The screen suddenly lit up without any warning, causing some of the theater's occupants to jump in surprise at how abrupt it was.
"S-so fast! We don't have any chance to take a rest?!" Yui exclaimed, feeling quite not ready yet but also excited at the same time.
"Even so, I assure you that you will enjoy what we have prepared for you at the end of this viewing, Yui-san." Yui could only blink curiosly at Hosu's statement, wondering what is far better than watching this viewing.
Yui has been rather excited at her turn and a bit jealous with the other girls for having such a beautiful moments with Hikki. Now, her heartbeat' pace increased a bit as excitement began to fill her heart along with anxiety.
The screen started with the adult Hachiman, dressed in a white sweatshirt with rolled up sleeves and a pair of matching black jeans. A white tote bag was hanging from his shoulder as he keps both of his hands in his pockets.
And walking along him side by side, the familiar sight Yuigahama Yui finally made an appearance with her usual cheerfulness.
However, to say that she has grown even more well endowed was an understatement. For the lack of better term, it would be right to say that she have quite a 'killer body' that's more alluring than even Hiratsuka-sensei and Haruno. In fact, it seemed like her bust have becoming a little larger than what her younger self have if one looked for the difference close enough.
A cute white sleeveless blouse hugged her body rather nicely, showing just how curvy and blessed she was as a woman. She wore a knee length skirt and a brown choker to compliment her attire and accentuate her alluring look even more. The short pink hair that was styled into a bun was apparently also facing a change at some point. It now freely cascaded down to her waist with a smaller bun on her head.
Yui's jaw dropped at how she looked in the viewing. She looked just like her mother, noz perhaps even more beautiful than her. Not to mention, this version of her exuded a really homey feeling as if she was a housewife.
"Woah..." She could make out Yumiko exclaimed her awe as she watched the screen.
"In all honesty, Yuigahama-san, I think this version of your better suited at you. It certainly showed your... overdeveloped charm nicely." The blush on Yukino's face was enough to tell her that she was more than genuine with her compliments.
"T-thanks, Yukinon..."
"We need to do a restyling on you, Yui."
"Somehow, I can't help but notice some kind pattern that Onii-chan seemed to have something with mature looking women."
Yui couldn't help herself but glancing at her best friend after Komachi commented about that. And just as expected, the raven haired girl was currently staring at her non existent chest depressedly. As dumb as she was, Yui supposed it was a good idea to not bring that topic around her.
'This one really reminded me to our practice d-dates... Ah, mou! Just when will I see my turn with Senpai!' Meanwhile, a certain tsundere fox furiously cried inside her mind out of jealousy while pouting.
"So, what is the plan?" Hachiman started, looking to Yui at his side.
Surprised look plastered on Yui's face as she stared back at him, "Eh? Uh... I don't know..."
In response of that reply, Hachiman stopped and looked at her flatly, "Really? We're on a date and you didn't plans out anything?"
"W-wait! I thought you have already have a plan!"
"You're seriously expecting that about me?" the deadpan expression stayed on his face, "You're the normies in here, not me. Just how did you manage to find the idea that I was able to do that, woman?"
Yui finally laughed cutely as her clueless demeanor breaks, receving yet anoher annoyed glare from the dead fish eyed not so loner anymore.
"Don't worry, Hikki. Of course I have planned everything. Who do you think I am?" Smugness practically dripping from her pose and smile.
"Well, your dog was smarter than you most of the times, so my concern was justified." He receives a smack for that.
"Truth be told, I'm actually concerned about you, Yuigahama-san. I hate to admit, but what Hikigaya-kun can be right sometimes."
"Y-Yukinon!"
"Oi bitch, you better apologize to her!" Miura motherly instinct kicked in as Yukino has stepped too far.
With a guilty look, Yukino lowered her head in shame and glanced at Yui, "I-I'm just joking, Yuigahama-san. Please forgive me..."
Faced with an awkward situation, Yui could only share nervously at her two bestfriends. Tense atmosphere was hung between them. The others decided to remain quiet but it was clear that they were uncomfortable and concerned at the girls.
"Just follow me, okay!" Grabbing his arm, she pulled him while pouting at the playful insult he had threw.
The man then silently followed her date mate with a lazy and quite reluctant look. But one could see that he was not really bothered by it from the small smile on his face as he looked at Yui as if she was an excited puppy on a walk.
'Well, she does acted like one...' Hachiman thought.
They have been dating for over a few years ever since graduating at Soubu and now they're still in a relationship even if their line of work is very different.
Hachiman was working as a writer and he was quite successful at that.
