Uneasy daily life

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"cheer up!"

Hikigaya Hachiman, who had been slumped over with his shoulders drooping and back bent, straightened up, his face contorted, and gasped, "Oh no, oh no..."

Komachi Hikigaya, who habitually greeted her older brother, was startled: "What's wrong? Wasn't that just normal force?"

"No, I don't know why, but I seem to have caught a kind of 'the best vacation after high school graduation is about to end' syndrome. The thought of going back to school for the pointless graduation ceremony and having to pack up to prepare for university..."

Hachiman Hikigaya, barely able to speak, said with difficulty, "Machi, I'm afraid I can't make it."

Komachi Hikigaya thought for a moment, then smiled and reached out to straighten her older brother's collar: "Good luck, brother! Even though the holidays are over and you'll be going to university soon, think about the future! There are still job interviews, jobs, blind dates—oh, you don't need to go through that, but you still need to meet each other's parents, get married, have kids..."

Hikigaya Hachiman died.

Being alive is such a troublesome thing.

"Alright, alright! Go on, Onii-chan!"

"Wait, Komachi, aren't you going?"

"Komachi's vacation isn't over yet, why go back to school? Even though we're good friends, you have your own relationships too, and the mature and steady Komachi understands that! You should spend today with your friends who are also graduating. After today, we'll be classmates from before, not classmates now."

Komachi Hikigaya patted her older brother's shoulder with an air of maturity: "Hachiman-kun, I've seen everything you've done in these three years of high school. You're no longer the patient who needs your sister to support you. In these three years, you've actively participated in group activities, joined clubs and the student council, treated others kindly and made friends, and finally completed your studies—as your sister, there's nothing more I can teach you..."

Hachiman Hikigaya: "Thank you for your guidance, Vice President."

"Ahem, umm!" Komachi Hikigaya said in a pretentious manner, "So when it comes to graduation ceremonies, chat with your friends, say goodbye properly, and do the things you should do when graduating. Don't always think about relying on your younger sister. Think about other people, like Yui-neechan, and Yui-neechan, and Yui-neechan. You're not a kid anymore, it's weird to cling to your younger sister..."

What should I do upon graduation?

Hachiman Hikigaya glanced sideways at his younger sister, hesitating to speak: "..."

Komachi Hikigaya scratched her head and asked curiously, "What's with that expression?"

Hachiman Hikigaya: "If I make a dirty joke with you, will you make the same face as me?"

Hikigaya Komachi: "Huh?"

Hachiman Hikigaya: "Huh?"

The brother and sister looked at each other, and the air suddenly became quiet.

……

Having narrowly escaped death, Hachiman Hikigaya fled his home, slamming the door shut behind him and sealing away his murderous intent, which was filled with the resolve to kill his brother.

He quickly ran a few more steps outside, glancing back to see if any of his sisters were chasing after him.

Thankfully, Komachi didn't actually kill him...

Hachiman Hikigaya breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why is your subordinate so flustered and guilty?" A white figure suddenly peeked out from the side.

"..." Hachiman Hikigaya gasped for breath, quickly changing the subject with a question, "Uh... President, what are you doing at my doorstep? Isn't today the graduation ceremony?"

Graduation ceremony, listen to this! What a fun, interesting, and enriching event—a super limited-edition, once-in-a-lifetime special!

How can something as trivial as Hachiman compare to a graduation ceremony?!

"Aren't we on our way?" The white figure changed the subject. "How did you offend Komachi? Tell me, and I'll help you and Komachi reconcile."

I can only say that I had a momentary lapse of judgment and misunderstood what Komachi meant. I thought she was subtly encouraging me to get closer to Yuihama—STOP!

Hachiman Hikigaya forcibly shut out the thoughts in his mind and said seriously, "Chairman, what are your plans for today? Is there anything you need my help with?"

"Hmm?" Bai Ying scratched his head. "There's nothing planned. It's just that I'll be the student representative and host the graduation ceremony..."

Has the principal gone mad?

Hachiman Hikigaya was taken aback: "You? Cough cough, I thought it was Yukinoshita..."

