Stealing Spree

Chapter 2112: Is it really okay?

In the end, Futabaʼs tickling was just one of the many episodes happening in this long sleepover night.

After I swept Akaneʼs no-filter question by laughing it off and bringing Futaba to the front to show that nothing was wrong with her other than not being able to recover from being flustered, I brought the girl to her seat next to Eri.

Futaba was still glaring at me though but thatʼs fine. Sheʼd calm down soon. On the other hand, Eri teased her friend, asking her how the experience was.

And Futabaʼs answer? ”I wish for you to experience the same thing.”

Eri got confused by that since sheʼs the one who got tickled first but Futaba refused to elaborate.

When Eri turned to me for clarification, I also didnʼt say anything other than winking at her. After that, I went around the table to take a seat in the middle of Akane and Fuyu. Perhaps because of what happened, Futaba and Eri didnʼt find it strange that I sat between them.

Thanks to that, I could sneakily grab Fuyuʼs hand who reprimanded through her gaze to behave. Sheʼs still this adorable. Good thing she didnʼt watch that tickling session, otherwise, I wouldnʼt be reprimanded lightly like this. Sheʼd straight up interrogate me and then secretly hint that she wanted the same treatment.

Ah. That last part was just my wishful thinking. But considering how assertive she was already, I could already imagine her asking for more intimacy. I mean, last night, even though that should be her first time sleeping next to a guy, she cuddled with me and felt so secure within my embrace. Shouldnʼt that need some kind of progress first?

I guess thatʼs not needed for Fuyu. The girl harbored her feelings for me for so long in consideration of Akane. And now that we took the cap off of it, her feelings were like an unleashed dam, flooding down on us.

Also, thinking about it, Marika was another example. We started with fake kisses in order to take a photo to provoke Ichihara Jun. But then, when an actual kiss happened between us, she started demanding more. And lately, she doesnʼt really mind where we do it anymore.

Uh. Iʼm afraid Misaki is also going down the same route. But at the very least, I can still limit it with her through pecks and swift kisses. However, itʼs undeniable that the innocent forehead girl is also close to getting addicted to it. Every time weʼre alone, sheʼll ask me for one. Maybe this Sunday, sheʼll ask for a kiss right as soon as we meet up.

Anyway, thatʼs that.

Soon, with Akane and the others already finished fixing the table, we paid our respects to the food and started eating.

That episode with Futaba was soon forgotten as we enjoyed a hearty meal that Akane especially prepared for her friends.

As we finished a bowl of rice each, Fuyu praised the taste of Akaneʼs beef stew. She used the recipe of her mother, Aunt Akemi. It now tasted the same as that leftover she brought to me during the first week of school or the day I brought Kana home.

That felt like ages ago but itʼs just over two months. And weʼre now living together.

Apart from the praise for her stew, Eri fought against me for the potatoes. I found out that sheʼs a fellow carrot hater when she set aside all her carrots on one side. On the other hand, I still hid my dislike of that vegetable. For every cube of carrots, I would eat three cubes of potatoes. Thatʼs the perfect ratio to ignore the rubbery taste of carrots.

But well, that led us to be scolded. This time, by Akane and Fuyu. In the end, seeing the piled- up carrots in Eriʼs bowl, she forced the girl to eat half of it. As for the other half, I became the sacrifice.

To eat all those carrots without chewing, I drank mouthfuls of hot soup to soften them. Thankfully, it worked. Or so I thought.

I almost choked myself from forcing a huge cube. That one, I was forced to chew while Eri laughed at my plight.

I noted that and decided to punish her when another opportunity to tickle her arrived. Speaking of soup, Futaba went quiet on her side as she kept drinking those. Itʼs as if she was trying to cleanse her sugar intake from the crepe through it. Or maybe sheʼs already preparing to negate the incoming sugar intake from our dessert.

And to her horror, after I cut the cake into six pieces, I put two slices on her plate while the four of us only got one each.

Once again, she glared at me and hatefully muttered, ”Iʼll remember this, Onoda-kun!” Well, I donʼt mind her listing my offenses to her. Iʼll pay it back twofold if I have the chance to help her with something. But at this rate, thatʼll probably not happen soon so... the girl has no choice but to continue listing it, hoping that someday, she can exact her revenge on me. Upon finishing our dinner, I went to the bathroom to fill the tub and heat it for their use. Since it was already close to 9 pm, the official start of their sleepover was after dinner. With that, as soon as I returned from the bathroom, I took on the job of taking care of the dishes. Itʼs not everyday that we have guests. And itʼs still technically our house, right? I should play the part of the host other than teasing them.

Even when Akane and Fuyu came to my side offering their help, I told them to go back and join the other two to prepare the room and the sleepwear theyʼd be using tonight.

Fifteen minutes later, the first ones at the same time as I finished cleaning up the kitchen and the table, I returned to the living room where a pillow and blanket were already brought down

by Akane.

Eri and Futaba were nowhere to be found. Theyʼre already in the bath, taking it together.

Thanks to that, I got the time to spend with my two girls as we once again played the game where every time I lost, I would give them a kiss.

Wait. Win or lose I still have to kiss them so I guess thereʼs no stake in it. In any case, we enjoyed that time together, especially when Fuyu would be listless after kissing me.

On the other hand, Akane was just being Akane. She acted more intimate with me and teased Fuyu until the girl folded.

After a while, we set aside the controller and turned off the console to cuddle while waiting for the two to finish their bath.

”Youʼre too considerate, husband. Why donʼt you join us in the room?”

”You know why. Itʼs for those two. Theyʼll be uncomfortable if Iʼm also there. Besides... isnʼt this supposed to be a sleepover for the four of you?”

”Ruki-kun is right, Akane. Itʼs inappropriate. They already lied to Toyama and Maeda-kun that Ruki-kun wonʼt be here.”

”Now that you mention it, why lie? Wonʼt it be bad for them?”

”Uh. Technically, they didnʼt lie. But maybe they did? Itʼs complicated. But our sleepover has already been in the plan for a while now. Even before you and Akane started living together. They probably still think that this will happen at Akaneʼs house next door so they never said anything when the two told them about today. As for Eri and Futaba, theyʼre afraid they wonʼt let them come even if they say that the venue changed to your house and you wonʼt be in the same room as us.”

I see. I understand now. They lied because they knew how they would react.

But then again, theyʼll be justified to react that way. Iʼll also tell my girls not to join if I find out some other guy will be there.

Iʼm not an ally of justice since Iʼm someone who steals girlfriends. But is this really okay?

Also, that tickling session happened. Didnʼt I still end up touching them even if itʼs just the result of their own ʼrequestsʼ? Wonʼt they feel bad for them? Or maybe not because they can just look at it as something that doesnʼt have any meaning.

Ugh. Am I having a moral dilemma here? Ah. No. Itʼs just me worrying about their friendsʼ

relationships.

”Husband, I know what youʼre thinking... You wonʼt be the reason if their relationship fails at this point. Theyʼve been together for so long already. They know the right and wrong.”

As always, Akane could read me like a book.

What she said was a mature outlook, all things considered. And itʼs not wrong... How long are they together? Theyʼve been in a relationship since their 2nd year in middle school.

Maybe I was just overthinking about it.