Chapter 298 Linked Dream: Hikigaya Honami
Night fell, and the lights in the dormitories were extinguished. Inside the dim rooms, only the sound of light breathing and occasional muttered dream-talk remained.
"Mmh~ I... I like you so much..."
Ichinose Honami rolled over and hugged Shiranami Chihiro, who was sleeping next to her.
"Ho—Honami-chan?!"
Shiranami Chihiro woke up in a daze, finding herself tightly enveloped by two soft, surging mounds. Her cheeks flushed as she wore an expression of supreme bliss.
"Wait, wait a second... it's too tight, I can't breathe...
But... if I were to drown in Honami-chan's embrace like this, I'd die without regrets..."
Feeling the other girl's hug tighten even further, Chihiro began to have trouble breathing—a wonderful experience of simultaneous pain and pleasure. However, at that moment, the voice escaping from Ichinose's red lips instantly made Chihiro feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.
"Darling Hachiman~~~"
"!!!"
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Honami opened her eyes, her brain falling into a state of total system failure.
'I must have opened them the wrong way...
Try again!'
Honami closed her eyes, counted to ten in her head, and opened them once more. The man lying in the same bed as her, under the same blanket, was undeniably Hikigaya Hachiman!
'Ehh?!
What on earth is going on?
Wasn't I participating in the mixed-group forest training exam? Did Hachiman-kun sneak into the girls' dormitory for a night raid?'
Honami's eyes cautiously scanned the room.
She found them in a warmly decorated bedroom. On the wall hung a large wedding photo. The man in the picture wore a handsome suit and silver-rimmed glasses, possessing the air of a
successful professional. The woman wore a white wedding dress; her figure was lush and perfect, and the radiant smile on her face exuded pure happiness.
"This is me..."
'And Hachiman-kun...'
"We're married?!"
Honami was shocked, her heart churning with ripples of emotion.
"It seems this is a dream...
Ugh~ Why would I have this kind of dream?
This is way too embarrassing!"
Honami covered her face with both hands, writhing wildly on the bed in her excitement. This commotion woke the sleeping Hikigaya.
"?Ah~ I see."
With his wealth of experience, Hikigaya understood the situation in an instant. Looking at Ichinose Honami—no, she should be called Hikigaya Honami now!—who was pretending to sleep with her back to him while her body trembled slightly, a calm smile appeared on Hikigaya's face.
"Honami, are you awake?"
Hikigaya reached out and touched her shoulder, shaking her gently.
'Wh—What do I do?
Hachiman-kun is awake! How am I supposed to face him?'
With her heart in a frenzy, Honami didn't know how to respond and could only continue to play dead.
"Little lazybones, time to get up."
Hikigaya's hand moved down, his fingertips slowly sliding across her fair, tender skin.
"Awoo~"
Honami bit her lip hard, but she couldn't help letting out a tiny, muffled whimper.
'Waaaaah!
Hachiman-kun is so practiced! In this dream, are we an old married couple?'
What she didn't know was that for Hikigaya, this was also the first time he had dreamed of Honami. Therefore, he was carefully exploring her sensitive points. A woman's physical
structure is mostly the same, centering on a few specific areas. By testing them one by one, he was bound to find the right "switch."
"Eya?!"
Honami couldn't help but let out a startled cry.
Found it. It was her belly button.
"Don't... don't touch there..."
Honami reached out and grabbed Hikigaya's mischievous hand, turning back to give him a resentful, glaring look.
The charm in that single glance was enough to make anyone lose their soul! Even Hikigaya, who was a "veteran" of many dream battles, found it hard to hide his internal and physical excitement.
"Honami, good morning."
Hikigaya adjusted his posture, trying to keep his expression as natural as possible.
"Good morning... darling..."
Honami's eyes darted around as she tried her best to play the role of a normal wife. She couldn't exactly tell him she was dreaming, could she?
The two of them lay there quietly, staring at each other. Facing the awkward atmosphere, Honami was the first to speak: "Hachiman, why... why aren't you getting out of bed?"
"Getting up right now wouldn't be appropriate," Hikigaya said with a serious face.
"What do you mean not appro... Ah?!"
Honami subconsciously looked down and saw a massive tent. Her face turned bright red in an instant.
"Yo~ why are you blushing?
It's not like you haven't seen it before."
