117 Yukinoshita Yukino and Hikigaya Hachiman

"Before entering, did you not see the plaque in front of this room? Still asking?"

Yukino looked at the silver-haired boy indifferently, her gaze much colder than when she looked at Hachiman.

Unlike Hachiman whose presence Yukino had gotten used to over the course of a month. To others, she was an iceberg who would not bother responding to the other party's pleasantries, especially when the other party was also rude for entering her club room without knocking.

"Is that so? Now I understand why Shizuka-sensei asked me to come here."

"Shizuka-sensei asked you to come here?"

Seeing that the girl's gaze widened slightly, and the dead fish eyed boy who was actually the protagonist had a surprised expression.

Eiji smiled, he casually picked up a folding chair, placed it not far in front of the heroine and protagonist and sat down casually there. His movements were without any awkwardness at all, very natural as if he regarded the service club as his own home.

"..." Yukino and Hachiman were speechless at the boy's actions.

Yukino's eyebrows raised, her cold gaze continued to stare at him. Hachiman instantly chilled at Yukino's gaze, he looked at Eiji with a hint of sympathy in his eyes.

Eiji couldn't help but think...

Protagonist, I'm not like you. Are you intimidated by a girl's cold stare? As expected of a romcom protagonist like you.

He looked straight into Yukino's eyes without fear.

"Yes, Shizuka-sensei asked me to come to the service club."

In the end he agreed to Shizuka's invitation to join this club. Of course, firstly it was because of the plot that could reward him. Secondly, because with this he could increase Shizuka's favorability to him. Thirdly, there was also a heroine and protagonist in this club that he had to prevent together.

Protagonist aside, he gazed at the black-haired heroine in front of him with an appreciation of beauty in his eyes. Although Yukinoshita Yukino's figure was a bit lacking in the breasts department compared to other black-haired beauties like Yui, Mai and Utaha who had big breasts.

Yukino also certainly has her own merits. With long black hair that falls like a waterfall, skin that looks white and super soft, she has a cold fairy face that makes any man except the herbivorous protagonist have a desire to conquer her.

Eiji also had it, he wanted to train that cold demeanor and improve it...!

Make the girl wear a dog collar, put on a maid uniform, and call him master reluctantly.

Or also make her wear a bunny girl outfit like Mai had with an emphasis on the Y zone, dancing the bunny with an embarrassing expression.

¶{Host, haven't you been a bit wild lately?}

'Too many heroine showing off in front of me. It's hard to restrain myself, damn it. I wonder how Hachiman's protagonist can be like a buddha who has no desire to eat meat after being in a club with Yukino for so long.'

'Tomoya's protagonist is weird too, he's so dumbass to not realize the feelings of girls like Utaha and the others! Therefore, don't blame me for catching them all.'

'I've rested enough!

Okay... Why are you suddenly excited about mocking the protagonist? Miss System feels like her host's bad habits are starting again.

"Oh. So what did you come here for? If you need the service club's help. We'll reluctantly help you."

Yukino... Shouldn't you say you're happy to help? This girl... You have a problem with your personality.

Just wait, I'll definitely fix you.

"Before that, don't you want to know my name and introduce yourself to each other? My name is Eiji Seiya, student of class 2B, how about you, bro?"

This time, Eiji glanced at the protagonist and pretended not to see Yukino's expression that changed slightly after hearing his name. However, the girl was still looking at him coldly. It seems that to deal with Yukino, you have to use other methods so that the girl doesn't think of you as a man who pursues her beauty. For example, by having a good relationship with the people closest to her first.

Other than the girl's family, in this situation there is only the protagonist.

So protagonist, I will rely on you from now on.

"Uh me? Well... My name is Hikigaya Hachiman, I'm a 2nd year student like you. I'm from class E."

"Ah... So you're a student of class 2E. Hachiman, you can call me Eiji."

"Direct first name? Isn't that too soon? We're not even friends yet..."

"Didn't we just become friends? I already think of you as my friend."

"Really?! Is this how ikemen, cough. I mean popular people make friends?"

Hachiman who was stared at by Eiji naturally reacted and said somewhat awkwardly because he was a person who didn't like socializing. Just like in the original work, even though he was already a second year of high school, at school he didn't have any friends at all.

Hachiman was now surprised and actually a little excited that someone suddenly wanted to be friends with him. Because of his appearance, especially his eyes that looked like dead fish, many girls often looked at him with disgust and many boys did the same.

He was not subjected to bullying, but he was naturally ostracized by his classmates.

"Popular people? Not really..."

Eiji pretended to be unaware of his popularity as a playboy. Damn, protagonist, I hope you don't say anything about it in front of Yukino.

Although Yukino seems to already know me and knows how great I am from the inner voice after hearing my name, you must not worsen my image. Otherwise, I might have to burn you.

Looking at Eiji who was smiling kindly at him, Hachiman was not sure why he felt that smile was frightening to the point of making him break out in a cold sweat.

What's wrong?!

Is the air conditioner in this room off?

Originally he wanted to say something about Eiji being a famous playboy in school because the boy seemed to forget or perhaps didn't know how famous he was in this school.

