After nightfall, cold rain began falling again in Tokyo.
Since the weather forecast had predicted rain for the next few days, it wasn't surprising for it to rain after a brief clear spell.
Holding a black umbrella,
Sasaki turned back to look at the apartment building where Tomoe lived.
How was he supposed to face them in class tomorrow...
Well... Tomoe was his girlfriend, so what happened happened, no issue there.
But the other two had zero romantic connection with him.
Although they were sexy beauties and he liked them, but that didn't mean they liked him, too.
What would their reaction be?
Would they just give an awkward smile when they met?
Or pretend nothing ever happened?
Most likely, they would act like nothing had occurred.
Otherwise they wouldn't have pretended to be asleep even while he was going for another round under the inducement of a hungry succubus.
Listening to the patter of raindrops hitting the umbrella,
Sasaki turned and walked away.
By the time he walked home, it was already past eight.
In the afternoon, he had already told Otome that their class teacher was treating him to dinner tonight as thanks for his help.
So by the time he got back,
Otome and Rinka at home had already eaten.
Now the two girls were curled up on the sofa watching TV.
Because last night Otome had deliberately let Sasaki "torment" Rinka, the latter, currently nestled in the middle of the sofa, looked listless, giving off the vibe of someone who hadn't fully woken up or was lacking energy.
However, the relationship between the two hadn't become distant because of Otome's "punishment" toward Rinka.
On the contrary, because there were no more secrets and they slept in the same bed, they had actually grown even closer.
Laying the constantly yawning Rinka down on the sofa, Sakuragi Otome slipped her fair, delicate feet into her fluffy slippers, stood up, walked over to Sasaki, and took the school bag he was carrying. "It's raining pretty hard out there. Did you get wet?"
"Come on, give me your jacket. I'll wash it."
Even though he knew that after the precedent with Rinka, Otome was very accepting of him being involved with other girls,
Sasaki still hadn't expected her to be 'this' accepting...
Her attitude toward him was no different from usual; in fact, she seemed even gentler.
Was it because there were too many girls now, and she felt a sense of crisis?
Thinking about it, he grabbed her soft, pale hand as she undid his buttons, then lowered his head and captured her cool, soft lips.
She didn't resist.
Instead, Otome tiptoed even more eagerly than before.
"Mm~"
Although she responded very passionately, she didn't let things go completely unchecked.
Just as he was about to pull down the zipper of her skirt... Her soft, slightly cool fingertips touched the back of his hand.
"Not in the living room—Rinka is still here."
"Wait till we go back to the room tonight..."
Lowering her head and withdrawing her soft, pink tongue, Sakuragi Otome's eyes rippled like a lake gently stirred by a summer breeze—warm and tender.
Her voice was as light and soft as a breeze brushing willow branches, making people greedily want more.
Not forcing her, Sasaki zipped the skirt back up from the little bit he had opened and gently patted her skirt hem:
"Then... can we do it together like last night?"
Turning his head to meet the gaze coming from the sofa, a shy blush appeared on Otome's pretty face:
"If Rinka doesn't mind..."
Wasn't that basically the same as agreeing?
With a smile, Sasaki shifted his body toward the sofa, intending to comfort Rinka's tired body... but Otome pulled on his arm:
"Don't rush. Are you still worried... worried she won't agree?
First, take off your wet clothes, then go eat. After eating, take a nice bath.
The water is already drawn."
Hearing her words, Sasaki straightened his tilted body, gave her skirt a firm squeeze, then leaned down to kiss her lips again.
He sucked hard once, then licked his lips. "Okay, whatever my dear wife says~"
Because she loved hearing him call her that, Sakuragi Otome, for once, didn't resist such an over-the-top action in front of Rinka and just shyly lowered her head.
Although he really wanted to stay close and be intimate with her longer, Otome had already laid out the plan for the rest of the evening.
Clinging to her now would only waste the night...
So, in the end,
Sasaki let go, reluctantly.
