Diary Of Service Club, Helping The Elf Princess

[T/N: 🥳HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS🎊 Have a great year~]

"No need to apologize. It's actually kind of cute."

Hikigaya shook his head, indicating he didn't mind. After all, it was Gabriel who wrote it, not him, so he wouldn't need to deliberately respond to emoticon expressions in the future.

"Oh? What's so cute?"

A voice beyond the two suddenly interjected. Hikigaya looked up and saw that it was Yuna, Yuina, and Rin approaching them.

Blond gal Yuina directly sat on his desk. Gentle and caring Yuna stood behind her, lightly placing her hands on Yuina's shoulders, leaning forward to peek at Hachiman with a soft smile. Meanwhile, the fierce-eyed but fair-skinned Rin coolly stood nearby, arms crossed.

After training ended yesterday, the three of them had gone back to discuss training methods and reward systems. Today, they had come early in the morning to check on Hikigaya's situation, only to find he had been called away by Hiratsuka Shizuka.

But it wasn't too late now. When Hikigaya looked up and met their gazes, they immediately noticed something different.

"Hikigaya, your eyes look pretty good. You're giving off a slightly more handsome vibe now."

"More than a little, right? Just one day of training, and you've changed so much. Is this eye-training method really that effective?"

"Even your skin seems a bit better."

"Maybe it's because I secretly practiced more last night. Yukinoshita's training methods really are effective."

Surrounded by these three goddesses, Hikigaya could only explain a few words.

Having mastered Agent 47's disguise techniques, he could easily put back his original dead-fish eyes, but that would be too troublesome. In daily life, wearing a metaphorical mask all the time would be exhausting.

Anyway, with Yuna and the others covering for him, their goal was simply to turn him into a handsome guy. There wasn't much to overthink.

Hmm... Although he did throw Yukinoshita Yukino, the one who proposed the training methods, under the bus.

"No reward, yet you still secretly trained? It seems you really like someone~"

Yuina, sitting on the desk, crossed her fair and shapely legs. Resting her chin on her hand, she glanced at Hikigaya, who seemed to have become much more handsome overnight, and then at the innocent Gabriel nearby. She smirked.

"Your dead-fish-eye act was worth it. I even brought some skincare products for you today."

Rin nodded in agreement. Their assignment had incentives; every training session came with rewards to motivate Hikigaya.

But they hadn't expected Hikigaya to secretly train without waiting for their rewards. It seemed he really liked the new transfer student, Gabriel.

Hikigaya suddenly recalled the misunderstanding from yesterday involving Yuna, Yuina, and the others.

During class yesterday, they thought he was secretly in love with Gabriel just because he was staring at her.

And now, when he said he secretly trained to look better, they still chalked it up to his supposed crush on Gabriel.

He was speechless… Gabriel was indeed cute, with her flowing blonde hair, fair skin, and a soft-looking face that made you want to pinch it.

But Gabriel's figure was even worse than Yukinoshita Yukino's.

Why would they think he was infatuated with Gabriel?

"But don't worry, little Hikigaya. Since you're so diligent, the three of us will reward you properly today~"

Yuna gently patted Hikigaya's hair, leaning closer to his ear with a soft chuckle.

"Training? Rewards?"

Gabriel tilted her head, looking confused as she watched Hikigaya, who was suddenly surrounded by three gals.

From her understanding of the class, wasn't her seatmate someone with no friends in class?

Whenever her classmates came to chat with her, no one ever looked for Hikigaya. At that time, she had seen him quietly walk away on his own.

She thought she was Hikigaya's first friend in class.

But now, things seemed to contradict her understanding.

Seated on Hikigaya's desk, the golden-haired gal Yuina brazenly crossed her legs, wearing a short skirt without any concern for exposing herself to him.

Pink-shoulder-length-haired, sweet-smiling Yuna was stroking his hair while whispering softly in his ear, her actions intimate.

Straight-brown-haired Rin, although not as physically close to him as the other two, stood nearby with her arms crossed and mentioned that she had brought skincare products for him.

'What exactly is the relationship between these three and Hikigaya?'

"Yuina-san, Minami-san, Rin-san, are you all Hikigaya's good friends?"

Gabriel, unable to hide her curiosity, asked as she looked at the three gathered around him.

After all, they weren't this close to Hikigaya yesterday. They had even apologized just for borrowing his desk during lunch.

How, after just one day, had their relationship with Hikigaya changed so much?

Why did their relationship with Hikigaya change so much after just one day?

"We…"

Caught off guard by Gabriel's question, the three girls—Yuna, Rin, and Yuina—exchanged glances, momentarily at a loss for how to respond.

What exactly was their relationship with Hikigaya?

Classmates?

If they were merely classmates, their closeness did seem a bit unusual.

Yesterday, they had thought Hikigaya had great potential, believing that with a little makeover, he could become a super handsome guy who'd be pleasing to the eye. They had even entertained the idea of secretly dating him under the disciplinary committee's radar.

They had even gone so far as to offer rewards to motivate Hikigaya to train and transform himself into a handsome guy, mentioning Gabriel—whom he seemed to like—to ensure his determination to train.

After calming down last night, they realized their behavior had been slightly out of bounds.

However, calling them "good friends" didn't seem accurate either.

They had been classmates with Hikigaya for so long, yet they hadn't talked as much as they had yesterday afternoon.

As for Hikigaya's personal details, they didn't know much. Yesterday, they had been too focused on how to make him handsome. Aside from knowing where he lived and that he had a younger sister, they didn't know anything else.

