Miura's POV

"Yumiko" I'm really not in the mood for this.

"What? You need something?" I'm not even angry... I just... I just don't know!

"Can I talk to you... in private?" I look around and glare at the class, they go back to whatever they were doing.

"Fine!" I wake up and follow his lead. I swear I'm not angry! As the two of us walk, I feel the eyes that keep glancing our way. I'm not sure why but I've become more aware of those stares, the way they just focus when either of us is here. It's... weird, new, and uncomfortable. There have always been people staring... but I've never been aware of them like this.

Hayato opens the door and walks to the edge of the roof. If this was a light novel it would have been the perfect place for a confession. This isn't a light novel, the air between us is tense and awkward. It kinda gives off a foreboding feeling, not sure why though.

"I want to explain what happened the other day" Hah! Of fucking course. It's always about Yukinoshita, guess that family is like his number 1.

"I don't care! You can do whatever you want. I don't control you" Those words feel hollow, even to me, even if it's completely true. He just smiles at me

"Are you okay?" Amazing, one of the few times he's actually asked that and it's in this situation

"Of course, I'm fucking not!!" For a second I see something, I'm not sure what but I see something before his smile becomes even bigger. What the hell was that?

"Look. Haruno and I-"

"Why would I give a shit about Yukinoshita's sister?!" He flinches. I don't care. I'm just really, really angry and something's been bugging me ever since my date with Hikio

"Tell me Hayato, why are you acting like Yukinoshita's lapdog?" I don't think I would have said this before... In the past, this type of thinking would never even enter my subconscious "Why are you like a lost puppy always following her? Jumping when she tells you?"

"I-I... I" That's what I thought. It makes me so damn angry because... because... because that's exactly what I've been doing!! I've been following Hayato this whole time without even knowing why! I've been doing anything to try and get his attention and I can't even...

"Did I ever mean anything to you?"

"What are you talking about Yumiko?!"

"You knew this whole time, didn't you?"

"..."

"2 years. 2 fucking years! All for what? Just to be your personal girl repellent?!!"

"I don't thi-"

"Shut up. You think I'm deaf. You think I don't hear the rumours?! You think they don't fuck with me?! Do you know how it feels to know the person you've been in love with for almost 2 years just thinks of you as some repellent?!"

"Yumik-"

"You knew I was in love with you this whole time and you kept leading me on! Kept giving me that hope, kept being nice to me! Why?! Why didn't you just reject me at the beginning?! That would have been better than letting whatever this is grow for 2 damn years!! WHY!!"

"..."

"..."

"I'm sorry"

"I see. That's all I'm worth then" I open the door and slam it closed. I don't care about classes right now. I don't care about the way everyone's staring at me. I don't care. I want to be alone! And there's obviously no one at my house, fucking great!

POV Change

"Dammit!!" Hayama punches the door to the roof. I can tell how angry he is although... I don't feel sorry for him. He brought this on himself. What I am worried about is Miura. We don't get along but... she didn't deserve this. It's just messed up! She was just a girl in love, she didn't deserve to be hurt like this. And she tried so hard too. Sigh, I can't do anything but maybe I can find someone who can.

The bell rings signalling the end of our break. I don't rush, I'm already late so what's the point. I walk close to the walls to not attract attention. The teacher doesn't bat an eye when I enter, I guess they're used to it by now. My eyes flicker to the resident Fujoshi of the class and she catches it. She looks at me for a few seconds with a raised eyebrow before focusing on the lesson.

I wish I could focus on the lesson, but I Can't. My mind keeps replaying what happened on the roof, I know I shouldn't have been there but what else could I have done. If I made my presence known then it would just be awkward for everyone and it seemed like something they had to do sooner or later.

Classes are boring and long, really long, longer than usual. I try to focus but can only write down the basics. Why do we even need to learn English, it doesn't make sense. Sure, it's one of the more popular languages and more than a few countries use it and... what was my point again?

"Saki-chan!" And I'm being assaulted by the Fujoshi "what's up?"

"I can't tell you with so many people around" There are still a few people here, most of them are going to their clubs but I can't take a chance. I look toward Ebina and my heart stops for a second. Her eyes are closed and she's still smiling but she just feels dangerous. Like a protagonist before they use their secret move. Scary!

