Nishizawa, Ayumu

西沢歩

Ayumu Nishizawa is a girl from Hayate's school prior to his employment as a butler. She has always harbored feelings for Hayate and is pleased when he visits his former school. She reacts violently to anyone who speaks ill of her or Hayate, including a teacher who labeled Hayate a dropout because his parents refunded all his tuition fees on the day he was sold. She confesses her feelings to Hayate, but he rejects them after experiencing a vision of Nagi. Undeterred, she attempts to speak with Hayate a week later upon seeing him, but encounters Nagi instead. She is shocked to realize that, in terms of metaphoric strength, Nagi is a dragon while she is merely a hamster. Nishizawa retreats, vowing to return next time with a stronger hamster. She later challenges Nagi to a karaoke duel, only to lose. In the anime, it is a running gag that she appears in every episode, typically for less than thirty seconds doing something entirely unrelated to the episode's plot, though always involving food. However, she is the only girl who has successfully confessed her love to Hayate, which often places her in situations where she is alone with him. Most of the time, she is depicted eating something.
Hinagiku and Ayumu made a wager with one another: either Ayumu would finally make Hayate her boyfriend, or Hinagiku would manage to get Hayate to confess his love for her. Both had promised to support each other throughout.
In season 3, she now resides in Nagi's boarding house as one of the tenants.