The two strolled back to the cafeteria. Even from the entrance, they could hear the rising and falling clamor of the celebration banquet inside.
Slowly pushing open the door, Akutagawa Shang and Maki stepped across the threshold one after the other.
Satoru Gojo leaned back in his chair and turned toward the entrance at the sound. "Hey, Akutagawa, Maki, the celebration's already started. We're just waiting for you two."
"Exactly! Akutagawa, what took you so long just to buy drinks? You too, Maki. I thought you two had gotten lost together-" Holding a drink, Panda beckoned them to sit down.
"Ah, something unexpected happened. But Maki brought me back, didn't she?" Akutagawa Shang waved a hand, then pulled out a chair and tugged Maki down to sit with him, acting as though nothing had happened.
But Kinji Hakari, who was chugging beer beside them, spotted the telling detail. As the only two people present with any dating experience, he and Kirara Hoshi naturally saw through their clumsy disguise and keenly picked up on something unusual.
He exchanged a glance with Kirara Hoshi, and they silently nodded in agreement.
Then he stealthily poked Panda beside him.
At first, Panda was a little puzzled. Why had Kinji Hakari suddenly poked him?
But when he followed Kinji Hakari's and Kirara Hoshi's gazes toward Akutagawa Shang and Maki, he, Jujutsu High's biggest shipper, immediately tuned into their wavelength and caught on.
I get you, brother!!!
His mouth slightly open, Panda leaned closer to the two of them and began whispering.
"Something's off with those two," Kirara Hoshi told them.
"Yeah, yeah, I think so too. Look, they haven't said a word to each other from the moment they came in to when they sat down. That's really suspicious." Panda nodded.
"Exactly. In my experience,