Chapter 287: Powerless Regret, Hard to Face.

After Sakayanagi left.

Hikigaya was still lying on the bed, his eyes hollow and his mind in chaos.

He couldn't understand all the time.

For her own desires, she could really go to such lengths.

Even if it's Ryuen.

At most, they just repeatedly test the rules and use some despicable methods that are not shameful.

But Sakayanagi could be so bottomless.

Only focus on the results.

No matter how the process is, whether it violates the rules, as long as the result is beneficial to her, there is no problem at all.

She.

It seems that she also regards all this as her own strength.

She was complacent about being able to think of such a method.

Beast.

Hikigaya's heart rose with a wave of anger, but it quickly extinguished.

He betrayed Ichinose and Himeno Yuki, and he couldn't even protect his own safety.

Although Sakayanagi's approach is not shameful.

But the facts are indeed developing as she expected.

As long as you appeal to the school.

It goes without saying that his future will be ruined, whether it is Ichinose, or the class, or even parents, Komachi, will be affected.

Sakayanagi, this woman with a snake's heart.

The desperate reality is in front of him, Hikigaya only feels a wave of powerlessness.

It's just going to school, why has it become like this.

For a long time.

"Don't you find it disgusting?"

Hikigaya lay on the bed, his voice was dead silent.

"Disgusting?"

It seemed that she had been waiting for him to speak, Kamuro Masumi's face was full of disdain:

"Not disgusting at all, after all, this kind of thing will have to be done sooner or later, after experiencing it, I found out that it's so great, it seems that Ichinose and that Himeno are very happy."

"Just thinking about Ichinose and them knowing about this, I feel so excited that I can't stand it, what kind of expression will they show."

"But don't worry, neither Sakayanagi nor I will tell Ichinose and them about this."

Saying that.

Kamuro Masumi turned her words around, somewhat playful: "But the premise is that you can behave well."

"..."

Hikigaya clenched his fist and did not respond.

What for the sake of the class to become Sakayanagi's pawn, it's just for the sake of pursuing stimulation, it's fun.

Kamuro Masumi is also a beast.

But thinking of Ichinose and others, Hikigaya didn't know what to say, and he didn't know how to face Ichinose.

"Alright."

"It's already past eight o'clock, you should go back."

"If Ichinose and them notice, you won't be able to explain it."

Kamuro Masumi, with a playful look on her face, saw off the guests, seemingly still considering him.

The hidden threat in her words made Hikigaya feel even more nauseous.

After getting dressed, Hikigaya left the bedroom like a puppet.

He walked to the elevator.

However, for some reason, Hikigaya felt a bit hesitant and turned to enter the fire escape, walking down the stairs to the fifth floor.

Upon returning to the sixth floor, Hikigaya couldn't help but stop.

He really didn't know how to face Ichinose and the others. Just thinking about it filled Hikigaya with guilt, and he felt somewhat desperate inside.

His father had always told him to be wary of those big sisters who always wore gentle smiles.

But he never expected that such a disdainful woman would be even more despicable and shameless.

Hikigaya sat on the stairs and took out his phone.

He opened the OAA app and found the pairings for Class C this time.

Many people were paired with weaker students from Class D in the first year, which was obviously Ichinose's arrangement, helping the first-year students without asking for anything in return.

However, there were more than ten classmates whose partners were top students from Class A in the first year, which was obviously unusual.

As long as they could persuade the first-year students to send an invitation, the senior students would definitely not refuse.

He didn't know how they managed to do it.

But it was obviously Sakayanagi who had been pulling the strings in the middle.

"Ha..." Hikigaya covered his forehead, and a tear involuntarily spilled from the corner of his eye.

Why was he so weak? Why hadn't he seen this earlier?

If he had seen it.

He should have been able to detect the anomaly.

As Sakayanagi had said.

He always wanted to stay out of things and only care about himself, and he was too indifferent to the things around him.

However, as long as Sakayanagi still held the handle.

Hikigaya really didn't know what to do.

Looking at the time on his phone ticking away every second, Hikigaya covered his forehead and felt somewhat at a loss.

Ichinose and the others must be waiting for him in the bedroom.

There were also messages from Ichinose and Himeno Yuki on the chat.

Even without opening them.

Hikigaya could guess the content.

They must be asking why he hadn't come back yet.

If he went back to the bedroom.

Ichinose and the others would ask him where he had been and why he had only just come back.

How should he answer then?

Although it was Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi, two despicable people, who had used such despicable means, it was also a fact that Hikigaya had betrayed Ichinose.

And he had been caught in a situation where he couldn't resist.

Hikigaya buried his head in his arms, clutching his phone tightly, the hard shell squeezing his fingers until they ached slightly.

He just wanted to go to school properly.

Even the desire to be promoted to Class A wasn't that high.

Although he had some cunning tricks that couldn't be brought to the table, he hadn't deliberately hurt anyone.

Why did it turn out like this?

...

As it approached nine o'clock.

Hikigaya didn't even know how he had returned to the bedroom.

"Hikki, welcome back~"

The energetic smile on Ichinose's face made Hikigaya feel like crying, but he still held it back.

He had just adjusted his mentality.

He wanted to spend his life with Ichinose and Himeno Yuki with all his might.

Even if they weren't accepted by the world, even if the road ahead was full of difficulties, as long as the three of them worked hard together, there would always be a way.

But in just a few days.

Even such a small fantasy had been shattered.

Hikigaya even felt like dying.

"I'm back..." 

Hikigaya forced a smile and replied.

"Really." Himeno, sitting on the edge of the bed, said somewhat discontentedly, "It's almost nine o'clock, where have you been, and why aren't you even checking your messages?"

"Eh..."

Although lying was a common thing for him, and he could usually talk nonsense without blushing or skipping a beat.

But at this moment.

Hikigaya's heart was filled with guilt and self-blame, and his expression became somewhat stiff:

"I went to sing at a karaoke."

"With who?"

"Alone."

"Eh? Why?"

Himeno Yuki was suddenly stunned, and then looked somewhat unhappy:

"Why would someone go to karaoke alone? Why not invite me to go with you? I also want to sing~"

"That would be too embarrassing, it's more liberating to go alone."

"What's there to be embarrassed about? After the exams are over, how about we go to karaoke together, Honami?"

"Sure, I feel like it's been a long time since I've been to karaoke."

"Let's forget it, I'll go when I've practiced my skills."

Hikigaya maintained a smile reluctantly, not knowing what he was saying.

"What's there to be afraid of, we've sung together before, just the three of us, we won't laugh at you."

Himeno Yuki said with a smirk on her face, she would definitely make fun of him at that time.

It must be said.

Hikigaya usually gives people a very steady feeling, rarely shows any expression, at most it's just an awkward dry laugh.

So that people find it difficult to detect his true intentions.

"By the way, Hikki, we've saved some food for you, I'll go heat it up for you."

Ichinose got up and took the food in front of the low table into the kitchen.

"No need."

"I've eaten outside."

Hikigaya dared not look directly into their eyes.

He didn't know how to face Ichinose and Himeno Yuki.