If there is one thing that I would declare as my forte, it would be being overly-aware. I would always take situations that occur around me seriously-too seriously perhaps. Seriously, if I was one of those harem anime protagonists I would realize immediately about their affection towards me. Nothing gets past me, my reflexes are too quick, I'll catch it! This specially goes to identifying the element of romance.

Aaahhh, romance. That sure opened the gates of reminiscing my youthful days in middle school. Even from my middle school, I've never let down the ability of being overly-aware. People make mistakes. I've made mine. Confessing my feelings to the girl who I barely know-and barely knows me- were one of those many mistakes. The aftereffect of that mistake barely kept me from moving forward. Hey, even I'm human, the constant mockery from other homo sapiens can effect me too, you knooww? Okay, this is getting out of hand. Now my monologues are infected by her constant talking habit. Damn you, Isshiki.

Now where was I? Oh, right. Community's mockery. I guess I WAS affected by it, when I was in middle school. Now I can barely care about the constant gibberish and disgusted looks from my fellow peers. This goes to show after Sagami's 'accident' in the cultural festival.

"That was the guy that insulted Sagami-chan right?" ...

"What a gross guy. Guess his actions matches his appearance, huh?" ...

"Leave this school! Who do you think you are? Batman?" ...hhhmmmm...

"Kyaaaaa! Hayato-kun's defending Hikitani-kun again! HayaxHachi FTW!"..No. Just no, Ebina-san.

Anyhow, the aftereffect brought forth a new and improved Hikigaya Hachiman. Fully weaponized with cynical overviews and death-inducing dead-fish eyes-not like that has ever changed. As to conclude, the Hachiman before is not who I am now. No longer I would think of achieving love or a life companion to live a so-called 'wholesome' lifestyle.

Correct. If you watched episode 8 of the underrated anime, Oregairu Zoku you would surely know. Wait, did author-san just made me break the fourth wall? Anyways, it is that.

Something genuine. That, is what I yearn for.

I'm not alone in this journey of finding something truly genuine. That is what I truly believe. Yukinoshita and Yuigahama. The two women that I truly do not deserve as frie-

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Clubmates.

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Yes. Well, looks like my internal dilemma has took 10 minutes of my planned sleeping time. The lights are already off and my body is already lying on the bed after a tiring and eventful day of taking care of immature children. Immature children. Hmmmm.. Makes me wonder how I can still do this monologue after doing said deed. Must've been a daily thing.

As for tonight's monologue, I would like to conclude that sweet gestures or talkings are not anymore penetrating this unpenetrable fortress of Hachiman. People learn from their mistakes, and I sure learned from mine. Never will I do the same mistake in the near future.

A girl asks for your phone number. Nope, not going through.

A girl asks why you are late for class. Nuh-uh, still standing strong.

A girl made a bento for you. You shall not pass!

A girl texts you in the middle of the night, disturbing your thoughts.

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What are you doing, Yuigahama?

I looked at the screen of my phone increduously with an expectant look towards the sender's name. This girl, does'nt she like, have to do those things that girls do before they go to sleep... Not that I know what girls do before they go to sleep to begin with. I want to continue my internal dilem- I mean, I wanna go to sleehhpp.

Sender : Yuigahama

gud night, Hikki! cant wait to see you tomorrow sweet dreams!

...

You see what I mean?

Terrible vocabulary and spelling aside, her message is one of the many examples that can lead to misunderstanding. If it was Hikigaya Hachiman ver. middle school right now, he would be jumping happily on his bed and sacrifice his beauty sleep just to be delusional about the feelings that the girl supposedly have to him. God, I am glad I've changed.

And what did she mean by 'cant wait to see you tomorrow'? Do you miss me that much? We even met yesterday, the scornful day that you took my precious weekend! Though I seriously doubt that she miss me. Her clique must've gone to sleep so she needs someone to unnecassarily pester right now. Well, might as well answer her.

To : Yuigahama

Yeah, yeah. Goodnight.

That should do it. Not gonna waste more energy than I already have thinking about how to reply to her. Well, time to conclude tonight's monologue, I guess.

Realistically, I would say tha-

*Ring* *Ding* *Ring*

Wha-? Are you kidding me? This girl is still not asleep yet. What did I say about disturbing my sleep, you dumb airhead?! What more do you have to say to me than what you already-unnecessarily- have?

Sender : Yuigahama

youre still awake, hikki?

If I'm already in my slumber, then how the heck did I reply to your 'gud night hikki'? Seriously, people tend to ask questions like this all the time. That's why sarcasm exists. Speaking about sarcasm, might as well give her a sarcastic reply as to portray my annoyance towards her disturbance.

To : Yuigahama

Negative, Yuigahama. I'm already in my peaceful slumber. That's why I am able to reply your previous messages.

