"My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU"/ "My Teen Romantic Comedy Youth is Wrong As I Expected" is owned by Wataru Watari, Ponkan 8 and Shogakukan publishing. I own none of it of course.
Hey.. Im back.. After forever.. Sorry about that to those that somewhat enjoyed my story.. I was busy, didn't have lot of time to write and my wrist and hand were a bit janky.. Fortunately now, partialy thanks to copper compression gloves to help with my sore hands Im gonigrto start writing again.. But I'm not going to psuh it.. A new chapter ever other week. So twice a month rather then every week so I don't straing my wrist and hands.. Anyways, thanks for sticking around and now on with the chapter
Chapter 6
Totsuka and Hikigaya were on the tennis court facing Miura and Hayama.
Hikigaya was not enjoying himself despite somewhat enjoying tennis on his own and even playing against Totsuka was ok.. But playing against the super annoying fake Hayama and the …strange… and somewhat annoying and confusing Miura, wasn't much fun at all.
He wanted nothing more then to crawl away, maybe go home and sleep or watch an anime.. But as Hachiman was complicating using his mind to catch himself on fire to avoid playing, Hachiman's mom, Kaya Hikigaya and Shizuka Hiratsuka were chatting on the phone during one of Kaya's work breaks.
"I see.. So have you mentioned to Hachiman that you used to know him as a kid?" Kaya asked, taking a sip of soda from a can while sitting at her desk.
"Not really… I was going to.. But seeing how different and antisocial he is now.. I'm not sure what he'd think" Shizuka absently puffed on a cigarette and stretched in her chair.
Kaya thought for a minute before saying anything else. "Well.. I wouldn't mind seeing you around more… you could stop by my place on the weekend when me and my husband are home from work"
"Maybe.. Not like I have anything else to do on the weekends" Shizuka laughed bitterly. "What about this weekend coming up?"
"Should be fine… I'll call you if anything comes up, but I doubt it will.." Kaya, glanced at her office clock. "I don't really know much about Hachiman…considering I'm his mom.. That's kind of pathetic.. But he's always slacked behind his younger sister, so you can't really blame me"
Shizuka wanted to tell Kya that she should be somewhat to blame for partially giving up on her own son, but held her tongue. "We can chat later…I have a few things to do before heading home.. What time on the weekend?"
"Hmm.. Sunday at say..10 am?" Kaya suggested, writing the time and date on a scrap of paper on her desk.
"Sure… see you then.. bye" Shizuka waited till Kaya said goodbye in return before hanging up. "What kind of parent gives up on their kid?.. What happened to you Kaya?"
Sighing, she stood up and headed out the staff office door, and down the hallway, to the club room. Arriving she opened the door without knocking as usual but found it empty to her surprise. She looked around but only saw the school uniforms of Saki and Yukino on the table.
"Wait.. Why are their uniforms here?" Shizuka raised an eyebrow, and glanced out the window, seeing the students of the club out on the tennis courts of all places.
Curious as to what their request was, she headed out, closing the door behind her and going down the several flights of stairs. Once outside, Shizuka walked over to the tennis courts and came to a stop while raising an eyebrow as Hachiman played tennis alongside Totsuka with an expression that said "Kill me or do anything possible me far away from here" on Hachiman's face. Shizuka leaned against the fence and watched, surprised that despite Hachiman's expression, he played pretty well.
This triggered a memory of her teaching a very young Hachiman about tennis whiling visiting his mom many years ago after briefly coming back to town while temporarily staying with her mom one city over to help her out.
"Hiratsuka sensei?" A female voice bought her out of her thought.
"Oh Yukinoshita… didn't see you there"
"Um.. What are you doing here, ma'am?" Yukinoshita raised an eyebrow.
"I was looking for Hikigaya… you guys weren't in the club room but I happened to spot you out here on the tennis courts" Shizuka stated, looking over. "What exactly are you guys doing playing tennis?… is this a club related thing?"
"Yes…sort of… we were assisting Hikigaya's classmate, Saika Totsuka in practice for tennis, getting him in better physical shape and figure out a way to help his team get better" Yukinoshita stated, folding her arms. "At least that was the original plan...before Hayama and Miura Yumiko stuck their noses in and now we are forced to playa match against them in order to get access to the tennis courts for use at lunch time"
"Well that's pretty stupid" Hiratsuka bluntly relayed. "I'll just get you guys permission for exclusive use to end this thing"
"Is that a wise use of your teacher powers?" The girl asked raising an eyebrow at her. "Would that not show favoritism or be an abuse of your authority?"
