As the BB attends clubs, Hyoga joins a nameless club in a storage room. Four students are present, including Alicia from class 1A. The room is tense and even more so when his name doesn't match his looks. Regardless, the leader of the group orders Alicia to give him a chair next to her and to share her copy of the Bible. Alicia introduces herself.
The weather for April 18 is a mix of sunny and cloudy.
Hyoga shows up outside the storage room Shoko told him about and sees an attached paper saying the club is in session. He tried to access it yesterday, but it was closed. Even though the club is open, the sheet doesn't say what it is. Regardless, he opens the door.
Skeptical member - Do you need something?
Hyoga - I'm just looking for a club to join.
Another member - This is a club. Come inside.
He enters and sees four students sitting circularly.
Hyoga - That's quite the small club.
Another member - This is an unlisted club. That's why we meet in this storage room. By the way, you're the student from the rumors, right?
Hyoga - If you mean the gym incident, then yes.
Skeptical member - We're not sure if you can be here.
Blonde student - Wait a minute, we need more members.
Club leader - She's right. Let's give him a chance. What's your name?
Hyoga - It's Hyoga.
Skeptical member - Are you for real? That name is very Japanese.
Hyoga - the truth is I am half-Japanese.
Another member - You're not saying that to get attention, do you? I have a friend at another school who had a foreign kid say that, and it turns out he was a study-abroad student. Poor kid was bullied into oblivion.
Club leader - Let's give him the benefit of the doubt, okay? Alicia-san, give him a chair so he can sit next to you.
The blonde student -Alicia- selects and arranges a chair for him. He timidly sits next to her. Alicia shares a copy of a book with him.
Club leader - So what we do here is go over the Bible, both historically and spiritually. And you're lucky to join us because our club debuted on Monday. But we barely started the first chapter, so we just introduced ourselves. How do you know about this club, by the way?
Hyoga - A student told me about it.
Club leader - That makes sense. We don't advertise our club because of the book, but we need a safe space to discuss, so we choose this room. Anyhow, thank you for joining. We'll restart the chapter on Friday.
Hyoga (nods) Sure.
Alicia - What class are you in?
Hyoga - I'm in class 1C.
Alicia - I'm in class 1A. Nice to meet you.
Hyoga (fidgets) Same here.