"Unsurprising conduct. He certainly did seem to insinuate that Ren and I had something going on even before we started dating, but Ren's approach was to own it, so his efforts didn't particularly land as expected. My sponsorship from Kirijo-san also gave me certain... status, I suppose, that left Kobayakawa sweating at his desk as he attempted to have his cake and eat it too."

Crow sets the cup down with a more audible thump, looking as though he'd just swallowed a sour candy.