A/N: I have come to a conclusion people. I am very lazy. Totally like I didn't know that for years at this point.

I come with chapter 6! As always Disclaimer: I do not own Oregairu or any of the characters in this fic! Rights over the story and characters goes to Wataru Watari.

I have nothing else to say except I'm gonna be eating McDonalds while making this fic.

Also, after this chapter, I will be making an interlude about Yukino's POV of this chapter and the next chapter will also be in her POV, so wait for that!

Chapter 6 Commence!

Chapter 6 – Blue with Family Circumstances.

I'm tired today. But, I'm also not at the same time. I got kicked out of the house. Temporarily, of course. Komachi told me that I should get my useless ass out there and do something. So, I brought my study materials and went to a nearby café that I frequent and could chill at without thinking about my life at the house.

"Yukinon! Now it's your turn to ask me a question!"

"Okay, I will ask a question from Language Arts…"

Well, I also had another reason for being here other than being kicked out by Komachi.

Yukinoshita had discreetly invited me to the study group Her, Yuigahama and Totsuka were having.

"Hello Hikigaya-kun, Thank you for taking the time to come here."

"No problem, I had the time anyways."

"So? What are we studying here?" I added.

"Everything in general, Hikigaya-kun."

"Oka-."

"Wait! Yukinon! When did you invite Hikki! I didn't invi-!"

It seems she didn't plan on inviting me, and she let that fact slip.

"Meh, I don't really care for it that much anyway, let's get this started already."

I sat next to Yukinoshita. Is she getting closer? I think I'm hallucinating, maybe my trashy life is making me take every accidental moment as something on purpos- I FEEL HER ARM NEXT TO MINE WHERE DID THAT COME FROM!

I observe Yukinoshita and her thigh also touches mine, I turn red at the sight, but brush it off to focus for now.

Me and Yukinoshita compete with each other in asking each other questions, Yuigahama and Totsuka are just watching us with slight surprise at us just making hard questions for us to answer.

Time passes by, and I hear a voice. A voice that I oh so didn't want to hear in this comforting study group.

"Hello! Gomii-chan!"

"Oh no…"

I lean forward and stare directly into the hating eyes of my little sister, Komachi. She brought someone along… Who even is that?

"Trashnii-chan! I have someone I need you to help. Meet Kawasaki Taishi! He needs help with his sister, apparently his sister was a delinquent. Just like you!"

"*sigh* I don't even know who that is. How do you expect me to help? And you just classify me a delinquent anyways."

She ignores me. As usual it seems. My bratty little sister is definitely in her best acting mood trying not to cringe at me having actual, respectable friends.

Komachi 0 Hachiman 1

Ha! I'm winning here! Wonder what would happen when my "parents" catch wind of this.

"Anyway, who are you all? I'd like to thank you for taking care of the useless waste of space I call a brother!"

She doesn't hold back on her insults even in front of people… As expected.

Yuigahama and Totsuka are nervous, preferring not to say anything.

Yukinoshita however, is glaring at Komachi. Komachi notices this and smiles at her. A taunting smile, a smile that says "What are you going to do about it?"

Yukinoshita is about to say something, but I grab her hands before she can say anything. This silences her and she turns to look at me, with a surprised but also annoyed look that I stopped her.

I look at her with a look that says "I'm used to it. Please don't make things worse." She hesitates and looks at me with a face of concern. A sign that showed that she understood very well what I was communicating and how it felt. She sighed and backed down.

"I am Yuigahama Yui! Hikki's classmate! What's your name?"

"I am Hikigaya Komachi! The only child of our family!"

She just HAD to emphasize the words 'only child' to prove a point. Yuigahama doesn't seem to mind…

I look towards Yukinoshita and she did not seem to take the emphasis well. I tighten my grip of her hand and she visibly resists the urge to verbally abuse Komachi.

"I'm Totsuka Saika, I'm also your brother's classmate. Hajimemashite, Komachi-san."

"Hajimemashite, Totsuka-san! I hope my brother didn't defile you! As a girl, You have to make sure you distance yoursel-!"

"Komachi. He's a boy."

"Very funny Trashnii-chan! … awkward silence … wait seriously?"

"Yeah… I'm a boy…"

Komachi stares at him. She can't believe it. Ha. When I first found out I was surprised too.

"If you are done with being enamored by Totsuka-san Hikigaya-san, I am Yukinoshita Yukino. I am his clubmate."

"That's it? We aren't even friends?"

"That is a bit of a stretch, Hikigaya-kun."

