"Alright, with that out of the way… Actually I might as well show you around Chiba first." He nods then drags her out of the door, "Want to follow us, Komachi?"
Komachi blinks then puts a finger to her lip, "Hmmm… Sorry but I need to complete my work before school on Monday." She puts her hands together with a sad look, "Which, my best big brother will help me out, right~?"
Hachiman rolls his eyes with a small smile, "Yes yes, anything for my adorable little sister. That must have earned me lots of Hachiman points!"
She lightly cringes, "Ewwwww, gross, please don't gross out our guest," She playfully says, prompting him to chuckle then walks away with E in tow, though she just absentmindedly follows him.
"So, that is basically everything Chiba has to offer." Hachiman pops open a can of max coffee while looking at E then points all over the place. They are sitting on a bench at a park that has a small pond in the middle after finishing their tour of the major attraction spots near them with them stopping by to eat at a restaurant, Hachiman had to order for her and taught how to eat, "I know that you can't understand me but I hope that you'll remember in case of anything."
E blankly stares at him, prompting him to sigh, "Maybe I should have taught you Japanese first instead of showing the area…"
"Oh? Is that you, Hachiman?" A feminine voice calls out, prompting him to look behind, only for him to become pale. Walking to them with a smile is a female with short wavy/curly brown hair, wearing a casual outfit, and holding a coffee cup with the logo of StarBuck.
He quickly stands up and tries to run, only to notice that E is here, "Come on, we need to leave!" He grabs her hand, though freezes when he sees a shadow right behind him from the corner of his eyes.
"What the rush, Hachiman?" The female curiously asks while tilting her head, "I haven't seen you since the graduation we had few months ago."
Hachiman slowly turns around while letting go of E's hand and trying to hide his grimace, "Y-yo… Kaori. What are you doing here?"
"Awww~ what is up with your energetic less greeting? I wanted to take a little stroll here while drinking my coffee before going home since it's almost night and it's kinda weird to see you outside instead of school."
Her words make him flinch, which goes unnoticed by Kaori, "Y-yeah… Excuse me but we really need to be somewhere else now." He turns back and tilts his head to E, "Right?"
E blankly looks at him, slowly to Kaori, then back to him. She doesn't open her mouth but slowly gets up.
Kaori moves past him then gets up close to E, "Oh~? Who is she, Hachiman? Is she your girlfriend? Though she looks too pretty for you. Like those super models in fashion magazines." She circles around her, not noticing the flinch from him.
Hachiman grinds his teeth, "Kaori, we really need to go now."
Kaori turns to look at him with a disapproving expression, "Oh come on, we only meet for a few minutes and you already want to leave. I know that you like to be alone but you are being rude." She walks closer to him, though freezes when she sees someone blocking her path.
E, standing in between them, raises her arms while glaring at Kaori, as if saying that she cannot come closer. Both Hachiman and Kaori blink as they didn't see her move.
Kaori slowly raises her arms with her cup shaking a little and shakily smiles, "O-ok, I get your point and I'll leave…" She quickly runs away without looking back.
E slowly puts her arms down when she doesn't see Kaori anymore, prompting Hachiman to sigh, "Damn that nice girl…" He bitterly mutters before freezing as he sees the former turning back to look at him with a bit of concern.
He coughs, "Um… Thank you, for helping me out… E."
She tilts her head before slowly nodding, prompting him to sigh, "Ok. That's it. We won't go anywhere else until you are proficient enough to understand Japanese… Ah… School is starting soon for me…"
Hachiman turns to look at the sky with a tired expression, "More work for me… Hopefully you can understand fast…" E just looks at him with concern.
*AkghkN*
Welp, a short chapter since I found out that I suck, or maybe my brain hates it? I don't know, on writing Lumine not talking but only using action. I genuinely got no idea since my brain really likes to be confusing as hell. So in this chapter, Kaori makes a brief appearance to get real close to them but luckily Lumine chased her away. Anyway, on to the comments:
bluecookie420 - yes yes, I'll try but you know how my brain is
Ganesh Yashwant Thakur - here you go and yep, since in Lumine POV, she could only understand E, so she wrote Lumine but only the E part was understandable for him
Kerrowe - explanation top here
Guest - new chapter next month here lol
Kweh Viola - welp, I can only write between 1-7 am here, with the word length ranging around 500 to 1500, depending on inspiration and energy of mine. Though, I hope that you stick around since I got some interesting plans for Lumine
DrackNath - yeah, thanks for the encouraging words, and I think I moved past that point, hopefully.
eightmanantartica2428 - lol, glad that it was enjoyable for you and I don't really pay attention to the rankings on wattpad (they are shit). Also, sure, go for it. We need more Oregairu fanfics here
