Hikigaya Hachiman is still in the dark

He said it calmly, but for some reason I recalled the Isshiki Caihe who ran away because of a failed confession on that night when fireworks were blooming, the Isshiki Caihe who was on the tram with a sly look on her face and asked me to be responsible, the Isshiki Caihe who worked hard at the venue for the student union's work. These figures kept overlapping, like a glowing album, and finally became the Isshiki who is in front of me now.

Please give me more advice in the future, Editor Yicai Yu!

I repeated these words silently in my heart.

Extra: Hikigaya Komachi's Observation Diary

Weather on x year x month x day: As gloomy as my brother's

Today is the day when my brother moves out of the house. My brother got up early and packed his luggage. Thanks to this, Komachi was also woken up early, even though she was too sad to sleep last night...

Mother and father are really something. Why did they kick my brother out of the house so early? Even if it was to cultivate his independence, there was no need to do it so early. If my brother is not around, Komachi will be lonely at home.

But my brother will always leave. One day, he will find someone he truly loves. Then, although he will still think of Komachi, he will definitely not think of her as frequently as he does now.

At that time, my brother probably wouldn't say hopeless words like he does now, nor would he make the self-destructive redemption. My brother would know that there are people who truly understand him, care about him, and protect him.

That person would probably get up early like me, make breakfast for my brother, and force him to eat tomatoes, which he doesn't like but must eat for nutrition; he would worry about my brother's affairs and ask questions about them, and even if my brother is annoyed, he would find opportunities to understand his grievances, point out his mistakes, and accompany him forward; he would worry about his brother's interpersonal relationships like me, and worry that he would suffer unnecessary grievances outside.

That person must have cared about my brother as much as I do, paid attention to his changes, and pushed him to improve bit by bit behind his back... But it's so sad, why did my brother leave so early?

Komachi is doing the same thing, why do I need another person to replace Komachi? Tears welled up in my eyes, almost unable to be restrained from flowing out, my shoulders trembled slightly, and my teeth couldn't help biting my lips.

Don’t cry, my brother will be worried. I knew that there would be someone like this to replace Komachi.

When I was little, my brother tried his best not to let me cry. He would forgive me no matter how I cheated in table tennis. When I tried to cook for the first time, my brother complained about how I made the potatoes and meat into coal while eating all of them. And when I accidentally lost our dog, my brother ran around for a whole day and finally helped me find the dog after running most of Chiba.

My brother at that time was obviously often excluded and stayed in his room feeling sad, but he always didn't want me to cry.

No, I can't think about the past.

Otherwise I would really cry.

"Komachi." A familiar voice, and my brother's unique dead fish eyes came into my sight. He seemed a little embarrassed, and he was a little shy.

“Well, I will come back to see you often. If you give me a call, I will come back even if I have to skip classes. Also, if anyone bullies you in school, I will definitely crush him.” My brother seemed to have made up his mind and said.

It’s still the same rotten lines as always, but why am I crying?

"Brother..." My voice was choked and my hands kept wiping away my tears.

My brother paused for a moment, then leaned down, gently took my hand away, and gently wiped my tears with a towel. "So don't cry." My brother's gentle voice, combined with the sunshine, made me feel warm and at ease. My tears stopped unconsciously, leaving only my shoulders shaking slightly.

Then, my brother stroked my head with his hand, just like he used to comfort me when I cried when I was a child.

"Just now, Hikigaya Hachiman scored very high." The brother returned to his usual rotten smile.

"Komachi would often go to play with my brother. As long as my brother called me, Komachi would skip classes to go see him. If someone bullied my brother at school, I would let my brother crush him."

"Please don't skip classes if you can. And why do you let me crush it by myself?"

I ignored my brother's complaints and just held the corner of his clothes tightly with my hand.

"Komachi, you will care about your brother, watch over him, and help him in the future." I stood on tiptoe, leaned close to his ear, and said gently and seriously: "So, brother, you must be happy!"

My brother seemed to be frightened and stepped back in panic.

"Ah, Komachi scored very high with what she said just now, reaching a full 100 points."

My brother shrugged helplessly, "What's the point of giving yourself full marks..."

I ignored the rest of what my brother said and just looked out the window at the beautiful sight of the rising sun.

Oh, by the way, I'll call Sister Yui, Senior Yukinoshita, and Teacher Hiratsuka later and tell them their brother's address. Eh? There's another one called Isshiki, but forget it. She doesn't give me a good impression, so I won't give her the address.

Also remind them that Komachi didn't make breakfast. So it's best to bring some comfort food!

