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(Miura Yumiko's Diary, 7th Edition, Page 105.)

Diary-chan,

Hikio saw me changing! That damn bastard had the gall to say he didn't do it intentionally! Next time I see him I'll say that he's a pervert!

On the side note, Hikio looked cute when he's chewing those tomatoes. I can't explain the look on his face when he saw me eating that hot sauced pizza. Is he amused? Or intrigued? I'll never know unless I ask.

That's all Diary-chan, tomorrow's the day our group will go out!

(Sunday, Hikigaya Hachiman's POV)

It's the dreaded day, the day I'm not looking forward to. The last day of spring break.

Which means going to the festival with Yuigahama.

"Komachi, let's go. The festival is starting already." I hurried my imouto. She just looked at me with tears in the corner of her eyes.

"Onii-chan! I can't! I have to finish my homeworks!" That's because you just lazed around the whole week! You kinda deserve that.

"That's what happens when you procastinate and laze around the whole week. So what would you like as a souvenir?" I asked. Might as well give her something for her hard work. I bet this'll give tons of Hachiman points!

"Komachi would like anything you win from a game!" She then returned to her homework, but not before saying one last thing. "Remember to treat Yui-senpai well, Onii-chan!"

"That goes without saying. I'm off." And my journey towards the Chiba Shrine(1) started. After a boring but fortunately quick train ride, I've arrived to the stairs of the shrine. I can already see the fancy lights from here.

Now, to wait for Yuigahama.

I didn't have to wait long, since she is already here. Taking a quick glance at her, I can observe that she's wearing a pink yukata with a black sash tying it. Yuigahama looks nice, if you asked me.

"Hikki! Over here!" Yuigahama happily waved as she ran up to me. "Did you wait long?"

"I just got here myself." I answered. Offering my hand, I asked her: "Let's go?" With a thousand watt smile, Yuigahama takes my hand. Deciding to catch our breaths after a long flight of stairs, we proceeded to visit the shops.

"Hikki, look! Candy apples!" Yuigahama is like a kid, a very nice kid.

"Would you like one?" The vendor asked. Yuigahama shyly replied with a yes. "Here, take this." The guy gave her a free candy apple. If I had to guess, he gave her one because he found Yuigahama beautiful.

But if I tried to do that, he'll charge me triple. Where is the equality here!?

Yuigahama thanks the vendor, before running back to me. "Hikki, the vendor gave me one, for free!" Here is her thousand watt smile again. Does she ever get tired of doing it?

The falling cherry blossom petals adds a very romantic feel to the festival atmosphere. Quite strange that there are this many that are falling, especially when the cherry blossoms just bloomed earlier.

"Hikki, let's take a picture!"

"No." I swiftly denied, making her pout.

"Mou Hikki, can we take a picture? At least one, for Yukinon?"

"Okay." All I could do was agree. Yukinoshita would not believe us if we didn't have any proof. With a loud shutter sound, her phone captured our faces.

"Hikki, you look nice here!" Her statement caused me to look, and she was right. I do look nice in the picture.

"Hachi-nii-san!" I heard from the distance. Looking for the source of noise, I saw Yuna running towards us, with her sister in tow. "Hachi-nii-san! I didn't expect to see you here!" Yuna is wearing a black yukata, which contrasts her blonde locks. Her sister on the other hand, is wearing a white one, with both of them having green sashes.

"Oh, Yumiko!"

"Yui!" They looked like friends who haven't seen each other in a long time. Even thought they probably met earlier this week. "Why are you with Hikio?" Why does she always sound annoyed when it comes to me?

"Well... I promised Yukinon that we'll take pictures of the festival for her. So she said that Hikki should come with me." Yuigahama scratched her head. "Oh, is she your little sister?" She asked Miura.

"Yes she is. Her name is Yuna."

"Nice to meet you Yuna-chan!" Why does it feel like something that shouldn't have met, have met?

"Nice to meet you too, Yui-nee-san!" Yuna happily replied. "Let's take a look at the games Yui-nee-san!" She said before dragging Yuigahama towards the nearest game they could find.

"They look like sisters." I pointed out. "It's scary how synergized they were."

