Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

"Ah? What…"

Due to the long period of aerobic exercise, Hikigaya felt like his whole body was about to fall apart, and he could no longer hear what the student council president said.

Or rather, due to the lack of oxygen in his brain, he seemed to have seen his sister Komachi waving at him, and the huge Max coffee elf was about to accept him into the coffee dreamland!

After a long while, Hikigaya finally recovered from his confused state. He turned around and found that the lovely secretary Akane Tachibana handed him a bottle of mineral water.

"Here you go, Hikigaya-san." Akane Tachibana tied her purple hair into two buns and spoke with a smile on her face.

"Tachibana Akane-senpai, why are you here?"

"The president just asked me to come and take care of you." In response to Hikigaya's confusion, Akane Tachibana said with a smile, "He had something to do, so he left first."

"That's it..."

Hikigaya took the water handed to him by Tachibana Akane and sighed deeply.

He totally couldn't understand why Horikita Manabu suddenly came to him and asked him to exercise for such a long time.

Could it be that the other party is an ultimate sadist like his sister, who likes to abuse others? !

"Haha, Hikigaya, don't misunderstand the president's good intentions." Akane Tachibana saw what Hikigaya was thinking and smiled faintly, "He has never paid so much attention to other people before. Hikigaya, you may be the only person the president has taken to train with so far."

"Then I'm honored..."

Although he said these contradictory words, Hikigaya could actually feel Horikita Manabu's sincerity towards him.

Whether it was letting me join the student union, taking care of me in various ways, or even taking me to exercise, it was all the president's good intentions.

However, the other party's kindness was so "good" that he almost couldn't accept it.

"It's indeed an honor. President Horikita has never been so nice to anyone else. I'm a little jealous." Senior Akane Tachibana said and glanced at Hikigaya.

That look made Hikigaya feel inexplicably strange, as if it contained some kind of hostility.

Uh, you don’t think of me as your love rival, do you?

That's outrageous!

Hikigaya had a bad idea in his mind, but he quickly said, "I will find a way to repay the president. I can understand what he wants."

"Eh?"

Tachibana Akane raised her head and looked at Hikigaya in surprise. She didn't expect him to say such a thing. "Do you know what the president wants?"

"Well, I guess I can know more or less."

Hikigaya might not understand other things about Horikita Manabu's thoughts, but there is only one thing, that is his sister Horikita Suzune.

I think Horikita Manabu hopes that guy can grow up.

At least as long as he could do this, Hikigaya felt that he could repay the favor of Horikita Manabu...

Next, Hikigaya rubbed his sore body and got up from the ground with difficulty.

He felt that when he woke up the next morning, he would be in so much pain that he would be unable to move in bed.

Seeing his appearance, Ju Qian came over to help support him, and then suddenly said, "By the way, there was a small-scale conflict in the basketball club recently. It was reported to the student union, and the president asked me to tell you."

"what?"

Hikigaya doesn't understand why Horikita Manabu specifically asked Tachibana Akane to tell him this.

Huh? Wait, basketball club?

Hikigaya suddenly thought of someone and quickly said, "The basketball club conflict you mentioned, is there someone named Sudo Ken in it?"

"Huh? Did Hikigaya-san already know about this?" Tachibana Akane showed surprise on her face. "Yes, the cause of the incident was that Sudo Ken performed very well in the basketball club, and the club director thought he could be made a regular player. However, the club vice-director had already designated another member to become a regular player, so a conflict arose, and in the end the president personally handled it and resolved it."

What a cliché plot.

Hikigaya listened to the news and probably understood the current situation.

At the same time, he had a more or less clear understanding of why the student council president specifically told him about this matter, and realized that he owed Horikita Manabu another favor.

However, Horikita Manabu did not tell him directly, but asked Tachibana Akane to tell him.

How should I put it? I didn't expect that this president is as tsundere as his sister...

Hikigaya quickly left the gym and dragged his tired body towards the dormitory step by step.

When passing by a convenience store, he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to eat dinner again, so he hurried into the store and planned to buy a bread to fill his stomach.

At the same time, during this process, he looked around carefully, worried that another Miss Karuizawa Megumi would appear in this place.

There was no way. They had run into each other at convenience stores several times before, and it had almost become a habit for Hikigaya.

However, this time, whether it was because it was too late or for some other reason, he did not see Karuizawa.

This made him feel relieved, but also a little disappointed for some reason. However, he still walked to the counter and picked up the cheapest loaf of bread.

Because of the student council president's incident, he now pays more attention to points and dares not use them casually.

Just when Hikigaya was about to take the cheap bread and go back, he unexpectedly found a slender arm grabbing a corner of the bread together with his own.

He instinctively raised his head and found that the girl standing next to him was Sakura Airi, a classmate with her hair standing up and wearing glasses.

The other person was as surprised as he was, and his little hands were tightly grasping the last piece of bread on the counter, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, not daring to let go easily.

However, after seeing that it was Hikigaya, Sakura Airi's expression suddenly changed.

She swallowed her saliva, reluctantly loosened her hand holding the bread, and finally said pitifully:

"Here, I'll give it to you... I, I don't want it anymore."

Chapter 90: Hikigaya made Sakura Airi cry?

Hikigaya was surprised and shocked to find that he suddenly ran into his classmate Airi Sakura at a convenience store.

Could it be that this convenience store will randomly refresh the pages with different kinds of beautiful girls?

It's just like the refresh location of a galgame!

While Hikigaya was thinking about all sorts of random things, he looked at the girl in front of him, Sakura Airi.

With the soft lighting in the convenience store, Hikigaya could clearly see what Sakura Airi was looking like.

