I don't own Oregairu nor Monogatari series
Hachiman, invisible 1
"And could you like, mind your own business? Don't try to play the hero with Yui, didn't you go to the hospital because of that? You should have died creep"
The whole classroom became quiet after Yumiko Miura uttered those words. They were directed at me, Hikigaya Hachiman the only guy stupid enough to try to go against her.
But wait, why did I do it in the first place?
"Yumiko…" Yuigahama approached her artificially blonde friend and delivered a slap straight to Miura's right check. The silence in the classroom did not help to hide it; the sound of the hit echoed through the classroom, gaining the attention of the few students that hadn't been paying attention to our little quarrel.
The popular girl blinked surprised. She stayed still for like two seconds before understanding what Yuigahama had done. I too was shocked, I didn't expect the nice girl Yuigahama Yui to hit her closest friend.
"Yumiko that was too mean! Apologize to Hikki!" ah, that's right. Now I remember why I was acting so foolishly. Miura was yet once again trying to take advantage of Yuigahama. While the last time I acted too cowardly, this time around I gathered my resolve and did what I could; however I was turned down by the fire queen as easily as a fly. She brought a subject that I did not think anyone would know.
The accident from my first year of high school while trying to save Sable, Yuigahama's dog. The surprise of Miura knowing what happened hit me harder than her words. I was at a loss, I am at a loss. I didn't think Yuigahama would be the kind of person who would just spilt the beans so easily.
"Yuigahama…" I can't talk, but somehow manage to utter her name. The pink haired girl turned to me, her features completely transformed in a pained expression of betrayal.
"Hikki I…"
"No" I interrupted her with my hand on her shoulder.
"Hikki…" full of worries she stopped talking and looked at me. I managed to make a reassuring smile.
"It's alright" I lied as a fourth person came into action.
"Yumiko, Yui is right. That was too mean" the prince came to the rescue, Hayama Hayato appears every time the status quo is about the get ripped to pieces "Please apologize to Hikitani-kun" his charismatic smile stole the blonde girl's breathe, making her blush heavily. I sighed inertly.
"I…I…"
"I want to hear an apologize too" a fifth person. The classroom froze as Hiratsuka-sensei came in the classroom. Miura was no longer blushing; instead she turned pale.
"Sensei" I raised my hand, trying to act as normally as I could even if my hand was trembling "There's no need" I waked towards her.
"Hikigaya, you won't tell me…"
"I'm not feeling too well, can I go to the infirmary?" I asked trying to fake that everything was okay.
I realized it was not, but not because of the girl's words. The fire queen has a nasty personality, I know that much. An experienced loner like me can distinguish pretty well between the poisonous comments of girl's like Miura and the reality.
Her words won't reach me. But for some reason I'm not feeling too well. I feel empty, as though I've forgotten to take my soul with me this morning.
Hiratsuka-sensei looked at me with worried eyes "Of course"
I woke up by chance the next morning. It seems like I forgot to set on my alarm and slept a bit too much.
Weird, when I start taking too long normally by cute little sister Komachi comes to wake me up… But nothing of the sort happened. In fact, I'm a really disappointed at her. This will cost her so many Komachi points…
Deciding that it was too late to even try to get to school in time I took things slowly and calmly. Last night I'd been thinking about what Miura said, which made me remember the incident.
I don't feel depressed, in fact Miura made me realize how fortunate I am of being alive. It's not uncommon that people hit by a car die while being carried to the hospital, and is even less common to have a post-trauma injury.
In the worst case scenario, I'd have to have my arm and leg replaced with mechanical parts and would be forced to fight giant mutant insects with a gun and a loli. [1]
After taking a quick shower and getting ready to school I went downstairs and searched in the kitchen for something to eat, yet again I found nothing prepared for me.
"…" hey Komachi, aren't you like, being too distracted about things regarding me? You should have left a plate with food and a note saying 'You were sleeping so peacefully that I would have felt bad if I had woken you up, here's a super special breakfast made especially for you onni-chan. Love Komachi' or something like that!