"Living." His first book that managed to gain a lot of people attention and quite a number of fans. It was a physiological genre book about a man who don't have a reason to live until he met a dying woman that changed his life.
The main focus in this story isn't on the romance between the two. While it's true that the short interaction between them was sweet, the book focused a lot more in the man's life as he tried to "resurrect" the woman that, in his opinion, deserved to live more than him by "becoming" her.
"Heh... Classic Hikigaya, always being gloomy and all of that." Sigh escaped Hiratsuka-sensei's mouth as she missed the boy already.
"But that book does sounds interesting, don't you think, Sensei?" Ebina asked, genuinely curious about the book. From the summary, she could see the plot sounds interesting to read.
"Ah, yeah. I knows he already had that talent in literature from the beginning, so I can say that book was probably that good. But still, why is he always had to be that depressing..." The older woman can only shake her head while sighing again.
"Well, I think it was one of his charm, Shizuka-chan. You gotta accept him no matter what unless you don't want to lose to me y'know."
"H-huh?"
"Do you really think I will let him go after making me fallen so hard ti him? Fat chance!" Unless it was Yukino herself, then she doesn't have any plan to back away from this war.
'T-this is gonna be a really though fight.' Saki thought to herself as she stared at the two adult warily.
Luckily, however, the brief conversation managed to break the tense atmosphere from Yukino's slip up from the earlier.
Meanwhile, Yui was working as an elementary teacher along with Miura after graduating college, but they are working in a different school. Let just say she was quite popular among her students.
Today was currently a weekend and thus they both decided to have a date after some time to enjoy their time together. But a pleasant surprise was surely waiting for Yuigahama later.
Taking a train to the destination she was heading, they spent their time chatting about trivial things. The passenger car wasn't as crowded as usual since it was a weekend today.
Stretching her limbs, Yuigahama let out a low moan as her joints popped in satisfying way, forcing Hachiman to silently put his trusted mental barrier, "The children at the school can be quite handy sometimes y'know."
Glancing to his side, Hachiman then responded, "Like I said before, kids are a bunch of headaches. Sometimes, I wonder if you're a masochist or something to want for that."
The mention of Masochism caused her cheek to slightly turn to pink but she was still upset at how Hachiman perceived her dear students. "Mou, Hikki. They're not that bad y'know. You're just too grumpy to admit that you love them too."
"Say what?"
"SakiSaki's little sister, Taishi-kun, that girl Tsurumi and of course Komachi-chan."
Crossing his hands, he responded, "Count that bug out, and I will admit that they're an exception."
"Look, you're just a tsuntsun!"
"Shut up!"
"Heeeeh~... So he's a tsundere huh." With a mischievous smile, Haruno muttered to herself, but all of the girls could clearly heard what she has said.
Without a warning, they then heard a frustrated cry from a certain bespectacled girl. She clutched her head as if was currently facing a dilemma.
"Why are you so contradicting, Hikigaya-kun! Sometimes you're a mischievous cold guy and sometimes you're a tsundere! Now I don't know what I should do with your character in my HayaHachi story!"
Once again, it was for the best of one's mind to ignore that mad ramble.
They continued to talk as they walked side by side, the man clearly just followed Yui around without any complain surprisingly. It was uneventful, nothing dramatic happens unlike some previous viewing but it was clear that the two were enjoying their time. For the viewer themselves, this is a nice break after some emotional moment and diabetes inducing sight.
Stopping at some crossroads, Hachiman addressed their problem again.
"But really, where are we heading?"
With a suspiciously sweet smile, Yui looked at Hachiman before pointing forward at the building in front of them. Blinking, Hachiman promptly looked at the direction and horror flashed on his face.
Hiratsuka-sensei raised her eyebrows in interest while the other was silently curious at what exactly the cause of his fear.
Yui was mong them and wondered why did he became like that. Listing his fear that she had known so far, she made a conclusion that it was probably related to normies stuff he despised so much.
"No." He abruptly disagreed with Yui's suggestion with straight face as soon as he took his fear under control.
Unfortunately, Yui didn't intent to get an objection for this one and it was Hachiman's mistake to let her have his hand in her grasp.
"C'mon, Hikki! It had been long since I ever heard you sing!"
As the camera seemingly peered away from the disappearing couple, the girls finally see that the building they have entered was a typical karaoke place.
"Heeeeh~ Hikigaya-kun singing?" With a playful smile on her face, Haruno wondered aloud as her curiosity began to bubble up.
"Ne, Ne, Komachi-chan, have you ever heard senpai singing before?" Unable to hold her curiosity down, Iroha called the closest person to Hachiman, his sister, Komachi.
