-Chapter 1-

That Fateful, Yet Bittersweet Day

I'm a little happy right now…

Well, first; let me explain to you why I, Hikigaya Hachiman, The Legendary Loner, am so happy. You see, I'm going to spend some time with my acquaintances this afternoon, those acquaintances being Yuigahama Yui and Yukinoshita Yukino, and we were going out to have….fun… yeah I guess that's the word. Yuigahama was whining about visiting an ice-cream shop with me and Yukinoshita while saying something about , " the best Ice-Cream you'll ever taste", or something along those lines.

I was walking toward the special building thinking about getting some ice-cream for Komachi when I reminded myself of why we were having an outing. We had just completed one of Miura's requests some days ago and Yuigahama wanted to ''celebrate'' another solved request.

Even though I normally wouldn't say yes to those kinds of strange outings, since I almost lost Yuigahama and Yukinoshita for my stupid methods, I wanted to… get close to them. Hiratsuka-sensei told me that the two of them have problems that only other person could help them with and while it doesn't have to be me, she wanted me to be the one to help them, but she didn't need to tell me that, because I already wanted to.

I revealed my true self to them when I told them that I wanted something genuine. Even though I always thought that I could never hope to achieve being real with someone else, they offered me the path; a path to the only thing I had ever wished for, something genuine.

I finally reached the door to the Service Club's room when I heard some voices inside. Even now I can't really explain what made me put my ear to the door to hear what was happening inside, when I had the simpler option of just entering and seeing it for myself, but then I heard Yukinoshita's shout, and I was intrigued by it.

''NEE-SAN!''

''Sheesh, Yukino-chan cheer up, I was just asking a question. You see, I never thought that you and Gahama-chan really liked being with Hikigaya-kun so I just asked.'' Why is this person here? Wait, why are they talking about me?

''Nee-san, that should be perfectly logical for you to know. Of course we have been using Hikigaya-kun to solve the problems, OF COURSE WE DID! I MEAN, WHY WOULD SOMEONE AS BEAUTIFUL WITH SUCH HIGH STATS AS ME BE IN THE COMPANY OF A PATHETIC LONER?! FRIENDS?! JAJAJAJAJAJA, OF COURSE NOT, WHO WOULD WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH HIM OF ALL PEOPLE, RIGHT YUIGAHAMA-SAN?!''

''I was merely feeling guilty because of the problems that I caused for him with Sable. I never intended to be his friend either, the only reason I kept coming to the clubroom was to be with Yukinon. Also, the problem-solving that Hikki gave us was pretty useful.''

''I see, well, see ya Yukino-chan! I'll be waiting for you to that café.''

''….Goodbye Nee-san.''

I heard some footsteps nearing the door but I couldn't move from my spot, I mean, I just…., I always thought…..but I couldn't….I didn't….., I should've known. Of course it was like this, how could I possibly even think that it would be the ridiculous and GENUINE outcome that I hoped it would be.

''Oh.''

It seems that Haruno-san opened the door, but even so, I didn't move from where I was. I was frozen in place with a strange smile on my face, I mean, the deception that I just overheard was huge, but for some reason I couldn't do anything else but laugh at the whole situation. All that time I just being use as I originally thought. It was the expected outcome from the me of five months ago but for some reason, along the way, I fell for the petty tricks of trust and friendship. The false ideals that society plants into the young and vunerable minds of children, the ideals that are misrepresented in movies and T.V. shows, the ideals that makes me hate this lie of a world and every liar in it. The childish and senseless lies that are trust and friendship have always came back to kick me in the balls.

''Hikigaya-kun?''

''Hikki….''

''Are you….crying?''

When Haruno-san spoke those words, I realized that I was crying in front of the three of them with that smile on my face. I just feel…..kind of numb….it's totally weird, is this the feeling of betrayal? I never expected anything so…brutal. Is this really how the world see sme? Some stupid idiot who can't hold hope because the moment he grasps it, it's grotesquely crushed right before his eyes?

I just looked at Haruno-san who was looking at me with a startled face; mouth agape and eyes widened., I didn't have the energy to remove my tears so I just stood there, looking however I did in that moment on the fateful, yet bittersweet day.

''Sorry, I'm not feeling too good Yukinoshita so I'll have to pass on that ice-cream, but I'm sure not having me obviously won't be a problem right?'' I feel so numb right now...so...helpless. I cast by eyes on Yukinoshita and Yuigahama. Yukinoshita looked at me with a pained expression while Yuigahama looked like she was ready to cry.

''Hikki I didn't….''

''I'll be going now okay? Sorry to interrupt.''

I began walking out of the building with that smile on my face, tears streaming down my face the entire time. It seems that the two of them didn't care for me after all, with their excuses and lies, and I was thankful for that. I never deserved to be happy with friends. I was careless, the moment I shared my most sacred treasure with outsiders was the moment that it would be tainted. But then, on that fateful yet bittersweet day, came the event that was ever so fateful.

I was walking aimlessly through the streets in the middle of the night when I saw something that made my blood run cold.

A girl was trying to save a little kitty from being crushed by a car,, but the car accelerated too much which would obviously result in the girl's death. She won't make it, I can see it in her expression and I could see it through my own eyes: the two living creatures in front of me were being marked by fear.

Hayama once told me that I helped others because I wanted someone to save me, that might have been true in the past but not now, I don't want to be saved. I know I can't, but I won't refuse that self-gratification feeling. I know I won't be thanked for it and I know I won't receive love or friendship…but I still want to do it. I want to feel good for helping others because…I don't have anything else.

I began running before I even realized it and jump in front of the girl and the kitten. I could feel the reflection of the light of the car on my body, but I didn't think of my safety, not even a bit, I was feeling amazing…What is this feeling? It feels so AWESOME! Maybe I'm thrilled of the possibility of being hurt? But I'm not a masochist, so I wonder what it is?

I managed to grab the girl and pull her towards me while hoping that she hold onto the kitten. As I lunged and grabbed her at the same time, I managed to roll us onto the other side of the road, leaving all three of us in safety.

I was on bottom protecting her body from any harm, but we rolled quite a bit. I think that I might have hurt my forehead because I can feel the blood running down the middle of my face, but I couldn't care less, I feel so alive!. Did helping others ever feel this good? I can't understand how I never came to this realization before.

Oh, some salty globes were being dripped onto my face. The kitty was licking my hand it seems and this girl, who was on top of me, was crying. Weird, I never noticed that it began raining. The girl had blue hair, long free blue hair and brown eyes, like the tone of amber. She was well-endowed, kind of like Yuigahama, maybe even more with a face full of salty tears.

It appears that she was saying something but I couldn't understand it. My head began to feel dizzy even though this feeling had me doing twirls on the inside.

I closed my eyes satisfied by my discovery of this new and risky feeling, and fell into the realms of sleep, surrounded by darkness, and that's what happened on that,

Fateful, yet bittersweet day.

Yo!

FireHero here with the new project I promise all of you, yeah because I may update late but you'll never get rid of me or of my unappreciated Beta Reader ;) , this story was born….from a wish? Nope, from some noble reason? NOPE :D it was born entirely from my fetish for blue hair, yeah, you heard me right, I LOVE BLUE HAIR! Specially on girls so here it came, I never planned to make any of this plot, I can assure you that the only idea when I began writing this chapter was, I want a blue haired OC here and rest…just came from somewhere.

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