Hikigaya Hachiman's Path to Reformation
Hachiman, The Cunning Seducer
Unfortunately, this will be my last chapter update in a while.
I know, I'm sorry that this is all so sudden. I don't have any choice in the matter. This is a life or death situation.
Things just went by so fast and now I have to get to a plane as soon as possible.
I wasn't even able to say goodbye to my Mum...
All I have are some spare clothes in my backpack, my phone and a charger.
Right now, I'm on my way to the airport escorted by the military.
I have been contacted by the United Nations and now I have to go to NEW TOKYO-III City to pilot an EVA. An Angel from the Pacific Rim has been detected and we will be heading there together with the European EVA; Volgograd, Australia's Striker Eureka while being escorted by the 145th Angel Containment Unit from the Imperial Guard and a Task Force composed of 7 submarines, 10 surface support vessels and 4 squads of SPARTANS assigned to us by the United Nation's Space Command while Aquaman and his Atlantean Royal Scouts will survey the area first before we initiate Operation URANUS.
With luck, this will be enough to stop it, but I have my doubts.
This thing destroyed a combined Chinese-Russian-Japanese Strike Force by itself and left Hong Kong in ruins.
The UN wanted to drop an N2 Mine on the city but that monster left before they could ready the missile. If they did drop it, then they would have killed more people than that THING...
God help us...
I rarely come to the cafeteria, since my dear Mother is the one who makes lunch for me nowadays. When I do come here, it's usually because I wanted to buy a drink from the vending machine or when I left my lunch at home. She even shaped some of the rice and eggs into little hearts, which was super embarrassing since Yuigahama saw it. Right now, I'm here because of the former option. I had a sudden desire to drink chocolate milk, so here I am.
"Hikigaya, go buy something to eat. It feels weird that I'm the only one eating."
I focus my attention on the girl in front of me while continuing to drink the chocolate milk that I bought. She may be one of the prettier girls that I know, but what lies behind those glasses of hers is a hardcore Fujoshi who ships me with the class Riajuu.
"Don't mind me Hina, I just decided to tag along because I was thirsty."
She shrugged before resuming eating. "Well, if you say so…"
From the corner of my eye, I saw the person that I came here to find.
Ah, here she comes…
I made sure not to directly lay my eyes on her since doing so would make me look like a creep. As usual, she was accompanied by her two other friends, they were one of the trios in our class. They were chatting loudly, and some students around them sent them looks of slight annoyance. They continued chatting while they ate, and I had to roll my eyes at their terrible table manners. I've been doing some background checks, and I've finally found the most likely suspect. I still need to do some things before I make the final verdict.
I felt something hit my leg.
"Oi, I'm talking to you," Hina said with a slight pout.
"Sorry, my mind wandered on its own. What were you saying again?"
"Hmph, I was asking you if you're excited about the company visits that we'll be going to. We're going to three companies, two here in Chiba and the other one is in Tokyo." She said excitedly.
"Oh, uhhh, yeah I'm looking forward to it…" I couldn't suppress the hesitation in my voice, and Hina tilted her head to the side upon hearing it.
"Hm? You sound like you're saying the opposite."
I can't tell her that one of the company visits that we're going to is my Father's firm. I don't know how to handle this kind of stuff and I think it's going to be very awkward when we arrive there. I had requested to be transferred to another class, but Hiratsuka-sensei only laughed and exclaimed, "Ha! You were a big fish huh? Now you can rub it on their faces!". Seriously Sensei, this is real life and not some old-school Shonen manga where I reveal to the "good guys" that I'm the son of the Boss whose identity they're trying to find out. And that the Boss has a very OP STAND that no one knows how it works. All they know is that "IT JUST WORKS!". Perhaps that's why she's still single, she makes terrible jokes and references that barely anyone knows and it becomes a huge turn off for the guy who was unlucky enough to be her one-time date.
If no one claims her before college, then I'm going to marry her! I'm not joking! I swear I will! You're the first person on my list, Sensei! Though she's the only person on it...
From the perspective of my classmates, to think that the son of the owner of one of the companies that you're going to have an educational trip to is your classmate…
Seriously, this is so cliche and straight out of a T.V series…
Uwaah, my internal rants are becoming longer and longer, let me just skip them all.
[ KING CRIMSON! ]
"Visiting offices where corporate slaves work might depress me to death." I gave her a half-assed reply, but she looked like she took the bait. It's a good thing I regularly rant about corporate slavery, terrible working conditions and employee benefits and how underpaid the workers are. I've just finished reading my Father's book about working ethics and the modern and corporate world, and it's influenced how I think.
