Year 2, Class B.
After school, everyone went to the playground to exercise as usual; Hikigaya, naturally, did not slack off either.
Love.
Place.
Person.
Character.
After all.
With so many women.
Hikigaya naturally had to exercise well to satisfy them intensely; this was also an obligation of being a boyfriend.
Although there were many things he couldn't agree with, he had to say that some things Sakayanagi Arisu said still made a lot of sense.
Only the unknown causes fear.
After being "trained" by Sakayanagi Arisu, Hikigaya no longer felt these girls were scary; on the contrary, he felt they were all very cute.
In fact.
Hikigaya could feel it.
By easily accepting Sakura Airi and Hasebe Haruka, his desires were gradually expanding.
There was the reason of Sakayanagi Arisu's deliberate guidance.
From the initial dominance to her current submissiveness, it was probably all intentional, making him completely understand the beauty of women.
Hikigaya could clearly feel it.
For every point he became stronger, every point he grew, Sakayanagi Arisu would appropriately weaken by a point, gradually handing the initiative into his hands.
However.
Hikigaya would not deny his own filthiness.
His bottom line was getting lower and lower.
As expected, it takes three years to learn to be good, but only three days to learn to be bad.
It's just that Ichinose and the others were becoming more and more satisfied; sure enough, most women still prefer boys to be more assertive and proactive.
Since it was everyone's common opinion, Hikigaya naturally had no objection.
However.
There are always some things that must be upheld.
No matter what Sakayanagi Arisu said, Hikigaya would not give up this final bottom line.
Though he didn't know how much longer this bottom line could hold.
Gaining a person's heart is not an easy thing; Hikigaya did not want to become a person who used others' feelings to get things done.
While practicing pull-ups.
Hikigaya saw a boy walking this way; he had some impression of him.
Class D's Miyake Akito.
After becoming a leader, Hikigaya wasn't as careless as before; now he would consciously memorize the names of these irrelevant people.
"You are Class B's Hikigaya, right?"
Miyake Akito walked up to Hikigaya and asked coldly.
If it weren't for Hikigaya making a move on Hasebe Haruka, he wouldn't want to interfere in these strangers' messes.
"That's right, is there something?"
Hikigaya let go of his hands and dropped to the ground, asking in a flat voice.
It's not like he couldn't guess Miyake Akito's intention.
He had long heard Hasebe Haruka's complaints.
However, hearing it from Hasebe Haruka's mouth, it only gave the impression that Miyake Akito and the others were a few ungrateful wolves.
After all.
Hasebe Haruka is very beautiful, and those "mounds" on her chest make boys' blood boil.
It wasn't surprising that she had a few secret admirers.
"Are you and Haruka dating?"
Miyake Akito asked coldly.
He tried his best not to cause a scene, and his heart still held a sliver of wishful thinking, feeling that Hasebe Haruka was just acting out to spite them.
"That's right."
Since Hasebe Haruka wanted to go public with the relationship, Hikigaya naturally wouldn't act like he hadn't heard.
Resistance.
Although it might trigger Miyake Akito's hostility, Hikigaya still admitted it frankly.
However.
Before he finished speaking.
Miyake Akito could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and reached out to grab Hikigaya's collar.
Hikigaya's body tilted and instantly dodged.
However.
Miyake Akito flipped his hand, grabbed Hikigaya's wrist, pulled him back, and easily grabbed his collar.
Hikigaya was indeed somewhat helpless.
He felt he had become much stronger, and in terms of physical ability, he wasn't inferior to Miyake Akito—he might even be slightly stronger.
But...
His combat experience was inferior...
He felt that Miyake Akito definitely had martial arts training or rich experience in street fighting...
However.
Not everything in this world can be solved by relying on violence.
Moreover.
If they really fought, Hikigaya felt he wouldn't necessarily lose; losing would only be a matter of technique.
Seeing that Miyake Akito's face was flushed and he only wanted to grab his collar, clearly still possessing a shred of reason, Hikigaya did not resist.
After all.
Starting a fight and self-defense are two different things.
"You scumbag."
Miyake Akito's face was red as he grabbed Hikigaya's collar and cursed coldly:
"Taking advantage of a vulnerable moment, stepping on several boats, playing with women's feelings—don't you feel ashamed?"
Courtesy before force.
Miyake Akito didn't think.
That he could dismiss a piece of trash like Hikigaya just like this.
No matter what Hikigaya thought.
Whether Ichinose and the others were with Hikigaya voluntarily, or were being threatened by Hikigaya with some leverage.
None of that mattered.
In the eyes of outsiders, at least in Miyake Akito's eyes, Hikigaya was a greedy scumbag who loved playing with women.
"I can't refute that, I am indeed a scumbag."
Hikigaya admitted it frankly.
Admitting one's dirty side might be hard for others, but Hikigaya was used to it.
Only by admitting one's own deficiencies can one go further and make more accurate judgments about surrounding things, so as to avoid doing foolish things.
"Miyake, you probably didn't just come here to scold me."
Hikigaya said with a calm expression: "Do you like Haruka?"
"Truly a shameless piece of trash."
Looking at Hikigaya's indifferent posture, Miyake Akito gritted his teeth and said:
"That's right, I like Haruka,"
"Hikigaya, I'm warning you, it's your freedom who you date, but if you dare approach Haruka one more step, don't blame me for being impolite to you! I will never let trash like you get close to her."
"Is that so."
Despite having his collar grabbed, Hikigaya's expression remained flat as he said:
"You just scolded me for liking to take advantage of vulnerable moments, didn't you? It's true that because I saved Airi, Haruka developed a massive amount of goodwill toward me because of it, which is why Haruka is willing to date someone like me."
"You..."
Feeling that this guy was truly asking for a beating, Miyake Akito said coldly:
"Are you showing off? You think I don't dare to hit you?"
"Not really."
Feeling Miyake Akito's slightly trembling palm, Hikigaya shrugged nonchalantly and said:
"I feel like you're trying very hard to stay rational; maybe I'll get punched in the next second."
"However."
Saying that.
Hikigaya shifted the conversation.
Looking at Miyake Akito, he said with a bit of a sneer:
"Since you like Haruka so much, you should pay a lot of attention to her. You know how good her relationship with Airi is and how much she cares about Airi, right?"
"So what? What exactly are you trying to say?"
Miyake Akito said in a cold voice, still grabbing Hikigaya's collar without letting go.
He really couldn't understand.
Even if this scumbag Hikigaya wasn't afraid of pain, why could he be so calm?
"Then why did you vote in favor?"
Hikigaya said with some mockery.
Looking at Miyake Akito, he truly felt some disdain.
Initially, he didn't quite believe Hasebe Haruka's complaints, but now seeing it with his own eyes, he confirmed it.
This guy is indeed an ungrateful wolf.