Crossover anime, Hachiman's childhood friend's growth diary

"Good afternoon, Hachiman Hikigaya."

"Oh, good afternoon."

Hachiman slung his backpack over his shoulder a little more and continued:

"Are you buying all the prizes today?"

“Normally, the budget might not be enough.”

Ichinose Motoyo mentally calculated the necessary expenses, "But I'll try my best."

"No, it's okay not to try."

Hikigaya waved his hand, dispelling Suze's inexplicable tension, "Anyway, no one will say anything if we delay for another month. If we don't have enough money, we can just buy the prizes for the top three first."

"Ah, um."

For some reason, Su Shi nodded somewhat dejectedly.

She made a plan over the past few days. There were five students who "won awards", but only she and the student ranked last did not receive an award.

Incidentally, the last place is Hachiman Hikigaya, but he submitted his manuscript casually, so strictly speaking, he doesn't count.

But Suze always felt that Hikigaya should have a prize of his own.

Which shopping mall should we go to?

"How about the T shopping mall next door?"

"I don't care."

Because of their limited budget, the two of them couldn't afford to go to expensive places. T Mall was the most affordable market around Yuqiu Elementary School, with many sports-related shops, such as DiK Nong.

Four of the five prizes are related to sports, and the other prize is an MP3 player. They even specified a brand, but sorry, we're already lucky to have it. What more could we ask for?

The two walked along the road and soon arrived at T Shopping Mall.

Because it was a weekday, there weren't many customers on the street, which made the two elementary school students, who were not being looked after by adults, seem a bit out of place.

Hopefully, I won't be stopped by the mall staff.

With that thought in mind, Hikigaya looked towards Sose, only to see her take out a drawn map from a compartment in her bag. She carefully compared the map to the markings and looked around to confirm her destination.

Hey, it's just purchasing some goods, do you have to be so serious?

Hachiman raised an eyebrow, but for a child of this age, buying gifts for club members should be a very memorable thing, so he didn't interrupt and instead followed Suze's pace as they strolled through the mall.

"Ah, this is it."

The two paused briefly in front of a sports store.

"The number one prize is Tachibana's new soccer ball, right? Well, they say it's a World Cup commemorative edition, but you can't buy those things in regular stores, can you?"

Hikigaya leaned over and glanced at the shopping list prepared by Suze, who shyly took a half step back.

Noticing this subtle movement, Hachiman quickly dodged.

"Excuse me."

"No, that's not what I meant."

No, no, no, I understand. It's definitely unpleasant to be approached by boys you don't like.

Hikigaya silently reminded himself to maintain a proper distance before walking into the store.

With the shop assistant's recommendation, the two quickly picked out a soccer ball at a reasonable price.

While Suze was paying for the order, Hikigaya was sitting to the side when several familiar figures suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

"Oh, isn't this Ichinose? Are you here to buy something too?"

"Hey, Shada-kun?"

Chapter 76 An unexpected encounter beyond the usual chance meeting.

Who is it? Who is it? Let me see!

With a slightly scrutinizing gaze, Hachiman noticed three unfamiliar girls standing at the entrance of the sports goods store.

Upon seeing them, Ichinose Motoyo slowly extended her hand and greeted them somewhat awkwardly.

"Hello."

"Ichinose, why are you here? Are you here to buy something?"

When elementary school students with little sense of boundaries run into their classmates while shopping, they can't contain their joy and rush over.

"Yes, my companion and I came out to buy some gifts."

Su Shi placed her hand on her chest, her voice slightly weak, seemingly out of fear.

"Who is your companion?"

"that……"

As he spoke, his gray eyes cast an inquiring glance toward Hachiman.

Are you hesitating about whether to introduce him to other people?

There's no need to be so gentle; we should just throw him away as a pawn.

Hikigaya sighed softly.

Judging from Ichinose's seemingly gentle but actually distant conversation, the relationship between the group is probably not close; they are simply ordinary classmates.

Is this considered lucky or unlucky?

Hikigaya couldn't be sure, but the only thing he was certain of was that if Ichinose's classmates found out that they had gone out together, it would definitely cause a lot of trouble.

In fact, if it weren't for the sports festival, the two sides could have easily resolved this crisis by simply pretending not to know each other.

Unfortunately, because of that 1,000-meter race, his embarrassing behavior was fully exposed to the entire school.

So even if it's an accident, running into a classmate in the store and seeing the "last place" from last week's competition together will feel a bit strange, and rumors will start to spread.

Being around people with negative opinions means that even if you do nothing, you will still be looked at with strange expressions by others.

Hikigaya understood this principle well.

