The breeze gently caressed my face, like a mother's soft touch, cooling down some of the beads of sweat that were accumulating on my forehead. The Sun was hiding behind the clouds above me, so it was quite safe for me to go out right now.

Wait, I sounded like a vampire…

I can faintly smell the sea from the scent carried by the wind. It didn't make me feel nostalgia though, I'm quite indifferent about beaches. It's too hot and the sand gets everywhere and its annoying.

My solitude was interrupted by the ringing of my phone, with a frown, I placed my bento beside me to get my phone from my pocket.

From: Silly Imouto

The lunch that you made was great Onii-chan! You should do this more often! 3 3 3

With a small smile, I put away my phone to finish my lunch. She's giving me too much credit, I just followed the instructions, that's all. The lunch that I cooked is nothing special.

The past few days went by in a flash.

After the freshman ceremony, classes immediately started. I found out that I was classmates with Yukinoshita-san, to my utter disdain. Her face of horror when she found out was hilarious.

Flashback

"By an unfortunate turn of events, it seems that you and I are classmates." She said coldly when first period ended and I passed by her.

"A misfortune to be sure, that I have to endure your cold gaze day after day." I gave her a mocking bow, but I swear I saw a hint of amusement in her eyes.

"Ara, the feeling is mutual, though your gaze is quite hollow and empty." She imitated my action, which earned strange looks from some of our classmates.

I think our little game is getting a bit overboard…

The last thing that I want is for rumors to start spreading…

Flashback end

I also fell asleep during some of my classes, I even skipped lunch period yesterday because no one woke me from my nap! I was exhausted that morning because I was reading the special guidelines made by the school for the Student Council Seats.

And the Seat that I just recently occupied, is that of the Disciplinary Committee Head, thanks to the good word and backing of my oh so Fluffy and Bubbly Shiromeguri-senpai.

Without telling me first!

She just dropped it on me like an N2 mine like, "Hey Hikigaya-kun! Guess what? I made you the head of the Disciplinary Committee in the Student Council! Good luck!"

I complained to my family at home, hoping that they would see it from my point of view, but my plan backfired.

"If you back out, the Student Council and many of the teachers will think that you're a lazy bum, Onii-chan."

"I was part of school organizations during my younger years, it helped me land a good job and I gained many important experiences from it. I suggest that you accept it, Hachiman."

"Wow! That's good news! That's my Haa-chan!"

Their optimism, especially that of my Mom's, was so strong that it broke my A.T. field, and I lay on the floor wounded and my will to live broken. But what my Dad said sounded really important, so I decided to give it a try.

But I still think that this is hard work though…

And if I'm going to refuse the offer, I bet Shiromeguri-senpai is going to say, "Don't believe in yourself! Believe in ME! Believe in your Shiromeguri-senpai that believes in YOU!", or something like that…

I look to my watch and was alarmed that my next class is going to start in fifteen minutes, so I went back to eating my lunch. At a normal pace of course, it would be a shame if I chocked on my food here at the roof of our building, after all, no one would be able to help me.

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We had an assignment for our History subject, it was about the political structure of the early shogunate in Chiba, so I decided to go straight to the library after classes for the day ended. I did know the basic stuff but I wanted to get more in-depth information.

As I zoomed across the hallway with increasing speed like a certain blue hedgehog, (GOTTA GO FAST!) I heard a familiar voice.

"Hikigaya-kun!" a girly voice called out from behind me. There were some students, but one with Peachy hair caught my eye. Her black outer vest that was worn by female students was loose. Oi, I have the authority to inflict upon you the proper disciplinary action right now!

Ah…Peachy…

I moved near the wall so we wouldn't cause traffic for the other students.

"Did you need something?" I ask.

I forgot her name…

"Nothing! I just wanted to say hi, that's all!" she said with a cheery expression.

At that moment, an alarm that has been long dormant within me, started going off at an alarming volume.

She was one of those nice girls.

I had yet to build up an effective immune system to counter the likes of them.

"A-Ah, well…hi…?" I say while being unsure of my words.

"Hi! The freshman speech that you did the other day was really nice!"

