Chapter 538

"Why all the fuss?"

Renka stepped out with her arms crossed under her breasts, a sullen look on her face.

That face turned me on every single time. It didn't just provoke my competitive streak; it made me want to bend her over and fuck her right then and there.

"Get in."

"Who do you think you are?"

"Just get in when I tell you to. Don't piss me off."

"Fuck you."

Because she had just given me chocolates, she seemed incredibly embarrassed.

There was a surefire way to get a richer reaction out of Renka at times like this.

Smack!

"Eep...!"

And that was to land a crisp slap right on her ass.

Renka's body jerked with a loud smack.

Reacting as if a ghost had just jumped out at her, she whipped her head around and glared at me.

"Wh-what the hell are you doing, you bastard?!"

"I'm punishing you."

"Punishment...? Why the hell do I deserve a punishment...?!"

"Because you drew a picture on the chocolate box telling me to eat shit."

"No, that's... I still thought of you and got you a present, so why are you giving me this bullshit...?!"

"Bullshit?"

"What! You got a problem with that?! Friends can swear at each other a little!"

"And friends can slap each other's asses a little, can't they?"

"Shut your mouth...! How is swearing the same as physical violence?!"

"Besides, even if we are close, there's still a strict hierarchy between us."

"That's ridiculous...!"

Grumbling to herself, Renka moved to get into the car.

I wrapped my arms around her waist from behind. As she struggled wildly and demanded I let her go, I murmured, "The chocolates were delicious."

At that, Renka froze.

She inhaled and exhaled sharply a few times before muttering in a tiny voice, "...I don't care whether you stuff your face with them or not..."

"Didn't you make them for me to enjoy? So why say it like that?"

"Th-that's my business...!"

"Say it properly."

"Why should I..."

"Hurry up."

Letting go of Renka, I blocked her path to the passenger seat and leisurely crossed my arms.

Her lips twitched at the sight of me. Turning her head slightly to the side, she spoke with the voice of a shy young girl.

"Glad you enjoyed them..."

Ah... I really loved this side of Renka—unconsciously twisting her body this way and that while tightly grasping her index finger.

How could anyone not love it? If someone could look at that and feel nothing, I wouldn't even consider them human.

I gently smoothed down Renka's bangs over her furiously blushing face and offered a warm smile.

"Yeah. Thank you."

"I-I'm getting in now...?"

"Get in."

"Where are we going, anyway?"

"Home."

"Home...? Your place?"

"Yeah. I figured we could all watch a movie together."

"Then what about Chinami and the others? Are we going to pick them up with me in the car?"

"No. I'm going to drop the President off at the house first, then go pick them up one by one."

"Why would you do something so inefficient? What a waste of time."

"You talk too much. Are you getting in or not?"

"Don't speak informally to me."

"Right here in the open..."

"I'm getting in right now."

It was cute how Renka caught on to what I was about to say with spooky accuracy and yanked the passenger door open.

Clicking my tongue in amusement as I watched her straighten her long ponytail and buckle her seatbelt, I drove to my place and dropped her off.

"The door's unlocked, so head inside and watch some TV. You can also take a look at the attic where we'll put the figures."

"Wh-whatever..."

"Are you hungry?"

"Not really."

"Got it. I'll be right back. Even if you get lonely, hold on for a bit."

"Who said I'd be lonely? You're just delusional..."

"Are you saying you want to do it right now?"

"Wh-what the hell is inside that head of yours to interpret my words like that...! Hurry up and leave...! Get lost right now if you don't want to die...!"

Taking Renka's completely non-threatening threat in stride, I headed over to Chinami's apartment building next.

Since I had contacted her on the way, it wasn't long after I parked in the nearby Park Parking Lot that Chinami appeared, sporting a hat emblazoned with the Momo-sama logo.

"Hello, Junior."

Perhaps because the weather was chilly, Chinami was wearing a very pink long-sleeved hoodie.

Thankfully, there were no Momo-sama graphics on it.

However, the word "MOMOSAMA" was written across the chest, making it instantly obvious that this too was bought from the Momo-sama Goods Shop.

I stepped out of the car to greet Chinami and brought up the chocolates I had received.

"Hello. I enjoyed the chocolates."

"Ah, did you? How did they taste?"

"They were delicious. But there was a peach inside the chocolate."

"Ah? How was it?"

Honestly, it had startled me.

The sensation of fruit juice bursting out while I was chewing was incredibly unfamiliar.

And the taste was a bit... Instead of being refined into something the general public would enjoy, it was literally just a raw peach jammed inside chocolate. It wasn't inedible, but it was certainly bizarre.

