"Ayanokoji, want to grab lunch with us? I'm meeting up with Karuizawa and the others in a bit, and then we're eating together."
Hirata had caught Ayanokoji enjoying the sea breeze alone on the deck.
"I'll pass," Ayanokoji declined flatly.
This was already the fifth time Hirata had invited Ayanokoji to a group activity.
"Then... how about just the two of us?"
Hirata refused to give up and tried again.
He was giving off some seriously gay vibes.
"No thanks. I wouldn't want to get on Karuizawa's bad side over this."
"Hirata! Sorry for the wait~"
No sooner had Ayanokoji finished speaking than Karuizawa called out from behind him.
She walked past Ayanokoji, headed straight to Hirata's side, and linked arms with him.
"Let's get going!"
Karuizawa tilted her head and smiled sweetly at Hirata, her eyes curving into crescents.
"Karuizawa, I wanted to ask..."
"Could Ayanokoji come with us?"
Before Hirata had finished, Ayanokoji had already turned and retreated.
Karuizawa was voicing her displeasure, too.
"What?"
"Forget about him for now. I found a really good teppanyaki restaurant."
Hirata watched Ayanokoji walk away, melancholy creeping into his eyes.
Let me save you, Ayanokoji!
Bong, bong, bong~~!
"Attention, students."
"A Special Exam will be held shortly."
"The school has sent an email to every student. Please check your phones and follow the instructions."
Kushida's room.
The two of them busied themselves awkwardly, though neither really knew what they were doing.
At least they had tacitly agreed to shower and tidy up the bedsheets.
Kushida was relatively relaxed. As far as she was concerned, neither of them had any right to judge the other now.
One was a filthy-minded girl, and the other a boy who'd had his "first wet dream."
Though he had been forced into it, Shinomiya had more