Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

"Then I'll start eating without hesitation."

Hikigaya had no intention of wasting the other party's kindness. Since Karuizawa Kei had given him the lunch box, he must not let the other party down.

What's more, this bento does look delicious.

"Ham."

After taking a bite of the vegetables in the bento and then a bite of the crispy tempura, Hikigaya was completely immersed in this delicious bento.

In a short while, he had finished all the food in the lunch box, not even a grain of rice was left.

“It’s so delicious…”

Hikigaya was genuinely surprised by how delicious the bento was, and even thought that if he could always eat this kind of bento, he would do anything.

Of course, he was also more certain that Karuizawa Megumi's hot girl appearance was just some kind of disguise.

The other person's true nature can be seen from his excellent cooking skills, which is definitely not what he shows on the outside.

"Well, go and return the lunch box to the other party."

Hikigaya is not the type who would take advantage of others as a matter of course. When Karuizawa Kei gave him a lunch box, he would only accept the food in the lunch box and would not take the box.

This is the principle that Hikigaya follows.

He then took the pink, girlish lunch box and slowly walked out of room 111. Although he didn't know where Karuizawa Megumi's room was, he thought he could find out by asking the dormitory aunt.

In fact, it is true.

After Hikigaya explained his purpose and showed his sincerity, the dormitory aunt immediately showed him an expression of "you are good at this" and successfully told him Karuizawa Megumi's room.

This school strictly prohibits "relationships that are not suitable for high school students" between boys and girls. What this means is that as long as the relationship is moderate, they will not interfere.

That's why the dormitory aunt doesn't care about Hikigaya's behavior.

Unfortunately, Hikigaya was not like what the dormitory aunt expected. He successfully picked up a girl within a few days after school started. He just went there to return a lunch box.

I don't think you would believe this even if I force you to explain it...

Thinking silently in his mind, Hikigaya came to the elevator of the dormitory. Just as he was about to go in, he found two familiar figures slowly walking towards him at the door on the first floor.

'No, we can't be discovered!'

Due to his dignity as a lone ranger and some sense of shame as a socially anxious person, Hikigaya immediately hid in the shadows.

He observed from a distance and realized that the two people approaching were his classmates Airi Sakura and Haruki Yamauchi.

How did these two people get together?

By the way, wasn't Yamauchi just chasing Karuizawa Megumi with Ike Kanji? Why did he change his target so quickly?

This tendency to get bored with the old and love the new is too serious...

Hikigaya stared at the two people in the distance in confusion and curiosity, and quickly closed his eyes, calmed his brain, and focused all his attention on his ears.

Due to living alone for many years, Hikigaya unknowingly developed a special ability to control his concentration. At certain times, he can give up some other senses and focus on one point.

At this moment, with the help of his extraordinary concentration, Hikigaya quickly overheard a voice in the distance. It was the voice of Haruki Yamauchi alone.

"What do you usually do, Sakura-san?"

"..."

"I heard there's a delicious milk tea shop on campus. Do you want to go check it out?"

"..."

"Sakura-san, do you want to go to school with me from now on?"

"..."

Along the way, Yamauchi Haruki spoke almost all the time to himself, hoping to attract the attention of Sakura Airi, but Sakura Airi, who was full of social phobia, just kept her head down the whole time and did not respond to Yamauchi's words.

Haruki Yamauchi walked Sakura Airi all the way to the elevator. He even wanted to help her into the elevator, but was glared at by the dormitory aunt next to him, so he had to give up.

"Ding dong."

Seeing the elevator door close, a hint of dissatisfaction flashed in Yamauchi Haruki's eyes.

After he walked to a corner of the dormitory entrance, he muttered to himself: "I didn't expect that I would accidentally see Sakura Airi in casual clothes at the door of the girls' bathroom just now. She looked so cute, just as cute as Kushida and Karuizawa... Hehe, luckily no one else knows about this, and I am the only one who grabbed the opportunity..."

Yamauchi Haruki spoke to himself, thinking that no one would know.

Little did they know that Hikigaya, who was hiding in the dark, had already noticed everything.

"This is really..."

Looking at Yamauchi Haruki leaving, Hikigaya shook his head with an extremely subtle expression.

Although he felt helpless about the harassment of his socially anxious classmate Sakura, he was too lazy to care about the matter between Yamauchi Haruki and Sakura Airi.

Because in the end it has nothing to do with him...

He is not a righteous partner like the protagonist in a certain Type-Moon movie, and he will not take action for something that has nothing to do with him.

What's more, with a personality like Haruki Yamauchi, people would automatically give up when they encounter some setbacks and would not care about anything at all.

"I better hurry up and return the lunch box to Karuizawa Megumi..."

Hikigaya thought as he walked into the elevator and pressed the up button.

Chapter 23: I plan to be reborn as an atomic bomb in my next life

At Tokyo Metropolitan Koukou Ikusei High School, the girls' and boys' dormitories are located in the same building, but the girls' dormitories are on the upper floors, while the boys' are on the lower floors.

Hikigaya's dormitory is 111, which is on the first floor. According to the dormitory aunt, Karuizawa Megumi's dormitory is on the fifth floor.

Hikigaya took the elevator and quickly arrived at the corresponding floor.

As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he carefully paid attention to his surroundings and moved forward cautiously with almost ninja-like movements, not wanting anyone to discover his presence.

Otherwise, if people knew that I had secretly come to the girls’ dormitory, I would be completely socially ruined!

Fortunately, since it was already break time and the school generously equipped each dormitory with a separate bathroom and toilet, there were almost no people walking in the corridor at this time.

Hikigaya successfully arrived in front of Karuizawa Kei's dormitory and then knocked on the door carefully.

