Stealing Spree

Honestly, when it comes to the events that happened in the past, it’s much better to rely on the memories of the girls who spent that time with me rather than my own. I had this filter where everything irrelevant to my desire would seldom stick in my head or make an impression. Most of the time, I treat those as nothing or an event that’s not worth mulling over.

Of course, it’s not like I couldn’t remember them. Those memories were simply chucked to the back of my mind among many other things. To remember them, I probably needed someone to kickstart it with a recounting of the same events from their own perspective.

That’s how it was back when I reconnected with my girls. The things they experienced or treasured, regrettably, were things I never put any importance on before. Thankfully, my consideration and the way I treated them, despite how scummy I deemed it to be, made them hold onto their feelings for me. If I didn’t give importance to their well-being, I doubt any of them would stick around and wait for my change.

“Hmm. Give me a second. Hubby, it’s fine to tell them, right?”

Given that a lot of them were already focused on the story that she was about to narrate, asking me was surely just a formality for her. Or better yet, Haruko simply wanted to see my reaction.

“Junior-kun, I’m interested in stories from your past. Let us hear it.” On the other side of Nami, Marika also chimed in. The girl refused to have me tell her everything about my past and yet, look at her getting very interested in this.

In any case, seeing them this eager also brought forth anticipation in my head. For sure, the story wouldn’t be so bad, right?

I mean, if Haruko says it’s similar to me showing off my relationship to them then it must’ve gone along the lines of preventing some idiots from trying their luck on them. It’s something I always do regardless of the reason. I always treated them as mine after stealing them, after all.

“Yeah. Sure. I also want to remember it. Who knows? It might be what I’m missing in order to hoodwink everyone else regarding my relationship with all of you.” I eventually answered.

That was met by my girls’ drilling gazes all around me that spoke of different meanings. Furthermore, Shizu and Nami doubled it down by taking a bite on each side of my neck.

Anyway, Haruko began her narration at the same time as the first basket dropped seamlessly on the court.

Who scored?

Kawakami-senpai with a three-pointer from the sideline after getting a pass from Kanno-senpai under the basket.

Yep. It was an actual play where she got left open because of how dominating a player Kanno-senpai was inside the paint area. If they left her be, the possible scenario was an easy lay-up or a dunk.

Leaving Kawakami-senpai free to shoot was probably not that important since her three-point field goal wasn’t that high.

Unfortunately for them, she successfully nailed her first shot and first score for the team.

With that, it gave rise to more enthusiastic yelling from everyone pining for their win in this match.

“Ohh… Was that how it went? Geez, Ruu. How can you forget it?”

Ten minutes later, Haruko finished her narration. Considering they also went back and forth from focusing on the match and cheering for our team, it took that long before Haruko reached the most crucial part of it.

And at the moment, while Nami was the only one who vocalized her thoughts, all of them were looking at me with disbelief.

I mean, they’re probably thinking how I managed to forget it when it was supposed to be that important.

“... Uh. You see. I never thought about that too deeply. I considered it as a matter of course. Given that all I cared about was to satisfy my desire using them, it’s only natural for me to do it.”

My explanation might be proven unsatisfactory but that’s just how it is for me.

Ah. Right. What Haruko revealed was that one instance when she, along with the other members of the Student Council, had me speak in front of the student body during an orientation. The words I used there might have sounded like it was aimed at every student but I was indirectly speaking to all of the girls connected to me.

Something along the lines of, “I’ll be setting up an example for whoever tries to cause them all a disservice.”

Uh. It’s longer than that but that’s the short version of it.

Later that day, those girls all showed up before me or even appeared at my doorstep even without me calling for them. Most of those girls complained about how shameless I was for speaking like that in front of everyone but in the end, the situation ended up with me satisfying my desire through them.

For me at that time, it was inconsequential and I cared less about it than they thought.

The next day, when Haruko and I patrolled the hallways, most of those girls who saw us passing by dropped what they were doing and silently followed us.

As for their reason? To get back at me.

Ah. I remembered Yae was among them but instead of having the same reason as the others, she was just there to help me out and make sure that it wouldn’t become a big affair or be detrimental to my aspirations.

I haven’t thanked her for that nor Haruko for their help…

Maybe if she was here with us, she could also provide more context to it. Alas, the tennis match was probably still ongoing.

“Hmm… Can you do it again, numbskull? Shall I give you that platform?” Shizu asked as she finished contemplating what to do with what she just learned.

“... I doubt it will be as effective as how I’m already considered a chick magnet. Earlier too, I brought Marika with me in the open, making those who saw us rub their eyes in disbelief.”

“Yes! That happened! Ruki-kun escorted me while I clung to him openly. Jun-kun must’ve heard about it already.” Marika giggled as she proudly recounted the events of how we walked over the unconscious idiot.

Well, she didn’t say I knocked him out but everyone looked at me and shook their heads, understanding the reason why he dropped on the ground.

Shizu, on the other hand, took another bite on my neck, expressing her dissatisfaction.

For the next few minutes, I explained myself to them while doting on my lovely Shizu.

Of course, the game continued at that point. During a timeout with only five minutes left in the first half of the match, I switched seats to also give my attention to the other girls.

First, I went in between Aya and Mina. Then there’s Edel and Himeko who immediately buried themselves in my embrace. They cared more for my attention than the game we were watching.

And as the match progressed to the end of the first half, I made it a task for myself to spend and dote on all of them.

When Akane and the others arrived just a minute before the start of the second half, Eri and Futaba were not with them anymore. Instead, Sena and Ayu joined up with them. Fuyu was also not with them but I received a reply from her saying, “Thank you for taking your time out to cheer for me, Onoda-kun… I appreciate it.”

There’s supposed to be a second part for it but it showed that Fuyu deleted that message before I could read it. Whatever it was, there’s no way to know anymore unless I ask her about it.