"Oh, I see. Thank you."

I expected her to reply, but she looked hesitant. Opening her mouth to speak, only to close them again, she was also fidgeting a bit.

"Say, are you going home now?" She asks with an expectant and hopeful look.

My middle-school self would have made ridiculous assumptions on her statement and his heart race, but I am no longer the foolish child that I once was!

I am now the ULTIMATE LIFEFORM!

"I'm on my way to the library to borrow a book for advanced reading, so I have to get there as soon as possible because someone might get the same idea." To add effect to further cement my statement, I glanced at my watch in an obvious manner hoping that she would take the bait.

She did.

"A-Ah! I'm sorry that I bothered you!" She quickly apologized.

"Please, don't worry about it. Well, I must be on my way Yuigahama-san."

Thank God I remembered her name just now.

"Mmm! I'll see you around then Hikigaya-kun!" With a quick bow, I take my leave with quick steps.

But not before I catch a few words from her.

"Maybe next time then…" I barely heard her due to the background noise and the distance between us.

Strange, I wonder what did she wanted with me…?

While I was walking in the hallway on my way to the library, I became aware of the fact that some students were staring at me or giving me quick looks. Most of them looked as thought they were "sizing me up."

I was going to return a MENACING glare of my own, but I decided against it. It would be bad if negative rumors started flying around…

Well, there are already rumors about me that say that I'm a delinquent. I'm quite the opposite in fact, and I'm proud to say that I'm an outstanding member of society.

Because the library was in another building, the number of students that I encountered began to diminish in number, it was still around an hour and a half before sunset so the sun was still bright outside.

I entered the library and greeted the librarian with a bow, with each bookshelf showing information on the types of books that it harbored, I was able to find the book that I was looking for in no time.

Unsurprisingly, the library only had a few students, most of them had their noses in books, furiously reading and taking down notes. Good grief, that kind of behavior would get you nowhere. Studying should be done in a relaxed manner, doing so in the opposite kind would give you zero results.

I sat down in the quietest place of the library, a small part beside the window a few meters away from the nearest table. With a sigh of relief after having found my fortress of solitude, I took out the book that I got earlier and began doing my homework.

Thirty minutes later, I was finished and began stretching my shoulders which have gotten stiff from my sitting position. I can feel many of my joints pop and make cracking noises. From the corner of my eye, a female student was walking towards my table. She had shoulder length-hair and wore red-rimmed glasses and she carried a large book with her.

As she got nearer, I realized that she was giggling at herself as she held the large book close to her chest.

"Hehehehe…"

What the heck is with this creepy girl…?

And then I realized, that I had heard this laugh before. I couldn't remember when, but I'm quite sure of it…

She was looking down while walking, but when she looked up and locked eyes with me, I beheld a face which I never expected to see again.

"Hinatata…-san…?" The bespectacled girl in front of me had a surprised expression when I called out to her.

"Ara, Hikigaya-san, so you do remember me after all." She replied. With her free hand, she pushed away a few strands of her hair.

"What makes you say that?" I ask.

"Well," she paused and her eyes looked up, as if trying to dig through her memories, "I thought you already forgot about me because when we saw each other at the other day, you didn't acknowledge me."

"Ah, I'm sorry then. My mind must have been somewhere else during that moment."

"But still, I never expected you to be the first of the top three, much less, that you and I were schoolmates." She continued and plopped herself on the chair across of me. Oi, not even asking if someone's sitting there?

Noo! An intruder has invaded Hachiman's World!

"Well, it also came as a surprise to me when I caught wind of the news…" I mutter back. Damnit, now that she sat down, it would be too rude for me to immediately excuse myself. I want to go hoooome…

We descend into silence, and I returned to absentmindedly scanning over the pages of the book, when in fact my mind was going at light-speed on ways to escape this situation. I glanced at the girl in front of me, and she was also busy reading the book that she brought with her.

"So, did you get the job?" she asked suddenly.

"I'm sorry?"

"The job at the bookstore, didn't you say that you wanted to get a part-time job there?" she replied. Ah, I think we had a conversation like this when we first met.

