There is something wrong with Hikigaya's classroom of supreme ability

What happened with Sakura that day...

"So it's that thing!"

Looking at Sakura who looked like a little hamster, Hikigaya suddenly realized something and waved his hand: "You misunderstood. Karuizawa and the other girls have always disliked lonely and disgusting people like me. You should have more or less heard them say all kinds of bad things about me.

So that day I just happened to use this as an excuse to vent my dissatisfaction with them, and it has nothing to do with you, Sakura."

In response to Hikigaya's explanation, the timid Sakura unexpectedly shook her head, and it seemed that she didn't think so. Hikigaya could only sigh helplessly.

"Last month, I...I bought a digital camera, so...I didn't have any extra points to lend out. Luckily, Hikigaya-kun came to my rescue."

The girl finally finished her sentence in a halting manner.

Many students in Class D spent most of the 10 personal points issued by the school last month. Sakura was in a similar situation, except that she spent most of her money on buying a digital camera, which was definitely not cheap. Then, coupled with various living expenses and the points reserved for this month, she was actually very tight on money and had no extra points to lend out.

Sakura, who was just an outlier in the class and at the bottom of the food chain, didn't have the courage to refuse Karuizawa, the leader among the girls. Once she opened her mouth to refuse, the consequences would be self-evident.

Hikigaya suddenly realized and then smiled bitterly. At that time, he really didn't think too much about it, and didn't know Sakura's situation at all. He just simply hated the hypocritical appearance of the girls in Karuizawa. They did bandit-like things in the name of "good friends"!

Facing Sakura's thanks, Hikigaya could only laugh dryly to show that he didn't need to worry. Sakura slowly breathed a sigh of relief, then asked nervously: "Hi, Hikigaya-kun, are you okay just now?"

"It's okay... probably."

Hikigaya didn't know how to answer and could only give an ambiguous smile. After all, Sakura also cared about him, so he couldn't say anything hurtful.

"perhaps?"

Both Sakura and Hiyori looked confused, and then they noticed the coffee stains on Hikigaya's clothes. Under Hiyori's worry and persistent questioning, Hikigaya had no choice but to briefly recount the conflict with Ryuen and others in the cafe.

"It's too much!"

Hiyori puffed up her cheeks and huffed.

"Yes... it's too much!"

Sakura behind Hiyori nodded like a chick pecking at rice, and a trace of resentment unexpectedly flashed across her face.

"Uh... Ryuuen is indeed a bit excessive, but you don't have to..."

Hikigaya smiled wryly. Did he feel that Hiyori's reaction was a bit too intense?

"I mean, Hikigaya-kun actually went on a date with a girl. That's really too much!"

Rihe frowned and looked unhappy.

"???"

Sakura, who was standing behind Hiyori, also had several question marks on her head. Did she miss any important information?

"I, that's not what I meant."

Hiyori seemed to have noticed the ambiguity in her words, her face slightly reddened, and she quickly waved her hands to explain: "What I meant was, didn't Hikigaya-kun say he didn't have any friends? Why did you go to the cafe with that Yukinoshita-san again?!"

"So that's it!"

Hikigaya suddenly realized something, then looked at him strangely. "Friends? Probably not. If I had to say it, they're more like colleagues? Or maybe toys? Anyway, up to now, the only one I can consider a friend is you, Hiyori."

Hikigaya was speaking the truth. His relationship with Haruno was indeed a bit complicated. It seemed that they were not friends, but they understood each other like real friends.

Sometimes they seem close, but they are actually very far away. There is a feeling of alienation that when you want to get close, the other person will move away from you. The relationship between Hikigaya and Haruno is always in a vague and unstable state. Even Hikigaya himself doesn't know how to describe it.

Schrodinger's relationship?

Anyway, it is very abstract, and it is truly abstract Go.

Hiyori nodded dully to show that he understood, and muttered quietly: "What do you mean you're the only friend? Hiyori! Really!"

"Hmm? Did Hiyori say anything? I didn't quite catch it."

"Oh, no, you must have heard it wrong."

Why is the weather so weird today?

Hikigaya found that there seemed to be something different about Hiyori today, but he couldn't seem to tell what was different. Was it his illusion?

"That... that."

Sakura, who had always had little presence, suddenly raised her little hand and looked at Hikigaya cautiously, which made Hikigaya feel a strong sense of frustration, thinking that "Is he really that scary?"

