Hikigaya Hachiman is still in the dark

Since even the perfect superman Yukinoshita said so, I can only appeal.

"It's not that difficult. I've basically finished my work with the student union. As for the joint activities, I've also basically dealt with the stage plays required. If there's anything difficult, it's just dealing with my new novel..."

"A new novel? You don't have any questions?"

"It would be a lie to say that I have no problems. I have never thought that I would become a writer again. To put it simply, I am not used to writing new novels yet. Although I have some general ideas and concepts for the new novel, I still cannot return to the energy and passion I had when I was writing before in a short period of time."

“Um, I’m sorry…”

The unexpected apology made me look at Yukinoshita with wide eyes. At this moment, her cheeks were slightly red and she turned away.

"It's all my fault, right? Originally you just need to do your job with peace of mind."

She said intermittently that it was no wonder, it was unprecedented that Yukinoshita took the initiative to apologize, but since she took the initiative to say such words, I couldn't complain to her.

"It was exactly as you said. You suddenly said you were coming back for no reason and assigned me a task to find a doll that was no longer popular. I didn't pick you up on the day I came back because of some things, so you kept getting angry and making trouble for me. Later, you suddenly told me that you were just angry because you were dissatisfied with the test of my graduation promise. In the end, because of the intrusion of someone's sister, my living expenses suddenly became very tight, and I had to go back to working part-time to write novels to make money..."

A series of complaints came out of my mouth. To be honest, I have accumulated a lot of pressure recently. As I was talking, I secretly observed Yukinoshita. Because what I said was true, she did not refute me. She just pursed her lips tightly and her body trembled slightly.

"But..." Hearing the turn in my words, Yukinoshita raised her head again, and her originally dim pupils became puzzled. It was a rare opportunity for me to take the initiative in speaking, so of course I had to express what I wanted to say many years ago.

"Aren't we friends? Isn't it normal to sacrifice so much for your friends? Just like you and Yuigahama."

Well, that's the trick. I need to show disgust first, and then suddenly make a dramatic turn. Suddenly, the huge psychological gap will allow me to achieve my goal. Humph, a tsundere character like Yukinoshita should be conquered like this.

As expected of me, I'm Hikigaya Hachiman!

Hehehe☆

Chapter 118 Hikigaya Hachiman and Yukinoshita

"Huh? Hikigaya-kun, when did you become so evil?!"

The unexpected words made me stop and look at Yukinoshita, only to see that Yukinoshita was looking at me with a smug smile on her face.

She still has that arrogant look on her face that makes people want to beat her up. Come to think of it, this guy did say something super infuriating when he first saw me: "Talking to a beautiful girl like me should be considered youth."

But wait, I should be the one holding the initiative now, why am I so passive now? I have read the self-cultivation of getting along with tsunderes written by Senior Ai Shang many times, and everything just now should have been within my calculations, why is the result so different? Damn it! Is there something I didn't pay attention to?

"Even if you want to play a prank on others, can you restrain your Hikigaya Eyes a little? Not to mention the unnatural shaking of your arms, your dead fish eyes are still wandering around. I'm not stupid enough to fall into such an obvious trap..."

Damn it, there was no problem with the strategy, but there was a mistake in the tactical execution? Damn it, I thought I could play a trick on her...

"What, what are you doing..."

My conspiracy was exposed, and I sat there a little discouraged. On the contrary, Yukinoshita looked at me with interest.

"Nothing, I just think you've changed a lot, Hikigaya-kun. You've become much more interesting than before..."

This is of course. After all, in order to cooperate with Senior Ai Shang in finding funny jokes for his novel, I was forced to communicate with Senior Ai Shang using jokes in a small room.

In the end, the novel filled with our funny jokes was stopped after only half a month of serialization...

"It's a bit strange that it doesn't change. I'm not the editor-in-chief who stays the same for thousands of years..."

"The same editor-in-chief? For a thousand years?" Yukinoshita shook her head and thought about the meaning of what I said. After thinking for a long time, she still didn't get the answer, so she tilted her head and looked at me.

"What is this? Is this a new meme?"

Such a straightforward sentence actually left me speechless. It is quite difficult to explain this joke, so I'd better use the simplest and most brutal method.

Thinking of this, I took out my cell phone and looked through the photos in it. After finding the only photo of me as the editor-in-chief, I walked to Yukinoshita and handed her the phone.

"look by youself."

Yukinoshita looked at the photo on her phone carefully. The editor in the picture was happily holding the unfinished grilled squid in her hands, with a happy smile on her face. She clearly remembered that this was a photo that was secretly taken by a senior at the risk of his life when the editor went to Nagasaki for a trip.

I obviously don't have the habit of taking secret photos, and if the editor-in-chief knows about this photo, I think I might disappear from this world soon. As far as I can remember, it seems that I made a bet with Senior Ai Shang once, and this guy wanted to deny the debt after losing, saying that he would use the photo of his lovely sister as collateral, and then sent it to me by email.

