030 Hanako hates you to the core

"By the way, Ishino. That Kamiyagawa student, he's handsome, right?" The two sat silently by the cherry blossom forest for a while before the short-cropped guy couldn't hold back and spoke up.

"Yeah."

"So, is he your type... uh, I mean, the type you like?"

"Pfft." Ishino Sayuri laughed, "What girl doesn't like a good-looking guy? Besides, what happened yesterday... If what happened yesterday had happened before our test of courage, I probably would've fallen for Kamiyagawa uncontrollably."

"Before the test of courage? Why do you say that?" Nagatomo Masao's face turned red.

"Yeah, why do I say that?" Ishino Sayuri didn't answer directly, merely repeating the question softly.

These two, they probably both knew the answer already.

"Ishino, I'm sorry. I should've been by your side yesterday."

"It wasn't your fault."

"I will protect you in the future."

"Yeah, okay."

The two chatted on and off.