"Well...Karuizawa-san, I'm here to return the lunch box." Hikigaya tried to speak in a calm tone.

However, he knocked on the door for a long time but heard no response from the room.

Could it be that Karuizawa simply didn't want to pay any attention to me, so he pretended not to be there?

A bad thought came to Hikigaya's mind.

The reason why he had such an idea was undoubtedly because of his dark history in junior high school.

In his second year of junior high school, he changed to a new class and finally added a girl in his class on Line. That night, he excitedly sent her a message saying "Good evening".

As a result, I didn’t receive a reply for a long time until the next morning when I got a response from the other party - "Sorry, I forgot to read the message."

How should I put it? The worst feature of Japanese WeChat Line is that the message has been read. The girl on the other side was too lazy to even pretend that she had read the message for a whole night before she gave a bland reply.

Just thinking about it makes me want to die...

In short, no matter whether Karuizawa Megumi is really not here or just pretending to be, Hikigaya can't stay here any longer.

Otherwise, if a girl from the dormitory ran out and saw him, Hikigaya would be really dead!

With this thought in mind, Hikigaya returned to the elevator entrance.

But before he went in, he noticed the bright up sign of the elevator. Frightened, he quickly covered his breath and hid behind a potted plant on the side of the road.

"Ding dong!"

The sound of the elevator slowly sounded.

Two figures who came out of the elevator surprised Hikigaya, Karuizawa Megumi and Hirata Yosuke.

It seems that the other party is not pretending not to be in the dormitory... Hikigaya couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He still didn't want his dark history in junior high school to surface again.

On the other side, Karuizawa Megumi was walking with Hirata Yosuke with a smile on her face, and even from the looks of the two of them, they seemed to be very "intimate".

"Well, I'll be grateful for your guidance in the future, Yosuke."

Karuizawa Megumi spoke to Hirata Yosuke with a smile on her face, and even called out the other's name intimately.

"If this kind of thing were to be discovered..." Hirata Yosuke's expression was not as calm as Karuizawa Megumi's. The man's face did not show any relaxation and naturalness when facing his girlfriend. Instead, he looked nervous.

"Humph, if we don't tell anyone about this, who would know?" Karuizawa Hui said with disdain, "Anyway, since you've already promised me, you have to take responsibility for it!"

Hearing Karuizawa Kei's words, Hirata Yosuke looked helpless, as if he really didn't want everything to turn out like this, "Well, then I'll just take you here."

"Well, we'll do this from now on."

Karuizawa Megumi waved to Hirata Yosuke and watched him walk into the elevator.

"You are such an indecisive guy. If you weren't so high in class and so easy to talk to, I wouldn't have..."

After Hirata Yosuke disappeared, the girl with blonde ponytail changed her expression instantly.

She spat into the air, turned and walked away. Her cold look until this moment made people think she was a real hot bitch.

Hikigaya witnessed the whole process, hiding himself behind a potted plant.

Although he didn't know what had happened between Karuizawa Megumi and Hirata Yosuke, Hikigaya was very clear that if he ran away now, the other party would definitely think that he had seen through the secret between them.

Therefore, after confirming that Karuizawa Megumi was far away, Hikigaya walked out from behind the potted plant with a helpless look on his face and pressed the elevator's down button.

Karuizawa Megumi and Hirata Yosuke, are they dating? But it doesn't look like it.

Damn, there are too many problems in this class, right?!

Is it too late for me to apply for class change now?

Class A and Class B may have too high requirements, but it should be okay for me to get into Class C, right?

Entering the elevator, Hikigaya sighed from the bottom of his heart, feeling deeply confused about his own and Class D's future.

Having said that, it looks like I can only return the lunch box tomorrow.

……

After an overly complicated day, Hikigaya lay down on his bed in the dormitory and fell into a deep sleep.

When he woke up the next morning, he immediately washed, packed his things, stuffed his pink lunch box into his schoolbag, and headed to the classroom.

Just like yesterday, although he arrived early enough, Horikita Suzune still arrived earlier than him.

Hikigaya was more or less used to this, so he didn't show any surprise and walked towards his desk carrying his school bag.

He thought it would be a normal development, but he didn't expect that -

"Good morning."

Horikita actually took the initiative to say hello.

Huh? Is the world about to end? Or has the sharp-tongued Horikita Suzune been replaced by an alien with the same appearance as her?

Hikigaya stared at Horikita with wide eyes, clearly not expecting Horikita to take the initiative to greet him.

"It seems like your intelligence is deteriorating every day. Has your IQ really become that of a penguin now?"

Well, this kind of sharp-tongued person is indeed Horikita herself.

"Hehe, even though you want to belittle me, unfortunately, penguin is a compliment to me." Hikigaya calmly responded to Horikita's venomous tongue.

"Although you seem to be saying that penguins have many advantages, when comparing animals, you can no longer be equated with the human race."

"It's none of your business. Humans are the ugliest life on this planet. My goal is to destroy all humans and give us a beautiful Earth!"

"So you plan to be reincarnated as an atomic bomb in your next life?"

"Please don't tell the hell jokes..."

Completely overwhelmed by Horikita's cold voice, Hikigaya realized that he was no match for this woman.

"By the way." Seeing Hikigaya sitting down, Horikita Suzune suddenly spoke in a strange tone, "Hikigaya, you went to the club's recruitment yesterday, right?"

"..."

Unexpectedly, Horikita Suzune would take the initiative to start a conversation. Hikigaya was silent for a moment, then nodded.

At this moment, Horikita Suzune's expression immediately became strange, and it could even be said that she could no longer calm down.