"Please… it's fine" The teacher pulled out her cell phone and dialed up a number. "Hey it's Shizuka…yeah.. My club is oversee is assisting the tennis team and it's vice president and needs exclusive use of the courts during lunch for the next week or so... Well you do owe me a favor. .exactly… yes this will repay your debt… thanks… leave an official note on my desk tomorrow.. Kay. Thanks again.. See you tomorrow Asuka.. Bye"
"Ok.. Wrap it up.. Change of plans kids" Shizuka said loudly, clapping her hands to get everyone's attention. "Hayama, Miura?.. You and your paparazzi need to leave…"
"What?… but we're playing a match here" Miura exclaimed, putting her hand on her hip. "A match to see who gets use of the courts during lunch"
"No need now… my club I'm advisor to has exclusive use of courts for the next week" Shizuka stated calmly. "I talked to the Tennis Court advisor and they owed me a favor… so.. If you wanna play, it will have to wait until next week"
"But-"
"But nothing kid.. You can play again next week while Hayama can pay when he's with his tennis team" Shizuka cut off Miura.
Miura grumbled and glared at the teacher before walking away, though stopping an walking back over to where Shizuka, Yukinoshita, Totsuka and Hikigaya were at.
"I need to borrow him for a minute" Miura stated grabbing Hikigaya by his wrist.
"It will have to wait till later" Shizuka stated grabbing Hikigaya's other wrist. "I originally came here to find him about something"
"Like… your a teacher so you can talk to him whenever, I like have to get back to class soon" The blond girl reasoned. "So I need to talk to him now"
"Can't I not talk to either of you?" Hikigaya asked sighing uncomfortably before looking at Yukinoshita and mouthing "help me out here" to her.
The raven haired girl in question smirked and thought about if she actually wanted to help him.. Or at least make him sweat a bit first… but Shizuka let go and spoke up before she could do anything.
"Fine… you can have him for now" Shizuka stated, sighing, letting go of Hikigaya. "Bring him back in one piece though.. I still have use of him"
"I'm not a piece of property like a music CD that your borrowing " Hikigaya complained, trying to get his wrist out of Miura's hand.
"Like who listens to music CDs anymore?" Miura asked, raising an eyebrow. "What about digital music on mp3 players?"
"I have both.. But CDs have better sound and are physically there" The boy argued back in a low, apathetic tone.
"Fine, fine…" Miura waved it of. "Now come on.. I said I wanted to ask you something"
Hikigaya sighed heavily as he as dragged away, and Saki glared at Miura.
"Can't it wait until the day cats learn to speak English?" Was Hikigaya's reply with a bored tone. "Or until the day Yuigahama learns to cook edible food?"
"Cats will never learn to talk moron…" Miura shook her head. "And like everyone knows that she needs to be kept away from the kitchen to ensure people survive"
"…so what do you want?" Hikigaya asked, dreading whatever it was.
"I like heard your good with your little sister… so I like was wondering If you could help me out with getting a present for a younger sister… my younger sister" Miura finally asked.
"Your not serious… why not ask.. Um… Ebina…. Or Yuigahama…or anyone else?" Hikigaya backed away..
Miura made a sound of disgust. "Don't be such a wimp"
"Alas I am but a wimp… go on without me.. Save yourself" Hikigaya said, slumping his shoulders.
Miura shook her head as Hikigaya. She knew well his strangeness.. Or at least she had begun to in the short time she had gotten to somewhat know him and also knew that he was as stubborn as her.. "He's not going to just agree easily… I knew that from the start"
"Stop being a pansy Hikio.." Miura looked at him with her hands on her hips. "This is a request… a personal request from a ..acquaintance"
"Acquaintances.. Friends… such things that aren't for me" Hikigaya remarked as Miura smacked him in the back of his head lightly. "Hey woman!"
"I can always make it a request of your club and then get them in our business" Miura countered, crossing her arms. "So what's harder? Just doing the request or getting the nosy club mates involved?"
"Stupid fire queen… it would be more effort to try and ignore you then do it and get it over with I guess"
Hikigaya slumped his shoulders and glanced at Miura who now sported a look of victory on her face. "She's so full of herself… but it's true that involving Yukinoshita and Yuigahama would be more of a pain on the ass then just dealing with just the fire queen… even though I'd rather not deal with any of them…"
Hikigaya looked back at Miura and furrowed his eyebrows. "So.. When um.. Do you need this help?"
Miura looked at Hikigaya for a moment before blinking and pulling out her cell phone to look through it for a few moments, the only sounds being from Miura as she made small sounds of "Hmm" and Huh".
Finally after a minute or so of silence, she looked up at Hikigaya. "I should be like free on like Saturday I guess.. We can look for a gift for her then"
"How old is your sister by the way?" Hikigaya asked after a moment, and remembering that she only had said it was her younger sister. But that could have meant anything.
"Oh.. She's 8, about to turn 9" Miura replied instantly. "I'm not really the greatest sister though.. Guess she and I are like.. So different.. She's not into fashion or gossip or whatever…"
"Well discuss it Saturday" Hikigaya cut her off before she could continue. "Where are we meeting?.. The mall or what?"
"Hmm?.. Um.. wouldn't it like be best for you to meet her and observe her before getting a present?" Miura had surprised him with her intelligent question, though he didn't show it on his face.
