Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

Chapter 24: It seems someone in our class is going to join the student union

Horikita Suzune took the initiative to ask me about the club's recruitment.

Hearing the other party's words, Hikigaya silently turned his head and found that Horikita Suzune was looking at the scenery outside the window pretending to be indifferent, trying hard to act as if she didn't care.

As expected, he still cares about this guy...

Hikigaya took out Murder on the Orient Express from his schoolbag and pretended to read it while calmly answering:

"Yes, I participated."

"……Is it."

"Yeah, but there's no karate club you want there, so give up."

"This……"

Horikita had an unhappy expression on her face. She obviously didn't want to hear this answer.

But she was too embarrassed to bring up matters related to the Student Union, so she froze in place, not knowing what to do.

And Hikigaya was too lazy to initiate the conversation.

Because this is a rare opportunity for him to take the initiative unilaterally, and he can enjoy Miss Horikita Suzune's anxious and annoyed performance, which is very interesting.

Haha, it’s really fun to see other people’s defenses break…

Hikigaya felt as if he had experienced the pleasure of a certain Mapo priest.

Neither side took the initiative to speak on this matter.

As time passed, the classroom fell into silence, so quiet that one could almost hear the ticking of a pointer.

After a while, students came in from outside the classroom one after another, and the noisy conversations disrupted the originally quiet classroom again.

"What did you see when the club was recruiting new members?"

Finally, Horikita Suzune couldn't bear it anymore. She frowned slightly and chose to speak actively.

"Nothing, I just listened to the student council president's speech and then signed up for the student council interview." Hikigaya spoke as if he didn't care, but in fact, every word he said was irritating Horikita.

In fact, it was true that after hearing what Hikigaya said, Horikita Suzune's expression became visibly ugly, as if something she least wanted to see had happened.

But she was also more curious about Hikigaya's experience, and her face, which was originally as cold and hard as an iceberg, began to melt little by little, and even flashed a little eagerness.

"Are you really going to join the student council?"

"Just give it a try, maybe you can get in?"

"This year's student union is only accepting one spot, and there are at least thirty applicants for the entire grade. Someone like you has no chance."

"You understand it very well..."

Hikigaya was really surprised, he didn't expect that Horikita Suzune even knew the specific rules of recruiting members for the student union so well, it could be said that she loved him deeply.

This guy is not a brother-con...

Hikigaya's mood inexplicably began to become complicated.

When Horikita Suzune saw Hikigaya's attitude, she realized that she had said the wrong thing and quickly made amends, "Don't think too much. The reason I know this is just because I heard people of my age mention it."

"Peers? Didn't you say you completely refuse to socialize? Do you have anyone to communicate with besides me?"

"Do you really want to know the privacy of the opposite sex?"

"..."

Horikita Suzune revealed a cold attitude as she spoke. She was so cold that it seemed as if she was going to eat someone in the next second. Hikigaya immediately shrank his head and didn't dare to say another word.

But he was basically certain that Horikita Suzune had a very special interest in the student union of this school, which could indirectly prove the relationship between her and Horikita Manabu.

Tsk tsk, the relationship between this brother and sister is really complicated.

However, if the target was changed to himself and Komachi, Hikigaya felt that there was a high probability that the situation would develop in a similar way, and he would never expose his relationship with Komachi in school.

It's not mainly for myself, but to protect my sister and not let her be affected by my bad reputation.

But Horikita Manabu is the student council president, and his position is so special, there shouldn't be any problem for him not letting people know that his sister is Horikita Suzune...

Hikigaya thought to himself and realized that Horikita Suzune had become withdrawn again and stopped talking to him.

The other party might have thought that Hikigaya had already noticed something, so he didn't dare to discuss related matters anymore.

Hikigaya didn't bother to care about it and focused his attention on the novel in front of him.

Before coming to this school, Hikigaya had never thought about staying in this school for three full years and not being allowed to go out at all, so he did not bring many books with him, only a few that interested him.

Now, facing the fact that the inventory will soon run out, Hikigaya feels that he must research the location of the school's library and try to borrow books from the library.

As for buying books in bookstores, he is not a rich man with endless points...

But if there is such a rich woman, please contact me as soon as possible!

Just as Hikigaya was immersed in reading and time passed by little by little, a large number of students walked in from outside the classroom in batches.

Among them, the ones who attracted the most attention from Hikigaya were Haruki Yamauchi and Airi Sakura.

These two people actually entered the classroom together.

However, it seems that it is obvious that Yamauchi Haruki only wants to have a good relationship with Sakura Airi unilaterally, or he wants to win this "two-faced" girl before everyone else.

But Sakura Airi's attitude towards Yamauchi Haruki was indifferent, and she had no intention of opening her heart to him at all...

This undoubtedly made Yamauchi Haruki very disappointed, and he even gradually wanted to give up.

Well, it's pretty close to what Hikigaya expected.

Immediately afterwards, two more people walked in from outside the classroom, but this time they looked much more eye-catching than Yamauchi and Sakura.

They are Karuizawa Megumi and Hirata Yosuke.

As soon as the two of them walked in, they exuded a unique atmosphere. Although ordinary people might not be able to observe it, anyone who is a little more sensitive will notice the special sense of distance between the two of them.

Is this a relationship?

The reason why Hikigaya used a question mark here was naturally because of the scene he witnessed in the corridor yesterday.

