84 Jabami Yumeko's Ultimate Desire
"If Hikigaya-kun wants to gain control of Ikishima-san, I can try to take her under my influence."
A serene smile appeared on Jabami Yumeko's face.
Although she genuinely loathed Ikishima's methods, for Hikigaya-kun's sake, she was willing to do anything.
Hikigaya remained silent for a moment, then solemnly nodded. "If possible, I'll leave it to you, Jabami."
Hikigaya wasn't a typical kind and gentle guy—he aspired to be a sigma male.
From beginning to end, he never forgot his purpose. He was a seed—he had come to Hyakkaou Academy to absorb nutrients and grow strong.
To make one noble child after another become his branches, under his control, until they formed vast, sky-shrouding foliage.
How could he speak of love or relationships when his grand ambitions were unfulfilled?
He would make it up to Jabami Yumeko in other ways.
"It's getting late. Don't forget our gamble, Hikigaya."
With her chest proudly lifted, Juraku Sachiko brushed past the two of them.
"Oh, and that girl who came to deliver a message for you—I gave her your contact info and told her to leave first."
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The sun had already set.
Hikigaya Hachiman and Jabami Yumeko sat side-by-side under the bus stop shelter. Night had fallen, cars passed by one after another. Hikigaya was the first to speak.
This was a bit difficult for him to bring up.
"Um... Jabami, there's something I'd like to ask you."
"Eh? Hikigaya-kun using the word 'ask'? That's surprising," Jabami responded with surprise, eyeing the visibly flushed face of Hikigaya with growing curiosity.
In her impression, the only time Hikigaya Hachiman had shown such an expression was that day at the hospital.
'Uwah~ I really want to tease him now.'
"Mm... It's a little embarrassing, but out of everyone I know, you're the only one I can ask for help with this, Jabami."
Hikigaya Hachiman took a deep breath. Juraku Sachiko was an opponent he absolutely had to defeat.
She was an indispensable milestone on his road to challenging Momobami Kirari. For that reason, he had to let go of his laughable sense of shame.
A man whose erection was seen by Jabami had no right to speak of something like shame! Hikigaya mentally berated himself.
Looking at Yumeko Jabami's delicate profile, Hikigaya decided to take the initiative. When it came to matters of sex, if he continued to remain passive, then he could forget about making progress.
"Besides, this whole thing was started by Jabami anyway. It's not my fault."
"I'd like to ask you to train me, Jabami."
"Ara? Train?" Jabami gave him a dazed, innocent expression, her princess-cut bangs swaying gently in the breeze.
She probed cautiously, "Is it training in sleight of hand or something like that? If so, I don't think Hikigaya-kun is any weaker than I am~ Besides, I'm better at observing other people's weaknesses, but when it comes to using trick techniques, I'm not really skilled."
"No." Hikigaya shook his head.
After some thought, he decided to come clean about his bet with Juraku Sachiko.
"I made a bet with Juraku-senpai... The challenge is to hold her foot, observe it at close range, and keep my heart rate under 100 for a full minute." Hikigaya Hachiman rubbed his nose in frustration. "But... you know, Jabami, if I get too close to the opposite sex, my heart rate just spikes out of control."
After hearing that, Jabami Yumeko couldn't help but open her mouth in surprise.
"Like right now."
Hikigaya pointed to his chest, feeling the rhythm beating beneath his fingertips.
Under the dim streetlight at the desolate bus stop...
Hikigaya and Jabami Yumeko stared at each other. Their gazes locked, yet neither of them looked away or moved aside.
One was a graceful young lady brimming with youthful elegance; the other, a calm and composed, lazy-type boy.
Hikigaya couldn't help but take a closer look at the girl before him.
Jabami's lips were the most beautiful he had ever seen. Cherry-pink and exquisitely shaped, they made him want to lean in and savor them in detail.
Fortunately, Hikigaya still had the modesty of a virgin.
"So... how exactly do you want me to train you, Hikigaya-kun?"
Jabami's earlobes visibly turned red and soft. Her ample chest rose and fell more rapidly, her black-stockinged thighs clenched together, her whole posture twisting uneasily like a prisoner under restraint.
"J-just..." Hikigaya, unusually, began to stutter, "Let me try holding your foot... until I get used to the feeling."
At last, Hikigaya spoke his request aloud.
Though the request was bold and somewhat unreasonable—completely out of character for Hikigaya Hachiman—for the sake of his grand plan, he said it anyway.
Small moments of acting out-of-character can't disrupt a greater plan.
The great writer and thinker Mr. Shuren once said: "There's nothing a human being can't get used to. And if there is, just get used to it more times."
Hikigaya chalked up his accelerated heart rate when in close contact with girls to his lack of such experiences.
Whether it was the Yukinoshita sisters in the past, or Momobami and Juraku Sachiko now—the principle remained the same. If he could adapt to being close to Jabami's feet, there was no reason he couldn't adapt to Juraku's.
"Mmm~"
Jabami Yumeko involuntarily tilted her head back, eyes dreamy as she gazed at the lamp above.
Her expression mirrored that of Ikishima when lost in a trance.
Her pink lips parted slightly, a thread of fragrant drool seemingly about to spill, her entire body exuding a hazy, pinkish aura. Her slender fingers instinctively climbed to her own bosom.
What had she just heard?
Hikigaya-kun wanted to touch her foot? If they really did that, she might honestly break~
And to think the reason for touching her foot... was to engage in that kind of lewd gamble with Juraku-senpai. It was simply too indecent.
Yet despite how ridiculous the request was, Jabami Yumeko felt no resistance inside.
On the contrary, after clearly understanding Hikigaya Hachiman's goal, she became even more excited.
'This feeling of being used by Hikigaya-kun like a tool...'
"Ah~ How Wonderful! I'm going to break~"
The thought of the person she cared for—Hikigaya-kun—going to touch the foot of someone like the domineering Juraku-senpai... this feeling of personally pushing her beloved toward someone else caused a deep, hidden, twisted desire within Jabami Yumeko to surge uncontrollably.
Of course, all of this was predicated on Hikigaya Hachiman keeping his promise back at the hospital—that he would never abandon her.
"Y-you can~ If it's Hikigaya-kun... Please, feel free to use me!"
Jabami Yumeko's pupils looked as if they were dissolving into heart shapes. Sticky, sweet-scented sweat dripped down her forehead, her body leaning unconsciously toward Hikigaya.
She slowly stuck out her fragrant tongue, like a true snake beauty.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Hikigaya stopped her by pressing his forehead against hers to hold her back.
"Don't say weird things like that, Jabami..."
"Since you agreed, let's go to the hospital."