"But I thought you wanted to become a corporate worker…?"
Tch, I forgot that I told her about my answers…
"It can't be helped." I shrug and finished my drink.
"That's like, an inconsistent way of thinking…"
"The duality of man." She rolled her eyes at my answer.
She looked like she was done eating, but she still had some leftovers on her plate. Two dumplings were left untouched by her. "Finish your food. Don't leave leftovers."
Upon hearing my words, she clutched her stomach with both hands. "I'm full and can't eat another bite. You can have it."
"Goodness, girls…how typical. Why are you so wasteful when it comes to food…?" I took one of the chopsticks provided on the table and took a dumpling from her plate. Komachi does the frequently at home, and I had to discipline her properly a few times before she learned her lesson.
She had a teasing grin on her face. "Heeeeehhh, and here I was thinking that you wanted me to feed you with my chopsticks." I gave her my usual deadpan look, completely unamused and unfazed.
"It's not too late, you can do it right now."
"E-Eh?"
I mimicked her teasing grin, and she was taken aback by my very bold words. She had a light blush on her face and looked quite dumbfounded for several seconds. Ha! This insignificant level of teasing does not affect me! I'm being constantly teased by two Onee-sans and even by my Mother at home, so I'm immune to all teases Rank A and below!
"Hurry up Hina-chan~, I'm waiting ~." It's her fault that she wanted me to call her by her first name when it's just the two of us in the first place since sometimes old habits come back and I accidentally call her "Hinata". Her blush grew bigger, seeing her face grow more and more flustered was a funny feeling that awoke something within me. I guess I am a sadist.
"B-But, there's people arou-"
"Do I look like I care?" She flinched and made a small cute sound at my reply, and I had to resist instantly laughing at the spot. She looks so cute, like the times when I would tease Komachi until she becomes red as a tomato, and then she would run up the stairs to her room after calling me a "Stupid Onii-chan!".
My grin grew wider as I watched her become a blushing mess. "I-I…ugh…" I thought that victory was mine until she suddenly smirked and loudly exclaimed, "I-I'd…I'd rather see you do it with Hayato! Fuahahahahaha!"
"Hmph, touche. That was a fairly decent comeback, albeit a little too expected." I nod and admit.
"Fufufufufu! You underestimate me, Hikigaya!" She laughed and some people around us started giving us weird looks. I gave them an apologetic bow on behalf of my silly Fujoshi friend. I noticed that she had a piece of rice stuck near her lip, I had no idea how I didn't notice that earlier.
"Hina, you have a…" I pointed at it and she got it from her face.
The girl that I've had my eye on for a while stood up together with her friends and returned their plates to the kitchen window. Still chatting as they walked out of the cafeteria, goodness do they ever run out of things to talk about…? In the classroom, they're always chatting when there's a break or when sensei hasn't arrived yet, I guess it's expected that they'd do that outside too.
"Hina."
"Hmm?"
"Do you know Sumiya Yuuko?"
"Sumiya-san…our classmate? I know her but we're not close, why?" She asked curiously and tilted her head to the side.
"Nothing really, just asking. What do you know about her?"
She made a thinking pose and tapped her chin with her finger. "Hmm, well she has average grades and isn't part of any clubs as far as I know. She's single and frequently goes out with her friends Sagami and Naomi. And she's had a few…disagreements with some of the other girls in our class, but that's just what I heard. You shouldn't immediately trust what say rumours after all." She shrugged at the last part.
"Ah."
"Why are you asking about her?" She said while reaching across the table and poking my cheek.
*poke poke*
"Just doing some background checks."
She pouted and looked quite unsatisfied with my answer. "Oh? But for what?"
I didn't want to lie, so I thought of the closest answer that I could give her without exposing my true intentions.
"Council stuff."
"Are you a detective now?" She said with a small smile of amusement.
I grinned, she doesn't know how right she is. "Something like that Hina. Something like that…"
The roof has always been a dear place to me. During winter or autumn, I eat my lunch here since I didn't get cold that easily. The cold wind felt nice on my face, but I had to be extra careful when it's snowing since the floor tends to get a bit slippery from the thin layer of ice. Uwaah, if only the cold season would come quickly, I miss the cold. Or maybe if I possess powers that control the weather I would make the summer less hot at least.
From my vantage point, I saw students going home from the school building. They were small dots, and if the circumstances right now were different, I would be among them. I want to go home and play my shitty gacha game, the rate ups are a bloody fu-
I heard the door open behind me, which was accompanied by girlish giggles.
