Stealing Spree

The bus continued on its way and soon enough, we reached Kana’s bus stop. Although a bit reluctant to get off, there’s really not that much of a choice for her unless she wanted to come with us which was unlikely.

Instead of that, I took note of her stop. Perhaps there would be a time in the future where I could surprise her by showing up in front of her house to visit her.

Naturally, I also needed to know where their exact house was first. Anyway, the girl sent us off with her eyes until the bus departed again from her stop.

Around 20 minutes later, we reached our destination. The stop where Satsuki’s house was closest.

I intentionally chose to be the last to leave the bus to check on Rae. Her destination was stil a few bus stops away.

Since the girl is a fellow first year, the others tried to ask her if she wanted to come and join us in our group study. However, Rae promptly declined it.

She had to go home on time. From how she explained it to me, the girl couldn’t just stay too long outside unless she called and asked permission for it. That’s how it always was for her. Last Sunday when they gathered in our house after the cleanup, she got permission to stay a bit late. Hence, she managed to come.

Instead of insisting that she come with us, I told her that the next time we decide to do some group study, perhaps for the upcoming midterms in the last week of May, I would invite her and I wouldn’t take no for an answer.

Upon hearing that, Rae laughed and said that she’s going to look forward to it.

I really loved how much she changed compared to our first meeting where she’s too uptight because she was obsessed with knowledge.

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“I… I’ll go home first. You guys go ahead.”

Halfway through our walk towards Satsuki’s house, Sakuma hurriedly said that as he ran off almost immediately. Just from how urgent his expression was, he’s most likely going to change to be more presentable for Satsuki’s sister.

Well, that’s good for him but we’re not gathering at Satsuki's house just to help him to court her sister. That guy was thinking of asking for my help again. Probably.

If I recall correctly, Satsuki’s sister and her friend were supposed to only stay there over the weekends. However, that got extended until the end of this week.

So, that Sakuma was probably feeling the rush. If he hadn’t made any more progress with her, it would be even harder for him to do so when she leaves.

With one less member, we continued onward to Satsuki’s house.

The familiar neighborhood once again filled my eyes. I have been here twice already.

The first one was the day I took Satsuki’s virginity. I was a bit forceful to her back then. As the idiot who hadn’t remembered love yet, I planned at every step to make the girl fail to refuse me at all.

That started from the train station where she waited for me for close to an hour, the walk towards her house and stopping to buy the lemon cake.

That’s also the time when I first encouraged her for her passion for basketball, telling her that I wanted to watch her play.

Then when I massaged her legs and did well at teasing her, we made out right at their sofa before eating the lemon cake.

Although more memories between us had already been piled up. That day would remain special. Satsuki was really irresistible that day.

The second time I was here, that was the day that I heard about the incident from her. Also… that’s also the day where she dropped any lingering feelings for Sakuma and admitted her love for me.

That day, Sakuma even came to visit her and that also became the trigger for him to concede Satsuki to me. He began suspecting that there’s something between us. Perhaps, to save himself from heartbreak, he said all those and pushed me to confess to the girl. Little did he know, she’s already mine that time.

Anyway, that sums up about it.

As we walked into the street where Satsuki’s house was located, I could feel the gazes of those from their neighborhood. Perhaps some of them recognized me or some were just drawn towards our group as we were the only ones passing by at that time.

Either of the two, we just continued walking until we reached the front of their house.

It’s still the same from my memory. But with an unfamiliar car parked outside, her parents weren’t away unlike the first two times I was here.

To think that I would meet them like this… Well, I would be introduced as a classmate so I guess that’s fine. The only problem would be her sister. She easily guessed my relationship with Satsuki back then after all. If she blabbered about it, not only would their parents be surprised but also Kanzaki who had no idea about my relationship with the other girls.

“I’m home! I brought guests!”

As soon as she entered the front door, Satsuki shouted, which resulted in some activity further inside their house.

And following after her, Aya, Kanzaki and I all said in unison, “Sorry to disturb you!”

After a while, after we finished removing our shoes, a middle-aged woman came to the door welcoming and providing us with house slippers to put on.

One look and that’s enough to recognize her as Satsuki’s mother. While possessing a facial feature similar to Satsuki, her expression was gentler.

Looks like none of her daughters inherited the same trait, huh? Satsuki was always grumpy while her older sister was kind of energetic and playful.

As her eyes scanned us, there’s a clear appreciative smile on her lips. Most likely, she’s happy to know that Satsuki isn’t a loner despite her difficult attitude.

Aya and Kanzaki introduced themselves in turn which made that smile on her face grow wider.

And when it was my turn to introduce myself, even though her smile remained, her eyes visibly narrowed as if she’s trying to discern whether I was just a normal classmate or not. Or if not that, she’s just a bit wary of boys close to her daughter.

Either way, I followed Aya and Kanzaki’s example, politely introducing myself as another classmate.