A/N: This fic is probably OOC for Hachiman Hikigaya as I haven't really gotten his character down. Also this isn't a fic where Hachiman is a superhero that have magic powers, it's just a fun story of Hachiman going on with his daily life while performing some magic tricks with real magic. I got this idea from read 'House of Magic' a Loud house fanfic. Also don't except any great dialogue, a great story or scene that make sense, I'm still learning and experimenting. Anyways hope you enjoy.

By the way I don't own Oregairu or any of the characters here


'Damn that woman, I can't believe she forced me into that club just because she thought my essay was bad. If anything it's both a great analysis on human nature and would also be considered peak literature. Well it's whatever now might as well hurry home, vita-chan is waiting for me-' *Bzz Bzz* my thoughts were interrupted by the notification of my phone. Apparently I got a text from Komachi to head to the grocery store to grab some milk, soy sauce, eggs and some snacks. Of course me being the responsible brother I am, I changed the course of my bike to head to the grocery store which luckily for me was only a minute of pedalling from where I was from.

25 minutes later

'Finally I'm done, that line was a lot longer than I would've wanted it to be. Well atleast I got some Max coffee to go with the groceries' I mused as I exited the store holding the bag of groceries in my hand. As I walked towards my chained up bike, I noticed a large man wearing a black hoodie forcefully shove a man into an alleyway outside from human sight. I didn't get a good look at the man but I did notice he was wearing a light brown trench coat. Now from anyone's perspective I'm pretty sure at least 90% of people would say that the guy was getting mugged. Logically speaking it would be best to go somewhere else and call the police or you could just ignore it as getting involved could practically cost you your life. After all, why would you go and risk your life for a complete stranger, you have everything to lose and nothing to gain from this.

However despite me thinking that I for whatever stupid reason decided to follow the 2 men, not going into the ally itself but hiding at the wall of the entrance as to hear want was going on. I honestly didn't know why I was doing this, it would just be best to ignore it. I immediately chalked it up to that I was simply observing and if there really was a mugging and someone were to get injured or worse killed I could at least call an ambulance or the police to handle the rest.

"Ok hand over everything now!" I peeked over the walk trying not to get caught. I saw the man with the trench coat currently being held at knifepoint, It was too dark to make out what both the men looked like but the man in the trench coat's most noticeable feature was his greying blond hair, but the strangest thing about the man was that from his facial expression he didn't look the least bit distured, he actually looked way too relaxed.

"Oh no can do mate, if I were to do that I would be broke for the whole stay. By the way, got any smokes you left mine at home" Spoke the trench coat wearing man in a casual tone. He had a rough British accent that made his Japanese almost difficult to understand. To say I was surprised the response would be an understatement to how casual he responded, that I almost made an anime "Eh" sound.

"Do you think this is some kind of fucking game!" The mugger said angrily this time aggressively pushing his forearm against the trench coat man's neck holding him in place against the walk while also pointing the tip of the knife going slightly inside the skin of the blond man's face. "Your Money… Now!" said said the mugger almost yelling while practically strangling the blond man

"Ok ok don't get your knickers in a twist" the blond man said holding his hands up. 'I really don't want to get involved, I shouldn't' get involved. I've played 'hero' for one too many lifetimes after saving that girl's dog from getting hit by that car.' I kept thinking that however I knew that if I were to look away from this and something were to happen I would feel a huge amount of guilt that I really want to feel afterwards.

Even if I were to call the police it would be too late for them to do anything. So in the little time I thought of a plan and had carefully reached for an item in the plastic bag I used to carry the groceries trying my best not to make a sound. 'If this plan fails I'm completely screwed' I thought to myself

While I was doing that the mugger was getting impatient as the blond man was scavenging his pockets on his trench coat to find something. "Ah, here is something that I think you would find quiet interes-" *BAM* Before the blond man could finish his sentence a can of coffee came out of nowhere and hit the mugger straight in the head. "Aagghh!" The mugger screamed from the pain and looked around to see who threw the can but when he turned around his face was met with my fist because I punched him in the face making him wince in pain and stumble back.