As a brother, I can understand this behavior! But I will never send photos of my cute sister to others! Otherwise, it will attract some bugs who don't know their own weight to harass Komachi.

"Who is this elementary school student? Why is there such a picture in your phone, Hikigaya? Could it be that you really can't suppress the abnormal power in your body and awaken a new attribute?"

"No way! This is the editor-in-chief of our magazine, the editor-in-chief!"

"Eh? Really? Are you sure this isn't some silly joke?"

"What kind of person am I in your impression..."

"Hmm." Yukinoshita put her finger on her chin and thought seriously for a while: "Maybe it's a perverted fungus or something like that..."

"Can you please not take my complaints so seriously? And if it's a fungus, then it's not even considered a human, right?"

"How annoying, Hikigaya-kun, I'm answering your question seriously."

Yukinoshita hummed a tune and looked at me, her smug expression almost filling the entire room.

It turns out that she has grown not only in height, but also in her sharp tongue. If you think about it carefully, God, are you sure that this is not a bug? Why can a person's skill points be improved even if they have reached the highest point? What is the difference between this setting and those boring hot-blooded novels where after defeating a boss, the character travels to another world to continue fighting the boss?

"You've missed the point. I'm serious now. This person is really my editor-in-chief..."

After looking at me carefully and confirming that I was serious and not joking, Yukinoshita took a deep breath.

"I see. I now roughly understand what you meant by that sentence." After a moment of silence, Yukinoshita continued with a sigh, "There are indeed many things in this world that we cannot understand..."

"I can't deny that." I also looked at Yukinoshita heavily. After all, no matter who it is who first realizes that there are non-human beings like Editor-in-Chief Xiaozhi in the world, I think this person's worldview will be shaken.

"Let's not discuss this topic for now. I'm talking about your work problem..."

"Yukinoshita, don't you think it's a bit awkward to change the subject like this? And you probably haven't responded to me at all in my conversation just now, right? It's not like you to just brush it off casually."

I spoke to Yukinoshita seriously, word by word. Putting aside my previous complaints, there was indeed something in my words that I wanted to confirm. It was something I wanted to confirm a long time ago.

Even after so much time, there are still things I want to confirm. It's probably like a knot in my heart.

I still remember the first time I met Yukinoshita. At that moment when I was amazed by her beauty and the world seemed as beautiful as a painting, I was interrupted before I could even open my mouth.

The second time I thought about this, the light of the setting sun was swirling in the club room. Yukinoshita was sitting by the window, and the soft light was shining quietly behind her. At that time, she still rejected my idea without waiting for me to say it; but at that time, she smiled back at me, closed one of her eyes, showed a playful but warm smile and said, "I didn't lie, it's just that I didn't understand you before. But now I understand you..."

The last time was when we graduated. There was no light in the office that night, and the quiet darkness enveloped me and Yukinoshita. We sat together, looking forward to the last fireworks show before graduation.

The fireworks lit up the whole sky, and the gorgeous lights kept swirling in the eyes of Yukinoshita and me. I turned my head, and Yukinoshita quietly watched the fireworks outside the window. Her focused expression made my heart start to beat quietly again.

But the result was the same, Yukinoshita still rejected my proposal. But that time, Yukinoshita answered my question seriously for the first time -

"Hikigaya, one day, your words will make me take back what I said at the beginning. We can definitely become true friends."

At that moment, she looked at me with serious and calm eyes, and there was a smile on her lips that can be engraved in memory.

One day, I will surely become a friend recognized by Yukinoshita; the story of our youth will surely remain at that moment forever, warming our hearts at all times.

There is no need to let go of things that you cannot let go of, and there is no need to forget if you cannot get the answer you want temporarily. Because, one day, what should be let go will be let go, and the answer you want will also be given to you by a unique person one day.

So now, Yukinoshita, if possible, please tell me seriously, can I be your friend?

I looked at Yukinoshita with a burning gaze. It seemed like we had seen this scene many times before, sitting at the same table. But this time, I was no longer the shy me who couldn't even finish asking questions. If it were me now, if it were Yukinoshita now, we would definitely be able to...

"Yukinoshita, can you let me be your friend if possible?"

Every word carries with it many years of memories. Everything that happened between Yukinoshita and I in the past seems to be frozen in them at this moment.

"You're really persistent, Hikigaya-kun. You're always more persistent than ordinary people in unexpected places." Yukinoshita looked at me with an ambiguous smile. She pressed the screen of her laptop and looked at me seriously.

"Isn't the answer obvious?" She closed one eye again and smiled playfully but warmly. Such a familiar expression distracted me for a moment, as if I was back in that warm office a few years ago.

"We have been friends for a long time... I, Yukinoshita, take back what I said before. Hikigaya and I can definitely become very good friends. No, we are already very good friends."

With a faint laugh, Yukinoshita rested her chin on her hand and looked at me.

