Career Choice || Hachiman x Yukino || (COMPLETED)

Chapter 29

"So how is law school going for you? Do you need any help?"

Yukinoshita had gone back to university to take her classes, and she seems to really be struggling right now.

Was it a dumb move to try to act smarter than a college student?

"As if your brain can rival mine. Listen, just bring me a glass of water or something. And then you can go back to sleep."

Yes, it was a dumb move. Now she's probably annoyed by me.

"Is it really worth being a lawyer to go through all this stress."

I asked, grabbing a glass cup and filling it with water.

"To get paid more than you? It sure is."

Ouch.

Once again she goes for my personal stuff.

"I get paid by what happens to me. If I'm sent to capture or kill someone, I get paid a lot."

She seemed really interested by what I just said. Didn't I told her this since day 1?

"If it doesn't affect you that much. Have you ever been in a secret mission or something like that? American action movies are always about secret stuff and hiding the public from classified information."

"I don't like to call it a secret mission, no one likes to call it like that. It's called an operation. Yes, some may be secret, and some may be published into the public."

"Like the people who killed Osama?"

"You mean the Navy Seals? I don't know much about them. All I know is that they're stronger, better, and more smarter than me. Not even I would go through such training."

She showed a huge smile.

Don't let that smile fool you guys.

That smile is when she is about to tease me, hurting my ego as a man and a soldier.

"You mean you're just afraid? Maybe I should look for more stronger and better men. Grab my phone and download Tinder for me."

"I'm not afraid. Their training just screams 'quit now or die trying'. Some people died during their training course. I'm not risking my life just to overtrain my body. And besides, I'm the only man that is able to tolerate you."

"And I'm the only woman that you're gonna get."

Once again, she counters my counter. I have to come up with a way to counter her counter that counters my counter.

"There's always Yui-"

My mouth stopped mid sentence.

"That's not funny, Hikigaya-kun. You shouldn't take advantage of people's feelings. Especially one of my only close friends, and that close friend of mine is also your close friend."

"Yeah, yeah. Sorry. I'm gonna go outside."

"Stay."

"What?"

I turn back to see her puppy eyes again, pleading me to stay. They're too cute. I must resist. I've gone through rougher training before.

Looking at my girlfriend's puppy eyes is nothing compared to being hungry, tired, and out of ammunition. And also the feeling of knowing you're going to die.