This Chapter is edited by HaMCRI.

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Today's Thursday, I Hikigaya Hachiman, got summoned once again by my single tyrant homeroom teacher.

Why? That's a question that I also want to know. I'm not even a member of the Service Club so how come this single woman can still manipulate and substantially waste my time?

"Hikigaya, what do you think this is?" She shows me some papers that had been marked by a lot of red pens.

"It's a paper Sensei…" My answer pops a vein on her forehead.

I immediately straightened my back and say. "…I-I think it is something related to me?"

She gave me a nod then slam the paper on the desk. "These are your make-up assignments."

I look at the paper's content and gave her a nod. "Yep, it's mine. I think I didn't miss any of it, so why did you call me?"

I gave them early morning as a makeup for my one month absent.

Is she angry? "I know you didn't miss any single of them…"

I heard some cracking noise, yep; she is angry... "...but how come that your answer is the same as the one from before…"

She points on the circled mark in every test paper. "…Househusband, home, to work is to lose, bear…"

She continues to babble on every answer I gave in the assignments, I nod and say; "I think it's because you have the same question from the last term, it's just

that you changed the career and workplace from a survey into an essay, so I just wrote the explanation I have before."

I immediately dodge an incoming punch.

"Tch".

Oi is that how a teacher behaves? I think it's my dodging abilities add up to her pent-up anger. I'm sorry for resigning as your punching bag to vent up

stress. No longer shall I get punched by thou, you hopeless single.

"Is your first term with the Service Club didn't help you at all?" She stops attacking me and lit up a cig.

I gave her a genuine smile. "It helped a lot Sensei!..."

It seems my introduction for the answer is impactful as she gives me a satisfaction smile while nodding her head multiple times. "…The requests of every student you throw in that isolated room enlighten my belief…"

My comment made her angry as she stops nodding and starts to glare at me.

"…I meant that we solved just about every the problems except… Hayama with the use of an annoying word called 'hard work'." I say the few last words with the most deadpan voice I could muster, it causing her to close her eyes, then relax a little on the sofa.

"…And with the hard work everyone gave, sure, they got a different result from what they expected but at least they achieve something other than nothing…"

I point my index finger upward. "…I, therefore, conclude that my theory about 'hard work betrays no one, but dreams betray many' is correct."

Sensei sighs. "Well, color me impressed."

I nod. "Of course! (but I'm still dreaming that Totsuka is not a boy which I don't want to confirm. Not yet that is.)".

I fix the papers that scattered on the table and let the career path in front. "I also decided not to take what I want as a dream but rather as a goal…"

She keeps nodding her head. Maybe she is happy how positive I was. Well, even I didn't expect it.

I arrange the paper that I fix and place it where she can read well. "…It doesn't look like it, but I started to work hard to achieve my goal."

She smokes then gives me a smile. "I wonder what will be the Hikigaya that I reprimanded last term will say if he saw you."

I relax on my sit. "He will be proud Sensei!"

She chuckles. "I doubt that, by the way, what is your goal this time?"

I give her my most genuine smile and point at the big red circle that is on the paper. "This is my goal sensei!"

*SWOOOSH*

I immediately caught a fist. "O-Oi, I thought you are happy for me, what's with the sudden shell bullet?"

"Tch." She glares at me. "How come you can evade my punches now?..."

She removes her fist from my hand. "…Is this the work you're doing for that useless career?"

"Oi, it's not useless!" I protest.

She sits down. It seems she finally give up about the thought of torturing me with those bullet' of hers.

"And here I thought you reduced some of your rotten personality." Her burning eyes are glaring at me.

I look down and chuckle. "Hehe, how can I reduced it when I don't have a rotten personality, to begin with…"

I then cross my arms and look at her. "…what I can only see is my beautiful, elegant, mysterious and charming personality."

*Pop* I saw a vein pop on her forehead.

Oi, it will do you no good if you look like that, you don't want to ruin your entire career in love right?

"Ahahaha…" I force a laugh, the tension rises as her face slowly turns red with anger.

"…I-I'm just saying that I'm not a fan of the word change, so it's not easy for a hater like me to do such blasphemy."

I can block and dodge all her attacks, but it takes too much energy and with all these papers in her room. I don't want to handle the aftermath which will be thrown to me as an involved party.