"It was pretty good. But it seemed like there were only a few peach chocolates..."

"Yes. I only put them in three out of the thirty pieces. It makes finding them fun, doesn't it?"

Rather than being fun to find, it felt more like playing Russian roulette, which was a little terrifying.

Still, it was a relief that there were only three.

"Yeah, it's fun."

"Mufufu... I'll increase the number for Valentine's Day."

Please don't do that.

I really didn't want to keep getting startled like that.

Swallowing those words, I fixed the hair sticking out from under Chinami's hat.

"I'll be looking forward to it. First, do you want to get in?"

"Where are we going?"

"My place. The President is already there waiting."

"Ah, is that so?"

"Yeah."

"What are we going to do at your house?"

"Watch a movie."

"Aha."

"Though if there's anything else you specifically want to do, we can do that too."

"Anything else I want to do?"

"Like a massage."

At that, Chinami pulled her hat down low.

It was a clear attempt to hide her reddening face.

"I-I see... I suppose I'll have to think about that a little bit..."

"Yeah. Have a chat with the President, Hiyori, and Miyuki about it."

"Muu...! The other juniors are coming as well, I see."

"Of course."

"In that case, I will try to have a serious discussion about it next time..."

"Why next time?"

"Ah, since we don't know each other all that well yet..."

"I understand."

"May I get in?"

"Of course."

As she took a deep breath for no reason and climbed into the car, there was something I absolutely had to do to her.

Tap.

"Myah."

And that was to grab her plump backside.

If I didn't touch this ass at least once a day, my energy wouldn't recharge.

It was far too addictive. Now that I could touch it every day, life was good.

*

The next person I went to pick up was Hiyori.

Pulling up to her house, I saw her waiting for me with a hat pulled down low just like Chinami. Unlike Chinami's standout cuteness, however, there was something distinctly mature about her.

But the moment you talked to her, she was nothing more than a naive, childish girl.

That was the kind of person Hiyori was.

Click.

"Hiya."

I hadn't even told her to get in yet, but Hiyori had already yanked the passenger door open and climbed inside with her greeting.

Nodding in acceptance, I called out to her.

"Hey."

"Yeees."

"I enjoyed the chocolates."

"Did you eat them all?"

"How could I eat all of that in one day? There was a ton."

"True, I guess you wouldn't be able to finish them since you got some from the others, too."

"I wouldn't even be able to finish yours alone."

"Guess you have a small appetite. You stuck the sticker on the back of your Cell Phone, right?"

Sticker? What sticker was she talking about?

Tilting my head, I asked her back.

"What sticker? Did you put one in the box?"

"No? I stuck it on the outside. On the exterior."

"There was nothing like that."

"What...? That can't be...?"

"It was the yellow star-shaped box, right?"

"That's right."

"There wasn't one."

"Really...?"

"Yeah."

"Oh man...!"

Hiyori's face drooped as if she had just blown her entire life savings on a gamble.

If she had been standing, she probably would have collapsed and started pounding the floor.

I poked Hiyori in the side as she sat perfectly motionless, as if she had passed out.

"Didn't you guys secretly slide the boxes inside while I was asleep? If the sticker was still on it then, it must have fallen off somewhere in the house... I'll try looking for it later."

"Okay."

Chuckling in disbelief at how quickly her bright tone returned, I started the car.

Come to think of it, I had never just left Hiyori, Renka, and Chinami alone together like this before, had I?

I figured this would be a good chance for them to talk and get to know each other better.

"Go on ahead and chat with your seniors."

"What is your house, some kind of daycare center?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"It feels like you're abandoning me."

"Stop saying weird things and let's just go."

"Alrighty."

It was nice that she didn't seem to have a single care in the world.

No matter where you left her, she was the type to adapt perfectly. That was Hiyori.

After dropping Hiyori off, I headed to Miyuki's place, which was the closest.

There was no need to say much to her.

I just let her know when I arrived, and she quickly came down, got into the car on her own, and expressed her affection by popping a piece of the fried tofu sushi she had brought into my mouth.

Glancing at Miyuki as she silently wiped her hands with a wet wipe, I drove toward the house where the other three were waiting.

If things went well today, the five of us would have to get together on weekdays, too.

The day we would all live together wasn't far off. Shouldn't we start treating each other like family rather than just friends?

Not just watching movies, but cooking together, or redecorating the house...

Taking it a step further, if someone wanted a pet, we could share our thoughts on that...

I wanted to experience these kinds of... incredibly ordinary things with the heroines.

If I had that, there was nothing more I could wish for. I believed my greatest happiness would come from that.