Tapping her chin with her finger, Komachi's face contorted in confusion as she scoured into the depth of her mind, trying to find any recollection about her brother and singing. Unfortunately, she failed to find anything and could only shook her head in negative.
The screening continued, now showing the couple in a private karaoke room. The man looked as if he wanted to be in anywhere except for there.
"At least there was no one except for us in here." Accepting the fact with a grim realization, Hachiman tried to see his predicament from a brighter side.
"That's why I wanted to visit a karaoke alone with you, Hikki! I mean, I could grow tired singing for everyone, y'know."
Yuigahama Yui may have worked as a teacher most of the time, however, she have other profession, or a hobby to be accurate, as a side job with being a teacher.
Yuigahama Yui was a teacher and also an independent singer in a few entertainment platforms such as Y**Tube and N*coNico. She initially tried to become an utaite for fun but somehow, she unintentionally managed to succeed in singing business from the numbers of followers and subscriber she had at the very moment.
Though, Yui have no intention to take a serious career in entertainment world and that's why she didn't accept any sponsor contract to fund her. She only did it for fun after all.
"I'm not surprised, actually. Yui really have a great voice and, like, a perfect character to become an idol or something." After the narrator revealed the other Yui's second job, Yumiko voiced her opinion and genuinely feels proud and happy for the pinknette.
"Ah? Ehehe, thank you, Yumiko... But really, you and Yukinon were also pretty good at that, y'know."
"Nonsense, Yuigahama-san. Compared to me, you clearly have talent in this subject and could have gain quite a name for yourself." Suddenly, Yukino who was silent due to her 'colder than usual' words joined into the conversation and praised the puppy girl.
Dumbfounded, Yui could only stare at her before giggling happily and rushed to hug the ravenette. The blond queen bee who silently watched the scene pouted in jealousy about how her best friend can be so chummy with her clubmate.
"Ne, Hikki, want to choose a song?" Being a very cheerful, happy go lucky girl Yuigahama was, she attempted to make her boyfriend to choose what song they are going to sing.
"Nope, you can doi by yourself while I enjoy this parfait." Unfortunately, Hikki barrier against all that spelled normies was to strong to be shaken by her temptation.
Seeing this, Yui pouted before randomly choose a song to sing on the tablet. A familiar title that caused Yui to smile brightly showed and the girl quickly took the mic, ready to sing the sing the song while pretending to be unaware about Hachiman's stare.
[Kenshi Yonezu - Haiiro to Ao feat. Masaki Suda]
[Yui (Harutya voice, I guess)]
"Sodetake ga obotsukanai natsu no owari"
"Akegata no densha ni yurare te omoidashita"
"Natsukashii ano fuukei..."
(The end of a summer, sleeves of uncertain length
Shaken by the dawn train, I remember it
That nostalgic view...)
"Ohhh! Your voice is really beautiful, Yui-chan!" Komachi shouted in excitement while clapping her hands upon hearing the pinknette singing.
"If you become a singer, you will get really famous, Yui. But it's your choice, so you do you." Surprisingly, Yumiko showed her support through a nice way, contrasting her usual hot-headed personality.
"Ehehehe, thank you everyone..." With a dumb smile, Yui accepted their praise with happiness before continuing to see the screening.
[Yui]
"Takusan no toomawari wo kurikaeshite"
"Onaji you na machinami ga tada toorisugita"
"Mado ni boku ga utsutteru"
(Taking so many detours, over and over
The similar townscape passing me by
I see myself reflected in the window)
[Yui]
"Kimi wa ima mo ano koro mitai ni iru no darou ka"
"Hishagete magatta ano jitensha de hashirimawatta"
"Bakabakashii tsunawatari hiza ni nijinda chi"
"Ima wa nandaka hidoku munashii"
(I wonder if you're still the same as you were back then
Racing around on that dented, crooked bike
Stupidly balancing on a rope… the blood welling on your knee
Now they all feel so terribly empty...)
[Yui]
"Dore dake setake ga kawarou to mo"
"Kawaranai nanika ga arimasu you ni"
"Kudaranai omokage ni hagemasare"
"Ima mo utau... ima mo utau... ima mo utau..."
(No matter how much our heights may change
I pray there will be one thing that remains unchanging
Encouraged by the foolish, lingering traces
I still sing... I still sing... I still sing...)
Lalala~... Lalala~... Lalala~...
"Whoah!" Iroha and Komachi, being the youngest and the most childish among the girls, clapped their hands enthusiastically at the performance adult Yui has done in the screen.
"Like I said before, Yuigahama-san. Your singing is very beautiful." Clapping her hands softly, Yukino added her input as the said girl could only flush in embarrassment as the others began to praise her.
