Stealing Spree

When I knocked on the door of the Student Support Club’s clubroom, Saki opened the door for me once more with an excited glint in her eyes as if she’s expecting that I would still treat her the same as before.

“Another chance to take?” I asked in which the girl admitted by stepping forward to meet my lips that were already aiming for hers.

“Even after that… I’m still just as bad…”

And then another bout of guilt filled her eyes.

I reached for her cheek and caressed it. “Saki, I’m the same. In any case, will you let me tell you everything about me and in turn, you tell me about yourself? It wouldn’t mean anything. I just want us to know each other better.”

Earlier she was kind of avoiding the topic about us and just wanted us to be just the same.

The same like this wherein whenever a chance would present in front of us, we would take it.

‘We’ because I wasn’t even rejecting her, I was just as guilty as her.

Saki stared into my eyes. With her lips parted and her hands holding onto my hand on her cheek, the complicated expression that momentarily appeared on her face relaxed as her lips curved up into a smile. “Know each other better. I understand. After what I’ve seen earlier in the Gymnasium... I am now more curious.”

“You mean?”

“All five of us there. We’re all more or less anticipating you to say our names from that question. If you will ask me how I noticed… Let’s just say it must be the perks of being entangled with you. The way they looked at you was as if they’re looking at their boyfriend or lover. I can understand Nanami but the other three were a shock even to me, especially Harada-san and Maemura-san.”

Perks, huh? Is that it? Can the girls entangled with me recognize each other by how they looked at me?

Well, Aya was easily recognizable to be the closest girl to me if one would observe us in class. That’s probably why it didn’t shock her as much as the other two.

Satsuki was known to be in a cat and dog relationship with Sakuma and perhaps a lot of them believed that’s still the same.

As for Chii, she was a known gyaru and a part of Fukuda’s delinquent group.

Nonetheless, it’s not like it wasn’t already shown before that Chii had a particular interest in me. Back then, Saki probably watched how Chii and Nami confronted each other in front of my desk. And then Hina pulled me out of the room.

It’s probably not wrong to assume that she had also begun suspecting Hina.

Well, if she took it lightly like this as if it’s not really affecting her, telling her about my past would be easy.

But would she tell me about herself? Or would she really accept that I was having multiple relationships? What she probably had in mind at the moment was that I was cheating with everyone and whether they were aware of it or not, she had no idea.

“I see. Is that how it looked back then?”

“Un. I… my curiosity and interest about you had risen back then. And the way you confidently left after answering that question, you looked so cool that I…”

Saki trailed her voice as she lowered her head to hide the blush that suddenly appeared on her face.

“That you… what?”

“Don’t make me say it, pervert. Go in now if you will. If there’s another chance where we can be alone, let’s do it then.”

“Do what?”

“You’re teasing me again, aren’t you? That telling me about yourself and me doing the same.”

“I see. I thought you meant ‘that’.”

“It still hurts, pervert.”

“You keep moving around, that’s why. Take a rest when you can.”

“Un. I will. By the way… why didn’t you deny what I said?”

“And I also didn’t confirm it, you’ll know when we have that chance to talk.” I answered as I removed my hand from her cheek “Ah… Do you know I am already looking at you as if you’re my girl?”

With that question of mine, Saki blew air from her mouth as if she heard a joke question. “It’s too obvious. How can I not know?”

“Then why aren’t you correcting me?”

“It’s correct. In a way.” She answered after another blush appeared on her face.

It’s almost as if she’s a peach now. If she entered like this, would they notice her redness?

“I see. I really can’t wait to hear what you will tell me about yourself. Saki, if to others I am seen as a mystery, that’s who you are to me. You mystified me.”

“Uhm. I don’t know if that’s a compliment or not but I’ll take it since it’s from you. I’m glad I called out to you this Monday.”

Saki mystically smiled as she left that as her last sentence before fully opening the door and letting me into their clubroom.

Although I had this somewhat fruitful talk with Saki with the short time we spent standing right at this door, the most pressing issue was still about that Ogawa and his delusions among all the other issues that piled up concerning Nami’s circle of friends.

He’s the first one that needed to be resolved first.

Earlier, his delusion was already out of this world that he even had the gall to smirk at me when Nami was actually with my group instead of staying there with them.

When I entered the room, even if they’re busy with something, all of their eyes naturally turned to me, most especially the silent guy who probably noticed how long Saki spent talking to me before letting me in.

The whole gang was inside but two new faces were sitting at the head of their table while most of them were listening to them.

From their uniforms, they’re 2nd years. One guy and one girl who didn’t seem like a couple. More like they came from different classes and it was just a coincidence that they both came to request something from this club.

And there’s no need to think deeply about who they were. Clients for their club activity.

With all their attention turned to me, I immediately bowed and gestured that they could continue on with what they’re doing.

However, Nami, Hina and Arisa-senpai’s gazes were still locked onto me.

There’s the complicated look on Arisa-senpai’s face and when I nodded and smiled at her, she immediately averted her gaze and acted as if she was rejoining the discussion about the request of the two clients.

Hina was biting her lips. Perhaps remembering what we didn’t finish earlier.

I smiled at her as well and she returned it almost instantly.

As for Nami, although she’s waiting for me to tell her about what happened with Saki, the girl surely had her own guess already.

After smiling beautifully at me, she excitedly stood up from her seat and grabbed both of my hands before slipping her arms to my back, embracing me tight as if we hadn’t seen each other for years. “I missed you, Ruu.”