Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Tricked Miura Yumiko
"It was just luck. I hope I can become a junior to the seniors in the future."
Asogi Shion shook her head slightly, lowered her gaze, and said softly.
Sobu High was the number one high school in Chiba Prefecture in terms of deviation score. If she didn't want to study elsewhere, it could be said that with her grades, she would only end up at Sobu High. Calling Sobu High students her seniors was completely appropriate.
However, compared to Komachi's closer term "Onee-chan," calling them seniors seemed a bit distant.
Indeed, no matter how kind Komachi and her brother were to her, and no matter how much they encouraged her to think of this place as her home, it couldn't hide the fact that she was an outsider.
Having just bathed with Komachi, changed into loungewear, and prepared to make a delicious dinner while waiting for Hikigaya to return, Asogi Shion found herself feeling a little down again.
"Are you planning to go to Onee-chan's room and surprise him?"
Komachi hadn't noticed that Asogi Shion was once again worrying about whether she was an outsider. At this moment, she had no extra energy to worry about her little companion. Seeing that Yuina and Minami were standing in the living room without any intention of sitting, Komachi thought for a moment and made a suggestion.
"A surprise? Like hiding in Little Hiki's room to scare him? That's a good idea. We could also check under Little Hiki's bed to see if there's anything interesting."
Minami was instantly intrigued. Although they had visited Little Hiki's house yesterday, they had mostly stayed on the first floor in the living room, not really exploring his room.
While they had helped Little Hiki train his eye contact, they hadn't cultivated his hobbies, so his interests likely hadn't changed. Maybe they could find some little secrets hidden in his room.
"Scaring someone is one thing, but rummaging through someone else's room is an invasion of privacy."
Rin glanced at the thoughtless Minami and criticized her bluntly.
Minami was the kind of girl who liked otaku culture and anime. Yuina occasionally watched a bit, and under their influence, Rin had also seen some, so she understood that Minami was mimicking a scene from a story.
However, while such things might seem fun in stories, they weren't actually that enjoyable in reality.
"Um... actually, scaring people isn't a good idea either."
Yuina, hearing Rin take the chance to criticize Minami again, gave a helpless smile.
These two companions of hers were always a bit troublesome.
"..."
Miura Yumiko silently watched their playful banter without intending to join in.
She planned to meet with Little Hiki briefly and leave right after. She absolutely didn't want to stay here any longer than necessary.
Although Minami and Rin kept saying that Little Hiki was handsome and had potential, and Yuina seemed to agree, Yumiko still found it absurd.
She admitted that she usually didn't look at that guy properly and only knew that Yuina referred to him as Little Hiki. To this day, she hadn't even remembered his name.
But how good-looking could a guy with dead fish eyes possibly be?
Not to mention how effective Yuina and the others' training was—could just a few days of training really make him handsome?
How was that even possible?
She had seen the special effects photo of Hikigaya on Yuina's phone but assumed it was photoshopped.
If that dead fish-eyed guy was really so handsome and full of potential, how could her only impression of him be those lifeless eyes?
"I'm sorry to say, but while cleaning Onee-chan's room, I didn't see anything strange. However, you sisters can wait in his room. I'll prepare some snacks for you. If you want to scare Onee-chan, I'll let you know when he gets back."
Komachi watched as Yuina and her friends chatted, completely uninterested in Minami and Rin's antics. She smiled brightly as she led them to her brother's room.
Who would've thought that her brother had met so many girls at school and even managed to have them visit their house?
Her brother's future happiness was saved.
Although her brother's club members, Yukinoshita Yukino and Hayase Saki, weren't among them, these girls were all quite pretty and cute.
Komachi instantly began to agonize over which girl would make the best sister-in-law.
She had originally wanted to coax Shion into pulling off the "apron temptation" for her brother, but now it seemed there was no rush. Shion was staying at their house for a few days, so she could observe her brother's classmates first.
To ensure her brother could escape being single and have someone to take care of him in the future, she needed to consider carefully.
———
"Komachi, Shion, I'm home."
Hikigaya returned home and looked at the shoes at the entrance. Noticing that all the spare slippers were still there and the shoe cabinet didn't have any extra pairs, he was surprised as he walked into the living room.
