Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

"Okay, you're right."

"Haha, wouldn't it be better if you did this earlier? I still prefer boys' straightforward attitude."

Karuizawa Megumi smiled, and it was as if she was not facing a boy who had just failed to confess his love to her, but an ordinary friend she had known for a long time.

"Anyway, I'm here to return the lunch box you gave me yesterday."

Hikigaya was too lazy to have any further contact with the overconfident Miss Karuizawa.

He just wanted to return the lunch box as soon as possible and completely cut off contact with her so that he could go back to his happy life as a lone ranger.

When she saw what he handed over, Karuizawa Kei was slightly stunned, as if she had just remembered that there was such a thing.

She looked at Hikigaya in front of her, then looked at the lunch box, and a smile suddenly appeared on her face.

"That's it, I understand."

"What……"

My God, what do you understand?

Hikigaya didn't dare to let this classmate, Karuizawa Megumi, use her 'smart' little brain any more.

It was outrageous enough that she had mistaken him for a boyfriend job. If there were more misunderstandings, he would never be able to clear himself even if he jumped into the river...

So, in order to prevent Karuizawa Kei from misunderstanding, Hikigaya quickly explained this time: "I just came here to return the lunch box. Please don't misunderstand me. I really don't have any other intentions."

"Humph, I've already told you that your coy attitude is what I hate the most."

When Karuizawa Hui heard Hikigaya's emphasis, she instinctively thought he was being sarcastic, "You just want me to continue making lunch boxes for you, right? It's no big deal."

"Uh, huh?"

Hikigaya didn't expect that Karuizawa Megumi would understand it this way. The most important thing was that from what she said, it seemed that she thought this was very reasonable.

No, no, no, it's unreasonable to make a lunch box for a boy you're not familiar with, right?

While Hikigaya was stunned, Karuizawa Megumi calmly took the lunch box and said, "Don't worry, I will prepare a lunch box every day anyway, and I won't let anyone know. Even if I increase the amount for you, it won't have any impact. Besides, you probably don't have many friends in the class, right?"

"This...I really don't have many friends, but does that matter?"

"Stupid, you have no friends. Even if you tell others that I made you a lunch box, no one will believe you. In a sense, you are absolutely safe, hehe."

A sly smile appeared on Karuizawa Kei's face.

Hikigaya was becoming increasingly confused about what the girl in front of him was thinking.

Just because you have no friends and won't tell others about it, you are willing to make yourself a fool. Is this really possible?

Could it be that I can’t keep up with the thinking of high school students of this era?

Hikigaya still couldn't accept the reality so easily.

He couldn't help but ask tentatively: "But, Karuizawa-san, haven't you already met Hirata Yosuke-san..."

When Hikigaya mentioned the name 'Hirata Yosuke', Karuizawa Megumi's expression suddenly stiffened.

She stared at the man with wide eyes, as if she didn't expect him to see through it so quickly.

"Yeah, I'm already dating Hirata Yosuke."

When Karuizawa Megumi said this, she did not mention the joy of being a couple at all, and there was not even the slightest fluctuation of a girl in love.

Seeing her pause, Hikigaya couldn't help but ask, "And then?"

"Then what else can we do? We can just become boyfriend and girlfriend!"

Karuizawa Kei's tone gradually became irritable. She didn't seem to want to explain the specific details of this relationship, nor did she want to explain the reasons behind it.

Hikigaya wisely didn't ask any further questions.

The air stagnated briefly.

"Let me take you back to the dormitory."

Hikigaya smiled awkwardly. He was not a gentle and warm man who could read people's minds, so he naturally did not understand the reasons for Karuizawa Megumi's emotions. He could only use his own way to calm her down.

"This……"

Karuizawa Megumi was about to speak in response to Hikigaya's words, but found that the other party stretched out his hand.

"You...what are you doing? I didn't agree to date you, how can we hold hands...? What if someone sees us..."

"What? I just wanted to get your bag!!!"

Hikigaya nearly fainted when he heard Karuizawa Megumi's blushing words.

How could this guy have so many weird fantasies? If Hirata has a girlfriend like this in the future, will he be able to bear it...

"oh oh."

Unexpectedly, Hikigaya would show his tenderness at such a detailed moment. Karuizawa Megumi hesitated for a moment, but finally handed over the shoulder bag she was carrying.

The two walked in the dark campus. Only the library and the study room had lights on. Even if there were pedestrians on the street, they would not be able to recognize them.

"Hikigaya, you didn't come back to the dormitory so late today, are you really not waiting for me?"

Karuizawa Kei suddenly spoke, and she seemed to have sensed some previous misunderstanding from the atmosphere.

"Really not." Thank God, Hikigaya didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to admit the truth, and quickly said, "I just went to attend the student union interview, so I came back late."

"Student Union?"

Hearing Hikigaya's words, Karuizawa's steps suddenly stopped.

The originally quiet road was now completely stagnant and silent.

There was another long silence. When they were about to reach the dormitory building, Karuizawa Megumi's voice suddenly rang out: "Hikigaya, if you can join the student union, I can let you be my boyfriend..."

After Karuizawa Kei finished speaking, she went upstairs without looking back, leaving Hikigaya staring blankly at the other's back.

"Wait, when did I apply for a boyfriend? And you didn't take your bag!!!"

Chapter 32: Swimming lessons begin, and it is the mating season for animals again

Just before getting on the elevator, Karuizawa Kei realized that she had forgotten to take her bag, and ran back in a panic to get her things.