"Yeah, I feel like they shouldn't have met." We share the same sentiment, Miura.

It's becoming crowded now, as the peak of the festival is coming. This is hard, we might get separated from our companions as they are ahead of us and they're not stopping.

"Hikio, have you seen Yui and Yuna? I can't see them from here." Miura asked. This is bad, something I didn't want to happen. Them getting too far ahead of us.

"I can't see them with this crowd. Let's just hope they are safe, since it's the only thing we can do for now." I replied to her. This didn't ease Miura's worry, but at least it did calm her down, she's almost hysterical earlier. I never imagined doing this, since I am not a "good person" and that I am not a gentleman, but I offered my hand to her. This sparked curiosity in her face.

"What?"

"What what? Do you want to get lost? Alright." I tried to retract my hand, keyword tried. Because before I completely did, she grabbed it and locked her own hands with mine.

"Don't get funny ideas! This is just because I don't wanna get lost! You hear me?!" Tsundere Miura-san, nice to meet you.

"So, where to?"

"Let's take it slow okay? we might as well enjoy ourselves." She answered. So we walked slow, feeling and looking like a couple. This is bad, since this will cause a lot of understanding if someone she knows sees us. Doesn't she care about her status at all?

"Hikio, you're monologuing again." She said to me, looking annoyed. Maybe she's trying to call me for a while?

"What? Is there a problem?" This question made her flustered. Why are you getting flustered right now!?

"Well... I wanted to try that." She points to a goldfish scooping game. "Can we?"

"Okay. I'm hoping to grab one for Komachi."

"Speaking of her, why isn't she with you?" It's the unfortunate events that disabled her from joining me here, if you call procastination that.

"She's taking care of homeworks, since she procastinated and just lazed around the whole week."

"Shouldn't you help her? You're her brother right?"

"She can do it herself, she's a bright kid." I have a lot of faith in her abilities, since I know her the most.

"You sure have a lot of faith in her."

"Of course, she's my sister. Wouldn't you?" I know for a fact that you're proud of your little sister too Miura, don't try to hide it.

"Would you like to try? 500 yen for 3 tries." A bulky man said to us. Miura fished out coins in her pocket then paid the bulky man. "Good luck, beautiful girl." He said.

"Alright! Let's do this!" So Miura then tried to scoop some goldfish. Though her skill is not enough to guarantee any fish, as the catcher got torn the moment it sensed rapid movement, tearing itself a hole in the middle. With frustration fueling her determination, she tried again.

Only to be met with the same result. The catcher got torn before it came to contact with any fish. This result made the hot headed Miura shout. "ARGH! WHY IS THIS HARD!"

"Calm down Miura, you have to be slow and then fast when scooping the fish, not the other way around." My tip seemed to calm down the angry fire queen, now focused on the task at hand. "They say third time's the charm, good luck."

Miura did as she was told. Scooping slowly, waiting for a goldfish stupid enough to be curious. When a stupid fish got close enough, her hand flicked like how she would do a backhand serve on tennis. I guess tennis skills carry over here?

The goldfish, now can be mistaken as a new species of flying fish, flapped it's fins graciously, like it was really a flying fish. Then it landed on the bowl Miura is holding. Good catch! The fish looks alive and well.

"Yatta! I did it! Thanks for the tip Hikio!" Miura thanked me. I quickly observed the bulky man, who muttered a silent curse and came to a conclusion that it's fine, since Miura is a beautiful girl. Again, where's the equality!? "How did you know what to do?" She asked.

"Well, practical experience." I replied. "This is a nice thing to give Komachi. Old man, here." I gave him 500 yen. I'm going to grab three just to spite this old man, for gender equality. After doing what I told Miura, three times, the man looked shocked, like he just saw a ghost. Maybe that's the look of someone who's losing sales?

"Thanks for playing." The man said, this time the loudness of his voice absent. Giving us our fishes, which is nicely packed in plastic. Mine were cramped, since he packed it all together. At least they weren't alone.

"So, where to?" I asked Miura. She did a thinking pose before saying that she wants to eat something. "How about a cotton candy?" I suggested. And looks like I read her mind.

