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"It's just, why are you suddenly asking this? Did you witness Chihiro's confession?"
Yes.
Although Kushida's intelligence isn't great, she's very strong in other areas.
Her intuition is also very strong.
But unfortunately, while there was a confession planned, it hadn't started yet.
Hachiman put away his phone and looked at Ichinose.
"I can help you with this."
"And what you, Ichinose, want is for me to pretend to be your boyfriend and for us to act lovey-dovey to make the other person back off, right?" Hachiman said.
"That's pretty much it." Ichinose said.
"If it were someone from the same Class, it would be easily exposed, so choosing someone from another Class... Chihiro is less familiar, which would be more suitable."
"So, please, Hikigaya-kun."
Ichinose was about to bow in entreaty.
Indeed, such a method could make someone retreat.
According to the information obtained, this Chihiro is rather timid, so it would be difficult for her to steal someone who already has a boyfriend.
But.
Ichinose, do you understand?
One lie requires many other lies to cover it up.
Furthermore.
Once you pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend, then the next time Shiranami sees you, you'll have to keep up the pretense.
Not only would this process become troublesome, but Hachiman's own social life would also be thrown into disarray.
After all, he and Ichinose aren't truly dating, but the students around them wouldn't think so.
Hachiman considered the best solution.
Indeed, faking an existing relationship could prevent someone who wants to confess from speaking, suppressing their feelings to maintain the usual relationship.
Yes.
Ichinose probably wants to maintain her friendship with Chihiro.
Because once a confession is made, even friends would find it difficult to continue, as both parties would become aware of "liking/being liked," and even returning to normal wouldn't be possible.
Because friends wouldn't have such thoughts.
However, doing so would plunge him and Ichinose into a constant cycle of lies.
And the only solution would be that one.
As Hachiman thought this, he noticed another girl approaching from where the sun had set.
Light green short hair.
A petite figure.
Her features were delicate, giving her a pitiful aura.
And this was probably Chihiro Shiranami.
However, Shiranami's face was filled with surprise, "Ichinose, who is he?"
But this friend's eyes suddenly welled up with tears.
"Who are you?" But Hikigaya was already prepared, and he retorted to Shiranami.
"But it doesn't matter who you are." Hikigaya said.
"Can you wait a moment? This is my moment."
Then he walked towards Ichinose.
Meow.
Ichinose watched Hikigaya approach.
She looked at him apologetically, then prepared to take his hand.
Because Hikigaya had just agreed to her request, hadn't he?
So now, in front of Chihiro, they would pretend to be a couple, making Chihiro retreat.
"Actually... Chihiro, there's something I wanted to tell you—" Ichinose was just about to speak.
Hikigaya suddenly acted.
He turned to Ichinose and said,
"I've liked you for a long time. Will you go out with me?"
(A/N: It's Hikigaya after all.)
Then, like other boys, he extended his left hand towards Ichinose.
It seemed as if he would hold her hand if she agreed.
But.
"Eh...?" Hikigaya's action directly blocked all of Ichinose's words.
Because.
Originally, Shiranami was going to confess to her, and Ichinose didn't want to hurt the other party, so she entrusted Hachiman to pretend to be her boyfriend.
The result.
Why did it turn out like this?
Hikigaya, you're confessing to her!
Is it sincere?
Or... is it a plan?
But Hikigaya's expression became serious, not looking like acting.
In other words... could it be that he really likes her?
Ichinose is very gentle and often gives people the illusion that she likes them, but now... this feeling of not understanding the situation came to her.
In other words, does Hikigaya like her?
Eh?!
This was a development she had never considered!
Wasn't Horikita by his side? And some students also said he often ate with Sakayanagi from Class A.
So... neither of these two is his true love?
At this moment, Ichinose felt flustered.
"And Ichinose, you said what your reaction would be if I confessed to you here, didn't you?" Hikigaya said.
"Then you must have already thought of your children's names."
"For a boy, let's call him Makoto, and for a girl, let's call her Sora."
Ah.
So why did it get to married life? And she didn't want two children.
She only want one!
And at this moment.
"Beep beep!"
Ichinose noticed her phone vibrated, and her left hand held the phone, a text message flashing on the screen.
"[Reject me, this is also part of the plan. By the way, why are you hesitating?]" by Hikigaya Hachiman.
"..." Ichinose.
It was a plan.
Because she had just thought it was real...
"Um..."
And Ichinose wasn't stupid.
She had so many friends, her emotional intelligence couldn't possibly be low, so she immediately understood.
If Hikigaya's confession was fake... and it also had to achieve the goal of preventing Chihiro from confessing.
