"By the way, Hikigaya should know why your classmate wants to work part-time, right?" I asked Hikigaya when I walked out of the high-end hotel.

I don’t know why, but Hikigaya Hachiman doesn’t look like a senior at all in my eyes. Although he still has a senior aura when he talks to me on the few occasions he talks to me, this aura gives me the impression that he is just a senior.

Fighting with a childish person who refuses to admit defeat is generally a bit boring, so although I occasionally call him "senpai", I also often call him by his first name, constantly switching between the two titles, which should be said to be a good thing.

It's a rare thing. Of course, Hikigaya himself doesn't seem to care much about this.

"Of course I know!" Hikigaya said as he put his hands behind his head, raised his head, and looked at the sky outside the window.

It's a pity that although it's almost eleven o'clock now, the lights in the city show no signs of weakening, so we can't see the starry scene - the full night scene in the animation with bright lights.

The appearance of stars in the sky is all deceptive. The faint light of the stars is covered up by the brightness of modern industrial production. This is the cruel reality.

"Senior, is your family very short of money?"

"Hey, hey, how can anyone ask such a question directly? Generally speaking, isn't it very hurtful to ask such a question?"

"But considering that Hikigaya-senpai's self-esteem should be so low that he would never be affected by my question, I didn't consider asking the question in a more polite way. After all, it is still a waste to think about such things.

It’s time!”

"Hey," Hikigaya touched the dull hair on his head and showed a look of disdain, "You seem to have not learned your sister's friendly side, but you have turned Yukinoshita Yukino's

Did you learn this attitude well?"

"Senior, isn't it the same? If you could learn the way my sister treats people, would you still be reduced to the point where even your classmates don't recognize you?"

"But at least I won't learn Yukinoshita's cold attitude towards people!"

"That's about it. You don't have the chance to show this attitude, because others usually ignore you!"

"So you, a junior! Do you have some basic respect for your seniors?"

"The premise is that this senior needs to be worthy of my respect!"

Alas, why do you feel that after tonight's battle of Kawasaki Saki, your relationship with Hikigaya suddenly became better? Why does this mutually mocking conversation feel like it is between two friends who have a good relationship and like to belittle each other?

What about the conversation?

Obviously, Hikigaya also realized this. He turned his head and brought the topic back to where we started: "In this world, there are always more people who are short of money than people who are not short of money."

"I agree with this." I nodded in response.

"So you have to go work after school."

"So, I have no way to blame Kawasaki Saki's classmate who is in the same position as me. Although her approach is more urgent than mine, from the starting point, she and I are consistent, so I feel that I have no way

Go convince her."

"I also guessed what you were thinking," Hikigaya looked at me as if it was troublesome and said, "So how weird is your family to be able to raise two people like you and your sister?

A completely different person! Your obsession is really a bit——Okay, let’s talk about Kawasaki first.”

Of course I am very curious about Hikigaya's evaluation of me. I still remember that he once made a disdainful comment to me, "I am just playing a game." Of course, I was not familiar with him at that time. Now Hikigaya,

He probably wouldn't give this kind of answer. However, Hikigaya now, for some reason, has taken back the comment that was about to come to his lips. Of course, I can also understand his thinking, because if he said a

If the answer that denies my goal is unacceptable to me, then I can argue with him all night.

"Kawasaki's problem is a money problem, but it is not a money problem," Hikigaya waved his hands in a pretentious manner and said, "Just like Yuigahama, you are working part-time, but your sister is worried about you.

?"

"Don't worry, after all, I don't work long hours every day, so I can still make it home for dinner in the evening!"

"So this is the key. You and your family have enough time to communicate with each other! Just like Komachi and I!"

"I inexplicably feel a terrible smell of squatting at home or being a domineering girl. Is it my imagination?"

"So, this is the problem with Kawasaki. Originally, I was working part-time so as not to cause trouble to my family, but because I was too concerned about their feelings, I ignored their feelings. If Yuigahama has similar thoughts, you

Your sister will also be worried about you, right?"

"Well, although it seems like you said something very reasonable, I always feel like it shouldn't be said by someone like you!"

"Then you don't understand. For a person who is determined to stay at home," Hikigaya said with a rather proud face, "it is absolutely necessary to understand the mood of the family.

Oh! Otherwise, how can I meet my own survival needs while living a life separated from society in the future? Right, for example, when I can't work and Komachi can't work, I don't have to give up hope of survival even at this time.

The reason is because we still have the backing of our parents to monitor us!"

