OVA 3
~The Melancholy Of The Hikigaya Family~
(Hikigaya Komachi)
There is a stranger living at our house, and that stranger is my onii-san…
It happened all too suddenly…
One late April morning onii-chan was his usual gomi-niichan self, and then came back home like— No, he came back home as a completely different person!
Something horrible must have happened to onii-chan at school…
That Person pretty much said as much as well. He said that he would tell me everything that happened whenever I wanted… But even now I still can't ask him about it…
About how onii-chan…
O-onii-chan…
…
So, as if by some unspoken agreement, that onii-san and I became distant.
We were strangers after all and we both knew it.
I think oka-san knows this as well because of how much she's been (silently) watching him lately.
As for oto-san…
Well, to-san is to-san…
On the surface, onii-san is a cold and aloof person. And like oka-san, he mostly lacks expression.
But that's just the surface.
Sometimes if you look closely, he has this little grin as if he's finding something amusing. O-onii-san that's kind of creepy…
His eyes, though they were bad before, have truly become empty. What's worse is in the mornings, especially when he wakes up cursing. There's a cold, hard, edge to his eyes that makes them scary.
There's definitely something he's hiding from me…, but how can you screw up black coffee onii-san?!
W-why were you talking to the cat? Are you okay? Do you want to go to therapy onii-san?
Rack the what? What are you even talking about?
Ack! That joke was so lame onii-san!
As awkward and on edge as my cold and aloof onii-san is, I can tell that he really is a good person.
To tell the truth, he's super annoying sometimes!
Like he really doesn't have to watch Pretty Cure and snark half-heartedly at characters y'know. I think he does that just to keep me company, but it's still kinda gross.
Well, I know that he's trying…, and he'll always help me with my studies even if I don't ask him to, especially with math and English.
Though I'm worried that onii-san may fail at science…
The last time onii-san 'helped' me with science, my teacher yell at me…
He said that if I mixed those chemicals together like that, it would cause an explosion! That it was super dangerous! He even burned my assignment in front of me because that information may have been illegal!
Sometimes onii-san can be very problematic…
There are times that he'll go for 'walks' while wearing a suit in the late evenings. It's no secret as to what he's doing. In fact, I think onii-san may be under a lot of stress and I'm a little worried about it, to be honest.
I mean he totally looks like a washed-out salaryman! The first time he did it I mistook him for oto-san! It was that bad!
Then there was the time he came home with a large bruise on his forehead! When I yelled at him for that, he looked at me as if he was being wronged!
Didn't he realize that I didn't want to lose—
To lose—
J-just like—
—That dumbass! Nitwit! Hachiman!
…
JUST WHO THE HELL IS SHIZUKA?! DO YOU WANT TO GET MARRIED NOW ONII-SAN?!
…
Onii-san brought a WOMAN home for dinner and she was very pretty! But isn't this like a big problem? Seriously, please try to remember that you're only sixteen onii-san…
Why was that a question?
She admitted it!
So she's Hiratsuka-san, why does that name sound so familiar?
How could you say that in front of her you idiot?!
Domestic violence already?! A-are you okay…?
Still, Hiratsuka-san is definitely someone special to him. I mean this was the first time onii-san looked so comfortable at home…
D-did he just smile? You're like a robot understanding emotions for the first time onii-san!
WAIT! ISN'T THAT YOUR HOMEROOM TEACHER?! ARE YOU INSANE ONII-SAN?!
…
OKA-SAN APPROVES OF HER?!
Sometime I can't understand her…
…
Why isn't onii-san home yet? He said he would always be there for me…
Liar.
I-I miss…, my onii-chan…
T-that's worth a lot of Komachi points… right…?
O-onii-chan…
(Hikigaya Rin)
Something's wrong.
Ko-chan wasn't there to greet me. At first, I thought she may have fought with Hat-chan. So I went up to his room only to find that Hat-chan wasn't there…
It was someone else.
Shocked we both stared at each other.
Fear, despair, guilt, suppression, recognition… and shame?
He knew who I was.
I asked him a question.
Deep concern, slight distraction, then complete understatement.
A part of him was still Hat-chan, though he was now someone different.
I tried to comfort him, to let him know that I accepted him…
I think I failed.
I'm a horrible mother.
How did this happen? I don't understand it.
Ah, he made breakfast.
