Stealing Spree

“Rumi. Hana. How’s it going?” Acting nonchalantly, I strutted inside our clubroom to surprise the two. I even brought a drink for them, thinking that they had yet to leave this room ever since they came here after class.

And of course, the surprise was effective. Unlike Haruko and the others in the Book Club, I didn’t message them about this visit.

The two girls turned their bodies to me as they watched me approach. They’re sitting next to each other. On the table are books and perhaps references for what Hana was writing. There were also scribbles of ideas in Rumi’s handwriting. For sure, she’s helping the girl edit her work and keep it in line with the scenarios written by the other girls.

I dropped the drinks on the table and opened them one by one before handing them to them.

Hana took a sip, drawing out her angelic smile. Rumi narrowed her eyes at me before pulling me down next to her.

“We’re about to wrap up the day here. Next time, tell us when you’re coming.” The girl pouted. Looking at how disheveled her hair had become, that’s probably the reason why she’s acting like this. She wanted to have the time to fix herself and look pretty in front of me.

Well, she’s still too attractive for my eyes regardless of her messy appearance.

I reached for her hair and combed it using my fingers.

“Not fond of surprises?”

“Idiot. We’re not going to be surprised if we know where you’re going after that match. Just... you should’ve given me time to... look better.”

“I don’t see any difference, Rumi. Can’t you see this big grin on my lips? I’m this happy to see you.”

“Where’s the grin? You only look silly.” Rumi stifled her laughter before poking my nose. Then, she pushed her face, initiating the kiss herself.

It’s like a natural movement for her now. However, once our lips separated, her face was still adorned by a red streak which she hurriedly covered up by taking a sip of the drink I bought for her.

I then moved to Hana’s free side, checking out the scenario she was writing. Somehow, I got engrossed in the words she had written. She has a knack for this.

When she noticed my eyes lingering on her paper, Hana pressed the cold can on my cheek and asked, “Is it good?”

“I’m not a good judge but... It looks great. Imagine those excited students jumping over that narration. You did well.”

I answered while wiping the wetness the can caused but Hana helped out while giggling by using her handkerchief. This girl was becoming gentler.

After the events in that restaurant where Haruko and the others made her spill out her thoughts, she’s now more honest and open to me. Our relationship even got approval from her aunt who’s looking after her in place of her mother. And even if she still wanted to at least make me fall harder for her, she probably didn’t know how to do that yet. And so, this was enough.

“Rumi-senpai helped me.”

“I know. But look at her, she won’t take credit for it.”

She added that without her help, she wouldn’t be able to start writing and that made the other girl in the room flustered.

“Of course, I won’t. It’s only natural. I’m the President of this Club. It’s my responsibility to look after all of you.”

This girl... Not all Club Presidents are as diligent as her. And it’s surely not her responsibility to babysit everyone. But then again, this is Rumi we’re talking about. When it comes to the Literature Club, her love for it is more than her love for me – it’s what she said the last time I visited her house.

Hana giggled at her response but a look of gratitude flashed on her face.

Following that, she proposed something... “Then senpai, why don’t we work together to take this guy down? We’re wrapping things up and he’s leaving to see another girl... I believe it’s only right that we demand his attention and... affection.”

Rumi was speechless at her proposal. But slowly, as both of their eyes focused on me, the two reached a mutual agreement.

“Alright. Looks like I’ll have to satisfy you both. It’s not a bad deal to me.” I said welcoming them both in my arms. They stood up and sat on my legs side-by-side. Hana on my left and Rumi on my side.

“Shameless Ruki.” The two of them answered in chorus before sealing my lips with a kiss alternately.

“I love you both.”

“We know. We love you too.”

With that kind of exchange where I ended up getting bitten by them, the two never let off on their attacks.

Slowly but surely, while the sound of our kisses gradually filled the room, the thought of enforcing ‘no flirting inside the clubroom’ already flew out of Rumi’s head. And Hana’s adamant attitude to only be intimate with me without any competition crumbled.

Still, when it comes to taking back the wheel, I’m an expert at it.

I soon carried them both on top of the table as I alternated between conveying my affection and doting on them as much as I could.

By the time we finished, Hana and Rumi were trying to catch their breath while glaring at me. They failed to take me down and, in the end, I turned the tables on them.

“Shall I walk you to the station?” I said as I wiped off the sweat and saliva left behind by my intimate kisses on their neck.

Still in unison, the two answered, “No thanks, shameless Ruki.”

Of course, even if they said that, I still escorted them outside the Club Building. On the way, we talked a lot more about the scenario. Rumi told me that Hana might be able to finish it within the next week. As for Hana, although she looked apprehensive considering she still believed she was not good enough to write it without mistakes, Rumi once again acted like the reliable senior.

Yep. They’ve gotten closer this day. Hana wouldn’t feel like a foreigner or a hostile entity in our clubroom anymore.

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Making my way back up to where Shizu should be waiting, I checked on the recording I made earlier. Although some parts were muffled considering it’s in my pocket, Ichihara Jun’s voice was clear enough to hear along with the admission of that leader about being hired by him. If I presented this evidence to Hayashi-sensei, she wouldn’t be able to refute the trouble he’s going to bring to our school.

Anyway, I quickly put my phone back in my pocket as soon as I reached the 4th floor.

Traversing the last few steps to the Student Council Room, I found my heart beating furiously once again.

Damn it. I’m so hopeless when it comes to my girls. I don’t dislike it though. I indulge in it. Even if they somehow become my downfall in the future, it will all be worth it knowing that I’ve become true to myself for them.

Upon opening the double doors of the Student Council Room, it felt like I was a Hero entering the Demon Lord’s castle. Sat atop her throne was the Demon Lord Shizu who wasn’t out waiting for our final battle. But for my embrace.

“You’ve arrived, numbskull.”

Shizu's words felt like music to my ears. Before I could even think of replying to that, I’d already charged into the room and jumped over her table, landing on her lap.

“How’s this for an entrance?”

“Lame. Pfft.” Pinching my nose as hard as she could, Shizu declared.

But at the next moment, her arms wrapped around me, locking me in her embrace, “You kept me waiting, Ruki. Your punishment will be... marrying me.”

“That’s a reward,” I replied flatly, breaking her seriousness.

Of course, that earned me another pinch on my nose before she finally lost her restraint. Our lips naturally met and we shared the first few minutes in each other’s embrace.