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

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Shi suppressed her surprise and looked Hachiman up and down.

Well, Hachiman is a little different from usual today.

His pale complexion was a little worrying, and his dead fish eyes were much more rotten than usual. Was Hachiman sick?

Feeling concerned, Su Shi stepped forward and touched Hachiman's forehead.

"Are you alright, Hachiman? You don't look well."

"No, I'm fine."

Noticing the temperature on his forehead, Hikigaya was a beat slow to react, then quickly distanced himself and glanced at the small park next to him.

"Let's go sit over there for a bit."

"Good."

They arrived at the park together, but since all the benches were occupied, they could only rest on the swings.

What can I do for you, Hikigaya-kun?

Suze waited for the other party to speak, but strangely, Hachiman fell silent after sitting down.

What's going on? They called me over but didn't tell me what I was supposed to do.

Pouting, Su Shi grabbed the dangling chain with dissatisfaction and slowly began to swing it.

"Squeak-"

"Hachiman, look!"

Hearing the sound beside him, Hachiman looked over and saw the petite little girl swinging higher and higher on the swing.

"Be careful, hey."

"it's okay."

With Hikigaya's prompting, Motoyo adjusted her center of gravity and strength, allowing the swing to slowly return to its original position.

Being watched by the boy she cared about, Su Shi stopped swaying shyly, lowered her eyes, and tucked her chestnut-yellow hair behind her ear.

"...Um, what's wrong?"

"Ah, no, I just remembered something."

Hachiman waved his hand, then stared blankly into the distance.

"As expected, Hachiman is acting strangely today. He's usually acting strange, but today he's acting especially, especially strange."

Suze narrowed her eyes slightly, while Hikigaya looked away shyly.

"Well, I'm really sorry."

"It's alright, that's what's so interesting about Hachiman, and it's a special advantage that belongs only to Hachiman!"

"Hey, hey, this isn't exactly an advantage, is it?"

Hearing the inexplicable praise from the side, Hachiman gave a helpless wry smile.

"Speaking of which, if Hachiman-kun wanted to see me, he could have just come to the classroom. Why did he have to take such a long detour?"

After breaking the awkward atmosphere between the two, Su Shi voiced her question.

After all, in her opinion, Hachiman's appearance just now suggested that he had been waiting there for a long time, and it was not a spur-of-the-moment decision at all.

"It's okay, I'm free anyway."

"Really? Okay then."

but.

What exactly is Hikigaya referring to?

After a moment of thought, Su Shi couldn't help but tense up.

As expected, Hikigaya is angry with me.

She was the one who invited Hachiman to choose the prizes for the competition last week, but due to her own oversight, she "lost" the funds, which not only wasted Hachiman's time but also left him with a bad memory.

Su Shi kept blaming herself for her mistake and timidly avoided looking ahead.

"Was that person your father last time?"

"Ugh?"

Looking up in surprise, Su Shi glanced at her with a somewhat bewildered expression.

"Hachiman, did you see that?"

She thought she hadn't been discovered... but it turns out she was just fooling herself?

Hachiman waved his hand and quickly explained:

"Ah, no, I only saw an older man say something to you, and then he left by himself. Later, I realized that the older man looked a lot like you."

Well, he is her father after all.

When people praised the father and daughter for looking alike, Su Shi felt inexplicably happy. She straightened her posture, but quickly deflated.

If Hikigaya finds out that her father took the club's money, she'll definitely look down on her, right?

Su Shi's family was poor, but she never complained about her parents because both her father and mother worked hard and would tell her stories to lull her to sleep when they got home.

Therefore, Motoyo didn't want Hikigaya to have any bad misunderstandings about her father.

"Oh right, last time at the mall, Dad had something to do that day, so he didn't have time to talk to me much before he left. Hachiman, don't misunderstand."

Seeing the girl in front of him desperately weaving lies for her father, Hikigaya listened silently, then revealed a painful smile.

"Ichinose, how did your father treat you?"

What a strange question...

Su Shi rested her chin on her hand, pondered for a moment, and then gave her answer:

"My dad is so good to me. He cares about me a lot. Even though he works very hard every day, he still tries his best to leave work early to be with me. He takes me out to eat on my birthday, and he comforts me when it thunders..."

The girl kept bragging to the boy she cared about about her father, but Hachiman's smile became increasingly difficult to maintain.

"Speaking of which, Hachiman, I've already explained what happened yesterday to everyone in the club..."

"what?"

