Stealing Spree

Chapter 2535 Straightening things

Marika and I separated at the shoe locker area. Tanaka-senpai showed up there to accompany her upstairs. After that, I ran into Sachi, It's now a habit for her to encounter me in the same area. And somehow, she's always filling me in with the latest rumors in our school.

I guess that's her way of not making our interaction monotonous. I'm also doing small talk because I appreciate her gestures. Unfortunately, our interactions will possibly remain contained within that small window during the mornings.

Our school day started with another short lesson from Shio. She made it compact and easy to understand, letting us have free time to talk about our class's festival preparations.

Then the other class leading up to lunch break also passed in a breeze. The only notable thing that happened during it was when we moved to the science classroom and the girls shuffled our seats again. It became Saki and Mio's turn to sandwich me in the bench seats in front of a long table.

Did they act mischievous during it? Well, if sneaking in kisses can be counted as one, then they did. More than that? Even the chance-taker wasn't bold enough to do it in the middle of the class. Instead, she bided her time, sneaking us away on our way back to our classroom. We almost got marked late during the 4th period because of it.

At lunch, our venue was obviously the same empty clubroom. When I fulfilled my promise to pick up Marika, I saved time by also picking up Kana, Rumi, Edel and even Minori-senpai.

This time, I didn't stubbornly insist on picking them all up or walking them back to their classroom. I focused on pampering them while we were all in the same room.

Ah. Right. I paid a little more attention to Yuika-senpai and endured the silent scrutiny I was getting from Minori-senpai. Well, rather than scrutiny, I could feel like she's waiting for me to make a move on her. Even if she's insisting that she's not going to fall for me and she'll only ask me to help her with her urges, I can tell. I mean, when it comes to picking up the subtle nuances from a girl, I'm probably the best at it. As for being dense or insensitive about certain things, those are different. It happens when my relationship with a girl is already defined. I sometimes miss out on a sign because I always believe them when they tell me that everything is fine.