"A brave woman to host? Heh, she won't be sentimental going forward, she won't reminisce about the past, she won't be passionate when turning left, and she won't be earnest when turning right..." Bai Ying waved her hand, "If you let her host, all she can do is give everyone a set of serious content like 'Don't think that you can relax when you get to university,' 'Life is a long road, don't forget to learn, and you will gain something from everything you do,' blah blah blah."

That's true.

But there are still big problems!

Why can't the current student council president, Iroha Isshiki, be the host? There must be something fishy going on!

Hachiman Hikigaya's mind raced with all sorts of White-style conspiracies...

"My subordinates are so diligent and proactive today, even asking if there's anything I can do..." Bai Ying said with interest, "Is the matter of angering Komachi related to the deadly chef? Could it be a battleground between my sister and her girlfriend? But Komachi is clearly a motherly type of sister, not a girlfriend type, and she's not at the point where there would be a mother-in-law/daughter-in-law conflict..."

Hachiman Hikigaya's heart pounded wildly, and he said speechlessly, "How did this get involved with Yuihama again?"

Bai Ying reached out and patted his old subordinate on the shoulder: "For a salaryman like you to say things like 'I need to work overtime,' 'Overtime makes me happy,' and 'My boss gave me work,' it must be because of your family. What did you and Komachi talk about with Yui Hama that led to your hasty escape?"

A pointless attempt to change the subject and cover up the content!

"Ahem, it's just a misunderstanding..." Hachiman Hikigaya coughed twice. "If the chairman wants to know, why don't you guess for yourself?"

"Um……"

Bai Ying fell into deep thought, occasionally glancing at Hachiman Hikigaya before the two of them walked together toward the school.

Hachiman Hikigaya revealed unfathomable, lifeless eyes, devoid of joy or sorrow.

Ha! Even the president needs to be able to see things to deduce what others are thinking. As long as I have no expression, no words, and no inner thoughts, the president is helpless!

"Interesting. This case of a sister murdering her brother will be solved by me, the great detective Ke Bei—"

Bai Ying pushed up his non-existent glasses, his gaze suddenly sharpening: "First of all, the person responsible for the case is the deadly chef. She provoked Komachi's anger towards you and caused the subordinate to flee in panic. Based on the subordinate's escape, the responsibility lies with the guilty subordinate."

Hachiman Hikigaya: I'm going to school. The scenery is beautiful today. The little birds are saying, "Good morning, good morning!"

"In other words, during the discussion of the deadly chef, your subordinate accidentally said something that led to Komachi kicking you out of the house."

Hachiman Hikigaya: The weather is so nice, even the dogs on the street look handsome.

"Komachi is particularly welcoming and enthusiastic towards the Deadly Chef, and is only happy and pleased that her brother has found a girlfriend. Therefore, the problem that triggers her anger lies with her subordinates—for example, if there are problems in the relationship between the subordinates and the Deadly Chef, it could be that the subordinates are cheating, the subordinates are cheating, and the subordinates are cheating again..."

Hachiman Hikigaya: I'll think about what to say and then I'll talk about it!

"Bai Jun's reasoning is really impressive; he was able to eliminate a wrong answer directly."

A chilling voice drifted from behind. Hachiman Hikigaya instinctively turned around and his eyes lit up—"President! Quick, stop speculating about Hachiman's boring stories, go and tease Yukinoshita!"

Ok?

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly, feeling as if someone was talking about her. It must be Haku-kun.

"I told you to wait a moment, we were going to school together, but you insisted on sneaking off ahead of me," Yukino Yukinoshita retorted. "Are you some kind of rebellious kid? You just love to contradict everyone?"

Bai Ying: "Mom."

Yukinoshita Yukino: "???"

"While Yukino Yukinoshita was lost in thought and unsure how to respond, the astute detective continued his deduction—" the white-clad figure said in a deep voice, "Considering the seriousness of the matter, the subordinate should not have committed a fundamental error, otherwise Komachi would have launched a deadly pursuit. Therefore, the possibility of the subordinate's infidelity can be ruled out..."

