"...." Hachiman said nothing.
Because this was not a good occasion, he told Ichinose that he had signed a contract with Kushida-chan before her.
He also told Ichinose that she would have the right to choose when she graduated, and if she refused to marry him, then his financial support to her could be regarded as an investment.
At that time he would choose to marry Kushida. But Ichinose did not completely refuse marry him after graduation.
So, now relationship between the two is really quite delicate. Ichinose didn't strike up a conversation either.
No questions, but no leaving.
This performance is very obvious.
She probably wanted to check her mailbox before going back to the dormitory.
"...Then please." In order to let her see the mailbox, Hachiman chose to give way.
So after expressing her thanks, Ichinose walked to mailbox.
Although she and Kushida are both popular girls, they have all kinds of friends and are very considerate.
She is a little different from Kushida, who sticks very closely to her friendship and knows what not to do and what will hurt the other person's feelings towards her, so she will restrain herself from doing it.
For example.
Seeing him putting something in the mailbox, Kushida would not ask to see the mailbox in person, but Ichinose was different.
Maybe wanted to confirm whether she, who was in the same position as Kushida, had been missed.
After Ichinose opened the mailbox, the gift that Hachiman had put in earlier was immediately exposed.
"Phew----" Could hear her sighing a sigh of relief.
Watching Ichinose's actions, Hikigaya-kun had no choice but to speak, "Yesterday, Horikita gave me a scarf, and criticized me for not keeping warm when the weather changes....."
"Horikita-san——" In fact, Ichinose has always felt that Hikigaya-kun and Horikita-san are inseparable.
Even students in her class thought that both are dating.
"Considering that I lost to her in housekeeping, I learned a little bit from her. The weather is getting colder, so I prepared a warm scarf for you..."
'Meow! So, is Hikigaya-kun actually preparing for marriage?!' Ichinose's cheeks turned scarlet.
"Well, you don't have to....." Ichinose held the wrapped scarf with both hands, looking a little embarrassed, and her smooth cheeks turned even more like tomato if possible, "According to a book I read before, if someone gives you a gift, you have to give in return. It's February now.....In ten days, it will be 14th...."
Her voice became quieter, "So what gift do you want?"
"Wow..." Hikigaya-kun hadn't thought about return favor, 'Ichinose is such a good girl. Sure enough, I admit that I wanted to help her at the beginning because I believed in her character, but also didn't want to see her fall into the quagmire.... Another reason was... Ichinose Honami was very charming. It's hard to resist.....'
Previously, Ichinose told him there were some problems with students in Class D.
Several students from Class D have been following her class over the past two days.
For example, Shibata and Kanzaki were specially called out, and she herself was also followed.
That is, after returning to the dormitory, no one followed, but after school in the afternoon or after walking out of classroom, the students from D went along.
"It's very troubling, I tried to talk and asked them not to do this, but people refused....They just followed and did not do anything violent, so we couldn't charge any report...."
'Quite weird...' She doesn't understand what the students in Class D are trying to do.
"Have you confirmed the list of these people, Ichinose?"
"Yeah. There are Ishizaki-kun, Kondo-kun, Komiya-kun, Ibuki-san, Nishino-san etc....."
The names listed here are indeed people who have done various evil things under Ryuen's command.
At same time, he is also the one who will attract eyes of students from other classes if he moves.
"We have already chosen the events for this competition," The only thing that made Ichinose feel relieved was events for competition were favorable to Class A.
Whether it was individual sports competitions or academic ability tests, Class A would have the upper hand.
Now all they can do is fight seriously.
Um...
After listening to Ichinose's words, Hachiman realized she had already lost the confrontation against Ryuen's class....'Because in this school, naive people can't survive.'
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Normal school hours.
Kushida and her best friend Mei-chan also took elevator down from the dormitory.
"Mei-chan, wait for me!"
Kushida and her companion had already walked out of the elevator and were about to walk towards the door, but she seemed to remember something and let Wang Mei-yu go first.
She herself went to her private mailbox.
For Kushida, every day there is either purgatory or treasure.
If someone tells her what's really in her heart, it means that her Kushida Empire has gained a new subject.
Of course, it is also possible that someone simply wants to confess his feelings to her.
Especially during holidays, there are a lot of confessions.
But Kushida didn't want this kind of thing at all, so she had to reject everything.
Moreover, some people have no sense at all and confess their feelings without even considering their appearance or whether they are even attractive.
'So, I probably have to find Hikigaya-kun again this weekend. The pressure is building up these days.....'
Kushida-chan thought quickly and opened the mailbox.
She received a message from Hachiman, giving her a gift.
'Um....Let's see what it is. It's a dark red scarf....The weather is getting colder now, so keeping warm becomes very important....Isn't this very thoughtful, Hikigaya-kun?' Kushida-chan had no choice but to sign Hikigaya's agreement and write her name on the marriage registration form.
But she also did not deny that Hikigaya Hachiman was a weird person.
Her junior high school classmates had so much time to avoid her when they knew her true side, but Hikigaya-kun did not hate her at all.
At the same time, she also found that it was not unpleasant to get along with him.
In this way, Kushida-chan came to the classroom in a good mood.
'After all, it's a gift, so I'll just wear it now....Hikigaya-kun should have arrived at the classroom, so I went in wearing my scarf to improve his impression of me....' Thinking of this, Kushida-chan took out the scarf from her bag.
Tie it on....
"Kikyo-chan is so cute!" Classmate Wang Meiyu was generous in praising her.
Kushida also likes to hear nice words.
This is why she likes to be best friends with Wang Meiyu, because she is more friendly than others, cute and has a good temper.
