HachiYuki

"If I let you go, I won't be able to get a hold of you again."

- Hachiman to Yukino

HachiYuki is the het ship between Hachiman Hikigaya and Yukino Yukinoshita from the Oregairu fandom.

Preludge
The two would have a one-sided interaction as Hachiman was involved in a car accident, as Hachiman was hit by Yukino's family's limosine when he saved Yui's dog. Thus making Hachiman miss the first week of his new High School life. After the accident, this caused trauma to Yukino, causing her to live in apartment on her own, so that she wouldn’t have to use the family limousine to travel to school. And Yukino never spoke of the incident to anyone.

Volume 1
After reading work about Hachiman's high school life. His homeroom teacher, Shizuka Hiratsuka, doesn't like Hachiman's general view of adolescence and typical high school life. As punishment for writing such a silly essay, the teacher decided to join the service club to change his stereotypical view of high school life. The most colorful in the class. Shizuka wants him to join the club and change clubs, but Yukino refuses because he fears for her life even when Hachiman's gaze tries to turn away from her. Yukino reconsiders and allows him to join the club, while Shizuka leaves the room. Hachiman at first tried to innimate Yukino but back down, she'd later told him to sit, he would later grab a seat. After a moment of silence, Hachiman asked what bat he had. At first, Hachiman guessed that it was a literal club since there was nothing in the classroom, but he was wrong. Yukino explains that their club is known as the Service Club and plans to solve his problem, but Hachiman finds this irritating and thinks he is handsome, but what? He brought up placement in Japan’s ability tests, and even though he didn't have friends and girlfriends, he feels that he was in the high league. Yukino would find that impressive as he speaks confidently and amuses that his loneliness is due to his pride and sensitivity and demeanor. the eyes of the beholder. Although he didn’t like her opinion, but considers that she is making some sense. Concluding their simulation test much to his confusion, she states that if he can hold a conversation with girls like her then he could a conversation with anyone, and asks if she’d fixed him. Hachiman states that it isn’t that he can’t talk to people but he just doesn’t make any small talk and doesn’t need to be fixed. Although she finds that he’s on at a level fitting into society being difficult, Shizuka would enter the room and notes that she was having trouble with him. Yukino stated that Hachiman isn’t aware of him having a problem although he denies it, having an issue with how people tell him to change and that he doesn’t want anyone to tell him who to be, Yukino would find that’s how people run from their problems although Hahciman counter by saying that changing is a way of running from problems and that people should just accept those as they are. Although Yukino finds that wouldn’t solve anything or save anyone. Shizuka would propose a shown between the two where the loser must do anything that the winner requests them, although Yukino was to decline as having Hachiman as her opponent makes her fear for her life although Hahciman finds that offensive. But would accept after Shizuka had convinced Yukino to accept the challenge, although Hachiman didn’t get a say.

The next day, at the service club room Yukino was surprised to see that Hachiman came back to the club room, she would ask him questions that he would deny. Something that Hachiman would find her overconfidence weird, guessing that she doesn’t have any friends although she wants him to define friends. Hachiman would discover that Yukino like him who is also a loner with no friends. After hearing her story and her desire to change people. Something that Hachiman would find as too much effort in a crazy cause. Yukino's response is that he finds Hachiman’s meaning of existence to fade away better something she hates is that he turns his weakness into something positive. At that moment, Hachiman would note how Yukino carries those feelings of someone who doesn’t have anything and thinks that she’s different and that she wouldn’t lie to herself, and thinks that there alike. He tries to ask to be her friend but she rejects him before he finishes the question. They would later bet by Yui Yuigahama from Hachiman’s class. A name that Yukino would know, Hachiman would ask her if she memories all the names of every student although she would deny this as she didn’t know his name and uses sarcasm on him. Later in the Culinary Arts class, Hahcima learns Yui’s request that the Service Club help her bake cookies for someone. Although Yui and Yukino will be baking cookies, Hachiman would ask what he is supposed to do and Yukino would have him taste the cookies and offer his opinion. Although they would see Yui had failed to bake cookies. Both Yukino and Hachiman would be surprised to hear when Yui calls Yukino so cool which causes Yui to want to try again, Hachiman would ask Yukino to teach her again, but she fails again. Hachiman would ask why they were trying to bake cookies that tasted good something that Yukino would question. And he tells them to come back to the room in 10 minutes, and later he would present the same cookies and they would taste them. After telling them a story (that was in his past) something that Yukino notes he tries to use reverse psychology to fulfill Yui's request. The following week Yukino would ask Hachiman if they did the right thing on handling Yui’s request. Yukino would state that Hachiman should challenge his own limits which she thinks that would have change Yui. Although Hachiman states that people efforts don’t betray those but there dreams even though he states that not all dreams come true through effort and not all come true but if those try there best they can take solace in that, something that Yukino finds to be self sadifaction. Yui come come to the club room and give them both a bag of cookies that she baked.