Hachiman knew some popular people were sometimes humble, unaware that they were popular, and some pretended to be humble to look good in the eyes of others. He also actually doubted whether Eiji really sincerely wanted to be friends with him or if he had other intentions, but he couldn't see through that person at all.

But judging from how natural he was when calling him "friend", he was a little moved and thought Eiji was the second type of popular person, the type who wasn't self-conscious that he was popular and easily made friends with others even though he was a bastard who had many women.

So because of that, he changed his mind and chose not to say anything that might offend the boy.

"By the way Eiji, what did Shizuka-sensei asked you to come to this club for? Just like Yukinoshita Yukino from class 2J over there, I'm also a member of the service club."

Eiji was glad that this herbivorous protagonist was at least more sensitive than protagonists like Tomoya. It seems that we can "make friends" well in the future.

I don't mind making you happy with the feminine boy in the original work whereas me, I'll take care of Yukino and the other heroine for you.

Yukino looked displeased when Hachiman had a good talk with Eiji and told the boy her name.

She saw the boy turn his head to her again.

"So your name is Yukinoshita Yukino?"

Yukino closed the book she had been reading, she folded her hands. "Yes, I am."

"So what do you need from the service club?"

Yukino did know quite a lot about the silver-haired boy in front of her after hearing his name. Although this was the first time she saw the person, she had heard of him many times from...

Inner voice.

The voice that she had heard in her head many times in the past few months. Not long ago, she also naturally heard that Shizuka-sensei was actually one of the heroine.

That made her a little surprised, but that was it, it had nothing to do with her. It was just that she was actually wary because this person whose inner voice she often heard, Eiji Seiya suddenly came to the club she joined.

Knowing about that boy from his inner voice, she actually didn't have a good or bad impression of him. However, knowing that the boy had many women around him meant that he was a bastard.

His impression of the boy was arguably bad.

In her opinion Eiji was no worse than the protagonists who usually sounded perverted and annoying in her head.

Observing Yukino's expression, the girl seemed to dislike him. Eiji was not surprised, he was calm and did not panic. Before coming here, he already knew this heroine was like Nana, she had a bad impression of him at the beginning and the harem halo only reduced her dislike for him

The reason he knew this was because he considered Yukino's personality in the original work.

It's okay, there's no need to rush. It just so happened that Eiji was bored, he didn't mind doing a long-term heroine conquest.

The colder you are, the more I want to melt you, Yukino.

"Um... Yukino, I think you should be more friendly to Eiji, he's..." Hachiman, you're nice. But since when did you get so close to Yukino?

Even calling her by her first name?

Eiji had doubts about the plot. Damn it, he seems to have come a bit late!

The protagonist and heroine were already quite close even though on the surface they didn't look like it.

Shizuka, why didn't you call me sooner?!

"Hachiman, shut up!"

Although Yukino glared at the protagonist sharply which made the boy shiver slightly in fear, she did not mind being called by her first name by him and called him by his first name.

Eiji frowned.

Damn it...

It might be harder than usual, but that's fine. As a thief, cough. I mean the veteran in getting a woman's heart.

It's not impossible to make Yukino get rid of the protagonist and replace him with me. 

Yukino looked at him as if telling him to answer her previous question after silencing the protagonist.

Eiji still maintained his friendly smile.

"Yukinoshita, right?"

"Whatever."

"Then may I call you, Yukino?"

"No, we're not that close."

"....."

You said whatever!

The protagonist can call you by your first name, but I can't?

Yukino, you're forcing me.

[This girl is so cold! No wonder in the original work the protagonist prefers another heroine with a soft and lively personality].

[You Yukinoshita Yukino, are a heroine in the same franchise as Shizuka. Just like Shizuka, you are a losing heroine!]

[You're a losing dog! The protagonist in this franchise, Hachiman was originally with you, but he eventually dumped you and went with another heroine because you were too complicated and annoying.]

[Hahaha! I remember in the anime version, this girl did win. However, the story still continued in the light novel version and in the ending of that novel, Hachiman broke up with Yukino.]

[He chose the orange-haired heroine and ditched the black-haired heroine!]

[Many people on the internet exploded and wanted to hit the author on the head because of that. Although Yukino is already like the main heroine in this franchise, she was not together with the protagonist in the end.]

[It's sad...]

"....."

[Yukino, you're pathetic.]

"....."

[In the original work, I know you actually felt guilty for Hachiman because the car you were traveling in at the time accidentally hit him.]

"....."

[It was during the first year of high school, on the day of the school entrance ceremony. Because of that, Hachiman couldn't attend the entrance ceremony and took half a month off due to his broken leg.]

"....."

[It was actually because of this reason that when Hachiman was finally able to return to school, he had trouble getting along with friends and ended up becoming a loner until now.]

"....."

[Even though Yukino's family had compensated Hachiman at that time with medical money, Yukino who first met Hachiman again at the service club still felt guilty for him. She didn't mind opening her heart a little for Hachiman and gradually got along with him until one day without realizing it she started to fall in love with him.]

"....."

