Stealing Spree

Chapter 153: Fulfilling the Agreement (2)

It was a bit of a rush when the PE Teacher suddenly appeared and called out to us but luckily, due to how dark the interior of the Gym Storehouse is, she didnʼt see anything wrong with us

After telling us to take a break and keep the door open to let the air circulate, she went back to supervise our class.

Mirae heaved a sigh of relief when sheʼs gone as her sweat continued to drip out of her skin.

”Letʼs take a break, Mirae. Youʼre drenched in sweat already. Iʼll buy us a drink.”

I called out to her.

She looked back and I saw her using her arm to wipe the sweat off her forehead.

”We had just taken a break, right?”

Ah. Thatʼs not a break you know? Thatʼs us slacking off.

”Just stop for now and get out to take fresh air. Weʼll finish that later.”

I grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the stuffy Gym Storehouse.

Now that weʼre out there, I could finally see clearly how much she sweated. Her shirt was already sticking to her skin, her hair was a bit wet as if she had just taken a shower.

”Look at you, you might get sick if you let that dry on you.”

I couldnʼt give her my handkerchief since itʼs already used earlier. Though Iʼve also sweated a bit when weʼre in that kind of steamy atmosphere earlier, itʼs not as much as hers.

”I see, youʼre always like this. Even at the infirmary, youʼre this concerned even to someone who kept glaring at you throughout the game.”

Mirae looked up at me as if sheʼs looking at someone sheʼs admiring for a long time.

What is this girl talking about? I felt guilty back then for hitting her so I want her to feel better.

”Anyone will be concerned if theyʼre the cause of why you collapsed. Just sit there for now, Iʼll be back.”

Mirae only giggled from what I said before sitting on where I pointed.

I donʼt know what sheʼs thinking. After that kiss, she seemed to be a different person now. Did I influence her that much?

After buying our drinks, I went back to the Gym Storehouse and saw her talking with Chii.

”Yo, Onoda-chi! I thought of seeing how youʼre doing.”

With a grin on her face, Chii waved her hand towards me. This girl is always easy-going. But yeah thatʼs a mask, right?

I donʼt know what theyʼre talking about but Miraeʼs face was flushed. What did this gyaru tell her, I wonder?

”Chii, wonʼt you be punished by the teacher? The others will be implicated as well.”

That teacher likes to give collective punishment after all.

”Donʼt mind, donʼt mind. Youʼre totally worried about me, eh? Have you read my message?”

No. Iʼm worried about Satsuki, Nami and Aya being implicated by you…

”Not yet. Does that concern what we talked about last week?”

She wanted us to talk privately. As to what the topic will be, I donʼt know. We didnʼt talk about deep topics during our chats so I still have no idea what it is that she wanted to tell me.

”Bingo! Make sure to read it, okay? See ya Mirae-chan!”

Like at how fast she arrived here when Iʼm only gone for a few minutes, Chii left after leaving those words. Did she just come here to remind me to read her message?

Haa. I still donʼt get her thought process.

”Hereʼs yours, Mirae. What did the two of you talk about? She didnʼt bug you, did she?”

Handing her the juice I bought for her. I noticed how sheʼs already refreshed, with her sweat already wiped. But yeah, sheʼs still red.

”Thank you. She only asked if Iʼm also interested in you.”

”I see. Based on how red you are right now, you answered yes?”

Mirae nodded and looked up at me with a wry smile.

”Iʼm curious about you, that means Iʼm interested in you, right? And also, you said you like me.”

”Right. You could say it like that. Do you remember your assignment?”

When I asked her later she kept insisting on it just her being curious about me. I guess that kiss really changed the way she thinks of me.

Asking me to kiss her when the first time was just her fully rejecting as if it would be the end if I took her lips by then. This time, she almost took the lead from me when she got used to it.

”Un. Actually, I want to kiss more. Maybe Iʼll understand it if we do it more…”

Mirae pulled on my sleeves as she looked up at me with that glistening lips of hers. Her fogged up glasses were cleared which made me see her eyes that were intently looking at me, communicating what she wanted.

”Iʼm kind of glad youʼre this eager but Mirae, you donʼt need to rush it. Take your time to understand your feelings. You never liked someone before, right?”

I smiled at her and put my thumb on her lips, caressing it as I asked her the question.

She might get addicted to it and soon grew tired so itʼs better for her to take it slow. It will be bad if she got addicted until her reasoning dulled to the point of asking somebody else for it.