"It must be something serious if you want to talk to me" I can't deny that

"Yeah. It's serious" We wait for all the other students to filter out and then her smile drops and she opens her eyes. They're sharp, sharper than I've ever seen. How the hell is she so scary?

"Does this have something to do with Yumiko?" It's not just her look, even her voice is cold.

"Y-Yeah" After getting over my momentary fear I tell her everything that I heard. I was hiding so I didn't see what happened, I tell her what I heard. From the time Miura that door opened until Hayama left. I obviously left out the part about me smoking. Her reaction is a sigh... not exactly what I expected.

"I thought something like this would happen" Huh?! You knew this would happen?! HOW!! "C'mon. I know just who to call to help out Yumiko"

Hold on, how could she possibly know about all this? Women are scary. I know I'm one too but damn, these women are scary. This path feels awfully familiar... The service club? Why are we...? I know that they help with problems and all, but this seems a bit personal, not something random people should know and these 3 are by all means random people to Miura and Ebina. She slides the door without knocking and is unaffected by Yukinoshita. Ebina is truly a different entity.

"Hello hello!"

"Greetings Ebina-San. Could you please not just open the door without knocking?"

"Hoh? Why not? You and Hikigaya doing something indecent?" She made Ice Queen blush. She made the woman who can shut people down with just her words blush. "Where's Yui?"

"She has something to do" A bored voice answers from the room... Maybe I also should have entered the room too.

"Okay, sorry bout this Yukino-San but I'm gonna have to borrow Hikitani-kun" She does know that's not his actual name?

"And what purpose would you need it?"

"Oi!"

"It's private"

"I see. Hikigaya-kun?"

"I don't really want to" Hold on. The person to help Miura is... Hikigaya-kun. That leaves a weird taste in my mouth.

"You don't have a choice... Hachi"

"Ugh, fine" Just like that? He agreed just like that... Also, why'd she call him Hachi?!

"I'll hand in the key to Hiratsuka-sensei. It isn't a club with only one person?"

"Sure" I hear 2 pairs of footsteps walk toward me. His dead eyes are looking at me. Why is he glaring?

"Kawasaki" Ebina says from beside him

"Tsk, I was getting it" We've met so many times and he still doesn't remember my name

"Seriously?! Him?"

"Yep"

"Me? What about me?"

"Why?"

"Hoh? Don't you know Yumiko and Hikitani are close"

"They are?"

"We are?" Even he doesn't know. "I feel like I'm missing something"

"You are. Anyway, give me your phone"

"Why?" He still hands her the phone

"Right, you have my info, and I wrote down Yumiko's address"

"..."

"..."

"Huh?! Why?" He's as shocked as me

"Something happened with her and Hayama" And this corridor feels a lot colder

"Sigh. It was only a matter of time I guess" He knew this would happen too? What the actual fuck

"I'm not gonna give you the details of what happened. I can say it shouldn't have happened like that"

"Of course" He looks serious

"Am I missing something?" I can't help but ask. The two of them look at me and... they forgot I was here, didn't they?

"It's not important" I'm pretty sure it is

"Okay! You know what to do Hikitani?"

"Sure, why are the women in my life like this?" He starts walking away

"I don't get it. What is Hikigaya-kun going to do?"

"He'll help Yumiko... she might be absent for a while though"

"I can't blame her for that, but I still don't understand why-"

"Saki-chan. Have you ever seen Hikigaya-kun turn away someone when they needed his help" I think about this... nope, he always helps... even if he has to hurt himself "He's one of the few people that didn't lie to Miura, he might help her through this"

"..." I honestly have no idea what to say.

POV Change - Hikigaya

'Ring... Ring...'

"Hello?"

"Yo. Komachi"

"Onii-chan. Why are you calling? Did you get arrested?"

"You lost a lot of points for that"

"Tsk. What do ya need?"

"What do you buy for someone who just found out the person they've been in love with is in love with someone else and doesn't see them as anything more than a repellent for other love interests?"

"..."

"Komachi?"

"Okay! WOW! Gomi-chan what did you do?"

"I didn't do anything... yet"

"And who is this person that you're buying this for?"