"Komachi, haven't my classmates arrived yet?"
He had been delayed at school for quite a while and thought Yuina and the others would have arrived long ago. Who would have thought they weren't here yet? 'Could they have gone to play after eating desserts?'
"No, I haven't seen anyone."
Komachi sat on the sofa, casually pressing the remote control, and shook her head at her brother's question.
"By the way, Shion has something to discuss with you. She's waiting in your room."
"Shion is waiting for me in my room?"
Hikigaya was taken aback. 'Is Shion planning to talk to me about her family situation?'
But Shion didn't know his true circumstances, so why would she seek him out specifically?
Even though Hikigaya knew she was a character from another dimension, he couldn't figure out why she would want to see him now, especially with Komachi fully aware of it.
"Alright, Onee-chan, don't keep Shion waiting too long."
Seeing her brother hesitating in place, Komachi quickly got up from the sofa and pushed him upstairs.
"Alright, Komachi, don't push me. I'll go see what Shion wants to talk about."
Feeling puzzled, Hikigaya walked to his room. However, as he reached the door, he suddenly had a strange feeling. He turned the doorknob and walked into his room.
"Whoa!"
"Ah!"
Just as Hikigaya opened the door to his room, he was greeted by the shouting of two people. He even saw a figure with long golden hair rushing toward him.
Having already sensed that something was off while he was still outside, Hikigaya naturally wasn't startled. With a somewhat helpless expression, he caught the golden-haired figure lunging at him.
'This girl, Minami, is really getting bolder—daring to scare me in my own room?' Well, he wasn't going to hold back either.
In any case, he was going to reward her later, so he might as well enjoy this little bonus now.
"Nice one, little Hikki!"
Yuina smiled gleefully as she clapped her hands repeatedly, watching the golden-haired figure being held in Hikigaya's arms.
"I told you, little Hikki wouldn't be scared."
Rin shrugged. "Good thing I didn't go in myself. Otherwise, I'd be the one making a fool of myself now."
Minami patted her chest in relief. "Phew!"
"Eh?"
Hikigaya looked at Minami, who was standing in front of him with a relieved expression, and was momentarily stunned. Then he suddenly realized something felt off.
Yuina had short pink hair, Rin had long brown hair, and Minami had long golden hair. The three of them had distinctly different hair colors, which he used to distinguish between the trio of gyaru.
But now that Minami was standing right in front of him, then who was the person in his arms?
The golden-haired figure in Hikigaya's arms was, of course, Miura Yumiko, who had been persuaded and roped in by Yuina and the others.
However, she hadn't thrown herself into Hikigaya's arms voluntarily. Instead, she had been tricked into the room by Minami and Rin, and when they were trying to scare him, Yuina had pushed her from behind, causing her to fall into Hikigaya's arms.
Miura Yumiko never expected that the usually gentle and considerate Yuina would ambush her. Now, she was staring blankly at Hikigaya, who looked completely different from the image she had in mind.
'Is this still the dead-fish-eyed guy from class? Could what Yuina and the others said actually be true?'
'No, wait! This isn't the time to think about that.'
"Let go of me, you jerk!"
Seeing Hikigaya still holding onto her tightly and gripping her, Miura Yumiko became both embarrassed and angry, pushing him away forcefully with both hands.
What she didn't expect was that Hikigaya would actually release her so abruptly, without holding back at all. Her forceful shove instead caused her to fall heavily to the ground.
Her blue plaid pleated skirt fluttered as she fell, landing atop her fair, slender, and shapely legs.
"Damn it!"
Miura Yumiko clutched her sore backside, gritting her fair fists as she got up from the floor. She glared angrily at Hikigaya, who had taken advantage of her and embarrassed her, and without saying another word, she went straight for him.
"Miura-san, I can apologize for what just happened, but I think you need to calm down. It wasn't something I initiated."
Noticing a hint of pink in his peripheral vision, Hikigaya blinked and calmly offered an apology to Miura Yumiko.
"I am calm!"
"…..."
