It seems like I have lost favor with whatever god is watching me. I was betting on dying and being reborn in another world. Anything would be better than dealing with this demon. Haruno Yukinoshita. A wolf in sheep's clothing, this demon has the face of a beautiful, graceful woman but under that face is a true devil maybe akin to something like Amon. Of all the people to deal with, she would rank among the worst probably right behind Yukinoshita's mother and Hiratsuka-sensei. I'll still take that offer oh kami-sama if you're still…
"Hey, are you in there?" Oh god she's even breaking my train of thought, she truly is an all-powerful demon. All I wanted to do on my day off was to get some ice cream from the store but of course luck has it that I would run into her. Luck check failed.
"I'm just seeing if ignoring you will make you disappear like a nightmare. I think it might be working." Oh if only that was the only thing needed to banish a demon. Maybe I should hire an exorcist to deal with her.
"That's mean Hikigaya-kun, especially after I went out of my way to come say hi to you. You make onee-chan sad." Don't call yourself Onee-san as a pet name, it's creepy which trust me I know better than anyone else. Should I be admitting that?
"I'm pretty sure you came over here because you thought your younger sister was here." And don't you try to lie to me, I can smell lies because my name is Sherlock Hikigaya. That did not sound the way that I wanted it to.
"That's partly true, but I did come here to see you."
Um what? This can't end well.
"Yeah, I wanted to know if heard about the CEO of Syntech coming to Japan." You mean mister Moneybags the world's greatest superhero. I bet that's what he wants to be known as. When people get that rich and famous, their ego shoots up through the roof.
"I heard from Yukinoshita that your family was discussing some plans with him regarding opening up a brewing facility."
"It's kind of like that." she stretches before speaking, "They're talking about having Chiba be the first in Japan to adopt the MAT generators and eventually other Syntech products. Or something along those lines, my parents have been pretty scarce on the details, so I don't know much myself."
Thank you for the lecture Yukinoshita-sensei but what does that have to do with me? And I'm afraid she's about to tell me.
"And my family going to a party this Sunday with him and his team. So I was wondering if you were going to go with Yukino-chan." And there is the real reason just had to wait it out like hunting an Odogaron to get that Palico gear.
"And what makes you think I would go to something I wasn't invited to?" Or any party at all.
"So Yukinoshita hasn't really said anything about the party. She hasn't changed one bit."
I guess we all haven't changed one bit. It's now our third year. Only one more year of what we have. Even if I don't want to admit it, she's right. We can't keep this going. Things will change even if we don't want it to. But am I ready for change yet?
"Hikigaya-kun you're doing it again. Stop ignoring onee-chan or she'll get mad." Well maybe you should stop interrupting my thoughts.
"Well either way, you're welcome to join us if you want, I'll even be your date. Lucky you, you get to have a beautiful onee-san as your date." If this consider lucky, I would love to be the unluckiest man in the world.
"Count me out." Maybe if I could take Totsuka, I would change my mind.
"Awww don't be like that. I promise you'll have a lot of fun."
"With you, it sounds more like torture."
"Again, with the meanness you meanie. But I guess that's just how you are."
My phone rings. A message? Did I get transferred to an alternate timeline without my knowledge and this text is a message from my future self? Oh no it's just my mom, but she said to clean the house. Hey mom, I'll have you know that I do stuff on my off days just don't assume that I would be home…. even though you would be right.
"As much as I enjoy being tormented, I have to get home, my mom needs me to clean."
"Sounds like a lie to get out of having fun with me but I'll let you go. I got my fill of Hikigaya today."
"You make it sound like I'm some kind of pet."
"Haha, that's a cute way of putting it. I guess I'll see you later at the party Hikigaya-kun."
If anything, she's persistent.
As I'm walking back from the store, I notice the kid again. At first glance, the guy seemed to look older than he was, but now that I look at him again, he looks like he would be around Komachi's age. If wants to make sure he lives, he better never encounter Komachi. Don't worry Komachi, onii-chan will stop any potential threats, that's worth a lot of points.
Another feeling of nostalgia passes through me. Maybe it's the feeling of wanting to kill anyone boy that gets close to Komachi or maybe it's watching the kid look at somebody with a sense of pure love and adoration but something about those two feels nostalgic. But that's all that it is because that same feeling I had for my dad fade when I saw how much of a corporate puppet he was. I still love him but no adoration.
I get to the house and hear some noises inside the house. This is strange, Komachi should still be hanging out with her friends and my parents wouldn't be caught dead outside their jobs. Maybe mom sense that I wouldn't clean the house and came to do it herself.
I open the door and see a tall guy with short cut hair, face completely red from trying to get a ramen packet open. But I somehow, I knew exactly who was in front of me.
"Aniki?"
A/N: Howdy folks it's been a while hasn't it. I always meant to come back and finish this series but never had the motivation to do so but I recently wanted to finish up this series. If it seems like the writing style doesn't match up, it has been about four years so forgive me. Hopefully the next chapter doesn't take another four years.