Chapter 655 - Inevitable

As usual, I was already late when I arrived at the Literature Club.

I was once again faced with Ishida-senpai’s obviously annoyed glare. But compared to the previous times, she dropped it without any other fuss after sighing disappointedly.

Well, no matter what I did, twisting the time so that I could arrive early was impossible. We’re not in a fantasy world where time manipulation magic exists.

Apologizing for being late had also lost its effect after numerous instances. It would just make her more annoyed if I did that.

That’s why I didn’t say anything and just sat down on my seat to check on Kana and Rae.

Ah. Otsuka-senpai as well.

I had to gauge if her curiosity began to overflow again. But considering only a few days had passed after the first instance, Otsuka-senpai was still fine. Her curiosity was still manageable.

However, one thing I noticed from her was that she became more attached to me. At every chance she could get, she’d try to talk to me or take my attention.

Rae once told her that if Otsuka-senpai is the same as them, she won’t mind her closeness with me. Regrettably, she’s not. On top of that, Otsuka-senpai kept on insisting that she’s not interested in me the same way as them.

Although Kana and Rae would be slightly jealous because of Otsuka-senpai, I simply made sure to prioritize both of them.

In any case, we’re all there for the club. That eventually died down as we went on doing some club activity.

Additionally, halfway through it, with the blessing of Kana and Rae, I moved next to Ishida-senpai to lift the girl’s mood up.

They’re not blind. The same as Otsuka-senpai’s curiosity over me, they had long noticed Ishida-senpai’s clear interest in me.

It could probably be attributed to her diligence for the club but there’s no doubt that it was already laced with her own personal feelings.

Being the source of the girl’s bad mood because of my late arrivals, there’s no other person that could abate it other than me.

Well, it’s kinda suffocating for everyone if one or two of them were in a bad mood so for the continuity of the harmony in our club, I willingly sacrificed my desire to spend time with my two girls during club hours.

“Ruki, are you not interested in Karen and Rumi-senpai?”

After the club hours and the two seniors left, Rae raised a question. Beside her, Kana was waiting for me to answer it.

They’re aware of my deal with Otsuka-senpai. That deal to satisfy her overflowing curiosity over me. There’s also that request of letting Otsuka-senpai watch us have sex in front of her again.

Furthermore, Kana even advised me before on what to do regarding my situation with Otsuka-senpai.

With that kind of question raised, they probably noticed that compared to how I approached them with the full intention of making them mine, I wasn’t showing that much interest towards the two seniors.

“I am interested. You both know me. Otherwise, I’ll keep my distance from the two.”

“Then why are you –“

“…not making a move on them?” I cut her off and finished her question.

Kana and Rae nodded their heads, waiting for me to answer that.

However, looking at their expressions, they already had a gist of why I am not actively making a move on the two. Perhaps, they wanted to confirm it by asking me.

I never told them that I am now actively trying to contain my desire towards the other girls that caught my eye. Because I didn’t want to give them false hope that it’s curable when it’s still not proven.

I mean, I’m just purposely ignoring Ishida-senpai’s hints and then the deal with Otsuka-senpai is in the hopes that she’s going to give up before we reach the point of no return.

But… truthfully, it’s taking a toll on me. And with that scheduled meeting with Ishida-senpai this Sunday, I’m not confident yet that I will continue ignoring her hints and keep it as a meeting for the sake of our club.

Being posed with that question, my vow to always be honest to them kicked in. It’s not something that I deemed better kept as a secret after all.

“Rae, Kana. You’re both aware of my desire. It’s related to that. I’m not making a move on them because I want to cure it.”

“I see… So that’s how it really is.”

Upon hearing my answer, Kana and Rae released a sigh of relief. By their words, it’s really as they suspected.

After a while, Rae looked like she wanted to ask another question but swallowed it in the end.

Whatever it was, it’s most likely concerning her doubt on whether what I’m doing is effective or not.

A few minutes later, I separated from the two at the school gates.

Because of what they decided, that’s the farthest I could go to accompany them or else, it would ruin their decision to give me a break.

Following that, I went to the Gymnasium to check on Satsuki.

Since their whole club was aware of my relationship with her, Eguchi-sensei allowed Satsuki to take a short break to talk to me. Ah no. They ended up wrapping their practice for today.

They only extended it for a bit since the Inter-high is already approaching. After winning twice in the practice game, most of them, even Eguchi-sensei, are filled with enthusiasm for it.

As I expected, after we reached a place out of anyone’s eyes, I got scolded by the girl first. However, she still eventually threw herself at me. She couldn’t help it.

“Why are you always being an idiot? Give yourself some respite, will you?”

“I only came to steal a glimpse of you. Too bad, Eguchi-sensei spotted me.” I answered.

“You purposely let her see you, you mean. Hmph. How can I be mad at you if you’re like this?”

“Then it’s easy. Don’t be mad at me.” I put on an obvious smile which the girl answered with a click of her tongue.

Satsuki looked happy though. Her lips that curved up to a smile betrayed her.

Although she’s sweating from the intense practice, Satsuki’s scent was still something irresistible for me.

And that resulted in me returning what she did, wrapping my arms around her. Furthermore, I didn’t stop at that, I didn’t miss the chance to kiss her, adding up to her pleasant mood.

After that kiss, Satsuki and I separated. Although I wouldn’t be able to walk her to the bus station today, that pleasant moment was enough for us.

As for my final destination, I showed up in the Student Support Club. It didn’t come as a surprise that Taku was there and… he’s still as silent as ever.

He still kept his silence after what we showed him.

Nonetheless, he’s not the reason why I appeared there.

Furthermore, I didn’t stay that long to turn the air around them awkward once more. I only used that little time to check on Nami, Shizu and Hina before excusing myself.

Although the others, especially Kikuchi, wondered and shouted a question why I didn’t stay to walk with them like the previous days, I simply waved my hand and didn’t answer.

Around ten minutes later after leaving that clubroom, at the same room where we stopped earlier, I met up with Saki as promised.