Well, I looked at my brother and he was still as unmotivated as usual.

Who will take care of this useless brother instead of Komachi?

Chapter 72 Please Stop

After that, Isshiki and I chatted for a while, and I learned some things about her in college. Maybe it was because we hadn't seen each other for a long time, but Isshiki kept talking about what happened to her in college, such as being harassed by seniors, being confessed to by classmates, and being pursued by juniors.

This is simply his own history of popularity! What is this person showing off?

I was chatting with Isshiki, occasionally saying a word or two, and time passed by quickly without me noticing. Just when we finally got down to business and talked about the plot and characters of the novel, my phone suddenly rang.

After Isshiki indicated that there was an incoming call, he became quiet. I took out my phone and pressed the answer button, and it was Hiratsuka-sensei's voice that came out.

"Hey, Hikigaya, where are you now? I'll pick you up and go to Fujiwa-sensei's house together."

Hearing what Mr. Hiratsuka said, I suddenly remembered that I did have a teachers' party in the late afternoon, and I almost forgot about it when I was chatting with Isshiki about character settings.

"I'm currently at a coffee shop next to Chiba Center, which is the one I go to most often."

"Hikigaya, I hope you understand that my understanding of you is limited to your corrupt worldview and those magical dead fish eyes. I have no idea which coffee shop you frequent."

This person has unknowingly degraded others to a very serious degree. Also, I now have glasses, the ultimate artifact, and my dead fish eyes do not have such great magical power!

"If you don't even understand this about your students, are you still a qualified teacher?" I asked Mr. Hiratsuka in a serious tone.

"Hikigaya, I really wonder where you get the right to blame me. Also, if you were in front of me, I think there would be one more patient in the intensive care unit in Chiba Hospital today."

This person's threats are terrifying.

"I'm in the coffee shop called 'Against Time' in the center of Chiba." Without continuing to joke, I honestly told Mr. Hiratsuka the name of the coffee shop.

"Reverse Time? As far as I can remember, there shouldn't be a coffee shop with this name in Chiba." Hiratsuka-sensei's voice on the phone was a little puzzled. "Although I don't go to coffee shops often, I know the names of most of them, but I've never heard of a shop called Reverse Time."

"Huh?" I also spoke in surprise. I looked at the store's furnishings and some introductions. This store must have been opened a long time ago. Mr. Hiratsuka should have some impression of it.

Isshiki gestured to me from where I could see her. Seeing that I focused my attention on her, she said in a low voice, "Senior, this store has changed its name. It was previously called Yangfeng Coffee Shop."

Eh? Is that so?

"It seemed to be called something like Yangfeng Coffee Shop, but it was later renamed."

"Oh, I see. I have some impression of this store. Please wait for me. I will be there soon."

"Ah."

Having said that, I hung up the phone.

"I'm glad you knew this store had changed its name."

"I'm different from my predecessors. I went to college in Chiba, so I often come to Chiba with my classmates. Plus, this store has always had a good reputation, so we often come back here. So I remember the name change."

"Oh, I see. That's about all we have to say about Isshiki today. I have a work-related gathering later."

Seemingly a little dissatisfied, Isshiki slightly adjusted his sitting position: "Senior, this is also a party for your work."

"Hey, I know!"

Isshiki held his chin with his hand and looked at me with a smile: "Senior, as a punishment for ignoring the lovely junior, please pay the bill."

Inexplicably, the situation turned out like this again, but I always feel stupid if I keep dwelling on things like this.

"Hey, I got it." I said helplessly and called the waiter to come over to settle the bill. After paying the bill, I walked out of the coffee shop with Isshiki.

"Goodbye then, Senior."

"See you."

After saying goodbye to Isshiki, she left the coffee shop. When she was almost at the end of my sight, she turned around and waved to me, and then she disappeared at the end of my sight.

Ms. Hiratsuka arrived faster than I expected. After waiting for about 10 minutes, I could see Ms. Hiratsuka's car parked in front of me. She opened the window and waved to me.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?"

“It didn’t take too long.”

"Get in the car."

"Ah."

After this simple conversation, I walked to the other door and got in the car.

I didn't know that after I got in the car, a black luxury car, which was so familiar to me that I could not forget, also arrived at the door of this coffee shop. The window was slowly rolled down, and a head of long light golden hair kept flying in the astonished gaze of passers-by.

"Against time? Such a name might be her wish. However, who in this world doesn't have such a wish?"

"I am lost in this world, just to find the pieces of my lost heart."

As he was muttering softly, the door of the coffee shop was pushed open by two figures.