Sigh… Well, I guess I'll prepare something simple, like a toast or something.
I did that and left the house quietly. Taking my bike I rode all the way to school quickly. I took things so slow that I'm actually late for the second period right now. And while I think I can get sensei to forgive me for being late, I don't think showing up two hours after would be forgivable anymore so better not push my luck.
Parking the bike I walked fast to the classroom. I won't run, not because I can't; for some reason I feel lighter than other times and while I feel tired, I can ignore it.
Is this what doing exercise willingly feels like?
Regardless, I opened the door to my classroom a few seconds after the bell rang and the teacher of the first period left. The classroom went into silence upon seeing me, but they didn't look at me like other times (with hate or repulsion) but with outright astonishment.
"Woah! A ghost~!" Tobe yelled, earning a few squeaks from the girls.
Hey… That was far beyond rude you know?
"Who opened the door?"
"Is it a ghost? Kyahhh!"
The classroom fell into chaos as I was left speechless on the spot.
What kind of sick joke is this?
"Calm down guys, it was probably a prank from other classroom" you too Hayama? So you finally reveal your true colors!
"Yo! I bet's Hikitani that came from the grave for Yumiko-chan~"
"Wahhh!" Miura-chan was startled when Tobe grabbed her hair from behind.
"Tobe, didn't we said it was really mean?" Hayama said "Please don't make that kind of jokes. Car accidents are not a laughing matter, right?"
"Yeah"
"You're right Hayato-san"
"Seriously! That was mean Tobe!"
"You're right Hayato-kun… I'll apologize to Hikitani when I see him!" you can apologize right now, you know.
"Yu…Yumiko should apologize to Hikki too…" blushing, Yuigahama tried to influence her friends into convincing Miura to apologize too…
Wait, even you're ignoring me?! I half expected Hayama to be like that, but I really expected so much more of you Yuigahama…
"Alright class sit down… Who left the door open?" Hiratsuka-sensei entered the classroom and everyone regained their composure.
"Oh, sorry sensei it was me…" Hiratsuka-sensei kept walking in my direction as if I wasn't there and because I noticed late, her body hit mine, making my face touch for a moment her bosom.
So… So soft! Hiratsuka-sensei you're so well developed!
"…!?" out of pure instinct I threw myself to the floor just in time for a fist to pass right over my head. D-Dangerous! Hiratsuka-sensei what the fuck?!
"…Sensei? Something's wrong?" one of my nameless classmates asked.
"No… I thought I... I touched something" from the floor I saw as sensei tried to grab the air on the spot I was before.
"Sensei, there's nothing there" other said.
"I… I know…"
"It's the ghost! It was really a ghost I told ya!" Tobe exploded and chaos raised once again in the classroom.
I didn't pay attention to the anymore though. I ran out of the room and went straight to another one.
Even Hiratsuka-sensei was playing it, as if everyone was trying to convince me that they didn't see me. Just like in middle school…
Slamming the door open, my arrival startled a math teacher and the students, but I didn't care. I scanned the room with my eyes and found the person I was looking for.
There was one person beside sensei I'd trust in a situation like this. Someone who'd mock me in every way possible but would never involve herself in such a petty act of bullying.
The last seat of the line beside the window. Yukinoshita Yukino was as startled as anyone else, and was looking to my direction with puzzlement.
"Yukinoshita!" I yelled trying to earn her attention "Yukinoshita!" I yelled louder and made stupid signs with my arms in an attempt to earn her attention.
"Who… Who opened the door?"
"Was it the wind?"
"A prank perhaps…"
"Class, calm down, I'll simply close it again, don't get distracted"
Again the same questions, again the same lies. No one, not even Yukinoshita looked at me, nor was bothered by my louder and louder voice. At this point my heart was about to break. This is the kind of things I'm tired of reminding myself. Everyone is like that, not even the perfect Yukinoshita Yukino is different… No, the perfect Yukinoshita Yukino can't possibly be any different. She's just a wolf in a sheep's cloth. I should have seen it since the beginning…
I slammed the door open once again and ran out of the room.
