Report 68

Plot
After briefly bickering with Rena over her foul temper, Kazuomi has had enough. Telling her that the school is going to close soon he grabs the protesting Rena by the arm to get her up from her desk. However, Rena's injured ankle is too sore to bear weight and they both fall on the classroom floor.

Kazuomi notices that Rena is quivering, and as he looks at her face he sees tears in her eyes but Rena whacks him over the head with her bag to stop him from looking. Though she gets more and more agitated and rude as Kazuomi refuses to leave her alone, Rena herself is aware that she really should stop behaving that way.

Kazuomi manages to calm Rena down and gently inquires about her injury, avoiding provoking Rena's defensiveness. As it is obvious that Rena is not able to walk unaided but refuses to admit that she is injured, Kazuomi smartly tells her he won't be asking any more questions since she says she is all right but says that she can use his shoulder for support in the hypothetical case that she needs to, as there are stairs on the way out of the building.

As the two walk out of the school with Rena using Kazuomi's shoulder for support, Rena thinks to herself that she does not understand her own thoughtless and prideful behavior but hates being like that. She wonders why Kazuomi and Honoka are being so nice to her despite all the things she has said and why Honoka looked like she had been crying when their eyes met in the classroom, and grasping Kazuomi's shoulder more tightly, sees that her dishonesty about her own feelings is becoming a problem.

Unknown to Rena and Kazuomi, An has been watching the scene between them from a nearby safe location.