"Go get him, girl! Make him yours!"
"Make him fall for you!"
There were a few more giggles until I heard the door close. I didn't expect her to bring her friends, hopefully, they'll give us some privacy at least.
Footsteps continued towards me until she was about two meters away.
"Umm, H-Hikigaya-kun…?" She called out to me unsurely.
I sighed before turning around and properly facing her. Light brown hair with a blue hair-clip, is a member of one of the cliques and one of the noisy ones in class. She was around Miura's height, and just like her, the skirt that she wore right now was a centimetre or two shorter. Quite stylish-looking too since she's cute, I'll give her that praise at least. Yup, this is definitely her.
"Sumiya-san, glad you could come." I say with an even voice.
"I straightaway came here after class. So…" She said shyly and looked down while shifting her balance from one leg to another.
"Y-You wanted to see me…?"
I decided to give it to her slowly, rather than ramming the entire thing down on her.
"How was your day, Sumiya-san?" I said and gave her one of my rare smiles.
"UGH! I seriously felt my Divinity get halved! God strike me down, I can't take the cringe! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
She lightly blushed and nodded shyly. "Hm! Today was great as usual, Hikigaya-kun. You were always so cool in class. And I watched you play Tennis this morning, you were really good! You sent those guys a run for their money!"
Ok, I honestly didn't expect that answer.
"Ahahahaha!" I rubbed the back of my head, "You're giving me too much credit Sumiya-san. I'm not that good, it was just a lucky shot."
Honestly, the way I'm acting right now is so cringy it makes me want to die.
Seriously.
"You were always so humble and down-to-earth, Hikigaya-kun. Lots of people like that particular trait about you. For one of the popular guys in our Year, you sure don't talk like one. I guess actions speak louder than words huh. Or maybe you're just really confident about yourself…girls find that attractive you know…" She said and took a step closer to me.
"You're quite a catch for any girl lucky enough to have you..." She added and put a finger on my chest and moved it upwards up to my chin. "You're quite a looker too…the girls in our class made a secret poll, and guess who made it to the top~?"
"Oh? And who would that be…?" Hmm, this is new. I'll take her bait for now since curiosity got the better of me.
I didn't push her away as she put both of her hands on my shoulders, stood on her tiptoes and whispered it to my ear. "Take a guess~…"
"Sumiya-san, I take it that you are aware of the rumours going around in our class?" I decided that it was time to stop fooling around and asked her a direct question.
The question caught her off-guard, and her mouth was left agape for several seconds. "Huh?"
I raised a brow at her and said nothing, waiting for her answer.
"Uhh, yeah. I've heard a word or two about it..." I saw her gulp, likely from the onset of nervousness and put her hands behind her, as if trying to hide something.
"Is that so…"
"H-Hikigaya-kun! I thought you called me here to-!" She said rather loudly, and I could hear a mix of confusion and disappointment in her voice. I think she just understood the reason why I called her here. I interrupted her before she could say something that I would rather not hear right now.
"It was honestly so easy, I just went through the committee member lists last year, tracked down each person and traced them back to our class. Took note of the ones that could pull off this kind of stunt, and voila. Of all of them, I had three possible suspects, all girls. And you were the most likely of all the three. No offence of course."
She looked scared now, her face contorting into an angry one and took a step back. "I-It was just a prank! No one was hurt! It was just for the laughs! No one even bothered to take them seriously anyway!"
The image of Shiromeguri-senpai looking very sad and down flashed through my mind.
"Do you see me laughing?" I simply ask her with seriousness in my voice.
"But I have to thank you. Your admittance right now made things easier for me." I added in a more relaxed manner.
"I…I didn't mean it..." She said with a low voice and looked down.
Ok, now that ticked me off.
"Excuse me?"
She looked up at me, suddenly surprised at the sudden change in my demeanour.
"You absolute half-wit mongrel. You had every chance to stop, but you didn't. You continued with your little prank, knowing full well the consequences of your actions. So don't give me that nonsense." I walked towards her, and she already had her back to the wall. At some point, she put her hands on my chest in an attempt to keep me away. She was less than a foot away from me and I put my hand on the wall, effectively cornering her and preventing any chance of escape lest she runs away. Her eyes were shut and she looked very much shaken from the current situation.
"Sumiya-san." I say, but she closed her eyes and tried to get as much distance from me as possible even with her back to the wall. She cowered before me, and I kind of felt bad, but I had to do this.
"..."
"Sumiya-san."