Looking at the blonde-haired beauty in front of him, her fair skin flushed as her eyes burned with anger while she lunged at him, Hikigaya could only helplessly dodge her repeated attempts to pounce on him.
How did Miura Yumiko suddenly end up at his house? There hadn't been the slightest hint of this beforehand.
Actually, he had already sensed someone hiding behind the door intending to ambush him when he was about to push it open. However, he never expected that the class's Miura Yumiko would get roped into this.
He'd thought it was Asogi Shion, brought along by Yuina, Minami, and the others to join in on their prank. After all, the only golden-haired girl he expected to encounter at home was Minami. Faced with such an offering of benefits, he didn't really guard himself.
Little did he know, the benefit was indeed a benefit, but it came with a follow-up hassle.
The true culprits behind this incident—Yuina, Minami, and Rin—were watching Miura Yumiko and Hikigaya chase each other around the room. Not only did they make no effort to intervene, but they even watched with relish, snacking on treats Komachi had brought in earlier while fanning the flames with their commentary.
"Go, Miura! You're so close!"
"Don't dodge, little Hikki. Show Miura what you're made of."
"Yeah, yeah! If you keep running away, Tenma-san will never like you."
Hearing their instigating remarks, Hikigaya's mouth twitched as he glanced at Yuina, who was smiling brightly and watching with great interest. He sighed inwardly—there was clearly a reason Yuina had become friends with Minami and Rin.
He wasn't surprised that those two troublemaking gyaru would watch gleefully, considering they'd even sell each other out to hold someone down for him. But for Yuina to join in on the fun was really exasperating. She'd always played the gentle role, and now she was in on the pranking?
"Damn it... Are you really... that dead-fish-eyed guy from class?"
After chasing Hikigaya around for quite a while in his not-so-large bedroom—leaping up and down without even managing to grab the hem of his clothes—Miura Yumiko finally stopped on the springy bed. Supporting herself with her fair knees, she glared at him while panting heavily.
'Is this guy really that gloomy boy? Why does he look so handsome, and why does he have better stamina than me?'
Back in middle school, she had been on the tennis team and even made it to the county tournament. Even though she hadn't joined the tennis club in high school, it hadn't been that long since school started, so her stamina hadn't decreased much.
Yet in this small room, she couldn't even touch this guy's hemline. She was actually losing to him in both explosiveness and endurance?
"Though I roughly understand what you're saying, yes, I am the person you're referring to. But could you not call me 'dead-fish eyes'?"
Hikigaya looked at Miura Yumiko, who was still glaring at him angrily with her chest heaving, and his expression grew somewhat complicated.
With the abilities he'd integrated from the Brotherhood Assassin and Agent 47 templates, he could face both Iris and Hayase Saki head-on without much pressure. Now, a mere Miura Yumiko couldn't even make him break a sweat.
It was only because he had indeed taken advantage of Miura Yumiko and saw that she had also been tricked that he had played along and run around the room with her for a while, letting her vent her anger.
However, Miura Yumiko's nickname for him immediately dispelled any embarrassment he had felt earlier, leaving him completely unfazed.
He knew that Miura Yumiko, despite her flashy queenly demeanor, wasn't a bad person and genuinely cared about her friends. However, like Rin, her words could often be sharp, and her temperament was even more hotheaded.
Previously, he'd even retorted at Rin, who was supposed to be rewarded, so naturally, Miura Yumiko wouldn't receive any special treatment.
While he might have taken a slight advantage of her, this wasn't entirely his fault—why was she ignoring Yuina, Minami, and the others as culprits?
"So, you're saying you're upset too?"
Miura Yumiko glared at the calm-faced Hikigaya, her tone annoyed. 'What is with this guy's attitude? I am the victim here.'
"I'm an advocate for gender equality, so you could also interpret the earlier incident as you taking advantage of me."
Hikigaya responded nonchalantly.
While he didn't truly believe that, forcing complete equality by ignoring physiological differences would actually be a form of discrimination. However, when facing Miura Yumiko, he couldn't afford to back down. Otherwise, she'd press her advantage relentlessly.
"All right, all right, it was our fault earlier. Don't fight anymore!"
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