Aoi is also an only child like me and Akane, her father is even always away from their home due to business trips leaving the mother and daughter alone. Well, at least that's what she told me.
Though I've never been into their house, I've been to this neighborhood. There were times when I would take her home instead of her boyfriend back then.
Err... She also never had her boyfriend take her home after all.
When I stole her before, they're not even dating for over a month, so her attachment towards him wasn't that strong.
Because of my order to them to keep their relationships, they probably had to at least give them some of their attention. Since that was still middle school, most guys were still timid and wouldn't just go straight to intimate situations. Most of them would be satisfied with holding hands or walking them to their home. That's why it became somewhat easy for the girls I stole to keep it.
Sure, there were some instances where the girl would disobey my order, some would've gone unnoticed but if I got wind of it… err let's stop I don't want to bring up all those things I did, the darker ones. It's enough that I remember them and start to stay away from it.
Aoi opened the front door and ushered us in. Ria stepped inside first, followed by me.
"Where's your mom, Aoi?"
"Father took her out on a 2 days trip for their anniversary, they'll be back tomorrow night. They wanted to take me with them but I refused because…"
I see. She refused because she wanted to invite me here instead. This girl.
"Won't they get mad if they knew you brought a guy home?"
Ria already went ahead and made her comfortable on their sofa. That girl's observant nature was working again, checking everything she could get her hands on.
"Uh. That's why Ria is with us."
Aoi shyly smiled as she confessed the reason she would use, too different from her unruly nature, she was also adorable .
"You really thought it well, eh? Come here. I miss you both but I guess I'll start with you."
"We're still at the door."
Pinning her to the wall just a few steps from the door, Aoi glanced at the front door that hasn't been locked yet.
"I just want to kiss my Aoi."
Aoi went back to calling me using the endearment she thought of. Her slight resistance then turned null as she slipped her arms around me and pulled me even closer.
Looking at her face that hasn't changed that much except for its color being livelier than before, I parted fringes of her dark blue hair to reveal her clear green eyes that were staring intently at me.
Even without words, her eyes contained her longing for me. Though she's a bit unruly at times, her love for me was more straightforward than most. She would act first before thinking of the possible consequences.
"I love you Aoi. This might not be the right place to say it, but here it is."
Right after saying that, our lips touched and unconsciously, a single tear ran down her left eye. Lifting my fingers to it, I wiped it away as I pushed my lips deeper. From there, our kiss just escalated as if we haven't seen each other for a year, from her lips to her neck and back to her lips again. Even if we're still next to the front door, we didn't exercise restraint.
"It's really better to hear it from you. I'm happy, darling. All the pent up feelings I had for you were now washed away by that. I want to see you everyday. I want to be with you. I might not be your best girl but I want to stay next to you."
When my feelings reached her through those words and my kiss, Aoi's feelings and everything she wanted to say also burst out of her chest which made for more tears to come out.
"I'll make that possible in the future, as long as you stay with me. I'll strive to be with you. I'm not perfect and I have a lot of flaws, especially the thing about loving all of you but that is my sincere feelings for all of you. It's weird and not normal yes, but that's just how it is. I won't ever force you to do anything again. Maybe I will ask for help sometimes but I'll never order you or force you like before."
To have something stable that can accommodate all of us, to have the power to protect all of them, to have the means to live through despite the rejection of other people who will know about our circumstances.
That's a tall order but I'll start with something and build it from there. I have money saved up from the allowances my parents gave me but I won't blindly invest it on something or push it to luck by gambling. It will be used properly. That's not mine to begin with.
"Not only will I stay, but I will also help you build it. Not only me for sure. Ria and I, when we broke up with them, we both decided to think of how we can be relevant to you even when away, that's why we started to study diligently not just what they're teaching at school but also what really interests us. It might not result in anything in the short time, these foundations will surely help us."
I see. Even if I'm not looking, they started to think of what they could do. They didn't want to be forgotten by me again.