Then this was the only outcome, wasn't it?
"I-I'm sorry, Hikigaya-kun."
She said, "I don't want to date anyone during my three years in high school, so whether it's a boy or a girl, or even a cross-dresser, I won't accept anyone."
"I'm very sorry."
Then she bowed in return.
"...Is that so?"
Hachiman looked as if he had been struck,
"I see... indeed, studying is important."
As if he couldn't speak.
It's just, why did she specifically add "cross-dresser"?
Ichinose Honami, she actually understands a lot, doesn't she?
"Then... can we just be ordinary friends?"
Hachiman forced himself to say.
If dating wasn't possible, then becoming ordinary friends.
"...Of course we can! Weren't we already friends, Hikigaya-kun—"
That wasn't true.
Because Hachiman and Ichinose had only exchanged contact information as representatives of their respective Classes at most.
They were still far from being friends.
However, having such a shared experience might perhaps allow them to become ordinary friends.
Because true friends are too difficult to find, and Hachiman didn't believe he could find them.
But.
At this moment, he turned around.
"So, my turn is over. Do you want to use this area? Then I apologize." Hachiman said.
"Eh!"
"No, um..."
Shiranami had written a love letter to Ichinose, hoping to confess here.
But when she arrived and saw Ichinose was also there, she was happy, but there was a boy next to Ichinose.
This made her nervous, wondering if... Ichinose was already dating someone else.
But the actual situation was that they weren't dating.
This boy named Hikigaya was also here to confess.
And he was rejected by Ichinose.
And Ichinose's reason for rejecting him was... she wanted to study!
And that she would reject anyone, only wanting to study.
As a student, studying is, of course, very important.
And Ichinose's grades are also very good.
So, would her confessing now also disturb Ichinose?
"I have nothing to do."
Saying this, Chihiro immediately turned and ran away.
Chihiro probably had no idea how to handle the situation and ran away quickly.
"Wahhh—"
And a pink-haired girl in the corner became flustered.
Because she had only come to take selfies, but... she found someone had arrived first, and being introverted, she decided to hide.
(A/N: She's always at the crime scenes, isn't it??)
As a result, she heard some incredible news.
Hikigaya confessed to Ichinose from Class B.
Hikigaya confessed to Ichinose of Class B, and then… he failed.
Although Sakura had no experience with confessing or being confessed to, she knew that staying there any longer would be awkward.
So, after a brief consideration, Sakura saw Shiranami-san leave, then she also picked up her camera and carefully left.
At the original spot.
Watching Chihiro's departing back.
"Phew—"
Ichinose Honami let out a huge sigh of relief.
"Thank you so much today, Hikigaya-kun."
"I really didn't expect you to… use this method."
Indeed.
The original plan was to pretend to be a couple and make Chihiro retreat gracefully.
But Hikigaya's plan was to take a step back.
Instead of pretending to be a couple, he would confess directly.
Then Ichinose only needed to reject him while also stating that she would reject everyone.
This would mean that if Shiranami confessed, she would also be rejected.
Thus, there would be no need for Shiranami to confess.
And Hachiman said,
"This is just a delaying tactic, because it's for these three years of high school, but what if Shiranami still likes you after three years?"
"While in school, there's the excuse of studying, but after graduation, she might still confess to you."
"This…"
This seemed like it would become even more difficult to handle.
Ichinose showed a bitter face again.
And this was also a very tormenting point.
Although one could make others keep their love unspoken, if the love wasn't cut off, the affection would continue.
So, it was still a tricky matter.
Regarding this.
Ichinose said, "But with three years, Chihiro will definitely find someone she likes, right?"
Moreover.
A hint of desolation appeared on her face that shouldn't have been there,
"Because I'm not that good of a person, and I'm not worth her liking."
"…"
Ichinose's expression was desolate, and her tone was the same.
It was like self-isolation.
This made Hachiman feel that her reason for wanting to reject Chihiro or others' confessions might not be simply about liking or not liking… but a kind of self-negation buried deep within her heart.
And just as Hachiman was about to investigate.
Ichinose regained her vitality, "I owe you another favor today, Hikigaya-kun."
She said, "I hope to be promoted to Class A with everyone in Class B, so truly, in the end, we won't go easy on you."
The image of Ichinose Honami, who belonged to the sunshine and was friendly, had returned.
"But, Hikigaya, was it really alright to do that just now?" Ichinose seemed to want to end the matter.
But she also had something she cared about.
"Because I just rejected you." Ichinose seemed very embarrassed.
"Are you, are you not hurt?"
"That was just acting." Hachiman said.
