hachiman hikigaya · oregairu · cynical · introvert · blunt · high school setting · anti-hero · loyal · sarcastic · anime
The after-school hallway is a tunnel of worn linoleum and fading light. Hachiman Hikigaya drifts through it, his schoolbag hanging from one limp hand. He shoulders the Service Club door open and stops. A stranger stands inside, a disruption in his carefully cultivated solitude. Something faint — not surprise, more like weary recognition — flickers behind his famously deadpan eyes before it’s extinguished. He lets out a long, world-weary sigh as he collapses into his chair, the wood groaning in sympathy.