As the door of the abandoned clubroom shut close from behind , I steered my feet towards the exit of the Club Building.
There’s no point prolonging my stay there. If I did, Izumi-senpai would just beco too wary of and everything I said would be pushed to the back of her mind while her fear of would beco a deterrent for furthering my intention of stealing her.
Because of how I approached her today, there's a huge possibility that Izumi-senpai wouldn't tell Arisa-senpai what I did and told her today. However, she would certainly ask Arisa-senpai the sa thing her friend asked yesterday. 'What do Arisa-senpai think of ?'
After yesterday, that girl certainly changed her view of after what I told her. Even if I appear mysterious to her when I just left without doing anything else as soon as she finished explaining what she prepared specifically for , that wouldn't be enough to revert my words which destroyed my image of in her mind.
Back then, she promptly told that what happened between us was a one-ti thing. Perhaps letting savor that one-ti when Izumi-senpai left that room last week was her attempt to satisfy . Hoping that through that, I would already be content. That’s why before we separated, she lectured to stop hoping that it would happen again and remind to focus on my girlfriend instead.
When I attempted to hug her and told her how I was interested in her, I’d thrown away every kind gesture she made. Hence, the disappointnt she had when she looked at .
That’s just my guess but it's probably close to the truth. Salvaging my relationship with her might be harder than changing Shizu's mind about accepting that it's impossible for her to have all to herself.
Now, if Izumi-senpai decided to stop associating with , it would be considered a dead-end on both of their routes.
Normally, that should be the case...
What am I?
I'm far from normal.
Before I even considered stealing Izumi-senpai. I already considered the things that would happen and how to go through them.
Nonetheless, I know that my approach towards the two would be different.
Since I'm not trying to steal Arisa-senpai from soone else, I would be patient with my approach. I would rely on the tis I would be able to have a serious talk with her.
With Izumi-senpai, however, I would continue letting her compare Ogawa to . What he couldn't do, I would always do it for her.
Just that, for that to happen, I have to make her interested in first.
Being the best of friends to each other, the two were often together. There would only be a few tis where they would separate from each other.
That's why my plan involved ‘coincidentally’ running into them. When I did, I would turn it awkward by eting their gazes before avoiding it almost imdiately.
That would be enough to refresh what happened with us in their minds.
However, its effect on the two might be different.
I imdiately stopped when Arisa-senpai changed her attitude but I continuously repeated my confession to Izumi-senpai and I even forcefully put her in my arms.
Perhaps Arisa-senpai would avoid my gaze just the sa while Izumi-senpai would wonder why... Why after that kind of declaration from , I started avoiding her.
In any case, my desire to talk to Arisa-senpai and know more about her is still here. If I find the chance to do that, I will grab it unhesitatingly.
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Like yesterday, the ti I spent with my ntor was half of the allocated ti for it. With this much ti to spare, I chose to tour the school once more rather than going to the club early. There’s no one there and I already passed the plan to Ishida-senpai.
When I got the chance to talk to Rae earlier during PE, she told that she might not be able to go to the club today. She’s going ho early. As for the reason, it’s about her family.
Although I could ask her for a
specific reason, I refrained from doing that and just told her that I’ll pick her up and walk her to the bus station.
There’s still around an hour before that so… I’ll be using this ti to walk around the school.
Most of my girls were still with their ntors and to avoid more rumors from springing up, I wouldn't just recklessly go to see Shio.
We already both decided that we would interact less with each other while in school. Unless there was a better excuse we could use to spend ti while in here, the best we could do was to talk to each other through the ssenger.
From the Club Building, my tour started by going around the huge fields for sports clubs around the Gymnasium.
Being idle at this ti, I gathered the stares of the pairs of ntor and ntee I passed by, perhaps labeling as a slacker. So would sneer while so would just ignore altogether.
Well, I also ignored most of them as I continued my walk.
