression. So the number of girls who liked his type would naturally increase.
Still.
Most students probably assumed he was dating Suzune Horikita. Yet on a day like this, they were still throwing themselves at him?
Those girls were too ridiculous. Either it was friendship chocolate, or they were the type who wanted to express their feelings even if they had no chance.
How humble.
And if that was the case, then even if Hachiman searched everywhere for the people who had given him chocolate, they would not tell