6 Chapter 6: The aforementioned storm

I tend to act like I don't really care about the service club, or that I'd rather be doing anything else but as I feel myself being pulled towards the club room by an even more energetic Yui I feel as if it's not so much of an act this time around. I know what's bound to happen today and to be entirely honest I'd rather it didn't. Well that's a bit of an exaggeration, I actually don't know what for sure is going to happen, I just have a rough idea based off of the facts.

Fact, Iroha is my unhinged girlfriend.

Fact, Yui is also unhinged and in love with me.

Fact, I slept with said unhinged Yui.

Fact, Yui is not going to let that previous fact go unknown.

With all that in mind it's clear as day that nothing good is going to happen, the magnitude however is beyond me. Will things get violent? I don't really care for violence but who's to say they have the same reservations...what if they go beyond simple violence and try to murder each other? No...no that's just unrealistic, this isn't some cheap horror manga, this is real life with real consequences. The thought that they are simply against killing others just because of the consequences instead of morals doesn't actually make me feel any better though...

Suddenly I feel a gentle shake and my thinking process is interrupted, can't say that I'm overly angry about that. The culprit is obviously none other than Yui.

"Hikki...I hope you're ready."

What? Suddenly my surroundings catch up to me and I notice that we're just outside the club room doors. It's times like this that make me hate my otherwise useful thinking process, to think that the time of reckoning is already upon me...I'm not ready actually, I want more time.

"No-" Before I can make my reservations known Yui jumps forwards to land a quick peck on my lips before pulling back with a smile.

"Too bad." She opens the door with her usual vigor and greeting. "Yahallo, Yukinon!"

"Ah, hello Yuigaha-" Suddenly the usual retort from Yukinoshinta is stopped short as she pauses. Her expression looks frozen in time as she gazes in our direction...what in the world? Before I can fully process what exactly is going on she clears her throat and continues. "Excuse me, Hello Yuigahama." I notice that there was a slight undertone of something sinister towards the end there...bad mood?

If Yui noticed she doesn't show it as she simply beams her usual smile before pulling me further into the club room...it now dons on me that Yui still has her hand wrapped around mine...oh.

Yukinoshinta is a proper and uptight individual, it's obvious that she wouldn't exactly be ecstatic to see public displays of affection...and implied adultery. Taking that into consideration I pull my hand back...or at least try to. It really shouldn't be surprising but Yui simply tightens her grip on my hand as she leads me to a seat on the left side of the table, Yukinoshinta at her usual place at the end. After having me sit she quickly skips to pull her chair from her usual spot right next to said end so it's practically right on top of mine. As she does I notice her throw a small and innocent smile towards Yukinoshinta, who narrows her eyes in response. This only caused Yui's smile to grow, before she sits and snatches my hand again.

"You two seem awfully close today..." Yukinoshinta states perfectly clear, no undertone of teasing or tact.

"Well duh Yukinon, it's only natural for a couple to be this close!" Yui happily chirps back. I feel myself break into a bit of a sweat despite the fact the atmosphere of the room suddenly got a lot colder.

"Beg your pardon?" Yukinoshinta asks but in the way where it's not really a question, more like she was giving Yui a second chance. I should say something, I should keep Yui from saying something but I can't, there's really nothing to say and if there was I doubt my mouth would cooperate and get the words out there.

"Hmmm? I didn't think I stuttered or anything, I said-" Thankfully before Yui could finish the sound of the door slamming open from an energetic entry interrupted her.

"Senpai!" Iroha happily cheers out as she steps into the room, the happiness dies as soon as her eyes land on me and who is in awfully close proximity however, I'd like to take back my "thankfully" statement earlier.

"Senpai..." Iroha says again, cheerfulness replaced with coldness and withheld fury. "Explain."

"Ah well you see...the thing is..."I sputter out, failing to get anything meaningful out. What can I say?

"The thing is that me and Hikki are going steady now!" Yui happily chirps out in her bubbly tone...well I sure as hell wouldn't have said that.

"What?" Iroha snaps back, obviously angered.

