Hikigaya Hachiman is still in the dark

"Eh!" Isshiki sighed, and slowly loosened his grip on my shirt: "Senior is still the same as before. Whenever you care about yourself, you don't know how to lie..." Isn't it a good thing not to lie? Hikigaya Hachiman has always been honest in facing this world full of fakes!

Just when I was breathing a sigh of relief, Isshiki stood on tiptoe and looked up at me with his face puffed up like a bun. Although you look cute, please don't do this on the street. The strange looks from passers-by are very annoying.

"Senior obviously ran away because he heard my voice. Do you know how much harm this does to a girl? Now I am very angry. If you don't comfort me, I will never talk to you again."

Eh? Really? If this is how I can get rid of the little devil, I think it's great! Of course, I didn't ask, because I felt that if I told it, I would definitely fall into a more dangerous situation, and I might even die!

"Then, can I go shopping with you?" I asked Isshiki quietly, but can this be considered consolation? I remember when I was in junior high school, the punishment game played by my female classmates was to go home with me. Even now, when I think about it again, I still feel a little sad...

"Eh?" Isshiki didn't seem to expect me to say that, and she grabbed her skirt with her hands nervously.

Sure enough, it still doesn’t work?

"If not, I will..."

"No, it's not possible." Isshiki hastily denied, "I just didn't expect that Senior would directly invite a girl. I'm a little surprised."

Is it amazing that I invited girls? I remember when I was in high school, I also took the initiative to invite Totsuka, Totsuka, and Totsuka to go out and play together!

"Isise, why did you suddenly run away?" A voice came from not far away. Looking over, I saw several girls running towards here.

Hearing the voice, Isshiki quickly adjusted his posture and stopped looking up at me. He also changed his originally horrified expression to his usual enthusiastic face.

"Sorry, I got a little too excited when I suddenly saw my former senior from school."

"Hey, is this Isshiki's former senior?" a girl asked quietly. Oh no, isn't this just like when I went out with Yuigahama to watch the fireworks display in high school and ran into Sagami? What should I do now? In order not to embarrass Isshiki too much, I had better find an excuse and run away!

"Yes, he's the senior who often helped me in the past." Isshiki introduced him to me.

"Hey." The girls looked at me curiously, and these gazes made me feel very uncomfortable.

"Well, Isshiki, I'm still a little..." Just when I was thinking of finding an excuse to escape from here, the unexpected words they said made me stop where I was.

"Senior is so handsome!"

"That's right, senior, you wear glasses, is it because of your work?" As they were talking, they surrounded me.

Eh? What's going on? Isn't this what girls usually say when they see Ye Shan?

"Wow, senior is shy, you look so cute!" A girl teased me, please don't be like this, today's female college students are really scary.

"Is your job as a text editor? It looks like you are really awesome!"

"Well, that's not the case. I'm just an ordinary high school teacher." Don't mention the editor, this reminds me of the tragic memories before.

"Hey, isn't that amazing?" a girl exclaimed in surprise. I said, it shouldn't be that exaggerated, right?

"Senior, please treat us to dessert. Treating lovely juniors to a meal is a way of being reserved as a senior at work." When did you become so reserved? You just want me to treat you to a meal...

At this time, Isshiki suddenly squeezed in, opened his arms to protect me and said, "No, no! Senior has already promised to accompany me today, you guys should go shopping by yourselves."

The girls laughed in unison:

"Ah, Caiyu-chan is like a cat protecting its food."

"Jealous, definitely jealous."

"You guys..." Maybe because he was shy, his face turned red. I also stood there nervously, not knowing what to do.

"Okay, Isise, let's separate here today, you have to have fun!" a girl said with a grin.

"Senior, Isshiki often mentions you to us!" a girl said to me with a smirk.

If Isshiki said that, he must have been referring to Hayama. It has nothing to do with me.

"Well, senpai and Isshiki, goodbye!"

"If you have time, please come and play with us, seniors!" One of the girls waved at me and said to me as if she was telling me something.

I also waved goodbye to them, but I didn't promise to go play with them again. If we want to meet again, please forgive me...

Chapter 13 Is it AA?

Isshiki still seemed a little nervous. She lowered her head shyly, and her eyes kept stealing glances at me.

"Then where are you going..." Before I could finish my sentence, I suddenly remembered that Yuigahama had just told me a few days ago that when you go out with girls, you can't always ask them where they are going.

"Well, do you want to go to the dessert shop in front first?" I asked tentatively. Just now, those girls asked me to treat them to dessert, so for the time being, I can understand that this is the best option.