[This romcom plot! If it wasn't for Shizuka's request, I wouldn't have bothered to be here.]

"....."

[Damn, I don't want to get involved with a pair of dogs like the protagonist and heroine in this club.]

"....."

[Who wants to be a light bulb? I don't--]

"Enough!"

Bam-!

Yukino slapped the table with her thick book and her expression was terrifying.

Protagonist Hachiman even flinched and unconsciously threw his bento.

Luckily at that moment Eiji caught the bento box and gave it back to Hachiman.

"Thank you Eiji."

"You're welcome. Isn't that what friend are for?"

"Friend..."

Hachiman felt that this word "friend" sounded very beautiful. So this is what it's like to have friends? It seemed like Eiji really wanted to be friends with him.

He was touched.

However, Yukino who saw the two became very upset.

She was already upset to hear that she was the heroine of the same franchise as Shizuka. Not only that, she was also upset to hear that in the original work she was the heroine who lost because the protagonist dumped her in favor of another heroine!

And that protagonist, she was surprised that dead fish eyed boy could be the protagonist!

In the original work, she and Hachiman seemed to be dating each other!

For a girl like Yukino, she was actually very proud. Otherwise, there's no way she would have faithfully maintained her cold character to repel people who tried to get into relationships with her.

For some reason. She was sick of people and preferred to be alone. However, one month ago, Hachiman appeared and it seemed like she was forced to join the same club as him by Shizuka-sensei.

At first she was not interested in the boy, but when she first learned his name... She remembered that the boy was the same boy that her driver had hit in the past, it was the same thing that Eiji had said. Yukino felt guilty for Hachiman, otherwise, she wouldn't have bothered to be nice and let the boy call her by her first name.

To be honest after hanging out with him for a month in the service club, after completing the request of some students as club members, she didn't want to admit it, but she did start to like the boy a little.

But after knowing her original work which meant her and Hachiman's future...

So far, she knew what Eiji said about the plot was never wrong.

However, she didn't care. Just because of that, it was impossible for her to hate Hachiman because in the future he would cut herself off in favor of another girl, right? That was in the future and actually right now she wasn't really in love with Hachiman.

She just liked him a little, knowing all this only made her hesitate to fall in love with Hachiman. Yukino didn't know, this was what Eiji was aiming for, she didn't realize it. Seeing Eiji pretending to want to be friends with Hachiman. Yukino was annoyed, especially hearing that the boy secretly kept mocking her as "losing dog".

This guy really likes to call people by animal names, even heroine named Utaha, she knows the girl is also called "losing dog" by Eiji.

"I said why did Shizuka-sensei ask you to come here?! If you don't have anything to do, you'd better leave right now!"

Yukino glared at Eiji with a colder and colder gaze.

The corner of Eiji's lips lifted. Yukino, Yukino... Believe it or not, you've caught my bait.

It's fine that you like the protagonist a little, as long as I can keep your liking for the protagonist from rising to the level of love. Everything is fine, even if you dislike me more and more at the moment.

And protagonist...

Protagonist Hachiman frowned, he seemed to be angry that Yukino had gone too far this time. Especially after he regarded Eiji as his "friend", he was not happy to see Yukino yelling at Eiji when the boy had actually done nothing but be a little impolite when he entered this room.

"Yukino, you're overreacting. I know Eiji was a little disrespectful, but you don't need to kick him out like that."

"What! Hachiman, you..."

Yukino wanted to tell Hachiman to shut up again like before, but when she saw that the boy had a serious look in his dead fish eyes. She opened her mouth and swallowed back what she wanted to say.

At the same time, she was disappointed that Hachiman defended Eiji whom she had just met a few minutes ago over her who had known him for a month.

Subconsciously, her favorability towards Hachiman dropped a few points.

Eiji who was the mastermind behind this situation pursed his lips and tried to hold back his laughter.

Hahahaha!

Protagonist Hachiman, you're so good!

He immediately pretended to cough, tapped Hachiman's shoulder as if telling him to stop and looked at Yukino who was staring at him with her cold gaze that was more intense than before.

"Okay enough you two, let's not fight."

Yukino rolled her eyes. Who's fighting? This situation was created because of you! Hachiman dared to scold me because of you!

"And Yukinoshita, I actually didn't come here to ask the service club for help like the other students."

"Then please leave. Other than accepting requests from students who need the service club's help, we don't accept anything else."

"Well... Yukinoshita, please listen to me finish speaking first, okay? Didn't I tell you that Shizuka-sensei told me to come here?"

"Hmph! Then quickly tell me clearly what you came here for."

That mouth... Eiji wanted to immediately silence her with a dragon and make the girl have an embarrassing expression on her face.

Yukino is very proud and cold to others except for the protagonist.

In the future it would be fun to crush her pride and make her beg for forgiveness using her body when she looks back at where she was so harsh on him this time.

At the same time, let Hachiman be not far around as the girl stifled a moan so as not to be heard by him.

Eiji was looking forward to that day.

"Actually Shizuka-sensei told me to join this club. I'm just here to tell you guys, from now on I'm also a member of the service club."

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