Hachiman POV
…
…Mind-Komachi?
…Still nothing…
Even though it's the next day…
I… I hope she's fine…
…Haha… It's really funny. How I can experience a mental breakdown yet be fine after sleeping. Maybe it's because I didn't experience any nightmares? Oh wait, maybe I just can't remember it…
…Ah well… Now time to get up… Get ready for scho-school…
Come on… Just… Get up. Body please. Work with me here. Just get up and go get ready for today…
FUCKING GET UP! I HAVE TO CONQUER THEM! I CAN'T MISS ANY EVENTS!
GET UP! FUCKING SHIT BODY!
I TOLD YOU TO GET U –
"Nii-chan?"
I flinch and instantly snap my neck towards the door, just in time to see Ko – her slightly flinching. Before I could ask her why is she here, she takes a deep breath and exhale then quickly makes her way to my bed.
"Nii-chan, last night –" She freezes at the middle of the room, her eyes now flashing with hurt, "Nii-chan… Why… Are you backing away…?"
Eh? What? I look down, only to see that I'm now closer to my window. I flinch again and quickly open my mouth, "It's not what –" I look back up but freeze as I see her right next to me now.
"Shhhh… It's not your fault… I'm sorry for asking that, Nii-chan…" I gaze into her eyes… Familiar eyes… Yet…
Unfamiliar at the same time.
…
"…I would like to be alone right now."
"…But –"
"Please."
Please… Get away…
Before… Before I do something I will regret.
…Good… She listened… Ignore her face… She's not her… But it's her at the same time…
No she's not her. It's her. Not her. It's her. Not her. It's her. Not her. It's her. Not her. It's her. Not her. It's her. Not her. It's her. Not her. It's her. Not her. It's her. Not her. It's her. Not her. It's her. Not her. It's her.
NOT HER!
IT'S HER!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
*WNHWNHWNH*
Yuigahama POV
"Hmmmm… Like Hikki sure is late…"
"Did you say something Yui?"
I look up from my desk to see Yumiko looking right at me, "Like, it's nothing." I shake my head at her since I don't want her to worry.
Yumiko frowns then gets up from her table near me, "It's about Hikio," She whispers into my ear then quickly leans away.
Ehhh?! Like how did you know?! Was I like that obvious? Oh no if the others –
I feel a hand on top of my head, "Stop being so dramatic, Yui. It's just Hi-Hikio, not like I said a disaster."
…What was that pause, Yumiko? And that light blush?
No! Shoo! Like go away bad thoughts! Bad! Shooooo!
I awkwardly smiles at her, "Ahaha… Like yeah, it's just Hikki… But like, class is about to start…" I look around the class, ignoring the mess Tobechi caused by spilling his drink all over him while the rest laugh at him, and try to find Hikki.
I see Yumiko shrug from the corner of my eyes, "Probably running late… He hasn't missed any class after all."
…How do you know that, Yumiko…?
Nooo! No bad thoughts! Yumiko is a friend!
…She wasn't before…
Ehhh?! Like Yumiko was our friend from the beginning! Sure, like her personality is too pushy but she already apologized yesterday!
…Fine…
I turn my head towards her and smile, "Yep! Like ever we started our second year here, he hasn't missed a single class!"
"Who hasn't missed a single class?"
I slightly flinch at the sudden remark, like same with Yumiko from what I can see, then both of us turn our head to see Hayama right next to us instead of with the guys.
…Danger…
Moooouuu, Hayama might be a little funnier than the others, but like not like that!
While reprimanding my bad thoughts, I hear Yumiko talking, though, like is it me or is her tone a bit cold? "We were saying how Hikio never missed class."
I glance at her, though I can only find Yumiko's normal look, then I look back at Hayama, just in time to see his blink, "O-oh… Really? I never noticed." He smiles at us, but like it's… Different? Different from his normal smile.
…Dangerous…
I ignore the bad thoughts as I focus on hearing Yumiko replying, "E-eh? Well, it's nothing really…" She mumbles towards the end and I take a quick glance to see her looking at the floor, though like I can see her cheeks slightly red.
"I see… Oh, do you two want to hang out tomorrow? Tobe and the rest are going to do their own things this weekend, so they can't come."
Eh? Ehhhhh? Like did Hayato ask us out for a date?! But he already asked the others but they're busy, so does that mean we're his second option? Mouuu! Like this is hard…
…Idiot…
Like shush you!
"Oh… Um… Um… Hayato, can we… Um, reschedule it to Sunday?"
Eh? Ehhhhh?!
"Yumiko?! Like you're turning Hayato down?!"
Yumiko lifts her head up to squint her eyes at me, "…What do you mean by that… Yui?"
Ah… I messed up… I, like, wasn't supposed to say that… Even though Yumiko likes Hayato…
I open my mouth to say something but Hayama talks first, "Um, Yumiko, Yui probably didn't mean anything bad by it, right?" He glances at me and I rapidly nod, "See? Yui didn't mean to hurt you or anything like that."
He clears his throat, "Anyway, sure, we can hang out on Sunday."
Yumiko glances at him then slowly opens her mouth but like a loud bang sound interrupts her. We quickly look at the front to see Sensei Hiratsuka at the front.
Sensei loudly clears her throat, "Back to your seats now." She waits for us to finish getting back to our seat then she scans the room, "Before I call out names, we got a transfer student from the UK. I know, it's a last minute decision by the upper boards. Why? Because they needed money. Now! I don't want to find out that any of you bully her just because she's from overseas or else grades dropping will be the least of your concern." She slams her hand on to the desk, creating a loud sound that – is that a crack?!
Sensei blinks then looks down, "…Whoops." She quickly retracts her hand then loudly coughs, "Anyway, you can come in!"
The door opens again, revealing – cooooollll! She looks so cool! Like her hair looks like fire and the ponytail looks soooo good on her! Hmmm, maybe I can set her hair in a bun like mine?
And wooooowww, like the way she walks is so graceful! Maybe she can teach me? Ooooohhhh, we can be graceful together!
She stops right next to the desk then talks in a refined way? Graceful? I don't know but it's perfect Japanese, "Good morning everybody, my name is Shiro Lilly, transfer student from Wtyombe Tabbey School. Please take care of me."
*WNHWNHWNH*
A/N
"Why is there so many people visiting my house?!" 2023 Hari Raya quote. Real fun, exciting, yipee... Moving on, apologies for taking so long to write (I really should write something else) but... Yeah, life. So, in this chapter, I finally introduced Shiro! And fun fact that I decided her hair based on RNG result, same with her last name. Now, she's going to be *REDACTED* since Komachi is well... Yeah. Also, poor 8man. Anyway, on to the comments!
Roffan - Selamat Hari Raya to you too, Reader. Yep, he found out. Of course, luckily my memory hasn't decayed that much. Yeah, the system is quite the bitch, eh? And they *REDACTED*. Hopefully I'm still able to write at least
FirstWinterLight - *REDACTED*. Lol, hasn't the system shown that it is quite terrifying?
Dimiel - 8man breaking down, hard. Eh, though hopefully I made the scenes logical enough, even though it's from a twisted angle
CMY187 - you ok there, Reader? Studies must be taking quite the toll on you since I noticed that your review length has decreased a bit (which is fine too since it still makes me smile). Good luck with your studies!
CrazyxEnigma - *REDACTED*. Nah, it's just the system referring people not related to the game as NPCs, not Komachi herself. Yep. And yep