Keyaki Mall Shopping Center.
On the street back to the dormitory building.
Various shops lined both sides of the street, and the mixed aromas stimulated the taste buds.
A bowl of ramen was naturally not enough for a teenager.
Although he was still a bit hungry, Hikigaya didn't intend to eat anything else. He would wait for Ichinose to feed him when he got back.
At that moment.
A figure with long purple hair entered his field of vision. She was eating a potato cake and walking towards the dormitory building.
It was the girl he had just run into at the ramen shop.
There was only one road back to the dormitory building.
Having seen her once on the deserted island, she obviously looked down on his behavior of stepping on two boats.
Looking at the girl in front of him.
Hikigaya, with his hands in his pockets, didn't care.
Approaching the dormitory.
There were still many students returning to the dormitory around him. Hikigaya felt that there were noticeably fewer people looking at him than before, and not many people were looking at him.
This indicated that the heat of the topic was finally starting to decrease.
In a short while.
No one would care about these things anymore.
Only the reputation might be preserved. If it affected the special exam, it couldn't be helped. Everything had its price.
At that moment.
The girl in front tripped over something.
Kamuro Masumi fell to the ground with a thud, and the potato cake in her hand formed a beautiful parabola in the air and fell to the ground.
"Puh..."
The people around were taken aback, then covered their mouths and laughed lightly, which made Kamuro Masumi's face somewhat flushed.
Damn it.
If it weren't for the class, how could she possibly do this? Those bastards watching the show on the side really deserved a beating.
"Are you okay?"
Hikigaya waited for a while and found that no one was coming forward. He walked up to her somewhat helplessly and asked in a low voice.
Looking at Hikigaya in front of her, Kamuro Masumi felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Fortunately.
Both Ichinose and Hikigaya were kind-hearted people.
As long as she took advantage of this kindness.
It would be easy to succeed.
But when Hikigaya appeared in front of her, Kamuro Masumi still felt somewhat uncomfortable.
"I'm fine."
Kamuro Masumi said bluntly, pushing herself up from the ground and standing up with difficulty. Her foot seemed to hurt and she fell to the ground again.
Looking at the scene in front of him, the people around laughed again.
"Sigh."
Hikigaya somewhat helplessly extended his palm and said, "Why don't you contact the school's medical staff?"
"Mind your own business."
Looking at the palm extended in front of her, Kamuro Masumi glanced away in disgust and stood up on her own with her hands on the ground.
In order to deal with this guy.
She had spent a lot of money, and it seemed like her foot was really twisted.
Having said that.
Kamuro Masumi dragged her delicate body and walked towards the dormitory building step by step with a pained expression.
"Look at that guy, he's going to make a move on another girl."
"He can't really think that other people will be like Ichinose and the others, can he?"
"He's delusional."
"..."
Looking at the slow-moving girl, Hikigaya didn't care about the comments around him.
She really was a strong person.
However.
If the other party doesn't need it, he naturally won't interfere anymore.
At this moment.
"Um..."
Kamuro Masumi turned her head, looking somewhat hesitant:
"Can you help me find a stick or something?"
"Why not go to the infirmary?"
"No need, just find me a stick, this minor injury will be fine after resting for two days."
"Then wait a moment."
Hikigaya glanced at the shops around him, walked into a convenience store, borrowed a free umbrella, and handed it to the girl.
"You should call your friend and have someone take you to the infirmary."
"Mind your own business."
"..."
Hikigaya's mouth twitched.
He watched as the girl in front of him gradually moved away, leaning on the umbrella.
Although she is very strong.
But her personality is really bad.
However.
Perhaps it is because of such a bad personality, she probably doesn't have many friends, so she insists on being alone.
Hikigaya slowed down and followed behind her.
Until he watched her enter the elevator, he returned to his own bedroom.
...
The next day at school.
During the break after class, Ichinose and Himeno Yuki gathered around Hikigaya.
"Hikki..."
Kobashi Yume and others looked somewhat puzzled: "Why did I hear that you are going to make a move on a new girl again?"
"Eh? What are you talking about?"
Hikigaya was suddenly confused.
"It's nothing."
Amikura Mako explained somewhat puzzledly: "I just heard that you seemed to want to make a move on another girl yesterday, we are also curious."
"It must be some kind of rumor, Hikki wouldn't do such a thing."
Ichinose explained somewhat helplessly on the side, and Himeno Yuki didn't care either.
It is possible that a girl wants to make a move on Hikigaya.
The probability of this guy actively cheating is too low.
"I see..."
Hikigaya finally reacted: "When I was going home yesterday, I saw someone fall, so I went up to help."
"Is it someone you know?"
"No, it's probably a girl from Class A, I'm not very clear."
Hikigaya shook his head.
Although it can be compared one by one on OAA.
But it was just a chance encounter in a ramen shop, and the other party obviously disliked him very much. Hikigaya was not idle enough to get to this point.
"Huh?"
Himeno Yuki frowned: "Then you didn't send her back to the dormitory, did you?"
"How could it be?"
Hikigaya said somewhat speechlessly: "I don't even know her name, and she seems to dislike me very much. I originally wanted to help, but I was rejected. In the end, I just gave her an umbrella and she slowly walked back by herself."
"Eh? How could it be spread like this?"
Kobashi Yume was somewhat surprised.
This seems to be a very ordinary little thing, and it was actually spread that Hikigaya was going to make a move on a new woman again.
"It's normal."
Hikigaya didn't think much about it, and said indifferently:
"After all, my current evaluation should be like this. If I have a little contact with a girl, it is easy for people to guess in this direction."
"Indeed..."
Ando Sayo at the front desk couldn't help but nodded and sighed:
"It seems to be very hard, Hikki, are you okay?"
"I'm okay."
Hikigaya didn't care and showed a smile: "I don't even know their name, I don't care what those people think."
As long as the close people can understand, it is enough.
"Indeed..."
Kobashi Yume sighed somewhat: "No matter who it is, Hikki will help."
"How could it be."
Hikigaya said somewhat speechlessly: "No, I definitely won't help won't help someone like Ike"