Lost Narrative Poetry

"Well...I think I won't dare to help either. I'm really sorry."

After a simple empathy, Hikigaya had to admit that if he and the opponent were in a different position at that time, it seemed that there would be no other choice.

People who are more rational will choose to be wise to protect themselves, and they can only choose to be wise to protect themselves.

Therefore, Hikigaya also knew that his resentment was unreasonable, so he honestly apologized in turn.

However, he still had something to say: "But it's one thing not to dare to help, but it's another thing to help someone do evil. Even if you don't speak for me, there's no need to help Mr. Hiratsuka come up with such a vicious plan. .”

"Come on, if you didn't want to drag me into trouble, how could I have to express my opinion under the pressure of the teacher?" Xia Ran waved his hand, of course unwilling to admit that this was his own problem.

After all, if Hikigaya had not proposed to use democratic voting to resolve the dispute from the beginning, there would be no chance of this matter happening.

"Okay, okay...that's what you said." The boy with dead fish eyes had nothing to say and could only sigh.

Anyway, the matter is a foregone conclusion. In this situation, no matter what you say, it is useless. Hikigaya even feels that he should probably be grateful.

Because at least things didn't get to the worst point. Although he was forced to join an inexplicable club, at least one of the members of the club was someone he knew. This was enough to make him breathe a sigh of relief...

——Although strictly speaking, he is a person who has only met once and spoken to him twice.

However, this is much better than being a stranger who has never met or spoken to before.

Whenever I think about having to join a completely unfamiliar club, facing complete strangers, sitting there stupidly watching them chat happily, talk loudly, and have friendly interactions, while I watch on the side awkwardly and unable to get in. listen……

Hikigaya had a creepy, shuddering feeling.

He looked at the boy in front of him and began to feel sincerely glad that he had found a place to be lazy during the gym class just now. Otherwise, he would not have met the boy in front of him to ask for directions.

However, it seems that those campus rumors and the like are all untrue rumors.

Hikigaya naturally knows the person in front of him, because even a guy like him who is so withdrawn and has no friends has heard what he said countless times——

In any case, it is "arrogant genius", "unreasonable monster", "no one is looked down upon by him", "the names of classmates are not qualified to be remembered"... and so on, and so on.

There are various opinions, and the rumors have spawned N+1 versions. Anyway, taken together, it is a weird image that is neither friendly nor friendly... Many boys are convinced of this, or it should be said that they do not "believe" it. rather than “need”.

——It’s like Yukinoshita’s performance is too good and she has naturally become the public enemy of the girls group. This is probably the situation.

However, from Hikigaya's point of view, even though they had only two brief contacts, he could feel that this person's personality was not as weird as the rumors said, and he was arrogant and difficult to approach.

The tone and expression are very natural, and there is no pretense or hypocrisy in the eyes... It's just like most ordinary boys. Just because they have met and talked before, they can get along quickly. close relationship.

I feel like he is an easy person to get along with.

Therefore, Hikigaya felt really strange. How did those rumors spread?

Is it because my own insight is so poor that I can't see through the disguise of the person in front of me... Or is it because the insight of the group of people spreading lies is too strong, and they can even see things that don't exist...

Sure enough, it is because you are not as good as others, so you are jealous, right?

Hikigaya thought so.

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"This is the club's activity room... Don't be so surprised. We don't need any special venue or special facilities."

Taking Hikigaya to the vacant classroom on the east side of the fourth floor of the special building, Xia Ran knew what he was thinking just by looking at it, so he explained, and by the way, what the club itself was about.

Indeed, the activity room of the Ministry of Service is nothing special. There is nothing written on the door number. The tables and chairs in the classroom are piled randomly in a corner, and there is no decoration...

——It is actually normal for it to be considered as a utility room, warehouse, etc. Xia Ran herself thought so at the beginning.

“Lending a helping hand to people in difficulty is the activity of this society...”

Hikigaya murmured to himself, then shook his head in confusion, "But what does this have to do with me? Does Mr. Hiratsuka think that I can help someone and extend a helping hand to them?"