"Like you, Tenma-san, Yunai and Rin were the ones who approached me to be friends. Maybe you all could become good friends too."

Seeing them suddenly fall silent, Hikigaya removed Yuna's hand, which was stroking his hair, and explained to Gabriel.

Such kind-hearted girls—how could they not be his friends?

Although they hadn't spent much time together, he could tell that these flashy gyarus were fundamentally good-hearted. Their style was just a bit over the top. Yuna, in particular, was incredibly gentle and considerate.

Yesterday, when he secretly became more handsome, he hadn't expected Yuna and the others to still "make up for" the rewards they promised him during training.

Honestly, he didn't even know what to say about that.

"Like me, huh…"

Gabriel seemed thoughtful. It appeared she believed the girls had approached Hikigaya because he didn't have many friends.

Looking at it this way, their kindness did make them quite suitable as friends.

"That's right, we're all good friends of little Hiki."

Yuina suddenly threw her arms around Hikigaya's neck, her long blonde hair brushing against his face. She leaned down and chuckled contentedly into his ear.

No wonder this guy they had discovered was so handsome; he even had decent emotional intelligence.

"Yuina, don't hug him so tight. He might not be able to breathe," Yuna teased, watching with a smile as Hikigaya, who had stepped in to help them out of a tight spot, got pressed against Yuina's chest.

Actually, he wouldn't suffocate. He could always bite Yuina, and she'd definitely let go from the pain.

"Wait, don't call me 'little Hiki.' Stop giving me weird nicknames."

Hikigaya, naturally, wouldn't let a gyaru like Yuina have her way. He tickled her under her arm, forcing her to release him.

He was speechless, though. He had just teased Hiratsuka-sensei and Yukinoshita-sensei the other day, and now he was getting stuck with strange nicknames himself.

He hadn't even run into Yui, yet people were already giving him nicknames. Was this fate?

"Oh, in that case, I'll stick with calling you 'Dead Fish Eyes.' It rolls off the tongue," Rin said with a smirk. Though she secretly admired Hikigaya just like Yuina and Yuna, she maintained her outwardly dismissive demeanor.

Why hadn't she noticed his strengths before? And now that she had realized the gloomy background character Hachiman could become handsome, it turned out he was working so hard in private for Gabriel.

Still, maybe there was a way to handle this.

Rin glanced at Gabriel, who exuded a holy and healing aura.

Among the three of them, Yuna was also gentle and comforting, always considerate. However, her vibe still couldn't compare to Gabriel's purity.

Anyone who didn't know Gabriel would probably feel, even from a distance, that this petite and flat-chested girl was kind-hearted and always ready to help.

"'Dead Fish Eyes'… Can't you call me something more normal, Rin?"

Hikigaya rolled his eyes. Though he was getting along well with the cheerful blonde gyaru Yuina and the gentle pink-haired Yuna, he just couldn't seem to connect with Rin, despite her long legs and well-proportioned figure.

He didn't even know how he had offended her. After all, she had willingly given him skincare products and hadn't objected to rewarding him during training.

Yet Rin was consistently rude to him.

"Once your eyes stop looking so dead, your skin becomes fairer, and you're fully transformed into a flawless handsome guy, I'll call you something else," Rin replied bluntly.

This was just how she was—it wasn't aimed specifically at Hikigaya. She spoke the same way to Yuina.

To be precise, she and Yuina could talk normally but often clashed.

Among them, only Yuna was truly good-natured. They never spoke rudely to her.

"Don't mind her," Yuina said with a grin, her arms still wrapped around Hachiman's neck. She lowered her head to look at his face and chuckled as she gave him tips on dealing with Rin.

Since they were sitting at the back of the class and Yuna and Rin were blocking the view, she wasn't worried about the disciplinary committee catching her being overly affectionate with Hachiman.

She felt that Hikigaya's eyes were much livelier than before, his overall vibe subtly transformed—he was so much more handsome now.

Still, she thought he needed more training.

A bit more muscle wouldn't hurt, especially since a murder case had occurred near the school recently. She and her friends had discussed it extensively in their private group, though the school had prohibited them from talking about it openly.

Sliding her hand down his neck, Yuina poked at his soft muscles.

Soft… It seemed his muscles weren't improving as quickly as his demeanor.

Maybe she should offer a reward to motivate him to train more.

Yes, another poke for confirmation.

Although his muscles were soft, the texture was unexpectedly nice.

"Hmph, as if I'm scared of you."

Rin didn't take offense to Yuina's teasing and simply glared disdainfully at her for taking advantage of Hikigaya. Then she turned to Hachiman and said, "Once you're done using my skincare products and your skin improves, I'll pin her arms down for you. If you can make her cry, Yuna and I will be your girlfriends for two days."

"I'll be your girlfriend for a week." Yuina immediately raised the stakes, not wanting to lose Hikigaya to Rin.

"A month."

"Two months."

"Uh…"

Hikigaya didn't know what to say as he watched the two girls argue over him.

'Are you really best friends? Why are you undermining each other like this?'

"They're always like this. Don't take them seriously," Yuna said, sticking out her tongue apologetically. "No matter who wins, it has nothing to do with me."

The two of them were at it again, using her as part of their wager. She couldn't believe her luck in having such mischievous friends.

"…"

Hikigaya silently shook his head, gaining a clearer understanding of their personalities and the dynamic between them.

As expected of gyarus—even casual conversations with them were intense. He wondered how far they would take their bidding war.

Meanwhile, Gabriel, who had been listening quietly, blushed slightly as she lifted her textbook to cover her face, choosing not to join in the conversation.

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