Sent. Now I hope she gets the hint.

Sender : Yuigahama

Moouu~ idiot hikki! well if youre awake we can still like you know, chat n stuff? if youre not sleepy that is

What do you mean by 'chat n stuff'? And yes, I don't think I'm near to being sleepy but no, I don't think I want to be doing any more talking either. Sorry, Yuigahama but I would have to decline your generous offer that you have given upon to such a lowly being like me. And for that, I will decline in the most polite, sincere way as possible.

To : Yuigahama

No. Go to sleep. Airhead.

Sent. That should do it. Nothing pierces more than short-lengthed insults that ends with a fullstop. I immdeiately close the screen of my phone and roll myself in my crumpled bed. I should probably change my bed sheet sooner or later. I've procrastinated that long enough, can't make her do everything for me. See Komachi? Are'nt you glad that you have a considerate Onii-chan? Now go make me pancakes!

*Ring* *Ding* *Ring*

She's still being persistent about this?! Are you really that bored, Yuigahama? I don't care if you want to sleep late chatting with people, but don't have me as the people to talk to. Heck, go bug Yukinoshita for all I care!

I closed my ears, utilizing my pillows to act as an earplug, blocking the never-ending notification of incoming messages. I could've just easily set my phone off, but my will is'nt enough to overcome my laziness. Thus, I just lied down waiting for the inevitable to end.

...

Phew. Looks like she finally stopped.

*You have a call* *You have a call*

...Whut?

*You have a call* *You have a call*

No, I've heard you correctly, communication mechanism. Just my thought process isn't barely capturing it yet.

*You have a call* *You have a call?*

Look! Even my phone is being questionable about receiving a call from someone. Of course, it would. I'm a loner. Loners like me only use phones as alarm devices and browsing pictures for educational purposes.

Pffffttt! Anyways, judging from the latest occurrence, it only makes sense the person calling me right now is

"Yuigahama..." I said with an audible sigh.

This girl. I can't seem to win with her, huh? Now I really can't get back to sleep unless I fulfill her needs. Adding to the fact that the sound is louder than before so going to sleep is barely possible.

I grabbed the phone from the lampstand and put it at my right ear exasperatedly. Well, here goes nothing. Heh. The way I phrased that made it sounded like I was nervous about this. I'm seriously not though. I would definitely be if it was Totsuka! I might've need one week to standby for a call from he- I mean him. Though I'm sure Yuigahama is also not nervous about it though. Her calling me justified that.

"..." There I've answered. But why is there barely any sound from her side? I think I caught a slight gasp in the phone right after I pressed the answer button. Probably my imagination though.

"..." Did she misclicked or something? Or did she expect me to start the conversation first? She's the one who called though!

"U-um hello, Hikki? Are you there?" There you are.

"Yes, Yuigahama. I'm here." I answered exasperatedly.

"I-I see. I thought you were not going to answer. Hehehe." Yoshhh! There's my chance!

"Did you not want me to? I'll hang up." The pretend-to-be-offended card! This will surely end this call right now!

"I mean nothing like that Hikki! Moouu I think you are just making things up to end our call." Tch. This girl knew me too well. I can picture herself pouting at the other end of the phone.

"You know me too well, Yuigahama." I decided to voice my thoughts.

...There was quite a long silent after my statement, as if she got dazed off by something. That or she went asleep unconsciously.

I knew the latter was wrong when I hear a slight giggle from her.

"Of course I do, Hikki. We already spent a year together remember?" Another giggle followed her statement. I don't know why, but despite the year we have spent together, I've never realised how strangely...cute Yuigahama's voice is. Of all the girls I'm acquainted with, I would go as far to say Yuigahama's voice is the cutest of them all. Yes, she even bested Komachi!

Thus, because of that fact, I could'nt help but blush when I hear her faint giggle once again, tickling my eardrums.

"Hikki? You still there, right?" She asks, almost sounding like she's being hopeful. Not that she is though.

Nonetheless, I still wanted to have this talk.

"Positive, Yuigahama. I'm still here."

We did some small talk afterwards, plenty talking about her activities with her clique, which I gladly add in my realistic overviews, in which are true. I've never been a fan of small, mundane talks, but I guess I could bare with it when I'm interacting with her. Mainly because of the fact that I could provoke her airheadedness and idiocy. But really, doing something like this isn't so bad. Though I have to control myself whenever she lets out a giggle or a songified Hikki~~

As we were talking about mundane stuff, I could barely hear the clock ticking and the barely audible wind outside the window. Time sure flies by when you're having fun, huh? Wait, am I having fun right now!? As I think that, I hear another laugh from Yuigahama.

