Zongman: Dream with me

Hayato Hayama is a handsome, well-built, wealthy, and talented all-around player. He always meets the expectations of others, is respectful to his teachers, and enthusiastic towards his classmates.

But in Class F of the second year, there are a few people he is not good at dealing with, such as the always gloomy Hikigaya Hachiman, Shiina Mashiro who is indifferent to the environment, and Mu You who is always dozing off (practicing in his dreams).

He heard that they both participated in clubs and seemed to be in the same classroom, but because of Yukinoshita Yukino, he didn't ask too much.

At this moment, Ye Shan looked at the classroom door in front of him, took a deep breath, and knocked gently, but there was no response...

The moment he pushed open the door, he heard a burst of lively music and was stunned: It turns out that the door of the music room has such good sound insulation?

He saw that Hikigaya, the always listless classmate in class, was now standing in the middle of the field, with his back to him, his head lowered, an eye mask on his face, singing with a look of despair.

"アイムアルーザー

ずっと前(まえ)から文(き)こえてた

いつかポケットに隠(かく)した声(こえ)が

ああだのこうだの知(し)ったもんか

......"

Beside him, Mu You and others were accompanying him, including keyboardist Arima Kousei, guitarists Yukinoshita Yukino and Miyazono Kaoru, bassist Kasugano Sora, and Mu You, who was playing the drums and laughing wildly.

After all, who can refuse a great teacher who sings "Loser" to you?

This was an achievement that Mu You finally achieved after a lot of persuasion and threats, and finally personally going to Komachi's house to ask her to leave. The eyes of Yuigahama Yui and Totsuka Ayaka, who were narrating, were shining, Zaimokuza served as the photographer, and even Shiina Mashiro was observing carefully, looking for the "color" that Mu You mentioned.

He knew that what he did was not very kind, but who made him Hikigaya?

The great teacher is so much fun!

When Ye Shan came in, the people performing had already noticed it, but they didn't care and continued to perform to their heart's content. Instead, the audience made some commotion, but fortunately it did not affect the singers.

Wearing an eye mask, Hikigaya sang while recalling the scene when Muyou came to his house:

With a handsome outfit, a gift in his hand, and a natural look, this guy just broke into his house.

Then, his parents mistakenly thought he was Komachi's boyfriend.

Damn it, go to hell!

With his parents' smiling faces and Komachi's admiring gaze, Hikigaya consciously lowered his ranking by one position.

Compared to him, I seem like a real loser.

Thinking of this, Hikigaya's voice grew increasingly mournful and indignant, as if he were accusing someone, yet also mocking himself. Although his singing skills weren't exceptional, his emotions came through in his voice, and his singing became increasingly powerful, reaching a climax that felt like it was on fire.

The song ended, and Hikigaya, with a red face, took off his mask and saw Hayama who had appeared out of nowhere, and finally exploded.

“Ah! Destroy this world!”

There was nothing left to fear, and Hikigaya collapsed onto the sofa as if burned out.

On the side, Ayaka and Yuigahama, under Muyou's instructions, diligently served black tea and pastries.

"That's great! Hikigaya-san," Ayaka said sincerely.

"Ahahaha...Thank you."

"Small businesses are really great, give yourself more confidence!"

"Yuigahama is right, Hachiman, you are indeed the Sleeping Dragon that I invited out of seclusion after three visits."

"Tsk! Stay a hundred miles away from my house from now on!"

"Don't do that, Komachi will cry."

"Stay away from my sister too!"

To be honest, when Muyou introduced himself as Hachiman's friend and sincerely invited him to join, Komachi was so excited that he almost cried. That's how Hikigaya finally agreed.

This good-for-nothing brother is unwilling to disappoint his sister's expectations at all costs.

"Okay, next time you go on stage, I'll prepare a mask for you and dance with you myself, how about that?"

"Don't give me that. You promised it would only happen this once."

“…Hey?!”

"Hey, you big-headed ghost!"

"Alright, alright, we'll do it next time. Now it seems the Service Department is here."

As soon as Mu You finished speaking, almost everyone's eyes turned away, only Hikigaya still covered his face with his hands. He really couldn't understand why this guy who had a worse reputation than him in his first year of high school and also had no friends had such a face.

Do you think I've made the wrong friends? Pah! Who would want to be friends with a person like him?

Facing the gazes of so many people, Ye Shan did not show any fear, but stated his commission.

"Is this it, the chain text messages?"

"Tobe is a member of Inage's gang of bad boys, and he caused trouble for Nishitaka at the amusement park."

"Yamato is a scumbag who is cheating on his wife and children."

"In order to severely damage the opponent's school's ace, Ooka behaved violently during the practice match."

"Kasugano Yuu is a devil, a bastard, and a violent person."