Although Karuizawa Megumi and Hirata Yosuke have established some kind of connection on the surface, in essence, it is obvious that the two are far from being as harmonious as they seem.

It's like the difference between the instant noodle packaging diagram and the actual product. No, it might be even bigger than that...

Of course, all this has nothing to do with Hikigaya himself. The only thing he cares about now is Karuizawa Megumi's lunch box.

You have to find the right time to return it to the other party...

While Hikigaya was lost in thought, more and more people came into the classroom. Students were talking about various topics and chatting about their bright prospects for the future.

Hikigaya sat alone in his seat, reading the novel in his hand, paying no attention to anyone else in the class.

At this moment, Class D suddenly started talking about a special topic.

"Have you heard that someone in our class seems to be joining the student union?"

The moment he heard these words, Hikigaya's ears suddenly stood up, and he felt inexplicably nervous and his body tensed.

Chapter 25: Formal Interview of the Student Union

Hikigaya doesn't care about the attitude of other students in the class towards him, but if possible, he still doesn't want to attract too much attention from others.

As a lone ranger, the word "alone" is the key to traveling around the world.

Whether you are alone or have no one to accompany you, as long as you move forward by yourself and don't care about the eyes of people around you, you will not attract any trouble.

On the contrary, if you allow yourself to appear in the eyes of other people, what will inevitably follow will be countless troubles and endless suffering.

Oh, sorry if that sounded a bit literary.

To sum up, Hikigaya doesn't want anyone to pay attention to him, and doesn't want to become the topic of other people's conversation, because he is afraid of trouble.

Therefore, when he heard the people in Class D start talking about the student union registration, his expression suddenly became nervous, worried that he would unknowingly become the laughing stock of others.

Yes, Hikigaya had planned to become a laughing stock from the very beginning. In fact, he himself did not think that there was any possibility for him to join the student council...

"Eh? Someone in our class is going to join the student council? Why should I be surprised?"

"Most people in the class can't see the intention in this regard..."

"Yeah, it seems like everyone isn't too positive about these things."

"Could it be Hirata? Hirata should be the most likely to join the student council."

As various conversations were being made, Hirata Yosuke, who had been isolated from the topic, immediately responded, "No, I didn't sign up for the student council."

"You didn't join either, so who would join?" The D-class student who spoke had confusion written all over his face, as if he couldn't imagine who else would want to take the initiative to join the student union.

"After all, who spread this news?"

Sudo Ken has a bad temper and he directly targets the person who started everything.

"People from other classes are talking about it." Ike Kanji was so scared when he saw Sudo speaking that he quickly replied, "I heard people from other classes talking about it on the road earlier. They said that Class D only has one member who signed up for the student council. It's very rare."

"Hey, are all the people in our class so unmotivated?"

Kushida Kikyo heard the conversation and couldn't help but interrupt.

"Maybe everyone doesn't like to be involved in management. There are quite a few people in the class who have joined ordinary clubs. Didn't Sudo also join the basketball club?"

Hirata Yosuke spoke in a comforting tone.

"That's right." Upon hearing this, Sudo wanted to do a three-step layup on the spot and show off. "When I become an official player, I will definitely bring back a trophy!"

All of a sudden, the topic smoothly turned from the student union to club activities.

Most of the people in Class D were the type that tended to be impetuous. They had no interest in student union-related work and were too lazy to even talk about it.

This undoubtedly made Hikigaya breathe a sigh of relief, realizing that he had successfully escaped.

"Humph, it's a pity that we can't let others laugh at you."

Horikita Suzune's voice suddenly came from behind, "If others knew that you were going to join the student council, you would probably become the laughing stock of the whole class immediately."

"This……"

Horikita's words made Hikigaya break out in sweat.

He felt that he could already imagine that scene, and the dark history of social death that followed...

As expected, I must not let anyone know that I have signed up for the student union, absolutely!

……

The official interview for the student union was at noon. Although Hikigaya had participated in the student union interview before, he had never passed it. Therefore, he came to the scene casually with the idea of ​​​​rushing to get a head of attention.

The person in charge of the interview was the same person as when I registered, the Student Union Secretary, Akane Ju.

However, this time, only Tachibana Akane was present, and the student council president Horikita Manabu was not present.

This scene inexplicably evoked subtle thoughts in people, as if the last registration process was more important than this formal interview.

Hikigaya arrived relatively early, but even so, most of the interviewees had already gathered at the scene, waiting for the interview to begin.

To Hikigaya's surprise, Ichinose Honami, who he thought was a strong contender for the student council interview, did not show up.

Was there something delaying you?

In confusion, a familiar pink-haired girl appeared in front of him, but Ichinose did not look normal, or rather, she looked very bad.

"What are you..."

Hikigaya couldn't help but speak.

Because Ichinose was visibly tired, her originally dignified and lovely face was now covered with a haze, and her big watery eyes were blinking as if they would close at any time.

"Ah, it's Hikigaya-san." After seeing Hikigaya, Ichinose forced a smile on his face. "School has just started these two days, and there are a lot of class matters. It took a lot of time to deal with them. I also had to prepare for the student council interview at night. I didn't sleep the whole night..."

"This……"

I had never expected that Ichinose would be so concerned about class affairs, and despite such a heavy burden, he still desired a seat on the student council.