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Friday.
A wonderful time. It's only one day until the weekend, and today's moderate rain is just right for students to wash away a week's worth of learned knowledge.
Soubu High's social groups have already begun preparing their weekend plans.
As for Kisaragi Rin, he was hiding from Mafuyu Kirisu.
Although Kirisu-sensei wouldn't resort to violence, she would constantly stare at him with a gaze full of resentment.
It must be said, that was far more damaging than direct action.
Kisaragi Rin came outside the classroom, enjoying the rain.
He then noticed Yukinoshita Yukino walking into the classroom next door.
"Isn't she in Class J? Why is she in Class F?"
After a moment of thought, Kisaragi Rin recalled the plot.
It was probably something like: Yuigahama Yui had arranged to meet Yukinoshita Yukino but was late, so Yukinoshita Yukino came to find her personally and happened to see Yuigahama Yui repeatedly apologizing because her friends were upset…
Kisaragi Rin went to the next classroom and, sure enough, heard Yukinoshita Yukino's venomous remarks.
"Since I'm not very familiar with your ecosystem, I accidentally mistook this for an ape's intimidation."
"While it's your freedom to act like a king of the mountain and bluster, please don't continue this behavior outside your territory."
"Tiger stripes, like your makeup, are easily shed."
Yukinoshita Yukino was seriously and venomously speaking to a blonde girl, with extremely high lethality.
"Huh? What did you say? That's so random."
Facing Yukinoshita Yukino, the blonde girl, Miura Yumiko, did not back down, but her momentum was visibly suppressed, and her voice lacked conviction.
Yuigahama Yui was caught in the middle, while the other classmates in the class exchanged glances, not daring to breathe.
"Yukinoshita Yukino, that's enough."
Class F's good-natured Hayama Hayato stood up to mediate, then turned to persuade the other person: "Miura Yumiko, you too."
"Hmph!"
Miura Yumiko bit her finger and sat back in her seat, displeased.
Yukinoshita Yukino didn't show much victor's joy, merely calmly telling Yuigahama Yui: "I'll wait for you outside."
"Ah, my throat is so dry, I need to buy a drink!"
"I need to go to the bathroom!"
"I need to go too…"
The other people in Class F found various excuses to leave, closing the door and leaving only Miura Yumiko and Yuigahama Yui in the classroom.
Kisaragi Rin, Yukinoshita Yukino, and Hachiman Hikigaya all stood outside the classroom.
But their states were all different.
Kisaragi Rin was listening to the reconciliation between the naive Yuigahama Yui and the tsundere Miura Yumiko inside the classroom.
Hachiman Hikigaya stared blankly at the rain, somewhat lost in thought.
Yukinoshita Yukino seemed to be pondering something, cold air spreading around her, her aura sending the message "don't provoke me" to her surroundings.
What happened?
Kisaragi Rin remembered that in the original plot, both of them should have been focused on Yuigahama Yui at this point.
The voices inside the classroom continued.
"Sorry, I'm different from others, so I feel very insecure and always can't help but cater to others."
"Just like when I played house as a child, I originally wanted to play the mom, but others also wanted to play the mom, so I ended up playing the dog…"
The words coming from inside made Kisaragi Rin chuckle involuntarily. Playing house and acting as a dog, that really sounded like something Yuigahama Yui would do.
"Um, so, I don't dislike Miura Yumiko. Can we still be friends in the future?"
"Hmph, is that so? It's not impossible."
Yuigahama Yui is a naive and indecisive person, while Miura Yumiko is a possessive queen and a tsundere.
In fact, they didn't have any real conflict. It was just that Yuigahama Yui wanted to do her private business, and Miura Yumiko wanted to know what that business was.
As a result, Yuigahama Yui kept apologizing but stammered without explaining clearly, which made Miura Yumiko dissatisfied, and she was further annoyed by the unexpectedly appearing Yukinoshita Yukino's venomous remarks, making her quite angry.