"Let's look for cotton candy then!" Miura dragged me to the nearest she could find.

"Slow Down Miura, we're not on a rush."

"But we are! Fireworks will start soon!" Oi slow down Miura, the fish are getting dizzy by the turbulent waters brought by the forcefulness of you! Think about the fishes!

Lucky for us, a cotton candy stand was right in front of us. There are many kids who wanted it too, but their parents are not letting them have it.

Parenting 100.(2)

That works on our favor though, no long queue means Miura gets to eat. She was asked by the vendor if she wanted the strawberry or the blueberry. Honestly, are there even difference? Even Skittles' color that seem to indicate different flavors were all for show.(3)

She's picking the strawberry one. "How about you Hikio, you want some?" She turned around to ask me. Hey, who am I to decline? Free food is free food. "Give me the other one ma'am." I respectfully said to the vendor. With me getting the blueberry one, Miura got curious.

"Can I taste that?" I would've responded Yes, since it's her money, but her taking a bite off it is quicker than my mouth. "Yum! Here, have some of mine!" Miura then stuffed the cotton candy she plucked from hers. Savoring the flavor, I can rightfully conclude that the colors were just an illusion of flavor we associate with the color.

"The fireworks are starting already, let's hurry, Kumiko!" I heard a guy say. He's reminding his girlfriend to hurry up, but that's a bad idea. She'll be angry with you and ignore you the whole day.(4)

"Well... How about we go now Hikio? We won't get a nice spot if we don't." She does have a point. So we walked towards the lakeside, where the fireworks are.

"Oh Hikigaya-kun, fancy meeting you here!" Turning to look around, I was not expecting to see her here.

Yukinoshita Haruno.

"Oh, you're Miura Yumiko right? Hayato's girl repellant?" The blonde got angry at that comment.

"What do you mean by that!?" Miura asked, fierceness present in her voice.

"Nothing nothing! So, Hikigaya-kun, why are you enjoying the festival with her?" How can they do that? To threaten you and smile at the same time? Must be some advanced girl tactics.

"I'm with Yuigahama originally. But I met her-" pointing to Miura. "And her little sister, those two got too far and we got separated." I detailed the story to her. She doesn't seem convinced.

"Then why are you holding hands then?" The awareness to our current handholding state made my blonde companion blush.

"W-well I didn't wanna get lost!" A blushing Miura is a cute Miura. Did I say she's cute? Maybe something is wrong with me. She doesn't stop holding my hand though.

"So why are you here Yukinoshita-san?" I asked the bubbly woman. She did a thinking pose before answering me.

"Well I had to take care of some clients. Our parents took Yukino overseas to have a vacation, leaving me to deal with work! How cruel of them!" She then acted like a hurt person. "So after completing my work, I decided to head here, since our family would likely go here if they didn't go overseas." She finished. Yukinoshita elder then proceeds to grab my free arm. "Anyway, let's go watch some fireworks!" She dragged us towards the exclusive area for VIPs.

I guess being famous has its perks.

"Here's a nice spot, courtesy of your friendly neighborhood Onee-san!" Why did it feel like she's going to spin webs any minute now?(5) Must be my imagination. Before any more shenanigans happened with Yukinoshita elder, she was approached by a large man, on a suit and tie. Is he Kingpin!?(6) "Sorry Hikigaya-kun, but Onee-san needs to take care some things, enjoy the light show!" She said before leaving us two to ourselves.

And Miura is still holding my hand.

"Thank goodness she left. I don't know what I'll do if she stayed longer." I sighed in relief. I can deal with people, but dealing with masked ones, are the hardest.

"But now, we have a nice place to look at the fireworks!" Miura exclaimed. "Yukinoshita's sister sure know how to pick nice spots." That I can agree with.

"Mama! Look! The fireworks are starting!" Hearing the voice of little kid near us, I looked up to the sky to see explosion. And showers of light.

"They're beautiful." I heard Miura say in awe.

"Yeah, like you." Crap. My mouth betrayed me again! Curse you mouth! I observed Miura to see if she heard what I said.