"..."
"Sumiya-san, look at me."
"..."
Tch, how stubborn.
I used my left hand and slowly raised her chin so she can see me even with the difference in our height. She wasn't even offering any resistance, almost as if she was letting me do it. Even though both of her hands were on my chest, she wasn't even exerting any force in an attempt to push me away. Almost as if- wait, she's not offering any resistance…?
She was so close that I could count the hair on her eyebrows, a few more inches and I could capture her lips and make her mine right here right now. Her cheeks had a rosy tinge on it as expected. If someone saw us like this, then it would cause problems for me. IF, that it is…
"Sumiya-san, if you don't open your eyes when I reach three, I will do something that we'll both regret." She audibly gulped and I saw her eyes slightly flutter, at my words. I could almost hear the sound of her heartbeat and her hands were shaking.
I wasn't serious of course.
"..."
"One."
"..."
"Two."
"..."
"Three."
She slowly opened her eyes, but when she saw how close my face was, she turned even redder than I thought possible and immediately avoided my eyes. She inhaled deeply and steeled herself to look straight at me. My gaze never wavered, and I can see small signs of tears at the corners of her eyes. She whimpered and gulped a few more times before I spoke.
"There, that wasn't so hard, wasn't it~?"
"Y-Y-Yes…" She slowly nodded with her stuttering voice, my hand still attached to her chin.
"Now then, I want you to listen to every word that I say. Understood?"
She nodded slowly once more and gulped.
"If you want to save your ass, then you will do exactly what I say…"
"M-My ass…? Y-You w-want…!?" She muttered with a shaky voice with steam going out of her ears, her legs were threatening to give in any moment. She then removed her hands from my chest and proceeded to cover her…bum…and…other...frontal...part…
"No, that's not what I…ugh just listen." I sighed while temporarily looking to the side and continued. "I don't want to get you in trouble, so before the teachers take things into their own hands, I want you to apologize to everyone that you sent the message to. Tell them how truly sorry you are, and that the things that you said had no factual basis to them. I know that you're using an extra number, so don't use it again."
She widened her eyes at my words and slowly nodded in understanding. "O-Ok…"
I let go of her chin and leaned forward, she must have had the wrong idea since she closed her eyes and readied her tantalizing chaste lips for the kiss that never came. She honestly looks like she wants it, yearning, for it even, and inviting me to take her. Instead, I led my lips to where her ear was. Her scent was nice. Do all girls smell nice, I wonder…?
"You know, you were acting feisty just a few moments ago, now you're all soft and jelly. That's so adorably cute. Your attempts to get me all flustered, I mean. This side of yours is much cuter, and I'd love to see it again sometime..." I deliberately whispered into her ear, my hot breath causing her to make a pleasurable whimper and she shivered from the contact.
"T-That's…that's because…I..." She softly whispered back against my ear and gripped my shirt, her weak legs almost buckling under her.
"This meeting and conversation NEVER happened. Make up a believable lie to your friends downstairs or something."
"Y-Yes…"
"I'll let this pass for now, but do it again and you KNOW what happens next…"
"Y-Yes…"
I nudged myself closer to her and felt my lips brush against her ear, her breathing hitched when she felt me. "Promise me."
"Y-Yes I-I promise…" She replied, her voice barely above a whisper.
With that, I stepped back and put some space between us. She was red and steaming and her hair was a dishevelled mess. I clapped my hands once, feeling very much satisfied with how things went according to plan. "Wonderful, now run along. Your friends must be dying to hear from you." I said with a more amicable tone with all the seriousness and threatening undertone in my voice gone.
She had a strange look on her face when I stepped away from her. Disappointment…? Dissatisfaction…?
After several still moments, she looked like she had snapped back into reality and awkwardly nodded, then started fixing her hair and her skirt. If she went back looking like a mess, then her friends might think that something had happened. And I seriously don't need any more misunderstandings right now…
And wait, how did her skirt and uniform get creases on them...?
"I'm sorry Hikigaya-kun." She bowed low in apology. I didn't tell her to raise her head.
"Hmph, you have no reason to apologize to me. You never spread bad things about me. Go apologize to the other people that you did." I reply and crossed my arms around my chest.
She meekly nodded, still too shy took look at me in the eye since her cheeks were still quite pink. "Umm, yes I'll get to that when I go home…"
"Hm, be careful on your way home then."
"Yes, I'm sorry again. Ummm, if you'll excuse me…" She bowed again and slowly went to the door. Her legs were still quite shaky and she held on to the wall to her left for balance. I felt a bit sorry for her.