Itʼs better to teach her slowly and to let her understand that itʼs special.

”Maybe youʼll be the first.”

Mirae nodded. She closed her lips as she tried to feel my thumb on it.

”Then I wonʼt take advantage of your confused state. Letʼs take it slow, okay? Iʼll let you slowly understand it. That way you wonʼt be too confused if you really came to like somebody.”

Hearing what I said, Mirae gave me an enchanting smile. She grabbed my hand thatʼs caressing her lips and put it on her cheeks, feeling the warmth of my palm.

”Un. Thank you, Ruki.”

She closed her eyes as she rubbed her cheeks on it.

”What are you thanking me for? I like you, this is normal for me.”

Taking the seat next to her, Mirae used my shoulder to lean on instead. We will surely be misunderstood if someone comes here and sees us.

”For you, but other boys arenʼt like you. Those who confessed to me before, either theyʼre too naive thinking Iʼll be easy or too shameless that they kept reaching on my hand when theyʼre confessing. Youʼre the only one whoʼs always this calm and patient.”

Ah. Those are kids, eh? Who would confess like that?

Err... Itʼs not as if I did a traditional confession behind the school building or under a Cherry Blossom Tree. Hell, my first time confessing with someone was in the bath with Akane. Or if that didnʼt count, with Satsuki inside that empty room where we had sex right after.

”Ah. Right. If someone confesses to you again, will you be curious about him too?”

Will she? I donʼt know, sheʼs in a different class so itʼll be hard to see her unless we communicate with each other beforehand. There is the club and this PE class but I wonʼt always be at the club and this taking PE with their class is only once a week.

”Iʼll turn down anyone else. I will only be curious about you.”

She shook her head as she tried to affirm me.

”You had just put me in a good mood again.”

I smiled at her and patted her head, she closed her eyes to feel the sensation better, like a cat being patted by her owner.

”Iʼm glad. Can I ask for a kiss in exchange for putting you in a good mood?”

After the patting, Mirae whispered her request.

”This girl… Alright, after weʼre done with our task.”

Ah. Letʼs satisfy her for today. Itʼll be hard to be alone with her again after this. Well, weʼll continue our weekly agreement anyway so there will be more chances.

”Then letʼs get to it.”

Mirae excitedly said as she finished drinking her juice. She immediately went inside and I followed after her.

”But Mirae, we shouldnʼt close the door again. Itʼll be hot inside and itʼs my time now, right?”

While doing our task, itʼs time for her to impart me some knowledge. She told me back then that my thoughts were filled with shameless things so I should start filling it with other knowledge.

”Ah! Right, your time where Iʼll teach you knowledge I know.

Mirae exclaimed as if she only remembered it just now.

”Alright. What kind of knowledge will you impart to me?”

We started our work. Weʼre already half done when I pulled her to that corner earlier so this will be swift.

”That… itʼs up to you. Pick a subject then Iʼll tell you what I know about it.”

This girl. So itʼs still on me to pick the subject eh? What do I want to know?

Something I want to do…

”Alright. Apart from studying, what should I do to be successful in life?”

It canʼt be too successful but just enough to realize that future with them.

”Successful? Why do you want to know about it?”

”Isnʼt that why weʼre studying? To become someone who could be called a successful person.”

Thatʼs what they advocate anyway and in the end, only a handful can really become one. Some ended up being slaves to their workplaces, just to get by.

”… Youʼre right. I donʼt have enough knowledge about that subject but apart from studying, you should first identify your strong suit.”

Well, of course, youʼre also a student like me. What should I expect?

”My strong suit? Iʼm good at talking but only when I was trying to make a girl mine or direct someone to think in another direction. I donʼt think I have a handsome face which can lift me up. What else? Iʼm fit and strong?”

Those are the only things I could think of. Iʼm too honest to become a salesperson, I might say the negative points of the product I will be selling.

”You have a lot of strong suits, it seems. Just with the fit and strong, you can be a professional in that department.”

Mirae pondered for a while before speaking again.

”Ah. I donʼt think I would like to fight to be successful or even become a bodyguard of someone. They will always worry about it. Being an athlete is kind of a hassle too.”

Training to become an athlete? With this many girls by my side, I wonʼt have the time. There should be something else I can do.

Starting up a business? But I donʼt have the capital nor the idea to implement.

”They?”

Of all things thatʼs what she picked up, eh?

”My girls, thereʼs not only Kana and Haruko. I donʼt want them to worry about me.”