Though Hikigaya was a bit embarrassed, he knew it was better to make someone else awkward than to be awkward himself.
"Pervert!"
Honami immediately thought back to that day when she had "grasped the future" with her own hands.
Afterward, she had felt regret for not finishing the job and taking Hikigaya down completely! But it couldn't be helped. In reality, she was a virgin with zero experience.
Having the courage to "handle the staff" was already a massive feat; any further operation was simply beyond the scope of her knowledge!
However...
Now was a good opportunity. Things she didn't dare do in reality could be practiced in a dream!
"Oh."
A burning spark erupted in Honami's eyes. Suddenly, she flipped over and straddled Hikigaya.
"Darling Hachiman~~ Let's do some morning exercises~~~"
Her scattered pinkish-gold hair gave off a sweet fragrance filled with the aura of a young wife. This was the ultimate temptation that no normal male could resist!
'Sigh, since I can't resist, I can only accept.'
Hikigaya nodded vigorously. Then, a flash of insight hit his brain as he remembered something vital. His face changed instantly!
'Wait...'
At this very moment, his physical body was in a dormitory room shared by 16 men. If he got too "active" in the dream and made some strange noises, wouldn't he suffer a total "social death" on the spot?!
"No, no, no!"
"Honami, get off first!" Hikigaya urged anxiously.
"What do you mean 'no'?"
"You're clearly standing tall and imposing..." Honami used her "Indestructible Grip."
"Really! It's really not convenient!
There's going to be an accident!!" Hikigaya was already sweating buckets.
"Mmhmm~~ I've already thrown caution to the wind, yet you're acting all shy. Are you my man or not?" A trace of madness swirled in Honami's half-lidded eyes.
In reality, one had to consider consequences and influence. Why think so much in a dream?
Just sit down and floor the gas pedal!!!
"Wait, wait... No... Don't... don't do this..."
Hikigaya's face turned beet-red, and veins popped on his forehead. He covered his mouth tightly with both hands, terrified that he would let out a strange sound.
"Ahahahaha!"
"I won! I'm the winner!"
Ichinose Honami threw her head back and shouted excitedly: "I am Hikigaya Honami!!!"
Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night for two dormitories.
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"Hey, wake up, Dead-fish Eyes!"
"What's with that face?"
"How come you look like you're on cloud nine?"
Ryuen Kakeru stood in front of Hikigaya's futon, looking at him with a bizarre expression.
"? What? Don't talk nonsense!"
Hikigaya forced himself to adjust his emotions and responded with feigned composure. He looked around and saw that everyone else seemed normal, with no signs of anything being amiss. Suddenly, he felt a chill down his spine. He turned his head stiffly to find Shibata Souta crouching behind him, staring at him with an incredibly eerie gaze.
"Uh, good morning, Shi—Shibata-kun?"
Shibata didn't respond; his eyes remained locked on him. After a moment, he finally asked: "Hikigaya, what did you dream about last night?"
"!!!"
Hikigaya's heart clenched.
'No way, right?' He thought he had been extremely restrained. Did he fail to hold back a groan at the final moment of "output"? But at this moment, he absolutely could not admit it.
"What dream? I have no idea what you're talking about!" Hikigaya's eyes drifted.
"I heard it clearly!!"
"You... you were shouting, you were shouting..."
As Shibata spoke, his eyes turned red, and his face took on an expression of extreme humiliation—as if his goddess had been defiled!
"Hikigaya-kun talked in his sleep last night?
What a pity. Such a great chance to dig up intel, and I missed it!" Hashimoto Masayoshi looked regretful.
"I say, Dead-fish Eyes, you didn't have some sort of lewd dream, did you?" Ryuen teased with interest.
"H—How is that possible?
No evidence, no proof. Don't frame an innocent man!" Hikigaya argued loudly.
"Heh~ You're getting defensive!"
Ryuen laughed loudly. Seeing Hikigaya make a fool of himself was more satisfying than winning the entire exam!
"I didn't expect a man who looks as serious as Hikigaya-kun to have such fantasies." Kanzaki Ryuji looked like his worldview had been refreshed.
The others couldn't help but chuckle.
"Stop mocking Fish-eye Boy.
It's not strange for a high schooler in the middle of puberty to have a wet dream." Koenji Rokusuke actually said something sensible for once.
"Based on the dialogue from Fish-eye Boy's 'bed-creaking' performance, he was likely in the bottom position.