It seems she buys my reasoning. "You don't want to change yet you can already block and dodge my bullets?"

This sensei is really a manga addict using that old manga as a reference of her punch.

I shrug at her words. "That's not changing, sensei."

I cross my legs and gave her some of my Hikipedia quotes. "Change is a process of overwriting…"

I raise my two fists and raise my index fingers. "…these two fingers are files; one is old and the other is new…"

I bump my two fingers. "…when I connect these two, it will be replaced…"

I close my right index finger. "…the old file will be deleted, and another file will be replaced."

Her anger finally subsided as she focuses on my hand motion.

Heh, this is one of my tops of the line in my 108 skills. It really improved too much since I use it a lot.

Adapting Hikki, a skill that can adapt to anything I saw. The fighting style that I earned from my grandfather came from this skill, even my imouto forgiving acts and this new style is when I saw that semi-English human from Kaihin Sougou, it attracts the listener's attention on the hands while embedding the words the caster says in their mind.

"While this is the difference on what I did..." I show her my two index fingers once again.

I bump the two index fingers once again. "…I put the file the same way as I did before but…"

I gave her a serious look which causes her to gasp.

Once I close the right index finger, the left middle finger goes up at the same time. "…this will happen."

Sensei gives a surprised look on me then ask. "H-How come that two fingers go up?"

"Fufufu." I give her a chuuni laugh since she loves manga and my old chuuni's life- I mean my sister's brother old chuuni's life is about fantasy and adventure. I try to imitate it.

The right fist that I close before points on her. "This is the difference Sensei…"

I point at the middle finger that got up. "…the file that I added is not in the same category as the old file, so instead of change…"

I stand up and give a cross sign(+). "...what I do is ADD!"

Did I just shout that? Oh no, I think my chuuni-life is leaking.

I look at sensei and she gave me a jaw-dropping reaction.

A silence emerges in the room until.

*BANG BANG*

"Oi, why are you shouting? you are not the only person in this office!" A loud angry voice can be heard from the other room.

Sensei also stands up. "Sorry!" then we both bow even though the owner of the angry voice can't see us.

We didn't hear any reply from the angry voice, so it means we had been forgiven.

"Hmmph!" I fake my cough and sit. "so that's my reason Sensei!"

"I see…" It seems she regains her composure. "…but your rotten personality is still there so rewrite all your assignments."

Ehhh, I wasted most of my energy and the result is the same?

And here I thought that the assignments are too easy since the questions are almost the same.

Tch, I honestly give my own answers and opinion, yet it got rejected.

I'll just use Google-chan history and rewrite all of it.

"Okay." I lazily answer. "Can I leave now?"

"By the way, it seems there is another candidate for the Committee." Hiratsuka sensei reminds me.

"How come you know that kind of information?"

Isn't she the advisor of the Service Club, is she stalking me? P-Please someone marry her… Or I will be...

She glares at me. "For some reason, I want to punch you Hikigaya?"

"HAHAHA, Stop joking Sensei." This woman and her intuition, I hope Princess won't have this kind of skill or else she might catch me with Totsuka.

I grab my assignments. "Thanks for the information Sensei, Good Luck (for your love life that is.)"

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*Bzzzt* Bzzzt*

From Zaimokuza.

Hachiman, wh're art thee. The traveling lamp already setteth. This one is seeking f'r help. I currently do surroundeth by girls.

I pressed my temple. "Why is he using Shakespearean language. I thought he is Japanese? and it's just after noon."

I closed my phone and attempt to ignore it.

*Bzzzt* Bzzzt*

*From Zaimokuza*

Hachiman, I commandee thee toh respondeth.

"I'll just silent it." I put my phone to silent mode but the message screen pop-ups once more.

*From Zaimokuza*

Hachiman! Where are you? The sun is already set. Please help me I am currently surrounded by girls and that rare Riajuu guy, please respond. Sorry I got carried earlier.

*To Zaimokuza*

On the way.

I turned my phone from silent to vibrate and headed to the Service Club.

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*Service Club*

"Yo!" I greet all of them.

"You've got guts to let this General wait?" A wild chuuni appeared in my vision which I just ignore and walk on by.