After discussing Hachiman’s biology assignment, she asks him about the Service Club. Shizuka would ask Hachiman’s opinion of Yukino, and Hachiman would answer that he doesn’t like her. Shizuka would talk about Yukino, and then she would talk about both Hachiman and Yukino because of their unorthodox views on society. Yui and Yumiko had a dispute during lunch break while in class due to the rain. Hachiman would watch Yukino defend Yui and talk down to Yumiko. After leaving the classroom, Hachiman would spot Yukino around the corner and the two would both listen to Yui telling Yumiko her true feelings about how she wants to be treated. While listening, they both hear Yui talking about the two and hear about Hachiman’s antics and creepy laugh while in the club. Yukino would also note that she didn’t know he also does in class, which Hachiman would ask why she didn’t do anything about it, but she didn’t want to while he was being creepy. And Hachiman would watch Yukino leave her spot where they were listening to Yui and Yumiko’s conversation. Later when Hachiman was walking to the club room, he spotted Yukino and Yui by the door, he would startle them when he asked what they were doing, which causes Yukino to ask him not to sneak up on them, and he apologizes, and he would ask them again. They would all look to see who was in the club room and find a student named Yoshiteru Zaimokuza, Yukino would ask if he knows him, but he denies it at first but later remembers him. Yukino would ask Hachiman’s friend if he wants something from Hachiman although he states that he’s not his friend. Yoshiteru would try to ask the Service Club to help. Still, Yukino would ask Hachiman what Yoshiteru’s meaning of Kengo Shogun was, and Hachiman would explain Yoshiteru’s delusionally, and explain why Yoshiteru views Hachiman as his partner, which surprises Yukino how informed Hachiman is about Daibosatsu and Seiwa Genji. Yukino would be surprised to hear from Hachiman that others like Yoshiteru are worse than him. Hachiman also explained the details of the Seven Lucky Gods but stopped as he thought that Yukino was trying to lead him into something which she denies, Hachiman would explain that he was like that in the past. It was revealed in Hachiman’s monologue that he has a notebook labeled “People to Kill” and within that notebook, it’s revealed that he has Yukino’s name listed in that notebook. Hachiman would watch as Yukino would intrepid that Yoshiteru’s request is to cure his “illness”, Hachiman would try to cut in but stops. Yoshiteru would explain his request to the Service Club that he wants them to review his manuscript for his novel. Hachiman would explain to Yoshiteru that all of the people who would be ruthless it’s Yukino. Later that night Hachiman and Yukino both read parts of Yoshiteru’s novel except for Yui. The next day at the school, at the Service Club Hachiman finds Yukino sleeping while in her chair. He tells her good work but she was still asleep and woken up later seeing Hachiman’s face. She insults him to take when she sees his face she is not tired, which irritates him causing him to think of how close he was to be deceived by her looks and wish that she could be put to sleep forever. Later when Yoshiteru asked their thoughts about his novel, but Yukino gave harsh criticism to Yoshiteru, Hachiman would ask her not to further criticize him although she said that she wasn’t done and stopped. Later that day Yoshiteru ask the Service Club if they would read his work again as he wants to hear their thoughts and opinions in the future, to which Hachiman agrees. They would later watch Yoshiteru leave but not before he does his weird antics.