He doesn't care about his own reputation, but it would be bad if it affected Ichinose.

Thinking about these things, Hachiman tried his best to gradually erase his presence from himself, hiding in a corner and silently moving towards the door under the cover of a coat hanger.

After safely moving outdoors, Hachiman breathed a long sigh of relief.

To avoid disturbing them, Ichinose should go explore somewhere else before finishing her social engagements...

Just as Hachiman was about to head to the next shop, an unexpected figure followed him out of the store.

"Hachiman, what happened? Why did you come out alone?"

Seeing the concerned look on the girl's face, Hachiman was momentarily flustered.

Wait a minute, what's the point of chasing after me now? Get back here!

Hachiman hesitated for a second, then waved his hand guiltily:

"No, it's nothing, you don't need to worry about it. But Ichinose-san, are you and your friends okay?"

"It's okay."

Su Shichao glanced into the shop and gave a relaxing smile.

"Shatian and her friends are just here to buy clothes, and they will leave after they finish shopping."

Really? You'll leave after you buy it... That's not the problem!

"No, no, no, what I mean is... wouldn't it be a little inappropriate if other people saw the two of us together?"

Does "not good" mean being alone?

Driven by feelings of inferiority, Su Shi froze, subconsciously thinking to herself, "This is what I'm thinking."

But she quickly dismissed the thought from her mind, and after a long silence, tilted her head and asked in a low voice:

"What does Hachiman-kun mean, and why is it not good?"

"..."

Is this child genuinely ignorant or just pretending?

Seeing Ichinose Motoyo's reaction, Hachiman already had the answer in his mind, but since the other party had brought it up to this point, he couldn't say anything more.

"I understand. Since this store doesn't have what we want, let's go to the next store."

"Yeah, okay."

At the second sporting goods store, the two spent 2,000 yen on a training soccer ball.

Of course, there are alternative options with a budget of 1,000 yen or even a few hundred yen, but the quality of those footballs looks so pitiful that they'll probably become tattered after just a few games.

Although they wanted to save money, they also had to consider the durability of the products, so the two of them finally chose what looked like a mid-range option.

Suze had 15,000 yen on her, so after deducting the cost of the soccer ball, she still had plenty of money left.

On the way to the next store, because of what had just happened, Hachiman deliberately kept his distance from Sose, and the two walked one after the other.

It feels like we've gone back to when we first met...

Noticing the movement behind her, Su Shi lowered her head somewhat dejectedly, then rallied her spirits and smiled as she spoke to those behind her:

"Hachiman, is it alright if we go to the third floor next?"

"Ah, oh."

Hachiman had no objection to the shopping plan, but perhaps due to bad luck, he ran into people from school again as soon as he got off the escalator in the mall.

"Oh, it's Hikigaya-kun and Motoyo-senpai!"

About ten meters ahead on the escalator, two little figures, one yellow and one blue, were waving their arms at them.

It's Nijika and Yamada Ryo.

The frequency of these chance encounters is just too high. I should have chosen a shopping mall far away from Haneoka back then. What a mistake.

Hikigaya sighed inwardly as he followed Suze's steps, his gaze lingering for a moment on the glass window in front of them.

Is this a music instrument store?

The two walked up and soon learned from Hongxia why they had come out.

"Choose a bass?"

Hikigaya glanced at Yamada Ryo indifferently, "But didn't you say you were still short 200,000 yen? How did you raise it so quickly?"

"Well, not yet, so I came here today to ask the staff if they accept credit."

Do you think this music store is your personal property, where you can just accept credit payments like that...?

Hachiman's eye twitched slightly, then he said:

"Normally, shops located in shopping malls don't accept credit. By the way, is it really necessary to have that bass?"

Yamada Ryo rested his chin on his hand, hesitated for a long time before speaking:

"Actually, I also had my eye on another one, but that one costs one million yen, which I can't afford right now."

Hikigaya was taken aback, realizing that he could no longer keep up with Yamada Ryo's pace.

Is this what a rich woman looks like? V50, let's see her capabilities.

"Alright, alright, Hikigaya-kun, don't listen to Ryo's nonsense. Actually, we just came here to try it out, and Ryo can't play bass at all."

"They've been exposed."

Yamada Ryo scratched the back of his head expressionlessly, showing no embarrassment whatsoever.

Chapter 77 Bess and the Elementary School Student.

Upon hearing this, Hikigaya shifted his suspicious gaze to Nijika. If he remembered correctly, wasn't this girl going through a rebellious phase in the band because of her older sister?

Before he could speak, Hongxia nudged Hachiman's shoulder and said with a half-smile: