Stealing Spree

Eguchi-sensei didn’t refute Orimura-sensei’s statement. And with silence an indication of agreeing to it, the latter could only sigh once again.

She then turned her eyes at me before retracting her hand from gripping my wrist.

Following that, the rest of our trip was spent without bringing up the same topic again. Obviously, Orimura-sensei remained unsatisfied with both of us. However, knowing that it would be futile to push forth her opinion, she could only grumble about it on the side.

Well, that’s amusing, to say the least.

Orimura-sensei could continue to oppose us but that didn’t matter anymore. She wouldn’t put her friend in scrutiny over this and most likely, she’d keep the knowledge of our relationship to herself. But then again, since we hadn’t shown her the extent of it yet, her reaction to it was still this mild.

Imagine if she caught us doing it, she might just swing a punch at me without saying anything else.

For sure, she’s going to observe me more and find an angle where she could hit my image in Eguchi-sensei’s eyes. Little did she know, her friend was already aware of my negative sides – or at least, the situation she put herself in.

Anyway, enough about that.

Eguchi-sensei drove to Satsuki’s neighborhood and picked the girl up.

The girl noticed the seemingly constrained atmosphere inside and she even wondered why I was sitting at the back instead of the front. Then, she noticed Orimura-sensei’s intense gaze at me and guessed what happened.

The girl alternated her gaze between me and Orimura-sensei before her lips curved up into a smirk. Then, she leaned over and whispered,

“Idiot. Did you get caught?”

“Not exactly. But as you can see, she’s not amused with me.”

Upon saying that, I looked at my side and caught Orimura-sensei’s fiery eyes drilling into my side.

Although she didn’t hear us clearly, it’s obvious that whispering next to her caught her attention.

“You two. If you’re going to flirt, I’ll move to the front.” Clearly annoyed, Orimura-sensei suggested.

Now that was something I didn’t expect from her. Given what happened earlier, I thought she’d drag Satsuki to the issue. But with this, she’s really bent on protecting her friend’s affair with me – at least that’s how it looks in her perspective.

And honestly, that decision was hard to distinguish whether it was good or bad.

While it’s favorable for us since there would be less trouble, it could be seen as consenting behavior.

In any case, I could only put out a guess here... She must not like to make this any bigger when Satsuki and the Basketball Club have an important match today.

Maybe, I should be grateful for that.

Satsuki looked at me, signaling that I should handle this instead of her. She still snuggled to me though so it’s really up to me to decide whether to stop Orimura-sensei from moving or not.

“I apologize, sensei. Satsuki is still a little sleepy.” I uttered an excuse that resulted in the woman rolling her eyes again.

Behind the steering wheel, Eguchi-sensei also smilingly shook her head. She understood what I was thinking.

After a few seconds of deliberation, Orimura-sensei clicked her tongue, “I better move then. Let her sleep. She’ll need all her energy later.”

Upon saying that, she scratched her head and asked Eguchi-sensei to stop for a while so she could move to the passenger’s seat, leaving us alone at the back.

Satsuki was satisfied with that development and quietly snuggled further. Naturally, I held her as intimately as the other girls but to be fair, I couldn’t help but look at the rearview mirror, checking on Eguchi-sensei.

I guess I’ll dote on her later. Outside of Orimura-sensei’s eyes.

With this, our early morning trip continued.

Eguchi-sensei drove to our school. Because this would be a fairly important match and something that was already considered to bring honor to the school, the Principal – possibly under the order of Hayashi-sensei – prepared a bus for the Basketball Club to use for today.

Which means, they didn’t need to commute anymore

He also prepared a budget to be used for today’s expenses like lunch or anything they would need.

And lastly, I finally got to hear the reason Orimura-sensei was with us. I was wrong. It wasn’t because she was here to watch over us. She’s the one who’s going to drive the bus.

Apparently, she’s qualified for it. Something I didn’t expect. But then again, I don’t know much about her other than the few interactions we had.

Upon arriving at the school, the sky was already about to rise in the east.

We met up with the other members of the club who were more than happy to welcome me there.

Satsuki was still sleepy so I, more or less, carried her on my back. Kawakami-senpai led us to the back of the bus so that Satsuki could lie down. Kanno-senpai laughed at her protégé alongside the other starting players. They found the girl adorable. I mean, they could only see her like this when she’s with me. In front of them, she’s like another unbreakable post that wouldn’t budge against anyone.

With that, we spent another thirty minutes waiting for the other members to arrive before we set off to the venue.

Eguchi-sensei sat at the front and performed her duty wonderfully, checking on everyone. Due to that, Satsuki and I were left alone at the back, giving us some sort of privacy.

When the girl eventually woke up, she rubbed her eyes as she looked out of the window where the sunlight passed through.

“Good morning...” She greeted me with her drowsy look after letting out a yawn.

I couldn’t help but flick her forehead before fixing the fringes of her hair. As usual, I also couldn’t resist admiring her pretty face.

“Mhm. Good morning. Got enough sleep?”

With her lips pouting in grievance from the flick, I pushed in for a morning kiss before returning her greeting,

“This idiot... You’re lucky I love you.” Satsuki muttered after savoring that one. She then went for my nose and pinched it as hard as she could.

“I know. That’s why I went for it. Don’t you think it’s a great way to wake you up completely?”

“... Yes, it is. But it’s not enough. I need more encouragement from you. Let’s move there.” With her eyes narrowing to a slit, Satsuki looked ahead of us to check in front before nudging me to the side and away from any possible eyes if ever they check on us. Although the other members couldn’t see us yet, we were sitting in the middle.

They could easily catch us flirting or being intimate with each other. Furthermore, up ahead in the driver’s seat, Orimura-sensei could see us through the mirror.

She'll probably grumble again if she doesn't find us there anymore but well... it didn’t matter anymore.

Starting with another kiss wherein Satsuki didn’t let me take the lead, the two of us became lost in our own world.

Knowing that I might be busy catering for everyone in her club later to ease the tension of the final match, Satsuki would make the most of our situation now. Or at least, find out how far we can take this.

And I was all for it... Still, we should watch out not to get caught or it’d be very awkward for those girls.