Lost Narrative Poetry

This is the first time that Hikigaya Hachiman feels that silence is uncomfortable. He is obviously a lonely person. Wasn't he often treated as nothing in the past? Shouldn't this kind of thing be commonplace?

However, no matter how much he warned himself deep down, the silence that had shrouded the two of them from the beginning still made him uncomfortable.

In order to resolve this anxiety, Hikigaya Hachiman subconsciously scratched his head. No matter what, it was more important to say something casually now.

He hesitated for a moment, stretched out his hand and gestured, as if he wanted to explain why he appeared in front of Yuigahama Yui: "I will actually come to you, ah no, I mean I will appear here because ...Teacher Hiratsuka just told me...she must let me come to you..."

He also knew that his tone was a bit excited, but the anxiety in his heart could not be relieved, and instead became more and more intense.

However, the more anxious he is, the more mistakes he will make, so that what he originally said was a very simple sentence feels a bit fragmented.

"That's it...it turns out you came out because of Hiratsuka-sensei's request, that's what I'm saying...hahaha~"

But Yuigahama Yui immediately understood the general ins and outs of the situation. After being stunned for a moment, she pretended to be hearty and let out a social laugh, then looked away and looked across the road.

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Hikigaya Hachiman fell silent. He knew that he had messed up again. When he explained why he came out to find Yuigahama Yui, he already realized that he had chosen the wrong option.

He wanted to explain why he came here, and subconsciously made an excuse for himself, but suddenly realized that doing so was tantamount to explaining to Yuigahama, "It was Mr. Hiratsuka who asked me to come, and I actually didn't want to come." you"……

There was another moment of silence, and the two of them couldn't speak for a long time. In the end, Yuigahama Yui showed a silly smile first:

"Actually, you don't have to worry about me. It's not what you think... I... I'm fine. Don't worry. If you have nothing to do, you can just go back. I will tell Mr. Hiratsuka later..."

Hikigaya Hachiman hesitated for a moment, then said: "Sorry, I seem to make you worry...but the reason why I am alone like this is all my own fault and has nothing to do with the accident. You really Don’t sympathize with me, don’t feel indebted…”

"It's not like that...it's not like that at all..."

Yuigahama Yui suddenly interrupted him, she spoke very quietly.

And although her mouth was smiling, her face lowered not knowing what to do, leaving only her weak voice trembling.

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Hikigaya Hachiman felt that the current situation was simply torture for him, and he remained silent not knowing what to say.

In fact, he is not slow, and can even be said to be very sensitive, to the point of being allergic.

But it was also because of this that he had allergic reactions. Whether it’s someone else guessing who’s losing and playing a punishment game to confess to him; or it’s a fake love letter written by a girl and asked by a boy to hand over to him…

He has experienced these things, expected again and again, and failed again and again... I don't know when he started to stop having hope. Precisely because he has learned countless lessons, a well-trained Lone Ranger will not be fooled again. He is a strong man who has experienced hundreds of battles!

Hikigaya Hachiman took a deep breath and decided not to dwell on it anymore. Yuigahama is a very gentle girl, but this has nothing to do with him. If the truth is cruel, then lies must be gentle.

Just finish talking and leave as soon as possible. It won't do anyone any good to stay entangled like this! That’s right, it’s decided!

"Then I'll go back first. It's very hot outside. Don't stay too long, Yuigahama. You see, no one else came out at this time..."

At this point, Hikigaya Hachiman suddenly stopped and looked around subconsciously, as if he realized something belatedly.

He didn't know when it started, but the surrounding environment suddenly became as silent as a forest. The entire street was empty, with not a single person in sight. It was so quiet that his ears hurt.

No one.

There were office buildings standing neatly on both sides, but no one came in or out. The pedestrian walkway, which originally felt very narrow, now feels inexplicably wider.

Hikigaya Hachiman's first reaction was to feel a strange feeling. He looked around and found that not even a single passerby could see him.

And when he turned back and glanced at the entrance of the exhibition hall behind him, the originally subtle and wonderful feeling turned into an obvious "abnormality".

There was no sound, and it seemed that the whole world fell silent for an instant. He even felt for no reason that at this moment, all the humans in the world suddenly disappeared, leaving only him and Yuigahama Yui.

It's really... so abnormal.

He couldn't explain the reason, but a completely indescribable feeling suddenly surged in his heart.

A little trembling, a little scared, because everything is a little abnormal. Although this is not a shopping street, it won't be too lively, but it won't be so quiet, right? It was so quiet that it was as if... even the atmosphere was dead.

"Well, you should go back first..." Yuigahama Yui was in a low mood. She lowered her head and said dullly, not noticing the changes in the surrounding environment.

"Yuigahama, let's go back together..."

Hikigaya Hachiman interrupted her words in a low voice. He couldn't tell whether he was overly sensitive now and was being suspicious and scaring himself, but he just subconsciously didn't want to leave Yuigahama Yui behind and let her face the possibility here alone. Something will happen.