Taking in the sight of her lover being so infatuated with her, even though Otome felt a little shy, but deep down she was very pleased and satisfied with his reaction.
All her constant concessions and lowering of her own boundaries had been worth it.
As long as he still liked her, it was enough.
However, only by knowing both yourself and the others can you win in the end.
Sakuragi Otome needed to know exactly how much her lover was hiding from her.
Last night he had "disciplined" Rinka... so tonight Rinka was probably very willing to get her revenge...
Glancing at her lover's back as he headed to the kitchen, Sakuragi Otome walked to the sofa and pulled the little girl into her arms. "Rinka, tonight we..."
Not knowing what Otome was planning, Sasaki went to the kitchen after arriving home and served himself the dinner Otome had left for him.
Sitting at the dining table, he ate the piping-hot beef rice while pulling out his phone.
For certain reasons, Sasaki had set it so that LINE messages from girls wouldn't appear directly on the lock screen.
Only by opening the app could he see them.
So on his phone screen, aside from a weather alert that had popped up not long ago, there were no other notifications.
But after fingerprint unlock and opening the app, the LINE interface showed quite a number of unread messages from girls.
There were messages from Natsuha, Akane, Yukiha, Momo, Chifuyu, Kasumi, Reina, as well as the three gyaru girls from next door.
(For those who forgot...
Shinomiya Natsuha, Akane Nanao, Serizawa Yukiha, Kashiwabara Momo, Tsukimi Chifuyu, Haruno Kasumi, Kurashiki Reina, and the three girls from Imaizumin..)
There was also the store manager, who was already his lover, Ayumi.
And his fiancée, Sakura. (Miyajima)
However, the person who had sent him the most messages was Sasaki Yukari, who had only become friends with him yesterday.
To be honest, he had felt the name was very familiar before, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it.
Later, after they became friends and chatted, Sasaki learned that she had been his kindergarten teacher back when he was in Yokohama, and she was also the one with whom he had made a "marriage promise" as a child.
Back then, he was little and didn't understand anything; he just thought she was so pretty and decided that he wanted her to be his wife in the future… so he hooked pinkies with her and promised they would get married someday.
But as time passed, Sasaki gradually forgot her name and only occasionally remembered that half-joking childhood promise.
Because deep down, he felt it was just childish nonsense.
So when he chatted with her last night, he hadn't brought it up at all.
She also seemed to have forgotten about it and showed no intention of steering the conversation in that direction.
Although Sasaki was quite lecherous and suffered from hypersexuality, he wasn't so shameless as to harbor dirty thoughts toward his childhood teacher through a screen.
So most of their conversations were about how these years had been for each of them, how life was going, things like that.
However, what bothered her the most was how she had managed to find him.
They hadn't been in contact for a very long time, probably over ten years…
And children's appearances change dramatically day by day…
The fact that she could still find him was genuinely surprising.
However, when he asked Yukari didn't hide anything, and straightforwardly told him that she had seen a photo of him on SNS (a social networking site) and from there located his account.
But the problem was…
Sasaki had never posted any photos of himself on social media…
Sensing his confusion, Sasaki Yukari sent him the photo in question.
…It was a picture taken last week when he was eating with Rinka, they had snapped it of him.
Once he understood how she had added him, Sasaki chatted with her some more, asking where she was living now, how her job was going, and so on.
She also asked him many questions: about his family situation, which school he was attending now, how his grades were, etc.
After they finished talking about the past and basic life updates, all that was left were everyday, trivial matters.
Just like the messages she had sent him today.
["Sasaki-kun, are you awake yet?
Time for school~ (laugh.jpg)"] 7:30
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["Sasaki-kun, are you eating at school for lunch? What did you have? (puzzled.jpg)"] 12:31
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["Sasaki-kun, have you gone home yet? It's raining again in Tokyo… If you're not home yet, hurry back, okay~ If you get soaked, you'll catch a cold. (worried.jpg)"] 19:32
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["Sasaki-kun still hasn't replied… Are you still not home? (anxious.jpg)"] 20:19
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