Compartmentalization.
My work is far too important and it's not helped by the fact that most of my superiors are incompetent. There's too much politics and they always lose sight of our objectives. At least I have some good subordinates…
The next morning there was a soldier standing before me…
It was as if one of my subordinates had just entered our kitchen.
No, he was more like a few of my colleagues that I liaison with from the U.S. embassy.
I'm sure he saw combat and a lot of it, probably enlisted…
How could I have missed this? Was this what he was suppressing? Damn, I must be slipping.
I felt a strong urge to pull him in for a debriefing.
But that faded almost instantly as he became despondent at adding sugar to his coffee…
Even after all of this, Hat-chan is still Hat-chan.
Besides, if I did pull him in the Colonel would just call me crazy…
I checked my phone and found an encrypted text.
Oh no, not another Cabinet briefing.
God damn it…
…
Hat-chan has PTSD…
…
I'm worried that Hat-chan isn't assimilating, so I tried to tell my husband.
I regretted it.
So Hat-chan has talent in music… I just wish he never met THAT woman.
…
I thought about tapping Hat-chan's phone, but that would draw too much attention. So I settled for accessing Hat-chan's computer remotely.
Hat-chan's search history was very chaotic. It was as if he was extremely paranoid about something.
That's not a good sign…
Ah, it seems that he spends most of his online time on a very problematic website.
W-why would someone type THAT word over and over…?
Oh, here are Hat-chan's posts.
His handle is Q?
I looked up the picture he was using and found that it was a Star Trek character.
Wait, 'It's happening'? What's happening Hat-chan?
Hmm, it seems he really has it in for the U.S. State Department.
A rant about the U.S. Air Force.
Another rant about the Air Force.
How much do you hate the Air Force Hat-chan?
Kekistan? That's not a real country Hat-chan…
('We will build a wall, a great big beautiful wall that will go on for miles and miles.' thus saith the Orange Man.) Orange Man?
What do you mean by REEEEE? Does Hat-chan need therapy?
Ah, he's online now, maybe I should engage with him.
*Rapid typing*
—Glow? I do not 'glow'. Does he think I'm radioactive?
*Rapid typing*
—Glow-chan! I did not just fly over our house!
Huh? What this?
"Get some SIX?"
"Ma'am?"
"It's nothing Sergeant."
"Major, our Intel briefing for the Ministry is in one hour."
"Thank you Sergeant. Have the Corporal ready the car."
"Yes Ma'am."
I shut down my computer and checked my uniform.
A few hours later we got a report that Seal Team Six just took out Bin Laden…
That has to be a coincidence…, right Hat-chan?
(Hikigaya Hiroshi)
Old man! To-san isn't an old man Komachi! Daddy's only forty-three!
Is my daughter rebelling?!
Komachi not dating, is she?!
To-san won't allow it!
WHO IS HE?! WHAT LITTLE PUNK DARES TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER FROM ME?!
Komachi don't leave me!
(A Certain Blue Ghost)
I know I wanted someone to take her already but…,
What. The. Hell…*echoing*
Oi, here, enjoy another achievement Sergeant. Tee Hee~.
Yo, now just who are you distraction-chan? Did you come with him as well?
With a melancholy look, the little girl with long black hair stares down at the floor as a broken MP3 player begins to play…
'Sweet berries ready for two~ Ghosts are no different than you~'
'Ghosts are now waiting for you~'
'Are you~'
'Sweet berries ready for two~ Ghosts are no different than you~'
'Ghosts are now waiting for you~ Are you~, dreaming~'
'Dreaming the night~'
'Dreaming alright~'
'Do we~, do we know~'
'When we fly~'
'When we~, when we go~'
'Do we die~?' (Yeah~!)
Author's Note:
Oooooooh~! Foreshadowing~! Is it not spooky~?!
So yeah, I felt that the last OVA was kinda on the short side, so I threw this one in as well.
You know, I was going to go with Living Dead Girl at the end, but then I actually read the lyrics and they're kind of fucked up!
Also, I tweaked the last OVA a bit, so you may want to go back and look at it.
Well, let me know what you all think.
I got some good ideas (probably) for the next Episode, so look forward to it.
"And he was never seen again..."
Hey, can someone pick up Morgan Freeman? He's still here TT_TT
[App Fren-ly End Space]