"What it she asks why I'm suddenly with you?"
"Oh um.. Like.. You should say your helping me with an assignment for English class.. Your good at that stuff and you did say your were good at understanding people after observing them" Miura stated, folding her arms. "Besides.. I actually like do need some help on an assignment, so it's not a lie this way"
"Sigh… when on Saturday?" Hikigaya wasn't fond of the fact that he was giving up part of his weekend of doing nothing as it was ,but was hoping it would over early so he could have as much of the rest of the day off as possible.
"Um.. Like uh… how's nine in the morning?" Miura suggested after taking thinking pose.
"…fine"
"Great...you remember where my place is?" She then asked, looking over. "We could like meet part way at a place we both know and walk or ride bikes over the rest of the way"
"Would people see us in public and assume we were close?" Hikigaya asked, not liking the idea of people making the assumption of him having any connection to the fire queen.
"Hmm… well.. We'll just meet someplace without a lot of foot traffic…." Miura replied after a moment. "Make sure to dress.. Well, not dress up.. But dress nicely a bit at least… and we'll meet by the restaurant Torikizoku at nine am if you know where that is and ride to my house"
"…yeah… I know where that is…See ya Saturday" Hikigaya waved as he walked away.
Hikigaya was exhausted and was going to head back to the clubroom but decided against it and quickly changed back into his school clothes in the locker room and then headed home, not bothering to say goodbye to his clubmates, Totsuka or Saki.
Soon enough, after a few days of school, it as the weekend and Hikigaya was dreading meeting with Miura. It was around seven thirty two am and Hikigaya was still laying in his bed, not wanting to get up and considered "accidentally" forgetting to show up but knew that would mean dealing with the fire queen annoying him on Monday which was just as problematic.
Reluctantly, he rolled out of bed and sat up, wiping sleepiness out of his eyes and stretching his arms out. After a moment, he stood up, feeling his back pop as he did, and looked through his closet for clothes that would be as Miura had put it "not dress up, but nicely dressed" .. "whatever that means"
Shrugging, Hikigaya figured it would be easier to have his sister Komachi help him pick out things since she was better at it them him, so he just grabbed a towel, boxers, socks and headed to the bathroom for a shower.
Ten minutes later, he emerged feeling a bit more awake heard his sister in her room walking around. He knocked once on the door and it was opened almost instantly by Komachi.
"Onni-chan? Your awake early on the weekend willingly?" Komachi asked, with wide eyes as she stood there wearing one of Hikigaya's old shirts.
"Not willingly.. I'm being forced to help someone with something today" Hikigaya replied, slumping his shoulders. "Can you help me pick out clothes that aren't dress up clothes, but nice casual clothes I guess?"
"Oh, oh.. Is it one of the girls from your club?… or the blond girl Yumiko?" Komachi asked with grin.
"N-neither obviously" Hikigaya replied, clearing his throat. "Just something club related I have to do… it would be more of a headache to not do it, so I'm getting it over with"
"Sure…anyways… are you meeting with anyone for this club activity?" Komachi asked as they headed to his bedroom.
"Why does that matter?"
"Because I need to know what kind of outfit to make for you" Komachi opened several dresser drawers and the closet. "If you meeting a girl you need to dress differently then you would for a guy.. Same for if your not meeting anyone… it's important… you just don't understand.. Your sister fears for your future"
"Sigh…"
A little while later, Hikigaya was standing near the restaurant Torikizoku at almost nine am, when he saw Miura walking down the side walk to him. She was dressed in a rather form fitting, partially unzipped dark blue hooded sweatshirt with dark grey tank top visual under it, tight dark blue jeans, and brown boots.
"Your not late, good" Miura said as she came to a stop in front of Hikigaya. "Hmm.. I guess you look decent enough.. Jeans, t-shirt, short sleeved, unbuttoned shirt over it and sneakers.. Casual but not terrible...you had help dressing didn't you?"
"What?.. Why would you say that?" Hikigaya looked away from her.
"I'm a girl that knows clothing…I can tell" She replied in a matter-of-a-fact way before walking right up to him and reaching her hands to his collar.
"W-what are you doing?" Hikigaya stuttered with a slight redness on his cheeks.
"Fixing your collar.. Someone helped you pick out your clothes, but you obviously adjusted it at some point" Miura replied, smoothing out his collar and then stepping back to see how it looked. "Must better.. You know, if not you're your dead fish eyes, you'd be pretty handsome…maybe sunglasses would hide them"
"I didn't ask for you're opinion on how I look" Hikigaya stepped back awkwardly. "And I'm not wearing sunglasses"
"Suit yourself.. People get by on either looks or personality and you're a bit rotten in both areas" The girl stated, running a hand through her long blond hair. "Kind of a waste"
"I didn't ask for your opinion… if you don't want my help, then I'm heading home" Hikigaya was about to leave but had his wrist grabbed by Miura.