Looks like she didn't. But why is her cheeks blushing? Is it the cold? Maybe it is. The fireworks continued until an hour passed.

And we are still holding hands.

I had the choice to let go, but I didn't. Why? Is it because her soft hands are so relaxing to hold? At this point I don't even know why I still held onto her.

I could ask her the same question, since all this time she had the choice to swat my hand away.

But she didn't.

Even when Yukinoshita Haruno pointed it out, she didn't even let go, even when she looked bothered by it.

"Did you enjoy the fireworks?" I asked. This made her look at me.

"It's fun! I just wished Yuna and Yui didn't get separated." Yes, we still need to find them.

"Let's go and look for them. Who knows what happened to those two." She just nodded and so we walked to find her little sister, and Yuigahama.

"Hachi-nii-san!" Yuna waved to me, before both her and Yuigahama ran towards us.

"Where were you guys?! We were looking for you!" Miura's mother hen mode is back, lecturing the two. Yuna looked like she's getting smaller and smaller.

"Hikki! The fireworks were amazing! Yuna-chan and I were amazed by the fireworks!"

"Thank God you guys are okay! I don't know what I'll do if you guys were hurt." The older blonde then hugs both Yuna and Yuigahama.

"Sorry for getting ahead of you, Hikki, Yumiko." Yuigahama looked genuinely sorry. If you ask me, it's actually okay. No one gets hurt, everybody happy.

"Time to go home. Yuna, let's go." Miura orders her little sister. But before they left, She came up to me. "Thanks for tonight, Hikio." What a weird woman, there's no need to whisper that you know.

"Thanks as well." I replied. The sisters then left, leaving me and Yuigahama alone.

"Hikki! Did you enjoy the night?" She asked.

"It's fine. Especially since I got these fishes for Komachi." I said before showing her the goldfish.

"Wow! You're great at goldfish scooping." She praised me. I just stayed silent. We continued our way towards her home in silence. But looking at her, it looks like she wants to say something.

"Hikki! Thanks for tonight. Although we got separated. Anyway, see you tomorrow!" Yuigahama said as we reached her house.

Well, looks like I'm walking back to home.

"Welcome home, Onii-chan! Did you get your beloved Komachi a present?" Komachi curiously asked. I just handed her the plastic bag I'm holding with the fishes. "This is so cool Onii-chan! But we don't have a place for them!" I guess then we need a suitable place for the fishes, somewhere Kamakura will not be able to reach.

"I'll buy them a bowl tomorrow. For now, put them in a glass of water." Better than suffocating in the plastic bag right? Komachi does what she is told, and then asks me why I brought fishes.

"Well, Miura wanted to catch some fish, but I had to teach her tips to catch one. I ended up grabbing 3 to make the vendor angry." This enlightened my imouto, which made her face look mischievous. I don't like where this is going.

"Hoh, so you're with Yumiko-san earlier huh? Did you ditch Yui-senpai!?" Komachi turned interrogation mode right now. But it's actually the opposite of what you think little sister.

"No... Yuigahama and Yuna, got separated from us, so we tried to find them. We found them after the fireworks."

"Did that mean you had a date with Yumiko-san!? Onii-chan, I'm very proud of you!" She congratulated, complete with her shaking my hand. "I never thought you'd be getting a girlfriend now! I guess Mom and I can die peacfully now." Don't send yourself off!

"I've got no time for this, I'm going to sleep. Wake me up tomorrow Komachi." I said as a form of good night. Before I fell asleep, one thing plagued my mind.

The feeling of Miura's warm and soft hand on mine.

(1) I wanted this to be fictional at first, that's why I named it that way. But a quick Google search revealed that this place actually exists.

(2) The Elder Scrolls Games are famous for stats like this, made more famous by Skyrim memes, which was edited to add whole new meaning.

(3) Yes, the colors of Skittles are just for show. They all taste the same.

(4) Can attest to this. My girlfriend does this a lot.

(5) Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman, Onee-san style.

(6) Kingpin is a Spiderman villain.

A/N: Sup guys! Here's Double Chapter for you! Lemme know what you guys think!

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-Jasserru uses an Escape Rope.