"Oh! Sure." Isshiki said in surprise, then she blinked: "I thought Senior would just follow me like before!" What's that tone of yours? Am I your adopted Sabre? Although I want to be adopted, I definitely don't want to be adopted as a dog.

"Senior, did something happen to you in college?"

"No, it's just ordinary college life." To be honest, this is what Yuigahama taught me a few days ago.

"Oh oh oh." Isshiki laughed at a strange frequency: "Senior really can't lie, but I will believe the lies you tell." As she said that, she pressed her lips with her index finger and closed one eye playfully.

This guy is pretending to be cute again. Also, please don't take it for granted that you believe the lies! My college life is really ordinary... Unconsciously, the figure of that girl appeared in my mind again.

My college life is really ordinary, I murmured to myself.

"Senior, shall we split the bill?" When I came to my senses, I saw Isshiki holding the menu and asking me.

"Eh? That's fine too."

Isshiki looked up at me and said in a cheerful voice, "Senior, do you know the dignity of being a senior?"

A chill ran from my feet straight to my brain: "After all, I have a job, so let me treat you today!"

"Hail, senior is the greatest." Isshiki smiled happily.

Damn it, Hikigaya, you're going to be a househusband. How can you live up to your ideals by spending money on things like this?

"I want this, that, and these, oh, and give me some of that too." Isshiki said happily, pointing at the menu.

"Um, Isshiki, you don't look at the samples when you order? You only look at the price?" I didn't say the last sentence. Besides, you ordered the most expensive one...

Hey, why is the temperature so low all of a sudden? Waiter, there is a big problem with the heating here.

"Senior, do you have any objections?" Isshiki put down the menu and looked at me with a happy smile, but her eyes made people feel as cold as Hokkaido.

"No, no, as long as you are happy." What kind of role-playing is this? Could it be that Isshiki is the leader who gives random orders, and I am just the oppressed office worker who can only say: "No, no, as long as the leader is happy." Moreover, if you say that, I dare not even say such a kind reminder that eating too much dessert will make me fat!

"Then I'm relieved. If I cause trouble to my seniors, I will be very sad too!" Isshiki wiped the corners of his eyes sadly. There are no tears at all, okay? Please be more professional, squeeze out a few tears, and have more self-cultivation as an actor!

"That's all, do you want to eat, Senior?"

"Forget it. I had already eaten a lot when I came out."

"Well, please come quick!" Isshiki reminded the waiter.

"OK." The waiter left with a big smile on his face. Before leaving, he looked at me meaningfully.

I am not a lovesick man who wants to be ripped off, please take your eyes away.

While waiting for the dessert to come, Isshiki was looking out the window casually, and looked at me tentatively from time to time. I couldn't think of any good topic to talk about, so I just looked out the window in silence.

After all, Chiba is really popular on weekends. The streets are crowded with people going out for fun, carrying bags and smiling faces.

Be intoxicated by the beauty of Chiba! You are a bunch of office workers who can only work hard.

"Senior!" Isshiki's extremely unnatural drawn-out tone woke me up from admiring the expressions of passersby who were infatuated with Chiba.

"Eh? What's up?"

“Senior, don’t you know that it’s extremely rude to ignore the beautiful girl next to you and look at the passers-by outside the window?” Isshiki stood up and leaned his head over, staring at me intently with a pout.

Too close, too close, move your face away.

"Ah, um."

After hearing what I said, Isshiki puffed up his face and sat back in his seat angrily.

"After graduation, my senior never contacted me at all. Even when I sent him a text message, he would just say something like "um" or "ah" to deal with me." Why do I always feel that this sentence is so familiar? Is it my illusion?

"When we first met today, he ran away as soon as he heard my voice. Now, he would rather look out the window than at me. Now, I am so angry that I can push my senior off the roller coaster at Disneyland."

The metaphor is so vivid that I can't help but feel scared. Is this a threat? This is a naked threat!

"Um, sorry." I scratched my head.

"Huh?" Isse looked surprised. Is there something on my face?

"Is there anything strange?"

"No, no." Isshiki shook his head: "I just feel that if it was my former senior, he would have apologized obediently! How should I put it, you would be more shameless."

I was stabbed in the knee. Shameless? I was actually called shameless by the girl I helped in high school? Hikigaya Hachiman, what is your meaning in this world?

As if he could see my disappointment, Isshiki waved his hands hastily: "That's not what I meant. What I meant was that the seniors in the past liked to use twisted logic to make excuses for themselves!"

"If you can, I hope you can use the word tact."

"Senior has become what he was before."

