Stealing Spree

Chapter 182: Confusion (2)

Hearing my words, Nikaido fell deep in thought before she put a hand on top of her heart before looking up to me with a different expression than before, itʼs like she realized something.

”… Is that really it? But why is my heart beating like this for you? Onoda, can you tell me?”

Upon saying that, Nikaido took my hand and also put it on top of where her heart is, though thereʼs the softness of her breast which filled up my palm instantly, her heart was really throbbing rapidly as if she ran nonstop.

”Nikaido…”

”Your words just now made it like this. What happened? This feels too different…”

Even with my hand feeling up that marshmallow-like softness on top of her heart, Nikaido with her reddened face was staring at me intently.

”Maybe it was really my curiosity earlier but now… Onoda, is this how it feels to truly like someone? Or love? I donʼt know but this honestly feels different than how I kept saying I like you just now.”

Err… I only wanted to let her understand that she must be confusing her curiosity to like and now it turned to this.

”Haa… I donʼt really know what to do with you now.”

Even if I was always composed, this time, I was really at a loss on what to do with her.

”Uhm then… Can I kiss you, Onoda?”

With her eyes not leaving my face and my hand still held by her on top of her heart, Nikaido drew her face nearer.

”Are you sure this is not your curiosity talking?”

I had just asked her that question earlier and she readily accepted without a second thought...

”No. This is me wanting to show how I like you...”

Nikaido shook her head and let go of her hold on my hand. Though she could feel it, she let it stay there, feeling up her slightly developed breast. The softness of it was something my palm would want to dig in anytime.

However, I took it off there once she let go of it. If that was influencing her decision then itʼs just the same as earlier.

”Alright. If that would let me understand what youʼre feeling then...”

Even before I could finish my sentence, Nikaido cupped my cheeks with her hands and pulled my face closer to her, putting her lips on top of mine.

Though she seemed clumsy at doing it, Nikaidoʼs lips werenʼt hurried as it slowly savors the feeling of our lips touching. Afterwards, when she felt comfortable, her mouth opened slightly and started to push deeper, overlapping it completely with mine. Her opened eyes were already closed while her face was beet red from embarrassment. But the way she kissed me, itʼs really delivering something else.

Circling my arms on her waist, I pulled her closer and responded to her kiss. Nikaidoʼs body stiffened a bit from feeling my hands slipping from her waist to her back but she let herself be pulled closer.

From a simple kiss like that, it grew deeper that her eyes opened again and seemingly smiled at me before continuing to return what Iʼm doing to her lips. Nikaido started sucking my lower lip while I did the same on her upper lip.

Few minutes passed by like that, alternating our kisses that her tongue sometimes peek out only to move back inside when she felt mine licking her lips. It should probably be her first kiss but Nikaido held it well.

When our lips separated, she had this dreamy look as if sheʼs looking at someone who she could only dream of.

”As I thought. I really grew to like you now, Onoda.”

Though thatʼs kind of vague of a reasoning only after one kiss. I couldnʼt help but agree with her.

This girl. If earlier sounds like empty words of a curious girl wanting to try something new, this time, she put it what sheʼs currently feeling in it.

”… It seems like it.”

Itʼs really different from earlier where she kept saying how she likes me or before about how she wanted me to steal her as well, all of those were her curiosity about the new things that weʼve shown her.

”Iʼm glad.”

With an enchanting smile on her face, Nikaido spread her arms open before slipping it from my sides to put me in her embrace as she snuggled into my chest.

”I was kind of naive before. But it seems it was really idiotic to even be ready to be taken to a hotel. If it was any other guy, they wouldnʼt try to understand me like you do, Onoda.? Iʼm glad itʼs you.”

Itʼs not just idiotic… For her to have those thoughts… If it was any other guy, even if theyʼre not that interested in her, to be confessed over and over how she likes them, any guy would also be inclined to think ʼwhy not try it?ʼ. And that would certainly lead to them having a relationship but without some kind of foundation when her curiosity was completely cleared it would crumble easily.

”I still donʼt get it completely, however, you should really treasure yourself Nikaido. Iʼm the worst guy to be involved with.”

Because of my experience, Iʼm the kind who now treasure every girl I would be involved in. Even Mori who rejected me, I still cared about what she would feel upon seeing Ogawa and Nami happy together back then. Completely different from before, eh? However with how many I already had, Iʼm surely the worst guy to someone new to all this.

While still snuggled to my chest, Nikaido gently shook her head and snuggled even closer that the passing employee of the cafe smiled upon seeing us this close.

”I donʼt think so. If youʼre the worst, no one will be better. Alright. Iʼve decided, I will make you like me too.”

I donʼt know. Sheʼs already close to that but I wonʼt tell her yet. Itʼs better to let her understand her own feelings first.

”Make sure of what you feel first, okay? I really donʼt want you to regret it. It might look like Iʼm taking in anyone but all of them were already involved with me even back then.”

Except for those new targets. Theyʼre really not involved with me but because of my growing fondness for them, I had this thought of making them fall for me as well.

I guess at that point, Nikaido and I were thinking the same thing. If before I was just forcing it through different circumstances, this time I was actually trying to woo them in my own way. Like Shizu-senpai, if I really wanted her to be mine as fast as possible, thereʼs a lot of methods to be used but I chose for us to slowly bond during that secretary work.

”Un. Iʼll keep that in mind.”

Nikaido nodded and put on a smile again. Her arm that was circled behind me moved to my face.

Nikaido caressed it with her fingers until it went on my lips that she had just kissed.

”I was curious about you. I guess thatʼs really it. For letting me realize it, thank you Onoda. Youʼre really as mysterious as I first thought of you.”

After saying that Nikaido pulled herself up from my chest and pulled me into another kiss again.

Spending at least 20 minutes inside the cafe, we finally left it on a somewhat good note. With her still clinging to my arms, the smile she had earlier compared to now was really different. This time, itʼs like a maiden in love who only just had her first love bloom. The confusion she had was somehow cleared up.

Err… my confusion about whatʼs happening and whatʼs the deal with her was also cleared up. That Otsuka-senpai, I really need to clear her curiosity as well. Iʼll message her later.

In the following hour, we both had a trolley as we walked around the supermarket picking groceries that would be brought to different homes. She kept on recommending me something and I also did the same to her. It became like a supermarket date.𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

When weʼre at the counter, because of how close she was with me, the clerk thought that weʼre together. Sheʼs already trying to put everything in one receipt before I noticed. Good thing I was alert and stopped her but that earned us a raised eyebrows from her.

Nikaido couldnʼt stop giggling about it when we left the supermarket. Thatʼs her fault but she was too amused and maybe happy that the clerk thought weʼre a couple.

After resting a bit on the same bench where we waited for her 2 weeks ago, Nikaido bid me farewell with a satisfied smile on her face while leaving the words ʼNext time I will make you admit you like me as well.ʼ

At least thatʼs not her curiosity towards me now. After seeing her off, I also made my way back home.

Before Aya leaves after lunch, Iʼm already thinking of cooking for her. Err… cooking for everyone, itʼs been a while that I got freed of that chore.

The time when I cook and eat with only myself was already over. The silent house was already lively enough with Akane and Miwa-nee along with our son, Minoru

The cameras I put all around the house before were already long-shelved and the recordings shelved as well. I didnʼt really need those anymore but I couldnʼt bear to delete everything. Theyʼre part of my dark history, Iʼll carry them all through the end. Forgetting about it wouldnʼt clear what I did. Thatʼs why even if thereʼs a possibility for it to become my downfall in the future, Iʼll keep it shelved and away from the sight of others.