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Like every Friday, Yukino and Yui came together to gossip. Since both went to college, the time to meet up became sacred.
“So, how are you and Hiki doing?” Yui asked with ice cream in her mouth.
“Okayish. I haven’t seen him a lot lately. He says he has to study a lot.”
Yui raised an eyebrow.
“You sure he isn’t cheating on you?”
“With who? You?”
Yukino and Yui both bursted out in laughter. But their laughs were just a mask: Yui still is bitter Hikigaya didn't choose her, and Yukino still has the feeling Hikigaya will leave her for Yui.
“Komachi is calling!” Yui said, promptly stopping Yukino’s train of thoughts.
“Can’t believe she is in her last year of high school already.”
Yui picked up her phone.
“Hello Komachi.”
Yukino saw Yui’s face changing in an expression she did not recognize.
“Slow down,Komachi! What happened?"
A thousand thoughts entered Yukino’s brain, ranging from “she is accepted into college” to “I have an incurable disease.”
But nothing could have prepared her for the words that came out of Yui’s mouth.
“Yukinon, Hikki is in a coma!”
Yukino didn't respond. It was like time had frozen for her and she couldn’t understand what Yui said.
“Say that again?”
“Hikki is in a coma! He has been hit by a car!”
Yukino wanted to rush to the hospital, but her legs didn't want to move.
She saw the fear in Yui’s eyes and imagined how Komachi would feel. That gave her the courage to move again. She left a 1000 yen bill and jumped into her car.
Yui and Yukino rushed to the room Hikigaya was lying in.
Instinctively, both hugged Komachi and her parents.
Tears streamed down Komachi's face. She wanted to say something but couldn't make a full sentence.
“You should get some rest,” Yukino said.
“Yukino and I will be on guard tonight if he wakes up,” Yui added.
Yui’s words sounded hollow. Nobody believed he would wake up soon.
Komachi and her parents left. Yui got Yukino and herself some coffee.
Yukino decided to call Iroha and Saika, since she figured Komachi wouldn't have thought about it.
As expected both were crushed. The always cheeky Iroha was dead silent and Saika just sobbed.
A man in a raincoat with a big mustache appeared before Yui and Yukino.
“What do you want?” Yukino asked.
“I am inspector Megure. I am here to investigate.”
“It was clearly a hit and run!” Yui yelled.
“It could be a suicide too. He could have jumped in front of a car.”
That suggestion brought back some nasty memories from when Hikigaya saved Sable and got hit by Yukino’s limousine.
Yui saw red before her eyes and started to hit Megure. The suggestion that Hikigaya would commit suicide is something she could not handle.
It took two inspectors, named Takagi and Chiba, to hold Yui back. Yukino didn't try to hold Yui back.
“We saw that Hikigaya-kun had serious student debts.”
Yukino was surprised by this news: Hikigaya never mentioned this.
“Are you his girlfriend?”
“Yes, I am Yukino Yukinoshita.”
“We want to speak to you at the station, Miss Yukinoshita.
Yukino nodded, Yui was left all alone and confused in the hospital. She stared at Hikigaya and wondered where it all went wrong. Then, realizing there was nothing she could do, she decided to go home and sleep.
The next day, at the request of her parents, Yui and Yukino took Komachi on a shopping spree, with Iroha tagging along.
“Do you need a new swimsuit,Komachi-chan?” Iroha asked.
“Hm-hm. I need one that is not too revealing. Normally I would ask onii-chan…”
Yui and Yukino were taken aback. You wouldn't exactly describe Hachiman as a siscon.
Komachi didn’t smile and her eyes looked empty.
“Hey, isn’t that fashion model Marin Kitagawa over there?” Iroha pointed out.
“OMG! Why is she together with such a plain guy?” Yui wondered.
Marin heard that remark and put her hands on her hips.
“Gojo-kun isn't plain!
Komachi copied Marin’s pose.
“It’s not like you three can talk! You three crushed on my onii-chan who is plain as hell!”
The three girls blushed hard but the sadness soon returned.
“What is the frown for?” Marin wondered.
“It’s a long story,” Komachi said.
“Please explain while we grab a drink! Gojo pays!”
“That sucks. Hey, why don’t you hire a private detective?” Marin suggested while slurping from her shake.
“A private detective, like in the movies?” Yukino asked.
“Yep. I once cosplayed as Kaito Kid.”
“Took me a while to make it!” Gojo said.
“Wait…You make all her cosplays?” Iroha echoed.
“My Gojo-kun is the best! Don’t you think he has the cutest face?”
Marin played with Gojo’s face. It made the girl (and Gojo) uncomfortable but she didn’t care.
“That Kaito Kid, is he real?” Yui wondered.
"Apparently, he lives around Beika City. There are a lot of those private detectives around there.”
“Can’t I hire the Kid Killer?”
“Yui-senpai, the Kid Killer is an elementary schooler,” Iroha said.
“You can’t be serious about hiring a private detective to investigate why Hikigaya is in a coma!”
“Why not,Yukinon?!? The police are worthless! It’s better than doing nothing!”
“Why do you care anyways? Hikigaya is my boyfriend.”
“Because I am his friend! If I was his girlfriend, I would do everything to make sure Hiki gets justice!”
Yukino stared at Yui.
“Are you calling me a bad girlfriend?”
“You are definitely not a good one! Why the hell do you act so passive?!”
Yukino grabbed Marin’s shake and dumped it all over Yui.
“Keep your big nose out of our life. You don’t belong here,bitch.”
Yukino bowed to Marin and stormed off.
Be continued.