Stealing Spree

Upon being put under the menacing gazes of not only Nami but Satsuki as well, Saki tried to come up with an excuse before looking at me.

Looking at her stuttering, the girl was extremely nervous. Perhaps she’s thinking that we would be found out immediately.

“She’s right. I ran into her when I returned to the classroom to get my PE uniform.”

That was the truth anyway but upon hearing it, the somewhat suspicious look of the two girls lingered in their eyes.

Nonetheless, Satsuki and Nami still dropped their menacing eyes and interrogative atmosphere after I answered, giving the chance-taker girl a sense of relief.

Little did she know that the two would most likely ask me about it in private.

With our whole class around, it would gather more attention to us and it would risk our relationship being exposed. Understanding that complication, Nami and Satsuki were of the same mind about keeping everything about us in secret.

However, when I sat down behind them, Aya, who was also listening, scurried to my side and whispered in my ears. “Ruki, did something happen between the two of you? Saki, she’s blushing.”

It was too obvious or perhaps, it was really their intuition.

Satsuki and Nami’s line of thought was surely the same as Aya. And they managed to conclude that it’s true with that simple question.

Aya, on the other hand, was just curious so she went over to ask me.

Being someone that couldn’t really lie when it comes to my girls, I nodded at her before whispering back that I would tell them about it later. Satsuki and Nami who noticed Aya’s move also looked behind so… I nodded at them and mouthed ‘later’.

As for Saki, she’s now weakened at her seat. With her face still red, she stayed like that for at most five minutes to recover from the nervousness and perhaps the guilt she was feeling.

Nami is an observer and although Satsuki isn’t one, her intuition when it comes to me is high.

With how unnatural Saki acted, even I would be suspicious if I was in Nami or Satsuki’s shoes.

In any case, I’m now readying myself to what will be the effect of my entanglement with Saki on the girls… I might not tell them about the whole details of how we did it, just the fact that I did it with somebody who isn’t one of my girls was enough to garner different kinds of reactions from them. Perhaps they will be disappointed in me.

Haa… No use thinking about this now. In the end, my possessiveness was already acting with Saki. I… I will know more about her and… make her mine.

If it will not work and she will decide to just continue it as our secret, I will naturally have to decline. With all the girls I am in a relationship with, it will be unfaithful to them if I keep a sexual relationship with someone else outside our relationship.

Besides, I know for myself that I will not be content with just that. Either continue our relationship as one of my girls or stop at what we’re doing and turn back to becoming a normal acquaintance from Nami and Hina’s circle.

With Class 4’s PE class happening in the middle of the Gymnasium, we, Class 1, were only sitting on the side, watching them suffer or chatting with each other.

Eguchi-sensei already noticed me but she was focused on observing Class 4, especially with the new activity she thought up for them.

And with the girls around me chatting among themselves, I kept my mouth shut and just watched the four girls being engaged in their conversation.

Well, since they dropped the topic about me coming here with Saki, the chance-taker girl had already blended with them.

Moreover, Chii, who was probably bored with where she was, joined them after some time.

Fukuda, who's clearly infatuated with the girl, followed her and sat in the same row as me and Sakuma.

“Yo, Onoda. Your group is slowly gathering every attractive girl in our class.” Fukuda smirked as he made that comment.

This guy saw me with Chii back then but… he’s acting as if that wasn’t affecting him. He didn’t even confront me about it.

“Is it my group? Why am I not included in their conversation?” I sarcastically answered.

“It's a girl's talk. Girl’s talk, I tell you. You’re not a girl, is that understandable?”

Of course, I know about that, but why is this guy making conversation with me? I was already glad that Sakuma was keeping his mouth shut. Moreover, with my mind occupied with what I would do with Saki as well as with Hina, I couldn’t care less for an idle talk.

“Is that so? Then it is not my group. Anyway, are you here to recruit me again?”

I was aware that I wasn’t being friendly with my words but Fukuda laughed it off as he continued conversing with me.

“Alright. Whatever floats your boat… I already know what you will answer. There’s no point asking you about it every time.”

“He wanted to be low-key, Fukuda. Do you think he's being low-key?” Sakuma interjected. Perhaps he’s bored out of his guts, so he joined the conversation.

And upon hearing that, I lost my motivation to open my mouth again. I better use my time thinking rather than catering to these two.

Or five.

Before I knew it, the trio of Ogawa, Tadano and the silent guy arrived near us. Taking my right, Ogawa smirked as if he’s trying to intimidate me.

This guy was being delusional again.

“Huh? Has the definition of low-key changed to being known to every class? Because that’s how Onoda is currently. If you ask if they know Onoda of Class 1, they will say yes and point out one piece of known information about him.” Fukuda, even after seeing the new arrivals, continued talking.

And on my other side, Sakuma was engaged with the conversation. “Like, Shiori-sensei’s Pet?”

These two… I suddenly became their topic, huh? But known to every class? Am I really that popular now? Ugh…

“There’s more. The mysterious guy.” Fukuda added and this time, his eyes shifted to me with a meaningful smile on his face.

“How is he mysterious?” Joining the conversation, Ogawa pitched in a question.

“See, that’s also what I’m wondering about before but when I asked the girl who said it, she told me that it’s because even the notorious Eguchi and Orimura-sensei are treating him with warmth. She said that she once saw him almost late and Eguchi-sensei who was known to be merciless against every student ever since she got the gate guard duty, reminded him in a calm and appreciative tone rather than her usual menacing tone that everyone is afraid about.”

As I expected, that occurrence with Eguchi-sensei would make their rounds…

“That happened? Heh, truly mysterious…” Tadano also chimed in but his comment sounded sarcastic.

“There’s more. He seemed to always be seen with a girl.” Fukuda continued.

At this point, the five girls in front of us already turned their heads and began listening to what they’re talking about.

“Now that you say it…”

Before Sakuma could complete what he’s about to say, I opened my mouth to stop this farce.

“Oi. Do you think I’m air? Why did I become the topic of your conversation?”

Isn’t it rude to talk about someone when that someone was right here with them?

That Fukuda probably had a goal for doing this and it’s easy to guess that it’s about Chii.