After deciding to give up, I became popular

“Not necessarily right...” Hachiman muttered, but when analyzing, he had a completely different serious expression. “I don’t really know the girl you mentioned, but from the angle of your introduction...”

“I suggest you be straightforward and tell her directly, because—you really like her, right?”

“That’s right...” Miyuki Shirogane nodded, but was still a little hesitant. “But the advice you gave Tanuma was...”

“To observe first, right? Of course it’s different.” Hachiman Hikigaya waved his hand.

“Simply put, because the objects are different, the methods used are also different—for your lady, because her background is that of a Yakuza family's daughter... Don't say you didn't care about this. The fact that you specifically mentioned it when you introduced her shows that you actually care a little bit.”

“...That’s right, but what I care about is whether her family can accept an outsider like me.”

“It’s all the same. The point is that growing up in that kind of environment, she must be inevitably gossiped about by the surrounding peers, right? Like, ‘Did you know, she’s the daughter of a Yakuza family’ ‘Wow, is she a violent person?’ ‘It’s better to stay away from her’...”

“Therefore, she probably doesn’t have any friends, right?”

“Uh... I haven’t really seen her interacting with anyone.” Miyuki Shirogane recalled, then nodded.

“That’s right. The only person she can talk to is you. To her, whether you are the opposite sex is irrelevant. Therefore, it’s not that she ‘doesn’t like’ you, but that she ‘can’t distinguish the boundaries between friendship and love’...”

“But this is just my guess. Maybe she really doesn’t like you... I’m not denying you! I’m just saying a possibility, a possibility!”

“...” Miyuki Shirogane frowned, then continued, “So what I need to do is express my feelings and make her aware of this?”

“That’s right.”

“But if the confession fails...”

“It’s better than being stuck like this, right?” Hachiman reminded him. “Not to mention, judging from her situation, even if she can’t accept your confession for a while, she probably won’t break up with you just like that.”

“Maybe it can develop into a love story worth writing down—a friend who rejected my confession, but later in life discovered that she had fallen in love with me, something like that...” Hachiman curled his lips.

In fact, the titles of recent light novels are getting longer and longer. They can completely serve as a synopsis of the content. The key plot aspects also have a tendency to develop into science fiction.

What about a friend who owes 500 yen using his younger sister to pay off the debt, or a story about being taken care of by a beautiful older sister after his family ran away with a debt of 50 million yen... Damn it, he is very envious of that!

He is clearly the kind of person who can be a househusband, so why doesn't this kind of good thing fall on his head?

Protest!

“In short, if the confession is successful, everyone will be happy. If it fails, it’s not a problem. If you work harder and show some ambition, maybe she will like that...”

“Confess directly...”

“Try to believe in Hikigaya. He is a reliable person, and I also think what he said makes sense. Sometimes you really need an action to break the deadlock...” Kanade Natsukawa chimed in, “Of course, the final decision is still up to you. We are just providing a suggestion.”

He was originally an action-oriented person, and Hachiman Hikigaya’s views coincided with his own ideas. In addition, it was the first time he saw Hachiman express himself at length in front of someone who wasn’t too familiar...

Now, he definitely has to support him.

“Hey, hey, what kind of look is that? Be careful I curse you! I really will!”

“Yes~, (￣▽￣)”

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“Then it’s my turn...” Looking at the slightly conflicted Hachiman Hikigaya, Kanade Natsukawa took the initiative.

He knew Hikigaya relatively well and felt that he might not be comfortable in this kind of situation, so he gave him some more time to prepare mentally.

“Actually, I...”

“Doo doo” Two sounds, a knock on the door rang, and then the door was pushed open. A young male teacher poked his head out and said to the group: “The hot spring pool will be closed in half an hour, and so will the bathhouse. Hurry up if you haven’t taken a bath yet.”

After speaking, he went straight to the next room.

“……”

The group looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

“The school is quite considerate to have a teacher come to remind us.”

“No, you’re overthinking it. Rather, the relevant regulations were already mentioned at this morning’s gathering. The reason they came is because such an incident happened last year—

A boy missed the bath time because he didn’t listen carefully to the school’s arrangements, so he secretly climbed into the bathhouse to take a bath, and was caught by the hotel staff as a thief.”

“……”

“Wow, Hikigaya-kun is so amazing, he even knows this.”

“No, it’s nothing, I just happened to hear the teachers talking about it...” Hachiman Hikigaya shook his head, looking a little embarrassed. “But honestly, how could this kind of thing happen again? That kind of idiot is one in a million.”

Then he turned his gaze to Kanade Natsukawa, roughly meaning to tell him to continue.

It seemed like he was really adapting to this kind of "popular" activity.

“Uh, that’s right...” Kanade Natsukawa smiled awkwardly. “Where were we just now?”

He wasn’t really that forgetful, he just pretended to raise his head, glanced at the clock on the wall, and then pretended to be surprised and said: “Ah, it’s already this time, we’ve really been chatting for a long time.”

“Sorry, sorry, I have a time appointment with someone, so I can only discuss it together next time...”

“Is that so? Then next time, there will be plenty of time.”

Everyone showed regretful expressions, except for Hikigaya, who stared at him suspiciously for a while before curling his lips, but didn’t say anything.

“Go early and come back early, don’t miss the curfew.”

“Cough cough... Don’t worry, I’m still aware of this.” Kanade Natsukawa waved his hand, pretending to be calm.