"Come on, I didn't say I didn't want your help, Hikio.. Now man up and follow me.. it's like a 15 minute bike ride to my house" She replied, pulling him to his bike. "Just follow me. If you try to leave me, I'll follow you home and stay within a few inches of your person indefinitely, staring at you without blinking …. Don't think I won't .. you know how stubborn I am"
"Your annoying" Hikigaya remarked before slowly following anyways.
As rode their bikes, Hikigaya had to keep his face turned away from straight on, due to Miura riding in front of him to lead him to her place. He wasn't a pervert, but he was a healthy male and was just as affect by the sight of Miura's moving butt in a tight pants as she peddled as another guy would be.
"I swear she and other girls do this on purpose to guys" Hikigaya muttered to himself.
Finally, after the ride that was only awkward to Hikigaya, they arrived at Miura's house, a place he remembered from his first visit.
"Hey.. When we were here before.. I don't recall a sister being even mentioned" Hikigaya remarked as they reached the front door.
"Hmm? Oh well, my sister was a sleepover at a friend's house that night, and I guess bringing her up wouldn't have really changed anything" Miura shrugged as she opened the door. "Besides, me and my sister aren't exactly the closest of people.. We're a different in personality and likes so it's kind of awkward at times"
She led him inside and into the living room where she told him to sit while she grabbed her school assignment from her bedroom.
Hikigaya wasn't there more then a minute until a small girl with short light brown hair and big light brown eyes dressed in long sleeved white and dark blue shirt with dark blue short shorts on appeared in the room humming happily.
"Oh.. Are you the boy that my sister has mentioned coming over to help her with something?" The girl asked, plopping on the couch next to Hikigaya. "What was it.. Hikio right?.. I'm Kiyomi"
"Um.. It's Hikigaya.. But she calls me that for some reason" Hikigaya muttered to her.
"So your Hikigaya.. Hmm nice to meet you Onii-chan" The girl smiled brightly at Hikigaya, who moved over a bit uncomfortably. "You wanna play with me?.. It will be way more fun then doing something with my sister"
"Um…. Probably would be more fun, but your sister is.. Um.. Well.. How do I put this?" He thought out loud.
"My sister is a pain in the butt isn't she?" Kiyomi giggled. "She's really rude and stuck up at times"
"No arguments there" Hikigaya nodded to her. "I'm not helping her with her school assignment out of good natured friendship…"
"Yumiko is so mean to people sometimes" The girl then said, kicking her feet as she sat on the couch. "Except to that one guy Hayama.. But I don't like him… he's really fake"
"If you see past his fakeness already, then you'll do ok in life, little grasshopper" Hikigaya remarked, making the girl giggle again.
"So can I have you as my big brother?" Kiyomi suddenly hugged Hikigaya's arm and smiled happily. "Maybe I can trade in Yumiko for you"
"Kiyomi! What are you doing hanging on Hikio like that?" Miura asked, as she stood at the bottom of the flight of stairs leading to the second floor. "That's like rude and whatever.. You don't even know him"
"He seems better then you so far" Kiyomi answered, still hugging Hikigaya's arm.
"We have to do some school work, so like let go of him already" Miura glared as Kiyomi tried to ignore her.
"Sigh…I guess you can borrow Onii-chan for now" Kiyomi relented after a moment. "After your done with boring school work, let's play"
Miura sighed and pinched he bridge of her nose. "I'll think about it, alight.."
"I was talking to Onii-chan" Kiyomi gave Miura a look of disappointment as she furrowed her eyebrows and leaned back into the couch.
"Whatever…" Miura set her papers and school book on the coffee table. "Let's get this work going then"
The two worked, mostly silently, over the next hour or so while Kiyomi sat by them, smiling and reading through a book. Hikigaya was of course, extremely uncomfortable as she sat next to a girl that reminded him of his sister and the fire queen herself, Miura. The work itself was probably the most enjoyable part to him since he was the third ranked student in literature, even if he did have to interact with Miura.
Hikigaya honestly didn't know what to think of her as he worked. She was beautiful, but arrogant at times.. Smart enough in some ways, but air headed in other ways… seemed to take her clique for granted, yet was protective of her friends nonetheless… "I really don't like dealing with complicated people like her"
After what seemed like an eternity, they finally finished the work and Miura put her assignment away while Hikigaya sat his back on the coffee table for the time being.
"Ok, Hikio I need to the nearby store to get something" Miura said, looking at her phone. "Think you can look after Kiyomi for like 20 minutes or so?"
"You can like get to know her and observe her up close to help figure out what would be best for a gift or her" Miura said in a whisper to him while she walked near him and put her purse onto her shoulder. "We'll compare notes after I get back.. Just amuse her for a bit"
Hikigaya's eye twitched as Miura left through the front door, leaving him with Kiyomi.
