Keyaki Mall.
Watching that upright back ahead, Masumi Kamuro's gaze was resentful, her teeth gritted in hatred.
Who knows how she got through these past few days?
Every day she followed behind Hikigaya, watching him either meet with this woman or date that girl.
Scumbag!
Even on weekends.
She stayed in the dormitory building's fire escape with bread.
Terrified she might accidentally lose him!
Masumi Kamuro began to suspect if she was becoming a stalker.
If it weren't for the sake of the class, and if she weren't being threatened by Sakayanagi.
She would never do such a thing!
Thinking of this.
Looking at Hikigaya not far ahead, Masumi Kamuro excitedly followed.
Relatively fortunately.
Hikigaya's anti-surveillance awareness was not very strong.
As long as it wasn't a gaze that was too blatant, Hikigaya would find it hard to detect.
Hanging ten-plus meters behind Hikigaya, Masumi Kamuro followed him to the bowling alley.
"That guy can even bowl?"
Masumi Kamuro was suddenly somewhat confused.
No matter how you looked at it, Hikigaya didn't seem like the kind of person who would like this sport, right?
Although Arisu Sakayanagi had already formulated a plan, basically most of the process required Kamuro to improvise herself.
Fortunately.
Her strength was also not bad.
Watching Hikigaya walk into a room, Masumi Kamuro waited a moment before following, only to find it was actually a ramen shop.
Banner.
After nearly a month of following.
Masumi Kamuro had already deeply imprinted Hikigaya's figure into her mind; she spotted Hachiman Hikigaya sitting at the counter at a single glance.
Fortunately.
There weren't many people in the ramen shop; there were only a few middle-aged men inside.
The moment she entered.
Kamuro felt she had attracted several gazes.
It wasn't that strange.
After all.
She was very beautiful.
Moreover, after eating at Tenka Ippin last time.
Kamuro had occasionally gone to eat alone several times; a female brave enough to enter a ramen shop alone was indeed relatively rare.
Hikigaya's gaze was also attracted.
Although she looked a bit familiar.
Hikigaya didn't take it to heart either, continuing to eat his ramen.
On the other side.
After buying a meal ticket.
Masumi Kamuro sat one seat away from Hikigaya at the counter and handed the meal ticket to the owner.
"Extra thick back fat, wire (extra firm) noodles."
"Understood~"
Hearing their conversation, Hikigaya couldn't help but look sideways.
This girl was truly brave; she was clearly a regular who often ate ramen.
However.
Purple long hair, tied with a short ponytail at the top.
She really was a bit familiar.
While eating his noodles, Hikigaya's mind wandered as to whether he had seen her somewhere before.
When the owner placed the ramen in front of her.
Masumi Kamuro broke apart her disposable chopsticks and took a deep breath secretly.
With a personality like Hikigaya's.
As long as he detected even a slight trace of something wrong, he would likely distance himself from her, and the plan would directly end in failure.
She couldn't rush.
One touch.
Masumi Kamuro picked up the white sesame, bamboo shoots, seaweed, and other condiments on the table to put in her ramen, then when reaching for the chili, her small hand lightly bumped it.
Scarlet chili immediately spilled across the tabletop.
"Ah, I'm sorry..."
"No, no, no, don't worry about it, customer, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I'm truly very sorry."
"No, no, no, it's my fault for not covering the condiments properly, I'm truly very sorry."
"It's my fault for causing you trouble."
Both sides began the classic exchange of bowing and apologizing.
Anyway, it was just some free condiments, so it wasn't a major problem.
After a bout of bowing.
The waiter picked up a cloth to clean up the mess; Masumi Kamuro picked up her ramen and sat a bit further away.
Now the two were separated by two seats.
Hikigaya didn't mind either; since there were extra seats, it was perfectly normal for the other person not to want to interact with a stranger.
Just then.
"Um..."
Masumi Kamuro looked over and said: "Could I use the chili for a moment?"
Hikigaya didn't respond, simply using one hand to pick up the chili and place it in the middle of the table.
Watching from the corner of his eye as the girl took the chili and added three spoonfuls, Hikigaya was suddenly somewhat impressed.
Impressive.
"Hiss."
Masumi Kamuro blissfully enjoyed the ramen.
After eating it, she had fallen in love with the taste of ramen; as expected, ramen had to be spicy enough to be flavorful.
After a while, she spoke while eating:
"Hey, what does it feel like to date two beauties?"
"Huh?"
Hikigaya was slightly stunned.
There weren't many scumbags who dated two beauties at the same time.
She should be talking to him.
"Um..."
Hikigaya asked with some confusion: "Have we seen each other somewhere before?"
"Sort of."
Kamuro nodded indifferently: "We met on the deserted island last year."
"Uh..."
Hikigaya was slightly stunned.
It was a year ago; the impression was already somewhat blurred.
But they had indeed met.
"So,"
Kamuro spoke to interrupt his train of thought: "What does it feel like?"
"Pretty good."
Hikigaya said indifferently.
He was already able to accept it frankly, and he didn't want to hide anything.
In any case, he was dating two beauties; no matter how others looked at or evaluated him, he would face it calmly.
"Scumbag, don't talk to me."
Looking at the girl with the mocking expression, Hikigaya was somewhat dumbfounded.
Dammit.
You were clearly the one who sought me out to talk.
Confound it, this girl is simply unreasonable.
Fine.
If we're not talking, we're not talking.
Being despised was perfectly normal.
On the other side.
Masumi Kamuro held chopsticks in one hand and a soup spoon in the other, blissfully slurping noodles.
She didn't know why she had asked such a question herself.
However.
This made it much better.
What kind of good person could a scumbag be who could two-time while maintaining a flat expression?
Since Hikigaya wasn't a good person, she naturally didn't need to feel any guilt.
Thinking of this.
Masumi Kamuro grew even more excited.
The two of them ate their noodles without a word; since the other party was disgusted, Hikigaya naturally wouldn't pay her any mind.
While browsing his phone, he ate his ramen.
Soon.
After finishing her ramen, Masumi Kamuro stood up and left without hesitation.
It was as if she had just come to eat ramen, with no intention of contacting Hikigaya at all.
Hikigaya didn't give her a second glance either.
It was just occasionally running into a student from the same school in a ramen shop.
A very normal occurrence in this closed school.
Nothing to care about.
Only Hikigaya was somewhat puzzled; this girl was clearly someone who ate ramen frequently, yet why hadn't he run into her in other shops before?
Or perhaps he had.
It was just that he hadn't taken it to heart.
Hikigaya only felt she looked a bit familiar.
Soon.
After finishing the ramen.
Hikigaya put on his shoulder bag, stood up, and left "Toranoana."