Stealing Spree

Chapter 104: Steering his Suspicion Elsewhere

”This way youʼll understand it better, right? I used to live with her.”

Sakuma smiled shyly.

Ah. This guy, heʼs probably thinking about that time.

”Youʼre a lucky guy. So how was it? Did you come to like her during your time there?

One thing is for sure, Satsuki fell in love with him during that time.

”Weʼre pretty close during 6th Grade. I helped her with the bullies by receiving the beating instead of them.”

Eh? So you willingly got beaten up by Satsuki? Are you a masochist?

Ah. He probably has that tendency. Heʼs willingly receiving her insults now.

”Man. Are you proud to be her punching bag?”

”Yes? Thatʼs better than her getting into troubles for beating them up. Sheʼs kind of violent before. Plus her parents told me to look out for her.”

Sheʼs still a bit violent today but she transferred most of those in her mouth.

This must be one of the reasons she fell in love with him. She mustʼve known what he was doing for her.

”Iʼm sure there were other ways but you chose that.”

I acted as if Iʼm backing away from him. This masochist. I wonder what happened to that picture we took? I told her that we will stop that plan to send it to the whole class. I planned to just show it to Sakuma through my phone after she edited it. Iʼll make an excuse for it, something like I found it in the internet.

”Hey! Those eyes. You look like youʼre looking at a freak. Itʼs the only way if I wanted to not get in trouble as well.”

He hurriedly explained himself.

”Alright. Continue your story. Looks like weʼre still at the intro.”

Maybe what he did contributed to her feelings for him. She got an early growth spurt back then which made her even taller than most boys in their grade, resulting in her being teased in their school.

”This guy. Alright before I continue, tell me Onoda. Do you not feel attracted to Maemura?”

Err... Iʼm more than attracted to her. I already love her.

This guy still couldnʼt rest about his suspicion. Heʼs not wrong anyway.

”Iʼll be lying if I told you I donʼt. Her height isnʼt an issue, sheʼs even more attractive that way.”

Iʼve also tasted her. If not for you, sheʼll probably be completely mine already.

”Hmm. I see youʼre really honest, Onoda. Can I ask you not to make a move on her?”

This guy.? Couldnʼt he just say it straight to me? To stop helping Satsuki with their affairs.

”Haa. Iʼm trying to help you two but Sakuma, are you that pessimistic about your chances with her?”

I asked him with a serious face. I wonʼt say yes and accede to his request or even lie just to satisfy him.

”No. Iʼm just jealous of how close you are to her.”

He also answered seriously.

Satsuki is already mine so him asking like this wonʼt make any difference.

”You know, if you keep doing this, even if itʼs not me, someone might get to her before you. Stop stalling for time, dude.”

Iʼm giving this idiot a push at the back again. Well, Iʼm also getting impatient now, he keeps on stalling for time and thatʼs making Satsuki confused as well.

I donʼt care even if he noticed that Iʼm purposely not answering his questions and requests which concerns my relationship with Satsuki. I wonʼt tell him any lie. At least that much, I can do for him.

”… Your words make sense, Onoda. But the thing is, I still donʼt know if I can resolve what happened. I asked for a week and kept acting like this but itʼs still not clear whether I can resolve that.”

Sakuma looked down, the worry on his face was apparent.

Whatʼs that thing he needed to resolve anyway? This is what I really wanted to know and weʼve already taken a lot of detours to reach here.

”Tell me about it. I donʼt know if I can help but let me hear it first.”

I egged him.

I wonʼt let him take another detour. This is why I am wasting my time here.

”Alright. Itʼs not actually about Maemura. Itʼs about her sister.”

Eh? Weʼre talking about the two of you, why will her sister be involved? And from what I heard from his mother last Sunday, it sounded like itʼs something that also involved Satsuki. Or maybe his mother just didnʼt know the real story.

”Huh? Thatʼs confusing Sakuma. If itʼs about her sister, why canʼt you talk to Satsuki or even go to their house again?”

Iʼve just finished acting with Nami, now Iʼm acting again to make this guy talk.

”There was an incident before. Everything stemmed from that incident.”

Incident? I see. Thatʼs why they both donʼt want to talk about it.

”So this incident, it involved the three of you?”

I asked curiously, hoping to hear about the whole incident.