During Lunch, Hachiman hears from Yui that she had lost a game with Yukino. He first thought that her punishment was to talk to him but she tells him that the loser had to buy drinks. Hachiman would hear from Yui how at first that Yukino that she could obtain her drink and not have any enjoyment to fill that desire while Yui intercepts Yukino’s voice, which he states that’s how she would like even as she states that Yui would probably lose. When Hachiman was talking about crowds and ingroups, Yui would point out to Hachiman that he and Yukino are like an “ingroup” when they are talking to each other causing Yui to state that she has difficulty joining in their conversation. Hachiman would state that Yukino’s different and a force of nature. Later at the service club, Yukino shuts down Hachiman’s idea to join the tennis club. It’s revealed in Hachiman’s monologue that he had planned to leave the Service Club and pretend to join the Tennis Club and gradually leave the tennis club. Yukino would ask if he’s capable of doing group activities as they wouldn’t accept him and have him on their team, she also states that the team would be unified as they would have Hachiman as their enemy. And it wouldn’t solve their problem if they worked together to get rid of Hachiman. And she would conclude by stating her source, to which Hachiman would ask where she came up with that statement and she would reveal that she used to live overseas, she would reveal to him back in middle school that the girls in her school determined to try to get rid of her and had failed to. Although Hachiman wants to help Saika, Yukino asks if he’s normally the type that worries about others, he states that it’s the first time that anyone had asked for his help. Although Yukino states that he can’t always help others as it’s not the best solution. He would ask her what’s her best solution, although she told him her solution was to continue to train them until they dropped dead, which freaks Hachiman out a bit. Yui would enter the room and brings Saika to club room who has a request for help. While Yui was talking about her being a club member, Hachiman would be surprised to hear when Yukino reveals that Yui isn’t really a member of the club. The service club would accept Saika’s request to improve his tennis skills, although Hachiman asked what the club was going to due, Yukino tells him what they were going to do and asked if he forgotten, to which he asks that she was serious. At the tennis courts, the service club help with Saika’s tennis pratices as the days passed. One day at the tennis courts while helping with Saika, Hachiman watches Yukino leave the tennis courts. During when Hachiman and Yui were facing with Yumiko and Hayato tennis competition, Yukino enters the tennis courts in Yui's place and both Hachiman and Yukino would face both Yumiko and Hayato, and Hachiman was impressed that she was able to return Yumiko's strokes. And the two would get an early lead in the compoition, during one fo the rounds Hachiman was shocked that Yukino did a jump serve winning the round. Hachiman finds her a ridcilous person and wants her to finish the game, although she wants to she can't because of her weak stamina and during there conversation a ball would pass them causing the round to end in a duce. Because Yumiko wanted to finish the match, Yukino a points Hachiman to finish the match, and she tells him that she says rash and improper things, but never tells a lie. And the two would win the game but not the match. Later Hachiman goes to the club but accidently sees the girls changing and he would have aracquet thrown at him by Yukino.

Volume 1, Chapter 8
After arriving at the Service club’s room after class, Hachiman and sees Yukino sitting at her usual spot quietly reading. They would chat for a while and enjoy the quiet when their conversation dies down. Shizuka would enter the room noisily ruining the peace and quiet. She declares their "battle royale" scores to be 2-2, a tie. Shizuka declares that it was definitely 4 requests, but her grading is biased and arbitrary. Hachiman and Yukino both would say mean things to her. They both would say it in sync that was almost like they'd been friends for years. But Yukino says she'd never be friends with Hachiman.

Volume 2
At the Club room, Yukino asks Hachiman if he hasn’t seen Yui after she enters the room she reveals to him because he hasn’t been coming to the club room at a reasonable time he had to be looked for by Yui. However, Hachiman tells her that she doesn’t have to use inverse words as he already understood. When Hachiman and Yui were exchanging numbers, he told a story back when he was in middle school, he used to text a girl. Yukino would pity him stating cruel kindness could be sometimes although he didn’t want her to pity him, he also reveals that he had texted the girl, but the girl had avoided him, to which Yukino reveals that she was pretending to sleep to ignore Hachiman’s text, and tells him not to advert his eyes from the truth and expect the reality. Although Hachiman states that he knows the reality and writes an article about it. When Yui received a message Yukino accuses Hachiman which annoys him and demands proof from her, but she finds his words to be enough proof. As she states about certain lines criminals would say, and would poke fun at his introductions skills and that he should make a living writing crime novels and doesn’t find herself comfortable being in the same room with a “killer” but states that it sounded more to the victim, as sees it as a death flag. Yui would vouch that Hachiman is not the culprit for the weird messages, even though she mentioned that it was classmates in her class even though he’s in the same class as she and Yukino conclude that Hachiman isn’t the culprit. And Hachiman finds that she considered Yui’s statement as evidence.

Hayato would enter the room with a request for the Service Club, to peacefully settle the matter of the rumors about his friends. While discussing how to deal with the situation, Yukino proposes that they go after the culprit that she based on her own experience, which annoyed Hachiman that she based something on her own experience. While discussing when the messages started showing, she asks Hachiman what could be the cause of annoying him because she only asked him for the sake of asking. In a flashback, it’s revealed that while discussing how friendships are affected by a group of 3 people for their Workplace Visit, and suspects one of Hayato’s friends are the culprit but he doesn’t want to expect any of them as the culprit. While talking about Hayato about his friends, she asks both Hachiman and Yui to investigate them but Yui wasn’t sure and Hachiman didn’t know them very well, but decided to investigate as he didn’t care what others think of him and finding flaws in people were his talent, to which Yukino would expect to much. Hayato would mention Hachiman being friends with the Service Club. After Yui tried to get information, Hachiman, Yui, and Yukino meet up, after Yui apologizes, Yukino questions Hachiman that he decides to investigate, and is surprised that he decides to gather information by watching. At the service club, Yukino aks Hachiman if he figured anything out, and he reveals that the Hayato’s friends are only friends with him and not each other, Yukino finds that it reforces there motives to bring each other down even without finding out the culprit, there issue would be resolved. Yukino would question Hachiman’s answer on how to settle the matter.

