Stealing Spree

Those confirmed that would come to our house were the ones closest to us like Yae, Aoi, Ria, and Hiyori. On the side of the girls from my school, Rae, Aya, and Kana would come together as well as Saki and Hina.

Nami also expressed her intention to come but she has to go somewhere with her mother. They’re going to visit one of her brothers living in another city. No wonder that girl ran to meet me yesterday. She’s aware that there’s no chance for her today.

As for Shizu, that confident girl was unperturbed. According to her, if Hana has what it takes to steal me then she wants to see it for herself. Only then will she evaluate the girl on whether she’s going to be a threat or not.

Satsuki was obviously unable to go. She’s still at the camp, after all. Although I could feel how much she was resisting asking me to come and see her there, I couldn’t openly bring it up myself because of my limited time today. Maybe tomorrow, after school.

Haruko and the others were also coming except for Himeko. Her father was still not allowing her to go out on weekends easily. But from what I heard from both Himeko and Itou, their weeks of persuasion had started bearing fruit. She was now assigned to help Itou in managing their hotel once in a while. At least there’s progress.

As for Mina, who should be resting after yesterday… She’s obviously coming as well. They’re going to meet up at Edel’s apartment.

I also received a call from her while Eimi and I were still on our way home. She smugly confirmed that she had already recovered from yesterday. And if I’m going to worry about her, I should stop and turn that worry to her mother instead.

Apparently, Auntie Yayoi was still haunted by her guilt last night. She went to join Mina in bed in the middle of the night, saying sorry to her for being involved with me.

Although Mina managed to calm her down and somehow stopped her from wallowing in guilt, the girl pleaded with me to visit her mother. She’s kind of confident that I would be able to stop her mother from feeling like that.

Luckily, Ishida-senpai’s house was fairly close to their house, I could make it my next stop before going back for Yua.

Anyway, back to the girls who’d be gathering today. While Arisa was already a part of that group, she and Izumi-senpai would only get news from the girls. Even though Arisa already steeled herself to face the others, she wanted to make an appearance along with her best friend.

In short, the girl was asking me to fully conquer her friend soon.

Well, that’s the wrong way to put it. I already conquered her but Izumi-senpai still wanted to preserve her mind from digesting the complexities of our situation. In other words, she’s afraid she might get overwhelmed by it.

I sent the girl a message saying ‘I miss you’ and in less than a minute, the girl replied, ordering me to call her.

Yes, order.

That’s how her sentence was constructed.

In any case, I still called because my message wasn’t a lie. Although it was brief, seeing the fake delinquent’s natural look at home would always be a delight.

Nao also wanted to come but… as always the distance wasn’t allowing her. Shio would be visiting her though and from what I heard, it’s in regard to a directive by Hayashi-sensei.

Something along the lines of ‘checking upon the affected student’. As that guy’s ex-wife, it’s clearly intentional on Hayashi-sensei’s part to ask her for it. But Shio defended her, saying she volunteered to do it rather than a guidance counselor or another teacher.

That’s great too. Nao and Shio were already close as sisters, after all. Even though Shio couldn’t drive back here to join the others along with Nao, I told them that I would call them later.

Who else? Oh, Mizuki and Otoha might also come along with their chauffeur but they wouldn’t be able to stay for too long. Mizuki has other business to attend to. Nonetheless, she didn’t forget to send me another problem exercise right in the morning,

I hadn’t touched and solved it yet.

As for Otoha and Hitomi, they’re also going to be occupied by a small party that was thrown for the Patriarch of the family’s recovery.

And lastly, Chii and Hifumi too. Compared to the others, the two weren't going to antagonize Hana yet. They just wanted to see her. Ask her about that spring break years ago.

Yukari, Elizabeth, Ririka, Aika, Miyako, and Miho couldn’t come, not because they had prior plans but because they were going out together. Actually, it’s something of a request from me.

Because of what I heard from Eimi regarding Miyako’s possible bullying by her former friends, I asked them to accompany the girl today, bond together, or something like that.

Obviously, they knew about the call to arms by Akane. But since the others were already coming, they’d just join in later through video call.

Everyone will be busy today. Even Yue, who we just talked to last night, had a sudden guesting in a noontime variety show that Kaoru-san informed her about. She was even crying to me when she called me after I concluded the call from Mina, saying how much she wanted to join in the fun.

Really, if that girl was near me and she said that, my hand would probably drop a chop on her head. Anyway, as always, I encouraged her, giving her the energy to go through today without being tired.

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Half an hour after returning home with Eimi, I was back at the door with Akane, Yua, Eimi, Aoi and Ria sending me out.

Yeah. The two girls arrived quickly. I even found Ria looking sleepy when they showed up at the door a few minutes ago. She rushed here in the hopes of seeing me.

Due to that, I had just finished spoiling and scolding the girl, telling her to go back to sleep.

She refused though and now we’re in this situation.

“I’ll prepare our things for later, Ruki. I’ll also call mom and coordinate with her for when she’s going to pick us up at the station.” Yua started. Her eyes were already filled with excitement for her modeling gig. Obviously, her excitement was more geared toward the fact that I would be accompanying her.

“Husband, when you return, everyone will already be here. Buy us cakes on your way.” Akane reminded me as she fixed my collar, acting like the perfect housewife. That earned her looks of envy from the others.

“Darling, take care, I still have to thank you for yesterday.” Aoi, as if it’s a miracle, reined in her unruliness.

“Dumb-senpai, cuddle me again when you returned. I miss you.” Still a little sleepy, the normally observant girl was being very affectionate. She even grabbed the hem of my shirt as though she didn’t want me to go.

“Uhm. Ruki, I’ll be cooking our lunch. Go back soon.” And that’s Eimi. By saying that, Akane and Aoi’s ears perked up as though they suddenly found a rival when it comes to being a housewife.

Well, Aoi only assumed that she already possessed those skills. Still, it’s hilarious to see them reacting like that. As for Eimi, she was clueless that her words triggered something in the other girls. At least, no one said they’re going to do it instead though. Akane already tasted Eimi’s cooking before, after all. She knew that she was great in the kitchen. Since it's not everyday that Eimi could cook for us, she willingly surrendered her territory to the girl.

After replying to all of them one by one, I naturally didn’t leave right away. Kissing them by the order of who spoke first, the send-off at the door lasted for more than five minutes.

Such a blissful life, isn’t it?