The music entered it's interlude, and Yui took a breath for a moment. She was ready to continue again until...
[Hachiman (Let's just keep with Masaki Suda since Eguchi (riajuu) voice kinda similar with him.)]
"Sewashinaku machi wo hashiru takushii ni"
"Bonyari to seowareta mama kushami wo shita"
"Mado no soto wo nagameru"
(In a taxi, hurrying through a busy town
I sneezed, something vaguely weighing on me
And I gaze out the window)
"Ooh! Hikki finally want to sing!" Yui pointed out as she was full with excitement and awe at how surprisingly good the man at singing was.
"Hooh? Apparently he can sing too, huh. I wonder if he want to have a duet with me?" Haruno who was completely silent before finally opened her mouh and wondered aloud under her breath.
"Hikio can sing?" "Hikigaya-kun can sing?" Yumiko and Yukino took the most hardest shock among them.
"Heh, as long as that brat want to put an effort, I'm sure he could become anything he want." Hiratsuka-sensei proudly added her input.
"But my Gomii-chan was just too lazy and rotten to make himself much more better." Komachi hung her head in disappointment. Iroha who sat beside her couldn't help but voiced her agreement wih exasperated sigh.
The Yui in the screen smiled brightly as she turned at Hachiman, resulting the man to wear an annoyed expression. He still continued singing though.
[Hachiman]
"Kokoro kara furueta ano shunkan ni"
"Mou ichido deaetara ii to tsuyoku omou"
"Wasureru koto wa nain da"
(In that moment, as I trembled from my heart
I wished so badly I could meet you again
I could never forget you)
[Hachiman]
"Kimi wa ima mo ano koro mitai ni iru no darou ka"
"Kutsu wo katahou shigemi ni otoshite sagashimawatta"
""nani ga arou to bokura wa kitto umaku iku" to"
"Mujaki ni waraeta hibi wo oboeteiru"
(I wonder if you're still the same as you were back then
Losing a shoe in a thicket, searching for it
Saying, "whatever happens, I know it'll work out for us"
I remember the days we could laugh so innocently)
[Hachiman]
"Dore dake buzama ni kizutsukou to mo"
"Owaranai mainichi ni hanataba wo"
"Kudaranai omokage wo oikakete"
"Ima mo utau... ima mo utau... ima mo utau..."
(No matter how ugly and bruised I might get
I'll give a bouquet to these unending days
Chasing the foolish, lingering traces
I still sing... I still sing... I still sing...)
Lalala~... Lalala~... Lalala~...
The seemingly ever presence frown vanished from Hachiman face as he looked at Yui and gestured her to continue.
[Yui]
"Asahi ga noboru mae no kaketa tsuki wo"
"Kimi mo dokoka de miteiru kana"
"Nazeka wake mo nai no ni mune ga itakute"
"Nijimu kao... kasumu iro..."
(I wonder if you're somewhere, watching the same moon
As it wanes before the rising sun
For no reason, somehow, my chest grows tight
Tears welling… Colors blurring…)
[Yui and Hachiman]
"Ima sara kanashii to sakebu ni wa"
"Amari ni subete ga ososugita kana"
"Mou ichido hajime kara arukeru nara"
"Surechigau you ni kimi ni aitai"
(I wonder if it's all too late
For me to scream my sorrow, after all this time
If I could walk from the start, just one more time
I'd want to meet you again, as if we were just passing each other by)
The neutral expression on Haciman's face was now changed into a warmer look as he stared at the brilliant sight of Yui's joyful smile. Almost reaching the end of the song, they decided to sing together with a smile on their face.
[Yui and Hachiman]
"Dore dake setake ga kawarou to mo"
"Kawaranai nanika ga arimasu you ni"
"Kudaranai omokage ni hagemasare"
"Ima mo utau... ima mo utau... ima mo utau.."
(No matter how much our heights may change
I pray there will be one thing that remains unchanging
Encouraged by the foolish, lingering traces
I still sing... I still sing... I still sing...)
Lalala~... Lalala~... Lalala~...
[Yui and Hachiman]
"Asahi ga noboru mae no kaketa tsuki wo"
"Kimi mo dokoka de miteiru kana"
"Nani mo nai to waraeru asahi ga kite"
"Hajimari wa aoi iro"
(I wonder if you're somewhere, watching the same moon
As it wanes before the rising sun
A morning comes where we can laugh it all away
Our beginning was blue)
The song ended with the two of them looking at each other will smiling happily before the screen faded into black.
"Whoah!" Again, Komachi and Iroha clapped their hands together while slight tears gathered at the corner of their eyes due to how... Nostalgic the lyrics seemingly were.