Volume 3
After school, Hachiman finds Yui, Yukino, and Saika having a study session at a local cafe. Hachiman approaches the group, when Saika asks if Hachiman was invited to the group, but Yukino reveals that he wasn’t invited into the group which annoys Hachiman as he tells her that she shouldn’t ask answers that are intended hurt people, when talking about college he reveals that he applying for a scholarship at a prepschool, Yukino would correct Yui about him saying “scholarship” instead of “scholarhip”. After hearing Hachiman’s intent for scholarship, Yukino finds him’s mentioned a cheap trick. Yui, Yukino, and Saika would later meet Hachiman’s sister, Komachi. While Yui and Saika introduces themselves to Komachi as his classmates, and Yukino would introduce herself seeing herself not as Hachiman’s classmate or his friend but an acciquantces of his. Which annoys him as for the say that she said it as if it was a question. While discussing with Taishi’s older sister Saki, Yukino deduces that Saki had changed after being in the same class with Hachiman, which offenses him as she stated it as a germ even calling him a “Hikigerma” even though she said that she misspoke. When Taishi was speaking about his family situation, Yukino makes a comment of how very family has their own problems to which Hachiman was surprised to hear. As Yukino made her decision, Hachimaln asked if she was planning on doing something, deciding to deal with Saki the service club members hold a meeting in the Service Club room where they discuss of how to fix Saki. Hachiman askes what they do and Yukino proposes animal therapy, with Hachiman’s cat, Kamakura in a box Hachiman asks Yukino what her intentions with his cat. Yukino plan to use Hachiman’s cat to bring out Saki’s gentle side. While waiting Yukino meows with Hachiman’s cat he would question her what she was doing and she would ask him if he’s not able to do a task scaring him, even barbading him. He thinks that she would kill him if he’d talk back. Later they decide to have a teacher talk to Saki, but it failed. Later while discussing of how to change Saki, Yui would come up a plan but that failed. After getting a phone call, they would find out that Saki been getting phone calls from a place with a name called “angel” they went to Chiba City and went to one of the cafe with “angel” in the name. At a maid cafe they meet up with Yoshiteru, the boys would see the girls dress in a maid outfit and failed to find Saki at a maid cafe. Later at another cafe they would go to Angel Ladder Cafe at a hotel Royal Okura Hotel, Hachiman would see Yukino and Yui in formal wear. While in Angel Ladder Cafe, they would find Saki and while speaking with her, Yukino notes that Hachiman is the only person who would be in the same class with someone and for them to not know his face and when Saki ask if she and Hachiman were on a date, she would deny going on a date with Hachiman and states him being an object and not a funny joke, to which he asks her not to be mean to him when she’s arguing with people. While Yukino was talking with Saki, Hachiman would tell Yui that Yukino might have lied about her age, kids their age can’t work passed cerfew. As the disucssion with Yukino and Saki got heat, Hachiman decides that they should leave. At Wacnordo, the Service Club speak about the Kawasaki family situation and how Saki’s been trying to get ready for college. When Komachi reveals that her brother comes home to early so that she wouldn’t be alone, Yukino states that she thought that he left school early was because he didn’t have any friends, which he asked how she’d know and wondering if she’s a “Yukipedia”. As the Kawasaki siblings left, Yukino askes what it’s like to have siblings but Hachiman states that it all depends on the siblings they have, and also call them the closest strange in there lives which Yukino understands.

In the anime, at the Service Club room, Yukino asks Hachiman if anything happened between them but he denies it. She would asks if they had a fight but he denies it, and denies having a dispute, and denies having a war, or an annihilation, and he would somewhat agree about having different opinions. After Shizuka enters the room she would have the two of them recruit a new member before Monday, after leaving the club room Hachiman wonders how they would increase there membership. Yukino reveals that she has someone in mind, and reveals that she has Yui in mind much to his surprise, although he asks that she’s quiting. But Yukino wants her to join again even though she quits, Yukino state that Shizuka told them to increase there membership and not who they bring in. Hachiman would ask if she would even come back so easily even though when someone leaves they don’t come back. Yukino would ask if June 18	th was familiar with him although it didn’t, she would reveal that it’s Yui’s birthday, and reveals that her gmail has a 0618 number even though she never asked her about it. Yukino wants to do something for Yui’s birthday even if she doesn’t want to rejoin the service club. Yukino would awkwardly ask Hachiman to go out with her much to his shock. Yukino mentions to Hachiman that she's grown found of Yui and blushes. Hachiman was suprised to hear Yukino say that and he stares at her in shock. Yukino mentions that he looked funny before saying "see you", before walking away.

