Most people would say that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

It's generally accepted, so much so that a scientifically inept person like me knows that fact. The Earth revolves around the Sun because of the gravity of the Sun being so strong that the earth and other planets get pulled in and... something happen to form the order. I don't know, don't sue me. The gravity is because of the large mass and density of the Sun itself being higher than anything in our solar system.

"He's just so troublesome."

Similarly, albeit not that similar, there are people who think they are The Earth's Sun. Thinking that everything revolves around them, and everything has to go through them for it to work. They think that the things that they say are dense, heavily packed without saying much, the actions and decisions that they make have so much weight on the world that without them, how would it function? On the other hand, loners like me are Pluto. Generally, we dont get in other people's way(I said generally, Kyoto), and are quite peaceful.

"Why can't he just do something normally for once, or maybe that's his problem."

The reason that I am on this topic is because Yukinoshita is stressing about Hayama's problems with his group, as well as Sagami being a nuinsance again, coming to the Service Club and deciding to ask for 'help' again, this time instead of trying to be an underqualified president, she asked about her liking Hayama. For some reason, it hasn't gone through her head that she's lost the Hayama Bowl already. I would say that there is no winner, but there is that 'Y' person that he talked about briefly. It could be Yukinoshita, but if it is, then I will fight against it(there's no analogy for this).

The big issue is that Yukinoshita is going to help Sagami anyway, and I can't do much thanks to my fever. Basically, I'm just an advisor to Yukinoshita and maybe Yuigahama. Speaking of Yuigahama, Yukinoshita didn't tell her about us dating apparently. She wanted both of us to be there to tell Yuigahama about it, which I'm okay with. After all, I would want for her to hear it from both of us, since it feels...right I guess. More genuine, some would say. I'm scared of what Yuigahama would say, and what would happen to the service club, but it's better than hiding our relationship. At least this way, we're moving forward.

"What do you think, Hikigaya-kun? What should we try to do?" Yukinoshita turns to me in a bid of stress mixed with worry.

"Tell her that she has no chance against whoever he actually likes?"

"No." Immediate rejection. Well, then that's almost all that I can think of. Although I don't think that whatever other solution I can think of will work.

"Why not encourage her? It would be better to be rejected than never know." Yukinoshita says that last part with a tinge of relief, and looks to me for approval

"The problem with that is then Sagami will blame being rejected on us, and then something else will start, maybe with her group." Considering the Hayama fanclub is mostly made up of girls, her confessing might cause a rift in the group, then Sagami will blame us, causing for the reputation of Yuigahama and Yukinoshita to dip, although maybe not as much as I'm expecting. Considering that Sagami gained a lot of pity after the cultural festival, a lot of people would side with her. I have no idea if Sagami would purposely blame us, considering that she has changed, I think.

This is a lot more complicated than I expected.

"I see what you mean, but then what other solution do we have?" Well, then my previous solution.

"As I said, just tell her that Hayama will reject her. If she accepts our advice, then she just doesn't go for it, and she might just leave it at that. If she rejects what we say, then if she confesses, and gets rejected, then she only has herself to blame. It would be a hit to her ego, and could improve her as a person, actually humbling herself for once. " Yukinoshita stays silent, urging me to go on.

"This is different from Tobe, since he's not as egoistic, and has less bad intentions than Sagami. Basically, Tobe is much simpler than Sagami, and didn't have any bad feelings, whether his confession worked or not. Sagami has so much ego in her, she immediately assumes that everyone would have something to gain from her, and so is always on her guard when it comes to advice." Yukinoshita would be able to relate with that, except that she actually had a reason to be suspect.

"True, I suppose. So I guess I'll have to discuss with Yuigahama-san about this, thank you." Yukinoshita smiled with warmth, or was it pity at my sickness? Either way, the smile brought more unintended heat to my body. Is that a fever that I have? Thanks honey. Yukinoshita barely even touched my cheek, but she immediately retracted from me.

