OREGAIRU : Hikigaya Hachiman's Exorcism Story

"Ah, yeah, it really does..." 

Yuigahama Yui, who hadn't expected to run into Hikigaya Hachiman in such a situation, mumbled softly, looking down. 

She then squatted next to Hikigaya Hachiman, holding Sabre in one arm while she used the other hand to attach the leash around its neck. 

This time, Sabre didn't struggle; it just kept wagging its tail. 

Seeing Sabure shaking so happily, Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but lower his head and glance at it curiously.

Then...

"Hey, what's wrong?"

Re-tying the dog leash, Yuigahama Yui stood up but noticed that Hikigaya Hachiman was covering his nose with his hand.

"N-nothing..."

Hikigaya Hachiman stammered an answer, then quickly hopped on his bike and left in a hurry.

"Wait..."

Watching Hikigaya Hachiman's figure disappear, Yuigahama Yui opened her mouth to call out to him but still didn't have the courage to do so.

Another failure...

It wasn't until Hikigaya Hachiman completely disappeared from view that Yuigahama Yui, looking troubled, walked toward home, holding Sabure.

After the small incident on the way to school, Hikigaya Hachiman arrived at school without any issues.

As he opened the classroom door, the entire class suddenly fell silent.

Everyone stared at Hikigaya Hachiman, all wondering, "Is this guy even from our class?"

After a quick scan of the classroom, Hikigaya Hachiman casually walked to his seat, hung his backpack, took out the book for the first lesson, and turned to the relevant section. Then, resting his chin on his hand, he started his daily habit of zoning out.

One class, two classes...

With each passing bell, the morning quickly slipped by.

Hikigaya Hachiman looked up at the board, where the teacher was busy writing, but he found it all quite boring.

So, he shifted his focus and began to glance around the class for the first time.

Starting from the front of the classroom, his eyes moved to the back, landing first on a few classmates he couldn't even name. They were all busy scribbling away at their notebooks, clearly the model students.

Next, Hikigaya Hachiman's gaze continued to move down.

Suddenly, a very cute girl appeared in his line of sight.

"Wait, do we have such a cute girl in our class?"

When he saw her, Hikigaya Hachiman froze.

His heart started pounding, and his reaction was even stronger than the first time he met Yukinoshita!

What was I even doing before?

Noticing his own reaction, Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but feel frustrated with himself.

If he had noticed such a cute girl in class earlier, he would have confessed to her by now, right?

Although, he would probably have been rejected, and then people would gossip about how a hopeless nerd was fantasizing about it, but that would be fine, right?

Shaking his head, Hikigaya Hachiman forced his gaze to move further.

Soon, the class heartthrob, Hayama Hayato, appeared in his view.

Skip!

Hayama's three buddies...

Skip!

Then, there was a girl with glasses, looking very ordinary.

Skip... wait, hold on!

Since becoming an advanced exorcist, Hikigaya Hachiman's vision had greatly improved.

So, he noticed that the thickness of the textbooks in the glasses girl's hands seemed off.

Looking at her face, she was clearly trying to hide her excitement, but even so, she kept wiping away the drool from the corner of her mouth.

"This guy, could it be...?"

Squinting his eyes, Hikigaya Hachiman boldly started making guesses.

Thanks to his friend, Zaimokuza Yoshiteru, he had some knowledge of that kind of material.

At that moment, the eraser of Kubota Sho, one of Hayama Hayato's lackeys, suddenly rolled off the desk and landed at Hayama's feet.

Hayama, without a second thought, picked it up and handed it back to Kobe Kakeru.

Seeing this, the girl with glasses suddenly became unusually excited.

"Is that really how it is?!"

Hikigaya Hachiman covered his face and mentally labeled the girl as dangerous.

It seemed like she was someone who hung out with Miura Yumiko, right?

Although he didn't know her name, he decided to stay as far away from her as possible from now on.

After noticing there was a fujoshi (girl who likes BL) in the class, Hikigaya Hachiman lost interest in the other students.

However, sticking to his principle of being bored anyway, he kept shifting his gaze towards the back.

A girl with light blue long hair tied into a ponytail, looking like a delinquent, entered his view.

Just as Hikigaya Hachiman was about to look away, he suddenly realized she was also looking at him.

"......"

Hikigaya Hachiman didn't say anything, just turned his head away and avoided making eye contact.

But it seemed like she wasn't letting him off the hook. After noticing that Hikigaya Hachiman looked at her, she kept her gaze fixed on him.

Finally, unable to stand the stare any longer, Hikigaya Hachiman sighed helplessly and turned his gaze back to meet hers.

"Let's talk after class."

When the girl saw Hikigaya Hachiman turn back to face her, she casually spoke, then turned her attention back to the class.

?

Hikigaya Hachiman was a bit confused by what the girl had said.

But he had lost the interest to keep observing his classmates.

Staying in his dazed state, the third period passed by...

"I need to talk to you..."

When the bell rang for the end of class and the teacher had just left with the lesson plan, the silver-haired girl with a single ponytail stood up from her seat. Ignoring the surprised looks from the other students, she walked over to Hikigaya Hachiman and knocked on his desk.

"What's up?"

Hikigaya Hachiman frowned as he felt the eyes of the other students on him.

He really didn't like the feeling of being watched by so many people.

"Last night, around 9 o'clock, you were still at school..."

"Alright, let's go outside and talk."

Before the girl could finish speaking, Hikigaya Hachiman's expression changed. He quickly stood up and invited the silver-haired girl to talk outside.

Soon, the two of them arrived at the top-floor stairwell, where it was unlikely anyone would come.

"My name's Kawasaki Saki."

As if she knew Hikigaya Hachiman didn't know her name, Kawasaki Saki crossed her arms and introduced herself right away.

"I'm ..."

Hikigaya Hachiman was about to introduce himself when Kawasaki Saki interrupted him.

"Hikigaya Hachiman, the legendary student who only showed up to class three months after school started."

"That wasn't my choice..."

Hikigaya Hachiman gave a helpless look.

"I know. The reason I called you out is because I want to ask, what were you doing at school around 9 PM last night?"

Kawasaki Saki nodded as she explained why she had called Hikigaya Hachiman out.

"Then can you tell me why you were wandering around near the school at that time?"

However, instead of answering Kawasaki Saki's question, Hikigaya Hachiman turned the question back to her.

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