He suddenly blocks me once again. "I'm disappointed in you Hikigaya Hachiman!..."

He points his right hand on me while his left hand is touching his glasses. "…Is that how you treat a comrade?"

Isn't his text begging my help? How come this chuuni act like this, I want to really kick him now.

"Hikki, you're late!" Yuigahama who stops fiddling her phone told me the obvious.

"Ask Hiratsuka-sensei." I don't want to explain anymore. I'm tired both physically and mentally.

It's good that the three legendary women are not bothering me. The two Ice-type are currently discussing something while the Fire-type is bothering with the rare specimen of Riajuus, the Faker.

I drag a chair and Zaimokuza also follows.

I put it in a vacant spot beside a desk and he puts him beside my chair.

A creepy loner and a Chuuni, what a combo!

"Oi, don't tell me that this is your first time sitting?" I look at the Chuuni which ignores me and just sits on his chair before I do.

"You can't still sit beside a woman?" My question caused him to sweat non-stop.

Seriously? Summer already ended a month ago why are you still sweating.

While busily observing the Chuuni's behavior.

*Clank* I look at the source of the sound. A heavenly thermos appeared.

Oh, my free condensed coffee, it's the third day now.

"Here, you can drink it later..." I nod on her command.

She points at the kettle. "…Yukinoshita-san prepared us some tea. Let's drink those first."

Well, I didn't hate her tea, so I don't mind drinking those first. I sensed an annoying aura. "What is it Zaimokuza?"

"Y-You bastard, you betr-auuuooooggghh." I immediately silenced his idiotic mouth, I already heard these from before when I am with Totsuka.

"Excuse us for a moment." I drag Zaimokuza outside the room since it will be problematic if the commotion angers those women.

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He is still spouting nonsense even if I covered his idiotic mouth while dragging him out.

This is the only disadvantage of this guy. He is a pain in the ass.

Do you know why a loner is always alone? It's because when two loners meet this will happen.

Zaimokuza used his strength to get out from my grasp. "You're just a loner, how dare you try to go to the path of riajuu? Are you pretending to be a normie when you're only a half-assed human?"

What Riajuu and normies? those are disgusting words that I buried under my dictionary.

I don't mind other insults except those. "Haah? You Goddamn Chuuni, how about trying to step out from your idiotic fantasies and try to join reality. It might still save you from your nonsense, failure even as a copyrighted novel!"

See, Loner's can pinpoint the weakness of other loner's, that's why the percentage of being friends with them is as high as seeing a sun in the night.

"What are you two doing?" An icy voice disturbs our war.

We look at the stranger who disturbs us and it is none other than the Ice Queen.

"N-Nothing." Zaimokuza immediately gives up.

I just nod at his words.

"Then go back to the room, you both know that we are currently handling your request and we don't want to waste more time, right?" She orders us which suspends our argument.

We head back to the room with Yukinoshita in my left and the Chuuni on my right.

But do they know that there is a special skill that Loner obtains? It's called Eye communication.

I glare at Zaimokuza and his so-called demon eyes meet with mine. We are currently glaring at each other while transmitting trash-talks with it.

When we got back, tea was already placed in our desks.

I look at Zaimokuza and he also looks at me. We both nodded.

A temporary truce had been established.

Everyone except the fox is present in the room. We are currently drinking the tea and reviewing the list that the others submit.

Zaimokuza is a new candidate so he doesn't know about the list.

While me, I don't know what type of spirit possessed me and only wrote this pain in the ass beside me.

I look at the highlighted part. "Why is there a highlighted part here?"

Mari answered me. "That's the candidate that we all chose, we already called her, and she will be here later."

I nodded on her words. "Kawasaki Saki? Sounds familiar."

Yuigahama asked me. "Eh Hikki? You don't remember her?"

I just shake my head. "Why? Do you know her?"

"Yuigahama-san, don't ask him about something so trivial since Hikigaya-kun here is always forgotten…" Yukinoshita gives me a smug look. "…as a pitiful revenge, he forgets them as well."

"Tch." I can't retort on that.

When I was in middle school, I talk to one of my classmates about projects, and the next day I heard their conversation about me.