"Are you okay, Hikigaya-kun? You're really heating up." Yeah, thanks to you.

"I'll be fine, thanks. Can you get me some cold water?"

"Oh? To lap up like a dog I presume." She chuckles before leaving, not allowing me to respond. I think she got my idea though.

Yukinoshita's reason for rambling about Hayama instead of Sagami is because his normalcy gets all the girls to like him. Normal in the sense that he's nice, caring, almost absolutely normal to most. Because that's what's expected of him, he does so. Most people think that it's talent, or that he's naturally nice. The 'talent' part is most likely hard work, while his niceness...well...

"I told you, didn't I? I'm not that good of a guy as you make me out to be."

Can I even take those words at face value? Why say that to me of all people, instead of Yukinoshita, or even Haruno. Because they know instinctively, and he assumed that I'm dull or something? Well, yeah. I was, considering that I actually thought that Hayama was the perfect nice guy in my head. I had the image that he did all this because he wanted to, not because he felt trapped.

"I'm back, Hikigaya-kun," Yukinoshita announces with a basin of water, with a towel hung on the side. "You should go to bed now, it's six." I'm not tired though, and I'm getting better as well, so I don't think there's a reason for me to go to bed.

"You sure? I could stay up to help you." I get up but get stopped by the hand of the ice princess.

"You still need to rest. You are aware that you're still sick, right? Maybe it's rest that you need to cure your eyes." Yukinoshita smiled constantly throughout this, and that convinced me to actually sleep a bit more. With that, Yukinoshita left the room again for...something. Probably dinner.

I can't sleep. Period. There's no thought that's going through my mind as I try to sleep. I just can't. I wanna get up, stretch and help Yukinoshita, but at the same time, it would be better for me to just wait. Food is better if it's free after all, and especially if it's given to you. In this case both apply, so I'll just lie here for a while.

"Eh, you guys are dating?!" I hear a distinctivly cute voice, one that I've heard just a few days ago.

"Yes, I hope for your blessings." On the other side, a girl who sounds more like a princess in voice, but a bit timid. Curiosity peaked in me, and I stepped outside of the door, showing my glory to the two recipients.

What I saw instead was a bright TV, and a very engrossed Yukinoshita. Another head was in view, one that didn't really strike me at first. That was, of course, until it turned around.

"Yahello, Hikigaya-kun!" The devil herself had manifested infront of me.

It was Yukinoshita Haruno. The worst person I could reveal myself to to, especially in this place. Especially at this time, and ESPECIALLY with this situation.

"Ah..." I stood stunned, like a cop had tasered me in the back. My brain stopped functioning, and I felt my fever receding, instead I felt a chill colder than ice. Colder than God himself would allow.

"That's no way to treat a lady, Hikigaya-kun! You greet them with respect. Sort of like," Haruno cleared her throat, "'Good evening, Haruno.'" Was that meant to be a representation of me? Because it was terrible. "Jeez, I wonder how you got Yukino-chan in the first place." Haruno knows? Huh.

Huh...Huh...Wait...

IT'S ALL OVER. Which country am I going to be shipped to for going out with Yukinoshita? And how many supplies can I get before I get dropped from the plane? As I agonised about my imminent death, I heard a loud, hyena-like, laugh from the older Yukinoshita.

"Did that really get you?! Hikigaya-kun," she paused to breathe, barely holding a breath, let alone a sentence, between her laughs. "I'm a bit dissapointed at your reaction. I thought you would hold your ground! But..." her eyes went from the like of a puppy to the cobra eating said puppy, with her lips curving into a twisted smile. "Maybe that whole face tells me something I don't know?"

I quickly look to Yukinoshita for help, and she is sitting frozen, not facing the TV this time. Instead, her whole frame is tensed up towards her sister, and watching her every move, as if Yukinoshita was being cautious, or even scared.

