The clubroom was surprisingly normal. Well, what should I say? There were sothing like scrolls pasted on its walls containing poems. Maybe written by the mbers or from popular poets.
Ah. I see.
The room was cut in half. Upon entering the door, you'll be t by a wall on your right that's filled with excerpts and poems to live up to the na of the club.
Of course, behind that wall is the room connected to the Book Club. But yeah, that room only took half of that walled space. So there's another room apart from it. Maybe they made it look like a storage room or sothing. I'll look at it later and maybe peek inside that other room as well.
Apart from Hiko and Mina, no one else was here. Like Haruko told , the other 3 were with her.
There's a long table like the one from the Literature Club and there are chairs around it.
Hiko led to a corner with a low round table surrounded by pin cushions. There's a teapot in the middle.
I sat at one of the cushions while the other two positioned themselves on the left and right side.
Mina who's silent since earlier reached for the teapot to check its contents. She raised it up. From how easy it was to raise, it's empty. She turned red from realizing that which made her stand up hurriedly to prepare tea leaving Hiko and alone.
"Uhm. Haru, she told us you'll co but didn't tell us what to do."
"Well, just do what you want to. I'm here to observe what's happening there, but Haruko told to accompany you two."
Hiko couldn't look at directly. Scared? What happened yesterday made her more scared of ?
I only kissed her and she even told that she won't let steal her away from Haruko. What happened to her bravery?
"O-onoda-kun, what you did yesterday…"
"Ah. Did that kiss make you conscious of , by chance?"
"N-no! Haru asked if you did sothing and I told her you did that."
"Then, what did she say?"
Ah. Maybe Haruko already predicted I will do that. These girls of mine, sohow they know more about than what I realized. Even Satsuki and Kana are like that.
"She asked what I thought about it."
"What did you answer?"
"It's gentle…"
"I thought you would answer her with the sa words you told ."
She was cute yesterday. She shouted how she wouldn't let steal her. But to think that's what she really thought of it.
"If it's Haru, I can't lie."
"Ah. So that's what you felt about the kiss. I'm moved, Hiko."
"It's only that, no other aning. I still hated it."
"We can redo it, Hiko. This ti, properly. I'll let you feel how I want you, just like how I feel about Haruko."
Hearing what I said, Hiko blushed more and she sohow pulled away from .
I have many girls igniting my desire but it doesn't show any signs of being enough.
"No. Mina is here."
"She can watch. Soon I will also steal her so it doesn't matter."
I heard a clanking of the teapot from a distance, Mina is listening on our conversation.
"W-why are you like this? Boys in my class are not like you. If they like soone, they devote themselves to that soone."
"Huh? That's where you're wrong. Every guy has his own fantasy and it's not just on one girl. They fantasize about each and every girl they feel attracted to. The difference between us is they keep it to themselves while I follow what my desire wants."
Right. There's no way a guy will only look at one girl. Even if they only devoted themselves to one, they fantasize about other girls in their head.
"Your desire again..."
"Yes. I can't put a stop to this so here I am."
"You're just too greedy."
"Maybe I am. But I'm being honest here. If soone ignites this desire, I will want to steal her and make her mine."
Slowly, Hiko settled back to her seat. She's slowly getting comfortable talking to . But our topic went back to this. Maybe she wanted to understand my desire. Even I don't fully understand it. Well, I'll let her try.
"But we like soone else, it's Haru, you can't force us to be yours just because you want to."
"You're right. That's why I'm working hard to steal you.
"Haru, she let us fall in love with her and she also loves us back. But you, you only want to steal us and not our love. That's twisted."
"Haruko loves , right? And I accepted it. Maybe before, I won't. However, I don't mind if you also fall for now. Maybe that's what I need to do to steal you."
Accepting their love. It's a form of progress on my side and I didn't feel any rejection from my desire when I did that. Akane, Aoi, Ria, Yae and Haruko. They expressed their love towards and it made comfortable when I accepted it.
"I don't understand. Why can't you love Haru like how she loves you? We're actually jealous of that. Even if you don't love her, she's doing everything for you."
"We're back here again. I really can't feel that emotion. But I care for her, she's mine. I take responsibility to the girls I steal. If they want to be cut off from , I will let them."
"You're weird. Too weird. I may be an introvert but, what you just described is also a definition of love."
"Really? But I can't feel it."
