After hanging up the phone, Sakayanagi began preparing for Amane's arrival.
Amane's taste preference was for black tea.
For dessert, matcha cake would be good.
After everything was prepared, Sakayanagi sat by the table, waiting for Amane to arrive.
Not long after, Sakayanagi's door was knocked.
"Honestly, it's only a few floors apart, and she's still so slow. Amane is getting lazier and lazier."
Sakayanagi Arisu picked up her cane and walked to the door, habitually looking out through the peephole.
Amane, whose clothes were a bit disheveled, blocked the peephole. With her hands behind her back, she seemed to be holding something.
Could it be a gift?
"Just come, why be so polite..."
Before she finished speaking, a large brown bear pillow was thrown at Sakayanagi's head.
Sakayanagi stumbled from the sudden attack and sat down on the floor.
"What is it? Soft? A pillow? Amane, your taste is terrible. Come in."
Although she said that, Sakayanagi still picked up the pillow and walked into the room. After a few steps, she realized Amane was still standing at the door.
"What's wrong?"
"How can you even ask what's wrong!!! You bastard, Arisu!!! I knew you did it on purpose!!!"
Amane walked into the room, fuming.
"What's on purpose?"
Sakayanagi, holding a pillow taller than her, tilted her head in confusion.
"Don't play innocent there. I won't let you get away with it!"
Amane took out her phone, first took a picture of Sakayanagi, then said righteously.
Sakayanagi blinked, seemingly unable to comprehend the situation.
"Uh... Amane, do you think there's a possibility that I genuinely don't know what you're talking about?"
Sakayanagi shrugged.
She really did look like an innocent little girl.
But... when that expression was on Sakayanagi, the little devil, anyone would be suspicious, right?
"Don't you know that I'm currently staying in Horikita's dorm?"
To prevent Sakayanagi from not knowing who Suzune was, Amane specifically emphasized Horikita's surname.
"Horikita Manabu?"
The pillow in Sakayanagi's hand slipped to the floor.
"Horikita Suzune! It's Horikita Suzune!"
"Who's that? Phew, as long as it's not Horikita Manabu, I was so scared just now. I thought you finally stopped harassing girls."
Sakayanagi picked up the pillow and carefully patted off non-existent dust.
Then she placed it on her bed.
"I feel like there are so many things to retort... I don't know where to start, but that's not harassment, it's just that I'm more benevolent."
Amane hung her school uniform on a hanger, then naturally sat down by the table.
"Benevolent? Hmph, that sounds exactly like something you'd say."
Sakayanagi snorted softly and picked up a small piece of matcha cake, putting it into her mouth. The taste of matcha mixed with the sweetness of cream, filling her mouth with a cloying sweetness.
It was a bit too sweet, wasn't it?
Sakayanagi took another sip of black tea, which finally diluted some of the sweetness in her mouth.
"Don't forget, you were the one who opened this big door, my first kiss..."
Amane raised her eyebrows.
"Teaching always requires tuition, doesn't it?"
Sakayanagi smiled and shifted her gaze.
That was her first time kissing a girl.
Amane's naive yet aloof expression at the time was too tempting.
Unable to resist seeing Amane, who always maintained her elegance and composure, fall, she tried to overstep the rules for the first time.
She thought this would brand Amane as hers.
But she never expected that Amane, who was self-taught, did fall.
However, from heaven to hell, you still need a process.
Amane just fell completely with a plop.
The physical inconvenience gradually put Sakayanagi at a disadvantage.
It was truly infuriating.
"Besides, didn't you also take mine?"
"Was that even your first kiss? I don't even know how many cute girls you've secretly kissed."
Amane pouted.
As a result, Sakayanagi directly tapped Amane's head with her cane.
"Do you think I'm like you? Amane, you are the only one I fancy."
After Sakayanagi finished speaking, her smiling face immediately turned crimson.
"What I mean is, you're the only one who meets my friend standards."
Sakayanagi quickly added.
Amane, however, leaned her face closer.
"Why does that not sound like it? If you're talking about friends, then what about Fuka?"
Kiryuin also grew up with Amane and Sakayanagi since childhood, and their relationship was quite good.
If she was talking about friends, it was impossible not to include Fuka.
So... Sakayanagi's true meaning was... "Fuka counts as half."
Sakayanagi's perception of Kiryuin was not only as a friend but also as a competitor.
However, Amane, the idiot, hadn't noticed yet.
Or rather... the way Amane used to think was too strange to understand her thought process, just as others couldn't understand her, Amane also couldn't understand the behavior of others.
Although she's still quite erratic now, at least she's more human-like.
Much better than the previous robot mode.
"Fuka is really pitiful, huh?"
Amane picked up a matcha cake and took a bite, suddenly remembering something.
"Oh right, did you call me over because there's been progress?"
Amane suddenly remembered that Sakayanagi had called her over for something important.
"You're only just remembering to ask now?"
Sakayanagi was a bit helpless; Amane always got distracted by strange things.
"Hehe."
Seeing Amane's silly grin, Sakayanagi said no more and directly opened her phone to pull up a photo.
The scene in the photo seemed to be a gathering? But everyone looked very happy, so it should be a gathering of friends... However, there were too many people and all of them were girls, so this must be a group activity for girls.
The most conspicuous person was Ichinose Honami, sitting in the very center.
"Is that a Class B gathering? Who is that girl standing up?"
Everyone sitting was smiling very happily.
Only one girl stood up; from her gesture, it looked like she was saying goodbye. Her dead fish eyes weren't very lively and looked lifeless.
She was clearly somewhat annoyed by such activities.
Hmm.
Very much in line with Amane's standards.
"This girl is named Hirono Yuki. The photo was provided by Kamuro. According to Kamuro, Hirono Yuki left due to feeling unwell, but she went directly to a nearby restaurant to eat. It seems... she's a bit of an outcast."
Amane's lips curved slightly. What she needed now were such outcasts. She refused to believe that Class B was a solid block.
Even if Ichinose assimilated the entire Class B with her inclusiveness, there would always be dissatisfied people. Are people whose individuality has been erased still considered people? Because everyone laughs, she must also laugh. What kind of bullshit theory is that?
"She's the one."
"Aren't you going to test her first? And... what if she refuses and tells Ichinose about this? I'm afraid Ichinose might take precautions."
Sakayanagi spoke worriedly, but her face was full of confidence.
It was as if she was just waiting for Amane to beg her.
Watching Sakayanagi's somewhat childish actions, Amane suppressed her laughter.
"Tell? What can she tell Ichinose? That I want to poach her, and she refused? Some things, once they happen, the outcome doesn't matter, right? My dear little Arisu."
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