"Yeah. I work there during the weekends." I say.

"Hooh, that's nice…" Her voice trails off as her flips another page of the book that she's reading.

"Hmm…"

While we were basking in silence, voices began to assault my ears. It sounded like it came from a group of noisy girls. The librarian must have been out if they were able to get away like that.

"Did you see the guy from 1-A?"

"The one who had a perfect score during the entrance exams? Yeah, why?"

"I heard a rumor that he and the girl who got second place are a couple."

"Heeh?! Really?! But he looks so painfully average!"

"Maybe she has a thing for silent guys like him? I've never seen him talk to anyone except her and the Student Council President since classes started."

"They talk weird to each other. Too formal but at the same time, its as if they're mocking each other."

Ew, gross.

The third line made me want to vomit.

Me and Yukinoshita, a couple? Impossible. Ridiculous. Preposterous. Incredulous. Far-fetched. DISGUSTANG!

If that was a joke, then it crossed the line for me!

But they were right on the last part. I haven't talked to anyone except the dreaded Ice Queen and my Fluffy Bubbly Senpai. Well, my talks with her were actually a mutual rocket barrage of insults. The girls in my class avoid me as though they were scared of me. And the guys were busy with themselves to bother me.

Hmm, speaking of The-Bane-of-my-Existence, I haven't seen her approach anyone to converse with them. Some girls are probably intimidated by her.

Well, I did talk to Yuigahama-san earlier, albeit very short. I also saw Kawasaki during the opening ceremony, but I haven't seen her since.

Ah, what was his name again, Hayasomething-san? We saw each other the other day and he waved at me, but I thought he was waving at someone behind me so I ignored him.

All in all, my social interactions since classes started were quite small. Well, it wouldn't hurt using my vocal cords every now and then…

"You're still so popular, I see." Hinata-san grinned at me behind her book.

I just gave her an exhausted sigh.

"So, what did you think about The Iliad?" I asked her. Hopefully she still remembers the pseudo-promise that we made.

Her eyes met mine and then lit up when she remembered what I was talking about.

"Ah! It was beautiful! I loved the interactions between Victor and Achilles! The ending was a bit sad, but it gave way for the next book, The Aenid!" She exclaimed, the volume of her voice increasing with every word.

Hey now, if you get any louder, I'll have to give you a good spank- I mean, reprimanding. Talking loudly in the library is prohibited, y'know?

"I see, one of my favorite parts was when they opened the gates from the inside, very clever if I may add."

"I know right? Oh, what about the book that you bought at that time?"

"The Silmarilion? It was great, I finished it in no time. The story was a roller coaster of emotions. At one point you feel happy that the protagonists were strong enough to keep the enemy at bay, and then suddenly at the next chapter they were betrayed by a someone within their ranks. It tends to get depressing at times though…"

"Hooh, that sounds interesting, I might give it a try."

Our conversation went on for some time, Hinata-san was the one doing most of the talking, while I would occasionally give my own inputs on the topic at hand.

She talked about her first impression on the school and her first days of class. Apparently, she was in class 1-B, and Hayasomething-san was her classmate. She said that many of the girls in her class were already smitten with him.

As expected of Fuccboi-san.

"What do you think of him?" she asked me, her eyes had a curious glint to them.

Oi, you should ask that to a girl, not a guy. If a fujoshi caught wind of our conversation, it would make her think that I'm a gay.

"Oh, well, I don't know. We only exchanged very few words with each other."

She gave a disappointed sigh at my reply, was she really looking forward to my interactions with Hayasomething-san? Why though?

"Well what do you think of him?" I ask her in turn.

"Hmm…so far, I think he's a go-with-the-flow kind of guy." She said after a moment of thinking.

"Why?"

"I don't know, I think it's woman's intuition."

What a vague answer, I was hoping for more details for possible blackma- I mean, family friendly data.

*Wow Hikigaya, we didn't know that you were cunning and thinking that far ahead. *

Cunning makes you think of backstabbing and untrustworthy individuals, I prefer the word, information broker.