"me……"

Sakura opened her mouth, but every time the words came to her lips, she couldn't say anything. She felt like she was almost out of breath.

"Uh, is my face too scary?"

Hikigaya said bitterly to himself, "I'm still..."

"No, that's not the case."

Sakura suddenly summoned up the courage to shout, the mountains in her chest rising and falling, her voice was very small but surprisingly firm: "Hikigaya-kun is not scary. Can I, can I also be a friend?"

Sakura was like a deflated balloon, almost completely limp, and then she buried herself deeply behind Hiyori like an ostrich, her face like a ripe red apple, and she didn't dare to look up at anyone.

By the end of her speech, the girl's head was actually dizzy and she had no idea what she was saying, but she finally mustered up the courage to speak out her inner thoughts... for the first time.

75

Chapter 75: Escape is shameful but useful.

Want to be friends?

Although it was intermittent, Hikigaya could still barely understand what Sakura meant.

Hikigaya didn't respond immediately. Instead, he was silent for a moment and sighed, "As long as you don't look down on me, an outcast in the class, that's fine. But is it really okay to be friends with a gloomy and annoying guy like me, Sakura? It's very likely that you will be ostracized by the rest of the class, and all kinds of rumors and malicious slander will fall on you."

"Are you...really okay with being friends with me like this? I think you should think carefully about it."

These words were addressed to Sakura, but also seemed like a self-deprecating remark from Hikigaya himself.

Hikigaya was not joking when he said this. He was also doing it for the good of Sakura, the girl with social anxiety. He was already at the bottom of the class in Class D and was deliberately excluded. Sakura's joining would only make her be excluded and slandered as well. Hikigaya himself didn't care about these things. They couldn't break his defenses anyway.

But the girl in front of him was different. This socially anxious ostrich girl probably had no ability to withstand such malice at all, and might even become even more aggressive in rejecting Sakura. Moreover, Sakura's social anxiety personality seemed to be a bit too serious now, and she might have suffered similar "malice" before.

No matter which one it was, Hikigaya didn't want to drag the girl in front of him into this bottomless quagmire.

But no one noticed that there was something wrong with Hiyori's expression.

Sakura looked up, a little confused in her eyes, and said cautiously: "But, but I never thought about talking to Hikigaya-kun in class..."

When Sakura thought about talking to Hikigaya in class, and seeing those curious, scrutinizing, and even malicious eyes, she immediately trembled with fear. It was too scary!

"?"

Hikigaya immediately realized that he had misunderstood Sakura's meaning. Sakura's 'want to be friends' probably meant that they were just getting to know each other on their first meeting, that's all, and not the level of mutual understanding that Hikigaya had imagined, like with Hiyori.

Oh no! It’s over. This is so embarrassing!

Not long ago, I made up my mind not to repeat the same dark history of junior high school, but I didn’t expect the boomerang to come so quickly!

The corners of Hikigaya's mouth twitched, and he suddenly had the urge to run back to the dormitory and hide under the quilt, never to see anyone again!

"Haha, so that's how it is!"

Hikigaya touched his head and tried to hide his inner embarrassment. He really wanted to hide under the covers and disappear from the public. It was so embarrassing!

"Hey, Hikigaya-kun, why is your back so sweaty?"

Hiyori was confused.

"No, it's okay. It's just a little hot. Yes, it's already May, so of course the temperature is getting hotter. It's normal to sweat a little more. After all, summer is almost here."

Hikigaya kept fanning himself with his hands while explaining awkwardly, he couldn't possibly say it was about 'it was so embarrassing that I sweated too much and got caught by a girl', right?

Dark history +1.

Social Death +1.

"That Hikigaya-kun..."

Sakura was like a frightened kitten, her voice was cautious, afraid to attract the attention of those around her: "I, I don't have many friends, I can't communicate with others, and I often don't fit in with everyone. Is it really okay for me like this?"

Until now, Sakura still finds it hard to believe that she has made friends, or perhaps it is her extreme lack of self-confidence and inferiority that has led to her social anxiety.

Refuse to contact with others, close interpersonal relationships, and even deny one's own existence.

"It's okay~"

Hiyori turned around and grabbed Sakura's hands. Her clear eyes met Sakura's anxious and self-deprecating gaze. She smiled softly and said, "Sakura-san, if you're willing, can I be your friend?"

"Eh?!"

Sakura's expression contained three parts of surprise, three parts of inferiority, three parts of helplessness and one part of confusion. For a moment, she didn't know how to respond to Hiyori's kindness. The girl wanted to nod and agree, but she was afraid that "such an introverted and useless self" would really be accepted by the other party?

