Does gravity make me stronger?

After one of the classes ended, Ai-yin directly extended an invitation to him.

"Wait a moment!?"

Hachiman felt the gazes directed at him from those around him, and goosebumps rose on his skin.

What are we supposed to do?

"Don't you like music, Hachiman? I always see you wearing headphones, so I thought you must like it," Aine said, resting her chin on her hand, looking troubled.

"No, I never said that, and live performances are not suitable for me."

"Not suitable, why?"

"For example, the environment, aren't those places quite messy or something?"

"what?"

Regarding Hachiman's preconceived notion, Aine smiled helplessly and said, "Hachiman-kun, only those weird live performances involve jumping around like that. We're serious."

"Never mind." Hachiman held up his textbook to block the others' view, hiding his face behind the book: "I'm not free this weekend."

Then, Hachiman continued, "If it's compensation, I don't need it. Chihaya-kun, don't worry about me."

Hachiman Hikigaya detests fakes. If Aine kissed him only as a way of repaying for the previous incident, he would rather not do so.

"As expected, Hachiman is acting really awkward!" Aine said with her arms crossed, her tone confident. "And this isn't compensation, Hachiman, do you really want me to just say it straight? This is a date!"

"Hey hey hey?"

Not only Hachiman, but even the students present exclaimed in surprise.

It's worth noting that Ai-yin is quite popular at school.

"I...you...Chihaya-kun, I have something to do, so I'll be going now." Unable to think of a way to refuse, Hachiman immediately got up and ran out of the classroom.

but.

Aine, however, persisted relentlessly from behind: "If Hachiman doesn't agree, I'll keep inviting you!"

What's wrong with this guy?!

The two ran for a while and almost bumped into a girl with light blue hair.

"Um, I'm sorry."

"It's alright." The dignified young woman shook her head slightly.

"Ah, it's Xiangzi! Xiangzi, please help me catch that boy!"

The girl named Toyokawa Shoko paused for a moment, then quickly grabbed Hachiman and said, "Excuse me, classmate, although I don't know what happened, please behave yourself for now."

"what?"

And so, with Shoko's help, Aine caught Hachiman, who was fleeing in panic.

The two of them went to RiNG together over the weekend.

"This place is not quite what I imagined." After looking around, the extremely strong commercial atmosphere inside RiNG made Hachiman wonder if he had entered the wrong place.

This is really a live house and not some kind of commercial center.

"I knew it! Hachiman has such a big prejudice against LiveHouses. Wait here for me, okay? I'm going to call my friends out."

"Wait a minute, that won't be necessary. I'll go directly to the audience area."

Before Hachiman could finish speaking, Aine slipped into the backstage area, but the "No Trespassing" sign next to her made Hachiman hesitate.

A moment later, Ai-yin arrived at the coffee shop with her friends.

"Hello, is this Hikigaya-kun? It's nice to meet you." The sweet-looking girl with chestnut-yellow hair greeted him first, but the way she spoke in a high-pitched voice made Hachiman's teeth ache a little.

"Um, hello."

"My name is Nagasaki Motoyo. I'm a student at Tsukimori Academy, and I'm a first-year high school student, just like you."

After saying that, Nagasaki Motoyo took a half step back, and the smile on her face quickly disappeared.

This change of expression is faster than turning the pages of a book, and it seems like this kind of hypocrisy is the type he can't handle at all. Stay far away from him...

As she was thinking this, another black-haired girl walked over with her arms crossed and said coldly, "So you're the boyfriend that Aine has been looking for these past few days? You don't seem like much."

Um, boyfriend?

"Wait a minute, Riki, you've misunderstood. Hachiman isn't my boyfriend," Aine quickly explained.

"What? Isn't that right? Then why did you bring him here? Wasn't it to show off?" Shiina Riki said irritably.

"Well, he helped me a lot recently, so I wanted to bring him to meet everyone."

At this point, Ai Yin shyly rubbed her nose.

"Whatever, just don't let it interfere with training."

No need to introduce Takamatsu Akari. Although she hadn't chatted with Hachiman much, she surprisingly felt a sense of kinship with him: "Um, Hikigaya-kun, hello."

"Hello, Gao Song."

"Interesting man."

"???" The girl with heterochromatic eyes, sucking on her finger, walked up to Hachiman and circled around him. "You've finally come."

What does "finally" mean?

我们认识吗？

The girl didn't seem very bright. Hachiman gave an awkward laugh and silently took a step back.

After exchanging greetings, Aine took Hachiman to a coffee shop to rest for a while, and then hurriedly left when it was almost time for the performance.

"Hachiman, just go straight to the hall when it's time. We're fifth in line."

"Hmm." Taking a sip of the shop's specialty coffee, Hachiman let out a long sigh of relief: "The coffee here is surprisingly good."

After the performance.

"Thank you all for your hard work today. See you next time."

The others said goodbye and left RiNG without looking back, leaving only Aine and Hachiman on the scene.