"And I don't have those feelings for you."
"Phew."
"Then, if those words of confession to me just now were to spread—"
She felt it would cause trouble for Hachiman.
But Ichinose, oh Ichinose.
Since you know it might cause him trouble, then your initial idea of a fake relationship shouldn't have come up at all.
In other words, this matter of Shiranami's confession was indeed very difficult for you to handle, wasn't it?
Just a moment's thought would reveal it.
For example, if Hirata confessed to him… hmm… it would indeed be very difficult to handle.
He would definitely refuse, but he would never have thought that someone of the same gender would like him or anything.
"There was no one else here just now." Hachiman said.
"And Shiranami isn't the type to spread rumors, is she?"
"Mm-hmm." Ichinose nodded.
"Chihiro definitely isn't."
"Then I'm relieved." Hachiman said.
In fact, whether a confession succeeds or fails, as long as it becomes a fait accompli, there's always the risk of it spreading and attracting everyone's attention.
It would become a topic of conversation.
Or they would be teased when the two parties appeared together.
Even a friendship might not be able to continue.
Therefore, things like romance are truly too annoying.
Hikigaya Hachiman does not crave romance.
All he wants is to find a rich woman who will support him, and then become a househusband.
So, seeing that Ichinose was fine, Hachiman left the area first.
Ichinose, on the other hand, said she wanted to continue sitting there and resting a bit.
The events she encountered today were still a bit difficult for her to digest.
She needed a little space and time to vent her emotions.
This could be seen from Kushida, who kicked the railing and cursed.
It's just that Kushida was a bit more violent.
And.
Hachiman raised his left hand.
This left hand was grabbed by Kushida and then covered her soft spot.
Although it was Kushida's clumsy method to keep him quiet.
But undeniably, Ichinose's words, which were similar to a confession, had a great impact.
But he resisted it.
To some extent, it was Kushida's credit.
However.
Kushida, you are truly troublesome.
…
So, the troublesome Kushida had already returned to the dormitory.
As everyone's Little Angel, she was very popular, and the boys were somewhat idiotic.
They actually wanted to take the opportunity to confess or something; of course, Kushida didn't like this, but she handled it very skillfully. When some girls were about to leave, she followed them out.
Just as she returned to the dormitory, she found that Hikigaya Hachiman had sent her a message.
Asking her if she knew any news about Shirabo.
Hmm.
Chihiro Shiranami, of course Kushida knew her.
And she also knew that Hikigaya probably encountered someone or other, which is why he came to ask for information.
In other words, he encountered Shiranami Chihiro's confession scene?
How interesting.
Hikigaya, how do you always encounter such incredible things?
Although Kushida acted very much like a Little Angel, she admitted that Ichinose of Class B had defeated her in her most skilled area.
She had more friends than her, and even became friends with her.
It really was… maddeningly jealous.
Thinking this.
She prepared to step out of her room for some fresh air.
Just as she reached the hallway, she saw the elevator open.
"I wonder whose camera this is."
The girls seemed to have found a lost item.
There were only four girls inside.
Karuizawa from her class, Shinohara, and Satō.
They were all members of her gyaru clique.
And there was also a girl from Class A, named Kamuro Masumi.
Kushida knew all of them, but they didn't know each other.
Shinohara was holding a camera, and Kamuro was standing in the corner of the elevator.
And that pink camera.
"…" Kushida.
Isn't this Sakura's camera?
Kushida recognized it almost instantly.
However, perhaps wanting to check the owner of the camera, Shinohara opened the camera.
"This is…"
Karuizawa and the others seemed a bit surprised, even the purple-haired girl from the adjacent Class A showed a surprised expression.
"Um… actually, I know the owner of the camera." Kushida quickly said.
Because this camera was most likely Sakura's selfie camera.
Then it must contain Sakura's selfies.
Sakura was actually a great beauty, but she usually dressed as a plain girl due to her shyness.
Kushida still wanted to help her keep that a secret.
But.
Shinohara Satsuki had already opened the files on the camera.
So Kushida was a step too late.
]I've liked you for a long time, will you go out with me?]
[And Ichinose, you said what your reaction would be if I confessed to you here, right? Then you must have even thought of the children's names.]
[If it's a boy, he'll be named Makoto, and if it's a girl, she'll be named Sora.]
"…"
A voice came out.
And it wasn't a stranger.
It was the voice of Hikigaya Hachiman, whom everyone present knew.
"What is this?"
"A confession scene?" Shinohara Satsuki said.
From the video, it could be seen that Hikigaya was confessing to a girl with beautiful golden-pink long hair.
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