Da da da……

Yukino Yukinoshita quickened her pace and walked to the side of the white figure, saying irritably, "Judging from Hikigaya-kun's tendency to avoid all kinds of large social events, he probably grumbled a bit about the graduation ceremony, saying things like, 'Just send the diploma directly, there's no need to hold a graduation ceremony,' 'Humans are such contradictory and redundant creatures, gathering specifically for parting,' and 'Why hold a graduation ceremony? Because without a graduation ceremony, hardly anyone will say goodbye to their classmates properly,' and then Komachi got angry with him."

Hachiman Hikigaya: "...You're slandering me!"

"Exactly, exactly! This is just your conjecture and slander against the 'popular' crowd." Bai Ying nodded repeatedly. "And what about the Deadly Chef? In your reasoning, where did the Deadly Chef go?"

Yukino Yukinoshita sighed, "I don't think Yui is involved. They went to the water park a few days ago, and Yui has been messaging me ever since they came back..."

Hachiman Hikichi's eye twitched slightly. Wait, wait! Could Yuigahama have said something to Yukinoshita? Shut up! Don't leak information to the student council president, you rascal!

"Huh?" Bai Ying's eyes lit up, and he stroked his chin, saying, "You specifically asked me to talk about the date because the Deadly Chef is so happy that he has to find someone to share it with..."

Well, the important thing is the date at the water park, right?

Yukino Yukinoshita pursed her lips, pondering how to steer the conversation: "There should be one reason for that."

I heard that water park is really good, and it has all sorts of activities for couples, like double whitewater surfing. It sounds a bit scary, but Yui-hama seems to be having a great time...

"If he was just complaining about the graduation ceremony, why would the subordinate volunteer for work? He's definitely avoiding the main issue!" Bai Ying pondered. "Komachi is a younger sister who's always looking for a sister-in-law and doing everything she can to help. Now that the subordinate and the deadly chef are a couple, the lively and positive Komachi won't throw a tantrum out of jealousy or loneliness over her brother being taken away. Instead, she'll be especially pleased and might even try to help her future sister-in-law and brother get closer, providing everything she can to help them..."

Yukino Yukinoshita turned to her and asked, "You guys going to the water park, was that Komachi's idea?"

Hachiman Hikigaya feigned composure: "Well, Komachi and Yui had planned it beforehand. She kicked me out of the house, and Yui took advantage of the situation to pick me up."

"It seems that Komachi doesn't intend to attend the sergeant's graduation ceremony. She probably wants the sergeant to seriously face the interpersonal relationship impact of graduation. However, she suddenly launched a furious pursuit of the sergeant regarding the issue of the Deadly Chef. It doesn't seem like she's really angry. It's more like the impact of the sergeant saying something wrong or creating an awkward topic..." The white figure slowly deduced, and Hachiman Hikigaya's head gradually broke out in a sweat.

What nonsense is this? Hmm, why are you so keen on digging into Hachiman's affairs?

Yukino Yukinoshita, looking completely bewildered, replied with a hint of annoyance, "Wasn't Komachi really excited about Hikigaya-kun and Yuigahama's affair? What could possibly make her embarrassed or angry? It has to be something related to the graduation ceremony..."

High school, graduation, lovers, younger sister...

Speaking of which, Yui was especially happy that day, so happy that she could guess that she and Hikigaya had made great progress, and the most likely answer was probably their first kiss... Just a few days later, it was today's graduation ceremony. Hikigaya, who had evolved some lewd tendencies, perhaps got carried away, or perhaps he subconsciously had some inappropriate thoughts, and ended up showing them in front of Komachi...

Komachi is indeed a sister who tries hard to bring her brother together, cares about his love life, and is afraid that he will grow old alone. However, this is limited to situations like dating. She just seems open and positive because of her lively and cheerful personality. She probably would blush and have her heart race if she saw people kissing...

The case is solved. It must be that Komachi urged Hikigaya to take advantage of the graduation ceremony to go on a date or have a meal to deepen his relationship with Yuihama. Hikigaya, in his elation, misjudged or made wild connections, leading Komachi to kill her brother in shame and anger.

