Chapter 244: Thursday

Because of the incident with Kenji, our plan to talk about the Cultural Festival was postponed once more. Ishida-senpai had a hand on her forehead as she told me that we should talk about it another day.

In the end, she was still dragged into the conflict I started. I could only say sorry to her before leaving her in that Clubroom.

I have to do an excellent job on that Cultural Festival to make it up to her.

I just wonder how she will think of Kenji now. Will she still like him? Ah. Well, from how she acted today, the club was still her highest priority. If it's her affection to Kenji then she would've taken his side.

In any case, I started seeing Ishida-senpai in an interesting light. But that doesn't mean I will target her. I guess it's better to say that I now have an admiration for her dedication to the club as well as her friends.

Since there's nothing else I have to do anymore, I checked my messages and saw that everyone already went home, even Shio.

Nami was still grumbling about wanting to go home with me but yeah until we cast Ogawa off her back, we wouldn't be able to do that.

Aya sent me a picture of a new book she bought from the bookstore. Showing me things she was enjoying like this became a habit now and as always even if I'm not much of a book enthusiast like her, I will always entertain the topic with her.

Satsuki also sent me a picture that their club members went to a Karaoke after they ended their practice early. She even had a caption of 'I'm thankful that I listened to you.'

It seems like she enjoyed bonding with them so I teased her by saying 'Let's go together next time, I want to hear my Satsuki sing for me' and as always, she replied with one word, 'Idiot'.

Himeko messaged me about Itou complaining about the activity we had today and how I pissed her off. But I didn't do anything untoward to her, right? That girl… it feels like I became her bin for her annoyance. Everything that will not go well with her will be blamed on me. Good grief.

And lastly, there's the first message from Mina, asking me about the tea she made today. She wanted my feedback. I deliberated about telling her that I spent extra time in the urinal because of her tea. In the end, I answered her honestly about its taste and that it suited my preference.

Once I'm done checking all of them and replying in kind, I messaged Kana about what happened after they left. Hearing about what we proposed, she instantly agreed to it despite me telling her to think about it first. In the end, she told me to stay by her side when the talk happened.

Well, that's also what I planned so I answered her honestly and that made her more than happy, ending her message with an 'I love you'. Just from that, there's no more hope for that Kenji and there's no way I will let go of Kana.

During the train ride home, I checked on Nao and she instantly sent me a photo of her in her room. There were various dresses and clothes on her bed. There's also a caption saying 'Which do you think I will wear this Friday?'. She's already preparing for the date I promised her.

Well, I'm not picky about their clothes or rather I've never really thought about their fashion so to satisfy her, I asked her to wear them one by one which she instantly sent.

Err… turns out she already predicted what I would say so she prepared them in advance. Picking the clothes where she looks best in my opinion, Nao sent a short video of her in that dress.

From the giggles I heard from it, she was truly enjoying our time even if it's only through this Messenger for now.

Well, there's a big thing coming up before my date with her. Tomorrow will be the time to meet those who stayed. Will they blame me for taking this long to meet them?

I don't know. In any case, I have to prepare for tomorrow.

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The night ended normally this time, apart from the new routine of sending Shio back to her apartment, everything was just as normal.

And so after a good night's sleep with Akane on my side, Thursday arrived.

"Husband, Yaeko already told you, right?"

Akane asked me when we're on our way to the station.

Yesterday, Yae told me that she prepared a room for where I will meet the other girls. Both Akane and her will be there and maybe the others will too, except Ria since she's still a year younger. Well, maybe she'll show up as well, considering Aoi and her were as close as sisters now.

"Yes, she said someone will pick me up from the school gate, who will it be?"

"It's a surprise. Or rather, we'll do a raffle later who will be given that job."

Akane giggled cutely as she easily retracted the surprise.

"Raffle? What are you girls doing?"

"Well, it's to give everyone a fair chance, husband. Yaeko and I agreed to it and the others also expressed their agreements. So there's a chance that someone you haven't reconnected yet will be the one waiting for you. But you're talking to them, right?"

"Un. I understand."

After meeting them, I don't know what will happen next. Though I told them the current arrangements wherein there's a lot of them I am in a relationship to, some might be agreeing to it for now but when the reality hits, they might back out.

I will not be able to see them every day after all. But with Yae, Aoi, Ria, Sena, and Otoha as an example, none of the five backed out. They complained a little, yes, but after spending time with them, those complaints were easily washed away.

"See you later, husband."

"Un. See you later. I will still need your direction later. I might get lost."

"I know, message me when you're out."

"Alright."

After the usual kiss, we separated again on a different train platform. There's still until the end of the school day so I stopped thinking about it for now as I rode the bus to school.

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"Onoda-kun, help me carry these to my room."

After her class, Shio called out to me again and because of yesterday, the boys who were oblivious of my true relationship with Shio all whispered among themselves calling me Shiori's Pet.

Well, partly true so I didn't mind that. Just a simple glare from me was enough to shut up most of them anyway.

However, when Shio heard that, she realized that my nickname from the faculty finally got out.

"Ruru, I'm sorry."

Shio whispered her apology when we reached her room. There are 10 minutes before the start of the next period so even if I did help her bring things to her room, we didn't have that much time to spend. Unless we purposely come back a little late.

"This. It's fine. You don't have to say sorry about that. Isn't that another cover for us?"

Since she was feeling guilty about the nickname that was attached to me, I hugged her as soon as we entered her room to placate that.

Ah, I will still hug her even without that anyway.

"Still…"

"If you keep worrying about that, we will not have the time to spend here, you know? Let them snicker, it's not like I'm getting hurt from it."

There's really no point minding about that kind of nickname. My Shio is just really too much of a worrywart.

After a while, as if a great idea sprouted from her mind Shio lifted her head and excitedly said.

"Rather than that, I'll give you a better title. Apply to be a Student Assistant for me."

"You're really stubborn. Alright. How can I apply to be one?"

Student Assistant, eh? I guess that's more official than just being an errand boy or a teacher's pet.

"It's not open yet, it will be next month and there will be a test to become one… I'll help you study."

Her last sentence was somehow said in a seductive voice. Whether intentionally or not, that sounded sexy.

Because of that, before answering her, I initiated a kiss between us and pulled her down to her sofa.

"Alright. I'll look forward to a private study session with my Shio."

"You're always a pervert. It's not this kind of study."

Though she said that, Shio isn't really resisting as she lays her body down to it obediently before continuing our kiss.

"I know. But it's included, am I right?"

"Haa… I will never win against you."

Shio sighed before fully succumbing to our current situation. Her arms embraced me tighter as our kiss gradually grew deeper.

"This is also why I love my Shio."

That's the last word I uttered before we made use of the few minutes inside her room before going back to the School Building.