I didn't give him time to recover so I kicked him in the balls "Aaggghh!" screamed the large man. I then ended it with a punch to the face knocking him out. "*pant*...*pant*" I couldn't stop panting. I was never an athletic guy (much less been in a fight) although I do ride my trusty bike almost everyday, I guess a little bit of adaline and catching someone off guard is really beneficial in a fight. 'Now that 's been taken care of, what about the man in the trench coat'. "*clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* wow that was pretty brave of you" the man in trench coat said smiling at me while slowly clapping.

I didn't know how to react about how this man could seem so calm about this, if anything the way he is smiling at me almost looks like he was expecting this to happen. "Eh… thanks I guess" was all I could mutter. I just wanted to get home as soon as possible without having any inconveniences. I took the time to get a better look at the man. He was a foreigner and looked to be in his 50s with a stubble and some wrinkles. With his trench coat he wore underneath a white button shirt with a red tie, dark brown pants and he smelt like cigarettes.

I also noticed something very odd as I looked at the man's face. "Something on your mind" asked the man "Eh… no it's nothing" 'No it's not nothing because there is supposed to be a fresh cut on his face, but his face looks completely find, no wound, blood or even any resemblance of a scar' I decided to forget about that and went to pick up the can of Max coffee which lucky didn't burst open as quickly as possible not wanting to wake up the mugger. I walked out of the alley hoping to go home to bed and wake up thinking this was all just some wild dream.

"Hey wait up kid." I turned around to see the man walk up to me, hands in his pockets and a smile on his face. "Thanks for what you did there, there aren't many bloke's like yourself that would jump in to help some stranger" said the man. "Like I said it's no problem, you should just be careful next" I responded "Hehe so true, hey how about I buy you a meal it's the least I could do for helping me out". The man asked "Em no you don't have to do that, besides I'm gonna have dinner at home" I concluded

"Ok how about I buy you any pastry you want in that bakery and before you say no you could think of it as wanting to help an old man give something to the 'younger generation' ". He said this while literally using his fingers as air quotes also his logic made no sense what does he mean by giving something to 'younger generation' however I knew I wouldn't get anywhere with this guy so I reluctantly agreed to his offer and both went to the nearest bakery cafe which was only a 5 minute walk. As we were walking I texted my Komachi that I would be arriving home later than expected.

Both me and the man walked in comfortable silence until we both arrived at the bakery. He told me I could pick anything I wanted, as much as I wanted to go home it was free food so I might as well take advantage of it as long as I can. I went to grab 2 slices of chocolate cake and 2 chocolate doughnuts, one each for me and my sister. I held my tray with the desserts and went to the blond man who was sitting on a chair drinking a cup of coffee with another steaming cup on the table right across from him.

'Dammit he bought 2 cups in order to get me to stay and converse with him Dammit! Now I'm practically obligated into joining him, hopefully I could keep the conversation short and simple then head home'. I looked at the man who for some reason gave me a triumphant smile almost as if he knew what I was thinking. Just who the hell was this guy ever since I got associated with him, things don't seem to make any sense.

I went to the register for the lady to put the desserts in a small white cake box as she told me the man sitting down already paid for it. I carried the box by its handles and walked towards the empty chair that was at the opposite side of the table from the man who I still don't know the name of. I finally sat down and braced myself for some long agonising human interaction.

"So how's your day so far" the man first said "It's going great, I just love stopping people from mugger's that get held at knifepoint" I replied sarcastically. The man then began to chuckle until it turned into a full blown laughter that was disturbing some of the other customers in the cafe. "Well you know as they say you aren't truly alive until you've just escaped death" replied the man with tears of joy in his eyes. Also who the hell says that. "Hey I like you kid what's your name anyways?"

"First of all I don't swing that way and second of all isn't it common courtesy to introduce yourself first" I said in a disgusted voice, to which the man simply gave a light chuckle.