"Now that she's gone we can play" Kiyomi cheered, jumping off of the couch and hoping over to Hikigaya. "Let's go to my room! I'll show you my favorite toys!"
Hikigaya reluctantly allowed the young girl to drag him to her upstairs bedroom which wasn't as girly as he was expecting. It was decent sized room , bigger then his, and had a large bed, a light brown wooden desk, a matching light brown wooden dresser and had dozens of stuffed animals all around as well as a soccer ball sitting on the floor. The walls had various pictures hanging on them and there was also a TV with a game console hooked up to it sitting on the desk, instead of a computer.
"So you have stuffed animals but also play soccer?" Hikigaya asked, glancing around. "Reminds me of my younger sister"
"You have a younger sister? What's she like?" Kiyomi asked flopping onto her bed.
"Well.. She's the best younger sister ever of course" Hikigaya replied with a small smile.
Kiyomi giggled as she rolled over onto her back, while still looking at Hikigaya.. "Well now you have two of the best younger sisters ever"
"Except you aren't my sister" He said back, sitting on the desk chair and facing the girl. "You're Miura's sister"
"But I can be like your sister too" Kiyomi kicked her feet in the air. "Your way more fun already then Yumiko is"
Hikigaya shrugged and as twenty minutes stretched into about half an hour, Hikigaya found himself playing video games for a bit and playing with stuffed animals in a strange way. Though they played with them in unusual way.. Rather then play with them in a simple, cute way, they acted out a strange drama of sorts where Kiyomi had a red rabbit with an eye patch on it acted as a evil monster that wanted to kill all the other stuffed animals while Hikigaya had a cat stuffed animal with bandages wrapped around it's arms and paws that would be the hero to attempt to defend the others.
He figured Kiyomi was trying to make her rabbit seemed truly evil as she attacked and capture stuffed animals and pretended to tear their arms off.. But given her somewhat high pitch, childish voice, her taunts and evil actions sounded cute instead of evil.
Eventually, Yumiko came back as Hikigaya was being defeated by Yumiko's rabbit stuffed animal as she held it's arms and had them "hit" Hikigaya as he lay on the floor.. "Like, so adorable"
"So you came back?" Yumiko asked in a disappointed tone while Hikigaya blushed from embarrassment. "Can you maybe leave again so me and Onii-chan can keep playing?"
"Brat… did you forget that your visiting your cousin today?" Yumiko replied, folding her arms. "Weren't you like really excited to visit Orihime-chan?"
"Oh right… we'll have to play more later, Onii-chan" Kiyomi stood up, and tossed her rabbit next to the other stuffed animals. "I need to get changed"
"Come of Hikio, we need to discuss something while we wait for her" Yumiko walked away, leaving Hikigaya to reluctantly follow her.
"Ok.. So I hope I gave you enough time to get some ideas on what might suit her for a present" Yumiko stated ass she sat on the couch after reaching the living room.
"So that's why you left?" Hikigaya asked, standing where he was, rather then sitting. "Did you actually go anywhere?"
"Like obviously not far, I mean… your basically a stranger in some ways…." Yumiko took out her phone and looked it over. "Like I'd leave my sister alone with someone I don't know super well and has creepy fisheyes.. Even though I know you're trust worthy"
Hikigaya sighed and ignored the fish eye comment before putting his hands into his pockets. "So.. What now?"
"Like after Kiyomi changes we're going to drop her off at her cousin's house and then head to the get her present" Yumiko stated as if it was obvious.
"Super.."
A few minutes later, Kiyomi emerged, dressed in a long sleeved zip up dark blue hooded sweatshirt and purple miniskirt. A few moments later Yumiko, Hikigaya and Kiyomi rode their bikes over to what was apparently the house of Yumiko and Kiyomi's cousin, that was a little smaller then Yumiko's though still fairly big. After dropping her off and Kiyomi gave Hikigaya a hug though not Yumiko, which of course was awkward, the two teens rode to the shopping center.
"Let's see… ok like, what did you observe about Kiyomi that might be useful in figuring out what present would suit her?" Yumiko asked as their locked up their bikes.
"Another stuffed animal?" Hikigaya shrugged, glancing at Yumiko as she walked ahead of him a few feet.
"She has more stuffed animals then she knows what to do with already" Yumiko shook her head at Hikigaya as she stopped walking for a moment. "You did get ideas right?"
"Sigh… hmm.. Let me think" Hikigaya said, walking over to a bench.
"What would a little girl like Kiyomi want?…" Hikigaya thought to himself after sitting down.
He observed that the girl loved stuffed animals, had a strange imagination, enjoyed reading manga, playing videogames, and seemed to like boyish things as much as she liked girly things. Hikigaya tried to think what would be good based on presents his sister Komachi liked since she was somewhat tomboyish herself.
Then he remembered something Kiyomi had stated while they briefly played a two player fighting video game.
"What's that?" Hikigaya asked as he glanced at magazine with a area circled in marker.