"I don't think that's something I can tell you"

"Who is it? I can keep a secret... especially if it's serious enough for you to do something"

"Miura"

"Yumi-onee-san?"

"Yep. Why are you calling her that?"

"None of your business?... hmm... if that happened to me I would like something sweet... a lot of sweet things... get her lot of sweet things... also get me something sweet"

"Something sweet? I'm 2 minutes closer to dying and your grand suggestion is 'something sweet'?"

"I know you want to do something special for Yumi-onee-San, but this will have to do for now. She's obviously going through something big if you're helping her so don't go overboard. Just be there for her"

"...Thanks"

"You're welcome. Bye-bye onii-chan"

"See you later" I cut the call and sigh once more. I'll have to use my reserve energy to get this done. Going through my contacts again I find someone I forgot about.

'Ring... Ring...'

"Hello?"

"Yo"

"Hikigaya?"

"The one and only?"

"Did something happen?"

"I guess you could say that. Actually, I'm coming over. Can you make a small half-chocolate, half-strawberry cake?"

"Wow. Shit hit the fan! Alright, I'll have it ready in an hour. You can come over then"

"Alright. Thanks, Kazu"

"No prob"

I cut the call and sigh again. Walking over to the convenience store and buy a tub of vanilla ice cream and 3 cans of Maxx coffee. It might be plain but it's my favourite. I know this is for Miura, but I have no idea what flavour she likes... I should have asked Ebina. I pay for the items and start walking toward the bakery.

"Yo" I greet as I walk into the store

"Hachiman! Fancy seeing you here. You need something?"

"Yep. I placed an order with Kazu, but I guess I'm a bit early"

"Yeah... You haven't ever ordered your own treat before... Did something happen?"

"Am I that transparent? If so, I need to upgrade a few of my skills"

"Not really. If we didn't know you personally, this would have been normal"

"I see"

"So Did something happen?"

"Sort of... I can't really talk about it..."

"Gotcha. Personal"

"Hmm..." The next few minutes are spent in semi-awkward silence.

"Done. Hikigaya-kun. Early as always" He looks at the package

"Thanks, Kazu. How much do I owe ya?"

"On the house?"

"I don't thi-"

"It's fine. This is the first time you asked for something. It would be a shame to have you pay for it"

"See? Even Otou-San agrees. Now shoo! Shoo! Go cheer up your girlfriend... or boyfriend? I dunno"

"Whatever. See you two whenever" He takes the cake along with his packets and starts walking towards the address that was forced on him. I should really be offended by what they said... Eh, too much work.

3rd Person POV

After the roof, Miura made her way to her house. No one approached her. The tears stopped as quickly as they came. There's no way she's going to be sad about something that she knew would happen. She is the embodiment of rage, and everyone is keeping out of her way.

Miura makes it to her house and tries her very hardest to not slam the door closed. It doesn't help. She gets to her shower and submerges herself in ice water, as ice as it can get. It might not be much but it helps her with her rage... It's also hiding the tears she refuses to acknowledge. After staying there for an undetermined time she gets out a bit more stable and dries herself off.

Walking to her room, she puts on a loose shirt and shorts and collapses onto her bed. Due to how stressful this day has been she expects to fall asleep easily... Sleep does not visit her. She spends almost an hour twisting and turning before she actually falls into a restless sleep. She wakes up an hour later feeling worse than before.

With nothing to do, all she can do is stare at the ceiling of her room. The plain white affects her more than it should. Like a recorder, her mind is projecting all the memories shared on that white ceiling. It isn't making her feel any better, she can't even stop the memories from playing out. The first time she approached Hayato... How he smiled at her... The two of them talking... Karaoke... Studying... Everything. It just makes it worse.

She falls into a restless, dreamless sleep, only waking up a few hours later to the sound of her ringing phone. She just wants to ignore it, but something tells her to answer. She calms herself down before answering

"Hello" She cringes, even she can tell how rough her voice is

"Yo"

"Hikio?"

"The one and only"

"What do you want?"

"For you to open the door"

"Huh?"

"Open the door"

"..."

"I'm standing outside your house is what I'm trying to say"

"You're... standing... my house... Why?"

"Can you just open up?! It isn't exactly warm outside"

"Hmm... Sure"