Hikigaya Hachiman's Path to Reformation

Quick Thoughts

This happens a day or two after the previous chapter btw!

"YOOOOOO, HIKITANI!"

Ugh, please not now, I just stepped into the classroom…

"Ah, Good Morning Tobe…" I gave him a lazy wave as I watched him sprint his way toward me from his little group of friends. In a strange way of greeting, he put his arm around my neck in a friendly manner. I had to slightly slouch since I was a bit taller than him, and from the corner of my eye, I saw Hina giggle at us.

"Damn man, why'd you gotta bail on us like that last time? We had plans after the company visit, remember?" He said as I walked to my chair with his arm still on my shoulder.

"A sudden appointment came up, and I had to go. Sorry." I apologized after putting my bag down and sat on the chair.

"Hmmm, well I kinda get it, I think. Someone like you must be always busy huh. But still…"

"Why didn't you tell us that we were having a company visit on your Dad's company? Like, wow, you were a big fish here at school but I didn't know your Dad was an even bigger one! Damn his place was cool! And he was chill and cool too! And the ship that we went to that was named after you? WOW! That trip was amazing and soooo COOOOOOOOL!" He exclaimed and continued with stars in his eyes like an excited child loud enough for everyone to hear. I had to resist covering my face to hide from the attention everyone was giving me.

I knew I shouldn't have gone with them…

Tobe and Yuigahama were the most excited ones during the company visit, and I had to grab them by the scruff of their necks before they get lost and wander off. Damn Hayama, even he was so immersed that he forgot to keep Tobe in check, not to mention Miura and Hina too. My Father was the one who personally led our group and gave us a tour around the building and into the port and ship. Miura was the one with Yuigahama while I was stuck with the child that was known as Tobe. Kawasaki had accidentally called my Father "Uncle", which led to some mild confusion that I had to personally clear up. She was too shy to approach me during the trip, but I saw Hina strike a conversation with her several times. She was awkward and a bit defensive at first but soon got her bearings straight when I gave her some words of encouragement.

While Miura and I were busy trying to control our wild and rowdy "Children", Hina kept on teasing us so I went along with her and called Miura my "Wife". She kept on blushing at first but in the end, she just didn't care anymore and called me her "Husband". It was a bit fun if a bit silly at first. Needless to say, Hina was having the time of her life. Hehehe, I'll have to thank her in some way since seeing Miura's flustered face was worth the mild embarrassment on my part. Hayama was at the front of the group, but instead of leading the class, he kept asking my Father questions about how he managed the company and stuff.

Since I was feeling a bit stressed, I decided to…ah…go home early, so I decided to call my Father's driver so he can drop me off at the nearest station to go home. Completely disregarding my earlier promise to Tobe and the others. When I told Hiratsuka-sensei of my intention, she pinched my sides and twisted my ear, but she let me go after sighing and telling my Father about it.

Tobe was a big help in doing the background checks, and he is more observant than people give him credit for. I made him go to the other classes and check out some of the possible suspects last week. I used him as my assistant, or something similar to that in the week that I was working on it. He became extremely enthusiastic to help me out when I said that the Council needed him for some undercover operations. Though when asked about the negatives, he can't properly form words and reach a more acceptable conclusion since he's such a good guy.

Tobe Kakeru is a good guy.

I don't feel bad for using him to further my ends, not one bit. In the end, he helped me in achieving a good deed, that is putting a stop to those ridiculous chain mails. Perhaps in the future, I will tell him.

That's why I'm more tolerable of him now, and I admit that I had warmed up to him from our time together last week.

As for the certain girl that I called to the roof…

She was fine.

Until I get within three meters of her and then she becomes a nervous blushing wreck that can't properly form words. Did I also forget that she sneaks peeks at me during class from time to time, and when I turn in her direction, she pretends to sigh or just look at the ceiling as well? Did she seriously think that I didn't feel her gaze on me?

Sumiya-sa-, I mean, Yuuko has yet to fully recover from our little chat. Her thoughts seem to be constantly occupied and she can't think straight. I remember one time where we locked eyes for a little while when I was eating alone at the cafeteria, she was about to give me a cute little wave and smile, but she failed to do that since she became a blushing mess and covered her face and ran away to hide. Or that moment where I accidentally bumped into her during gym class, she fled before I could properly apologize. She's so cute, I feel like teasing her again, but that's a trashy thing to do.

She's acting like a maiden in love…

Perhaps she is.

My little stunt must have backfired at some point, I didn't expect my acting to be that good. I got the intended results, but I didn't see this of ALL things happening. She must have had something for me even before I asked to meet with her. With how she's acting, I wouldn't be surprised if I somehow made those feelings within her grow stronger.

I'd rather deal with real-life problems like the ones that we always encounter in the council over something like this.

Human emotions are difficult to understand, I can't fully wrap my head around them. You can't accurately anticipate nor make any concrete plans since emotions as a whole are wholly unpredictable. Just take this as an example:

I had tried to intimidate and seduce her into stopping the chain mails, and I succeeded. I little blush or two was expected, maybe developing a little crush on me was acceptable. But I did not expect that my actions caused the feeling within her to take fruit and grow so quickly.

It feels strange knowing that a person of the opposite sex desires me that way, this is just an afterthought but, maybe, just maybe, she and I could-

"Hikitani bro? Are you alright? You kinda spaced out a bit on me there." I felt a hand on my shoulder and I was taken back to reality.

I rubbed my eyes to make the drowsiness go away. "Ah, did I now? Sorry, I'm still a bit sleepy that's all…"

Tobe looked like he had a sudden idea and gave me a stupid grin that I had become quite familiar with. "Alright! Because you weren't able to fulfil your promise, your punishment is to play football with us later after class!" He declared and pointed his finger at me.

I couldn't help but give a tiny smile after sighing in exasperation. "Goodness, I guess it's the least that I can do…"

Yes yes, it's a short chapter I know, this was more of a summary monologue. I felt that 8man needed a solo monologue chapter since he hasn't done that in a while.

Reply time!

Jasseru: Hiratsuka-sensei is going to make an epic comeback a few chapters from now!

Phospor: Thanks for the very detailed review mate!

MastaofBitches: XD

Sum9: Hachiman is VERY observant, that's all I'm going to say for now ;)

JinDevilKazama: Thanks!

Damn you lot are horny and thirsty for that smut chapter lmao. Don't worry, it's done! I'll post tomorrow or something, right after I do some corrections of course.

I made it substantially longer and made some surprise changes at the end!

See ya in a few days!