“....” Hachiman, he also reached out to her, and squeezed her hand in a polite manner, "Please take care of me”

  "Don't worry, I will take care of you, too," If the boy sitting beside him, has decided about joining her mission, then Suzune wasn't rude either, she also held him in her arms.

  “.....” Hachiman. The boy iion, was now quite shaking inside, 'Don't waver, Hachiman! Don't waver at all!' A mantra's beied like, it's going to make any difference.

  It was just like partners who have reached an agreement to cooperate....Undeniable, but since Hachiman was talking about romah a girl named, Sakayanagi Arisu, yesterday....his heart really started to throb just now.

  'Is this brought by the ge of beautiful girls with good looks?'

  'I slightly wonder.... what kind of wife Horikita Suzune will be like, after real love or marriage?' But, Hachiman shook his head quickly, to correct his attitude.

  'Because, I just want a rian!'

  "Tell me." Looking at his partner in crime's smooth and delicate profile, Hachiman couldn't help but ask this question, "Is your family very rich?"　　"??"

  Even though, Suzune is taken aback by this.....ge of tone, and also about the rude question, but since, Hikigaya-kun agreed to her proposal, she chose to give a reply, "My family owns a restaurant.....I don't know about the ine, but I have never been worried about money....” 'Right, she could be one of my best didate?'　　"But, both my father, and the chef in our store wants to retire." She even added some extra intel, her mood was really good today. 'In other words, if I go to Horikita's family, and marry their daughter, I'll have to work all the time?' Then, fet it.

  But, si was Horikita, who officially proposed to bee a partner, Hachiman also wanted some bes.　So, he also became slightly bad, and revealed his ulterior motives, it was about the other party always ign him during lunch break, "Horikita, now that, artners...It's okay to share your meal with me occasionally, right?" ~Hehe~

  “....” Suzuhe girl just stared at his forehead, and didn't provide any response for a while, “I don't have such experience.... You mean, just like the celebration party, the day before yesterday?"

  "It's not that, I'm talking about your bento.... As you know, good friends will exge lunch boxes with each other.... And, although it's not like those people, we are still partners riding in the same boat,... Don’t you think you should give it a try?” 'Please get fooled...please get fooled....'　　“....”At, this moment, Suzune, finally uood that Hikigaya-kun wao eat her....Then, she thought about his gaze during the break....he was looking at her tempura.

  Her cheeks frowned, in obvious disbelief, and even though, Suzune wao open her mouth and spat poison, “If you are willing to pay for the ingredients....” she didn't say anything else....but, her face has already told Hachiman, what she really thought about his proposal.

  Only, this rhetoric is surprising. 'As long as I pay for the raw materials, I eat the bento Horikita makes.... so why didn't she tell me this earlier?'

  Although the rice balls at the venieore were not unpatable, Hachiman still wao try the girl's food. 'I show this off to Komachi!　　Because, even though the word used here is, 'partner', it also be modified to bee a friend.

  'So, maybe I gained my first friend in this school!' In this way, Hachiman's sister doesn't have to worry about him being isoted.

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  It's time for the day.　　Maybe it’s because he woke up early today, Hachima have muergy.

  'Only, when I got on the elevator....my world was turned upside down.'　　　Because he noticed, that in the er of the elevator, a familiar bck haired girl was standing on one side, with a dazed expression.

  This is Horikita Suzune.　　People usually, see her reading a vocabury book like a study maniac, even in the elevator.

  But things are different now, her face looks like she's busy, probably typing her own monologue. 　　Sihe elevator was filled with random Npc's from other csses, Hachiman decided to greet her,"Ohayo"　　Only, after disc that it was a familiar voice, Suzune came out of her thoughts, and realised it was Hikigaya-kun, whom she fell in love with, and immediately adopted a straight posture, and faced him.　　Even her hand moved back, probably carrying something, and then she responded quickly, "Hachiman, Ohayo gozaimasu!"

