13 Hikigaya Hachiman (2)

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. One may think it means friends are people who have the same passion as oneself. However, It also implies we can't have too many friends.

I "got along" with everyone in my past life. Therefore, I have never had friends. Because, a friend to all is a friend to none.

You may be curious to what caused me suddenly thinking of friends. But, the reason is simple.

Upon meeting Saki at the school's front gate, I walked to the class with her. All eyes were on us through the way, but I never pay any attention to background characters — Saki might be different though.

Now, we have entered our classroom, and once again, all eyes are on us. No, to be exact, all eyes are on me. These fuckers are bewildered at my emergence. No one seems to recognize me.

These fuckers are the reason why I did a monologue about friends. These fuckers are no friends, and never will be.

With head down, and shrunk shoulder, Saki moves to her seat. I look at her back, and quirk my eyebrow. At this point, I think that Saki is also a victim of bullying. However, my thought is proven wrong, when a girl greets her.

Apparently, Saki is just shy.

With most of the eyes planted on me, I move to my...

Haha. Where is my seat? I don't know! What do you expect? Do you think I know where Hachiman's seat in middle school is? No!

Luckily, there is a seat map attached to the wall in front of the class. I turn my back, and face the wall, where the seat map is attached to. With my trained reading skill, it merely takes a glance for me to figure out where my seat is.

Turning my back away from the wall, I move my feet to my seat. Funnily enough, my seat is beside Saki's.

Plop.

When I lay my ass on the chair, everyone's gaze becomes more intense. Right after that, comes the whispering.

"Eh? That seat... doesn't it belong to..."

"What is happening?"

"The transfer student is sitting on Hikigaya's chair."

"Is Hikigaya transferred to another school?"

"No, there is another possibility."

"HE is Hikigaya."

Everybody turns to me, and pin their curious gaze on me. I, being the main character of this world, completely ignore the mobs. I take out my wireless airpods, putting them on my ear, and vibing to the music.

[Kyō wa kaze ga sawagashī na~ demo sukoshi kono kaze naiteimasu~~]

Despite how little the braincells of the person who made the lyrics, this song weirdly hits well.

I thought my moment will be eternal for I have perfectly entered my private world. However, there is a nitwit who has the audacity to interrupt my private world.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

This nitwit even dare to tap my shoulder. Turning my head to the left, I am met with my private world intruder. It is a girl with brown eyes, short and curly brown hair, and the face of a typical nice girl.

"Hello!" The nitwit said. "I am Orimoto Kaori! May I know who you are?" She enthusiastically introduced herself.

Apparently, this bitch is the one who has rejected Hachiman a few months ago. I hum to myself, while deciding my next course of action.

"I am Hikigaya Hachiman. Nice to know you."

"Haha! so, you are Hiki— ehh??!!"

Kaori is taken aback. She does a double take, and becomes even more bewildered. Surely, the crowd watching the scene also starts to whisper among themselves.

"D-did he say he was Hikigaya?"

"Well... he did."

"Huh, really?"

"Yeah..."

"I mean THAT loner and edgy Hikigaya?"

"Yeah..."

"SERIOUSLY???!!!"

That is the beginning of the chaos. The bunch of nitwits quickly storm to my desk, absolutely curious to what happened to me. Surely, I ignore the crowd, until I feel some bitches dare to touch me.

I take off my airpods, and finally turn to the crowd. Kaori is in the front, and trying her best to calm the rabid crowd.

"Calm down, guys. Hikigaya is overwhelmed!" She shouted to the crowd.

"You people are too loud."

Upon hearing my voice, the crowd is silenced. I have just lowered my glasses, and now I'm looking at them with my intimidating sharp eyes.

Gulp.

"If you want to ask something, do it in order. If you can't even do that, you can mind your own business."

Technically, I have just told them to fuck off. But, these idiots comply to my order, and line themselves up. They are ready to ask me questions.

I sigh, and motion the first person to ask her question.

"Are you really Hikigaya?"

"No, I am Batman. Next!"

"W-what has happened to you?"

Now that is a good question. But, not a smart one.

"I met Son Goku, and collected all of the seven Dragonballs. Next!"

"Why are you wearing glasses? What happened to your eyes? Were they injured?"

"I am blind. Next!"

The stupid questions continue for a few more minutes. As I answered them with equally stupid answer, they are left bewildered.

When it is done, I nod my head in satisfaction at the crowd who is looking at me awkwardly.

