Chapter 2134: Past Photos
When the dust settled down and the calm returned in the room, the girls, starting with Eri, started laughing at the foolishness that transpired. After that, Eri and her curiosity once again brought up the topic of what we did before coming upstairs.
Even though the answer should be pretty clear for them already, Eri couldn't be satisfied with a vague answer of 'we sweated so we changed into a new set of clothes'.
I thought I should narrate it for everyone to prevent an awkward or uncomfortable situation but Fuyu herself stepped up or rather slid forward as she slotted herself in the space between my legs as she started sharing our intimate moment or at least, the abridged version that Eri, and maybe Futaba, was curious to hear.
There's really no running away from it, after all. Either we reveal it or we won't be able to move forward from this situation.
Using me to funnel courage and mask her embarrassment, Fuyu looked at the tomboyish girl squirming at her place with excitement.
"Eri, you're the one who asked for this. Don't say Onoda-kun is being shameless, okay?"
"Un. I know!" She swiftly answered along with a nod.
Then, Fuyu turned to the girl next to her, confirming as well.
"What about you, Futaba?"
"... Just get it over and done with. It feels like you're flaunting your relationship with us but this girl won't be satisfied until she hears it. Besides... there's no point crying about shamelessness anymore. Onoda-kun has been doing so ever since he tickled us." Futaba acted disinterested but when she looked at me and brought up the tickle, her calm disposition visibly rippled as she unconsciously averted her gaze.
If I caught that, there's no way Akane wouldn't.
And with that, instead of Fuyu, my silly wife called her out.
"Heh. You call that shameless but you asked for another one."
"That's... I only did that to confirm something! It wasn't because I wanted to experience it again!"
"Oh... Okay, we believe you. Husband's touch is really different. If any of you need some relief, you can ask him for a massage."
Futaba tried defending herself by lying through her teeth but she only sounded like a tsundere there.
Fuyu shook her head and didn't say anything while Akane also didn't press further, instead, she advertised my massage skill...
That's quite amazing, no? She's unconsciously stalking me. Was that even possible?
In any case, since we already established the fact that she had been bottling up her interest in me for so long because of Akane, it wasn't unusual anymore if she truly unconsciously took those photos whenever I was around.
"Soz, Fuyu. I looked into your phone once and I noticed the figure of the shameless guy who kept rejecting our Akane so I got a little curious." Futaba cutely stuck her tongue out before hiding herself behind Eri as though afraid of Fuyu hitting her for fiddling with her phone. Well, nothing of the sort happened, Fuyu completely melted in my embrace as she tried to come to terms with that detail.
After she recovered, we started looking at those photos at Akane's urging which made Fuyu get more embarrassed when she started recalling the moment she took those photos. "I'm not going to lie to you, Fuyu. I'm jealous. You took a lot of photos of husband and you didn't show them to me! Look here, isn't he cool? That's during PE, right? He scored a goal for his class during the Sports Festival! And then there's that one during the cultural festival in their haunted cafe! When I went there, he disappeared somewhere."
Akane pointed out more photos and each one brought laughter for everyone. Somehow, despite saying she was jealous of Fuyu, she also managed to smoothen out her current state of
mind.
When we were done going through it, Akane then declared.
"Okay. As a commemoration of this sleepover night, let's take a photo right now! All five of
us!"
Eri happily complied and immediately moved over. Futaba was a little reluctant but she also did the same. And lastly, Fuyu who was still hiding in my chest lifted her head and smiled at
the camera.
Along with Akane's count, the sound of clicking noise as the photo was captured echoed.
We then looked at it together and laughed for the nth time.
Yeah. This situation is so comfortable. And although it's weird, it feels like I really became a
part of their group.
After that, Eri and then Fuyu also took a photo for themselves. Only Futaba opted out to do the same. But at one point, I noticed her stealthily taking a photo of us. Mhm. The girl was trying so hard to act indifferent when she was also having fun with us.
Anyway, the night continued after that and soon enough, it became my turn to be put on a hot seat. Just like what she said earlier, Eri wanted to know more about me. Or at least, how I was
doing in another school.