  “.....” That same boy's head, went bnk for a sed.　　"Well... Horikita, Ohayo gozai...." And, his brain also started to react, but stopped when, because at this point, he realised....

  This was the first time, in nearly two months that Horikita Suzuook the initiative to say hello.....

  When, she usually met him in the elevator, it was either "Yeah." or "Why don't you e up?" and the like.　　But, now....she just called him Hachiman. 'Apart from my family, there's no one, who uses this name....'

  'It was the first time, I experienced being called by name, from someone else's mouth....especially a girl, no less!'　　"What happened after yesterday?" Hachiman, had a bad feeling, that she may have gotten into some kind of trouble. 　　"I met Kushida-san." Suzune was also ho, at this time, “She said that if artners, then it's best to call you by name." 'Indeed, it was Kushida-san, who taught me to beore normal....with Hikigaya-kun.'

  I see, it's not Horikita, who was being taken over by a ghost...

  'But, Kushida, what do you want to do?' Do you want Horikita to steal my heart?'

  Moreover, he also discovered the reason why this girl was standing in a daze just now.

  She usually goes to school carrying her lunch box, in her left hand. But now, Carrying two bags.　　Hey Hey hey. 'I just said yesterday, about being willing to pay for the ingredients, but you really made a bento for me today?'

  Now, the elevator has reached the first floor, and the students are starting to leave.　　But, both of these H people are walking side by side.

  Hachiman didn't expect that, just casually trying to defuse Horikita's bomb yesterday.....their affair would bee what it is now....

  "What are you ughing at?" Suzuiced his weird expression, and decided to question it right there, with her eyes rag over his whole body.

  'Obviously....I 't y arms, because of these two bags....

  'Really, am I smiling?' Even though, Hachiman was thinking about using his fingers, to trace over his lips, the other party, had already tinued, “I hope, that you don't think about getting carried away like this...” After saying this, Suzuook a step back, and then stood behind him.

  There was a feeling of rese....but to this smiling boy, it was déjà vu, “'t you be a little gentler?" Hachiman really, didn't like this fuse bulb type behaviour o, she was obviously so o him yesterday. 　　'Didn't you see, that the students who had not yet gotten out of the elevator, ran away quickly.....because of your strong attitude?

  "I 't do it!" However, Suzune didn't even care to g him, aed instantly, "Besides, you're blog the way, Let's go quickly."

  'This girl's really unlovable, even my heart oundierday.....'　　And now, Hachiman was just pushed away by her, so that's what he did.....just spped a guy's back, who was standing on his right.

  “....” Npc, who was thrown out of the elevator. Only, this kind of behavior will be watched by almost everyone.

  Theerday's rumors will turn into firmed dating.

  'However, we are i, I don't o fall in love, besides this girl doesn't even know, what the heck that word means!' Only, Hachiman was not prepared to expin this.

  Instead, he started thinking about how, he could finally eat lunch made by a beautiful girl with good cooking skills....

  ___________　　And the other side, teen ohird floor.　　"...Not here." The silver-haired girl with a e muttered in a low voice, when she looked at the empty seats.

  "Yeah," A reply was also given, it was Kamuro-san, “Because Hikigaya is probably eating lunch with his new girlfriend....who fessed her love yesterday." Even though, Sakayanagi's quite shaken inside, and didn't want to hear these cruel words.

  But, Kamuro-san didn't stop, and tinued her job of being a mouthpiece like a good pet, “And Yamada from our css, saw both Hikigaya and a girl named Horikita, in the elevatether, and she was very busy flirting with him....”

  “Then it's really gratifying, his dark youth actually shine shtly... It’s really quite amazing,” At first, Sakayanagi thought it was just new info, and used her brain to analyse it.

  Only, wait a moment! 　“....” Sakayanagi, this girl looked over at her pet with a question mark on her face.

  “.....” Kamuro-san, who was just doing her job.

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