In the light novel, on Saturday, while Hachiman was at Makuhari Messe with Komachi he immediately notice a girld with balck hair in pigtails, and Knomachi would asks if that's was Yukino. Hachiman observes her and concludes to be her due to her behaviour, she is lost. Hachiman calls her out and Yukino comes to admit that she's lost. Hachiman would invite Yukino to explore with them and she would join them as they further explored the bird area. After going to the bird area, Komachi gets dirsagracted with the small mammals and urges Hachiman and Yukino to go ahead and see the cats. At the mntions of cats Yukino agrees and they leave Komachi behind to quickly go see the cats. However the cat area is also the dog area upoin seeing the sign she falters and admits that she's uncomfortable around dogs and Hachiman teases her. Yukino would ask Hachiman if he's a "dog person" or a "cat person" but he state that he's neither. Yukino thought he would be a "dog person". Yukino would proceed to use Hachiman as a human shield until the near end of the dog area. She points out a dog groomer stall as a miniature dacshund comes racing out towards them. Hachiman nas the dog and the owner of the dog would reveal herself to be Yui and the dog is Sable. Yui is nervous and confused about the two of them. Yui notes how usual to see them them out to together, Hachiman thinks that Yui is misunderstanding the situation between the two of them. Yukino asks Yui to be at the club on Monday so she can talk about "us", after Yui left Yukino asks Hachimaln about the 18th of June. Yukino bleives it's Yui's birthday and wants to due somthing for her. Before Hachiman could say anything Yukino awkwardly asks him, as she says "would you go out with me?"

On Sunday at LaLaport TOKYO Bay mall Yukino, Hachiman, and Komachi go to a shopping mall, although Hachiman and Yukino wanted to split up to find shops to find a present but Komachi wanted to all go into one place within the shopping mall. While within the shopping mall, Komachi walks with Hachiman and Yukino within the shopping mall, but at somepoint she left them. After a phone call with Komachi, Hachiman tells Yukino that she wants to go buy something and was leaving everything to them. After Yukino bought something at a shop, while shopping at other stores, after Hachiman received a weird look from a customer he would ask Yukino if he’d look suspicious, but states that men are view suspiciously in women stores. Trying to go to a different spot, Yukino stops Hachiman as she has standers different from normal Highschool girl, she ask his help, but since he can’t go into any of the women stores she tells him not to be too far although he question on the meaning of that, she would talk down to him and she gives Hachiman her permission to treat her as his girlfriend for the day. But doesn’t have a problem with it much to her confusion. In Hachiman’s interal monologue, he reveals that he has no interest being Yukino’s boyfriend, but she doesn’t lie although they would be pretending. Yukino was certain that Hachiman would dislike the idea but Hachiman doesn’t have any reasons to not like it and thought that Yukino would hate it although she doesn’t really mind it, but he sighs as she states that if there’s not anyone who knows them from getting the wrong idea. While at a seating area, Hachiman tells Yukino that she’s not shopping for any office supplies, as she would never settle on anything based off their durability and doubts that Yui looks for any qualities within clothing although Yukino can’t help it. Although she worries on kind of friends she is for Yui as she doesn’t know Yui’s hobbies or anytype of clothes she likes, Hachiman would tell Yukino if she pretend to know him on off-handed based info he wouldn’t be pleased and makes a comparison to giving someone from Chiba peanuts. But Yukino doesn’t find that comparison to make any sense he would also compair it to know wine but not knowing wine. While a shop, Yukino would ask who she looks in a apron but only tells her that it looks good on her, although she thanked him, but she was asking about Yui, although he states that Yui would prefer frilly and stupid-looking stuff. Although she found that as a harsh, finding it accurate that she didn’t know how to respond. While getting a pink apron he notices that Yukino is also getting a cat apron. They would later be spotted by Yukino’s sister, while talking with Haruno, she would teases them about benign a couple but he denies it. Haruno tells if he’d makes Yukino cry that she’ll never forgive her but she also tells Hachiman to nice to Yukino as she’s a delicate girl. Yukino would also complain to Hachiman not to reveal any strange “fedish” to any girl or they’d sue him that he couldn’t complain. Haruno would tell Hachiman if he became Yukino’s boyfriend that they should grab drinks sometimes before she’d left. Hachiman and Yukino would talk about Haruno, although he remarks Haruno's cheerful facade, she would be amazed that Hachiman saw through Haruno's fake personality, although he was annoyed by that remark. Later a dog would come up to them, Yukino would cowar back retreating to Hachiman’s side. Yui would appear as she was trying to get her dog Sable, and question why there together, but they both would state to have no reason in sync with each other. Yui would mistake the two of them dating. Later after leaving the mall they would head to the train station and say their goodbye's. Hachiman watches Yukino walk away until she's out of sight.