"Don't worry about that. As far as the current situation is concerned, I think you are positioned to be a helping hand, Hikigaya... The teacher probably wants us to be friends with you."

Xia Ran said casually and launched a knowing blow.

He didn't notice the fish-eyed boy turning gray instantly behind him. He searched around the activity room for a while and didn't find any props like blank application forms, so he sighed, turned around and walked towards the door.

"There is no application form in the activity room... Although I think that thing is actually useless, but just to inform Yukinoshita, I should go and tell you, do you want to wait here, or come with me for 2 years? Class J?"

"Then I'd better wait here." Hikigaya replied without hesitation, and pretended to turn his head to look at the activity room, as if he was suddenly interested in this vacant classroom.

So, what a lonely guy!

How can you have friends like this? Humans with true fish lips...

However, Xia Ran was not surprised by this. It was just a casual question. Since the other party didn't want to go, there was no need to force him, so he opened the door and walked out without saying anything else.

"..."

"..."

Immediately afterwards, Hikigaya was the only one left in the activity room that had completely quieted down.

He pretended to maintain that posture and looked at the empty classroom with interest. He seemed to be very interested in the unused tables and chairs, so he almost took out a magnifying glass to study it.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

I don't know if half a minute or a minute has passed.

Slowly, Hikigaya broke into a cold sweat when he never got a response from someone behind him. What did the other person mean? Why didn't you say anything all this time, just staring at yourself from behind without saying a word?

——He really doesn’t want to go!

After all, that was Yukinoshita... Is there anyone else with this surname in this school besides that beautiful girl? Is there really any need for the top caste to deal with people like him?

Just like that, another full minute passed, and it seemed that I finally felt that I couldn't stand the faint gaze from behind anymore.

Hikigaya took a deep breath, tried his best to smile, and turned around: "Xia Ran, can you stop looking at me like that? I really don't want to..."

The words stopped abruptly.

He was the only one in the empty activity room, and the door was tightly closed. The sun outside the window had begun to set, making it appear silent and silent, as if he was the only one left in the world...

In other words, he was abandoned by the whole world alone.

Hikigaya is a person who understands loneliness well and enjoys it, at least that's what he thinks. If it were in the past, he would probably seize this opportunity to be alone and savor such a quiet scenery.

But now, he felt an inexplicable chill down his spine...

It doesn't make sense, obviously I didn't hear any sound, neither voices nor footsteps, let alone the sound of doors opening and closing...

Precisely because he heard nothing, he naturally felt that the other party was standing behind him and looking at him without saying a word. To be honest, probably all normal people would think so.

Swallowing with some difficulty, Hikigaya quickly walked to the door of the activity room, reached out and pulled the door open.

The door was not locked and was easily opened. The corridor outside the door was empty. There was no fanged grimace or bloody mouth. Although it was ridiculous, Hikigaya subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. .

Sure enough, I was overthinking it. The plots in the movie were all fictional after all, so how could they really happen in reality.

However, I didn't hear any sound at all just now... How should I explain this?

Hikigaya frowned and pulled the door open again, then listened to the distinct dull sound it made, and the expression on his face became even weirder. Next, he kept opening and closing the door, opening and closing it...

Constantly changing the force of opening and closing the door, or changing the speed of opening and closing the door.

Just like that, his expression became more and more weird, and he felt like he couldn't understand what was going on, because no matter how he adjusted it, no matter how careful he was, he couldn't make the door stop making noise.

Still so dull, so obvious.

Could it be that he just became deaf? Otherwise, how could we explain such inexplicable supernatural phenomena?

——Lonely people are always good at observation.

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The other side.

Xia Ran had already arrived outside the classroom of Grade 2 J. He stopped and thought for a moment in the corridor outside. He was a little unsure whether to call Yukinoshita directly. After all, class was already in session.

The campus is also quiet, the long corridors are empty, and there are no people in the atrium. Compared with the bustle during recess, although the sound of classes is coming from many classrooms at the moment.

But it still feels very peaceful.