I am about to put on my airpods once again, when Saki speaks up. "A-ano... Hachiman-kun. I think you should explain the accident you had."

The crowd's attention turn to Saki, and all of them are shocked.

"H-hey, did she just call Hikigaya by his name?"

"Y-yeah, she did."

"Ehhh? EEEHHHH??!!"

"What kind of relationship these two have?!"

"Calm down, everyone! Let Hikigaya explain himself!"

Luckily, Kaori managed to prevent the crowd from going crazy. She looks at me intently, as if she won't let me go until I explain myself. I shrug, then open my mouth.

"I had an accident in this summer, and I am currently having amnesia. Therefore, I don't recognize any of you."

The crowd turns even crazier. However, I pay them no mind. I merely put on my airpods once again, and vibing to the music.

[Hime hime! Hime!~ suki suki daisuki~~]

Oops. There's a technical error happening. But hell, the song makes me want to vibe, despite how weird it is.

Now that I think about. Who made this crappy playlist?!

Ignoring the rabid crowd on my side, I am completely immersed in the music. They are still adamant on asking me questions.

Luckily, the crowd is dispersed when our homeroom teacher enters the class. Unfortunately, I have to stop listening to my music too. I keep my airpods, then the class begins.

...

The class has ended, and as I expected, it was as easy as taking a grenade from a baby. It's now time for lunch, and the crowd is preparing themselves to ask me more questions civilly.

Apparently, Maiko has told my teacher about my condition. Before the class started, he reminded these nitwits to not overwhelm me with questions. Therefore, they choose a civil approach to satisfy their curiosity on me.

What a bunch of hypocrites.

Taking my lunchbox with me, I turn to Saki who is about to eat her lunch alone on her desk.

"Saki. Wanna have a lunch with me?"

"Y-yes."

"Okay, let's go to the rooftop. It's suffocating having a lunch here."

Saki nods her head, and stands from her chair. She moves to my side, while carrying her lunchbox with her. Right before I want to get out of the class, someone calls me.

"Hikigaya! May I join you guys too?" It is Kaori. I glance at her briefly, before answering simply, "Nah, we like solitude." Then, Saki and I leave the dumbfounded Kaori behind.

It doesn't take long for us to reach the rooftop. However, contrary to my expectation, there are already a group of people on the rooftop. I shrug, and open the door connecting to the rooftop.

However, Saki stops my hand before I managed to. She is visibly cautious.

"Hachiman-kun. It's not good to mess with them. It's better to find another place."

"Huh? Why?"

"These guys are our school's renowned troublemakers."

"So?"

"It's better to avoid conflict."

Saki is deadly serious. But, I don't care. I merely shrug, and open the door, to Saki's horror.

Click.

When I take my first step to the rooftop, the six chinpira's eyes instantly turn to me. I receive it nonchalantly, and move towards unoccupied place. When I am about to sit, I notice Saki is still before the doorway.

"What are you doing, Saki? Come here!" I motion her to come.

She is reluctant, but she comes at me anyway. I nod my head, and ready to sit myself down, when a voice interrupts me.

"Who are ya', kid?" I turn my head to the person. It is a scrawny pup, who has nothing more than his height to show off. "I am Batman." I answered simply.

I know it's overused. But, this scene is about to be a cliché anyway. Therefore, I don't care.

"Whatcha' talkin' bitch?"

"That's my line, twat."

"Hah! What a cocky lil' bitch!" Then, the scrawny pup turns his head to his six friends, and laugh together with them.

"Listen, bitch. C'mere and lick my shoes. I may forgive ya'."

"What if I don't?"

"Just pray to God."

While Saki is busy pulling my uniform and tell me to quit it, I am chuckling to myself. The scrawny pup is irritated, and his friends are already standing on the ground, trying to intimidate me.

"Let's see what you got, pup." I smirk at the scrawny pup.

"What did ya' say, bitch?!"

Even before he rushes at me, I rush at him first. He is around 185 cm — not that tall — and I am aiming to send his consciousness to oblivion. Therefore, I fly. Yes, you heard it right. I fly, and give the pup a powerful circle kick.

Bam!

The pup is thrown away, and quickly lost his consciousness. I stand uprightly on the ground, loosening my tie, and take off my glasses. Looking at the dumbfounded six people, I motion them to come at me.

"Let's dance, shall we?"

Needless to say, they make a great punching bag.