"Seriously though," Haruno loses the menacing death smile, and instead opts for a warm one. "I'm happy. My cute little sister" (Yukinoshita cut in with a 'Nee-san!') "got together witt my favourite person. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Mom won't be too pleased if she knew, but at least Dad would be miles happier than her." Yukinoshita sits up more than she already could after hearing that.

"Does that say much though, considering that your mom pretty much hates any guy coming to Yukinoshita other than Hayama?" I interject, trying to shake off my shock.

"Actually, Dad continuously complains about how Yukino-chan is away from the rest of us." What a loving father. "In fact, he thought of moving here on his own to get closer to her, and make sure she isn't pushing herself too much." What a caring father. "Sometimes he dotes on her too much though. Like one time when he was drunk, he said he would block any person from harming her, to the point where he talked about keeping her in the house to keep her from trouble. He was drunk though." What a toxic father. I hope never to meet him. The whole time while Haruno was talking, Yukinoshita sat there, unmoving, but I could tell that she was listening very intently.

"Does he... really say those kind of things? About me, Nee-san?" I couldn't read Yukinoshita's expression, nor could I even guess what she was thinking.

"All the time, Yukino-chan." Haruno scoots closer to Yukinoshita, trying to see what her thoughts were. Were they cold, or were they loving and warm?

"Tell him...'Thank you for the thought and the intention, but please do not move close to me.'" And the answer was that it was a combination of both. Well, at least it wasn't a restraining order.

Haruno's smile froze up, almost worryingly. "Haha, of course, Yukino-chan!"Haruno nervously coughed up a laugh, before turning to me."Speaking of loving, why haven't you used Yukino-chan's first name yet, Hikigaya-kun? Isn't that first base for couples?" And now I was in the firing line, where I could either die or get away scot free with some form of credibility. Do I surrender, or do I explain my case? One has me going the route of being French, the other dying like England's World Cup hopes in the 108th minute. I choose England.

"Well, I'm still not sure if Yukinoshita is confortable with me using her first name. And although I am okay with her using mine, I need for her to say that it's okay." I state coldly, although my beating heart and sweat say otherwise. Yukinoshita had her mouth slightly ajar, while the older sister smiled warmly.

"Awwww! So cute, Hikigaya!" She turns to Yukinoshita "So sister, what do you think of that?" After flustering for words for a while(cute!), Yukinoshita finally actually speaks coherent language.

"I think that it would be alright if you used my first name, H-Hachiman."What's with that stutter, it's too cute! "Afterall, it's just a name, right? Right, Hachiman?" Yukino brought her knees up to her face as soon as she said that, presumably hiding her embarrassment. It's pretty obvious when her cheeks are flushing harder than toilets, but I can't say much. After all, I feel a significant amount of heat from my face just from her saying my first name. Or maybe it's my fever? Yeah, it's definitely my fever. Can't be anything else.

"Hachiman, are you alright? You're really red right now." Yukino walks up close to be and rubs my forehead with her hand. "You're working up a bit of a sweat as well." Thanks to you, might I add. "Please go back to the room and have a rest. I'll be done with dinner and..."She looks at Haruno questionably, then looks back to me "this, then I will wake you up." Yukino then leads me to the bedroom. I mean, it was less than a meter behind me, but less work is better work.

Left inside on my own, I now have the realisation that I might have to meet Yukino's family, unless elopement is on the table, although I think she would sweep it off said table if I ever brought it up. A big issue with Yukino's family is their status, being that the status in question is big in of itself, and so I look small in comparison. If we ever do meet, then I will need to meet their expectations, or exceed them. There's another problem. Another closer problem.

That problem being Hayama. The Hayama family, from what I know, is well respected partners of the Yukinoshitas, which makes me assume that they want Hayama with Yukino. They would want for Yukino to marry Hayama for the simple reason that it would be good for the companies. Now, a few ways to prevent this is to completely deteriorate his honor or his reputation. At the same time I don't have that sort of power to do so. Once again, no elopement, as much as that seems like the easiest option.

