That's it.

I am never coming to school again! To hell with this game, the Heroines, everything! Out of every possible way to get her to stay, the system made me say that?! Couldn't it go with the simple "Please stay here, I need to say something to you"?!

Look! Kawasaki looks like she wants to kill me now! It's over. My life at school, or what's left of it, is completely dead now. Now I am labeled as a pervert to go along with my loner status! That's double the negative!

I might as well g –

"Hikigaya."

I immediately gulp when I hear that tone, the tone that people use when they try to act calm to cover the volcano eruption going on in them. The tone that anime likes to use to show the audience that a character was about to snap.

The tone that signifies my death right now.

…Alright. Let's see if I can cover myself. Maybe a slip of tongue – no wait, that might just backfire on me. LN taught me that, even though I know it's a shitty place to rely on but I got no other information to rely on! Maybe try to –

"Hikigaya, are you waiting for me to flash myself to you?"

…If I am going to be buried, I might as well make the mountain as high as possible.

I smooth out my expression then take a deep breath, "Y-yes… It's… Because… When I saw your p-panty… I am calm."

Good going me. I am calm. That is the way you want to go out. You stupid –

"And why the hell does that make you calm?!"

…Ah. The red really contrasts well with her hair color. Maybe add the smoke coming out of her head then it would be perfect.

"Well?!"

…I really hate myself for going down this route. But this got the highest possibility of me not dying.

"Um… So… It's because… I love you!"

This isn't a lie since in the future I will love you! Indeed! This is me just conquering you right now even though I don't love you or any of the Heroines!

Fuck me I want to crawl into a hole right now!

…

Kawasaki… Please say something… You might need to deal with a strangled corpse if you don't say something! That blank look of yours is more terrifying!

She blinks. Once. Twice. Thrice. Then opens her mouth.

"…Hikigaya, do you need me to call your parents to take you to a hospital?"

Ouch… Her comment hurt me harder than I expected… Maybe it's because of the parents' part… Ah, I can take advantage of this.

"…I don't have parents, Kawasaki. My mother cheated on my father with her boyfriends… They divorced and my mother went with her boyfriends while father left me and my sister behind."

I… Don't really want to say it since it still hurts… But this should get her to pity me and get her guard down… I hate being pitied on but if this is what it takes to win then fine.

I'll use all of the tricks I know to win. Even though my 108 Hachiman skills aren't working for some reason…

She flinches then her face softens, "Oh… Sorry…" She fidgets while she scratches her cheek.

I shake my head, "It's fine. It happened years ago and I got over it." Ignore that flash of hurt, "But, I am not lying when I said that I calmed down when I saw your panty."

"…Would it kill you to not say that so bluntly?!"

Whoops, sorry. Not sorry. Now time to go for the finishing blow to sweep this whole thing under… But her blushing expression really looks cute. No bad thoughts. Begone with you!

"Actually, you don't need to show me. I'm back to normal now so there is no need. So thank you, Kawasaki-san." I bow at her, half in gratitude and half in desperation.

"…Don't tell anybody what happened here." Her glare sharpens and I think I can see an aura of something around her, "If you do… I will kill you."

I rapidly nod at her with sweat dripping from the back of my neck. Don't worry, Kawasaki, I won't say anything even if I am held at gunpoint!

…Wait, if I'm actually in that situation then I would. Sorry but my life is more important than the secret that you wear scandalous underwear!

She quickly nods at me then briskly walks away, never looking back even once. Then she disappears behind the door that slowly closes.

I wait for a few more seconds to see if she comes back but when I see that the door stays closed, I let out a sigh of relief while falling onto my back. I don't even care if my clothes become dirty since I am exhausted from dealing with that situation.

At least making her stay here was the right choice…

Right? System? No box telling me that I made the right choice? Nothing?!

"…I need a maxx coffee – no make that ten. Ten maxx coffee."

Yeah that number should be enough to drown me in its sugary goodness of coffee. Hopefully I can get drunk from that and make me forget about this day. Forgive me this one time Komachi since you're worried about my consumption of maxx coffee but this time it is an emergency! I just need that sugary goodness to drown my migraine! And -

I hear the door slowly open, prompting me to lift my head up to see Kawasaki sticking her head out from the door with a complicated look and her cheeks fully red.

"…Don't tell anybody what you saw and I won't tell anybody what you said to me… Pervert." Then she disappears back into the door.

…Ouch, she called me a pervert and I can't even deny that… But at least it's only her that will call me that… I don't want to imagine other Heroines, let alone society, calling me that…

I can handle being a loner but a pervert loner? I know I have done some stuff that should not be said in any normal conversation during my time surfing in the internet but –

…Damn it I can't even deny it in my own mind!

This is only the first period of school and I had to go through with this! I don't want to imagine what kind of hellish events I have to go through today…

Can't I just skip school today? Can't I let any other guy replace me? Let that damn normie Hayato deal with this!

Just let me go back to my normal life!

…Hold on. Kawasaki did reject my confession… Right?

*SWQSWQSWQ*

A/N

Welp, had to deal with some stupid bullshits that left me too tired to write... Damn, I really want to stab someone... Moving on, I was going to take this story on the path where 8man dies here then the system brings him back to the start with his memories wiped, along with this being his 10000 try at beating the game and the last life but something interfered with the system, yada yada yada. I didn't go through with it because... That would mean more work for me. Anyway, on to the comments!

CrazyxEnigma - well it's not pity lol. And yep, he needs some sanity potion! Or at least the Bonfire!

Deathenglegamers1144 - hahahahaha, don't worry *REDACTED*

AnotherNightMist - indeed. Poor 8man

Saif Omar - lol, it's not ending until I say so! *glances at my other fics* until I say so!

Hugo0974 - *pleased Saki face* yep. And the answer is...

Maximumcarnaval - lol, infinite bruhs!

gotheone - thank you. And I have no idea when I can update the quints!