The conflict arose quickly and was resolved just as quickly.
Yuigahama Yui walked out of the classroom happily, carrying her bag, and immediately saw the three Service Club members at the door.
"You guys didn't hear everything, did you?!"
Yuigahama Yui said in disbelief.
"I only heard a little bit about playing a dog, you know."
Yukinoshita Yukino and Hachiman Hikigaya ignored her; it was Kisaragi Rin who answered her.
"That's too much! Mean! Idiot!"
Yuigahama Yui said to Kisaragi Rin in dissatisfaction, then stepped forward and linked arms with Yukinoshita Yukino.
"Yukinon, look at him!"
"Why do you call me Yukinoshita Yukino?"
Yukinoshita Yukino asked strangely.
"Eh, it's a nickname I made for Yukinoshita Yukino. I also made nicknames for them, Hikki and Kisa-kun."
"Tch."
"Eh, why is Yukinon like this too?"
Calming down, Yuigahama Yui finally noticed that Yukinoshita Yukino and Hachiman Hikigaya's moods were off; they both seemed to have something on their minds.
She turned to ask the only normal one, Kisaragi Rin, who shook his head, indicating he didn't know either.
Arriving at the Service Club,
No strange people appeared today.
After sitting down.
"Ta-da!"
Yuigahama Yui took out the Service Club's application form and handed it to Yukinoshita Yukino.
"Yukinon, let me join the Service Club!"
Yukinoshita Yukino glanced at Yuigahama Yui's carefully filled-out application form, then sighed and told her: "I'm not the club president. If you want to join the Service Club, go find Kisaragi Rin."
"Eh, Kisaragi is the club president?!"
Yuigahama Yui said in shock.
She had always thought Yukinoshita Yukino was the president.
"Haven't all the club affairs been handed over to you to handle?"
Kisaragi Rin asked Yukinoshita Yukino.
Yukinoshita Yukino calmly replied: "As the president, you should at least participate in club management."
What on earth was going on?
"Kisa-kun, please approve my application!"
Yuigahama Yui came before Kisaragi Rin and handed him the application form.
"Yuigahama-san, please change your address, otherwise your application might be difficult to approve."
If she was asking for a favor, she should at least show some attitude and call him "President."
"You're abusing your authority!"
Yuigahama Yui said in dissatisfaction, looking at Yukinoshita Yukino and Hachiman Hikigaya, finding that no one was helping her fight against the evil Kisaragi Rin, and then she wilted.
"You can report it to the president."
"You are the president!"
"Then quickly change your nickname!"
"But your name is really hard to make nicknames for, Kisa-kun?"
…
Yukinoshita Yukino watched them bickering, lost in thought, her mind unconsciously replaying her mother's words from last night.
"Yukino, when our family was establishing itself, we offended too many people. If we lose our power, we will only be crushed…"
"Stop playing your childish games. What you need now is victory and glory…"
Hachiman Hikigaya, who had been sitting quietly to the side, suddenly stood up. His movement attracted the attention of the others.
Hachiman Hikigaya took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, as if wanting to release all the inner irritation from his body.
He said in an emotionless voice: "I'm quitting the Service Club."
This sentence was like a bombshell, plunging the entire room into silence.
"Quit, quitting…" Yuigahama Yui was somewhat surprised and at a loss, "But why? Aren't we all getting along well here?"
Hachiman Hikigaya's characteristic dead fish eyes widened, and he said impatiently: "You're so noisy! Who gets along well with you people! This club has seriously affected my daily life!"
"I'll explain everything to Hiratsuka-sensei. That's it, I'm leaving."
As his words fell, the door gently closed, leaving behind a profound silence.
Yuigahama Yui turned her head, at a loss, looking at Kisaragi Rin and Yukinoshita Yukino.
The two remained calmly seated.
Yukinoshita Yukino lowered her head, seemingly lost in thought.
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