Stealing Spree
chapter-2098

"So, Nina... What is it with you and your obsession with Ruki's origins?"

"Heh. I'm sorry, senpai. This junior is simply curious. Anyone will if they find out that you're all into him."

"You figured that out by yourself?"

"I'll be blind if I don't!"

"... Makes sense. You were with us during that karaoke last week and even accompanied us to watch those games."

"Yes! But not only that... Tell me I'm not imagining this but Ruki-senpai is too charismatic. It only makes sense that he's a Noble of the Night!"

Somehow, not even a minute after we boarded the bus, Nina became the center of attention of my girls.

The one who brought up that first question was Nami. Knowing how observant that girl is... she doesn't really need to ask Nina.

She did that to ignite the spark of curiosity of the other girls.

Sure enough, Hina and Saki bit on it like fishes drawn to the bait. They pulled her to the back of the bus and surrounded her.

Since they could only fit five there, I ended up sitting with Shizu who acted so quickly as though predicted this turn of events.

Arisa and Izumi then took the neighboring seats on the other side. With the aisle separating us, I could see the envious look of Izumi upon seeing Shizu comfortably latching on to me.

Anyway, Nami and the others were just behind us so it didn't take long before I could feel someone's hand reaching out from above the headrest.

I looked up and saw Nami who was sitting directly behind me ruffling my hair before cupping my head intimately.

She couldn't care less about the possibility of the bus driver seeing her through the rearview mirror.

"Hear that, Ruu? Your junior says your overflowing charm can only be explained if you admitted to being a Noble of the Night. Care to explain yourself?" With a knowing smile which feels like she's drawing me into their conversation, Nami dropped a kiss on my lips.

However, upon seeing that, Shizu got triggered to reply in my place. Of course, she momentarily lifted her head to steal my lips back from Nami.

"Nanami, are you really asking this blockhead to explain it?"

"Why not, Shizu-nee? His junior deserved to know." Nami maintained her somewhat of an enigmatic smile as she raised the volume of her voice a bit which drew the attention of Arisa and Izumi.

Then, Arisa chimed in while sporting her iconic playful smile. Yeah. She smelled the fun brewing in the air.

"Yeah. Yeah. Ruki... tell her!"

Izumi also bit on the bait as she glared at me first before saying, "Hmph. I can agree that half of his charm is natural... But the other half? Isn't it because he's so shameless and all of us fell for it?"

Well, she's not entirely wrong. If I wasn't so shameless to confess to all of them, I wouldn't be here escorting them home.

However, the playful Arisa says otherwise.

"I think that's just you, Izumi. Ruki has always been more straightforward to me."

Saki agreed with her while Hina came to reinforce Izumi's claims.

"No. He's also shameless with me! Ruki told me he'll make sure to take care of me if I fall with him instead..."

Upon seeing and hearing all of that, Nina as well as Kikuchi, who had nothing to do with any of this, had their mouths opened in awe.

Probably, it felt like they were watching a debate on TV about whether the water was wet or not.

While that was happening, Nami and Shizu grabbed their opportunity alternately kissing me. But once the argument cooled down slightly, the baton fell back on my lap. Although the other four appeared to be holding themselves back from copying what the pair of cousins did, none of them made a move.

They simply waited to clear up the air by saying something.

But well, with Nami's thumbs intimately caressing my cheek and Shizu's arms gradually tightening around my waist, could I pretend I forgot what they were talking about?

As if I could do that? Even if I don't look at them, I can already imagine their glittering eyes as they wait expectantly for my answer. And that includes both Nina and Kikuchi.

And so, after deliberating for a while, I said what was on the tip of my tongue when they started with this.

I mean, it's just Nina trying her best to cultivate her fantasy again, right? I'll play along. "Alright. I'm shameless but aren't I sincere enough to all of you? As for my charms... all of you are better judges for that than me. That doesn't mean I'm a Noble of the Night."

Upon saying that, I turned around to look at Nina who was already on the verge of laughing. Little by little, my girls also reacted the same way.

Then for the next few minutes, regardless of whether there were people watching us or not, I ended up changing seats a few times to be pampered by my girls.

By the end of it, I found myself between Nina whose bright expression seemed to indicate it all went according to her plan, and Kikuchi who had no idea how it turned out this way. Well, I spared the fujoshi from going crazy as I fully focused on the mischievous junior that was a disguised menace.

"Hehe... Senpai, are you mad at me? Here. Take a bite."

"You're asking for another flick. Forget it. I'll just spoil you the same as them. Will that satisfy you?" I lifted my hand down to target that smooth forehead of hers but I immediately put it

down in favor of simply holding her chin.

Just like earlier, Nina turned into an imp.

"Does that include kisses too?"

"No."

"Aww..."

Really, she's still like this even when surrounded by my girls. Is she advertising herself to easily get accepted by them when I eventually fall for her?

I don't know.

As gently as possible, my hand left her chin alone and moved towards her glossy hair, fixing it properly and exposing her peach-colored ear.

Then in a serious tone, I whispered, "Don't sell yourself short just because it's fun. I'm the type of guy girls like you should stay away from."

Nina's smirk relaxed and turned into a pretty gentle smile. She then grabbed my hand and whispered back, "I get it. But, that's not how I'm seeing you, senpai. You're a literal chick magnet. Girls will just get drawn to you naturally. Don't you see? I wonder what kind of good deeds you did on your past life"

"Maybe I saved the Shogun from being assassinated?" I jokingly answered since the girl still refused to listen. Or maybe it was me refusing to accept the reality.

Yeah. It must be that.

"Pfft. Or you assassinated one tyrant."

"That too."

Nina sweetly giggled as our conversation suddenly shifted to somewhere else.

In any case, with the bus soon arriving at their stop, I ended up spending the last few minutes next to this fanatical junior.

I don't know how to call her anymore. Can she still be tagged as a vampire fanatic? That's now her cover story because she's now keenly aware of what's happening between me and my

girls.