After school on Monday, at the clubroom, while Yukino and Yui began to talk about their "future". Hachiman ntoes they seem to be talking about differnt thigns, but before anything was resolved Yoshiteru enters complaining about being bullied. Yoshiteru would come up with a request about the UG club, they agreed to settle their differences with a game but Yoshiteru wants them to cancel the game or fix it so that he'll win. With Hachiman provking Yoshiteru's anger to the Service Club, this provoked Yukino into accepting Yoshiteru's request much to Hachiman's terror. While Hachiman, Yukino, Yui, and Yoshiteru finding themselves at the UG Club door. With Yui still confused about their awkward situation and askes Hachiman if he has a girlfriend, as she thought that seeing him and Yujkin at the Tokyo Cat and Dog show. Both Yukino and Hachiman sternly deny that the two of them would never date, which cheers Yui. After the conversation they enter the UG Club and find the two UG members at the back of the room. The UGC members agreed to play a game to settle the dispute, but only if they get to choose the game. They would settle on Double Millionaire, Hatano would explain the rules to the teams and decied the teams to UGC, Yui-Yukino, and Hachiman-Yoshiteru. As the game begins, as they played "strip-millionaire" with the losers must take off a piece of clothing, Yui and Hachiman were against it but Yukino was oddly competitive and sees no issue. With the game resuming, the UG Club loses the round. After losing the second round the UG Club apologizes to Yoshiteru. Out in the hall Yukino believes that they wasted a lot of time, but Yui enjoyed herself. Hachiman ntoes that everyone is getting along again as they head back to the Service Club.

Returning to the club room, Yui would continue to mistake about Hachiman and Yukino, until he reveals that there not dating, and Yukino would state that Hachiman isn’t cable of having any relationship. Hachiman and Yukino would celebrate Yui’s birthday and they would give her birthday gifts. Yukino would help Hachiman and Yui reconcile with each other. Before leaving the club room, Hachiman spots Yukino’s picks up her book, while thinking about Yukino's words and thinks that the distance between him and Yukino is unchanged.

Bonus Track - "Like, This Sort of Birthday Song".
Hachiman and Yukino were discussing the Service Club and friendship whn Yui barges in. With Hachiman in the middle of his explaining of how he has no friends, and him being a desirable husband/male. Both of the girls point out his flaws and deduct "points" as he desperatley tries to add some. As they leave the clubroom and plan to meet with Komachi on the way to karoaoke. As the three are having fun chatting when Yoshiteru rudely interurupting, he begges them to read his newly rough novel draft, he finds out that it's Yui's brithday and they leave him behind to go to karaoke but follows them wanting to tag along. Hachiman and Yukino are reluctant but ultimate Yui invites him to the party. As the four of them leave for the station, Hachiman notices Saika and invites him. Yukino would meet up with Komachi, and she also sympathizes with her about Hachiman. At the karaoke room, with Hachiman and Yoshiteru arguing over who's the "better loner" as they don't know what to do at parties as they've never been to one, Yukino chimes in that she has been invited to many but never accepts, she wins. As an arguement occured over cutting the cake, Yui and Yukino cut the cake. As Yukino cuts the cake the party starts she talks about blood type-stereotypes, nature vs nurture, and Hachiman's attitude. And questions his parents methods. When Kamakura was brought up to the discussion, Hachiman hears Yukino bashfully asking to see Kamkura as well. Everyone soon begins to give Yui her gifts, but Hachiman alreay gave his. Later after Hachiman goes to the refills everyone's drink when he returns he finds Yui trying to convince Yukino to sing a duet with her but she decline but changes her mind when Hachiman uses reverse psychology and questions her singing capabilites. After the party with everyone leaving together, Shizuka was later spotted and runs away tearfully shouting "I want to ge married" as the group looks at her in shock/pity.

