1I'm working on six stories.... but I figured that I'd be alright if I work on one story each day, Monday through Saturday. I'll take Sunday off, and in case I missed anything, I'll use Sunday to make it up.

Anyway, It's been a while since my last update. Please forgive me if I took too long again... I'm just bogged down by my homework. But I figured it would all work out if I stayed up in the dead of night until the next day to finish these! (Probably a bad idea).

Today's chapter will take place in Hayate's POV.

Disclaimer: It should be painstakingly obvious by now that I do not own Hayate no Gotoku. I wouldn't be writing fan fiction, I would be drawing this in manga form.

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Episode 3: A lot of Guys play dating sims in secret. They help in some situations, but not all of them.

"Ahhh, it sure is sunny today..." I said happily. I found no reason to think that something bad would happen today (even though something bad happened every day....). The only unhappy thing that happened so far was that Ojou-sama once again refused to come to school.... Typical.

"I'm starting to think that she'll never come to school nowadays..." I said with sad face. Was I doing alright as her butler? A first-class butler guides his master in the right direction, but....

All of a sudden, someone slapped my back! "Eep! Huh? Oh, Hinagiku-san." This is a friend of mine, Hinagiku Katsura-san. In the eyes of everyone else, she's perfect and invincible.... but even she has weaknesses that others don't know about. I may have.... exploited that once... and for that, I feel guilty, but I also helped her accept her fear of heights. She's still scared, but she says that isn't a bad feeling. I was glad to help.

She really was a pretty girl... but thinking that, I'm already getting ahead of myself. She wouldn't like a person like me...

"Ayasaki-kun? You look.... serious."

"Ah? It's nothing, it's nothing."

On the way to school, Hinagiku-san asked me something. "Well? Is your mistress playing truant again?"

"Uh.... yes...." I sounded disappointed. Because I was. Although Ojou-sama is in already at genius class, she should still come to school...

"No need to look so sad."

"Eh?"

Hinagiku-san smiled. "Although she may hate coming to school, seeing you do it may make her want to do it."

"Ah..." I never thought of that. Maybe she would come... In which case, my focus should be on school right now!

At school, the usual happened. I learned something new, Katsura-sensei got drunk and went berserker, Makimura-sensei caused an explosion, the usual (but nothing I couldn't handle).

At lunch, I thought a most peculiar question. 'If Hinagiku-san has no chances of falling for me, I wonder what she does think of me.' It had already seemed as though at one point, she may have seen me as an enemy. At this point in time, she treats me like a friend... more than a friend actually. But that doesn't necessarily mean she likes me... Oh I get it! I'm her confidant! I'm a person here that she can talk to... one of the only people she can trust! (The other ones probably the student council trio... I think).

I saw somebody sit down next to me. It was Hinagiku-san. "Hello Hinagiku-san..."

"Hello Ayasaki-kun..." She said sounding.... mischievous. Mischievous? That isn't like her at all! Really!

"So..." I said..... dragging out the O sound for as long as I could before saying "You look like you have something on your mind."

"Actually, I do."

"Well, what is it, if I may ask?"

She took a deep breath, and said, "Ayasaki-kun, do you like girls?"

"Um...." Wasn't this what Maria-san asked me? Why is everyone interested in this?.... Well, if I think about it, I am. But I've been so busy I couldn't think about something like that. "Yes, I do."

"Are you aware that you are constantly surrounded by pretty girls on a daily basis?"

"Eh?" I hadn't really thought about that. "Well, Maria-san, Sakuya-san, Saki-san, Hanabishi-san, Segawa-san, Asakaze-san, Sister, Makimura-sensei....." I paused at the next two. If I left one out, Hinagiku-san would be insulted I'm sure. It's just a bit awkward saying it in front of her. And the other one.... It's awkward to think about. "H-Hinagiku-san.... and N-Nishizawa-san...." I intentionally left out Katsura-sensei... for obvious reasons.

"You sort of paused before the last two."

"U-um! That's because it's awkward to list a pretty girl when she's right in front of you... I mean..um! And Nishizawa-san confessed... so it's awkward to think about... um, wait!"

Hinagiku-san laughed a little. Is it fun to tease me?

"And I noticed you left out Nagi and Isumi."

"W-well, they're just kids, and I...." It's true. I'm wholesome, I wouldn't hit on a child! At this point in time, I don't think I'd hit on anyone.... I'm sure they'd all say no....

"Hm. Well if you did have a girlfriend, what would you do with each other?"