Yukinoshita Yukino: "..."

Hachiman Hikigaya had a subtle premonition and subconsciously glanced at Yukino Yukinoshita—he couldn't read her expression! Hey! Why did you suddenly go silent?!

"It seems the hero has figured it out." The white figure reached out and hooked his arm around Hachiman Hikigaya's shoulder, his face full of emotion. "My lord, you've grown up. You've grown from a teenager who would blush and have his heart race at the sight of a girl's chest into a healthy teenager who can have wild fantasies about relationships between men and women!"

Ah—! The president saw through it!

Hachiman Hikigaya's cheeks twitched as he tried to escape but couldn't. He cast a pleading look at Yukino Yukinoshita—"Take care of your boyfriend!"

Yukino Yukinoshita silently took a step to the side, a look of disdain silently appearing on her face, showing her disdain for associating with dirty boys.

?

Hachiman Hikigaya promptly launched an attack: "You and the student council president were in the activity room..."

"Little Qi! Little Bai! Little Xue! Ya-ha-lo!"

Amidst energetic shouts, Yui Yuigahama ran over waving, a bright smile on her face: "Why are you taking so long? I've been waiting for ages! Today's graduation ceremony..."

Yui Yuigahama stopped halfway through her sentence and tilted her head to look at the strange positions of the three people. Logically speaking, shouldn't Yuki subconsciously stand closer to Shiro, while Hachiman stands further away to keep some distance and stay away from the sour smell?

"Sniff sniff~ There's a smell of something happening." Yui Yuigahama chuckled and moved closer to Yukino Yukinoshita, habitually hooking her arm around hers. "What are you two talking about? Is Shiro up to his old tricks again?"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "We were talking about you and Hachiman at the water park..."

Yui Yuigahama and Yukino Yukinoshita kept their distance, standing a little further away from each other, their gazes fixed straight ahead, not daring to shift to the side at all.

Hikigaya Hachiman: "..."

Retribution came so quickly, you petty bastard!

"Jie Jie Jie Jie..."

With the friendly background music of Bai Ying playing, the four of them arrived at the school gate in strange positions. They could see many students in school uniforms returning to school in the season of cherry blossoms. They chatted and walked in twos and threes, exuding a sense of leisure brought by the holiday and high school graduation.

The future is yet to come, the hard work is over, and there's a holiday without homework after the exams...

For students, graduation ceremonies are devoid of the sorrow of parting, the overwhelming emotions, the excitement and high spirits of going to university, and the feelings of how great the holidays are, how relaxing it is not to go to school, and how they miss their classmates after such a long holiday.

"In the gap between two phases of life, people don't have time to cherish the present, nor do they remember to reminisce about the past."

Bai Ying casually remarked, noticing Angelina chatting with a few people: "Hey—too long to read!"

Angelina, who was chatting, suddenly turned around, first glaring at the white figure who called her by her nickname, then as if remembering something, she smiled wickedly and turned back to walk into the school with her other classmates.

Bai Ying raised an eyebrow, realizing that things were not so simple.

Something's wrong...?

Chapter 133 Graduation Ceremony!!

The classroom was bustling with activity. During the holiday following their final exams, the students were fully embracing the spirit of letting loose and having fun—although most of them didn't do anything particularly special compared to a typical holiday.

"Huh? It's so clean? Wasn't it left out for two months?"

Angelina was fiddling with the desks and chairs.

"It looks like the student council did a big clean-up for the graduation ceremony," my friend said, puzzled. "Why are you twisting and turning? There are nails on the stool."

"Uh...no, no!"

Angelina, feeling guilty, casually replied, "It just feels quite fresh. It's been a while since I've been to school, and the desks and chairs all look much nicer now."

“That’s true…” my friend couldn’t help but sigh. “It’s nothing when I’m at school every day, but the thought that this is the last time I’ll be in the classroom makes it feel quite different.”

Yeah, I graduated from high school. Thinking about it now...