Come to think of it, how are we even going to go anywhere if we do elope? Not like anywhere in Japan is possible, the Yukinoshitas are rich enough to surbey everywhere in the country. Overseas is impossible as well, considering that we won't have the money to fly overseas. Well, my family probably won't give me the money, although the biggest chance that we could go overseas is that Yukino gets some form of money somehow. But where will she get that anyway? Will I ever know?

With that, I lied on the bed for the fourth time today. My eyeslids didn't threaten to crash into each other, and my mind wasn't threatening to shut down. Outside, the devil and Yukino were still talking, although I couldn't hear anything through the door or walls. Pressing my ear to both surfaces only caused a cold ear, so I avoided doing anything else for the time being. Lying in bed without anything to think about actually really hurts, especially when you can't spend time with your girlfriend(What am I, a normie?)

I'm probably not gonna tell her in a long time, but I really wanna go on a date with Yukino. Once I'm back to full health(like now), I'll ask her out again. Where will we go though, I don't want it to be something normal. Maybe Destinyland? But that seems expensive, unless someone has some free tickets. Maybe Hiratsuka-sensei might stumble onto some in a party again. If she gets a boyfriend though, then it's the end of the world, and we won't even get the chance to ask. She'll run off with them in a flash. Either that or a meteor the size of the moon will crash into earth, because the chances of that happening are the same as the chances that Hiratsuka-sensei gets a boyfriend.

I hope she never gets a boyfriend, I don't wanna die.

"Alright, my cute little sister, goodbye! And best of luck, brother in law!" Haruno waved at both of us as she walked out of the door, winking at me as if shewas sending me some message. Ah, right.

"Hachiman," my ears burn just hearing my name from her. "Was there any reason for Nee-san to wink at you like that?" Yukino looks at me inquisitvely, which was completely opposite of her accusing tone. I'm innocent, I swear!

"Haruno had told me that when you became my girlfriend, she would treat me to tea. Must be because of that." Yukino still looks very unsettled on what I said, looking like she was digging into her head.

"Do you think that Nee-san is plotting something? Like maybe an interview," that seems most likely "or maybe stealing you away?" That no so much.

"I don't think so, and plus, I'm commited to you anyway. I'm not going anywhere."Yukino's eyes are glued onto me, and she seems transfixed onto me like I'm some sort of precious item. No, Yukino, I am not a Divine Rapier*.

"Hachiman..."

"Y-yeah, Yukino?" Her demeanour has been scaring me lately, especially after the whole 'aphrodisiac' thing. I've been watching my back since then. Still love her, though, can't deny tha-

"Oof!" I feel Yukino rush to me and immediately wrap her arms around my waist. Can't say I don't like it, but...softer next time?

"I love you so much, Hachiman." Yukino squeaks out after a while of her hugging me.

"I know, Yukino." I stroke her hair slowly, accepting it's silky texture.

"You're perfect for me, Hachiman." Yukino rests her head on my chest while she reaches down to hold my hands.

"Same here, Yukino." I let our fingers intertwine, feeling how delicate they are.

"Now, Hachiman," she looks up at me with her brilliantly calm and soothing blue eyes. "When can we sign the marriage form?"

"Hold on what?" Where did my atmosphere go to? Yukino, give it back!

"You know, I want to tie you down so that I know that you won't leave me. Isn't that fine?" Yukino kitten-eyes me, thinking that it would work on an experienced veteran like me.

"...Yeah, but maybe later. I still need to think about it, and we need your parents' approval after all."

"But we can just run away, can't we?" You can't just say something I thought about for hours so casually like that, that's cheating!

"But your parents have so much power-"

"In Chiba, not anywhere else."Yukino cuts me off.

"But what about my family? What will they think of their son running away without them?" What about Komachi?!

"We can go to America with them, silly." Yukino, stop being so casual about this.

"What about the money?"

"Why do you think Nee-san was here?" I feel my brain clicking the pieces together. "I wanted to surprise you with that, but Nee-san will be funding us in America until we get a stable income for ourselves."