The topic changed so quickly that Hachiman didn't keep up for a moment, and it took him half a second to react.

This must be referring to the lost funds. It seems the child did follow his instructions carefully.

"I understand. If the student council comes to inspect, please ask them to come find me... Well, I don't think they'd bother coming over something so trivial."

"But I don't think it's right to put all the blame on Hachiman!"

“I already said that,” Hachiman sighed helplessly, “I don’t care at all, and from an efficiency standpoint, this is the best way to solve the problem.”

Regardless of what he said, she had already told her classmate the truth. After all, Suze didn't want Hachiman to be unfairly blamed.

Su Shi took a deep breath and blurted it out.

"Um, actually I lied."

"Ok?"

Hikigaya blinked, puzzled.

"I told Tachibana and the others that I lost the funds myself, but don't worry, it's different from what Hachiman said, so no one is angry."

"That's it..."

Hachiman didn't care, because his mind wasn't on that kind of thing right now.

After calculating the time, and estimating that Motoyo's mother's condition had stabilized somewhat, Hachiman got up to leave.

"That's all I wanted to say. It's getting late, so I'll be going now."

"Wow, so fast?"

Su Shi also reluctantly left the swing.

"Ah."

"Alright then, see you tomorrow, Hachiman."

"Well, see you tomorrow."

086 Hachiman decides to take action again.

When Hachiman got home, he felt exhausted and lacked the energy a human cub should have. In contrast, his sister kept talking nonstop after he got home, as if she hadn't had enough fun all afternoon.

Hmm, could it be that his body has already entered the stage of being a wage slave ahead of time, his skills are starting to decline significantly, and he's about to start going downhill in life?

Don’t do that kind of thing!

Around eight o'clock, Hachiman's parents prepared dinner, but Hachiman, who had no appetite at all, only ate a few bites as a formality before returning to his room.

Lying in bed, letting his body sink deep into it, Hachiman sorted out the current information:

First of all, the Ichinose family's situation is terrible. Their life, which was barely maintained by both working parents, has been completely thrown into chaos because one of them lost their job.

Secondly, Ichinose's father was a serious perpetrator of domestic violence.

Although the exact order of events—unemployment and domestic violence—is uncertain, the outcome is already determined, and the other party cannot escape responsibility regardless of the circumstances.

Fortunately, Ichinose's father hasn't gone so far as to harm his own daughter, but the situation is dire and has reached a point where intervention is necessary.

Finally, and most outrageously, Ichinose's father also had a history of gambling with loans, and may now be heavily in debt.

"There are far too many problems to solve."

The blinding light shining from the ceiling caused a jumble of thoughts to swirl in Hachiman's mind, making his head throb with pain. He then covered his eyes with his hands.

No, we don't need to solve everything; we just need to focus on the most crucial aspects.

He took a deep breath and quickly regained his composure.

Of all these issues, the most important is Ichinose's father, whose actions will directly affect the Ichinose family's situation.

We must stop it as much as possible.

With this goal in mind, and by gradually working backward, Hachiman quickly came up with a general plan, and his thinking became clearer.

However, there is a very crucial point here—what is Ichinose's mother thinking right now?

How does she feel about having such a husband and such a father, and what actions will she take next?

Hachiman didn't want to do anything that went against her wishes.

Through a brief conversation with Ichinose's mother, Hikigaya simulated her thought process and came up with two vague but helpful answers.

Either maintain the status quo, grit your teeth and persevere, sacrificing yourself to stabilize this fragile family until you can no longer hold on.

Alternatively, she could sever ties with this unfit father and take Ichinose Motoyo to live elsewhere.

Regardless of which side Ichinose's mother chooses, Hachiman has to do the same thing.

Gradually, a plan took shape in Hachiman's mind.

...

The next day, classes proceeded as usual.

After Ishida and his two friends transferred classes, a new hierarchy was formed in Class 3-A. However, according to Hikigaya's observation, this hierarchy was very unstable and could be replaced by others at any time.

Therefore, in order to gain the corresponding status, everyone follows a strange rule.

"Good morning, Hachiman!"

"Oh, um."

When Hachiman walked into the classroom, he noticed that the students passing by greeted him spontaneously. Only after receiving a response from Hachiman did they feel at ease to go about their own business.

It's like he's become the class's mascot. How infuriating! When will this inexplicable behavior stop?

"Bikigaya-kun, it's early~"

"morning."

As soon as he sat down, Hikigaya heard the soft, sweet voice of Ijichi Nijika, who was obediently squatting in front of the table.