"It...It's complicated..." I try to stall so I can think of a way to diffuse this ticking time bomb, I glance to my left to see Yui bringing a finger to her a chin in a mock thinking pose and know that the bomb is already set to go off.

"Hmmmmm not really, it's actually pretty simple. You weaseled in and had a little fun, now me and Hikki are together." She throws a quick glance to Yukinoshinta, who is glaring at her with narrowed eyes ."Which is how it should have been from the start." She turns her attention back to Iroha before finishing "Now it's time for you to get lost." She dismisses Iroha with a shooing motion.

Silence fills the room, I don't think it will last long however. Once the Initial shock dies down and Iroha fully processes what Yui threw her way it's going to be hell on earth...I can't say I'm eager to see what that looks like, but I can't cower away this time. I have to face the consequences, or more specifically Iroha so I turn to face her, and the sight knocks the air out of me.

Her eyes are wide but unlike what I expected they aren't emotionless voids or brimming with fury, it's far worse. She's staring directly into me with a mix of worry and horror.

"S-Senpai...tell me it isn't true. Tell me she's lying. Tell me that you won't leave me...ever...please..." She mutters out.

I can't...process any of this. Firstly the cutesy behavior is an act, now her borderline Psychotic state was an act...but why would she act that way...oh. When I think about it's obvious why, it was all a scare tactic. She knew how Yui felt about me and was frightened by the idea of leaving her to acknowledge those feelings. So she came up with a simple solution, scare the hell out of me to make sure the thought never crosses my mind. It's not that bad of an idea...but she overestimated my character. This is no time to dwell on such thoughts though, no this is the time for action...for mending. That being said I shoot up from my seat to accentuate what I'm about to say.

"I-" Or at least I was going to before Yui's hand lashes out and pulls me back to my seat.

"It's all true, I'd say sorry but...well I'm not." Yui says, still using her friendly tone but it's clear that she is anything but.

"I didn't ask you, whore." Iroha snaps at Yui, her gaze instantly filling with fury and her words carrying lethal amounts of venom. It doesn't last long however as she gasps and turns her attention back to me, her features returning to her previous pitiful state. "Senpai..."

"Funny that you of all people call me that, slut." Yui responds with equal amounts of venom before just like Iroha her gaze softens as she looks at me. "Hikki...you won't pick her over me will you? Please...don't."

What. The. Hell.

Where is the line drawn? What's an act, what's what they're really like? Is she crazy and violent or not? Is...is everything from up to this point from both of them been an act to get me wrapped around their fingers? Nothing's clear...and I don't like that.

"Enough." I decide it's time to take control and put an end to this...whatever it is. The manipulation, the bickering, I'm going to put a stop to it, the only way I really know how. Both Iroha and Yui are in the same boat, and they've both done similar things to me and my feelings. If I feel like being dramatic I'd say that they're both evil and if I'm to choose between one evil and another...

"Iroha, Yui...I can't return either of your feelings." The both instantly suck in air to retort but I quickly continue to prevent it. "I've...done things that can't be excused and it shows that I'm just not the type of guy for relationships...I can't be trusted." In a way what I'm saying is true, I am a scumbag and probably not ready for relationships but the main reason is that I just need to...figure out things. My quest for something genuine hasn't changed and recent events have made me question the nature of the feelings they have for me. It was definitely...*ahem* enjoyable while it lasted but it has to stop...for now at least.

"Senpai...no...please, I-I forgive you...just don't-"

Yui quickly wraps her arms around me to bring me into an embrace, sniffling as she speaks. "H-Hikki...just give it some time-"

"GET THE FUCK" Iroha pours out with venom before quickly making her way towards us, wrapping her hands around Yui's throat and yanking her away from me. "OFF HIM!"

Obviously Yui isn't the biggest fan of sudden violent choke holds and she quickly shows this by bringing a fist to Iroha's jaw, stunning her and causing her grip to waver. "I'll DO WHAT I WANT! HE'S MINE! NOT YOURS, MINE!" She punctuates her furious retort by tackling Iroha to the ground where they begin to struggle, punching, choking, and clawing in a furious entanglement of limbs. I know I'm not strong but I can't just sit here slacked jawed as these two viciously beat on each other. Thankfully it seems Yukinoshinta (who has been extremely quiet up until this point) has the same idea as she gasps while shooting up from her seat...before quickly rushing out the door...what?

