.....It's a sudden burst of laughter from behind that pulled him from his small daze at the almost immediate rejection, and Hiroyuki's gaze snapped back to land on Shinichi where he still sat at his desk, a taunting expression slapped on his face. He merely returned it with a faint pout before leaning back on Sato's desk now behind himself, a small whine joining his voice as he spoke, "What? Stop looking at me like that," but Shinichi only laughed at him again as he finally stood up, and soon enough he was next to him, a hand moving to clap his shoulder, "why are you so shocked? Come on, everyone knows Sato-san's more than an impossible case. Just give it up before you drive yourself crazy."
.....He can't help the sense of irritation at the other's words, and he quickly shrugged his hand off, shifting away a bit. "Give it a rest, I'm not about to just give up so easily." An eye roll followed, and he looked back at his classmate, "everything takes time, especially this sort of thing."
.....Shinichi moved his hands back then, up in some sort of surrender, "well, don't say I didn't warn you. You may be the ever popular Yamada Hiroyuki-san, but that doesn't mean you can just make friends with anyone and everyone you'd like to. There's an exception to every rule, you know?" He turned away then, returning to his desk to pack up his own things, though his gaze shifted back with its faint taunt returned, "I suppose at the very least, I look forward to seeing how far you'll make it before finally giving up."
....."Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence. I'm really feeling better about this now." He let the sarcasm drip from his words, but the brunette only laughed at him again, and their conversation was ended. Hiroyuki wasn't sure anything better would have come from it in the end anyway.
.....It took him some time longer to actually leave the classroom after that, though he could only say the reason was because he'd fallen back into his thoughts once more. Sure, he'd been rejected this time, and by the sound of it, it wouldn't be the last either. But he couldn't invite him to do the same thing over and over - that would become redundant and lazy in no time. At the very least he had to really show he was making an effort...without overwhelming Sato too much than he already likely would anyway. What else would be simple and easy enough for a first hangout, though?
.....Can't do the marketplace again for awhile, so what else is there? The park? What about one of the shrines nearby? I bet he'd like something like that, it's quiet at those, isn't it? Oh, what about that aquarium?- Hiroyuki stopped himself there, and a short bout of laughter escaped him, No way! That'd probably feel like too much for him, plus it's like a date. I'm trying to make a friend, a friend...okay, then what about...