And the female lead was very proactive. She squeezed him dry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... 8 times."
Retract that previous statement—this guy really isn't human! He actually listened all night and kept a damn tally!
"8... 8...!"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"She... she isn't that kind of person..."
Shibata Souta looked as if his soul had been sucked out, slumping onto the floor like a walking corpse.
"Tch~ What's... what's so great about that?"
"That many times, I..." Ishizaki Daichi tried to brag, but facing the contemptuous gazes of those around him, he couldn't finish the sentence. However, he pulled Albert over: "If it's Albert, he could definitely do it, right?"
"Is it to distinguish between high and low, or to decide life and death?"
"Hahaha! Ahahahaha!"
Ryuen Kakeru laughed so hard he hit the floor. "Doesn't that fit the name perfectly? I've decided! From now on, I'll call you Hikigaya Hachiji-man (Eight-times-man)!!"
"Ryuen!!!"
Hikigaya's eyes went wide with fury. He was truly angry now.
Ryuen was startled at first, but then his gaze fell on Hikigaya, who was still covered by his futon and seemed unable to stand up. As a man, he understood everything!
"Save the threats for when you can stand up and talk—"
Before the provocation was finished, Ryuen's vision went black, followed by a thick, suffocating aura. Hikigaya had picked up his blanket and used a sneak attack to throw it over Ryuen's head, pinning him to the ground!
"Waaaaah! Dead-fish Eyes!"
"#@#%***..."
Muffled under the blanket, Ryuen could only let out a desperate, impotent rage.
"If anyone mentions this again, I'll grab them and we'll go down together in a spray of essence!!"
Hikigaya suppressed Ryuen while scanning the room with a fierce, sharp gaze.
Sssss—
The onlookers gasped. This kind of "mutual destruction" was too terrifying!!
"A mere threat... the beautiful me will not bow..."
"Koenji, I'll sleep next to you tonight. You can count slowly."
Koenji Rokusuke's eyebrow twitched, and he took two tactical steps back.
"I'm sorry."
This was probably the first time since birth that Koenji Rokusuke had backed down.
And so, a shocking scandal that could have become the school's top headline was cut off at the source by Hikigaya's ultimate deterrent of mutual destruction!
As a side note, Ryuen Kakeru fainted on the spot due to lack of oxygen. Afterward, Ryuen wouldn't mention it to anyone either, because being "solo-killed" by the "Whale" made him just as much of a clown.
Just as Hikigaya breathed a sigh of relief for resolving the crisis, strange "rumors" began to spread from the girls' dormitory.
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Ichinose Honami, who had talked in her sleep all night, was currently crouching in a corner in a state of self-imposed isolation.
"Um, about last night..."
"N—No one is allowed to mention it again!"
Shiranami Chihiro warned everyone loudly. Though she was heartbroken, she still stood firm in defending Ichinose.
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"You scandalous woman!!" Kamuro Masumi's face was full of indignation, her teeth itching with rage.
8 times! A full 8 times!! This damn sow... she did more than Kamuro and Sakayanagi combined!!!
"This intel... uh, how should I even write this down?" Morishita Ai expressed that she was completely stumped.
"She even shouted the name. Now Ichinose doesn't even have room to make excuses." Himeno Yuki sighed helplessly.
As bystanders, they felt embarrassed enough to curl their toes; one could only imagine how devastated the person involved was!
"Hikigaya-kun... could he be the reincarnation of the Marquis of Changxin (Lao Ai)?" Wang Mei-Yu muttered to herself. Fortunately, she was referring to a historical figure from another country, so no one present understood her metaphor.
(Lao Ai was a prominent figure in the late Warring States period of China, known as the "Marquis of Changxin" and the lover of Queen Dowager Zhao, mother to Qin Shi Huang. Introduced by Lü Buwei, he posed as a eunuch to enter the palace, gaining immense power, fathering two children with the queen)
"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect the pure-looking Ichinose-san to have such an unsightly side." Yamashita Saki looked triumphant, thinking she had caught a major weakness.
"I beg you, please don't say anything out loud, waaaaah!" Shiranami Chihiro cried and begged for them to let it go.
"Don't worry, our girls' lips are sealed. We won't spread it around."
The girls promised not to let it out.
However, with one dormitory housing students from four classes, all with their own hidden agendas, the probability of the secret being kept was effectively zero!
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