"Hehe, yeah, I guess you're right. Well to start My name is John Constantine. I am the one who steps from the shadows, all trench coat and arrogance. I'll drive your demons away, kick 'em in the bollocks, and spit on them when they're down, leaving only a nod and a wink and a wisecrack. I walk my path alone because, let's be honest... who would be crazy enough to walk it with me?" The man now known as John Constantine said with such confidence and bravado, looking at me straight in the eyes after he finished his little introduction.

My only thoughts were that this guy was a complete weirdo, but weirdo or not I couldn't leave until I had some small meaningless talk with him. "I'm Hachiman Hikigaya" I gave my short introduction. "Well then nice to meet you Hachiman" John said, smiling with his hand raised for a handshake. "Likewise" I lied while giving him a handshake. I would correct him not to use my first name as this is our first encounter but considering he is not here I guess I'll let it slide.

I took a sip of my coffee (which was bitter) and prepared myself for this man to ask questions or share some stories. "Hey Hachiman, wanna see something cool?"

'What?, something cool?' "like what?" I asked. He smirked and took my cup of coffee. He lifted up the cup and turned it upside down but the strangest thing is, that the coffee from the cup didn't fall out of the cup. I was so surprised that my eyes were as wide as saucers. "How did yo-" I didn't get to finish my question as John then removed the cup from the coffee, literally leaving the hot liquid of coffee in mid air while the steam was coming off it. I was left flabbergasted as I didn't know how this guy was such a trick that is breaking the laws of physics, plus I don't see any wires or strings attached to the liquid or the cup.

"Tadaa" John said as he scooped the coffee back into the cup. "How did you do that?" I asked, trying to rack my brain all the different possibilities of how he was able to make a liquid stay in midair without a drop of it spilling on the table. "Magic" was the response I got. "Bullshit!" John just shrugged and continued to drink his own cup of coffee as I then inspected the cup and coffee to see if there was anything unordinary but I couldn't find anything.

"So Hachiman, how was your day today?" John asked. I stopped inspecting the cup and scoffed at his question but replied "It's been alright, just great" I said "Hm is that so then how come you scoffed?" I didn't reply and just drank my coffee. "Come on tell me I'm curious" He pressed forward, but I didn't feel like talking.

After more pressing from him I finally talked about my day on how I was forced to join a club because of my essay, how I met Yukino Yukinoshita who practically hated the moment I stepped in the club room, my thoughts on how Youth is a lie and the events that led up to where both me and him were. I don't why I actually started talking about my day to this stranger that I just met a couple of minutes ago, maybe I actually wanted to rant at someone and just have them listen as I was not used to talking about my day to anyone beside Komachi. I could tell he was listening to everything I was saying because his eyes were completely focused on my face, nodding along not interrupting me while taking some sips of his own coffee.

"And that's how we ended up here" I finally finished and he looked at me for a few seconds until he spoke. "Seems like you've had a fantastic day" John said sarcastically "But hey I know what I do when I'm upset" "What?" I asked taking a sip of my coffee after adding some sugar. "Just wack off until you pass out" He said with me spitting out some of my coffee while coughing after hearing what this man just said. "Hahahaha oh you're fun to mess with" John said while still laughing. "The hell is wrong with you, you old perverted man!" I exclaimed, giving the onlookers questionable looks at our table. John just simply shrugged at the comment and drank his cup of coffee until he spoke. "So Hachiman, out of curiosity about your essay do you truly think that youth is a lie and a form of evil?" The old man asked with his hands behind his head. "Yes, What you gonna try to make me 'change' or convince me that my views of the world are disgusting and disturbing to society?" I said slightly, narrowing my eyes not wanting to deal with a lecture. "Nope if anything you might just be right" the old man said looking at me with a smirk was plastered on his face

I was caught off guard by that response as I was not actually expecting him to actually consider agreeing with my ideals.

"Maybe the times I spent with my friends in my youth had no value to them?". "The pointless friendships that teenagers seek out, the meaningless conversations they have with each other wanting to have a sense of belonging and form bonds that will probably lead to nothing in the long run is… absolute rubbish" John said smirking but his voice sounded cold and icy.