"Huh?.. Oh that's an ad for the limited edition of the videogame "Tales of the dragon maidens" I wanna get … but it's too expensive" Kiyomi stated as she grabbed a game of a shelf for them to play. "I've been saving up for it but I don't think I'll have it all before they run out of the limited edition version … I really wanted the awesome set that since it has a awesome chibi plushy of the main character Reiko…"
"I think I have an idea…" Hikigaya said after finally turn to look at Miura.
After explaining what Kiyomi had told him they agreed to try and find the limited edition of the game someplace. Of course that was easier said then done and the two spend hours looking around various stores that sold games though even the few that sold it were out of stock.
"You could try ordering it online maybe" Hikigaya suggested as they walked out of the 8th store in a row.
"Maybe.. But would that work? Who's to say any online store would have it ?" Miura shrugged, as she steered them to a vending machine to get a drink. "We had like no luck in stores so why would it be any different online?"
"Sigh.. I don't know.. I just wanna get home.." Hikigaya replied honestly. "But for the game thing, it wouldn't hurt to try at least online… not like we've had any luck in a physical store… wonder if Yukinoshita could help? She seems like the wealthy type.."
"Why would I want her help?" Miura gave Hikigaya a fierce glare with all her fiery power that lived up to her nickname of the Fire Queen. "I'd rather stop dying my hair blond first"
"You dye your hair?" Hikigaya asked, thought was promptly ignored.
"Anyways… we need to keep trying some other stores.. Maybe ones in other part of Chiba will have it" Miura mused, as she got a watermelon flavors cola drink.
"Um.. Yeah… no.. I've already wasted all morning helping you on this" Hikigaya cringed as he put up his hands in front of him. "I want to at least spend the afternoon of the weekend doing nothing at home"
"Like don't be that way" Miura stated, furrowing her eyebrows. "You already promised and a man should honor his promises.. It's like honorable and junk"
"I never claimed to be honorable" Hikigaya glared back. "I already fulfilled the agreement more or less…I just wanna head home where it's quiet"
"You can't be serious" Miura almost dropped her soda. "You seriously going to bail on me?"
Hikigaya stood up and put his hands in his pockets. "You want someone honorable, go ask Hayama or something"
"Your like so frustrating!" Miura threw her half drunk soda at the wall near the vending machine.
"Sigh… " Hikigaya was annoyed, hot from the high temperature and just wanted to go home and relax on his day off from school. "Why did I let Miura talk me into going with her in the first place?… was it just to get her annoying self from bugging me in school?.. I don't freaking know.. Why am I getting so vocal about this too? Its not like me"
"Ok look.. Her birthday isn't for another 10 days….so how about we try again next weekend?" Miura interrupted his thoughts as she looked into her phone's calendar. "It's hot out and that makes people irritable.. Which is probably worse for people that aren't very social or like being outside much"
"Subtle"
"So… like.. Next weekend then?" Miura put her phone into her purse and slipped it back onto her shoulder.
"I'll think about it" Hikigaya shrugged. "Get back to me Thursday or Friday maybe"
"Fine…"
"Well… I'll be off then" Hikigaya walked to his bike and unchained it from the bike rack.
"Sure… see you Monday then" Miura said, in defeated tone. "You know… despite .. Um.. Now.. It wasn't that bad of a time today… spending it with you I mean"
"I see" Hikigaya looked over at Miura who had a awkward expression and pose that didn't seem to fit the fire queen. "Wasn't terrible…"
She gave him a small smile, making him look away as he got onto his bike and rode off.
A short time later, Hikigaya made it home and collapsed onto the sofa like a dead body. "Finally.. Home.. Peace and quiet"
"So your back bro?" A voice said from the other room.
Hikigaya turned and saw his sister dressed in one of his old shirts that was too long on her and short shorts that weren't visible , making it appear that she had no pants. "That outfit makes it look like your in your underwear.. Maybe you should change it"
"Don't worry, I'm not going out right now.. So it's fine" Komachi said flopping onto the couch next to him. "Besides, I'm wearing shorts, see?"
She lifted up the shirt to show her tiny shorts she wore with a smile. "See?"
"Just as long as you don't go out like that" He replied, turning his head towards the TV and turning it on with the remote.
"So did you have fun out on your club thing?" Komachi then asked, adjusting herself on the couch so that she rested her head on Hikigaya's lap and her legs across on the sofa's arm.
"Tons…" Was his short answer.
"So what does your club do again?" Komachi then asked, looking up at him.
"It's suppose to help students with problems…" Hikigaya replied absently. "Though our teacher that runs it, Miss Hiratsuka, admitted it's a place to ward of weirdoes like me, Yukinoshita and Yuigahama…"
"I guess you are kind of strange, bro…" Komachi said, making Hikigaya cringe. "But don't worry.. No matter how weird you get, your beloved sister Komachi will always love you!.. I bet that's worth a lot of Komachi points"
"Sure.. It's worth hundreds of them" Hikigaya patted her head with one hand.