"Hikigaya? Who's that?" is the words I heard in his mouth. That depressed me for almost a week. I decided to forget his name, for him to feel what I felt, but I forgot an essential element. There is no person who I can talk to, so it is only an act of pitiful revenge.

"She is your classmate, A girl with the bluish white hair." Mari saves me from the insult.

"How come you know her?..." I point at Yukinoshita. "…are you like this Yukipedia?"

She sighs. "I'm a member of the Committee, so I know her due to her records for being late."

I nod on her reasoning. "I can't remember someone like that, but oh… You are talking about that girl with the ponytail? If I remember correctly, she has that insect that I really want to squash."

Yuigahama points at me. "Siscon."

"Oi, I'm not a siscon and why is Komachi included in my question?" Wait it seems that the insect that I want to squash is really related to Komachi.

I ponder on that thought until a sound distracted me.

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*Knock**Knock*

"It seems she is here; you can just look at her for you to remember," Mari said.

*Shiing* *Shiing*

Two pairs of glasses reflect the light of the crimson sun which is about to set.

"It's not her." I and Zaimokuza answer while adjusting our respective glasses.

Both our eyes look at each other. 'Tch you sure are sharp' is what our eyes transmit.

Hayama opens the door. "Ahahaha, it seems they are right."

"G-Good afternoon everyone. Am I disturbing right now?" The one who said those angelic words were none other than our archangel Totsuka.

I immediately stand up. "It's fine, here have a sit." I use my gentleman skills and offer my own sit.

When I stand up another woman sits in my chair.

"Oi…" She glares at me. "…Please be comfortable and enjoy my chair, Princess."

"Hahahaha That is a divine punishment Hachiman!..." Zaimokuza attempts to anger me which he succeeds.

He stands up and offers his sit to Totsuka. "…my friend Totsuka, you can take this one's chair."

Totsuka gave me a pleading look. I can't let him down.

As I attempt to move, a hand suddenly grabs me. I look at the owner and it is none other than the one who stole my chair.

"What are you doing?" She smiles at me with a tight grip on my wrist.

I want to help my archangel is something I can't really say, can I?

"I'll get another chair for me." I see a smug look coming from the Chuuni, I really want to kick him.

I get a spare chair and sit next to Mari.

"Do you need something from the Service Club Totsuka-san?" Yukinoshita asked directly.

"Ummm, the tennis club is having practice right now…" He is looking around and fiddling his fingers. 'How cute' "…I would like to request for help this time, two people are enough."

Yukinoshita sigh. "I'm sorry but we are busy right now…" She points at Mari, me and Zaimokuza. "…As you can see, we are helping the Committee members."

Totsuka looks dejected from Yukinoshita's words. "I-I see. Sorry for the intrusion." He stands up and bows.

Even Yuigahama looks sorry about the rejection. Well, this is the first time that a request suddenly piles up on this club. "U-umm, sorry Sai-chan we will help next time okay?"

"I-its fine, don't worry about it." Totsuka gave us a forced smile.

"Yukinoshita, if it's tennis, we don't mind helping, right Hayato?" Miura proposed.

Before Hayama answer, a shout suddenly echoed in the room.

"Fufufufu Fuhahahahaha! This is where a friend must act!..." He gives us a Chuuni Pose. "…I Yoshiteru will help my friend Totsuka!"

I feel myself get enlighten from his sentence. It's rare for me to feel that way with his usual facepalm-inducing words.

"Indeed as he said, how foolish of me. I don't need a reason to help my friend…" I nodded at Zaimokuza's words while ignoring his actions.

I smile at Totsuka. "…Since Service Club can't help, I'll do it for my former club or else my dignity will tarnish."

Totsuka gives us a bright smile. I thought the sun is at my back, how come it's bright at my front. "Hachiman, Zaimokuza-kun Thank you!"

We both nodded when we see our friend happy. What a warm atmosphere we emit even though I felt a cold stare on my back as I walked, ever so slowly, towards Totsuka.

Zaimokuza prepares himself to leave while I muster all my courage and follow him.

While I am smiling inside, I already sense a cold hand trying to grab me, so I try to stretch my hand and grab the Chuuni but failed.

"Hikigaya-kun, I'm glad that you think that way to our club…" Yukinoshita grabs the hem of my blazer. "…but where do you think you're going and what dignity are you implying when you currently have none?"