"Yeah… A stretch…"

Yukinoshita looks at me slightly worried and tightens her grip on my hand, making me realize we ARE STILL HOLDING HANDS!

I try to remove my hands off of hers but she grips it so tight but not tight enough to make my bones crack. At least she can control that, otherwise I wouldn't be able to use my left hand anymore.

Oh well, Maybe I'll leave it like this for now. Wait shit. My hands are numb. Noooooooooooooooooooooo-!

Wait a second.

Komachi looks at her warily. Cautiously. The Yukinoshita name does hold weight, maybe she's afraid that they can expose them for abusing me? Would the police even believe them? I'm jumping to conclusions here. Maybe she's sort of scared that she probably pissed her off of all people.

It seems that Taiki or whatever his name is, I don't remember, decided to speak up about why he was here.

"I'd like to formally introduce myself. I am Kawasaki Taishi. I go to the same prep school as Hikigaya-san. My sister is Kawasaki Saki. She goes to Sobu High with you guys. She's a second year."

"I'm gonna be honest with you, Taishi. I have NO idea who your sister is and if she exists or not."

"Hikki! That was kinda mean!"

"They say Truth hurts Yuigahama. You just have to deal with it."

"I can't believe you are using a correct quote as an excuse to justify your rude statement Hikigaya-kun."

"Hey, it's true. You can't say anything about that."

Komachi was not happy about that. She was about to say something with the same taunting smile. But one good glare from Yukinoshita and she squirmed and shut her mouth.

We start our banter again but quickly stop to get to the request of this Taishi guy. He said that his sister had been coming home past 5 am and that he was concerned that she was becoming a delinquent. Komachi pointed that out to which she related her to me. I'm used to it. I don't care. The situation was explained to us. Me and Yukinoshita nodded, we knew a thing or two about family circumstances. So, we agreed to help out. That and Komachi whispered to me:

If you don't help him, I will let Okaa-san and Otou-san know. They wouldn't be very happy about it now would they?

I wasn't in the mood for worse pain than normal so I accepted it for that reason too.

So, me and Komachi head back to the house.

…

"I think it is best that we let her solve her problem on her own instead of us forcing her to."

"Yeah sure, But how do we do it."

"Have you ever heard of "animal-assisted therapy?"

…

"So, what exactly are we doing with my cat?"

"We will draw out her inner kindness by giving her a chance to frolic with an animal. If it moves her heart, She may adopt it."

"This is my only source of emotional comfort, you wouldn't dare."

She hesitates, but apparently her determination is stronger.

She ignores me.

"I have determined each of the tasks you need to do. To your places, please."

I just complied and went to my place.

Some time passed… and I saw Yukinoshita with my cat… meowing.

"Nya~~"

"Meooow~"

"Nya~ Nya! Nya…"

"Meow! Meow Meow!"

"Nya! Nya~~"

It seems they're having a conversation. I don't know how Yukinoshita is talking to Kamakura anyway. I think Kamakura is encouraging her about something. What is he encouraging her about? But, I don't feel like interrupting that moment. It's so mesmerizing.

I didn't notice, but I was staring for far too long, she picked up on my stare and stood up and turned around. Stopping DIRECTLY at me. She stares at me with an emotionless expression. I stare back. It's like a staring competition.

She squints her eyes at me. Tucks her hair behind her ear. And smiles at me.

WAIT SHE SMILED AT ME!?

It's not even the kind of smile that I'd expected! It was a warm smile! So cute! I can die now please! Kami! Strike me with lightning!

I shake my head for now and walk over to Yukinoshita. Interrogation mode ON!

L's Theme A plays in the background as I talk to Yukinoshita to get answers.

What conversation she was having with my cat being the main one to get an answer for.

"What are you doing?"

"Is there a problem?"

"Yes, you were talking to Kamakura in his language, My curiosity would like to know."

Her eye twitches at the obvious slight of a statement I put at the end of my words, she obviously knew what it meant.

She regains her composure and squints her eyes at me with the cold smile I know well from this girl.

"I believe I ordered you to remain on standby. I see, you can't even do something THAT simple."

I flinch at what she says but then proceed to grin a little. She definitely was mad, not because of what I did. But because of what I said about the curiosity.

L's Theme A becomes inaudible, Interrogating mode OFF!, The situation isn't right. Light won. In this case, I am L and Yukinoshita is Light. Her death note is her cold stare while berating me a mile a minute.

While she berates me for not standing still, I space out. Just looking at her face already makes me feel embarrassed. I don't think she noticed because of how distracted she was, but we were really close. So close that our bodies were slightly touching. That kind of close. And my heart could NOT take it.