"Hachiman, are you taking the train home?"

"Ah, um." Hachiman nodded.

“Then I’ll go this way.” Aine happily pointed to the left, Hachiman paused, then turned to the right: “Then I’ll go this way.”

"..."

After a brief silence, a "well" shape appeared on Ai Yin's forehead.

"Why did Hachiman deliberately walk that way? Isn't the train station in this direction?"

Hachiman's gaze darted away, and he said awkwardly, "Um, wouldn't it be bad if someone saw us walking together?"

"Oh dear." Aine belatedly realized, "It's okay, my friends won't mind."

“But I will mind.” Hachiman said firmly, “Also, please don’t be so gentle with me, Chihaya-san. I’ll misunderstand. That’s all, goodbye.”

A smooth combo caught Aine off guard, leaving her standing there dumbfounded, watching Hachiman walk away.

A little while later.

The unwilling girl bit her lip, ran over suddenly, and then pounced.

"Chihaya-san?"

"I do not want!"

The sunset glow bathed them both in a red hue, and at that moment, they could even hear each other's heartbeats.

"Why does Hachiman keep avoiding me? It's the same at school. Every time I try to talk to you, you droop your head down. It makes me sad too!"

Hachiman hung his head, speechless. After a long while, he could only softly utter, "I'm sorry."

"If you think I took you in out of gratitude, then let me tell you now, Hachiman, I have feelings for you. Can you be my boyfriend?"

"But..."

Just as Hachiman was about to speak, Aine interrupted him, saying, "Besides, this isn't out of guilt or a desire to make amends; it's a girl's affection for a boy!"

"If you don't believe me, I won't let you go!"

The combo was even smoother than before, which made Hachiman freeze. Does this kid really know what he's saying?

However, in the middle of the group: bait_》9 sie＜lin fen san_ lu si.

Hachiman couldn't give a proper response and could only let Aine hold him. At this moment, passersby started looking at them.

Unable to withstand the curious gazes of others, Hachiman could only temporarily concede, saying, "I understand, I believe you, can you let me go first?"

"Then, Hachiman, could you tell me your answer first?"

What was the reply?

"Will you be my boyfriend?" As she spoke, Aine buried her head in the boy's clothes in embarrassment, her heart pounding.

"Um, I'm sorry."

In an instant, Aine's heart turned cold, all her strength vanished, and her hands drooped unconsciously.

"But, if we could start as friends..."

"Huh?" Aine suddenly looked up, her beautiful eyes brimming with tears: "I don't want to!"

"No, I already said we should start as friends!"

"But in a girl's eyes, that either means keeping fish or it means rejection."

Raising fish? Girls are so good at this kind of thing!

Hachiman sighed helplessly and said again, "At least give me some time to adjust. I don't know anything about Chihaya-san. If I don't know anything, I can't be considered a real person."

"The real thing?"

Aine tilted her head. Although she couldn't understand what Hachiman was saying, she still felt a glimmer of hope.

"It's settled then, Hachiman-kun. From now on, you'll be my friend, and I'll be your girlfriend."

"Wait a minute, are you really listening to me?"

"I listened. You be my friend, and I'll be your girlfriend. Isn't that reasonable?"

"Is this reasonable?" Hachiman murmured.

Even he could see that although the relationship wasn't simple, Kei-yin's feelings for him were pure.

Hachiman frowned. The fakes he had always rejected were now somewhat tempting to him. He still couldn't find any trace of the so-called real ones.

only.

Surprisingly, Hachiman no longer resisted this fake item.

IF :

Chapter 299 The Light Chapter: Takamatsu Light Forever Yearns for the Past (Part 1)

Miyami Sen was very troubled because, during a mere workplace internship activity, two extraordinary individuals had emerged from her class.

"Forget about Takamatsu, she's a girl and naturally shy. But what's wrong with you, Hachiman? Don't you want your credits?"

With her legs crossed, her long legs encased in pure black stockings exuded a charm that would make any man sway, yet she herself was completely unaware of it.

“Objection. Boys can be shy too. Teacher, you’re being a gender knight.” Hachiman avoided the eye-catching long legs and responded softly.

The thought of being so unfairly accused by her student made Miyami Sen furious: "What nonsense are you spouting at such a young age?"

“What I mean is, can’t one person do a workplace internship?” Hachiman muttered.

"Damn, and the location of your activities is too weird." Miyami Sen looked at the proposal lying quietly on the table: "It's about an internship to investigate and research household affairs. To put it bluntly, isn't it just doing housework?"

"No...this is a new type of research project, and even graduate students at universities take it very seriously," Hachiman stubbornly insisted.

Seeing this, Miyami Sen pressed further, "Then tell me, what's so special about this internship program?"

"First of all, the location is at home, where everyone spends the most time, so I think it's appropriate for..."

"Stop!" Miyami Sen waved his hand, too lazy to listen to the brat's babbling.

"The teacher specifically asked me to state this..."