Chapter Fifty-Seven: Hayama: I Almost Saw Lucifer / Chapter Fifty-Eight: Minami Sagami Is About to Get Wrecked

Yukino asked doubtfully, wanting an answer.

"Nothing. I just don't like the sight of her."

Hachiman smiled as he glanced at Sagami, who was bragging to the girl beside her.

"Is that so? I feel like that person is going to die horribly."

Yukino nodded and spoke with a beaming smile.

"After all, my heart isn't that broad."

"Do whatever you want, but don't go too far. We're still students, after all. Just teach her a lesson."

Yukino also turned to look at a certain red-haired girl.

Chapter 57: Hayama: I Almost Got to Meet Lucifer

"So... what's going on here?" Hachiman asked Yui with a blank look on his face.

"You should ask Ebina! She wrote the script."

Yui pointed toward Hina Ebina, whose face was flushed and whose breathing was labored.

"No wonder."

Hachiman nodded. Seeing Hayama's expression, which looked as though he had eaten a fly, he immediately burst out laughing.

The reason Hachiman was laughing was because Hayama and Ayaka were on a so-called stage nearby, separated by desks.

"Your Highness, did you know? From the very first moment I saw you, I wanted to offer you my life."

Hayama stiffly recited his lines.

"Huh?" Ayaka, dressed in a princess gown, placed one hand over his chest. His thighs were pressed together while his calves were slightly apart, forming an extremely demure pigeon-toed stance.

His feet rested in a pair of white low heels, exposing his slender insteps. His face flushed crimson, Ayaka's other hand was held by Hayama, who gently kissed the back of it.

Ayaka's misty eyes were glistening with tears as he looked at Hayama nervously.

Because of the backless dress, his two dazzlingly white shoulder blades rose prominently, making the lines of his back appear even tighter.

Hayama held Ayaka's delicate, boneless hand. The faint fragrance wafting from the lovely person before him lingered in his nostrils, and his heart suddenly began to race.

"But... I'm a boy."

Ayaka delivered his line in exactly the right manner. From that single sentence, Hachiman could hear three parts shyness, three parts apology, three parts awkwardness, and the final part a lament directed at heaven.

Hayama shuddered violently and shook his head hard, driving away the images that would make Hina lose so much blood she might die.

He hurriedly imagined Haruno's alluring body. Only after a long while did Hayama look at Ayaka with lingering fear.

After slowly adjusting his state of mind, Hayama forced himself to finish rehearsing the scene. The moment Hina called "Cut," Hayama immediately ran toward the restroom.

Ayaka, meanwhile, surveyed the room. When he saw Hachiman standing with Yui, he immediately smiled in delight. Lifting the hem of his skirt, Ayaka pattered over to Hachiman.

"Hachiman~" Ayaka reached Hachiman and called his name in a soft, sweet voice.

"W-What?" Hachiman swallowed weakly and asked the person before him with a stammer.

"Aw, come on~ I haven't mentally prepared myself yet."

Ayaka spoke with a flushed face.

"What?" Hachiman looked bewildered.

"Nothing."

Ayaka waved his hand with an awkward laugh, then suddenly revealed an angelic smile.

"Hey~ Hachiman, how do I look in this?" Little Angel spun around on the spot, making his skirt flutter.

"V-Very pretty."

Hachiman's face suspiciously turned red.

"Really?"

"That's good, then. I've never worn women's clothes before."

Ayaka sighed in relief before continuing, "It feels really uncomfortable. There's a draft underneath the whole time... And these shoes make my feet hurt so much."

"Ehehehe~ Isn't wearing a skirt really comfortable~? It's cool in summer. Wearing pants during the summer is practically torture."

Yui suddenly cut in.

"Your feet shouldn't hurt, though, right? Those heels are already really short. Some girls wear ten-centimeter heels, you know."

"I... I'm not really sure. It's probably because this is my first time wearing something like this. The soles of my feet hurt terribly."

Ayaka spoke timidly.

Seeing Ayaka's pitiful expression, Hachiman's blood immediately rushed to his head. He slipped both hands beneath Ayaka's armpits, lifted him onto the desk, and removed his shoes.

His snow-white little feet appeared before Hachiman without reservation. His neatly trimmed toenails and round, pearl-like toes looked exceptionally delicate.

The proportion of bone to flesh was also just right—not as slender as Yukino's, nor as soft and fleshy as Yui's.

Hachiman gently massaged the soles of Ayaka's feet. "How is it? Do they feel any better?"