Thankfully, Komachi called me. I answered the phone in haste as I would have had cardiac arrhythmia.

But it wasn't Komachi. It was Taishi on the other end instead.

"Oh, Onii-san? This is Taishi. Hikigaya-san told me-."

"Who the heck gave you permission to call me onii-san?"

I cut off the call, clearly disturbed by the sudden name-calling.

Yukinoshita Is muttering something while looking away from me and blushing. Im gonna die at this point, please stop! Too cute! But I heard something she said that started with an H and ended with an I. I'm not sure what it was though.

My phone rang again in the few seconds I had cut off the call. I answer again.

"Hey! Why'd you hang up on me?!"

"I'm busy right now. We're waiting for your sister to come by."

"We're? Well whatever. About the plan… My sister is allergic to cats."

"Oh okay. Good to know."

Yukinoshita looks at me with a questioning gaze after I cut off the call. I quickly explain to her about how Kawasaki is allergic to cats. She understands and nods.

But she stays there… We're STILL CLOSE TO EACH OTHER! My legs feel like jelly! What is happening! Please help! I can't move!

Suddenly, My legs turn back to normal and I quickly walk away from Yukinoshita. Who just stands there, probably stunned and having her legs also unable to move.

Her eyes blink as she realizes what she was just doing. She blushes a deep vermillion and runs off.

I neglected to mention one point that I think people would find interesting.

She had wrapped her arms around my neck.

I was starting to mutter like crazy, even Izuku Midoriya would be shocked by it. My eyes were wandering all over the place, and my head felt light. I was gonna faint.

I did end up fainting.

…

We tried plenty of other ways. We tried having Hiratsuka-sensei talk to her, but Kawasaki ended up destroying her spirit so bad. I felt bad, really bad.

Yuigahama had said that Love could change a girl. I audibly gulped and Yukinoshita was blushing a little red. We tried having Hayama talk to her, but he failed so badly, I started laughing. Yukinoshita was giggling too, giggling at Hayama's epic fail. I started wheezing, shortly after I started coughing and had to stop my laughing and wheezing fit.

Then I got a call from my phone, expecting that it was Taishi I answered and instantly said:

"I'm not your brother."

"Well, yeah. Of course you aren't! Just having you in the family just brings all of us and all the good times we have down, Trashnii-chan!"

I flinch, not expecting Komachi to be on the line.

"Well, at least you yourself admit that you aren't my brother. Like seriously, where did you even come from? A garbage dump?"

I, clearly unfazed at the expected word of insult, cut her off and tell her to say something already about why she called me.

She said that Taishi's sister had gotten a phone call from 'some weird café'.

She said it was from a café which had the first word 'Angel' and then she forgot the other word. She's stupid. Seriously. She also says she has a surprise at home after the request is over. I don't like the sound of it…

I did some research and found out that there are only 2 cafes in Chiba city with the name 'Angel' and are open at night. A general thing to consider, since Taishi did say she comes home at 5 am, which means, working overnight. That helped whittle down the numbers to 2.

"So, this is one of the 2 cafes you found?"

We were staring at a Maid Café, Yukinoshita was somewhat blushing while looking at the poster. I bet a MAX Coffee that it was because of the Meow and cat on the poster. She wasn't staring at it intently though, maybe an oversight? Or maybe she's distracted by something else? Maybe she's thinking about somethi- wait why am I thinking about her? When did I become like this?!

Okay, Deep breath. Onto the matter at hand here.

"What's a maid café like?"

"Im not too familiar with them either, so I, regrettably, called in someone who is.

"Wa-hem!"

A/N: I'm gonna be honest, I really like Zaimokuza as a character, but I really forgot his request and introduction. Sorry about that. My brain turned off that day. Again, I apologize. I'm REALLY sorry about that. Let's just pretend his request went carbon-copy same as the anime and that they all know him okay? Please and thank you.

"It appears my time and endless knowledge of maid cafes has finally come!"

I twist my head back at the person whom I invited. Mr Trenchcoa- I mean Zaimokuza Yoshiteru. I look at him with a gaze that tells him that I had no choice but to invite him, he seems offended.

"You asked me to come here! Why are you looking at me like that?!"

"The thought that dealing with you might be more trouble than its worth did cross my mind."

"Then stay silent and come with me! The maids shall pamper us tonight!"

I hold no reaction to that, that's just how Zaimokuza is. I look to my right, and I see a very rare sight of Yukinoshita embarrassed even though I saw it like 2 days ago, it still is a rare sight to behold. She seems to be muttering something while she covers her mouth with her hand.