He felt that Hikigaya should have seen through him, but he couldn’t be sure. In this case, he should just pretend that it was really like that.

“In short, I will come back as soon as possible, and try not to disturb your rest... Goodbye.”

After coming out of the room, he should have hurried to the bathhouse, but because he had been with Kaguya all afternoon and missed the notification time, he didn’t know where it was, so he had to go to the front desk to ask.

“Walk along the corridor over there, keep to the right, and you’ll see it right away.”

“Okay, thank you.”

“You’re welcome, you’re too polite. I wish you a pleasant journey.”

“Yes, thank you.”

After thanking the front desk lady, he walked in the direction she pointed and saw the bathhouse. There was also a sign outside the door that said “Reserved, no entry for idlers.” It seemed that the reason was because Shuchiin Academy had booked the hotel.

What was strange was that there was only one bathhouse here, without any distinction between men and women, but the directions given by the front desk lady were indeed here, so the women’s bathhouse was on the other side?

This was done quite well, at least it could effectively prevent incidents such as entering the wrong bathhouse, but in any case, they should put up a banner to indicate it.

But after all, it was their hotel, and he couldn’t control that much, so he just let it be.

After taking off his clothes in the changing room, he walked into the bathhouse and looked around.

It was a standard configuration. There were many washing areas, and the bath was very large. The pool was steaming with heat, feeling like a man-made hot spring.

Sitting on a small stool next to him, after washing a little, he heard footsteps coming from nearby. He didn’t expect that even at this time, there would be someone who hadn’t taken a bath like him.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and finally the owner of the voice seemed to have sat down in the position near him. The corner of his eye could even see the other person reaching out and squeezing hair conditioner.

What beautiful, slender hands, Kanade Natsukawa thought, but as a boy, it seemed that he lacked exercise. He felt that it would break if he squeezed it.

But after all, it was someone else’s business, and he had no right to say anything. At most, he would kindly remind him that he couldn’t squeeze out the hair conditioner.

“That might be gone. If you don’t mind, please use...”

“Thank you...”

“……”

“……”

It’s hard to describe what kind of scene this is.

Simply put, it is—teenage boys and girls, frankly meet in a bathhouse.

Even though they haven't established even the slightest bit of intimate relationship.

“I think I need an explanation, Mr. Pervert who broke into the women’s bathhouse because he was horny and wanted to do something bad?” The girl gritted her teeth and spat out word by word, her face pale, her hands protecting her chest, turned sideways, and cast a murderous look at Kanade Natsukawa.

“Calm down first! Yukinoshita, this, this is a misunderstanding!”

“If that’s your declaration of crime...”

“Of course not! How could I do that kind of thing!” Kanade Natsukawa panicked a little. “Someone gave me directions... No, no, think about it carefully, there’s no gender marked outside the bathhouse!”

“……”

The girl, namely Yukino Yukinoshita, calmed down a bit. She frowned and said, “Turn around.”

“Ah?”

“How long do you want to peep?”

“Oh oh oh...” Kanade Natsukawa quickly turned around and stopped looking at her.

Then there was a rustling sound, and then something was suddenly thrown over and covered his head.

“Put it on.”

Yukino’s familiar cold voice came from behind, but this time it was slightly different, with a biting coldness like a cold winter.

Understanding that she was a little angry, Kanade Natsukawa didn’t say anything and obediently put on the bathrobe that was thrown over, and then put on a “I’m very well-behaved” look and lowered his head in her direction.

It was lucky that he met Yukinoshita. If he had met a girl who wasn’t so familiar, he would probably have been kicked out as a pervert. This wasn’t the end of it. The key was the result afterwards... Social death would probably be a light punishment.

“Did you see it?”

“Ah?” Kanade Natsukawa was stunned, then suddenly reacted and quickly waved his hand, “No, no, I didn’t see anything at all! Rather, because of the fog, I could only see a vague outline. I didn’t even notice that the person next to me was a girl...”

But as soon as he finished speaking, he regretted it, because Yukinoshita’s expression not only didn’t improve, but became even more ugly.

In a daze, he seemed to see a faint wisp of black air emerging from her body, and her eyes were as sharp as an eagle, as if scanning his arrogant ground chicken.

“……”

He didn’t dare to speak anymore.

After a long silence, he heard her open her mouth in her usual cold tone: “Why are you here? Could it be that the teacher called you...”

“Teacher?” Kanade Natsukawa was stunned, but after thinking about it carefully, it was indeed related to the teacher. If he didn’t remind him, he would have missed the time.

“It’s not wrong to say that.”

“It really is...” Yukinoshita murmured, her face not as bad as it looked at first.

“No matter what you’re thinking, it has nothing to do with you, leave here quickly.”

“Uh, but I haven’t...”

“?” Yukinoshita didn’t speak, just stared at him silently, which made Kanade Natsukawa retreat.

“Okay, I’ll leave now.”

A wise man knows when to retreat, Kanade Natsukawa thought. This is not called cowardice, this is called tactical retreat.

However, just as he got up to leave, another burst of footsteps sounded outside the bathhouse door.

“!”

“……”

Yukinoshita frowned, and just as she was about to tell Kanade Natsukawa that she would delay for a while, she found that he moved even faster and had already run behind the rockery and hid.

“……”

Forget it, that’s fine too.

Shaking her head, she wondered what she was worried about. Even if it was really exposed, it had nothing to do with her. There was no need to worry about this guy.