"Do you know , Rokuhara-kun? I believe this is our first ti speaking, isn't it?" Yukino stared at him with a cold and slightly condescending gaze. "Or perhaps you're a stalker? Or maybe your brain just morizes the nas of all the pretty girls in school?"
After uttering that string of harsh words, Yukino felt a pang of regret for being too confrontational.
"Slurp..."
Ren didn't seem at all offended by the girl's venomous tongue. Calmly, he took a sip of his strawberry yogurt before replying, "Of course I know you, Yukinoshita. I rember the nas of all the students in the top ten of the exams."
He paused for a mont before continuing in a slightly mocking tone, "As a suggestion, you really shouldn't be rude to soone you're speaking to for the first ti. It leaves a bad impression, you know? No wonder you're a loner like Hikigaya."
Yukino's eyes narrowed at the comparison to Hachiman. "That's none of your business, Rokuhara-kun. And don't compare to Hikigaya-kun. I don't need friends."
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Ren shrugged nonchalantly. "With that kind of attitude, it's only a matter of ti before you offend the wrong person, Yukinoshita. Rember, this is Tokyo, not Chiba City. Even though Ohananomitsu High School is just a public school, not an elite private school like Shuchi'in Academy, that doesn't an there aren't students with influential family backgrounds here. So, watch your venomous tongue so you don't provoke soone you shouldn't."
"You might be able to act as you please because of the support of the Yukinoshita Family, but its influence is very limited in Tokyo, unlike Chiba City where the Yukinoshita Family is almost all-powerful."
"..."
Yukino fell silent, unable to refute his words.
Of course, her mother had repeatedly reminded her to try and befriend influential people in Tokyo to expand the Yukinoshita Family's network of connections. Unfortunately, her rigid and unsociable personality wasn't suited for such endeavors.
Initially, Yukino had even applied to Shuchi'in Academy, confident she would pass with her intelligence, but she failed the entrance exam. Even the Yukinoshita Family's considerable influence in Chiba was useless in helping her get in through the back door.
It was a crushing blow for Yukino, who had always ranked first in elentary and junior high school in Chiba City.
Even at Ohananomitsu High School, which was clearly not an elite school in Tokyo, she could only achieve tenth place. This reality bitterly showed her that her talent was actually just average compared to the students in Tokyo.
Feeling annoyed at being presented with facts she couldn't argue with, Yukino said in a cold tone, "You don't need to concern yourself with my affairs, Rokuhara-kun. I know what I'm doing."
She glared sharply at Ren before continuing, "Follow to the Service Club's activity room. There's sothing I want to discuss with you."
Ren raised his eyebrows, feigning ignorance about the club's na.
"Service Club? Does the school allow a club that runs prostitution like that?"
"..."
Although this wasn't the first ti soone had misunderstood the na of the Service Club she founded, it was the first ti soone had so bluntly voiced their dirty thoughts.
'This guy... in just a short conversation, he managed to annoy so much. He's truly my natural enemy. Yukino thought to herself irritably.
With a long sigh, she tried to clear up Ren's misunderstanding.
"The Service Club is not so shady club. This club is about those with kind hearts offering their help to those in need. In other words, we are volunteers. Reaching out to help those in difficult situations is the Service Club's goal."
"I see..." Ren nodded nonchalantly, finishing the rest of his yogurt.
His apathetic attitude only made Yukino dislike the man in front of her even more. Without waiting for a response, she turned and walked away, ordering in a cold tone.
"Follow ."
There was no room for refusal in her command.
"Tsk, not cute at all."
Usually, Ren would stay away from won with arrogant and cold personalities like Yukino. However, curiosity piqued him.
'Her goal must be related to a Service Club commission. So, soone asked the Service Club for help and it involves ? Interesting. Let's see what's really going on.' He thought as he followed Yukino.
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The Service Club's room turned out to be an unused classroom in a seemingly secluded special school building.
After walking in silence for a few minutes, Yukino finally led him to the front of the Service Club room door. She slid the wooden door open sowhat roughly, then stepped inside without looking back. Ren followed behind her.
Upon entering the room, Ren saw his classmate, Hikigaya Hachiman, sitting and reading a book in one of the chairs located in the center of the seemingly empty room.
"Huh?"
When Hachiman saw Ren enter the room, he imdiately stopped reading. With a stiff movent, he straightened up and sat rigidly in his chair, his gaze avoiding Ren's eyes.
Seeing Hachiman's sudden change in behavior, Yukino, as usual, delivered her sharp mockery.
"Hikigaya-kun. You're such a coward. You were even afraid to simply ask Rokuhara-kun to co here. Even though this was a task I gave you. Utterly useless."
'Yukinoshita, you have no idea what kind of person Rokuhara really is. He's a demon! It's better for to stay away from him than to look for unnecessary trouble.' Hachiman grumbled inwardly with a sour expression.
Hearing the conversation between Yukino and Hachiman, Ren pulled out an empty chair near them and sat down casually.
"So that's how it is. Is that why you seed hesitant to say sothing to earlier, Hikigaya? We're classmates, there's no need to be afraid of . I don't eat people."
Hachiman: "😐"
He didn't believe a single word Ren said. Hachiman still clearly rembered the incident so ti ago when the other party had threatened his life because he had accidentally overheard a perverse conversation between Ren and Natsuo on the way to school.
Putting on a stiff smile that looked more like a grimace of pain than a genuine smile, Hachiman replied in a forced friendly tone, "Ah, that's right, Rokuhara. I was just a little... nervous earlier. There was no other aning."
"..."
Yukino sensed sothing hidden in the brief exchange between Ren and Hachiman, but she chose not to dwell on it too much.
Sitting gracefully in a chair near the window, she imdiately got to the point without any preamble.
"Rokuhara-kun. What is your ideal type of woman?"
"Huh?" Ren was surprised and hadn't anticipated the sudden question.
Frowning, he looked at her in confusion.
"Why are you suddenly asking that, Yukinoshita?"
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