Stealing Spree Chapter 102: For Now

"Mori, look at ."

I reached for her hand again. That made her turn her face back to before she pulled her hand away.

"What?"

She asked, a bit wary about what I will say.

"Can I kiss you?"

I repeated the words I once asked her.

"You…"

It imdiately triggered her mory back when I asked her with those words in that empty room.

"… You can't"

And like what she did before, there's still a pause before she answered.

"You looked away again. After all the trouble I did just to give you a chance with him."

Now, I'm using the fact that I helped her get her ti with Ogawa.

"I want to give him my first kiss..."

Mori muttered softly but it's enough for to hear it.

"I see. Okay, I can wait until after you got your first kiss with him."

"Huh? I didn't tell you that I'll let you kiss after it."

She retorted but her face turned red from the thought. This girl. How will she get her first kiss from him anyway? Steal it from him?

"Hey, I'm just trying to be optimistic. If you want, I can give it to you."

"No. You keep asking for a kiss. Are my lips too attractive for you?"

Eh, what's this? Why is she being smug right now?

If you show an attitude like that, I can only reciprocate, right?

"Yes, they're too attractive for , I keep thinking about it since then. If you gave permission back at that empty room, we might've enjoyed it together."

"You… Stop speaking about shaless things!"

Ah. That reaction. I see. She thought she would put off from what she said.

Then let's try again.

"Aren't you curious, though? I'm trying hard to hold myself back to kiss you, Mori. Won't you give permission for one kiss?"

I stood in front of her and leaned towards her. Our faces were just in front of each other. She pulled herself back to get away from but I only needed to lean down to chase after her.

"Onoda, you're forcing right now."

She put her hand to cover her face before slowly saying those words to .

I guess she's defeated now. She won't try doing that act again.

"Alright, I give up. Have it your way then."

I stepped away and sat at the corner of the table away from her.

Well, it's not that I'm giving up. I'm just trying another approach. This girl is too devoted to that guy. Maybe the idea for her to like another guy was buried deep inside her. If I couldn't dig into that then I'll stop wasting my ti for now. I still have a lot of things to do. I better use my ti wisely.

I stopped looking at her, turned my back and took out my phone. I turned it on and checked my mails and ssages. There's a number of them now. Using my ti to reply to these girls is better than trying to force soone.

She might be easy to coerce and she kept thinking about what I'm asking her but she's too devoted to Ogawa, it will take ti to change her mind. Maybe letting her off for now will be good in the future.

I could feel that Mori stayed at where she was. As to what she was thinking or doing, I don't know.

I ssaged Kana to wait for at the school gates or maybe in front of the Club Building. I'll walk with her and spend ti with her today. I really miss her.

She imdiately replied and soon we kept mailing each other that I literally forgot for a mont that Mori was here with . It was that enjoyable to talk with Kana.

Should I just join the Literature Club to ss with that Kenji? He's the only guy there and it looks like he's having a harem but yeah everyone in there was already marked by . Kana is already mine, Fujii is also on its way, Otsuka-senpai, the curious girl won't be able to contain her curiosity soon and lastly, Ishida-senpai, if I'm guessing right then she's infatuated to Kenji but since he's Kana's boyfriend she was holding herself back. It will be a good idea to steal her as well.

It was exactly at the mont when Kana excused herself before I heard Mori's voice, calling out my na.

I turned around and saw her looking at , still sitting there.

"Onoda…"

She didn't move from where she was. Did she use the ti to think things through?

"What is it?"

I asked her to confirm.

"N-nothing."

She stuttered. I guess she just felt uncomfortable from the sudden silence. She still hasn't made up her mind.

"I see. I'm leaving then."

I stood up and turned towards the door. I'm really just wasting my ti by staying here.

We might have that deal where she will be mine during the swap but her head is still full of Ogawa. The deal was pretty useless at this point.

"Wait."

"What? Isn't this what you wanted? I'm giving up, Mori. The deal between us. Let's scrap that."

I turned back to look at her and saw her staring at .

I don't know what she's thinking but she didn't have any reaction to what I said.

"I thought you wanted . That's what you told back in that empty room. Now you told you like . Which of the two was the lie?"

I see. So that's what she was thinking about.

"Look, I do and still want you. I just realized that they're the sa. Mori, I like you. I really do."

I answered her truthfully. It might just be my desire back then but I realized that my desire wasn't just about stealing soone from another.

And that 'want' was just a convenient word to use when I still hadn't rembered those emotions. Everyone who beca my target was soone I really ca to like. The reason might be too shallow but that's my desire which shaped to beco like this. Now that I control this desire, I can stop it anyti but that doesn't an I will stop at stealing soone or should I call it liking soone else now?

I just have a clear view of what my desire truly is.