I'm not out touring to gather attention anyway. Moreover, I'm not out touring to look for potential targets. There's no point for that anymore.
Nonetheless, running into so I know or soone who knows was a foregone conclusion. Only the 1st and 2nd years were out here after all. And given that I was already a known na, even those not from our class could recognize .
Whenever that happened, he or she would call out to , asking why I wasn't with my ntor.
Making an excuse by telling them my walk was actually sothing my ntor tasked to do, they could only nod and accept it. Sotis they would voice out their suspicions.
One emotionless stare was enough to shut them up though.
Among those I saw were Imada and her ntor. They were hanging out near the baseball field, staring out at that empty lot where the baseball club trains everyday. Like most of those I saw, they're not really doing anything except talking about any topic they could think of.
When Imada saw , she excitedly called out to , even introducing to her ntor who seed overwheld by the girl who kept on going places. Imada was too energetic for her.
Upon seeing , her ntor suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Using the chance that Imada was circling around , she excused herself by saying she's going to the bathroom, leaving her ntee with .
"How long are you going to circle around ? Your ntor left you already."
"I'm aware. She's already fed up with accompanying . She ran out of things she could teach after all. Anyway, enough about my ntor. What are you doing here, Onoda-kun?"
With a grin as if she found a new toy to play with, Imada was acting differently from that flustered girl who caught us in that empty clubroom. Perhaps she already forgot that event or she’s trying her best not to rember it.
In any case, I can humor her for a while. Her constant fangirling over my relationship with Nami often helped us.
"I’m taking a walk. Like you, Izumi-senpai ran out of things to teach . And since there are only two of us there, it’s quite awkward for her. That’s why I excused myself to not let it co to that.” I answered with half-truths.
Upon hearing my answer, Imada nodded continuously before clapping her hands together.
“Ah! I know! Since you’re free, why don’t we check on our other classmates? See what they’re doing with their ntors?”
As if pleased with her suggestion, her eyes that were sparkling brighter than the stars due to her excitent stared at , anticipating my agreent with her suggestion.
“That doesn’t sound exciting. I’d rather go to Nami and watch her.”
Even if I find so dirt with those classmates of ours, it’s practically worthless for .
“Eh? Is it not exciting? What if we find sothing interesting?”
“Interesting like what?”
“Co here…” Imada looked to her left and right before gesturing for to co near her.
Although I could already guess what she would tell , I acted interested and closed the distance between us, turning my ears to her.
Upon seeing complying, her lips curved into a mischievous smile before whispering to my ear. “You know… so might use this chance to get together with their crushes. Like swapping ntors.”
Swapping ntors, huh? That’s what we’re doing. And it’s spot on with what Izumi-senpai did. To have a chance with Ogawa, she asked Arisa-senpai for a swap.
Well, since Izumi-senpai could do it, the others could do it as well.
However… what she wanted still failed to pique my interest.
“Sorry. It’s not interesting for .” I answered and that imdiately destroyed the heightened anticipation that’s building up for her.
With a sullen expression, she asked, “Huh? Then what’s interesting for you?”
“Let’s see. Spending ti with my girl? Teasing her and…”
Trailing my voice like that, Imada instantly understood what I ant.
And as expected, her sullen expression disappeared followed by averting her gaze to stop from seeing her face getting flustered.
Whatever she imagined from my answer, it’s surely enough for her to go back to that ti when she caught Nami and in that position.
After taking a deep breath to compose herself, Imada’s voice lowered. Perhaps to prevent from picking up what she’s currently feeling.
Most likely, she also recalled how Nami teased her back then.
“... I see. I guess soone in a relationship like you will only be interested in spending ti with your girlfriend. No wonder Nanami is blooming every passing day.”
“Un, it’s like that. What about you? Aren’t you interested in soone?... For example, Ogawa.”
It’s a wild guess from . There’s no indication that she’s also interested in that guy after all.
However, as soon as I ntioned that coward’s na, Imada froze.
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