"But don't push yourself too much, alright? I will never neglect you all again. I'm not always with you physically, I know. I won't make an excuse like no time or anything. Since that's really not an excuse, just , I'll visit you whenever I can. Even if you're not always with me, my feelings for you never change."
"Un. That's what Ria also said but maybe I'm just too paranoid. "
"It's fine. If you miss me, don't hesitate to call or message me."
"Alright. I'll do that. Let's enter. Stop eavesdropping now, Ria."
Since I've already loosened my hold on her, Aoi got out of my arms before pulling me inside where we could see Ria peeking from one side.
"Eh? I'm not eavesdropping."
Ria acted surprised and whistled. She's that bad at lying eh?
"I'll make us tea and prepare this. Ria, your turn."
Like an older sister, Aoi took the snacks we bought before going home then walked towards their kitchen leaving Ria and me in the living room.
"Dumb-senpai, will you confess to me as well?"
Ria asked when there's only the two of us, with a teasing smile on her face and her mature vibe showing again.
I smirked at her and threw her question back at her.
"Of course, you will. I bet you confessed like that to everyone."
Ria shrugged as she sat down next to me leaning her head on my shoulder.
"Err… how did you know?"
As always, this girl was even sharper than Nami when she was an observer. It's like Ria understood me well enough to compete with Akane.
"Because that's just like you. When it comes to your mind, you will do it without thinking of any possible consequence. You and Aoi are the same in that regard."
She's right. Though that sounds like we're doing those on impulse, it would only be with the specific person or the person on our mind. Just like how I confessed to Shizu-senpai just after realizing it, not thinking of what would be her reaction.
"But it didn't come from my mind, you know?"
"What do you know, Dumb-senpai? Of course, it's not from your mind. You already loved us before, you just couldn't recognize that back then. All those careful considerations you had for us, we all felt that. Uhm. Maybe only some of us noticed but that's that. You're like an open book, really. But you're really different from the you in middle school. You now weigh what you think whether it will be good for us or not, if not then you'll keep it to yourself. Back then you'll just blurt out whatever would come out on your mind."
Ah… this girl is really amazing. Whenever I'm with her, it's like I'm always naked in front of her. However, she was conquered by me before as to what method I used, she already mentioned that. Because no matter what she does, I will never lose my patience to her trait of being an observant.
"I'm always at a loss when it comes to my Ria."
"That's why love me more Dumb-senpai. I could be your thinking tank."
Thinking tank, eh? Maybe she would really be able to help me think about things just like Rae. Instead of learning from her, it would be her clarifying whatever comes to my mind.
"Come here, I'll show you my love."
I tapped my lap and urged her to sit on it. Even if she's already at my side, this is better.
"Hmm… Even though I don't really like to be treated like a little girl, I guess I don't mind it if it's my Dumb-senpai."
Though she's pouting. Ria climbed up from my side to my lap, immediately encircling her arms to my back and resting her head on my chest.
"You're never a little girl in my eyes, you know? True, you're kind of undeveloped in all areas but that's not all to you, right? I will love my Ria no matter how you look."
"That tongue never changed Dumb-senpai. So, I could see you have a lot on your mind. Fire away and I'll clear your mind off it."
Ria looked up and shook her head. She then crawled from my chest up to level her face with mine. With that kind of innocent-looking eyes, anyone would be fooled that she's just an extremely curious girl.
"We could start with that later. I'm here to spend time with you and Aoi."
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Ria pouted about before smiling and pouted happily as she pointed at her lips.
"The next part comes later."
She smirked and said those words seductively, extremely different from her normal tone.
"I see, I won't hold back then."
And for the first time since we met earlier, only now did Ria's face was tinted with that red blush, her lips also suddenly became so seductive that I kissed it hungrily.
Just like 2 weeks ago, Ria responded to me with the same intensity. Not satisfied with our lips, our tongues explored the interior of each other's mouth and after that, we went down to our necks alternately. Until Aoi showed up again from the kitchen, Ria and I savored the time and expressed the longing we had towards each other.