Volume 7.5 Part A
At the Service Club, the members are recruited by Shizuka to help prepare a magazine to  promote Chiba's growth and one of the sections is to make “Love and Marriage” more appealing to today’s youth. Shizuka mentions that she doesn’t know anything about marriage. While Hachiman brought up the idea to write some fake articles, Yukino states that they’ll create a wall of text that will take too much time. They’d shared other brainstorming ideas, but both admit they are clueless when it comes to relationships as neither of them thinks like normal high school students. They would later ask for Yui’s help to come up with ideas. They would later decide to create a survey for students about their thoughts on marriage. While going over the questions everyone would mocks Hachiman's answer for how much a husband should make, 10 million Yen. Yukino would make fun of how he thinks and how he has no friends and turns to bleakness into science, and his employment and future prospects are shaky. And has the eyes of a dead fish, which pisses him off, and states that the world has types of people who would give the same answer. After Yui returned after giving some students the surveys as they won’t if it came from Hachiman. Yukino would prompt that she’ll think that Hachiman was either a cult leader or a shady salesman which he agreed. After going over the surveys they would be disappointed in the answers being a waste of time. Yukino comes up with an idea to call in someone she knows that is skilled in taking care of useless dead-weight and performing housework. Hachiman is really excited to meet this person until Komachi shows up and Yukino proceeds to insult him. Komachi would decide to dismiss the surveys and suggests they refocus the project on how to be a better wife. Komachi has Shizuka, Yui, Yukino and herself compete in a contest to raise their "wife points". The contest first comprised a cook-off, after seeing Yukino’s dish which was a paella, Hachiman had a taste and it was good enough that he was at a loss for words. And after seeing what Shizuka cooked which amazes both Hachiman and Yukino. During the 2nd contest are a bridal quiz and all of the participants look at Hachiman as he plans to be a stay-at-home husband. And during the second question about Christmas that a husband didn’t save enough, Yukino recognizes someone she knows. And during the final question about a husband possibly cheating after writing their answers, Hachiman became scared about Yukino’s answer although she meant to add “for questioning” but believes it to be the same much to the worry of the others. During the third contest, was a runway for a wedding gown show. After seeing Yui’s dress and Yukino's turns she would come out in a slim gown with a face veil that Hachiman comments "can't conceal her angry nature", which she would ask Hachiman to repeat the statement. Later they decide to take a group photo but Hachiman and Yukino didn’t want to participate and were forced to take part in the group photo. On Friday Yui and Yukino ask if Haciman was done with his draft but he doesn’t know, even though he tries to be done on Monday. But Yukino was impatient that he is taking so long with his section and wanted to know when he will be done. She tells him to just hurry up and send her his segment before hanging up before he got the chance to ask of how he is supposed to send her the draft. As he doesn’t know her email address.

Volume 7.5 Part B
At the Service Club, Shiroyama wants the club to help out with their problem as the old Judo Club captain is very good but harsh and ill-tempered. And due to his return to “tutor” his old club which has been chasing away new and casual members in the Judo Club. The club then plans to have Hayato beat the Judo Club members in the finals to have the old Judo Captain would be embarrassed and leave. During the Judo Tournament, Hayato leads his team to the finals but however, but he is pulled away for Soccer Club by Iroha. And their team would win the tournament against the old Judo Captain’s team.

Season 2
Yui developped feelings for Hachiman who wanted a geniune relationship, Yukino got aware of the situation after a while (being so-called a possible love triangle), her statement was then confirmed when all the service club members, (Yukino, Hachiman and Yui) went out as a group and started talking about the Service Club’s future. Yui was somehow manipulating Yukino while she indirectly said that she will be the one winning Hachiman over and keep him to herself, Hachiman did notice that and circumlocutorily did cut her off right away.

OVA 2
During the second OVA, after Hachiman and Iroha’s “date” at Chiba, the next day at the Service Club, Iroha thanked Hachiman about the other day in front of Yui and Yukino and gave looks to Hachiman, but Yukino gave cold-hearted look looks at him and showed Yui and Yukino some photos too and they stumble on the picture of Hachiman and Iroha on their “date” which Yukino would show him the photo much to his shock. Iroha would try to explain that she had Hachiman cooperate with her for the coverage and she later has the club help will out the coverage giving them a camera from the Student Council. Both Yui and Yukino would decide to go and look at Hachiman who decides to also come. On Hachiman's next free day at Chiba, he spots Yukino noticing that she was early. Although she states that it is normal to conduct in society by arriving 5 minutes early. Later Yui would arrive, and Hachiman would accompany them, they would first go to a shopping mall but because Hachiman was uncomfortable being around women's stores, Yukino appears before him stating that he’ll get reported if he does anything suspicious although he wouldn’t do anything suspicious. She’s not surprised by how he tries to avoid something. Although she wishes that he doesn’t perform anything embarrassing since he’s with them. He responds that he’ll be careful and tries to walk away but walking beside being near him and standing beside him. The pair goes awkwardly silent before Hachiman would asks about Yui and Yukino answers that she’s trying to check if they could publish the store of free newspapers. Hachiman would later notice that Yukino was looking at something but when he looks he sees that she was looking at a push-up bra much to her shock. She tried to leave wanting to know how Yui’s negotiation was going. Hachiman would think that Yukino still had hope, genetically due to her look at the bra. Later at a pet store, Yukino was meowing at a cat, and Hachiman would stand near due to her positioning. Hachiman notes that she loves cats but wishes that she would pay more attention to her surroundings. Hachiman and Yui and Yukino would go to a movie theater to watch a movie, they would later play ping-pong, and then they would eat at a diner. The next day at Service Club, they would give Iroha the photos they took and she would find a picture where of the three of them at Lix's cafe just like the one she and Hachiman took. After going threw the photos, Iroha wanted to take a photo of the Service Club and the members of the Club. But due to the arrangement of the members, Yukino was on the left side of Hachiman during the arrangement of the photo. Hachiman would try to get up but was stopped by Yui and Yukino, Yukino would state that Hachiman was being stubborn. Iroha would take a picture of the members of the service club.