My face was steaming, what an embarrassing question! I was sure she could see that, because she was smiling the kind of smile that says "I know more than I'm leading you to believe".

"U-um, well, we'd... hug, and..... gulp, k-k-kiss....." If I could've, I probably would've died after saying that.

"Anything else?"

"Well, we'd.... go out... to eat, and um, movies. Important events.... stuff like that." I stopped stuttering, but I talked slowly.... so that I wouldn't stutter.

"......"

"..... What?"

Lunch period had ended. Ten minutes until we had to go to the next class.

"Well... there are..." Hinagiku-san moved her seat closer to mine. And she started.... to open up her shirt?! "Other things you can do..."

"G-Gyaah! H-Hinagiku-san!" I shouted. My heart was racing, her hand was raised to hold my face, and her face was just inches away from mine....

I closed my eyes. Even if she was joking, I didn't want to take risks. I could feel the moment grow hotter as she placed both hands on my face, and her lips only seconds away....

And then she pinched me! She broke the moment by pinching my cheeks! "Ow, ow, Ow!"

"Ha! You thought I was gonna do something naughty, didn't you?"

"N-no!" I was lying.

"You did, didn't you? And you thought I was gonna kiss you! Aw!"

"N-no! I didn't! Because I distinctly remember the same thing happening in N-gima!" Well, it happened in Code Ge-ss as well. Even if you don't read or watch N-gima, you need to have watched Code Ge-ss. If It happened anywhere else, I forgot.

"C'mon! You fell for it and you know it."

"..... Y-yes." I was sure that the blush had drained all the blood from my body, because I couldn't feel anything anymore.

"You are so innocent. Liven up a little. You don't have to be too serious!"

"But as a butler...."

"Listen. As long as you are at school, you follow the rules. Your concerns in class should be studying hard!"

"Yes..."

This next part I didn't even think about. "And in between classes, you are given a break. You don't have any duties, so why don't you loosen up a bit?"

"..... I never see you loosen up Hinagiku-san...."

"I-I do! With friends! Other than that, I have a lot of Student Body work to do!" Even if she made a good point, when the conversation ended like that, it felt like I won. I hope she isn't mad at me again.

We couldn't speak anymore, because class started soon.

When class let out, Hinagiku-san went to the clock tower for her duties.

As I walked home, I received a call. "Um, hello?"

"Hello Hayate-kun." It was Maria-san.

"Hello Maria-san! Is something wrong?"

"Actually, yes.... you might want to take your time coming home."

"Why?"

"She..... lost an online game for the first time in..... a long time..."

Okay, I'd never seen her when she loses a game, and I could already tell that it was bad. "Um... so I'll..."

"I'll tell you when it's died down. In the meantime, I'll give you permission to go out with some friends."

I know that it sounded like a good idea but.... my friends? This is the rare occasion that I'm off of my butler duties, and because of that, I haven't made many friends...

"Are you sure I can't come...."

"THAT GUY CHEATED! NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE KEEPS SPAMMING ME!" *CRASH*!

"..... yeah, I'll be home tonight." I clicked my phone shut. I didn't want to hear the conclusion of that tantrum.

I didn't have anywhere to go, so I went where I always went when I don't have anywhere to go. Loser Park. For some reason, I have a sense of nostalgia whenever I'm here, perhaps the reason being that this is where a lot of life changing things happen for me.

And speak of the devil! Nishizawa-san was sitting on a bench here! "Hello Nishi..........." I just stood there. In silence. "............." She was.... wearing makeup!

A little gloss... some blush... eyeliner.... it really brought out her beauty! And she was wearing casual clothing as well. A light blue shirt that had the words "Don't Give Up" written on it, and a skirt. Near her collar... were those pantyhose? 'Gah! What am I thinking? A butler shouldn't think like that!' Kotetsu-san flashes himself in his memories. '........ A butler shouldn't think like that!'

"Ah! Hayate-kun!"

"N-Nishizawa-san!"

Narrator (Shuji): As it was.... the beautiful girl.... and the butler... had been drawn together.

To be continued.

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So how was it? I'm sorry, but references to Negima couldn't be helped. It's me that we're talkin' about! And Code Geass? Huh, they made references to that in the anime, so I had basis for that one!

For me, it's a good thing I only have to come up with a plot for this every six days now! My problem was trying to do all the stories at once. That was what had me blocked for a bit. Now, I'm up and ready to go!

This ending segment is a little short. Oh well! At least I broke the six-page goal I set for myself! I always aim for six pages of content or more!

See ya!