Chapter Twenty-Seven: Yui: But I Was First / Chapter Twenty-Eight: Summer Vacation Quietly Arrives

After quite some time had passed, Yukino finally sat up, smoothing her disheveled hair. A faint blush colored her face.

"Yeah, leave it to me. Yui's too. If I remember correctly, workplace training is done in groups of three."

The girl patted her petite chest and confidently took everything upon herself.

"What?" Hachiman asked in confusion.

"It's a secret. You'll know when the time comes."

Yukino winked and playfully held one finger to her red lips.

Chapter 27: Yui—Even Though I Was First

"So this is the secret you were talking about?" Hachiman said helplessly as he stood outside Yukino's apartment.

"Of course. Or did you really want to go do some kind of training?" Yukino covered the corner of her mouth as she giggled.

"But... are we really going to be okay doing this?"

Yui looked a little worried. "Don't we still have to submit our training evaluations?"

"It's fine. The place I found is owned by my family. It'll only take a word from me."

Yukino spoke unconcernedly.

"Eh? Little Yukino's family? So that means even this high-end apartment is where Little Yukino lives alone?"

"What exactly does Little Yukino's family do?"

Yui looked surprised.

"Her father is a County Council member."

As he spoke, Hachiman took a key from his pocket and unlocked the door.

"The County Council... What exactly does a council member do?"

Yui, who knew nothing about such things, asked curiously.

"Remember the day of the accident? The car she was riding in probably wasn't even worth as much as the car emblem and the umbrella inside it after she sold both of us off."

"Eh? Is it really that exaggerated?" the ditzy girl exclaimed.

"No, Yui is worth that much."

"On the other hand, Hachiman-kun, it seems you're worth less than the car's scratched paint."

Yukino's mockery made Hachiman's expression exceptionally grim.

"Pfft—haha! You look like you just ate bitter melon."

Hachiman rolled his eyes and entered first. He put on the slippers that had been prepared long ago, then took a new pair of women's slippers from the cabinet and tossed them to Yui.

"I remember this is your size. Looks like they fit perfectly."

Hachiman said it casually.

"I always feel like I don't have any secrets in front of the two of you."

Yui pouted.

"I even know your measurements. Want me to recite them?"

Hachiman teased Miss Dango.

"Waaah—shut up! ≧m≦"

Yui hurriedly covered Hachiman's mouth.

"Hikki, you're so mean! Are you allowed to say things like that?" Her little feet, their toenails painted pink, kicked at Hachiman's shins.

"Enough. You two, stop fighting."

Yukino came out carrying a plate of cut fruit, toothpicks stuck into each piece.

Yui immediately stopped hitting Hachiman, bounced over, and flopped onto the soft, high-end sofa. She happily ate the expensive fruit.

"Hee-hee-hee~ It's melon! At home, we can only eat this during the holidays."

The sweetness in her mouth made the girl squint her eyes.

"If you like it, you can take some home from here. The servants bring me so much that I can't finish it all anyway."

Yukino lay on Hachiman's lap and spoke indifferently.

"Wow~ Little Yukino, you're so nice!" Yui cried happily, but the expression on her face soon drooped. "But this doesn't feel right. I can't do that."

"How about this? You dump Hikki and let me be your boyfriend instead."

The moment he finished speaking, Hachiman flicked Yui hard on the forehead.

"Ow! Are you really trying to break us up over a melon?"

Yui covered her forehead, tears welling in her eyes. "I was only joking! Hikki, you hit so hard!"

"Joking? If you make that kind of joke again, I'll pin you down and spank you no matter how many people are around."

Hachiman fiercely threatened the adorably airheaded Miss Dango.

"Eh? Little Snow, aren't you going to stop him? He said he's going to spank me."

Yui looked pitifully at her best friend.

"Mm." Yukino nodded, then seriously said to Hachiman, "You can spank her, but don't take off her underwear."

"What!? The two of you are ganging up on me!"

As she spoke, Yui pounced on Yukino, who was lying down.

"Okay, stop fooling around."

Hachiman helplessly watched the two girls beside him, whose playful antics had made the atmosphere rather suggestive.

The two ignored Hachiman's advice and chased each other around the room, playing and fighting until they finally collapsed side by side, utterly exhausted.

Hachiman wiped the sweat from their foreheads with a warm towel. Then he bent down and easily carried Yukino to the sofa. When he turned to pick up Yui, he instinctively used the same strength he had used with Yukino, only to feel his waist sink and nearly topple headfirst onto Dango.

