Crossover anime, Hachiman's childhood friend's growth diary

025 Hachiman went back to his old ways.

"Did we sing well just now?"

"Yeah, although there were a few more mistakes, I don't think the other classes did much better."

The naive elementary school students, still clinging to a sliver of hope, chatted amongst themselves after coming down from the classroom.

Hikigaya rolled his eyes in the audience. He was still daydreaming. Didn't he see that Kita-sensei was made to cry by them?

Since the outcome was already decided, Hachiman didn't want to start a fight, so he remained silent for the time being.

At the morning assembly the next day, Ms. Takeuchi calmly explained that the class had not won any prizes in the choir competition, instantly shattering their last remaining hope.

Upon hearing the news, most people slumped back in dejection, while a few glared menacingly at Hachiman, as if they wanted to stab him to death.

Hmm, could this be his fault?

It's ridiculous. Whenever there's a problem, can't you look for the problem within yourself?

However, Hikigaya also noticed that among the resentful gazes cast around him, several were directed at Nishimiya Shoko.

After all that, these guys still haven't made any progress...

After class, the classroom was not as noisy as usual; it seemed that everyone was still in the shadow of the choir competition failure and had not yet come out.

Just then, someone in the classroom suddenly complained, "It's all Biqi's fault! If he hadn't messed things up yesterday, we wouldn't have sung so badly!"

"Yes, it was him who disrupted our rhythm."

"It's all because of the hardship of running away."

"We would have gotten a place without him!"

A group of elementary school students miraculously reached a consensus in just thirty seconds.

Undisguised malice descended like a net, but Hachiman remained unresponsive, silently organizing his books for the next class at his seat.

"Wait a minute, it's clearly our own problem, why blame Hachiman!" Nijika spoke up to defend Hachiman.

"Nijika-chan, why are you speaking up for Hachiman? Ah, you don't like him, do you? I saw you going to Hachiman's place before!"

Elementary school students... or rather, even up to adulthood, have a strange sense of shame about love. When it comes to feelings, they lose their original communication skills and become indecisive. Even Hongxia is no exception.

Amidst the questioning from others, Hongxia suddenly felt somewhat at a loss.

Ugh, that's disgusting.

Hachiman clicked his tongue. He hadn't wanted to speak, but he had to: "Who would like an ugly woman like that? You guys have terrible taste."

Ah, if it were someone else, there must be a better way to solve this, right?

A wave of intense self-loathing washed over him, and Hachiman gritted his teeth; he knew he had to do this now.

"That's awful, Hachiman, how could you say that about Nijika-chan? I thought you were a good person."

"Nijika-chan, let's not go hang out with Hachiman anymore!"

"I..."

Hongxia stood there blankly, listening to her friends' cheers, then looked at Hachiman in the back row, lost in deep confusion.

...

During lunch break, Hikigaya went to the cafeteria for lunch as usual, and unexpectedly bumped into Naoka Ueno, who was having lunch with her friends.

"Compared to the company, are you happy that we didn't get a ranking?" she immediately asked through gritted teeth.

Why is this kid talking so rudely?

This time, Hachiman didn't lie. Instead, he frankly revealed his thoughts: "You guessed right. Yes, I'm overjoyed, but I'm really annoyed that I wasted an afternoon."

Naoka Ueno frowned in disgust and led her friends in another direction: "Tch, let's go, I don't want to be in the same line as this guy."

"Walk slowly without sending."

Hikigaya muttered to himself. When he brought the soba noodles to the table, his classmate next to him got up and went to another seat.

Yeah, we were saying there weren't any seats available, but thank you so much! By the way, it would have been even better if you could have cleaned up the trash on the table before you left.

Thinking about all these random things, Hachiman finally had a chance to enjoy his soba noodles, but just then, someone else walked towards him.

"Hachiman, may I sit here?"

Su Shi stood obediently beside Hachiman, holding two full lunch boxes in her hands. One contained a fruit salad, and the other was wrapped in a towel so that its contents could not be seen.

"Ichinose-san, are you all better now?"

"Well, actually..."

As she was speaking, she suddenly covered her mouth. She had originally intended to use a sweet voice, but when she spoke, she realized that her voice was frighteningly low after catching a cold.

That's really scary...

After thinking for a second, Su Shi coughed and awkwardly said in a low voice, "Actually, I was almost better yesterday, but my mother was worried, so she took an extra day off."

Hikigaya nodded, glancing at Su Shi out of the corner of his eye. He noticed that Su Shi's originally pale face was now much rosier, and he looked much more energetic.

However, there was one thing he still didn't understand: Ichinose Motoyo's voice had changed quite a bit. Could it be that the fever had caused her voice to change earlier?

"Ok."

Hachiman looked away and began to focus on his lunch.

"Hachiman, um..."

Suze tightened her grip on the bento box slightly, took a deep breath, and handed it to Hachiman: "This is for you!"

"Huh?" Hachiman was taken aback.

"Thank you for taking care of me last time. This is a bento I made myself. I hope you like it." Perhaps it was the first time she had given someone a gift, because the girl's face was slightly flushed, and she kept her head down, not daring to look at him.

Hikigaya put down his chopsticks and scratched his hair in distress; "...Actually, I was forcibly taken there by Mr. Koba that day, so Ichinose-san really doesn't need to thank me."

To prevent Motoyo from continuing to misunderstand, Hikigaya told her everything that had happened that day.

"So, did Tachibana ask you to hand over the notes?"

