The unwelcome interruption was met with slowly increasing annoyance from Yoshino, who punctuated the end of Taue's speech with a furious stamp of her foot (which had some surprising force behind it).

"You're one to talk!" she fumed, sticking a finger in his face. "I've heard all the stories, you know! About how you--"

"Come on, Yoshi-chan," Sachiko sighed, turning to go and giving her friend's arm a light tug. "I think I need to explain some things. Excuse me, senpai," she added with a curt nod.