Can't dwell on my comrade in arms abandoning me however, I have to put a stop to this...somehow. Talking won't do anything at this point so I simply dash over towards the scuffle and attempt to pull Yui off of Iroha, as she seems to have gotten the upper hand and was on top of her at this point. I wrap my arms around her to contain and subdue the raging beast, screaming as I do so. "Yui! That's enough, stop!." The effect was surprisingly instant and effective. Like water dousing a flame Yui quickly stopped all violent actions as soon as my arms wrapped around her, instead opting to lean into me while sighing...however like gasoline dousing a fire Iroha did not appreciate the contact I had with Yui nor did she calm down. Instead she opted to use the opening I had accidentally created for her to launch a counterattack, punching Yui directly in the side of her stomach...a kidney shot?

I try to prevent any escalations by letting go of Yui to restrain Iroha but as soon as I do Yui springs back to life and strikes Iroha again. This is impossible, they're both far beyond reasoning and I do not have the strength or know how to subdue them both...I'm beginning to worry. At this point both of them have bruises and cuts to show, they're even slightly bloodied...but neither of then show any intent to stop. What do I do...what can I do?

As I continue the difficult balancing act of trying to restrain two rage infused schoolgirls the door to the club room door slams open revealing...Hiratsuka sensei? She quickly rushes towards us and pries Yui off of Iroha and restrains her.

"Yuigahama! Calm down!" She orders as Yui thrashes about in her iron grip, doing everything she can to get back to the battle.

"NO! I can't let her win! I won't give him up!" She screams as she kicks her legs around, trying to find any method of escape.

"He was never yours to begin with! I've already won!" Iroha retorts while trying to make her way to Yui, but luckily I can handle at least one of them and keep her from causing any harm.

"What?" Hiratsuka sensei asks confused while shooting me a perplexed and puzzled look, I respond by averting my gaze. "None of...whatever you two are fighting about matters now, it's over now." She says firmly while continuing to hold Yui, it's obvious that there's no chance for escape for her. "Both of you are coming with me right now. We're going to have a long talk before I contact your parents and decide just how long you two deserve to be suspended."

Both of their eyes widen in horror and they glance towards me as the simultaneously mutter out the same word.

"Suspended?"

Iroha recovers from the shock first and quickly pleads with Hiratsuka sensei. "Sensei please! Not that...anything but that!"

Hiratsuka sensei merely hardens her gaze before responding. "No, you can't just get off scott free, look at what you've two have done to each other!" She closes her eyes and takes a deep breath to calm herself before continuing "I'll throw you two a bone though, come to my office without a single word or any action against each other and I may be slightly more forgiving."

Yui takes in a deep breath to retort but she is instantly cut off my Hiratsuka sensei.

"Not a single word."

Yui makes it very apparent that she doesn't like this new restriction by sputtering a few times, barely catching herself from actually speaking, before she just turns her head to glare off into the distance like a scolded and pouty child. I hear Iroha sigh before she taps my hand a few times, singling me to release her which I promptly do. She gives me one last sad look, eyes brimming with hurt and reluctance before she makes her way to Hiratsuka sensei, taking care to make sure she kept some distance between her and Yui.

Suddenly I hear semi-restrained panting and turn my attention to the door where a red faced and slightly sweating Yukinoshinta is attempting to catch her breath but in a discreet manner as to hide the fact that she's trying to do so. She takes one final intake of air from her nostrils to steady herself before speaking.

"So Hiratsuka sensei managed to resolve the conflict? That is a great relief." She asks coolly and nonchalantly as if she wasn't sputtering for air mere seconds ago.

"So that's where you ran to all of a sudden?" I drawl out, now able to understand that Hiratsuka sensei wasn't just some coincidence or dues ex machina.

"Yep, busted into my office wheezing and told me a fight had broken out between these two. Came as fast as I could." Hiratsuka sensei answers for her.