"The weather is getting colder," As soon as Kushida walked into the classroom, she heard the voice of Horikita Suzune.
"Yeah. Today's temperature dropped 1° from yesterday," Hikigaya-kun responded to his deskmate.
Kushida-chan noticed that Suzune had just arrived, and after putting down her schoolbag, even untied the scarf around her neck.
The temperature in classroom is relatively high. So wearing a scarf is not appropriate anymore.
"....."
Only, Kushida-chan looked at the scarf that Suzune took off, and then looked at crimson scarf in her hand.
'Obviously....Based on my understanding of the straight man Hikigaya-kun, it would be extremely difficult for him to choose a gift for a girl who would even decide to watch a movie separately and meet up in the lounge when going on a date with a girl...But, Oh my god! Boss, do you know how to choose things? Why did you buy a gift which looks exactly like Horikita Suzune?!'Kushida-chan felt that she had to ask Hikigaya-kun out this weekend, at least to improve his taste in choosing gifts.
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Other side.
Although class has dropped, location will not change.
Therefore, Sakayanagi's class is still at highest position in building.
Need to take elevator or stairs.
But Sakayanagi was in a good mood today, so she walked up the stairs.
Then it would be natural for her to pass by Ichinose's class.
"The atmosphere in her class is still so lovely...." Since only Sakayanagi was around, Kamuro-san expressed her true emotions.
Although her class was originally A, the atmosphere was much different from that of Ichinose's.
Or there's a sense of urgency.
Afraid of being left behind.
"You can go if you like," Sakayanagi didn't care much, she looked quite elegant, "But I don't think it's a good place. It should be hell."
"Why do you say it's hell?" Kamuro-san was extremely puzzled.
"Ichinose-san's class is somewhat similar to President Horikita-senpai's, but hers is the weakest in our grade....After exam, you will know why her class is doomed."
"Really?" Kamuro-san curled her lips, "Then you have ability to move up in this exam....?"
"....Kamuro-san..... Kamuro-san...You should know temporary gains and losses are meaningless. Only those who graduate from Class A in end are the real winners."
'In other words, you don't have absolute confidence that you can beat Hikigaya Hachiman in exam, right? Then you can play as you like.....'
Kamuro-san rudely thought in her heart, "Now that weather has changed, do you want to prepare some warming equipment? After all, you are weak...."
"• •" Arisu who got called minor, "you mean body right, Kamuro-san?"
Chill! Tremble!
"O-of course, we need to prepare things like gloves and scarves to keep warm. Last night I saw Hikigaya, a boy, start wearing a scarf...." Kamuro-san hurriedly thought of a way to divert her owner's attention, before she got grounded again.
"Then I'll trouble you," Sakayanagi did not refuse, "So what style would you like to choose?"
It seems that Sakayanagi has certain requirements for style of the scarf and gloves that Kamuro-san bought for her.....
Well, deep down she considers her as one of her friends....even accepted the fact Kamuro-san is a big help, despite her rude comments, and knows her value...unlike a certain version.
This Arisu knows how to enjoy her campus life very much, finds joy in doing small things which she usually couldn't in her childhood.
'But now we are in teaching building, who will find styles for you or take photos?' Kamuro-san thought for a moment and said immediately, "I just passed by Ichinose's classroom and saw that she was wearing a dark red scarf. Some of my classmates also bought this piece. It's quite popular. This color goes with everything. I'll go there during lunch break...."
'Does this mean Kamuro-san has to sacrifice her lunch break? She is indeed a good friend.....' Sakayanagi is quite satisfied with her dog's performance, "By the way, what color scarf is Hikigaya-kun wearing?"
"Don't boys wear blue or gray? But, I saw him messing around with a blue one earlier...."
"Oh!" Sakayanagi nodded, and two of them headed to classroom, she found atmosphere of students gossiping and cold air blowing today very good, "~Unmei nante ienai~"
"...Did you just hum a song?"
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After the projects prepared by each class were submitted for review yesterday, today is day for the announcement.
At end of the first class, school finally announced list of 10 projects submitted by each class.
The main items on his C class's list are archery competition, 100-meter sprint, 1,000-meter long-distance run, English test, and mobile phone typing.
These are five items that will be determined day before exam, and other five are used to confuse the students.
The project of Sakayanagi's class was also announced.
Chess, Mental arithmetic, Go, Modern Japanese test, social science test, mathematics test, English test, volleyball, dodgeball, and skipping rope.
Among ten projects, it is almost obvious without thinking Class B really wants to take advantage of their high academic ability and launch various projects related to written tests, requires participants to form groups of 5.
In other words, this is because not many top students in Hachiman's class, and some of them have to be arranged to participate in individual projects.
So best can do is to fight.
Although Class B also announced 10 projects. But things like volleyball, dodgeball, and skipping rope are so blatant they are not even interesting.
Definitely won't choose those.
As only student in the class who wants to work hard, Yukimura is troubled.
Hachiman was a little absent-minded as he looked at chess in the project.
'...Because I had heard from Sakayanagi that she was very good at playing chess. At the same time, she is also a rather willful person. So, is it possible that she will treat this project as an official one? This project is a one-on-one match. It will not affect those who have already compiled it.'
'Staff arrangements. It would also be appropriate to arrange for Ayanokoji to appear on the field to attract eyes of Acting Director Tsukishiro...'
[Do you know how to play chess?]
Beep!
"???" Kiyotaka. [….a little.]
'Do you know a little bit? Then should be no problem. Because that's what all geniuses say......' Hachiman knows very well, after dealing with Sakayanagi for a long time.
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