Chapter 303: Sold Out
Hikigaya Hachiman returned home floating on air.
His appearance undoubtedly gave Komachi and Sakura, who were lying on the sofa watching TV, a massive fright.
"Onii-chan, what's wrong with you? Don't scare us so suddenly!"
Coming to her senses, Komachi immediately began to complain. But then, Hachiman's absent-minded state instantly piqued her curiosity.
"Onii-chan, did something happen between you and Miko-san?"
Hearing Komachi's question, Hikigaya Hachiman didn't say a word. Only after recalling what happened on the train, his face suddenly turned bright red, and he bolted up to the second floor.
"......."
On the sofa, Komachi and Sakura exchanged a confused glance.
"Something definitely happened, right?" Komachi asked for Sakura's opinion.
"Yes. For Brother to turn out like this, he must have encountered something shocking," Sakura nodded affirmatively.
She had lived with Hikigaya Hachiman in another world for a year. If it weren't for something truly special, Hikigaya Hachiman would never have had the reaction he just did!
"Hmm, if it were something bad, Onii-chan's expression would definitely be very gloomy. Which means what happened today was a good thing.
And it must have happened on the way back. If Brother had encountered it in the morning, he wouldn't have come back this late.
A good thing, happened on the way home.
And it was after a date between a man and a woman was finished...
But with Onii-chan's personality, it doesn't seem like he would do something so bold." Komachi scratched her short hair in frustration.
"Komachi-san, although Brother is very shy, if Miko-san took the initiative..."
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Back in his room, Hikigaya Hachiman had no idea that his two sisters, comparable to Sherlock Holmes, had already guessed what happened to him through just a few lines of dialogue.
At this moment, feeling his head still spinning, he lay flat on his bed, staring blankly at the lampshade on the ceiling.
"To think my first time in life would actually be a girl forcing herself on me?"
Recalling that soft and warm sensation, Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but reach out and gently touch his lips.
"That girl must have completely lost her head for a moment, right?"
Thinking about how Yotsuya Miko was too embarrassed to even look at him afterward, a faint smile unconsciously tugged at the corner of Hikigaya Hachiman's mouth.
"But I still didn't say it out loud."
Because it was the first experience for both of them, they hadn't known what to do afterward; they had simply parted ways after getting off the train and went to their respective homes.
As a result, Hikigaya Hachiman never voiced his thoughts about a harem, and Yotsuya Miko never stated her viewpoint again either.
Picking up his phone, Hikigaya Hachiman wanted to call Yotsuya Miko, but he suddenly thought: wouldn't it be too reckless to settle such an important issue over the phone?
"It's probably better to wait until the next time we meet and say it in person, right?"
Thinking this, Hikigaya Hachiman put the phone down and lay back on the bed. However, the moment he closed his eyes, Yotsuya Miko's lovely face surfaced in his mind again.
"!"
Hikigaya Hachiman snapped his eyes open, supporting his forehead with his hand, a hint of helplessness on his face.
Obviously, he wasn't going to get a good night's sleep today.
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While Hikigaya Hachiman was struggling with his thoughts, in Yotsuya Miko's room:
"Aaaah!! What on earth did I do?!"
Burying her head in her blanket, Yotsuya Miko wanted nothing more than to bash her head against a wall whenever she recalled her 'heroic feat' from earlier.
She was usually such a timid and fearful girl; why was it only when facing Hikigaya Hachiman that she dared to do something like that!
And she had said those things before that...
"I'm simply an idiot!"
Pulling her head out of the blanket, as if trying to vent all the awkwardness and shame in her heart, Yotsuya Miko shouted loudly at the ceiling.
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Early morning a few days later.
"Onii-chan, can't you walk a little faster?"
On a street with only a few pedestrians, Komachi turned back and complained to Hikigaya Hachiman, who was trailing behind and yawning incessantly.
"So, why did we have to come out so early in the morning?"
Scratching his messy hair, Hikigaya Hachiman walked up to Komachi's side and asked the reason for waking up so early.
With the summer break nearly halfway over, among the three Hikigaya siblings, Hikigaya Hachiman had been the first to succumb to sloth. He usually wouldn't get up until past ten in the morning. Moreover, he had absolutely no reason to wake up early.
"Not only getting up this early, but we didn't even bring Sakura along for this outing..."
With these two things combined, Hikigaya Hachiman was already full of curiosity about where Komachi was taking him.
"Hehe, Onii-chan, you'll find out when we get there!"
Hearing Hikigaya Hachiman's question, Komachi smiled like a little fox and gave a mysterious answer.
"Is that so? Then I'll look forward to it for now."
Covering his mouth to yawn again, Hikigaya Hachiman replied lazily. In any case, Komachi wouldn't harm him; he'd find out what medicine this girl was selling in her gourd once they reached the destination.
Then, ten minutes later...
"Yahallo! Hikki!"
"......."
Looking at the energetic Yuigahama Yui greeting him, Hikigaya Hachiman fell silent.
"Why?"
Without a moment's hesitation, Hikigaya Hachiman turned to the culprit beside him and asked why Yuigahama Yui was appearing in a place like this.
"That's naturally because I asked her to come."
Before Komachi could answer, a woman wearing a trench coat stepped out of a nearby SUV.
"Hiratsuka Shizuka-sensei..."
Even though it was summer break, he had run into his homeroom teacher. Hikigaya Hachiman looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
"What? You really don't want to see me, kid?"
Noticing the gloomy expression on Hikigaya Hachiman's face, Hiratsuka Shizuka cracked her knuckles as a show of force.
Then, amid Hikigaya Hachiman's frantic head-shaking, she walked to his side and lightly patted Komachi's shoulder as a reward for successfully kidnapping her older brother.
"Well then, Onii-chan, I wish you a pleasant experience~"
Secretly accepting the payment Hiratsuka Shizuka handed over, the smile on Komachi's face grew even brighter. After waving goodbye to the three of them, she quickly fled the scene.
"Wait, what the hell does 'pleasant experience' mean?!"
Confused and only knowing that he had apparently been sold out, Hikigaya Hachiman reached out to call Komachi back to ask for details.
However, before he could finish his sentence, a ruthless iron hand grabbed his collar and hauled him back...
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