"Maybe it is just best to be alone, maybe you don't need friends to waste your time and distract you from more important things such as education, work and money, maybe you shouldn't try to be in a relationship knowing that girls would would never like you and would probably just leave you for someone better looking or has more money than you.

Maybe… it's best to remove yourself outside of society itself to be completely… alone, because after all why would you want to be accepted in a place that's been rejecting you this entire time. It only makes sense to completely accept what you are the moment you were born, as to change can also be seen as running away from who you truly are."

"Those people that do try to have fun in their youth, Maybe…they really should all…just…die"

John finally finished as he took a moment to sip his coffee. I was left speechless and distured with what he said, there was no sarcasm laced in his voice which made it all the more disturbing on what he just said. It was one thing when I thought or said how I dislike youth thinking its nothing but a lie and a form of evil and it's better to be a alone without having to change for other people, but to actually hear someone not just agree but also imply it's best to be alone for as long as you live without having any form of human connection or bonds sent a slight chill down my spine.

I felt the urge to rebut his claim but frankly I was in no position to talk. "But I did have fun with them over the years, especially when we started our own band called Mucous Membrane (You've heard of us). Maybe friendships and bonds aren't meaningless, maybe a girl would love you and not leave you for someone else. Maybe change isn't running away, instead of changing for other people you could do it for yourself and maybe just maybe something different would happen. You could call that a naive way of thinking but it could also be seen as a form of still having some form of optimism. At least that's just my thoughts, you're allowed to come to your own conclusions" John said with a small smile while looking at me.

"Why do you keep saying 'maybe' shouldn't you have already figured that out?" I asked to which he only chuckled "Well wouldn't you like to know?" He said just avoiding the question and went to check the time on his watch. "Hey Hachiman, as much as I would like to continue chatting with you, my work won't do itself" He said getting up, finishing his and was just about to get up until he spoke. "...Hey kid y'know if your happy with the way you that's are completely fine, but if you wanna spice up somethings" He reached into the inside of his trench coat and pulled out a black book the was about the size of my hand and a inch thick with its most noticeable feature being a gold symbol that looked like a transmutation circle.

"Here, just another gift as a thanks for providing this old bloke some company and preventing his money from getting stolen" I would have rejected it but after the short exchange I had with this guy he would have just kept on persisting until I took it. "Em… thanks, what is it?" I asked not opening the book. "Just something that would keep you entertained for quite a while"

'Of course he gives me a vague answer, well atleast I get to go home now hopefully without any more interruptions' I thought as I too finished my cup of coffee and stood up looking at the book not opening it'. 'Although my interaction with Mr. Constantine wasn't so bad, plus he was the only to tell me I don't have to change as long as I was happy…as long as I was happy…as long as I was happy…..as….long….as….I….was….happy…as…..long…..as…..i…..was…..happy' I kept thinking that last part in my head over and over.

I turned around to look for the trench coat wearing man but found that he was completely gone as if he just disappeared. 'Oh well it doesn't matter, I've got an adorable sister to return to' I thought as I put the book in my bag, grabbed the box of desserts and groceries and left the bakery to head to my bike. I checked my phone to see that I got a text from my sister 2 minutes ago saying "Where are you?" to which I responded "I'm on my way home right now" and put my phone back in my pocket and started pedalling home as fast as possible.


I finally arrived home and was greeted by the most adorable sister in the world. "Onii-chan what took you so long?" She asked with curiosity, So I told her about how I joined the club and how I met John but left the 'him getting mugged part' and summed it up to me helping him out and having a chat with him to which he gave me these desserts as a thank you.

The moment she heard that I talked with someone she had a shocked look and now had a look of suspicion with her backing away from me "Onii-chan doesn't willingly talk with anyone, who are you and what have you done with him?" I could only deadpan at that statement. "Relax, I'm your same lazy big brother," I said half amused. "So when is dinner ready?" I asked. "In the next hour," Komachi said with a smile. That remaining hour I spent most of doing the rest of the homework that I did in the club and watched some tv.