"So… what are your clubmates like?" Komachi asked after a moment.
"One's an ice queen that's rude, annoying, thinks she's better then other people and condescending.. Yukinoshita" Hikigaya answered with sigh. "The other is a air headed, nice type girl that's kind of dumb and hangs with the stuck up "Cool" kids of class.. Yuigahama"
"So just two girls?.. Oooh.. So are they attractive?" Komachi winked at him.
Hikigaya wasn't about to comment of their attractiveness level. "I don't know"
"So are they the only members?"
"Oh.. Uh there's another girl.. Kawasaki.. She's well.. Cold and aloof.. And similar to me I guess" Hikigaya actually put thought into his answer. "She's the most I guess you'd call it.. Tolerable of the club.. Though since we're both loners, it's usually awkward when we have spoken to each other"
Komachi grinned at her brother before speaking "So basically, you found your future wife?"
If Hikigaya had been drinking a max coffee, he would had spit it out everywhere.. Instead he blushed brightly and considered tossing Komachi off his lap. "Y-you don't know what your talking about"
"Hehehehe.. Are you sure?" Komachi's grin encompassed her entire face. "Is she pretty?.. does Kawasaki give you butterflies in your stomach when you look at her?"
"Get off" Hikigaya pushed Komachi off his lap, harshly and stood up. ""It's bad enough I had to deal with Miura today…I was hoping to relax for the rest of it"
"Who's Miura, bro?" Komachi asked, standing up and dusting herself off. "Is she the student you helped out today? Or maybe a secret girlfriend?"
"I'd rather eat Yuigahama's poisonous food then be with someone like Miura" Hikigaya shuddered before leaving the room.
Hikigaya headed to s room and laid on his bed, staring at the ceiling. "So many troublesome girls around me these days…"
His mind went to the various girls that were around him since entering high school. First was Yukinoshita…there was no doubt that she was beautiful and delicate…if only she didn't speak and let her condescending, icy, "I'm better then you" attitude show. Then there was Yuigahama.. She was also beautiful, in different way then Yukinoshita.. She was warm natured, had cute smile and had much more feminem frame with rather large breasts. As attractive as she was, she was a "nice girl" and he hated nice girls… and as he had told Komachi, she was also too outgoing, stupid beyond reason at times, and major airhead…
Then there was Kawasaki, the only girl he sort of felt ok around. She was as attractive as the other two, but had more laid back, easy going personality.. She was also similar to him in that she was awkward around other people and tended to be a loner. This is also the problem.. They were both loners and it was hard to talk for them to talk to each other much.. It was kind of a shame in his opinion since she was the only girl that didn't drive him nuts in the school.
"Oh yeah and then there's Miura.." He said out loud. "She also beautiful, but fierce, living up to the fire queen nickname, she rich and has an air of upper class to her, as well as being a bit stuck up and hated not getting her way.. As well as he clinging to her fake clique"
"Well.., I guess she has hung out with her clique a lot less and is aware of the fakeness to Hayama and the friendships she has nowadays" Hikigaya then thought as she laid there, putting his hands underneath his pillow. "She's not completely unredeemable I guess.. Though I'd still rather I didn't have to talk to her so much.. She's ok in small doses.. Like that American actor David Spade"
As a way of recovering from the day, Hikigaya laid around from then on, only getting up for drinks, food, bathroom breaks and when he wanted to go watch some anime on TV.
The next day, Hikigaya woke up around 10am, making up getting up early the day before. He put on a shirt and shorts and walked out into the living room yawning, to find his sister already up on the couch watching TV.
"Morning bro.. feeling better today?" Komachi asked, turning her head to one side to look at him. "You looked pretty worn out yesterday"
"Yeah I guess" Hikigaya nodded to her as she sat next to her. "Did you already eat?"
"I had a muffin earlier, but I was waiting till you got up so we could have breakfast together" Komachi grinned getting up. "I'll go make us something"
"First go put on pants" Hikigaya said glancing over. "You gotta stop walking around in your underwear.. One of my t shirts and panties do not count as an outfit"
"But it's so much more comfortable this way" Komachi said grimacing slightly before turning around. "Wearing pants is a bit restricting.. That's why I like wearing skirts to school,.. Plenty of air on my derriere.. Get it? Hehehe"
"Sigh.. I'm not even going to dignify that with a response"
Komachi did cover up after a but more urging, though it was shorts so short that Hikigaya wondered what the point was. In any case, Komachi made them both a traditional meal of rice, miso soup, fish and cold green tea.
Shortly after eating, their parents got up which was surprising to both of them since their mom and dad usually slept in late on weekends.
"How come your up?" Hikigaya asked as their mom and dad starting making breakfast for themselves. "We usually don't see you so early in the day on Sundays"
"Neither of you saw the note we left?" Their mom, Kaya asked looking at her children.