What kind of role play is this? The past Hikigaya comes on stage, and the present Hikigaya comes on stage. Is this a role change? If there is such a transition, the editor will definitely be beaten to death!

At this time, Isshiki leaned over again and looked at me carefully. He said, this is too close. I am not some rare animal...

"Senior, I always feel like something has changed about you, but I can't tell what it is..."

"It would be strange if it didn't change. After all, we haven't seen each other for so many years."

"Whose fault is that?" Isshiki, why are you sticking your face forward again? If you keep doing this, we'll be crossing the safe distance. But she didn't seem to notice. Instead, she looked at me with a slightly questioning look: "When I invited my seniors to go out, they always refused me with reasons like they were sick, Komachi was sick, or Kamaku was sick."

"It's true that Kamaku is sick." Komachi was so worried at that time that even my parents went to take care of it. When I was sick, they just gave me a few words of advice, which shows how low my family status was. After all, I am the same species as you biologically, right?

"In other words, the rest are fake!" Isseki's eyes were filled with burning anger.

"Well, it's just that I had to prepare to go to college during the holidays. Besides, I was kicked out by my family shortly after graduation and had to rely on myself for food, so I didn't have much time to go out and play."

"Has the senior been chased out of the house so early?"

"Huh, huh, I'm not bragging, but my parents really appreciate my independence."

"Senior, you are so pitiful." Don't look at me with such pity: "But senior, if you tell me, I will, I can go to help you cook." Isise's voice became smaller and smaller. Even though she was so close to me, I still couldn't hear what she was saying. How small is your voice, you guy?

"What? Louder?"

"Nothing, you big idiot! Anyway, it is a fact that you rejected my invitation. You must accompany me to buy the clothes I ordered today."

Because we were so close, her breath was clearly captured by my skin, and the unique scent of a girl almost filled my brain.

"I know, so hurry up and sit back down."

"But I forgot to bring money when I went out today!"

"Okay, okay, okay, can't I pay for you? Please sit back down."

"Oh yeah, senior is the best." Isshiki sat back in his seat with a triumphant smile, "Please don't expose yourself so quickly. At least act cute until you finish buying clothes. Your behavior always makes me feel like an idiot!"

"Guest, the desserts you ordered are here. Please enjoy." The waiter's voice came, and then the table was filled with desserts.

"Issue." I looked at the mountain of dessert and said in a voice that almost sounded like tears, "Are you sure you can finish it?"

"No problem!" Isshiki said happily, "I can't stop myself when I think that it's my senior who's treating me."

"But, that." I hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question that had been in my mind since she ordered: "Will this not make me fat?"

When Isshiki heard this, he became listless like a machine that had run out of energy. "I was so happy to see you, Senior, that I forgot about this."

Well, after all, in reality there are very few people who can eat anything and never gain weight.

"But we've already ordered it. It seems a bit of a waste if we don't finish it. What should we do? Xiao Ji and the others have gone far away." Isse thought hard, then she looked at me with her eyes suddenly shining: "I remember that Senior likes to eat sweets very much, right?"

"That's true, but when I came out, I ate a lot."

"But senior, look." Isshiki looked aggrieved, "If I eat all the desserts by myself, I will definitely gain weight and won't be able to go out for the next few months."

"I really can't do anything about you. Please give me a spoon." I agreed to her helplessly.

"No, no." No spoon? Can you tell me which country has the custom of eating dessert with hands?

As he said this, Isshiki used his spoon to cut off a piece of cake, then put the spoon to my mouth and said, "Senior, ah!" The sweetness of his voice seemed to cover the fragrance of the cake.

"Huh?" My brain was in a mess. I sorted out the situation first. Well, the person sitting opposite me was Isshiki. She ordered too much dessert and couldn't finish it. Yes, that was true. Then, she asked me to help her eat some. Well, that was understandable. Then, she put the spoon to my mouth and said something tempting like "ah". It seemed that she was going to feed me dessert...

What is going on? I can't understand it at all. This should be something that only happens between lovers! I don't remember having a girlfriend. This kind of thing belongs to the current life. So, what is going on? Could it be that the aliens have controlled Isshiki without my knowledge? Or is Isshiki brainwashed? Or am I dreaming now?

Oops! My brain is totally incapable of performing such complex calculations and is about to crash.

"Senior, your hands feel sore." Isese's voice brought me back to reality from my frozen state.

"Well, Isshiki, I think it's better to eat it yourself with a spoon."

"Senior, do you dislike me?" Isise looked tearful, her lips were pouting and her shoulders were trembling slightly.