"Please pass the message to them that I don't need it," Kiyono Lin replied dismissively.
Horikita Mai surreptitiously tugged at Dubian Che's sleeve, "Senpai, please persuade the upperclassman. Acting like this could turn her from being popular to being disliked."
"Oh, I'm not accepting either," Dubian Che pulled back his sleeve, "Not sure if anyone will give me a gift, but if there are any, please relay the message."
"Eh—why?! Senpai, didn't you receive chocolates on Valentine's Day?"
"How do you know about that?" Valentine's Day was in February, and back then, Dubian Che was still a freshman.
"Everyone knows about Senpai. Speaking of which, Senpai, I heard you spent hundreds of thousands of yen on White Day return gifts. Is that true?" Horikita Mai asked curiously.
"True," said Dubian Che, "that's why I don't accept gifts. The cost of returning them is too much, you understand?"