We enter the maid café, it seems nice. Not densely populated, so I take a sigh of relief. Yukinoshita, too takes a sigh of relief as she presses her fingers on her temple, as if to quell a headache that would have appeared under special circumstances. Special circumstances in this case being the fact that it isn't crowded in here.

We get in and take a seat at the table for 4. I proceed to sleep. This is boring.

Apparently Yuigahama had cosplayed as a maid, according to Zaimokuza. I lifted one eye open, sure enough, Yuigahama was in a maid outfit, trying to look appealing.

"Th-Thank you for waiting, M-Master."

I'm not sure about that. It looks cute, lets be honest. But I get a weird feeling off of it.

"Wow, Yuigahama-san! You look really cute!"

Oh yeah, Totsuka is here too. I forgot, Don't mind meeee.

"Doesn't she? Hachiman!"

"Oh, Yeah, I guess."

"r-really..?"

It seems she's slightly disappointed in my answer. Before I can say anything else, Yuigahama exclaims loudly:

"Whoa! Yukinon! O M G! You look amazing! Totally cute!"

"Arigato, Yuigahama-san. Hikigaya-kun?"

"U-Uh, yeah?"

My sleepiness died a quick death the moment I saw Yukinoshita in a maid outfit. Holy shit. Too cute! I'm gonna die of a heart attack. Oh my god, help me please, this is too much for my loner battered and bruised heart!

"W-What do you think?"

She comes up close to me, making my eyes widen when she did come close. Then she went a few steps back and twirled once. Her hair following her movement when she did. She looked graceful, I'll admit it here. She looks beautiful AND cute. Was I lucky in my past life, If I ever lived a life before this?

I cough into my fist to control my madly blushing face before replying:

"Y-You look… beautiful."

"A-Arigato."

We both look down at the really nicely textured floor that we definitely aren't looking at just because we are embarrassed it is because the material it is made of is so fascinating! Yes yes! That's totally it!

"M-More importantly, it seems Kawasaki-san doesn't work here."

She managed to work out the blush on her face and turned back to normal already?! I'm still struggling to keep myself calm over here!

"How do you know that Yukinon?"

"Her name wasn't on the shift schedule. Considering that she received a call at home, I doubt that she works under an alias."

Zaimokuza starts thinking, and immediately goes on a tantrum ending with the line "Such is how fate's hand should move!"

"We're going to the second one, Hikigaya-kun, wait for me and Yuigahama-san outside."

"Mmkay…"

Slightly depressed I didn't get to see more of Yukinon in a maid outfit, I leave the café.

A few minutes later, I see the 2 coming out of the café. They have their bags, but it looks as if it's more stuffed now. I'm not sure if im just thinking it is when it really isn't.

…

*sigh* The top floor of the Royal Okra Hotel.

The Angel Ladder Café. A.k.a. The Stairway to Heaven.

I look at my watch, waiting for the others.

I decided to have a brown leather jacket with a purple suit and black jeans along with nice shoes I don't remember the brand of. I had to comb my hair so that it didn't look unkempt, according to Yukinoshita.

"S-Sorry we're late!"

I look to my left and see Yuigahama and Yukinoshita in what seems to be expensive dresses. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Yuigahama got those from Yukinoshita.

"Where are the other two?"

"They don't have anything matching the dress code."

"More importantly, check out these dresses! Yukinon's got a ton of them at her place!"

I grin a little at what she said. Looks like I was right. Ha! I'm so good at guessi- Wait no. I'm so good at making informed decisions with very little information but a very right prediction and conclusion! Yup, I'm like a detective!

I tune out Yuigahama as she explains how good the dresses look as I see Yukinoshita stare at me, wide-eyed. I'm not exactly sure what she expected here, Of course I wear actual clothes at times! I'm not a person who just wears something that I don't care about wherever I go!

Wait, she's blushing now. Where did that come from? I raise a brow at Yukinoshita and send her a questioning gaze. She shakes her head and the blush just evaporates like it was a distant memory. Feels like it was just yesterday… Except it wasn't yesterday and it was a few seconds ago.

We get on to the elevator and go to the Top floor of the hotel.

During the ride to the top floor, Yukinoshita grabs my hand.

I, very shocked and not used to this asked her quietly:

"What are you even doing?!"

"This too, is expected from people going into the Café. Please tolerate this until we leave."

"Uhm… Okay."