Nami, Hiko, Shio and Miwa-nee, I don't want to stop at trying to steal them. But my other targets such as Mori and Kanzaki or even Haruko's other lovers, if they really don't like to steal them then I'll stop. For now.

Yes. For now. The changes that happened to cleared the fog that's covering this desire but I still need to satisfy it.

"I see but you also like Nanami, right?"

"Yes. I'm not like Ogawa who can only like and be devoted to only one. So there's that. You can choose whether you still want around to try and get you to like or have stop pursuing you."

I'm giving her a choice. It all depends on her now.

"Nanami. Did she know about this?"

Mori asked. I guess she's also curious why I'm still pursuing Nami when she already accepted Ogawa.

"Yes. She knew and it did bother her but she still needs for our act."

I answered her.

I still need to think whether to tell Nami about my past. She wanted to know but I'm afraid that she'll hate the things I did. There's not only blackmailing and I'm still keeping those videos and pictures I took.

"She's my bestfriend and my rival to Kazuo. I knew all this ti that I couldn't beat her. Even with my sches and this deal we agreed upon. Now she's his girlfriend while still having you at her side."

Ah. She's probably wondering why Nami was letting pursue her when she already has Ogawa. Will she confront her about this?

"I'll steal her from him soon. You see, I'm not fond of sharing the girl I like with another guy."

I told my girls from before to keep their relationships but yeah, I forbid them to have any physical contact with their boyfriend.

Well, I'm sure so of them broke it since my eyes weren't always with them.

"You're not normal, Onoda. Why do you like us anyway? No, even if it's just . Why do you like ?"

Mori asked again, I guess I'll answer everything I can answer for now. I'm letting her choose. She needs to hear this as well after all.

"Do you want to give you an honest answer or a beautiful lie?"

"Let's see. Let hear the beautiful lie first."

"So, you can be playful like this as well. I like you because of how devoted you are to the guy you like. If that turned to , then I will surely not let that go to waste."

"You… Alright. What about the honest answer?"

She was embarrassed by that beautiful lie. Well, it's not really a lie but that's not my real reason for liking her.

"It's because I have this desire to steal you away from Ogawa. That simple."

"Eh? Steal from him? I'm not his girl..."

Mori was taken aback from my answer.

"I know but you like him. If you turn that liking to , isn't that stealing you from him?"

I smiled at her and took a seat next to her. It's kinda tiring standing in front of her.

She didn't mind it and just continued asking her questions.

"Do you hate Kazuo? Is that why you're doing this?"

Ah. Right. From her perspective, it might be interpreted like that.

"No, I don't hate him at all. This is just my desire. Well, it now has a lot of anings and it won't be easily understood even if I explain it to you. So, Mori, I won't make it hard for you. I like you, this won't change. But if you want to stop, then I will."

I hate his character type though. The indecisiveness and denseness, well it's better for if he stays like that. He has his own harem that I could steal in the future after all. My desire will truly be satisfied if I successfully took away all of them.

"Why does it sound like you're giving up easily?"

She turned to and her questioning eyes were fixed on .

Whatever it is in her mind, I can guess. She thinks my feelings for her are so shallow that I can easily give it up.

"Because that's really how it is, I can give up easily if you want to stop but if you choose to give a chance, I'll make you mine and won't let your feelings go to waste."

With all of these questions from her. I already have an idea of what she will choose.

"It's not like I haven't been confessed to before but Onoda, you're different. No. You're almost an anomaly. Telling all this and I can see that you're saying that in all honesty. If only Kazuo can be like you…"

Anomaly eh? Well, he won't be Kazuo if he beca like . Look at him, he still couldn't hold Nami's hand even if he was envious when he was looking at us back in their clubroom.

"Well, I could still lie just to get soone before but now, I will be honest with my feelings."

This is one of the things that changed. I will be honest with them now. Well, only to the girls I like of course. The number of relationships I have is not normal after all. If soone else knew about this not only will I be condemned, they will all be implicated.

"I'm sorry Onoda. Right now, I can only see him, even if he doesn't like ."

Finally, Mori made her choice. She's still too devoted to him.

Ah. I was already expecting this. I guess it's better this way, let her see the guy he likes to be all over another girl. Surely, she will be frustrated soon.

"Alright, I'll stop trying to steal you, Mori. You'll still have your ti with him, don't worry."

I smiled at her and stood up. Well, let's just say that's my gift to her. That's her chance to make the guy she likes to look at her.

Stealing her later will be more satisfying for my desire if she succeeded. It will also help get Nami for myself if Ogawa becos too distracted to Mori and his other harem mbers who will surely compete for his attention now that their strongest rival has got herself a guy.

Don't change Ogawa. I'm rooting for you to stay as you are.

"Thank you, Onoda."

Mori honestly thanked . If she knew I only postponed it, I wonder what she would think about it?

Well, I told her that my feelings won't change. Maybe it will also chip away at her resistance every ti she rembers it.