"Mm..." Ayaka spoke shyly.

Yukino, perhaps our family doesn't just need a nanny. Maybe we're also short a servant.

After washing his face and finally calming down, Hayama walked back into the classroom. When he saw the scene before him, he stared at the two of them in horror.

Hachiman also noticed Hayama's expression. He immediately came to his senses, then caught sight of the bulge beneath Ayaka's skirt and instantly entered sage mode.

Without revealing anything, he patted Yui's shoulder to signal that she should take over what he had been doing, then walked toward Hayama.

"Congratulations. You're a lucky man."

Hachiman patted Hayama's shoulder and teased him.

"Could you stop making fun of me?"

Hayama gave a bitter smile.

"I really didn't expect you to agree to a script like this. You really are a pushover, aren't you?"

"No, I never expected Ebina-san to write a script like this."

"Here's another piece of bad news. Haruno said she's coming to take a look at Sobu High."

Hachiman dropped the bombshell without warning.

"What?" Hayama panicked on the spot.

"Should I bring her over to see you? After all, the person you're rehearsing with is so cute."

Hachiman grinned wickedly.

"Are you jealous?" Hayama was sharp-tongued too, and one sentence left Hachiman speechless.

Seeing Hachiman at a loss, Hayama turned around and patted his shoulder. "If nothing unexpected happens, you'll have to call me brother-in-law in the future."

"We're family. What's the point of constantly hurting each other?"

Hachiman wore a pained expression when he heard Hayama say that.

"Do you believe I'll go trick my mother-in-law right now and find Haruno a boyfriend?"

"One won't do? Then two. I refuse to believe Haruno is dissatisfied with every man in Japan."

"If that still doesn't work, I'll find someone from overseas."

Hachiman spoke spitefully.

"All right, all right, I'm wrong, okay? I shouldn't have slandered you."

Hayama admitted defeat.

"No need to apologize. But something might happen at the Cultural Festival. When the time comes, just don't interfere."

Hachiman smiled.

"Then it's settled?"

Pfft.

Hina, who had been watching them the whole time, saw Hachiman and Hayama exchange smiles and immediately suffered a blood-pressure explosion.

"Someone help! Ebina's nose is bleeding!"

Miura shouted anxiously.

By the time their classmates had carried Ebina to the nurse's office in a flurry of activity, Hachiman had quietly slipped out of the classroom, intending to find Yukino and deepen their relationship.

"Hikki~" Yui followed him out as well.

"Weren't you massaging Ayaka?" Hachiman asked doubtfully.

"Little Aya said he was fine. Besides, hey, let me tell you—he's a boy, but his skin is actually better than mine."

Yui rambled on.

"Mm-hm~" Hachiman nodded noncommittally and headed toward the Service Club with Yui.

"What are we going to do now?"

"Drink tea, eat something, then go home."

Hachiman spoke calmly.

Chapter 58: Sagami Minami Is About to GG

"Little Snow and Hikki are both committee members, right? Don't you need to go help out?" Yui looked at the two people who were still staying in the Service Club.

"We only need to help out a little, so we have time to come here."

Hachiman spoke gently to Yui.

"Oh, I see~" Yui kept stuffing cookies into her mouth, chewing like a hamster.

"Why do I feel like you're constantly eating?" Yukino looked at the empty plate and withdrew the hand she had been reaching out.

"Ehehe~ It's because the cookies Little Snow makes are so delicious~" Yui rubbed her head and spoke shyly.

"No matter how delicious they are, you can't eat this many. I haven't even eaten much of the ones I bring every day."

Yukino spoke helplessly.

"Sorry, sorry~"

"You've gained weight recently, haven't you?"

Hachiman suddenly spoke.

"Uh... I don't know. I haven't weighed myself lately."

Yui swallowed the food in her mouth and licked the cookie crumbs from her fingers.

"Then you definitely have gained weight. How could you not, eating this many snacks every day?"

Hachiman spoke maliciously.

"Wah~ That can't be!"

Yui stubbornly reached toward her stomach.

"Oh no, I really have gained weight."

The girl looked despairingly at the roll of fat she had pinched up.

"I was planning to lose weight during this period, but not only did I fail to lose any, I actually gained more."

"Who else can you blame? You're just lazy. You don't exercise all day, and you still eat this much."

Hachiman mocked Yui without restraint.

"How could you say that! I walk the dog every morning!"

Yui protested unhappily.