First, a pale little hand appeared, gripping the doorframe, then a small face peeked out from behind the wall, though only the upper half of her face was visible, as if scouting for enemies, her red agate eyes carefully scanning the people coming and going in the hallway.
Then, she immediately locked onto her target.
The moment she locked onto the target, her gaze met his.
"…What are you doing?" Hayato asked.
Because there were too many people, he didn't use too loud a tone to scold her.
"N-nothing…"
Shiina Chizuru walked out of the door, her steps uneasy, and came before Hayato.
Her small hands pulled hard at her skirt hem, trying to completely cover her full, rounded thighs.
"Can you leave the toilet for people who need it, please?" Hayato said, rather helplessly.
Shiina Chizuru smiled awkwardly but politely, then asked, "Are you done talking to Shinomiya?"
"Ah, I never intended to talk about anything," Hayato said calmly. "I'm not familiar with her."
"…Not familiar?" Shiina Chizuru seemed to murmur something. But from Shizunomiya Natsuki's tone, she seemed quite concerned about Mr. Hayashi's final grades and even told him to go to the library to study (misunderstanding).
"Mm." Hayato nodded.
He wasn't very interested in Shizunomiya Natsuki. He would deal with Oshika Masaru as a package. After that, she could do whatever she wanted.
Indeed, in Hayato's aesthetic opinion, Shizunomiya Natsuki, whether in looks, height, or figure, was a bit superior to the "little shorty" Shiina Chizuru in front of him.
But as he had said before, Shiina Chizuru was the good child who needed his primary attention in his eyes…
"I was originally looking for you. After I saw you, I said goodbye to her," Hayato said.
Shiina Chizuru's fingers, twisting the corner of her skirt, tightened even more. There was even a hint of secret joy in her heart.
"So, you saw me…"
"Nonsense, otherwise how would I know you were in the bathroom?"
"Then why didn't you call out to me…"
"I saw you walking so fast, I thought you had an emergency—" Hayato said indifferently, and she had been squatting in the bathroom for so long without coming out.
He even suspected if this girl was constipated.
Shiina Chizuru pouted. Of course, she didn't state her reason for going to the bathroom.
"Today… what do you want me to do?"
Shiina Chizuru asked quietly.
After asking this question, the slight feeling of delight in Shiina Chizuru's heart completely vanished.
Yes, why should she be happy about this?
Not being discovered was clearly the best outcome.
"You really have a strong sense of self-management…" Hayato said.
If he put a collar and leash on this girl's neck,
She might even take herself for a walk when she goes out.
"Anyway, you only came here to torment me…" Shiina Chizuru's gaze drifted elsewhere as she muttered.
"Oh."
"A-are we running again?" Shiina Chizuru asked.
Hayato lowered his gaze and looked at Shiina Chizuru's two small knees, which had not yet fully recovered.
She had walked very quickly just now, but still hadn't run, probably because her knees hadn't fully recovered.
"No running today."
"Doing problems?"
"It's no fun making you do problems."
"No fun is… what does that mean?"
Hayato didn't answer.
In his heart, however, he thought that it was much more interesting to make a dummy like Nanao Akane do problems. For a good student of Shiina Chizuru's caliber, this was just routine, not really a punishment.
Shiina Chizuru couldn't guess.
Recalling it, she found it truly strange… The boy in front of her spoke fiercely, and his attitude towards her was particularly overbearing, with quite an air of bullying the weak.
But ultimately, the only things he had made her do so far were running and doing practice problems.
Compared to the punishments from school teachers, this could even be called "wholesome."
But today, no running, no practice problems.
So what was it going to be?
Shiina Chizuru instinctively covered her youthful backside.
Oh no, it's not going to happen, is it?
Was he finally going to do *that* to her?
"C-can we not do it in the hallway?" Shiina Chizuru tried to assert some final right for herself.
In broad daylight, even if no one saw it, it would be mortifying.
"Huh?"
Hayato didn't know what Shiina Chizuru was thinking, otherwise he would have kicked her butt hard a couple of times.
Today…
Hayato thought for a moment. Actually, he hadn't really decided what to do.
He hadn't planned to come to this school. Tamura and Oshika Masaru were still lying in the hospital, so there was no need to be overly cautious. Besides, he thought this girl had learned her lesson somewhat, and even if she couldn't resist threats, she would at least stay far away from those two.
Hayato came simply because…
He spread his hand towards Shiina Chizuru:
"Give me back my umbrella."
Will it hurt, will it hurt, will it hurt…
Shiina Chizuru's mind was filled with this question, and when she heard Mr. Hayashi speak, she was stunned.
The hand covering her buttocks didn't press as hard, but her face grew even more unsightly.
"I… I forgot to bring it."
"You…"
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