Summary: In which Hikigaya has an unexpected hobby.

Characters: Miura Yumiko, Hikigaya Hachiman

[13:01] Wow. Look at you; nervous loner by day, confident ladies' man by night.

(13:02) What are you on about?

[13:03] Komachi showed me.

(13:06) I have no idea what you're talking about.

(13:06) Also, be careful; Hiratsuka-sensei is watching like a hawk today.

[13:08] I'm not an amateur, you know? Anyway, you so know.

[13:09] Though to be fair, I'm genuinely curious as to how comfortable you are. If you're as comfortable as you look, then I have no idea how you don't have a girlfriend. And stop playing dumb.

(13:12) Listen, my hobby is one thing - real life is another.

[13:13] You know you sound disgusting when you say it like that. You make it sound like you're doing something actually gross. Aside from, you know, existing.

(13:15) Exactly. So I'm not a ladies' man, and I'm gross, as expected.

[13:16] Ugh. Why are boys so dumb sometimes?

(13:17) Success_baby_jpg

[17:03] Helllloooo? Hikio, what are you up to?

(17:36) Practicing. And don't talk to me for a bit, I need to concentrate; I'll text you when I'm done.

(18:11) Okay, I'm done. Anyway,

[18:15] Why are you so down on yourself? You did pretty well.

(18:16) We got 28 out of 156, Miura. That's… not really that good.

[18:18] Uh huh. And how long have you been doing this?

(18:22) That was my sixth competition, and I've been doing this for a few years. So as you can see, not that good.

[18:25] Just because you're not as good as other people doesn't mean you're not good, you know. What was that saying - "Rome wasn't built in a day?" Geez, get over yourself.

(18:27) I know.

(18:27) So why does this matter so much, anyway?

(18:30) Because it just does, okay?

(18:30) Sorry, I just can't talk about this right now.

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[22:20] So are you ready to talk now?

(22:21) No.

[19:19] Okay, Hikio. It's been like, two days. Can you please tell me?

(19:21) Will it make you shut up?

[19:22] Rude! Angry_selfie_jpg

(19:35) My grandfather.

[19:36] Huh? Hello, I'm not psychic.

(19:40) My grandfather, he always used to go on about how dancing in the prime of his life led him to meet many great friends and some ex-lovers. Apparently dancing was something he loved and wished my dad would have gotten serious about - my dad indulged him for a while, but only as a kid.

(19:42) My grandfather doesn't want me to fill his shoes or anything; he wasn't a great dancer either, you see. But he told me that if I could get good at it, I could see the world. I know - it's a pipe-dream. I'm a loner and antisocial and dancing is a social activity and it's got a lot of attractive, influential people in the circuits and at the events.

(19:44) I don't think I'll ever travel the world, and I don't think I'll make my grandfather proud by doing this or anything. But I just wanted to see what he saw and maybe find something for myself. And if I don't try, if I don't put in the work, I'll never get there.

(19:45) And I just don't think I'll make it.

(19:47) There, okay? It's not my life's story, but it's important to me.

[19:52] That's not stupid at all, Hikio. I think it's great.

[19:52] I get it. Hello, tennis player here, remember? I try for that sport, mister. Like for real. Don't beat yourself up over something like this; just keep trying - hard work pays off.

[19:53] I just got this fortune cookie, and omg, irony. "Life's about the hurdles; the sweetest nut is the one that's toughest to crack."

(21:05) Thanks.

[21:08] cats_dogpile_gif

[21:10] Invite me to one of your competitions some time. Or at least link me to a stream or video or something. (Or send me some cookies!)

(21:12) grumpycat_gif

NOTES

Apparently, ".gif" and ".jpg" don't get copy-pasted correctly - using underscores for now, might fix these chapters in the future - not sure how else to fix atm.