"Hehehe. Aaahhhh it's so fun talking with you, Hikki!" She says, almost aloud.

...No. She just meant it as it is. She likes to talk to me. Nothing more, nothing less. Heck, even Yukinoshita-san likes to talk to me, but I'm pretty sure she doesn't have the slightest bit of affection towards me.

"Aaahhh Hikki." ...

"Hikki~" She says in a singing tune. That was a pretty good one, Yuigahama. You could probably make your own album when you grow older.

"I've missed you sooooooo much." I was overwhelmingly flustered. Yuigahama-san, what the heck do you think you're doing?! You're lucky this is Hikigaya Hachiman 2.0 not the middle school version. No, screw that, any man would've misunderstood if you were to phrase it like that. Your way of expressing friendliness is mildly peculiar, Yuigahama.

"What do you mean? We met yesterday." I decided to ask.

"But we didn't meet today."

"It was a one day difference."

"Well, it did felt long for me." This girl.

"I see. Well, don't worry. It's not like I'm going anywhere." I said, trying to sound cheerful.

"...Don't say something like that. You're making it sound like you are going somewhere. Idiot." Oh, did I? I guess I did. But Yuigahama, you should've known better. There's no way in Hell I'm leaving Chiba! And did you just call me an idiot?!

I took a glance at my clock as to see what the time is. Wow, it seems like I took a long time talking with this girl. Might as well end it here, the both of us have school to suffer tomorrow too. I decided to be the one bringing it to a close.

"It's getting late, Yuigahama. I think it'd be best to end it here." I waited for her follow-up.

"E-eh! You're right, Hikki. I didn't even realize. I guess age do flies by when you're having fun, huh?" She says with a hint of- I'm not sure. She uses the kind of tone when someone has their playtime taken away. I can't help but slightly smile at her mistake.

"It's time, Yuigahama. Not age." I corrected while trying to hold back a giggle.

"Wha- D-did I say 'age' just now? I was pretty sure I said 'time' though." Sure you did. Try to scroll back up and see what you actually said. Wait wut?

"Okay then, Yuigahama." I have to express my gratitude. "T-thank you for today." Shoot, Hachiman! Why the heck do you have to stutter? This is too embarrassing I would've just hang up right now.

There was silence accompanying my words after, that I decided to really hang up the phone. But then...

"Of course, Hikki. Hehe. But don't you mean tonight not today?~" She giggled. Damn it, she got me. Really, I couldn't win with this girl.

Not that I could've win with any girls to begin with.

"You can hang up first, Yuigahama." Decided not to play the whos-gonna-hang-up-the-phone game, I just directly tell who to do it.

"O-okay, Hikki." Really, I had fun tonight. I started to not feel that angry for Yuigahama for disturbing my good 'ol sleeping time.

"Goodnight Hikki." Goodnight Yuiga-

Wait, what was that sound? What followed after her greeting was a sound that I could barely hear as a contact between the lips and the screen of a phone. Did she just?

No. It must've been my imagination. It is late at night too. Might as well sleep now before I would hear the real contact between a death-inducing knuckle and a defenseless stomach.

As I barely closed my eyes, I saw another message coming, which I'm pretty sure who the message was from.

Sender : Yuigahama

we shud totally do zis more often hikki :)

...Sure, I guess.

Phew! That was exhausting. But I guess, supposedly fun. Well then, since it's the last day of the week, might as well remind my self the things I'm going to go through next week before I go to sleep.

The occasional bike ride to school with Orimoto.

The occasional library visit with Ebina.

The occasional tennis training with Miura. But no Totsuka?! I mean like, what the hell!

The occasional parties that requires dates with Yukinoshita-san.

The occasional study session with Shiromeguri-senpai.

The occasional nursery care wit- uh. Shit. Come on! I knew her for quite a long time now and it's still hard to remember her friggin' name?! Aarrgh I'll just make my own one for now. The occasional nursery care with Kawastekiii~. Remind myself not to accidentally call her that.

The occasional student council work with Isshiki. Urghh.

And lastly, the occasional evening with my fellow clubmates, Yuigahama and Yukinoshita.

OyaSumiNasai

As always, the unpenetrable wall of Hikigaya Hachiman still stands strong.

Finally able to get this fic to publish! You have no idea how hard it was for me to understand them configurations on how to publish this. Anyways, as you can tell this is my first fanfic so I hope if there is some spelling and grammar errors, you would kindly notify it to me. AND PLEASE BEAR IF THERE IS SOME CRINGE-WORTHY MOMENTS! I would also love some words advice from you guys especially those who I've looked up so much since I've entered the Oregairu fandom. I can't promise this to be updated weekly because of my scornful midterm-exam. AGONYYYYYYYYY~~! Nonetheless, see you guys next time. I hope.