The two people I ever trusted now betrayed me like everyone else.
Holding back my tears I ran to the bathroom, I wanted to hide somewhere and never come out again.
I was going to enter the WC when I noticed something on the mirror.
"What the…" looking at the glass, I stared at the reflection of the empty bathroom. There was absolutely no one… Not even me "What the fuck?!" my voice echoed through the room and past it, probably. I stared at the mirror, refusing to acknowledge what my eyes were seeing.
Or rather what they weren't seeing.
"This is a joke… They probably… They probably… They probably printed a picture and pasted it on the mirror!" trying to give a logical explanation to my lack of reflection I reached for the mirror and battled against it to get the so called picture out of it so I could see myself.
Seriously teenagers are really evil; as expected youth is anything but a lie…
"Why…?" they why? Why can't I take the print out of the mirror? "Why?" my battle against it made one of the nails get loose, making the mirror fall from a side and shatter in a thousand pieces right in front of me. The shattered pieces revealed the mirrored image of the ceiling accordingly but did not reveal my figure.
"Dude what happened?" two male students entered the bathroom really startled, probably attracted by the sound.
"Dude, there's no one here!"
"Spooky!"
They didn't notice me. Just like anyone else they didn't bother noticing me, not even when I was the only one there and could be the only one who saw what happened.
In a last attempt to remain sane I reached for my cellphone and called Komachi. She's probably taking classes but I'm losing my head over here!
"Hello? Onni-chan?" her angelical voice sounded through the phone, earning a sigh of relief from my side.
"Komachi god thank you! Listen, I…"
"Hello? Onni-chan you there? Hello?" I ended the call and slowly left the room. With the head down I left the school and my bike and walked aimlessly through the city. People kept bumping into me and getting startled by not noticing my presence.
It's official, I'm invisible.
Looking at the water of the fountain of a park near my school I kept searching for my reflection but I didn't find it.
"Ha….Hahahaha!" I laughed. When nothing else could be done I laughed at my situation.
And here I thought my life could not be shittier!
"Hahaha…hahaha…." I sat down on a nearby bench and hid my face with my hands.
I can't be seen. I can't be heard. It's just like if I truly didn't exist.
"Woah!" a person tried to sit down right where I was and jumped when he felt me but didn't see me "What the fuck?"
"What's wrong?" his girlfriend, I guessed, asked worriedly.
"Something was there…" he looked at my direction searching for something "An animal?"
"Ugh, let's go to another bench then"
The couple left, the guy still looking at my direction although he couldn't see me.
"Man…"
I looked to the floor with my arms resting on my legs. In retrospective, this could be good. On the other hand, while being unable to be noticed has been already one of my 108 loner skills for a long time, this time around I'm truly invisible. Unlike Stealth Hikki this state is not pleasant for me.
"It's been a long time since I wanted to be noticed so bad…" I chuckled to myself.
"That so? Well, I just noticed you, haha…" a feminine voice startled me, making me jump off the bench.
Before me a curvy girl was standing with a small smile. Big oval eyes, a plain looking jacket with jeans and casual shoes. She looks older than me, but perhaps she's younger than… I don't know, Haruno perhaps.
Wait…
"You… You can see me?" I asked perplexed. My question made her eyes shine.
"Yes" she turned around and whispered "Is my time to shine" she added. Just then I noticed. Short hair above the shoulder… With black and white streaks.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Hanekawa Tsubasa. Say, have you heard the term 'oddity' before?"
[1] Black Bullet reference.
I want to thank itsmemac-senpai. If you hadn't published your fic I wouldn't have thought about uploading this. NOW! This will be a two-shot unless it gets popular, I just wanted to give you guys an idea of this wonderful crossover that is oregairu x monogatari. This is the first time I portrait the oregairu cast, I hope I did it well enough.
Remember, grammar errors/corrections/etc. can be pointed out; in fact I'd appretiate it.
That's all for today.
Greetings~