I look at her and she is not smiling at all. I remove my vision from her and try to change it to Totsuka.

Alas, I saw is not the Archangel but a fallen angel whose glare is so intense.

"Hachiman…" She whispers at me. "…I don't know what you're planning but do you think I'll let you leave and let you swing that way?"

"Hahaha, what swing?..." I forced a laugh. I can't escape now.

"…I'm straight." It's just that I didn't confirm Totsuka's gender since I felt that the Rom-com God is only testing me right now. Ask that Chuuni over there. I'm sure he had the same thought as I do.

"Hikigaya-kun. Sit." Yukinoshita's tone is more like a command, voice tone is akin to ordering a dog… No, perhaps a panda or a cat, or… To sit? pff.

I take my seat while seeing the sad look of Totsuka and the smug look of the Chuuni. Mari moves my former chair near me and sits which means I'm in a deadlock.

I look at Yuigahama. "Ha…Ha…Ha, Hikki you got work." Nice follow up you got there it, gave me an effective perfect -1% motivation, feel like Alexander the great, let's go conquer the world.

The Fire Queen is glaring at me and Zaimokuza, maybe because I interrupted her plan to be with Hayama. I want to be with Totsuka y' know!

Hayama is only smiling, his usual fake, so it's not as bright as Totsuka's pure as snow smile.

I send an eye transmission to Zaimokuza.

'Oi, help me here.' (H)

'That's your divine punishment for trying to become a Riajuu.' (Z)

'Tch, what riajuu? I'll tell you that in my Hikipedia Riajuu and normie words basically means explode and die.' (H)

'You think you can fool this General, better try talking to a pig.' (Z)

'Am I not already talking to one?' (H)

'Guhaa! Alright, I'll leave you right now, go accept your divine punishment.' (Z)

'Since you don't want to help me. Did you think that I'll let you one-up me? Let's go to hell together.' (H)

'W-What, you didn't only betray me once. You intend to betray me twice!' (Z)

"I understand…" I point at Zaimokuza.

I smile at Zaimokuza and it is not just a smile but a smug. "…but he is also a part of the Committee."

"Guhaa!" I saw the Chuuni pass out on the floor. His overacting is still unfathomable.

"W-Woah! Yukinon…" Yuigahama stands up and points at Zaimokuza. "…Chuuni-chan passed out, should we bring him to the clinic?"

"Just leave that creature alone Yuigahama-san…" Yukinoshita just ignores Zaimokuza like he didn't exist.

It's morbid, and at the same time, good... That she thought of me as a thing rather than nothing.

"…Then let's go with Miura-san's proposal…" Yukinoshita looks at the two and they nodded.

She looks at Totsuka. "…Totsuka-san, you can have Miura-san and Hayama-san as a helper, you already saw them play before so you know that they will help you in your practice."

"A-alright, Thanks…" He bows at Yukinoshita and looks at me and the corpse then wave his hand. "…Goodbye Hachiman, Zaimokuza-kun."

The corpse waves his hand like a warrior that forcing his remaining ounce of strength.

I also wave my hand while crying inside. "S-See you later, Totsuka."

"What he meant is see you in the classroom tomorrow Totsuka-san." Yukinoshita interrupts and bids farewell to Hayama and Miura.

When the three leave the room. The atmosphere change from the two Icy atmospheres that is emitting towards me, while I and Zaimokuza emitting a creepy one and the sole cheerleader is fiddling with her phone.

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*Knock**Knock*

"Good afternoon…" A female voice intrudes our Icy and creepy combo atmosphere.

"…Sorry if I'm late, I got summoned by Sensei." She bows at us.

"We don't mind Kawasaki-san and thank you for accepting our invitation," Mari answered.

I look at the girl, long bluish-white hair, got a beauty spot under her right eye, looks like a delinquent.

"So this is Kawasaki Saki?" I muttered.

Yuigahama heard my words. "Hikki, you remember her now?"

I gave Yuigahama a big smile which is rare for me. I wonder if I look more creepy now.

'Nope! Not at all. I vaguely remember a bar, and that's about it.' It is something I can't say.

Author's Note:

Go Team Miku!