COTE: A Man On A Mission || Love is War?

Then all that left was... Hachiman’s visual search. He came into contact with Kushida next who was sitting in the first row.

Kamuro-san was sitting next to her.

Since a while ago, his phone had received a bunch of messages, probably from Kushida-chan.

It was obvious why she hadn’t been notified that he would be performing.

You know, Hikigaya-kun is also shy, okay? So if the person involved is not there, it might work better.

Then... Sakayanagi-san...

Hachiman’s eyes were on best seat in the first row, where a cute little girl with silver hair sat.

Then there is his own sister, Hikigaya Komachi.

Looking in an unimportant direction, he can see that Ayanokoji, who looks expressionless, seems to have arrived as well.

There were three men sitting behind him.

One of them seemed to pass a note to Ayanokoji, but guy was a little outrageous. He just glanced at the note and then ate it.

”.....” Hachiman. ’Hey, that’s paper, can you eat it? Or what’s written on it?’

He too noticed that person sitting in front of Ayanokoji was Yagami Takuya. The position of these two people was really unique.

At the same time, Hachiman also noticed that little angels in Ichinose’s class were all holding glow sticks.

They were really best friends, but Kanzaki-kun, who had been sitting in his seat, left his own.

In general, everyone is here.

So let’s get started.

Hikigaya-kun takes a deep breath.

The final three songs, first one brought was ”White Album” led by our Archangel Ichinose.

Although she should have noticed that her sister and mother were in the audience below, a responsible person like Ichinose should not panic, but should show her efforts and let her mother and sister feel at ease.

She is very good in this school.

She likes this place very much and has met people here who she wants to go on with.

Hikigaya-kun placed his fingers on the keyboard of the piano and guided them.

White Album was a performance by Ichinose alone, but Yukinoshita and Amasawa were also on the stage, with later taking over drummer position.

Yukinoshita was carrying a bass on her back.

You should know that at beginning of the performance, Yukinoshita and Ichinose sang ”Bitter Sweet” together.

She was the lead singer.

Can you play bass now? So it was a bit surprising before it even started.

But it’s not just that.

Hikigaya-kun plays the instrument out of habit, while Ichinose has already found the rhythm.

[The number of people passing by each other every day is increasing~]

[Although the number of times we pass each other by increases, our feelings for each other have not changed and we are still by each other’s side~]



Holding a silver microphone, Ichinose Honami stood on the stage in a white dress like an angel, with silver light shining on her body.

Even if she was just standing there, she could still attract fans, just like what Amasawa Ichika thought at the beginning, to borrow extraordinary popularity of some tool people, as long as they stand on the stage, even if they have flaws, public can forgive them because of their appearance.

But it’s different now.

It was really erotic when Ichinose started talking.

The boys who had come to see her just because they admired her beauty screamed, ”Kawaaiii!? Chhot-Fuck!”

”I-Ichinose--sam-mma!”

”Woohooo! She’s so fuckable!”

”69! 69~~!”

This was probably the moment when you kneel down to admire her.

Ichinose is extremely dazzling today.

If she were to gain fans, she could do so now. But she’s obviously not the only one on the stage.

This time, Yukinoshita has confirmed the arrival of her sister, so she must at least let her know about her growth.

She also gave an exceptional performance.

Although the bass was played normally, people don’t know when sound of the bass turned into a recorded accompaniment, and then the scene was filled with clear and seductive performance of saxophone.

The black-haired Yukinoshita-san, who was originally only carrying a bass on the stage, picked up golden saxophone.

She played it like a pro!

Wasn’t she one of the lead singers at the beginning? Wasn’t she the bassist just now?

Why, why, can you still play the saxophone? And why, when you play so quietly, the black silk flows down, making people’s heart beat.

This girl is a genius, she is all-rounder, this is... a foul!

”Interesting. Knowing that I was coming, she deliberately showed me his growth....This kind of stubborn sister is really kind of cute!~”

Sitting in audience, Yukinoshita Haruno cheered for her sister.