Could it be just a 'joke' said by the other party?

This kind of thing... the girl had encountered it before, and after that she never dared to hope to become friends with others again.

The girl is afraid of contact with people, afraid of looking into other people's eyes when talking, and afraid of staying in places where crowds gather. This is the true face of the girl named Sakura Airi. Will she really be accepted by others without the false mask?

Hikigaya took in the girl's anxiety and uneasiness, and suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu: 'Ah, this is so much like myself who once rejected everything from the outside world.' The difference was that he had mustered up the courage to try to take that step, but then ended up covered in wounds. From then on, he began to isolate himself and became a lone ranger.

The girl before him seemed to be standing on this dividing line at this moment. Should she move forward... and perhaps be bruised and battered? Or should she retreat and remain in her comfort zone?

If he were a teenager, he would choose the latter, but now...

"Sakura."

Hikigaya walked up to the girl, looked into her uneasy eyes, and said seriously, "No one has ever said you have to fit in. If you want to be a misfit, then be a misfit! It's no big deal! I'm also a misfit, and now I have friends like Hiyori, don't I? So, don't put too much pressure on yourself. Escaping is shameful, but it's very useful."

Hikigaya just wanted to tell Sakura that if she didn't fit in, she didn't fit in. It really didn't matter. Hadn't he been through the same thing himself? Hadn't Zaimokuza been through the same thing?

"I……"

The girl suddenly felt blocked in her heart. From the past, the people around her and her parents had always forced her to take the initiative to make friends and socialize, but no one had ever said to her, "Aili, if you don't like it, just run away." So she fled to this school where no one knew her, fled to this school that had been isolated from the outside world for three years, because... no one had ever cared about her feelings.

Sakura's eyes gradually became hazy, and tears flowed from her eyes unconsciously. She felt an urge to cry, but more of it was the joy of being understood.

"Did I say something wrong?!"

Sakura cried, and then Hikigaya panicked and looked at Hiyori helplessly. Hikigaya had never expected that Sakura would cry without any warning.

Hiyori hurriedly comforted Sakura. Besides feeling distressed, she suddenly felt a sense of resentment for some reason, as if the cake that only she had discovered was secretly tasted by someone else.

"Thank you, thank you, Hikigaya-kun."

Sakura wiped her tears and bowed deeply to Hikigaya. Hikigaya was startled and subconsciously bowed to Sakura as well. Then they saw a strange scene of the two bowing to each other. In the end, Hiyori came out to stop their strange and meaningless behavior.

Hiyori said with a little emotion: "Hikigaya-kun, you should pay more attention to your behavior in the future."

After saying this, Hiyori took Sakura back to the dormitory, leaving Hikigaya confused, wondering what he had done wrong.

76

Chapter 76: Hidden method to pass the exam?

next morning.

As Hikigaya waited for the elevator to the dormitory, he ran into Hiyori and Sakura, who were also getting ready for school. Huh? When did they start going to school together?

Before Hikigaya could think about this question, Hiyori in the elevator had already greeted Hikigaya with a smile.

"Good morning, Hikigaya-kun."

"Hiyori, good morning."

Hikigaya subconsciously waved and greeted, and at the same time, he called her "Hyori" with surprising familiarity.

By the way, this should be the first time Hikigaya met Hiyori in the dormitory elevator. Usually Hikigaya went to school alone.

Similarly, Hikigaya also met Sakura for the first time in the elevator. Did this trigger some Galgame plot? Overnight, the originally ordinary way to school suddenly unlocked a "new character".

Sakura was dressed as usual, with bangs covering half of her face and thick glasses, always giving the impression of being weak, inferior, and easily bullied. As if aware of Hikigaya's gaze, Sakura habitually lowered her head, tightly clutched the corner of her clothes, and unconsciously moved her body slightly closer to Hiyori.

Why does it feel like a little white rabbit meeting a big bad wolf?

Thinking of what happened last night, Hikigaya thought for a moment and decided to greet Sakura to express his goodwill.

"Good morning, Sakura."

Unexpectedly, there was no response and the elevator suddenly fell silent.

"..."

Hikigaya froze in place, and he had to pretend to touch his nose with his raised hand, and his eyes were even more erratic. What's even more annoying is that Hiyori next to him seemed to be indifferent, but the smile in the corner of his eyes had already betrayed his inner feelings!