"Kasugano Yuu is a nymphomaniac and a scumbag who forced the new student to be with him."

"After these things spread, the atmosphere in the class became very strange. And seeing my friends being written about like this, I felt very angry too."

Ye Shan was filled with indignation, but Mu You always felt that the other party's gaze unconsciously turned towards him.

"I want to stop these letters from being circulated. After all, it's really uncomfortable to read them."

Ye Shan said, and added: "Of course, I don't want to find out who did it. I hope this matter can end successfully, okay?"

Everyone around them quieted down to think about the plan. Yukinoshita said to Mu You, who was doing nothing, "What do you think?"

"I?"

"Well, after all, you are also a victim, right? Although it is true."

"You think I'm that bad too."

Yukinoshita frowned slightly as she looked at Mu You's teasing eyes.

"No, I think they are telling the truth."

"That's it..."

Mu You recalled his glorious past in school: he had no respect for teachers, taught hooligans a lesson, kept to himself, and acted recklessly.

Yeah, you’re right, that’s me!

"Even though you have all sorts of questions, I will still help you find out the truth, because those who maliciously slander you behind your back are even more despicable."

"I don't think it's necessary." Mu You laughed.

"How can this be... No, this is too much!"

Miyazono Kaoru slammed the table angrily.

Although she didn't know what had happened, she believed that Mu You was not that kind of person, and those rumors didn't appear overnight, so why didn't she know about it.

"Kousei, you already knew about this, why didn't you tell me?"

"I wanted to say that, but Yuu said it wasn't necessary... I'm sorry..."

Faced with Miyazono Kaoru's accusations, Arima Kousei was speechless. He had heard about Mu You's reputation and had tried to persuade him, but Mu You remained unmoved. He also said that as long as they didn't cause trouble for him blatantly, he didn't bother to pay any attention to them.

"Ok?"

Miyazono Kaoru turned her gaze to the remaining students in Class F. Shiina, who had just transferred, didn't count, but Hikigaya Hachiman and Yuigahama Yui were in a bit of a bad situation. They were trembling with fear at Miyazono Kaoru's anger.

"Xiao Xun, I think..."

"And you!" It would have been fine if Mu You didn't say anything, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Gong Yuanxun became even angrier.

"Just because you don't care doesn't mean the people around you don't care, and it doesn't mean you can hide it from us! You should reflect on this!"

Mu You wanted to say a few more words, but then he saw the cold expression of Qiong beside him and the furious Miyazono Kaoru, so he stood up consciously and squatted in the corner with Arima Kousei.

Hayato Hayama, the instigator, was sweating profusely at this time. He did not expect that just a commission would cause such a big incident.

Now it seems that the situation has gotten out of hand, and Ye Shan can't help but feel a headache.

In the end, Hikigaya and Yuigahama apologized to Miyazono Kaoru together, vowing to make amends and find the real culprit; Arima Kousei and Kasugano Yuu knew about the incident but did not report it, and were punished to clean the music room for a week respectively.

This is it.

.......

"What does this mean?"

Mu You was a little amused and helpless. Since he was being punished, he couldn't ask for help. He slowly put away the instruments and started cleaning.

Just then, a weaker figure walked in, looked at Mu You coldly, then looked away, walked to the counter without saying a word, picked up the used tea set, and began to clean up.

The evening breeze gently rustled her long black hair, as if telling her something, yet also as if rejecting her. A silent understanding permeated the air between them. Mu You didn't say anything more.

Although I don’t know why, it’s great to have someone to help.

The two of them worked hard until they closed the classroom door. Then Mu You jokingly said:

"Are you, Yukinoshita-san, breaking the law knowingly? How dare you disobey Miyazono-sama's orders like this?"

"So Kasugano-san is planning to report me?"

"How could that be possible? After all, I relied on Yukinoshita-san's help during my sentence."

"You are greedy. I never said I would always help you."

"I see. It seems I was overthinking it."

"......"

The two walked side by side for a while before a small voice came from beside Yukinoshita: "I'm sorry."

“???” Mu You was confused about what he was sorry about. After thinking about what happened today, Mu You spoke.

"It's okay. Ye Shan was just carrying out a normal commission. I didn't expect it to involve so much."

"That's not it," Yukinoshita shook her head. She felt her face getting hot and quickly turned away. "I didn't think of that... Don't worry, I will definitely find out who is behind the rumor-mongering text messages and clear your name. I will express my apologies again then."

"Oh, then... okay."

Seeing Yukinoshita's serious look, Mu You had no choice but to go along with her. He vaguely felt that the other party's ideas were different from his own, but Mu You didn't care that much.

"What about hygiene?"

"I'll help."

"Really? Sure."