Hello everyone the author here. Sorry for so much delay and thank you to everyone who supported me. Your words of encouragement really helps me. Coming to the story i plan on continuing the story. I have just got a break now after a long year of tireless studying, hopefully i will be able to post much frequently. Thank you again everyone for supporting me and sorry for any inconvenience that i may have caused you. Please enjoy the chapter and again sorry for any grammatical mistake(there may be a lot of them).

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THE MEETING

Due to less traffic I reached my apartment rather early. After changing my clothes and washing my face with cold water, I made some Tea for myself and sat down relaxing on the couch, as I did so a sigh escaped my mouth.

" Ahhh….." whether the sigh was due to tiredness or due to the mere thought of meeting a certain woman I didn't know.

As I sipped on the hot tea memories of my high school life came flashing in my mind. You never know the value of something until it goes away and I think I too got used to the beautiful scene of a certain black haired girl reading quietly and sometimes answering the questions of an airhead,I remember myself drinking my tea quietly and listening to their conversation while reading my light novel, at those times I always thought that this scene will never end but just as everything comes to an end that scene also ended especially on that day.

"No need to think too much" I broke myself away from my thoughts and said to myself.

Right now the important thing was to think about Yukinoshita Haruno and how I am going to handle her,what I am going to do.No...No since she invited me I think she is going to be the one doing everything and I will be at the receiving end. Actually what I should think about is what bad things she has planned for me. If its Yukinoshita Haruno she certainly has planned something but I don't what.

"Aghhh"I groaned . I don't think I can think of anything ,I have nothing to go on…why the hell did she invite me.

After thinking for some sometime I gave up, right now what I can do best is to brace myself and hope that I will come out alive from that experience.

*******************************************************************************************************************************************The next morning I woke up with very little energy but I think that's nothing new cause I always wake up feeling tired and devoid of energy if I have to say something then it will be that I always wake up with less energy than the other day, I think a day will come when I will not be able to wake up at all and will forever fall in eternal sleep and that will be the day I will finally find peace.

As I thought of these things I picked up my toothbrush and started brushing my teeth. After refreshing myself I changed my clothes and brewed some coffee.

" OHH how I miss my Max coffee. "I thought as I drank my cup of coffee. It had been quite a long time since I last drank Max Coffee, as max coffee was the specialty of Chiba it wasn't sold in Tokyo, I last drank it when I went to Chiba to visit Komachi and my parents . " Damn! You Tokyo that's why Chiba is the best." I thought to myself.

After looking at my appointments for today I set off for work.

I reached my home quite on time and after relaxing for sometime started to get ready for the occasion. After doing some thinking and going through my closet I put on Dark trousers, Dark Shirt and charcoal grey Blazer. I adjusted my hair and after putting on some deodorant I took a final look at myself in the mirror. Even I have to admit that I looked quiet good...if only something could be done about my dead fish eyes.

I started my car and started off towards my destination. The place was not too far from my place but due to the traffic it still took me sometime to reach it. After I reached the gates of the hotel and got out of my car and gave my keys to the valet I took a deep breath in and entered the hotel .The Hotel was one of the most expensive in Tokyo and in Japan ,if the Yukinoshitas have selected this hotel that means that they want to show their power to everyone and want their ally and opposition to know that they shouldn't be taken lightly.

I entered the hotel and just then my phone rang.

It was Mr. Fujibashi, I picked the phone up.

"Hikigaya have you reached the venue?" Mr. Fujibashi asked.

"Yes sir I just reached it" I answered.

"Then please wait for me Hikigaya I am also there"said Mr. Fujibashi.

"Ok sir"I said

"Thank you Hikigaya" said Mr. Fujibashi and he disconnected the call.

After a minute an expensive black car stopped in front the gates and Fujibashi-san came out of it. After giving some instructions to his driver he came towards the gate and finally noticed me.

"Thank you for waiting Hikigaya" said Mr. Fujibashi .

I just nodded to him. After seeing my reply Mr. Fujibashi smiled and kept on walking, I followed Mr. Fujibashi to the elevator. The elevator was very big and had a couch in it, now that I noticed everything here looked super clean and expensive there was no way I will ever be able to afford this hotel in my life ,while I was thinking this Mr. Fujibashi told the person operating the elevator our floor number.

"Feeling a bit nervous are you?" Mr. Fujibashi asked out of the blue.

"Ah…a l-little bit sir"I gave an unconfident reply.

"Hm..i know that feeling,when I first came to such big and expensive places at the start of my career I also felt the same way but you know Hikigaya the place may look expensive and great and all but don't expect the same about the people here." He said.

"What do you mean sir?" I asked in confusion.

Just then we reached our floor and the gates of the elevator opened.

"You will see soon enough." said Mr. Fujibashi smiling and walked out of the elevator.