"Mmm." Hachiman nodded quickly. Was that the right way to understand it? The people who should be thanked were Mr. Koba and the students who took notes, followed by Tachibana, and finally him.

After listening, Su Shi nodded cheerfully: "I understand. I will apologize to Tachibana later, so may I ask Hachiman to accept this thank-you gift?"

"Wait... no!"

Wait a minute, is this kid not listening to any explanations at all?

He already said there's no need to thank yourself, you should thank other people!

"Oh, is there anything else wrong?" Su Shi paused, then explained somewhat flusteredly, "Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't know Hachiman didn't like these things! I'll go back and make some new ones today!"

"No, sigh... give it to me."

She was fine just now, but seeing Hikigaya accept the bento she had made herself, Suze became nervous again.

These two bento boxes were made by her mother yesterday. The fruit salad was fine, but she didn't know if the omelet rice would suit Hachiman's taste.

Thinking of this, Su Shi clenched her fists, and sweat quickly soaked her palms.

After a while.

"Hachiman, aren't you going to eat?"

Looking at the untouched lunchbox on the table, Su Shi felt as if her emotions were on a rollercoaster.

"Ah, no, I was thinking of taking it back to eat."

Hachiman's eyes darted away. He didn't want to experience that kind of humiliating play by eating his lunch in front of the other person!

"Okay, if there's anything you don't like, please let me know, and I'll try my best to improve."

Upon hearing this, Hachiman was completely stunned.

---Dividing line---

I'm planning to standardize the update time. Since the new book is only 4K pages per day and I won't be splitting the updates among different developers, how about starting tomorrow at 7 PM every day?

026 Nishimiya Shoko: It's all my fault

Does Ichinose mean that I should bring him lunch after today?

Hikigaya cast a confirming glance at the girl, trying to read a hint of a joke in her expression... However, her straight gaze seemed to demonstrate her unwavering determination.

It's like fighting a boss with all your might, only to find out that it has a second phase. Hachiman's first reaction is to press pause and then give the production team a good scolding.

If life were a game, Hachiman would undoubtedly be a terrible player, because when faced with a difficult challenge, his first thought isn't to hone his skills, but rather to find some unorthodox methods.

With these thoughts in mind, Hachiman slowly spoke, "Ichinose-san, thank you for the bento, but please don't do this again in the future."

"I...I'm sorry."

Although I was mentally prepared to be rejected, I still couldn't help but feel a little wronged and disappointed when I actually heard it.

But she didn't want to give up so easily. Her gray eyes swayed, her brain worked at lightning speed, and Su Shi quickly came up with a new excuse.

"How about we not give it as a thank you gift?"

Hachiman exclaimed "Ah!" as if he hadn't understood.

"Actually, I am very interested in cooking, and I plan to continue making bento boxes in the future, so I would be very happy if someone could taste them."

“You can ask someone else for that kind of thing, but it would be better to share it with your friends in your class,” Hachiman replied without hesitation.

The girl's newly glimmer of hope was dashed once again, and her resolve wavered slightly: "But... well, it's not something we do every day, just a few times a day... is that not okay too?"

The girl looked like she was about to cry, with a faint glimmer of tears in her eyes.

The increasingly humble tone made Hachiman feel a strong sense of self-loathing, and at the same time he noticed a group of upperclassmen walking towards them.

"If it's just about helping with the taste tests, I can consider it."

"Huh?!" Su Shi looked up from her grief, her mouth agape in surprise.

"Didn't you say you were learning to cook?" Hikigaya grinned and scratched his head. "But I'm not a professional food critic, so I can't guarantee that my advice will be helpful."

"Yes, tasting...that's right, tasting."

Su Shi nodded vigorously, a smile of relief spreading across her face.

Hey, isn't the speed at which this kid is switching expressions a bit too fast? Could it be that this kid has been acting all along?

"Then...can Hachiman-kun have a taste now?"

Under the expectant gaze of Suze, Hachiman sighed helplessly and carefully opened the bento box: "Well... I'll start eating."

While Hachiman was having dinner with the beautiful girl (elementary school version), something "interesting" was happening in the classroom of Class 3-A.

"Ishida, that's not a good idea~"

Amidst Miki Kawai's feigned attempts to dissuade him, Shoya Ishida picked up the chalk and wrote his innermost thoughts on the blackboard.

"It's all Biqi Ku's fault! He made everyone lose first place, so apologize right now!!!"

Looking at the words on the blackboard, Ishida Shoya smugly rubbed his nose, feeling that he had done a great thing.

The evidence is that the other students in the class smiled unanimously after seeing what was written on the blackboard.

Ishida Shoya believed that he spoke the truth on behalf of the other students. After all, it was Hachiman's fault in this competition. If he hadn't caused trouble the day before the competition, everyone's performance would not have been so bad.

In other words, it was Hachiman who ruined them.

"Ishida, that's too much! If the guy with glasses finds out, you'll get a beating!"

Shimada Kazuki, one of the trio, said it casually.

He had already stopped Ishida Shoya's prank, so it wasn't wrong for him to be discovered.

The vast majority of students were immersed in this logical loop, comfortably identifying themselves as victims and venting their dissatisfaction with Hikigaya.

"Bi Qi's eyes are like those of a dead fish."

"Terrible, can you please leave our class?"

After writing this sentence, Ishida Shoya threw the chalk on the ground and dusted off his hands.

"How interesting. I wonder what Hikiko would think if he saw this."