"That's true. This is really a question I should have known the answer to long ago."

I also burst out laughing. Why was I so stupid as to ask an answer that I should have known long ago? Now what? How should I complain?

Just as I was struggling with this, a sentence suddenly popped up in my mind:

"I am truly worthy of being called Hachiman!"

When did "Hachiman" suddenly become an adjective in my mind?

Chapter 119 Unknowingly, Hikigaya and the others

Even so, after confirming it, the warm feeling lingered in the body for a long time.

"Hikigaya, your smile right now is so disgusting."

"Oh, really?" I quickly put away my smile when I heard Yukinoshita's words. I had just confirmed the fact that I had always wanted to confirm, so it was inevitable that I felt a little carried away.

"Looking at you now, I really want to take back what I said just now." With a confused expression, Yukinoshita was thinking seriously.

She's not kidding! After realizing the horrifying truth, I quickly sat up straight and looked at Yukinoshita.

"It's about time we get down to business."

"You're the one who's been going off topic, okay?" Yukinoshita tapped the table with her hand in dissatisfaction.

"I don't think there's anything serious to discuss..."

In the final analysis, Yukinoshita kept saying that she had something important to discuss, but she didn't say what it was.

"Are you really not worried about whether your useless body can handle the burden of so much work?"

"This one……"

Although I really want to deny Yukinoshita, I don’t know how to refute it in the face of ironclad facts.

Because I have been working all the time recently, my old ailments like back pain have recurred more often. I often type while enduring back pain.

Seriously speaking, this should be considered an occupational disease. I wonder if I can use this as a reason to ask Editor Isshiki for some subsidies.

"So if possible, I think I can give you some advice on writing novels. You should know that I have loved reading since a long time ago. Although I am not a professional, I think my advice can still help you..." Yukinoshita murmured softly, and from the looks of her, she must have really wanted to help me, so she said this.

"Remember when you and Zaimokuza had problems with the plot of the novel, didn't you call me for advice? I think the advice I gave should have helped you."

This time, Yukinoshita really hit me in the heart. Whether I want to admit it or not, last time when Zaimokuza and I were at a loss about the plot of the novel, Yukinoshita's advice really helped us out of the predicament. From this point of view, her opinion is very worth referring to.

Of course I understand all these principles, but why do I have to show the novel I wrote to Yukinoshita?

It’s okay for Zaimokuza, that idiot, but I always feel embarrassed if I show the novel I wrote to Yukinoshita.

After all, we are acquaintances. I always feel that if I let Yukinoshita read the novel I wrote, I would have failed in every sense.

Seeing me hesitating and not answering, Yukinoshita's remaining patience seemed to be worn out.

"Hikigaya, when did you become so procrastinating? I also have a lot of work to do. I am willing to help you in this situation. What else do you have to complain about?"

You are right, but can you please think from my perspective? Showing your novel to people you know is like showing your paintings to people you know in art class when you were a kid. It's shameful, isn't it? And if it was perfect, it would be fine, but my novel is still in the initial stage of creation. I can't show it to people I know even though it has so many flaws.

I looked at Yukinoshita with difficulty, but she was totally unable to understand my difficulties. Instead, she just glared at me fiercely.

It would be impossible to refuse... Under such gazes.

For now, let’s try harder.

I took a deep breath, tried to calm myself down, and was able to look Yukinoshita in the face again: "Um, Yukinoshita, I don't think there's any need to bother you to help me with my work. I can handle my own work completely by myself..."

Before I finished speaking, Yukinoshita's sharper eyes glanced at me, and I was instantly shocked. What a strong sense of oppression! You are really worthy of it! Mushino.

"Hikigaya-kun, like you said, we are friends, right? It's okay to work harder to help a friend, right?"

"Well, I did say that..."

"Then why are you still hesitating?" Yukinoshita's voice suddenly increased by octaves. Suddenly, under Yukinoshita's powerful aura, I couldn't stop sweating on my back.

"Well, well..."

"Hikigaya-kun, did you go to Thailand alone without my knowledge? Or to Morocco?"

"Don't you think there's something wrong with the direction you're thinking in?"

When did this person's imagination become so vivid? This is terrible in a big way!

"If that's not the case, show it to me quickly!"

She is so rude and unreasonable. She showed some tyrannical temperament in high school, and I didn't expect it to become more and more serious now. I don't know if Yukinoshita will revive the feudal dictatorship of the emperor in RB in the future... Why doesn't my brain deny this possibility? It's terrible, Queen Yukinoshita!

Under Yukinoshita's threat, even though I was very reluctant, I had to send the manuscript of my novel to Yukinoshita.

"Is that all?" When she opened the document I sent her, Yukinoshita frowned.

“That’s about all…” I avoided Yukinoshita’s sharp gaze.

After confirming the information, Yukinoshita rubbed her temple uncomfortably.

"I really don't know whether to say you are optimistic or natural..."