"... Where in the world did she get the money?"

"Well, she had a boyfriend that both our parents did not know about, and he was extremely wealthy. Long story short, he gave her a lot of money, they got into a fight, and she ran off with that money." Now she has both the money that she earns, which is a high amount, and the money that her ex-boyfriend gave her, so she has a lot to spare."

"Okay then, I guess. So when are we going to America?" I conceded defeat to Yukino, who had put in way too much effort and planning to this.

"After high school, of course. You and I will both apply for the same university, and you know my standards." Yukino shoots a glare at me. "So buck up your studies."

She is definitely serious about this, as if I had any doubt that she wasn't after all that forward thinking.

After a while more of us eating Yukino's well made dinner, I had to leave. I was better anyway thanks to her care. And although she tried to convince me to stay for a while, I did want to see Komachi, which she conceded to. It is true though, not being able to see Komachi for almost two days is equivalent to waterboarding on the torture scale. Yukino showed me out, concealing her very noticeable disappointment.

"Onii-chan! What did you do in Yuki- Onee-san's house?" And that is why I am faced with this situation with my little sister.

"I just slept in bed and talked about some things. Nothing much." Komachi gives me a very obvious smug look.

"Oh? What did you two talk about?"

"Something that I will tell you when you are older." Komachi pouts at this, but then smiles.

"Well, you got a girlfriend, and it's Yukino! How amazing is that?" She starts to sniffle a bit. "I *hic* never thought that you would get a girlfriend, and such a high calibre one!" Why do you have so little faith in your brother, Komachi?

"Well, it's nice to have her near me." I look at the time. Ten PM? How did that happen? "Any ways, you and I need to get to bed, it's already ten, and you of all people need to get to school to study for your entrance exams." Wait, if Komachi is moving to America with us, then why do her entrance exams matter?

"Got it, Onii-chan! Goodnight!" She waves off at me before disappearing into her room, not to be seen until tomorrow morning. How did I get so many good women in my life, that even my cute little sister has to be in contention to be the best? Well, so far, Yukino's winning.

*ping*

I feel my phone vibrate as well as the unfamiliar jingle that plays whenever I get a text.

From:+81 03 2834-8903

Subject:Phone number

Good evening,

This is Yukino. I just texted you to say that Komachi-san has just given me your phone number. I wanted to ask, what do you want me to call you on my phone?

I thought of some here:

Hikigaya-kun

Hikigerma-kun

Hachiman

Darling

Future Husband

Please let me know if you have any more nicknames for me to use.

Your Future Wife,

Yukino.

….

"Komachi." I called her as I went up to her room, "Did you give Yukino my phone number?"

"Huh?Yeah! I thought it would be good, since I didn't hear anything from you about her phone number." Komachi says through her door. Well, that's reassuring, I guess. I should text her back.

From:+81 03 3254-4040

Subject:Re

I think that Hachiman or Hikigaya Hachiman works just fine, Yukino. I will be saving yours as Yukino,by the way.

Hachiman.

I switch off my phone and lay it next to the charger on my bed. I need to get ready for be-

*ping*

No way it's her.

From: Yukino

Subject:Re

Future Husband it is then, Hachiman. Goodnight, and have a safe trip to school tomorrow.

Wish you good health,

Your future wife.

...At least the 'future' and the 'wife' weren't capitalised. At this point I just give up and fall flat onto the mattress, preparing for the day ahead.

A/N I AM ALIVE.

I just moved to Sweden to continue my studies, so I have been adjusting to stuff like cold weather and the fact that there are less Asians than any other race in this country(not being racist, I just wanna see my kind). I'm not going to bore you with what I said last time. Long story short, I'm still feeling the same, just that writing sort of distracts from that feeling(or lack thereof).

Any ways, I really wanna promise that the next chapter won't take this long to come out, but I can't really do that for now. I just have to see, I guess.

Have a good one,

Kogawa Leaf, or Netheraether