I followed after him. As we exited the lift we entered a lobby with two grey couches on either side and at the end of which was a big gate. Two men were standing outside the gate they looked like guards. After we showed our invitation to them, they checked our names on the guest lift. After checking our names they greeted us and opened the gate. As they opened the gate a gentle soothing light shone from inside, there was a lounge bar on the left side and tables appointed to the guests at the centre and a dance floor on the right, gentle music was playing in the background, everything about the place was fascinating for me from its sheer size to its beauty and the soothing and calm vibe it gave comforted me. There were men wearing expensive suites and women in beautiful dresses standing and chatting with one another. There were people sitting on their seats and enjoying the delicacies of the place.

As we walked into the place an old man of average height came towards us, as he came Mr. Fujibashi body became tense and he took a deep breath in. The old man came and shook hand with Mr. Fujibashi,the old man looked in his fifty's or something he had brown hair and his face which was now visibly aged gave the feel that he had been quite good looking in his youth,yet it was not his physical appearance which was his most striking feature but the aura he emitted and the way he carried himself. He had a confident smile on his face and eyes that looked like they could see into your soul…seriously this man is scary! , but I was not the only one who thought that Mr. Fujibashi was also visibly tensed and there were beads of sweats forming on his forehead yet he tried his best to look calm. After shaking hands with Mr. Fujibashi, the old man was the one who spoke.

"Thank you for coming Fujibashi-san"The man said.

"Thank you for inviting us Yukinoshita-san" Mr. Fujibashi replied.

Wait!Yukinoshita…I think I have heard that name before.

And then the realization dawned on me..ohh..so he is Yukinoshita's father ,huh ….seriously why is everyone in her family so scary.I mean why can't just one person in her family be normal,are they averse to normality...if you ask me I prefer normality I hate it when something is not normal yep I am a total normal person.

After coming to that conclusion I noticed that Yukinoshita Father and Mr. Fujibashi were looking at each other quite intensely like they were having some kind of competition in staring and none of them was backing off. The atmosphere here was very scary.. um...Fujibashi-san you know I am also here…plz can we move on from here...as I said this to Mr. Fujibashi in my head Yukinoshita father turned his gaze onto me.

Just then a chill ran down my spine.

"Who are you young man?"asked Yukinoshita father to me.

"H-H-Hikigaya Hachiman...nice to meet you sir."I bowed down in respect.

"Hm,Nice to meet you" yukinoshita father replied and then turned to Mr. Fujibashi .

"Please make yourself comfortable Fujibashi-san".

After saying this Yukinoshita father attended other guests who were standing behind us. After he left Mr. Fujibashi let out a sigh and started walking. I followed after him. He walked straight to the lounge bar and ordered a drink. After taking two-three sip he spoke.

"So you have never met him,huh?" he asked looking towards me.

"No sir as I told you before Yukinoshita Haruno sister and me were never friends" I said.

"I see, now I feel kind of bad for asking you to do something like this Hikigaya…hm...if you want Hikigaya you can just forget about the request and just enjoy yourself.I don't even think that you will be able to find anything of importance….The Yukinoshita's sure are scary people." said Mr. Fujibashi as he made a sour expression.

I didn't reply to him, it was true Yukinoshita and me were never friends but it was also not like I didn't know her...on the contrary I was probably one of the two people who knew her kind and girlish side and the fact that behind the icy cold exterior there was a normal girl inside who had her own insecurities.

"I'll do it" I said suddenly.

"HUH?" Mr. Fujibashi gave me a quizzical look.

"I mean I want to help our party in any way I can and besides there is no harm in trying, I guess" I said without making direct eye-contact with Mr. Fujibashi .

"I see, thanks Hikigaya our party sure is lucky to have members like you." said Mr. Fujibashi giving me a great smile and looking happy.

Even if he says that, I also believe that I will not be able to do anything. As i thought this I also ordered a drink. After gulping down the drink I stood up.

"I think I should get going" I said.

"Good luck Hikigaya" said Mr. Fujibashi and gave me a thumbs-up.

I nodded to him and walked off. Now where can Haruno Yukinoshita be, as I thought this I looked towards the entrance, it looked like everyone had arrived and there was no Yukinoshita member at the entance. I moved towards the centre, just then I saw the old man talking to Yukinoshita's Father and laughing at something.

"Hm, the old man sure is enjoying himself." I thought. Just then the old man noticed me and sharpened his gaze.I flinched and quickly averted my eyes.

"What's his problem?" I thought.

I could not find Yukinoshita Haruno anywhere .Just then a thought struck me.

"What will I do when I will find her, what should my strategy be…what will I say...i should also prepare myself for all the damage she will do to me."As I thought all of this a low seductive voice called out to me.

"Looking for me Hikigaya-kun~."

I turned around quickly and there was Yukinoshita Haruno standing in front of me. She was wearing a low cut red dress which showed off her perfect figure and bosom. She had a little bit of makeup on her face and her lips had red lipstick on them giving off a very seductive vibes...almost as if inviting you. All in all it could be said that she looked perfect...too perfect.

"Ah-ahah" I staggered back reflexively after realizing how close she was.

"How are you Hikigaya-kun?"she said again closing off the distance between us.

"I am fine Yukinoshita-san"I answered backing off a bit again.