"Ah?" The girl was stunned for a moment.

"I said, let's go back together. Don't you think it's a little too quiet around here?" Hikigaya Hachiman said seriously without looking back, "I always feel like something is about to happen. It feels too weird... …”

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"What's wrong? Why don't you speak?" Hikigaya Hachiman suddenly felt something was wrong and turned around subconsciously.

The next moment, his pupils suddenly shrank to the size of a needle tip, and his heart almost stopped.

It was a scene that would only happen in horror movies. It was as terrifying as Sadako crawling out of the TV. A dark crack opened in the air, and there were blood-red eyes in it. Staring at the outside world without emotion.

Among them, a figure of existence walked out, as if appearing from the two-dimensional plane into the three-dimensional universe.

The long black hair is scattered casually, and the gender cannot be seen from the delicate face. The white robe looks simple, and there are no secondary sexual characteristics from the physical features. A pair of clear eyes seem to be endlessly deep, and there is something similar to that of a god. The ethereal temperament of sex also seems to cover all human nature such as joy, anger, sadness, etc., and also reveals some obvious malice...

At once human and not human, something beyond human comprehension.

Time stopped at this moment.

For just a moment, the atmosphere on the sidewalk froze with what felt like absolute zero coldness.

Hikigaya Hachiman felt that his body was so stiff that it was as if his blood had stopped flowing, and he could not move at all.

This is a beast instinct related to danger that humans have had since ancient times. His intuition is giving a strong warning, telling him that if he moves now, the frozen air will dissolve directly, and then...

It will immediately attract the attention of this terrible inhuman thing. If it is not noticed, it is possible to escape this disaster.

Wait, wait, no, I missed something. There were only two people at the scene, himself and Yuigahama. If he hadn't been targeted, wouldn't it mean that Yuigahama would...

In an instant, Hikigaya Hachiman, who understood this most basic principle, felt the strongest fear in his life for the first time. He felt paralyzed all over, and the contents of his stomach seemed to be flowing out.

He felt that his body was shaking, but he forced himself to react in some way, hoping that Yuigahama's reaction would happen a little later.

However--

"Please, please, what...are you...who..." The weak voice trembled. Although it was very soft, it was definitely heard before Hikigaya Hachiman forced himself to react. stand up.

"...!!"

Hikigaya Hachiman's mind went blank. This faint trembling voice sounded as harsh as the thunder in the middle of the night at this moment!

He turned his head blankly and found that the girl was obviously frightened to the point of turning pale, but her tear-filled eyes were looking straight at him, not looking away at all. When he saw him looking over, she was still trying hard to hold back. A smile appeared...

With a bang, Hikigaya Hachiman felt that her brain was going to explode - she was indeed not stupidly confused about the situation, but was having the same idea!

The existence that looked like a human but was definitely not human seemed to naturally focus on this girl because of Yuigahama Yui's voice. The powerful telekinesis stretched out in an instant and grabbed her like a doll. .

"ah--!!"

Although she stood up very bravely and attracted attention, at this moment the girl still screamed instinctively, tears squeezed out of the corners of her eyes, and she was trembling.

"Relax, I, qbhu, will take you out of this world..."

The realm magician said calmly, and a beautiful sound like music sounded, but the source of the sound kept changing its direction, and the strange noises mixed with it were incomprehensible.

And probably out of bad taste, "he" not only made Hikigaya Hachiman's reaction one step slower than Yuigahama Yui's, but also said it very ambiguously at this time - letting people leave this world or something, how? It smells like blood.

In an instant, Yuigahama's face turned even paler, and the remaining blood completely disappeared.

Hikigaya Hachiman's eyes widened even more. Just one sentence made his heart almost freeze, as if someone had directly nailed an icicle into his chest, almost suffocating him.

"S-stop——!!"

He almost roared at the inhuman thing, and at the same time, his body's reflex nerves acted faster than the instructions of his brain, and he quickly jumped forward.

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"Kato-kun, why are you the only one back?"

In Salia's family restaurant, Yukinoshita frowned slightly and looked at the calm girl in front of her, but she didn't see another person.

Could it be said that Xia Ran is already ready to take action? After all, just now, the spiritual chain suddenly disconnected and no longer continued to broadcast live scenes from Yuigahama-san in real time. At the same time, no news was conveyed...

Maybe you think those two people have no hope, so you plan to take action yourself?

But he shouldn't be so silent... Yukinoshita suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Well... Xia Ran may not be able to come over for the time being." Kato Megumi thought for a moment and said calmly.

"Why?"

"Just now, a blond girl came to him..." Kato Megumi recalled it carefully, and then briefly described Yakumo Murasaki's appearance and characteristics. Yukinoshita's face suddenly became a little bad. , she knew who the blonde girl was.

"So he left with that monster...that woman? Let us go?"

"No, it's not like that..." Kato Megumi shook his head quickly, not knowing how to describe what he saw. He could only try hard to find adjectives, "He just and that girl... are completely stuck together now. It seems that there are no plans to separate for the time being..."

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