"I heard a girl's voice on the phone just now. Could it be that you have unknowingly..." With a malicious smile on his face, Mr. Hiratsuka kept poking my waist with his elbow.

"It hurts, please stop, that's Isseki, it's a colorful feather!" Because of the pain, his voice became louder.

Please don't act like a man like this, because that's why you've been single for so long! Please realize this soon!

"Isshiki? Eh? Why? If I remember correctly, she should be busy with her internship as a senior now."

"It's because I'm a senior, so I'm doing an internship. Recently, due to many reasons, I have to write novels again to earn some extra money."

"Oh, so that's it." At this time, the car came to a bend, and Mr. Hiratsuka performed a drift very coolly, but the price I paid was that the food in my stomach kept churning, and I felt like vomiting.

"Please drive safely, this is not Akina Mountain!"

"Of course I know, I'm a safe driver!"

A teacher who beats up students is really not safe. Rather, it is a symbol of danger...

"Hikigaya, when did your publishing house trust newcomers to the point where they could become editors before they even graduated?"

"This is entirely due to a factor of an author in the publishing house..."

"Master Ai Shang, right? That guy has always acted innocent and done such mischievous things. The only time he acts normal is probably when he is facing the person he liked in high school."

Totally guessed!

"Mr. Hiratsuka, how did you know..." Before I could finish my sentence, I was thrown hard against the door of the car due to an exaggerated turn.

What about safe driving?

"Who do you think I am? I am a teacher who can even teach you!"

"The example you gave is so strange. Please forgive me for not being able to understand it at all."

At this time, the car speed was still increasing. Mr. Hiratsuka rolled down the window, and the sound of strong airflow and car body friction immediately filled the car. The noise was so loud that I couldn't hear what Mr. Hiratsuka said clearly.

"Hikigaya, I heard everything Haruno said about what happened. You are still the same as before, so gentle that people find you annoying."

Gentle and hateful are words that cannot be used together. As a Chinese teacher, I really want to correct her mistake, but I don’t know why I can’t make a sound as if something is stuck in my throat.

"As punishment for not making peace with Yukinoshita yet, please enjoy it to your heart's content!" Teacher Hiratsuka looked at me and said loudly. Then she pressed the button to lower my car window, and I quickly felt the oppression brought by the huge wind pressure.

"What are you enjoying? Please drive safely!"

Of course due to the huge sound of the wind, my shouting turned into meaningless groans. I watched as Hiratsuka teacher stepped on the accelerator again, and the speed of the car increased further. Then a feeling of dizziness filled my brain.

I staggered out of the car. Due to dizziness, I couldn't stand steadily at all. I could only walk staggeringly holding on to the car body. I felt like the world was spinning. Maybe now I can perfectly interpret the feeling of a coffee cup.

"Ahahahaha, how about it, Hikigaya? Don't you feel really good?"

Mr. Hiratsuka at the side laughed and put his hands on his waist in a very manly posture.

"Feel good?" I said with difficulty, trying to suppress my urge to vomit: "I feel like I've died once."

"Well, it's nice to do this sometimes."

What do you mean by this is good? I feel like I have walked past the god of death once, woman! Why would such a person get a driver's license? What kind of mistake did the RB Transportation Bureau make to give such a person a driver's license!

"I don't think it's a good idea to do this occasionally. If you can, please don't try this again. I think I will definitely die if it happens again!"

"It's really embarrassing, Hikigaya, that you don't even have the courage to be a man."

"I don't think this has much to do with gender. It's all because of your violent state of mind. That's why you're still single..."

Before I could finish my words, I felt the wind pressure from Hiratsuka Sensei's fist on my face. I could foresee that if Hiratsuka Sensei had stretched his fist a little further, I would definitely die here today!

"Hikigaya, are you dizzy and unable to express yourself correctly? What were you going to say just now?"

"No, I have absolutely nothing to say."

I hurriedly explained, and because I was frightened, I seemed to be hesitant when I spoke.

"Well, that's good to know. It's almost time. Let's go to Mr. Fujiwa's house now."

Teacher Fujiwa's home is not too far from the parking lot. It takes about five minutes to walk to the villa with the Fujiwa sign on it. After we rang the doorbell, Teacher Fujiwa soon came out to greet us in a white T-shirt and black casual pants. It was the first time I saw Teacher Fujiwa so casual, which surprised me a little. When I thought of Teacher Fujiwa's formal attire in school, it turned out that Teacher Fujiwa is now a completely different person from the one in school.

"Hiratsuka-sensei, Hikigaya, good afternoon. Although the timing is a little different from what we agreed on, it's not too late."