When dinner came both me and Komachi ate in peace while we erased the silence with some small talk, well it was mostly me just me listening to how Komachi's day went with nodding along to what she was saying and giving small responses as she spoke. We finished our dinner and I did the dishes while Komachi was watching tv. Once I was done I watched some tv with her, then went upstairs and took a nice hot shower. 'Ah that hits the spot' I thought to myself as I walked to my desk where Vita-chan was and noticed the black book that Mr Constantine gave to me.

'That's right I still haven't checked what's inside that book yet' I opened it and the first page, but the problem was that it was written in english which I couldn't understand. '*scoff* Of course it would be in english' I thought as I put the book down on the desk and grabbed vita-chan. 'Well atleast I have you to play wi-' my thoughts were interrupted when I noticed that the transmutation circle from the book began glowing giving off a bright golden glow.

I was freaked out and took a few steps back until just a few seconds later the glow finally stopped. `The Hell, what did that old man give me?' I questioned as I looked at the book with caution not knowing what would happen if I touched it. But after a minute of silence and nothing happening I went to the book and opened the first page again and to my shock I could actually understand what was written inside.

On the first page it was written in bold letters 'The beginners guide to be a magician'"Seriously" I said out loud but continued to read the book.

'The book is a beginners guide to teach one actual magic tricks that would leave friends and family slack jawed on how you perform these tricks, and when we say magic we mean actualmagic'

Now was I sceptical when it said that? Of course there's no evidence to support magic actually existing and I just thought the book was filled with some party tricks although I can't explain how I'm able to understand what this book is saying. I shrugged and would figure that out later and turned to the next page.

'The most important rule is to never reveal how you performed a trick if so you would not be able to perform said trick again.

Each trick has a certain level of difficulty to them and that is shown by the eye symbol you see below. The number of eyes the page has for the trick means the more difficult it is to perform.

In time the more tricks you learn you would have a better understanding of magic and be able to perform and create your own tricks.

That's it for the introduction remember to have fun'

'Again with this magic nonsense?" I mused as I finished what was the introduction to the book. I didn't really have anything better to do so I looked at the first trick. The top right of the page had just one of those eye symbols, meaning it was one of the easier tricks.

The first trick was landing a picked card onto the top of the deck no matter where the card is or the deck is shuffled, the card you or someone else picked would end up at the top of the deck.

I read the instructions which really summed up to let one of your audience members pick a card and make sure they remember it, focus your consciousness on the card and let them put it in the deck or hide it somewhere, but make sure the card is fully hidden and not seen otherwise the trick would not work. It also highly recommended that you snap your fingers when at the end of trick in order to give it a more dramatic effect.

"What kind of Chuunibyou bullshit is this?" I almost yelled as I finished reading the instructions of how to perform this trick. 'This has to be some kind of joke, even if it were real (which it isn't) how the hell am I supposed to "Focus my consciousness"' I thought as I continued looking at the instructions for the trick.

I didn't believe it, it was stupid and illogical to think something like actual magic exist. This isn't shounen manga afterall, but just out of a whim I went downstairs to find a deck of cards in one of the drawers in the study room which we luckily had. I went back upstairs into my room and opened the box and began shuffling while sitting on the chair behind my desk. 'Why the hell am I even doing this?" I thought as I continued shuffling. I picked one card which was the ace of hearts.

I focused on the card by looking at it for a couple of seconds not knowing any other way to "Focus my consciousness" I then put it back in the deck and began shuffling, but for me to suddenly stop. "Huh?" For some reason I had this really gut feeling on where the card I picked was on the deck, I didn't know why I felt like this but I just felt that I knew. I then continued shuffling still having this really intense gut feeling of knowing where the card is.

I stopped, then brought the deck closer to me and then imagined the card that I chose would appear at the top of the deck by looking at the deck for about 7 seconds. Then it happened this gut feeling that I had, instead of feeling the card inside the deck I felt it at the top of the deck.

I slowly reached for the top card deck with anticipation and flipped the card for it to reveal the ace of hearts, the card I picked.

"Eeeh!"


A/N: And done, hoped you enjoyed. Please review and constructive criticism is welcomed, but anyways I'll see you in the next one (Hopefully maybe, idk)