I can't really be sure. What is love? Why can't I feel it? Why was it replaced by this desire? Was it really replaced or I just forgot how to because I was consud with satisfying this desire?
"No. You just don't realize it."
"No. If what you're saying is true, then doesn't that an I'm falling for all the girls who ignited my desire? That's absurd, right? This is just my desire to steal you. What happens after that is taking responsibility."
"You're hopeless Onoda-kun. You need to think it through. Why do you take responsibility after you steal them? Can't you just throw them away?"
"No. That's irresponsible. I'm done doing that."
That's what I did before. And look at what happened. I hurt a lot of them, even those who fell for .
"Then how do you steal before?"
"By any ans. Even if it's despicable."
"What about now? Are you doing the sa thing?"
"I try not to but my ans are still despicable."
Eh? What's this? Am I getting a lecture now? No. This girl. She's still trying to understand my desire.
"Can I say sothing?"
"Go on, Mina."
Hiko told Mina who just finished making tea. She's listening on our conversation and now she had sothing to say. Or maybe ask like what Hiko did? To understand my desire
"Onoda-kun. You want to steal us right?"
"Yes."
"What's the reason?"
"Because you ignited my desire."
As I thought. She also wants to ask about that. But her voice, it sounded clear and not shy at all.
"What's that desire?"
"Honestly, I don't know what it is anymore. It changed a lot."
"Then let change my question. What do you feel about us?"
"I want you both to be mine. Along with Haruko and the other girls."
Hearing that, Hiko and Mina look at each other. Looks like they're communicating telepathically but I guess they can understand each other just by staring.
"You're a greedy man Onoda-kun."
"I guess I am."
"So if you steal us and we told you we don't want to see you again, what will you do?"
"I will respect your decision. By stealing you, you already satisfied my desire. What cos after that is taking responsibility for stealing you."
I'm back at answering this kind of question. I guess this will always be asked by those in doubt.
"I see. Thank you for answering, Onoda-kun."
"What do you think, Mina?"
"We shouldn't let him hear it, this guy better realize it by himself."
"Eh? What are you two talking about?"
Huh? What happened? Why does it look like they understood sothing about but they won't tell about it?
"Here, drink a tea. I'll leave you two and see the situation there."
"Where?"
"That room, of course."
After putting down a cup full of newly brewed tea for both Hiko and , Mina stood up and walked towards the door leading to the walled space.
"I see. Can I join?"
"No, stay here with Hi."
"You're stupid Onoda-kun. Now I also feel stupid for being scared of you."
"Eh? What really happened? Why can't I understand?"
Hiko, her tone also changed. It's like she's now above . What the hell happened? Ah. They really did understand sothing and they're acting like I'm a dense guy who couldn't understand it.
"Because you're stupid."
"You girls…"
"Won't you steal ?"
"How can I when you both act mysteriously like this?"
Now, I'm getting confused but they won't tell about it. Haa.
"Then all that talk about your desire only amount to this."
"Huh?"
"I'm calling you weak, Onoda-kun."
"What's with this sudden reverse in attitude?"
I'm really getting looked down by Hiko. This forr introvert who's just blushing earlier when we're talking about that kiss.
"Because you're stupid. Being scared of you, it's laughable."
"This girl. Are you challenging ?"
"Yes! To think Haruko will love you more than us. I also feel stupid. We'll beat you! You won't be able to steal any of us. And we will steal Haru from you!"
I stood up and pushed her down where she sat. I don't feel like answering anymore. This feeling of getting looked down on. I feel like I'm too stupid.
Ah. Damn. I'm also calling myself as stupid. I really am stupid.
"S-so, you can only be forceful. You can't steal this way. Maaya is stronger than you."
"But you're trembling Hiko."
She said that but the mont I pushed her down, she started trembling, even her voice. She's just acting tough.
"I…"
"I want you. Even if you laugh. Even if you call weak or stupid. I don't care. You're igniting my desire. I'm all set to steal you."
I really don't care what they think about . But yeah, the way she looked earlier. I got agitated which led to push her down.
"You're just a stupid guy. If you don't realize things…"
"I will realize those. But right now, I'm focusing on you."
No matter what that was. What Satsuki said I have to realize or the things Hiko said I need to realize, all of it was put at the back of my mind. My mind was focused on this girl. This is really stupid.
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