Her dark red hair was tied up in a bun and draped behind her. Her figure covered by the school uniform looked inexplicably curvy. Her face, which had obvious contours, was covered by a pair of overly rustic glasses. The moment one saw her, one would instinctively mistakenly think that she was just a plain, unattractive girl.

However, from the pictures he had seen from the owner of the electronics store before, Hikigaya has confirmed that Sakura Airi may not be what she appears to be now.

If the girl dresses up seriously and can even actively show her personality, she will be a beauty in Class D who is no less than Kushida Kikyo and Horikita Suzune.

Of course, considering the superiority of modern technology, it is possible that the pictures provided by the electronics store owner were photoshopped... but at least with Hikigaya's eyes, he didn't see any traces of photoshop.

"..."

At this moment, seeing Sakura Airi hurriedly let go of the bread and turn around to leave the scene like a panicked little rabbit, Hikigaya inexplicably said:

"Wait a moment!"

Sakura Airi originally just came to the convenience store to buy some cheap food to fill her stomach. She didn't want to keep eating the cheapest free food. But when she finally found a bread that she could afford, she suddenly met Hikigaya, and the other party picked up the same product as her.

Since Sakura Airi learned from Hasebe Haruka that Hikigaya had secretly helped her, she did not want to compete with him.

In fact, she herself did not have such courage.

Therefore, even though she actually wanted to eat this bread, Sakura Airi still gave up decisively and turned away in a panic.

But she didn't expect Hikigaya to suddenly call her, and the girl was so frightened that her whole body suddenly froze. Then she turned her head with an uneasy look on her face like a frightened animal.

"Well..." Hikigaya didn't expect Sakura Airi to react like this, and for a moment he forgot what he was going to say, "I'm not a bad person, am I? Are you so scared?"

"No, no..."

Sakura Airi quickly denied it, but she didn't dare to look directly at Hikigaya, so she could only speak cautiously while leaning sideways.

Seeing this, Hikigaya was not in a hurry and waited quietly for the other party to continue speaking.

I don’t know if it was because these were the only two sentences Sakura Airi said, or if she was stimulated by something else, but she finally remained silent, causing the scene to fall into a subtle silence.

"..."

After a few seconds of awkwardness, Hikigaya finally couldn't stand the silence anymore and took the initiative to say, "Since you are not afraid of me, then eat with me. I will give you half of this bread."

"what?"

Sakura Airi didn't expect Hikigaya to make such a suggestion, and her little face was immediately filled with surprise.

"Uh, don't you want to?"

On the other hand, Hikigaya was inexplicably unsure about such a scenario. After all, he was not good at this kind of thing and didn't know what tactics he should use to pick up girls.

He just considered helping her because he was too familiar with Sakura Airi's autistic look and felt a certain resonance with her.

This was something that was extremely uncomfortable for him...

It can be said that, in fact, after all this is over, Hikigaya will definitely fall into a state of autism and extreme shame, covering his head with a pillow and twisting in bed for several hours.

After all, he is not good at socializing, or rather, he hates socializing and socializing the most!

Let all the current charges explode for me!

"This……"

Sakura Airi didn't doubt Hikigaya's good intentions. When she first met Hikigaya a long time ago, she felt that this strange boy didn't make her feel uncomfortable.

However, because Sakura Airi herself has a very low self-esteem, she doesn't think she has any qualities that deserve other people's gentle treatment, so she is afraid of everything related to socializing and hides herself under the disguise of being "rustic".

To her, Hikigaya's gentleness was like a ball of light that she could only look at but not touch. It was so dazzling, yet so dangerous.

Just like that sentence——

As long as I have never seen the light, I will not be afraid of the fact that I am in darkness.

Sakura Airi's extreme inferiority and lack of self-confidence make her lack the courage to accept other people's kindness. She can only curl up like a hedgehog to protect herself.

When Hikigaya saw Sakura Airi's look, he didn't quite understand what she meant at first.

But it seemed that there was a sympathy between the lone rangers, or perhaps Hikigaya was once a person like Sakura Airi, and he probably guessed what Sakura Airi was thinking.

how to say.

If someone like Hirata Yosuke were to face Sakura Airi, I'm afraid he would not be able to pull her out of her autistic state no matter what.

People in the bright world cannot understand the thoughts of people in the dark world, and naturally they do not understand what kind of salvation people in the dark world desire.

What they need is not the sunshine that is bright enough to create fear in their hearts, but companions who are stumbling in the dark world like them.

So, after a brief pause, Hikigaya knew what he should do.

He put away his previous expression and spoke slowly with a rather calm expression: "We are classmates after all, and we should help each other. I am very tired today. If you help me carry my schoolbag back, I will give you half of the bread. How about it?"

Hikigaya chose to help Sakura Airi as a lone ranger, which is the principle of fair trade.

And this indeed achieved the effect.

"This……"

After hearing what Hikigaya said, Sakura Airi raised her head hesitantly. After thinking it over, she finally stretched out her slender hand in the direction of Hikigaya, "Then, then... give it to me."

Sakura Airi probably wanted to repay a favor, as Hikigaya had treated her to a normal lunch before, and she had actually been thinking about this matter in her heart.

But Hikigaya naturally didn't care about such details. He just wanted to end this awkward atmosphere, so he handed the bag over and said, "Let's go, I'll go pay."

"I, I'll pay."

Sakura Airi spoke through gritted teeth with a hint of heartache.

Although she didn't have many points left, she still didn't want to owe Hikigaya any favors, so she looked pitiful yet very stubborn.

Hikigaya was slightly stunned when he saw this.

He then put the cheap bread back on the shelf and picked up a more expensive fried noodle bread instead.

"So I want this, do you want to pay for it too?"

"I……"