"Please don't regard eating old people as something worth showing off. This will completely destroy the perfect impression you gave people with your previous high-sounding speech! Another thing is - we all know Kawasaki's part-time job now.

The reason is that she has to save her own tuition and doesn’t want to cause trouble to her family. But even if she knows this, she also knows that the reason why she went too far is that it has caused concern and anxiety to her family. The money issue that is the core part of the problem is also

It’s still not solved!”

"Yuigahama? Have you never been tight on pocket money?"

"No--"

"stare--"

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"No, I just think that your junior classmate looked very pitiful when she was with you."

"You obviously complained about my venomous tongue just now, aren't you yourself venomous now? Also, since I have never been in a situation where pocket money is tight, can't you understand that I have done a good job in planning money?"

"No, no, it's nothing. I was just thinking that if you have never been in a situation where pocket money is tight, you won't understand the true meaning of money for people like us."

"If you don't go out to work to make money, don't look like you talk about money in such a noble way!"

"In short, if Kawasaki is saving for tuition," as usual, Hikigaya didn't seem to pay attention to my complaints. He just waved his index finger and said, "a more effective way is to get something like a university scholarship."

Bar?"

Indeed, if it is a scholarship, then there is no need to work too hard for the tuition of a private university. However, this still does not solve Hikigaya's logic of incompatible words.

"So, what is the connection between scholarships and pocket money?"

Hikigaya looked at me with a very pitiful look, but he never gave me an answer. According to my understanding of his character, this answer should be a somewhat tricky or even despicable answer, but when I look at it,

After looking at his handsome face for a long time, I still couldn't grasp what Hikigaya wanted to express. And he didn't want to answer my thoughts.

Do you enjoy the complacent feeling of mastering one more skill than the other person?

When facing this kind of guy, ignoring him and letting his sense of accomplishment disappear is indeed the best choice!

"So, if that's the case, why didn't you just tell Kawasaki face to face?"

"Ah, this matter," Hikigaya's stinking expression disappeared, apparently because I didn't take over his rhetorical questions and anger with good intentions, he said a little sadly, "Isn't this very simple? Although

We know that Kawasaki has caused misunderstanding in the family, but Kawasaki himself does not know, so the current approach should be to let Kawasaki understand her brother's concerns and then clarify this point. If it is just to simply talk about the scholarship, there will be no cause and effect.

, the other party can’t accept it, right?”

"But you wouldn't bring her brother to a place like this, would you?"

"Don't worry," Hikigaya said as if by magic, he took out a note from his pocket, "I just finished drinking the soda and pressed a note under the cup to ask her

Wait for me at the McDonald's on the street when you get off work tomorrow morning. At that time, just call her brother and let the family clarify the misunderstanding. Are you interested in watching? "

"Let's not talk about whether I am interested in observing, but what you are doing, senior, is really like -"

"What's too much like?"

"I suddenly feel like I can't express myself in more elegant words?"

"Huh?" Hikigaya also understood what I meant at that moment, but he quickly shook his head and said, "Your understanding is too big, isn't it? Isn't this kind of thing all in TV dramas?

A way to exchange information? This is just exchanging information, exchanging information!"

"Okay, there's one more thing," I glanced at Hikigaya who was defensive in a panic, and asked, "Do you know when that Kawasaki-san gets off work in the morning?"

"Well--"

"I don't know when I'll get off work. Are you going to wait for her in McDonald's all night? Where did you come from to be a model boyfriend?"

"Well--"

"Then you are going to let her brother sit back and wait all night. Wouldn't it cause too much trouble to others?"

"Stop talking!"

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Of course, Hikigaya, who got lucky in the end, is said to have learned about the approximate time when Kawasaki gets off work every day through Kawasaki's younger brother, and also made an appointment with others to meet. After explaining to his sister and Yukinoshita what happened here

After the situation, my sister and Yukinoshita also seemed to express a strong interest in the meeting tomorrow morning. At least when my sister heard the news, she said, "I feel like I can take this opportunity to build a good relationship with Kawasaki-san."

The excited tone is not fake.

Of course, for me, getting up at five o'clock in the morning to meet someone who has nothing to do with me would not be something I would do. What I have been hesitating about is that after that, I and I

Another conversation between Hikigaya. This conversation happened a little abruptly, but it clearly told me how Hikigaya thinks of me now.

"To be honest, what Yuigahama did today surprised me a little!"

"What's the meaning?"

"Aren't you always unwilling to get too involved in these matters? Judging from your usual somewhat ridiculous thinking -"
To be continued...