”Since you think your sister is cute, then just tell her directly, don’t keep denying her.” Teacher Hiratsuka beside Haruno gave her a bitter look with disgusted eyes, ”I think Yukino has misunderstood that you hate her.”

”Eh...No way! Yukino has always been chasing after me, but she probably can’t reach my current strength, and I don’t want her to come into contact with me. I am the only victim of Yukinoshita family. She can just live her own life. Or... I have always hoped to live a life like hers, without having to worry about the future, and there will definitely be someone to help me clean up the mess. After all, the identity of a sister is really heavy.....”

”Haruno--” Seeing that words were beginning to become heavy, Hiratsuka Shizuka seemed to be hesitant to speak.

She is a teacher and Haruno is a student from previous class.

Has a very high opinion of her milk.

She thought Haruko is a very capable person. In terms of studying, she is very good and always ranked first.

However, she had problems of one kind or another.

She always disobeys school rules, likes to make small movements in class, often skips lectures, plays crazy with classmates during the summer fireworks festival, and is always getting into trouble.

She can be said to be a big problem student, so she gives Shizuka a lot of headaches.

But it is probably because of such behavior and such personality that she has made so many friends.

Liked by everyone.

Shizuka and Yukinoshita Haruno are friends, but unfortunately, she is unable to truly get into other person’s heart.

In other words.

Yukinoshita Haruno is a person who always acts in front of others, easily gaining their love, and even often teasing others, but her main personality is still like a bottomless mud swamp, and its essence can never be explored.

Although she wanted to help, Shizuka knew that she was powerless and could only pray that the person who could change Haruno would appear.

”But is that the Hikigaya-kun you were talking about, Shizuka? He’s been slacking off the whole time!”

Haruno quickly changed the subject, and narrowed her eyes on black haired supposed ”Vice President”.

In fact, many people are paying attention to Hikigaya’s slacking off.

”No glasses, no change of attire....Although his appearance is not bad, his dead fish eyes make him look delinquent. Even though the girls around him are dazzling, his piano skills are just average, and he is not brought up to shine with them....”

Even so, at this moment many girls in the audience felt relieved.

Hikigaya-kun is a pianist, which means he plays background music.

He is also asked by Ichika not to wear glasses, and because the girls are all very dazzling, he is marginalized.

Hikigaya-kun had no complaints about this treatment.

It’s better to say that he can still do some paddling now.

The pianist Hikigaya-kun is the one sitting farthest away, but this is also the best position for him to watch scene below.

You can see familiar and unfamiliar faces. Not only students, faculty and staff on campus, but also guests from outside the campus.

You can even see some familiar classmates and their families together.

He also saw Chabashira-sensei and Hoshinomiya-sensei coming to their seats, but both of them had changed into their usual attire.

He restrained his brilliance on the stage.

A male teacher also noticed them, but Chabashira seemed to raise the ring finger of her left hand intentionally or unintentionally.

Generally speaking, wedding or engagement rings are worn on the ring finger, but she has always been single, but now she wears it on her ”sacred finger.”

Ring doesn’t look expensive, it looks more like a decoration.

The male teacher immediately gave a bitter smile, knowing this meant other party was not interested in him and rejected so coldy without even looking at his face.

It seems that ring bought by Karuizawa has come in handy.

It doesn’t have to be real, but as long as it can make other person back down, good enough....

[Ah, Sae-chan, you’ve made all the preparations. But why don’t you try to find someone to marry? There are a lot of male teachers eyeing you now. It should be easy to get married.]

by Hoshinomiya.

But what you are saying now, Miss Hoshinomiya, is not right.

What do you mean by ”it’s easy to get married?” This kind of deal is not called marriage, but casually abusing yourself.

Because marriage is a very important matter, Hikigaya-kun has been thinking seriously about who to choose.

”I don’t have such an idea for the time being.” However, Chabashira’s response decreased temperature of particles around her with simple words.

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