They both shook their heads as their mom grabbed a note off of the fridge and handed it to Hikigaya. "A old friend of ours I stopping by today.. Pretty soon in fact, so go get properly dress in pants Hachiman.. And longer shorts, pants or a skirt for you Komachi"
"So uh.. Who's your friend?" Hachiman asked awkwardly as he and his sister walked to the stairs. "Have we met them before?"
Kaya looked at them before nodding. "I'm not sure you remember them if you haven't realized who they are by now… you'll see when she gets here"
"She?" Hikigaya raised an eyebrow as he and Komachi went and got changed, both wondering who it was.
They barely got dressed and down stairs before the front doorbell rang and Hikigaya went to go answer it with his sister right behind him. He opened the door and had expression shock confusion and disbelief on his face at seeing it was his teacher Miss Hiratsuka standing there dressed in tight, low cut blue jeans, a dark red shirt that hung off both shoulders with black tank top straps showing and a pair of black sandals.
He tried slowly closing the door, but his teacher shot out her hand, stopping the door in it's place. "That's not how you welcome a guest, Hikigaya. Though I guess I should call you Hachiman today since it would be confusing otherwise"
"Why.. Are you here?" He asked after finding his voice.
"Cause I missed your upbeat expression" She grinned. "Actually...I'm surprised your parent didn't tell you I'd be stopping by… I did try telling you on Friday but you left after Miura "borrowed" you… and you didn't answer my texts I send yesterday either"
Hikigaya pulled out his phone and saw several unopened texts from an unknown number before sliding the phone back into his pocket.
"Anyways, can I come up or should I stand here all day?" Hiratsuka asked, raising an eyebrow.
Hikigaya's mom appeared behind them and nudged them to one side and hugged The woman,. "Shizuka.. You changed a bit over the years"
"Thanks Kaya" Shizuka grinned at her as Kaya pulled her son aside.
"You should welcome our guest in, instead of standing there like statue" Kaya stated shaking her head.
"It was my fault Kaya, not Hachiman's" Shizuka insisted waving her off be fore looking at Komachi. "So your Komachi?.. You've gotten big since I last saw you two"
"You've met us before?" Komachi asked, tilting her head in confusion. "Wait… you're the teacher my brother said runs his club, right?"
"Right you are… your interesting brother is under my care in the club I advise" Shizuka nodded to her. "But you and I have met before as well.. Though it was along time ago.. You were both pretty young so it's no surprise you don't remember me"
"Wait.. You knew us before?" Hikigaya asked, confused. "When?"
Shizuka took out a photo from her purse and handed it to Hikigaya. It was of his parents, himself and his sister all looking a bit younger… but he also saw a another young adult woman with short hair with a grin ion her face and her arms around the shoulders of his mom.
"Wait… that was you back then?" Hikigaya asked with his eyes widening. "Aunt Shizuka?"
"So you do remember me after all" Shizuka smiled warmly at him. "I was hoping you'd recognize me at some point.. Thought I was prepared to just tell you in you didn't catch on"
"Uh.. You didn't mention it before now" Hikigaya handed Shizuka back the photo that she put away before taking off her shoes and slipping on some guests slippers.
"I had my reasons" His teacher replied as Hikigaya, Komachi and their mom led Shizuka into the living room where their dad was. "Hey there Ryota.. Long time no see. You've changed more then Kaya has"
"Uh.. Hey there, Shizuka" Their father nodded, shaking her hand. "How have you been?"
"Pretty good.. Teaching English, torturing students in school.. Same old, same old" Shizuka laughed as she sat on the couch before Kaya and Hikigaya joined her while Komachi and their father sat on separate chairs. "Kaya said you work at that office place right?… didn't you want to be a writer at one point?"
"Priorities change.. Like having kids and needing a steady job" Ryota replied, sitting back. "First Hachiman.. And then our little princess Komachi of course"
"I get it...you know your son is really gifted in my class.. In the top 5 in the school actually" Shizuka stated as Komachi went to get them drinks. "He writes ..questionable stuff.. but he's really smart and he could have a future as a writer or English teacher like me if he learned to be more social and understanding of people"
"Hmm.. Is that so" Ryota asked, glancing at Hachiman. "Figured he end up trying to live at home till he was 30 and forcing his sister to take care of him"
"Ryota" Kaya glared at her husband. "Maybe you can help him come out of his shell more Shizuka.. And live up to his potential"
"I'll do my best" Shizuka put an arm around Hikigaya and grinned at his uncomfortableness. "He's a tough case but I'm help him straighten out before long, he's already talking more now at school then he was when it first started.. Sure It's usually arguing with his two.. I mean three clubmates, but it's better then not talking at all"
Hikigaya tried to pull away from the woman, but she held on tighter, much to his annoyance. He was counting on his day being quiet but now he was stuck with his teacher for who knows how long.. He groaned in his head and hoped he'd survive the day intact.
To be continued….
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