Then she hurriedly got into the elevator without saying a word, acting as if she had no connection with Hikigaya at all.

How should I put it... This is obviously the normal development.

Hikigaya didn't mind Karuizawa Megumi's attitude at all. Instead, he felt relieved and returned to his dormitory calmly.

……

A week has passed since the start of the school year, and the students in the class, both boys and girls, have become very familiar with each other.

Of course, whether boys or girls, there are always some lone travelers who travel outside the crowd.

Among the boys, there are people like Hikigaya, Gaoyuan Temple, Yukimura Teruhiko, and among the girls, there are Horikita Suzune, Sakura Airi, Hasebe Haruka...

In short, students who integrate into the group are all the same, but those who are isolated from the crowd all have their own style.

Hikigaya, as the mainstay of the Lone Ranger, even managed to accomplish the feat of not communicating with anyone in the class for a whole week.

It can be said that he has achieved great fame!

The only thing that made Hikigaya feel uneasy was Ayanokouji. He originally thought that someone like Ayanokouji would definitely go the lone ranger route and would not form a group with other students in the class.

But in the end, Ayanokouji successfully infiltrated the camp of the Three Idiots around the third and fourth days, and played together smoothly with Ike Kanji, Yamauchi Haruki, and Sudo Ken.

How should I put it? It looks like the Hulk is mixed in with SpongeBob and playing with them...

This is really too bad.

At the same time, today is the day when the Student Union releases the new list. The Student Union will post the new list of student union members on the notice board in the afternoon.

At the same time, today is the first day for Class D to have a swimming lesson.

There is no sense of reality either way.

Because since that day when he finished chatting with the student council president Horikita Manabu, Hikigaya has never received any notifications from the student council, as if the other party had completely forgotten about him.

Hikigaya also hoped that the other party would forget about him. He had no interest in working as a slave for the bureaucracy in the student union...

In addition, the class started its first swimming class. The boys in the class were very excited, as if they had been injected with chicken blood. From the morning on, they entered the season of revival of all things and mating of animals.

Especially Haruki Yamauchi and Kanji Ike among the three idiots. These two have been harassing the female classmates in the same class since the beginning of the school year, and have completely reduced the favorability of all the female classmates.

The result was the opposite. Their reputations in the eyes of the girls in the class had fallen to a level even lower than their own, which made Hikigaya admire them...

The most important thing is that these two people continued to feel good about themselves, and even during this swimming lesson, they acted as if they were expecting a romantic encounter.

Hikigaya couldn't help but want to learn from their good attitude.

"Doctor, you will keep a good record of girls' swimsuits, right?"

"Record? What are you going to ask him to do?"

"Let the doctor make a ranking of the girls with the largest breasts in the class... Also, take photos with your phone if you have the chance."

"..."

Ike Kanji and Yamauchi Haruki were openly discussing terrible topics in class.

Although there were not many girls present because they had to change clothes, the few girls still looked at them with disgust.

However, the two were not moved at all and planned everything with a smile.

Hikigaya couldn't understand what these two guys were thinking at all. He just felt that anyone who associated with them was probably an idiot with a poor brain.

Then, he saw 'Idiot No. 1' Ayanokouji Kiyotaka coming up to the two of them and happily mingling with them.

This guy is terrible...

"Aren't you going to change your clothes?"

As Hikigaya was observing the class, a familiar cold voice came from behind him.

"There's still some time before class starts. I plan to go there when no one is in the locker room." Hikigaya calmly described his lonely ways, "A lone ranger will never enter a narrow space when there are many people around."

"Humph, the so-called smart aleck, I guess you are the one referring to me."

Horikita Suzune's voice was cold, and she showed denial of Kigaya's attitude as always.

"You make it sound like you enjoy being around other people."

"I just like being alone, not a loner like you."

"What's the difference between the two..."

"Do you want to discuss metaphysical concepts with me?"

"No, no, I have no interest in philosophical discussions."

Overwhelmed by Horikita's aura once again, Hikigaya felt that his purity was too low. Perhaps he really needed to go to the gym more often in the future.

At the same time, Horikita Suzune suddenly looked out the window, sighed slightly, and murmured, "Today is the day when the student council releases the list."

"Uh, yes..."

Hikigaya didn't want to bring up this topic, because if what Horikita Manabu said was not a lie, then he might be the only first-year student joining the student council.

And according to the brother-sister relationship between Horikita Suzune and Horikita Manabu...

Hikigaya had an inexplicable feeling that one day in the future he would be strangled to death from behind by a jealous black-haired girl.

"Forget it, there's no point in thinking about this. No one in our class will be able to join the student union."

Horikita Suzune shook her head. She obviously didn't think there was even the slightest possibility that Hikigaya would join the student council.

So, when the number of people in the classroom gradually decreased, until there were only the two of them left, Horikita Suzune finally stood up on her own initiative, walked outside with a calm expression, and went to the locker room to change.

The same is true for Hikigaya.

But when he walked to the classroom door, he suddenly ran into a girl with a blonde ponytail who came back to get something - Karuizawa Megumi...

However, unlike the person he met after school before, the Karuizawa Megumi he met in the classroom was very cold and full of some kind of silent aggression.

"Step aside!"

Hikigaya merely made eye contact with her, only to be glared at fiercely by the golden-haired creature.