Being this honest with her. I guess Iʼm already including her in my plan for the future.

”I see. So thereʼs not only Kana-senpai and the senpai from the infirmary…”

She fell silent for a minute before muttering those.

”Based on your knowledge, Iʼm probably a playboy in your eyes now.”

If she used her knowledge that is. She already knew that I have Kana and Haruko. That didnʼt stop her to be curious about me which led to our earlier entanglement.

”No. Thatʼs not what Iʼm thinking! Iʼm just thinking if I will still have a place.”

Mirae immediately rejected and corrected me.

”I will not confess to you if you donʼt have a place. Also, itʼs fine to think that way, I already accepted that my way of life will not be accepted by a lot of people but I will still strive to make it happen.”

”Y-youʼre amazing that way.”

How is that amazing? Itʼll be despised by almost everyone for sure. Or some of them will just be too envious to accept it. Right?

”Really? Thanks, Mirae.”

Putting down the last equipment to be sorted out, I went next to her and thanked her.

With this, weʼre done with our task.

”Ruki... Thank you.”

After making sure everything is in order, Mirae turned to me and also muttered her gratitude.

”Why are you also thanking me?”

”For helping me be myself now.”

Why do they always credit it to me? Iʼm just someone whoʼs giving them the first push to change themselves.

”I only reminded you, itʼs you yourself who made that happen.”

”Thatʼs enough for me. Apart from you, no one ever pointed it out to me.”

Mirae shook her head. It canʼt be that thereʼs no one, maybe she just couldnʼt accept it before. My forceful nature back then made her understand that what Iʼm saying is true.

”I see. Maybe thatʼs also why you became curious about me.”

Thereʼs another girl whose curiosity towards me will probably blow up soon. I set her aside because of her troublesome nature but I guess I should also deal with her soon. To keep the harmony back in that clubroom?

Err… Iʼm the one who destroyed that harmony now Iʼm trying to bring it back.

”Un. I couldnʼt forget you since that day in the infirmary.”

”So Miraeʼs always thinking about me, eh?”

Since weʼre done, Mirae herself pulled me to the same corner as earlier. Despite the accumulating heat, she stuck close to me.

”Youʼre still a mystery, Ruki. Uhm. What else do you want to know?”

Mystery. You already uncovered most of the mystery, you know?

”Ah. Right. What else? I really want to know what I should do to make this successful.”

”Make what successful?”

I keep thinking about what to do but with these issues piling up, itʼs kind of hard to focus. Thereʼs the thing with Shio, the meeting with Otohaʼs grandfather, getting Himeko recognized by her father. Also, add my nature to steal or to get someone I like.

I know I should pause but if youʼre in my shoes and have this kind of nature, it will be proven more difficult if I forcefully stop it.

”Living with everyone in the future.”

”Uhm, it actually depends if itʼs only you or the others will also help.”

I see. I only factored my involvement to make it successful but if they also chip in...

”They will surely help. What about you, Mirae?”

Theyʼre all strong women, they wonʼt let me shoulder it myself even if I insist.

”Eh? Why me too?”

Though I already expressed my liking to her, she still couldnʼt help but be surprised after hearing my words.

”I also want to see you with me in the future.”

I lifted her chin and planted a kiss to it. She asked for this earlier but when I really did it, she failed to react quickly.

”Uhh… then if that happened Iʼll help too.”

After feeling my lips upon hers, it took her awhile to collect herself.

”Then Mirae-sensei, Iʼll rely on your knowledge to help me know more things I keep on skipping.”

Asking her about something I donʼt know, I guess sheʼll be like my walking encyclopedia. Now that she started to think for herself, she can now also mix in her own opinions. And for me that will really be helpful.

”Donʼt call me sensei. It feels distant.”

She started to respond to my kiss and in no time, weʼre back to the state before the PE Teacher called out to us earlier. We still have some time before the PE class ends and so…

”Alright. Rae.”

Changing my way of calling her. Rae blushed beautifully as she showed how pleased she was with it.

”Ruki…”

Taking the lead from me. Rae started to become bolder as her kisses slowly went down to my neck.

Of course, Iʼm not someone who will let her do everything. Taking the lead back from her, every part of her neck and down to her collarbone wasnʼt spared. I only made sure not to leave a mark and not go below it. I said to take it slow so that could wait.

Just like this, our Agreement for this week is about to end. With her becoming this curious about me, itʼll just be a matter of time before that turned to something else.