Chapter 12: A small movement hurts so much
"Hachiman, I didn't expect you to secretly become a 'traitor',"
Makoto Amano said, catching Hikigaya Hachiman in the act of changing his wish on the college admission form from being a househusband to entering a certain university.
Suddenly, his volunteer work seemed mediocre.
"No, we didn't agree on anything..."
Hikigaya Hachiman took a quick glance at Makoto Amano's career path list.
It still read "conquering the world" or something.
This guy is relentless.
Isn't he afraid of Hiratsuka-sensei's wrath?
"I'm a little disappointed in you, Hikigaya Hachiman..."
"..."
"I'm really sorry to disappoint you."
Hikigaya Hachiman shook his head and stayed silent.
Humans always have to compromise with reality.
He didn't want his family to cut his already meager pocket money because of his chosen career path.
"I should be the one who's disappointed!"
Shizuka Hiratsuka, who walked into the office, pulled out a chair and sat down, crossing her legs.
Hikigaya Hachiman's "knowledge" pleased her to some extent.
But Makoto Amano, the "stubborn element," wouldn't be eliminated so easily, and she couldn't help but feel uneasy.
"Hikigaya can leave, but Amano will stay with me!"
"Yes."
Sensing Shizuka Hiratsuka's anger building up, Hikigaya Hachiman quickly left the office.
This Hiki guy...
I thought he would be a gloomy otaku who'd say "Let's explode now" all day long, but now it seems he may not be.
Ignoring Shizuka Hiratsuka's furious posture, Makoto Amano pondered the subtle personality of Hikigaya Hachiman.
Hmm... Maybe he's the kind of person who secretly breaks free from his mundane life whenever he gets a chance and then happily engages in what he calls "explosive charging."
In short, there's still potential to make use of him.
Makoto Amano made a preliminary judgment about Hikigaya Hachiman.
"Hey, are you guys listening to me?"
Despite Shizuka Hiratsuka having nice legs, her plain and wrapped clothes weren't very attractive.
When other older sisters cross their legs, they always do so with grace.
"Ah... Did Hiratsuka-sensei say something?"
Makoto Amano commented with a hint of regret on Shizuka Hiratsuka's attire.
The only exposed skin on her entire body was her neck and face.
This older unmarried female teacher seemed quite conservative, or rather, she had a more serious attitude towards work.
"Call your guardian, now."
"Guardian? I... shouldn't have a guardian now, right?"
Ever since my mother died, I haven't heard of anyone becoming my guardian...
Makoto Amano muttered to himself.
"How can you not have one? You..."
It was at that moment that Hiratsuka Shizuka realized that she had never met this student's parents.
Not even during parent-teacher conferences... not at all.
She hastily searched through the student records.
"Makoto Amano... the guardian is..."
After flipping through for a while, Shizuka Hiratsuka found Makoto Amano's guardian's name, and what she saw surprised her greatly.
"Who is it?"
Makoto Amano was also curious to find out who his guardian was now that he was an orphan.
"Snow, under the snow..."
Hiratsuka was taken aback to discover that the name listed as Makoto Amano's guardian was Yukino's mother.
Truly, this was an unexpected revelation.
"What is the connection between Yukinoshita's mother and you?"
"Is my guardian... Yukino's mother?"
This name exceeded Makoto Amano's expectations as well.
He couldn't underestimate this aunt at any time.
"Yes, um... you're not part of Yukinoshita's family..."
Perhaps due to watching too many TV dramas, the term 'illegitimate child' immediately crossed Shizuka Hiratsuka's mind.
"Right, I'm actually Yukino's older brother, but for some reason, I can't currently use the name 'Yukinoshita'..."
"Well, is that really true?"
The boy's confirmation of her speculation left Hiratsuka Shizuka so surprised that her voice trembled slightly.
However, she had heard that Mrs. Yukinoshita held all the power in the Yukinoshita family, with her husband acting as a mere puppet in most decisions. Therefore, if Makoto Amano was an illegitimate child, it was highly likely that Mrs. Yukinoshita didn't want to be lonely...
This... this was too thrilling.
With these thoughts, Shizuka Hiratsuka became even more suspicious.
"Then, Hiratsuka-sensei, are you still searching for my guardian?"
Makoto Amano found Hiratsuka-sensei's reaction quite amusing.
So he planned to explain everything clearly later.
"No..."
The image of Yukino's mother in her mind had been completely shattered.
Yukino's strong-willed mother was actually raising an illegitimate child...
Hiratsuka Shizuka couldn't figure out what expression she should wear when facing "such" a mother.
"Let's ask Yukino first..."
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With a complicated heart, Hiratsuka quietly brought the deeply suppressed Amano Makoto to the service club.
"Teacher, this guy's birthday is just two days before mine."
After listening to the "shocking" story narrated by Shizuka Hiratsuka, Yukino, sitting in a chair and reading a book, remained unfazed.
"What... What do you mean?"
Hiratsuka Shizuka couldn't understand why Yukinoshita Yukino, facing such an explosive revelation, remained so calm.
"It's impossible for my mother to give birth to two children on the first and third day of the same month. Why would you believe such a clumsy lie?"
Yukino's face displayed both pity for Shizuka Hiratsuka and disdain for someone who would concoct such a low-level prank.
"Ah..."
That's right, she had been too surprised earlier and had forgotten the fact that Yukino and Makoto Amano were born in the same year and month.
So everything Makoto Amano had just said was undoubtedly a lie.
Hiratsuka Shizu finally grasped the truth.
"Makoto Amano!"
Hiratsuka Shizuka's fist clenched tightly.
Anger surged through her as she realized she had been deceived by a student with such a flimsy lie.
"No... According to advancements in modern medicine, it is still possible for two children of direct blood relation to be born on the same day, through methods such as artificial insemination or natural conception... So, Hiratsuka-sensei, it's still possible for me to be..."
Due to the overwhelming (mostly murderous) aura emanating from Shizuka Hiratsuka, Makoto Amano began to panic.
If it is said that Shizuka Hiratsuka's fighting power is only about fifty, now she is at least over twenty thousand.
"You bastard, you still want to lie to me! Talking is useless!"
"Hmm... Hiratsuka-sensei... corporal punishment on students is... wrong..."
Although Makoto Amano tried his best to resist, the iron fist of justice still accurately sanctioned him.
With more than 20 years of skill in this punch, he couldn't handle it at all, and could only watch helplessly as he fell to the floor.
And Shizuka Hiratsuka also fell down with Amano Makoto because of too much movement...
"I'm sorry... Amano..."
Boom boom boom.
There was a light knock on the door, and a girl's voice came from outside the door of the service department.
"Excuse me...is this the service department?"
Because the door was unlocked, the girl outside opened the door directly.
Then she saw a scene that she will never forget.
A female teacher in a white coat was straddling a male classmate, holding her fists high...
On the other side, the black-haired girl sitting on the chair was watching the "interaction" between the teacher and the male student with great interest.
This... No matter how you look at it, it's all that kind of unsound scene, right?
The girl who was about to walk in from the door, upon seeing this situation, couldn't help but take a half step back warily.
"..."
There was silence, and no one knew what to say or how to react at this time.
Because of the sudden arrival of the fourth person, the entire service department seemed to have fallen into a static state of time.
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