Season 3
One of the biggest problems the Hachiman and Yukino were facing together with Yui was the fact that Hachiman and Yukino started feeling like they were in a co-dependent relationship with one another. Yui noticed through the seasons the feelings both Hachiman and Yukino held for each other but decided to ignore these signs to finally make her moves on Hachiman, getting her hopes up for nothing she indirectly got rejected, after trying to confess her feelings to him, Hachiman confirms his feelings for Yukino to Yuighama and asks her for advice. “I want to keep being involved with her” he says, he then accompanied her home and left a heartbroken Yui having lost all hope.

The major conflict of the last season then grew more intense as they both tried their hardest to push back against the idea and got each other as a result even more close. After lots of thinking, and a small discussion with his teacher Hiratsuka who is initially the reason Hachiman and Yukino met, he finally found the words he wanted to tell to her, Hachiman had enough of this co-dependency problem they were both facing and after returning home with Yukino, him and her had a deep conversation for the first real time in the season, because both were bluntly avoiding each other to forget about the feelings they were holding back. They afterward confessed their love to each other saying they want to devote their lives to one another from here on out. Whatever path the future holds for them, they want to be in each others life. They afterward became a de-facto couple, still leaving on their way some students suspicious about their relationship.

Fanon
The ship sailed as a result of a lot of ship tease between the two over the 3 seasons (LN, manga).

Being the heavily teased ship between Hikigaya Hachiman the prontagonist and Yukino Yukinoshita the main heroine who was portrayed as a possible love interest, HachiYuki got a overflowing popularity through the years being now part of the most popular romcom couples in animes. Its main ship rival is HachiYui, but HachiYuki being the main pair and the one getting more development, moments, and a canon evidence (the mutual attraction and the confession scene) it ended up being more popular than the other one.

On AO3, HachiYuki is the first most written for Hachiman and the first most written for Yukino. It is also the First most written in the oregairu tag.

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Trivia

 * In the Visual Novel (Yahari Game demo Ore no Seishun Love Kome wa machigatteiru Zoku) in the Yukino Yukinoshita Route, Hachiman and Yukino get married. But this event is non-canon to the main Oregairu story.
 * Hachiman tried to befriend Yukino. She is the first and only person in the series whom Hikigaya Hachiman tried to be friends with, twice.
 * Songs that Yukino performed with Yui in "Bitter Bitter Sweet" and "Kanojotachi no, We Will Rock You♡" had gave subtly hints it is direct to Hachiman.
 * Her characters song "Kimi Ni Crescendo" had strongly hinted her feelings for Hachiman throughout the series.
 * Both Yukino and Hachiman share similarities to each other:
 * Both were ostrcized by their classmates.
 * Both had exprienced harssment of some sort.
 * Both had gave harsh critcisms to someone, that caused the person to break down.
 * Both of them prefer to distance themselves form socity, and their own perception on them.
 * Yukino uses the PC glasses thats Hachiman bought her for her birthday.
 * Yukino blushes when she looks at Hachiman when she wore the pc glasses that he bought her for her birthday.
 * It was later revealed that Yukino had secretly had a photo of her and Hachiman when they were on a water ride, on the time when they were going down the water ride of where she was holding Hachiman's blazer.
 * Yukino secretly kept the photo behind one of her Pan the Panda toys.
 * As Hachiman tried two times to befriend Yukino. Yukino has asked and told Hachiman to "someday save her" and that she "loves him", twice.
 * Yukino had specially styled her hair specially for him twice.
 * Yukino has hugged/clutched onto Hachiman more than once.
 * Komachi and Haruno have tried to set Hachiman and Yukino up on dates.
 * Although the two previously stated that they'd would never be date each other, the two would ironically became a couple near the end of the series.