Now that she said her part, I think Fuccboi-san isn't really a Fuccboi. I think he's one of those nice guys.

There was a brief moment of silence, both of us thinking on each other's answers. It was then that I realized how late it was, the windows around us were giving off an orange glow, that must mean that sunset is nearing.

"It's getting late huh…" she said and looked around. "Ah, we're the only ones left."

I took a moment to glance around my surrounding and true to her word, there were no other occupants in the room except us.

"It seems so." I say as I gather my belongings.

Please don't ask me to go with you. Please don't ask me to go with you.

Please don't ask me to go with you. Please don't ask me to go with you.

"Hikigaya-san, do you mind if we go together?" She says as she picks up her book and her bag.

Nooo! I wanted some alone time!

I hid my disdain and just nodded at her. If my mother found out that I refused an offer of lady to escort her outside, she would flay me alive and make my skin as her winter coat. We returned our books to the proper isle and bid farewell to the librarian.

Our footsteps echoed throughout the empty hallway, the last few beams of orange light penetrated the windows. I looked outside and saw several students going home in pairs or with their groups of friends.

"Hikigaya-san, is your house far away?" Hinata-san inquired.

"No, it's twenty minutes by walking and ten minutes by bicycle."

"I see, I still have to walk to the station and my house is three stations away. Oh, would you look that." She said and pointed outside. I followed the direction to where she was pointing and it led to a lone figure waiting at the entrance to our school.

But even from this distance, and thanks to my enhanced eyesight, lol, I can tell that it was my oh-so-friendly-and-warm classmate. She must be waiting for her driver or something.

"Hmm." I see that Sigh-chan is still know throughout school.

*Hikigaya, you're pretty known too, y'know."

Yeah but I don't really care.

We reached the main entrance to our school in no time and proceeded to change our shoes. But as we were about to walk to the exit together, a group of girls came into my field of vision.

"Ah! Ebina-san! We were looking for you!" One of them exclaimed and came to us.

Ebina? Who's that?

With a quick look behind me, I confirmed that there was no one behind us.

It's either mistaken identity, or its Hinata-san. I don't recall her telling me her full name.

"Mayase-san! What's up?"

"We have a group activity tomorrow, remember? And we haven't planned yet, so we were hoping that you could come with us."

Hinata-san's face lit up in embarrassment.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry that I forgot! Hikigaya-san, is it all right if I go?" she turned to me and asked.

Don't ask me that. I'm not your father, or your older brother, and I'm definitely not your boyfriend so please stop, you're making me feel self-conscious. I can already feel the curious glances of the other girls, so stop before there's a misunderstanding.

"Ok, I'll be going on ahead, Hinata-san."

When I said her name, the other girls had looks of confusion.

"Hinata…-san?" I could see them mouth the words.

Huh? What's with that reaction?

Hinata-san's face however, sported a blush when I said her name.

Oi, was it something I said? Did I mispronounce her name?

"Bye bye, Hikigaya-san!" She literally grabbed my arm and dragged me outside, then she waved me goodbye, with a flushed face and her companions sported confused ones as they looked at us curiously.

The group of girls then went away and disappeared from my line of sight.

With a last look at the main building, I continued my journey to the bike stand where bike-chan was waiting for me. Sigh-chan had already disappeared by the time that I resumed walking.

"I wonder what's for dinner." I mutter, and then I remembered that I lost a bet to Komachi and I have to cook tonight.

Well, I guess its curry for everyone, maybe with grilled fish and miso soup…

Good grief…the things I do for love…

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Helllloooo everyone!

Itsa me, Ivanov177 eh!

So my favorite fujoshi just made her 2nd appearance! For the next chapter, I'm planning to introduce Miura (Alot of you seem to like her, for some reason...) and I already have a solid story on how everything should turn out. I was planning to add another Hikigaya x Hayama parody for this chapter for the lolz, but I decided against it. Ebina would love that though hahahaha.

Have any of you read the 12th volume of Oregairu in English translation? I haven't read it yet.

Don't forget to write a review so that I can know your thoughts on this chapter! I really enjoy reading your reviews!

Till we meet again!