He quickly increased his grip strength and tossed the soft, chubby Yui down beside Yukino.

"Phew... Yui... you're more than a little heavier than Yukino."

Hachiman panted as he spoke.

Miss Dango said nothing. She merely hefted her own dango, trembling so much that Hachiman was left speechless.

"Little Yukino~ What should we do now?" Yui asked, sounding a little bored.

"How about watching a movie?" Yukino suggested after some thought.

"A movie? But I don't feel like moving right now. The movie theater is so far away."

Yui thought about it, but laziness ultimately won out.

"No, we don't have to go to the movie theater. I have a home theater here."

Yukino shook her head.

"Eh? It's that fancy?" The girl marveled as she experienced the power of wealth firsthand.

"Hachiman, go bring out the speakers."

"So why did you put them away in the first place..." Hachiman said weakly.

"When I moved in, I never intended to use them. They take up too much space here."

Yukino sounded perfectly justified.

"Go on."

Yukino urged Hachiman with a kick from her snow-white foot, not expecting him to seize it in one hand.

"You... What are you trying to do?" Yukino asked in alarm, feeling the warmth from Hachiman's palm.

"What am I trying to do?" Hachiman grinned viciously and extended his sinful hand.

"Ha-ha... Ha-ha... I'm sorry! Ha-ha... Don't do that."

Hachiman lightly tickled the sole of the girl's foot with his fingers. Yukino, who was terribly ticklish, laughed as she tried to pull her foot away.

However, the difference in strength between her and Hachiman was too great, and she had no strength left in her body. All she could do was let Hachiman toy with her as he pleased.

"Ha-ha... I'm really sorry... What can I do to make you forgive me?"

"You know you were wrong? I'll forgive you if you kiss me."

"Can't you pick something else? Yui's still here."

Hearing Yukino refuse, Hachiman prepared to resume his assault with his fingers.

"No, no, no! Fine, I'll do it."

Yukino panted, her cheeks flushed crimson.

Hachiman released her foot and looked at her with a grin.

Yukino furrowed her brows, intending to give him a quick kiss and be done with it.

She leaned her lips toward Hachiman's face, but unexpectedly, he cupped her face in his hands and kissed her red lips.

Yui watched the two beside her suddenly kissing noisily and puffed up her cheeks in anger.

Only when Yukino was nearly out of breath did Hachiman finally withdraw his tongue. He looked at the silvery thread connecting the two of them, as well as Yui, whose face was flushed just as red beside them.

Yukino felt that her sense of shame had been challenged countless times in just these few weeks.

After getting his fill, Hachiman efficiently carried the speakers over. When he saw Yukino bent over with her rear raised as she fiddled with the equipment, his heart began racing again.

Once everything was ready, Yukino began worrying over what they should watch.

"Hachiman, is there anything you want to watch? I haven't really seen many movies."

"I haven't seen many either. Who do you think I would have gone to the movie theater with before?"

Hachiman shrugged, indicating that he had no idea either.

The two of them then looked at Yui. The blush on Miss Dango's face had yet to fade, and she immediately panicked when she saw them both staring at her.

"W-What? Why are you looking at me?" Yui stammered.

"We just wanted to ask if there was any movie you wanted to watch."

"Hmm..." Yui furrowed her pretty brows and thought.

After quite some time, she finally smiled sweetly and said, "Let's watch a newly released animated movie."

"Animation? Sure. What's it called?"

"White Album The Movie."

Chapter 28: Summer Vacation Arrives Quietly

A week had passed since the workplace training ended. While the other Sobu High students were suffering as they were exploited as free labor, the three members of the Service Club had spent their days living an even more leisurely life than a vacation.

Not only that, the others had to rack their brains to please their temporary supervisors in order to receive relatively good evaluations.

Meanwhile, all Hachiman and the others had to do was hand Shizuka Hiratsuka the evaluation forms, already filled out as excellent by the person in charge of the site.

"Well then~ Now we can laze around and wait for summer vacation to arrive."

Yui stretched as she spoke.

"Mm. Have you decided how to spend these two months?" Hachiman asked casually.

"Eh? I haven't decided yet."

Yui thought about it, but had no answer.

"Did you eat too much melon and let all that sugar invade your brain?"

"Huh? Hikki, that's so mean!"

Yui puffed up her cheeks angrily.

"Then have Hikki and Little Yukino decided where to go during summer vacation?"

"No. During the summer, I don't want to go anywhere. Staying home with Komachi and enjoying the air conditioning is the best choice."