"Looking handsome Hikigaya-kun, are you here to seduce me?" she said poking my shoulders.

"No, definitely not, I think that's rather your specialty."I answered with an annoyed expression.

"Aw..that's mean..you hurt your onee-chan" she said making a painful expression for a second and then reverting back to normal with a playful smile.

"And here I thought that you were here for me so that you can get some information from me."I averted my eyes when from her when she said that."You have not changed Hikigaya-kun". She said this with a perfect smile on her face but her eyes were as cold as ice.

Well that was to be expected, knowing Yukinoshita Haruno I knew from start that I will not be able to do anything and now that my motives were quite clear to her there was no more point in keeping up an appearance.

"Yeah so what" I said with a dead expression.

"Nothing Hikigaya-kun I just wanted to check that's all." she said laughing.

Haruno Yukinoshita was not someone to be taken lightly. She was probably the only person I knew who was more rotten than me.

"Huh, Hikigaya-kun you are not drinking anything?"as I was having these thoughts she asked.

"N-No"I answered uncomfortably.

"Don't be shy Hikigaya-kun this is your onee-chan's party you know."she said coming extremely close to me.

"Haruno come here"

Just then a voice called out to her.I looked towards the source of the voice and there was an extremely beautiful woman standing, clad in a blue kimono with floral patterns. She possessed a striking resemblance to Yukinoshita Haruno. She was probably Yuki-mom, I had met her before when I was in service club with Yukinoshita, that's why I remembered her.

"Yes ,coming."Haruno answered cheerfully.

"Seems like this is it for us Hikigaya-kun" she said turning to me and giving off a perfect smile.

"Yes." I answered briefly looking uninterested.

"Okay, till we meet again Hikigaya-kun." she left after saying her goodbye.

I stood there for a moment watching her leave, then I turned around and a sigh left my mouth.

"Till we meet again, huh…"

I went to where Mr. Fujibashi was. It looked like he was drinking all this time.

"Oh, you are back Hikigaya" he said noticing me.

I nodded to him.

"So any luck?" He said while gulping down another glass of some expensive wine.

"No" I answered.

"I thought so" he said.

"Well you tried your best" he said trying to cheer me up seeing that I was a bit down.

"Come on lets go Hikigaya there's no point in staying here." he said while getting up from his seat.

I followed after him. We first went to . was in a group with guys that looked his age.

Seeing us approaching separated from his group.

"Found anything?" asked .

"Nope no luck." Mr. Fujibashi answered.

"I thought so" said looking at me .

Seriously why does this old geezer hate me so much.

"Well, I found something. These old geezers are all a bunch of idiots. Just two or three drinks and everything comes out on its own." said giving an evile smile while referring to his group.

Seriously this old man gives off really dangerous vibes.

"But I can't tell you right now. We will talk tomorrow." added.

"OK, got it" answered Mr. Fujibashi.

Hearing Mr. Fujibashi reply headed back to his group. Mr. Fujibashi also started walking and I followed after him without saying a word.

On our way to the exit we encountered Yuki-papa again. Seeing us leave he came towards us.

" I see that you are leaving, Fujibashi-san." He said.

"Yes we are Yukinoshita-san" Mr. Fujibashi replied.

"I hope that you could have stayed here longer." Yuki-papa said .

"No, Yukinoshita-san it is too late now and we have got work to do tomorrow." Mr. Fujibashi replied rather calmly.

"I see then thank you for coming Fujibashi-san." Yuki-papa agreed rather easily.

"Yeah no problem." replied Mr. Fujibashi and started walking.

It seemed like at that moment Yuki-papa remembered something.

"Wait Fujibashi-san." said Yuki-papa a little loudly.

"Yes?" Mr. Fujibashi stopped and asked in confusion.

"W-Well I want you to meet someone" He said a little embarrassed due to his sudden outburst, "If that is no problem, of course." he said after coughing loudly and regaining his composure.

"Yes why not." said Mr. Fujibashi giving his permission.

"Okay" saying this turned around, looking towards a girl who was standing quietly in a group of woman near us he said "Yukino come here for a minute."

Hearing herself being called the girl took her leave from the group she was with and came towards her father.

The girl was wearing simple white dress which looked nothing extravagant compared to other women dresses but yet looked so beautiful. The pace at which she walked and her face gave an impression that she was tired probably due to all the socializing. There was little to no makeup on her face but yet she looked beautiful. Her body had matured since the last time I saw her and she looked an adult now. People say that it is a strange feeling to be robbed of your senses even if just for a moment. That was probably how I felt. No matter how much I wanted my eyes just wouldn't look away from her. Slowly she reached where we were standing.

"Yes Dad?" she asked in confusion.

"I want you to meet Mr. Fujibashi he is the secretary of the Liberal Democratic party and is said to be the future president of the party." said.

At that moment the girl noticed us, first she looked towards Fujibashi-san and then after sometimes her gaze shifted towards me and her eyes widened in surprise.

It seemed like she also recognized me just as I recognized her.

The Girl in front of me was Yukino Yukinoshita.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter. See you again next time:).