Third person POV
Not long after, Atsushi and Yuichiro entered the school and met up with Shinoa Hiragi.
"Morning, Shinoa-chan," Atsushi greeted happily.
"Good morning, Atsushi-kun," Shinoa greeted back. "You're joyful as usual, aren't you?"
"Yeah, but this morning, I saw his state being weird," Yuichiro responded. "I mean, he was in the middle of thinking, I think."
"Oh really? What are you thinking about, Atsushi-kun?"
"Oh, it's nothing at all, Shinoa-chan," Atsushi pretended to know nothing what he was thinking earlier. "Nothing at all."
"I better hide this from them," Atsushi thought in his mind.
Hiding it from them gives him a sense of security.
"I see. Okay then."
Then, suddenly, the three of them saw Yoichi being bullied by Yamanaka and his friends. At first, Yuichiro decided to ignore it, causing Atsushi to ask, "Wait, you're not gonna do something about that, Yuichiro-kun?"
But then, when one of those bullies called Yoichi a farm animal, Yuichiro decided to intervene instead, causing a little fight between him and Yamanaka and his friends.
Atsushi, hugging his Japanese dictionary, was unsure about that, asking, "W-What are you doing, Yuichiro-kun?"
Then, when everything seemed to be progressing, Shinoa reminded Yuichiro that beating up students would result in an extended suspension.
This causes Yuichiro to be distracted, and one of the bullies eventually punches him in the face, resulting in him and Yoichi buying snacks for Yamanaka and his friends.