Third POV

"Mei~! Wake up!" Kiana shouts as she comes into the room, though freezes as she sees no one on the bed. She looks around the room, then stops at the sight of 2 people sleeping at the corner of the room with a blanket covered over them.

She frowns with her eyes briefly changing into half golden color but changes back, then she breathes in and out "No. I trust them that both of them wouldn't betray me…" She mutters though her face betrays a slight unease.

Hachiman stirs due to the sound and moves around, prompting Mei to open her eyes. She blinks before yawning then notices Kiana at the door, "Ah, good morning, Kiana." She smiles at her.

Kiana wryly smiles back, "Looks like both of you had fun last night."

Mei blinks, "Bot –" She feels something bumping into her, making her freeze then look to the side. She quickly jumps up with her face crimson, leaving Hachiman to hit the wall since there is nothing to support him.

He opens his eyes as he clutches his head with both hands, "Ow. That hurt." He freezes as he sees Kiana and Mei looking at him, "…It isn't what it looks like."

Kiana crosses her hands together with a pout, "Then what? Both of you were really enjoying sleeping together…"

Mei holds her hands up, "It-it's not like that, Kiana! Hachi-Hachiman came in after I heard his voice and, and, he comforted me after a nightmare!" Both of them imagine steam coming out of her ears as her face becomes even more crimson.

Hachiman nods as confirmation, "I was on the way to the bathroom when I heard a thud in here, long story short, Mei asked me to not leave her alone. I did go to the bathroom before sleeping here."

Kiana blinks then slowly stops her actions, "O-oh… Well, good job, Hachiman…! I-I'm sorry for jumping to the wrong side…" She mutters, prompting Hachiman to quickly stand up while throwing the blanket to the bed while Mei walks closer to the former.

"Yo~ Kiana, what's the hold up?" A female with shoulder-length red hair, styled in a ponytail, loudly says as she comes into view of the doorway, prompting all 3 to look, "Oh my. Kiana, guess you were one step too late, huh?" She teases while using her eyes to gesture to Mei and Hachiman.

Kiana blushes, "I don't mind sharing Hachiman and Mei together!" She resolutely declares, making the red-haired to blink while the other 2 to blush.

"Huh. Never thought I would see a real life harem… Anyway, the name's Himeko Murata. I'll be your supervisor for your team, composed of Kiana, Mei, and Bronya." She smirks at them, "I'll whip all of you into shape in no time."

Mei slowly calms down before she blinks, "Wait, Miss Himeko? Where is Hachiman's name?"

"Don't know. The Principal only told me that I'll be supervising the three of you as a squad. Though, I expect this guy here to undergo some sort of training since he can… Cure a Herrscher."

Kiana pouts while waving her arms, "Why couldn't Hachiman here be in our squad instead of that midget?!" She whines.

Himeko sighs, "That's because he is the first male human to be resistant to Honkai radiation. The researchers want to experiment with his body to see how it ticks."

Hachiman narrows his eyes at her while Mei and Kiana rush to his side, "Do you mean that I didn't get turned into a zombie?"

"Yep." Himeko nods before wryly smiling, "I was supposed to bring you there but I can see that the three of you are close. And willing to rip my head off."

"We really only interacted with each other recently though."

"Meh. Seen people sticking to each other after a few hours of meeting and a life and death battle. What is a few days in comparison?"

Himeko takes out something from her back pocket, "Here. I can recommend you to be the team's coordinator on the battlefield, to protect you from the researcher's hand. Though it's up to you to pass the test." She shows him a small envelope with the seal of St. Freya.

Mei grabs the envelope, "This… Is fast?" She looks at it with a confused expression, prompting Himeko to chuckle.

"The Principal had given us another mission while in our everyday life. To find anybody that can coordinate people well. If we deem them worthy, then we will recruit them into our fold, if not then we will just bribe them to keep silent… Well, after showing them what would happen if they tell anybody else."

Kiana leaps to hug him, "Yay! That means Hachiman won't be leaving us!" She rubs her cheek with his own, making him sigh as he lets her.

"What would happen if I ask to go back home to Chiba?" He asks, prompting Kiana to move her head away to look at him with shock, same with Mei.

Himeko thinly smiles, "Well, we can dispatch a few Valkyries to protect you… Though, do you really think that you can be safe there?"

He slowly shakes his head with a sigh, "Nope. Just a confirmation."

"Good. Now the test would be divided into two parts. The written and the on-field. The former is about you answering questions related to tactics, weakness, types, etc. The latter is about applying those strategies to trainee Valkyries, in your case those two and Bronya, during a mock battle. You can find the books to study at the library in the academy."

Himeko waves her hand, "Give me back the letter then follow me to class. We are almost late now." She glances at him, "You can either stay here or wander around the academy."

"I'll go to the academy. I still need to read everything about the Honkai and anything else to help them." He resolutely nods while gazing right into her eyes.

She laughs, "I like your attitude! Both of you got one fine man here if he's willing to learn for your sakes!" Her words send all of them into a blushing mess.

Himeko then leaves the room, leaving the trio behind, "Get yourself ready! You only got an hour before class starts!" She shuts the door.

Awkward silence descends on them. Eventually, Hachiman clears his throat, though his cheeks are still slightly red, "Come on. We need to go eat."

Kiana and Mei slowly nod as they look away from him, "R-right. I was starving, I mean am starving!" The former blushes even more at her blunder while opening the door.

Mei smiles at her with her blush receding, "Help me prepare the ingredients, same with you Hachiman." Then to him.

Hachiman lets out a grunt sound that almost sounds like an ok while trailing behind them as they leave the room.


*A...N*

AU to hell and back. Nothing will stop the ship. Anyway on to the comments!

calderoneric758 - my reasoning, like I said in the previous chapter, is that Komachi served as the last barrier for him because he had something to hold on. Here, he had nothing but memories of her. Also, I am leaning heavily to yes in mecha

aiman031122 - welp, it won't be long before Hachiman becomes a commander. Also, thank you for the encouraging words

XianYun - *insert a pleased persian cat face*

bluecookie420 - lol, nice to see you back and thank you

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