The elevator opens up and I see a very fancy café with a piano playing, the room has dim lights and some blue, there's a big flower vase in the middle, to my left, many chairs line up near a table with some drinks and a waitress there with her eyes closed. Simply put, Too fancy for my liking.

"This is way too fancy for me. I don't think I should be here…"

"Stop looking shifty."

"Keep your back straight."

"Puff out your chest."

"Keep your chin down."

Slightly scared at how cold Yukinoshita's voice had gotten, I did what she said. Her hand tightened her grip on mine, this time I noticed.

We took a chair and sat down.

We talked and apparently Kawasaki and Yukinoshita BOTH have a knack for insulting me. Sheesh, please cool down on the insults. It would be my early Christmas gift.

Yukinoshita and Kawasaki go back and forth about Cinderella. But, the real message is about Kawasaki lying about her age, making me wonder why Yukinoshita went through the trouble of using Cinderella as a reference to a teenager working nights part time.

They talk about things and I space out. I space out for a while before coming back to my senses. At what I think is the right time too.

"You think you can get something for me that even my parents couldn't get me? Knock it off."

"Well…"

"Stop right there. If you don't stop barking like the—."

"Hey. Your dad's on the prefectural assembly, right? Someone bo-."

"Don't you dare finish that."

The 3 glance at me. Yukinoshita giving me a stare that was thanking me but also worried about something. She has every right to be. Kawasaki was staring at me as if I were a degenerate. She has every right to. Yuigahama was confused at what and why I said that. She will know with these next words.

"If you're gonna talk about family circumstances. Then you better be goddamn thankful that you have a family that would care for you along with your siblings by working restless nights. You could never understand how it feels to be cast aside by your siblings. From my gut feeling and how you didn't want Taishi to know about you working like this, I can tell that you care for your siblings a lot. What would happen if they one day all hated you, if they all mentally cursed you and hated you so much they wished you would die? … You would know better not to talk about someone having things good when someone has things worse than you and you're ignoring them as if they're having a life that you could only dream of. You would have nightmares about mine then."

I say all this with malice and my eyes looking extra rotten, sending a vicious glare at Kawasaki. She thinks she has the right to talk about other people's family when really even she shouldn't.

Everyone went wide-eyed. I wasn't in the mood for the conversation anymore. I had a very bad day, and I think I would like to get my mind off of it.

"One last thing. 5:30 at Wac. Come by there."

I don't give Kawasaki a chance to reply as I leave. She has no choice but to come, just like me and Yukinoshita's family circumstances. We never had choices in what happened to us in these ways, some things are just out of our control. Yukinoshita quickly follows after paying the bill for the 2 of them. I didn't have a drink, so it was fine.

…

It was 5:30, The sun was peeking over the horizon. It was time for a confrontation and a puzzle solving level of thinking to solve this request. I asked Komachi to stay up today and come with me to Wac for this.

Me, Yukinoshita, Yuigahama, Komachi and Taishi all confronted Kawasaki on this.

She needed cash not for Taishi's cram school, but for her own summer school funding. She didn't want to burden her parents and siblings by doing so. My assumption a few hours ago was right it seems. Very well…

"Hey Kawasaki. Do you know what a scholarship is?"

We watch as Kawasaki and Taishi's figures become smaller and smaller as they walk away. It was already 6 am by this point.

Yukinoshita and Yuigahama had left. It was me heading back to my house.

I got there and opened the door. I walked in and closed it. I went to my room.

From my room, I heard the front door being locked.

Oh no. Oh nononononoonnoonononononono-

"Anone, Trashnii-chan. It's about time."

I wonder if I will make it to see tomorrow.

I hope I do.

If I don't? I-I d-d

I don't wanna die… Not yet…

As if I'll die here. I wont die. I'll make sure of that.

This time…

I'll stay Determined.

At most, I will get a lot of Injuries but that's fine with me.

As long as I endure this.

I will Live to see tomorrow.

I need to stay Determined.

A/N: And done! That is Chapter 6. I understand some people think that there needs to be more show and not tell to show evidence of his abuse. While I wont show the explicit scenes, this ominous but hopeful-ish ending will let you know of that. As I promised, next chapter will be in Yukino's POV. Thanks for being with me for this far and I hope you will keep reading this story.

I need sleep. Also I lied. I wrote on Friday. Maybe I'll just take a break at saturda- oh wait. Today's Saturday. Its 1:05 AM.

Shoot. Well uh Bye! My eyes are struggling to keep themselves open.

Isuckatnaming, leaving for the Sleep deprived reason. Also yes the Mcdonalds was good.