"S-Sensei I was not "wheezing", I was only slightly fatigued." Yukinoshinta sputters out, showing signs of embarrassment...I recall that stamina was never a strong point for her.

"...Right. Well anyway I guess my work here is done so I'll be taking my leave...with these two of course." She throws a quick glance to me and Yukinoshinta "Will...you two be alright by yourselves? I know a lot happe-"

"We'll be fine, thank you sensei." Yukinoshinta answers abruptly, even cutting off sensei which is abnormal for her. Luckily Hiratsuka sensei doesn't seem to mind.

"Great well...we'll be on our way then. Tell me if you two need anything alright? Really." Hiratsuka sensei reassures, gosh she really is a great woman...somebody take her already. I really do need to thank her for possibly saving a life or two today, and that's not even being dramatic. I open my mouth to do so but...

"We will, thank you again sensei." Yukinoshinta again answers before I can say anything. The way she speaks straight and to the point but with a veil of courtesy makes it seems like she's eager for them to leave...I can understand, I want to put this all behind me as well.

And leave they do, with Hiratsuka sensei giving a final nod. I catch that as they make there way out the door behind her Yui and Iroha seem to have found some common ground in glaring at Yukinoshinta. What's even stranger is the exact nature of their facial expressions, it seems to be a mix of realization and anger. It's as if they just solved some riddle but really hated the answer...wonder what that's all about. I try not to dwell on it as I plop down on my seat with a sigh.

"Usually I would chastise you for such slothful nature but...today was taxing I suppose." Yukinoshinta says not realizing that she did still chastise me...or maybe she did.

"Taxing is an understatement, today was an absolute disaster."

"Hmmmm I suppose it was...would you like to talk about it?"

"Not really, no." I answer immediately before I have a real chance to think about it, after a few seconds of previous lacking thinking I decide to amend my answer. "But I know we really should...we can't just ignore that can we?"

"No...I don't believe we can."

A few moments of silence pass after we both agreed to talk about the fight...but we don't actually do so. I understand obviously, it's not an easy thing to talk about, especially seeing how recent of an event it is.

"Maybe...we can wait until a later date though...I don't want to seem like I'm putting it off or anyt-"

"No it's fine, I understand." She cuts me off but I don't mind, she knows what I was saying and that's all that matters.

A few more seconds of silence.

"Suspension though..." I bring up the first thing that comes to mind, not as comfortable with the silence that I usually am. "I know it had to happen but who knows how long they'll be gone..."

"Yes...truly a shame."

P.O.V Switch-Yukino

Perfection. Simply perfection.

I had obviously resolved myself to take action to secure my place in his heart but I simply couldn't take into account how easy those two harpies would make it for me. I didn't so much as raise my hand before they completely and utterly ruined the image he had of them, thrashing around like the savage animals they are. I admit that given the circumstances I may have...indulged in such base instincts but there is no time for instincts in my conquest for his love. I'll hold back my urges, I'll take whatever those harlots throw at me in stride, I'll be slow and steady in my approach if it ensures my victory. And with just how much those two set themselves up to fail my victory is already assured.

I won't try to deny that I didn't feel any fury course through me as those two got so familiar with him, my friend draping herself all over him did especially strike a nerve, but almost as if they were both literal pawns under my control they had solved all my problems for me. Truly I wouldn't have cared if they had ripped each others throats out right there, but that would surely cause issues for Hachiman...would cause him to hesitate. So I did the next best thing, simply use the school system to remove them (again, they had made this abundantly easy) and now that it's just me and him in the club room...

I think it's time to move onto the next step of my grand plan of conquest.

Ending notes- Sorry this took a bit to get out but I really struggled writing something that I actually felt at least comfortable with, plus real life stuff has a tendency to get in the way for some reason...speaking of which it may be a bit of time before the next chapter because with out going into a bunch of unnecessary details RL is really ramping up...or maybe I'll just churn those bad boys out super fast to compensate, who knows.

Speaking of next chapter I'm still debating on what exactly I want to do with it but there's a decent chance that it may be nsfw...if that's yalls type of thing.

Until then have fun guessing what lil miss yandere mastermind is up to I reckon, and take care.