The scene changed location yet once again, now showing that the two were enjoying a dinner in some random family restaurant. Considering that this Hachiman we're talking, it was undoubtedly Seizariya.
"That was the last time I'm going to sing for you, woman. Let me tell you that once I got home, I will get the riajuu scent on my body completely washed out."
"Sure, sure, Hikki." Normally, his complaints would be disgusting to hear, but the happiness she felt for today's date was enough to keep her smiling like a dumb kid.
Silence fell as they continued to eat their meal. Until Yui started to talk about another topic that bothered her.
"Ne, Hikki, don't you think that first song made you remember, Yukinon?"
There was a pause before he replied, "Kinda."
"D-do you still love her, Hikki?"
Hachiman froze on his seat upon hearing that.
"Wait, what?"
"What are you talking about, Yui?" Putting his chopsticks down, he looked at the woman with concern
"Well, if not for that order Yukinon gave you for that bet, will you ever want to date-"
Before she continued, a finger was being planted on her pink lips, causing Yui to flush, "It's all in the past, Yui. I have... Matured, and you know it. I may have a feelings for Yukinoshita once, but she rejected it. Now, you're all that mattered for me. Thinking about the past will only bring abitter taste, especially in dinner."
Wiping the tear she failed to notice, Hachiman sternly finished his argument. Seeing this, Yui smiled softly, feeling something flutters inside her stomach like the usual time. They then continued eating in silence until Hachiman surprisingly bring a new topic.
"You're looking at that couple for awhile. What's the catch?"
"E-eh? W-well..." Glancing at the said couple, she focused at their matching phoen case, "T-they have a matching phone case... And it was kinda cute to see."
"I see... Do you want something matching to?"
"R-really?! I-I mean you don't have to force yourself, Hikki. Like, you aren't really into something like that, right?" Laughing nervously,.Yui attempted to calm her heart that beats faster due to unexplainable reason. "Well, if you insist, you can decide it."
Tapping his chin with his finger, Hachikan hummed, "Hmm... Let see... Why don't we...
Have a matching family name?"
The screen abruptly ended after he said that.
It took the other girls a few moments to process what exactly just happened, some even showing an impressive impression of a fish.
"Oh- Ohhhhh!" Hiratsuka-sensei shouted in surprise at how...
"That was smooth! Senpai can be that smooth! How?" Iroha said after anapping out of her trance. "S-scary, what will happen if he tried to use that silver tongue at me." She actually feels excited rather than scared to that thought, and also, please watch your phrasing.
"Heh, no wonder you're Kaa-san's favorite in that world. You probably managed to negotiate a lot of high profit agreement for the company." Haruno muttered under her breath, feeling guilty again at how that version of her dragged Hachiman to the cursed world of higher class.
"Hehehehehe~ Hikigaya-kun, you're far more interesting than I thought. That HayaHachi doujin will sell a lot if I used to material..." Obviously, let skip that.
Meanwhil, the main focus of this episode was crying uncontrollably as her love was finally reciprocated by her crush. Heck, she was even about to get married with him from what the screening implied.
"Congratulation, Yuigahama-san." Her best friend, Yukino, hugged her as she congratulate the girl.
Even so, Yukino was conflicted with the feelings in her heart right now. From what she saw, it seems like the version of her in that world sacrificed herself for Yui and let Hachiman away from her grasp. She was happy to see her friend being happy, but also jealous at it.
"I'm sure you're all enjoyed this episode." The disappearing host appeared yet once again, "Since we need to wrap it up quickly, the next viewing will be Yukino-san's turn."
Finally, her long awaited turn has arrived. Impatience filled her as she nervously waited for the screen to turn on again while wondering how will her story plays.
-oOo-
I genuinely don't have any idea about what to write for Yui chapter, really. This is basically a bunch of bad ideas, taped together with little to no effort since I copied the song lol.
But for Yukino, I have soem ideas that I have a hard time to decide. The first is using a fic with title "Support" from FireHero (it was a gold, read it!) in which Yukino was almost being raped until 8man come into rescue and caused Yukino to be extremely attached to him.
Second, I used the same Manager Hachiman from Haruno's alternative since Haruno doesn't really mind with sharing. This is was the solid one, but I'm still curious about your response.
Third, this is the most interesting part. Basically Hachiman comes back after a long duty in military and met an adult, married Yukinoshita with her daughter. Basically he NTR'd Yukino's bastard of a husband (she married her due to a contract) and even made her daughter yearn for his love rather than her own father. Muhehehehe...
Ahem, please give me your opinion and see you next time!