"Oh yeah, and before I forget," I call out to her when her hands were already at the door. She turned to me, and I could see that her face was going back to normal.
I winked and gave her a small cheeky grin. "Be a good girl for me this time, ok Yuuko-chan?"
Once again, she instantly became a blushing stuttering mess and spouted incoherent words and bowed several times. She was about to rush inside while covering her face with her hands, but since she was doing that, she bumped into the door first before opening it again and finally going inside at her second attempt. I listened until her quick footsteps disappeared.
A pair of excited squeals were heard when she reached the bottom of the stairs.
"KYAAAAAAAH! YUUKO YOU'RE RED AS A TOMATO! WHAT HAPPENED!? TELL US WHAT HAPPENED!"
"DID YOU DO IT?! WHAT DID YOU DO WITH HIM?! HEY! COME BACK! DON'T RUN AWAY WHILE COVERING YOUR FACE!"
Their voices faded after several moments.
Now that I'm finally alone, I sighed. I sat down on the floor and rested my back on the wall. The whole ordeal was more mentally and physically draining than I thought. I took out the tiny recorder that I bought online from my breast pocket and turned it off. If she does it again, I can blackmail her with this. But that was an option that I'd rather not take. This was just a…fail-safe if things didn't go according to plan. A security measure in other words. Good grief, the lengths I had to take for this...
"That was seriously the trashiest thing I've ever done. Playing with a girl's heart like that…"
I started thinking about what just transpired and thought if it was enough to finally put an end to this whole idiotic ordeal. This was the only way that I can think to make her stop. If I had intimidated her, then the word might go out and things might go spiralling out of my control. Taking advantage of her emotions and playing with her around my fingertips was the only solution that I could think of that doesn't involve hurting anyone. And I'm glad that it worked. If anything, the only thing that I sacrificed was my dignity and pride since I stooped myself so low as to act out of character and become a cringy Bishonen straight out of a manga that demographically targeted young girls by feeding them unhealthy and unrealistic expectations on love and romance.
Now that I think about it, what I just did was super embarrassing and I felt my cheeks get really warm.
Especially when I remembered how close our faces were just a few moments ago. When I deliberately brushed my lips against her ear as I whispered to make her get flustered even further when I saw the glint of delight she had in her eyes at how close our bodies and faces were and how she looked so vulnerable and rather…cute. I'm honestly amazed at how calm I was, and how I did all that with such a straight face.
I have a feeling that she'll have trouble sleeping tonight, perhaps even for a few days or a week after this.
Like her, I covered my face with my hand, feeling very much embarrassed at myself.
"Doing that to a girl I barely know, to a classmate even…I feel like I've triggered a flag or something…"
SIKE!
APRIL FOOLS!
FUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I BET YOU DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET BAMBOOZLED IN A FANFIC OF ALL THINGS!
I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THIS, I FORGOT TO DO IT LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT!
Aight.
*ahem*
Well, I can say that I'm quite satisfied with how this chapter played out. Hachiman took this matter into his own hands, in a completely different way that no one expected, I presume! I mean, who would have thought that our dear protagonist would seduce and threaten poor Sumiya Yuuko into submission 0_0. He was toying with her feelings, all for the sake of putting an end to the chain mails. Does that make him a bad guy? It depends on our values and beliefs I guess. But even he admitted that what he did wasn't morally right...
Hmm, but Yuuko wasn't putting up much of a fight, huh, maybe she lowkey liked it...
And since she was really happy that he called her to the rooftop, that must mean...!
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And what he said at the last part, he DEFINITELY triggered some flags, and perhaps a new route...?
If HikiMama knew what her son did, she'd definitely strangle him for sure!
Reply time!
BorderLand: I guess Hachiman belongs to Slytherin then lol.
kasmirox3009: Not gonna lie mate, I'm having a hard time with the 3rd person POV at the start of the story. I've been reading some 3rd person POV fanfics to get a better grasp as well as my older books, and I still think something is lacking. Hopefully, I get my shitte together soon and finish it lmao.
EVA-Saiyajin: Megurin is more reserved around Hachiman when they're out in public, but when they're alone together at the StuCo room, she tends to be the endearing touchy-feely Bis Sis type.
Alex Focker: Don't be like that mate. Even I get envious of the characters that I write XD.
Echonic: DO. NOT. GO. OUTSIDE.
Prietar: Yukini POV next chap mate!
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Jamesbucag: I...didn't know that I referenced hentai...or maybe I did lol I can't remember.
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