Shishio was without a doubt a scumbag, and everyone in the school knew about this. However, when his presence was there, it was hard for them to talk, and it made them could only look at him with a hot gaze from a distance, thinking that he was really handsome.
While Shishio wasn't sure, he heard that many people secretly bought his photos. Still, even if he was a scumbag, there was no particular harm that he felt. Instead, he received a more curious gaze which made them wonder what made him able to create a harem.
After all, everyone loved a harem, right?
However, there were only a few people who could do it.
Shishio could have a harem, and his girlfriends were all beautiful girls. He could also stay with all the literature club members most of the time, which made all the guys feel jealous.
After all, all the literature club members were beautiful girls, except for Shishio, Usa, and Kiriya Reiji.
Still, most guys could only watch from a distance since it was hard to join a group of beautiful girls, especially when they didn't even know all of those girls or the guys that joined the literature club.
After all, unlike Usa, who had good luck knowing Shishio since they were from the same class, while Shishio's relationship with everyone wasn't bad, he also wasn't close either, and most people would feel inferior when they stood next to him, which made it harder for them to get closer to Shishio.
Shishio also knew that he didn't have many male friends, but he didn't care much either since a group of herbivores couldn't stay together with a king of beasts. Even the other carnivores also couldn't stay together with the other carnivore since they would just fight each other, and only the strongest could stand up.
Shishio didn't need many friends, and it was enough to have only one or two.
Still, everything had happened, there was no need to think too much about the aftermath of his confession as a scumbag, so it was better to enjoy his close relationship with many girls openly.
The long school ended, and it was time to go back.
Shishio thought about going back, but it seemed that Usa had something to talk about with him. "What's wrong, Usa?"
"Um..." Usa hesitated to talk, especially when Shishio was surrounded by Nanami, Nana, Mea, and Maiko, and those four girls were also looking at him.
"You don't need to get nervous beside us," Maiko said teasingly.
"What is it? Are you planning to confess to someone?" Mea asked.
"....." Usa.
"Okay, okay, stop teasing him." Shishio was speechless, but then he looked at Usa and said, "How about we talk tomorrow? We have a club tomorrow, right?"
"Okay." Usa agreed without hesitation. While he wanted to talk about his problem now, he didn't want to be teased by the girls.
Shishio then walked out of the classroom, and he noticed Sorata's gaze on him, but he ignored him.
After Sorata left Sakurasou, neither of them talked to each other.
While they were in the same class, the positions of their seats were too far apart.
Sorata was sitting near the door of the class, second from the front.
Shishio was sitting near the window and on the right back.
While the seat position was part of the reason, the other reason was that their relationship wasn't that close, so after Sorata moved, there was no reason for them to talk anymore.
However, this time, it was different.
Sorata knew that Shishio had become a scumbag and had dated Shiina and Nana together. Not only Shishio wasn't being dumped. Instead, Shishio could get two girls at the same time.
Sorata couldn't accept it, but what could he do?
'Should I create a rumor on the forum?' Sorata thought secretly.
However, if Shishio knew what Sorata thought, he would only laugh since he was the creator of the school forum.
Shishio had placed an extra label on Sorata, and there was no need for him to entangle with him anymore.
They walked out of the class, and Maiko asked, "Are we going to go out and play?"
"I'm going to visit his new apartment," Nana said as she hugged Shishio's arm.
"New apartment?" 3x
Nanami, Mea, and Maiko looked at Shishio curiously.
"Do you want to see it?" Shishio asked.
They looked at each other and nodded without hesitation since they were quite curious about Shishio's new apartment.
Unlike Sakurasou, where Shishio lived, there were many weirdos there. He was afraid that something might happen to them.
However, his new apartment was safe, especially when it was located right on the building where Mai was living.
Still, if possible, Shishio also wanted to bring them to Sakurasou. Eating a BBQ there would be nice, considering the open space in the middle part of the building.
The five walked together before they met Rui and Momo.
"Shishio-kun~~!" Momo waved her hand happily. She was unaffected by the fact that Shishio had announced he was a scumbag.
However, Rui stared at Shishio and the girls around him for a moment before she nodded and said, "Let's go, Momo."
Momo was dumbfounded, looking at Rui's reaction, but before she said something, Rui had left, which made her chase after her. "Wait, Rui!" She then looked at Shishio and said, "I'll talk with her."
"...."
Shishio tilted his head and wondered whether he had done something wrong.
"Did you have a fight?" Nanami asked since she knew that the relationship between Shishio and Rui was quite subtle.
"Not sure." Shishio shook his head and wondered whether he had done something.
'Maybe she's jealous?'
Shishio looked at the four girls beside him and didn't feel surprised if Rui felt annoyed when she saw him with them when he didn't even meet her during Golden Week. While he had promised Hina that he wouldn't hurt Rui, he didn't approach her actively since they weren't even in a relationship.
They might be sex friends, but somehow their relationship was complicated.
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"What's wrong, Rui?" Momo asked curiously after they walked out of the entrance of the school.
"...I'm not sure." Rui shook her head and felt uncomfortable when she saw Shishio was with other girls, even if she had gotten used to it in the past. She had heard how Shishio had announced that he was a scumbag by holding the hands of two girls. She thought his situation would be bad and had been thinking about meeting him, but she couldn't find him anywhere, whether in his class or the literature club.
During Golden Week, even though Rui went on a trip with her family, she just couldn't have fun, especially when she couldn't meet Shishio.
Rui knew that their relationship was just a sex friend, but secretly, she might hope for something more.
While Rui knew that it was dirty, she thought she could get him when everyone might avoid him when they knew he was a scumbag. The fact that not only her, who thought similarly, most of the girls in the school also thought similarly since they felt that they could change his scumbag personality as long as they dated him.
However, the fact?
His relationship with his girlfriends was as good as ever, and no one distanced themselves from him.
There wasn't much difference between who was known as a scumbag or not.
Rui's position on Shishio's heart wasn't as important as his girlfriends.
While Rui knew that, could she accept it?
Rui hated herself, who couldn't face Shishio before and couldn't even say anything. If possible, she wanted to rewind the time, so she could be calmer when she met him, but she knew that she couldn't, and she had regretted her action. She could only sigh tiredly, and somehow she wanted to cry, but it was quite hard to do it when someone was nearby.
"Sorry, Momo. I'll go back first."
"...Okay." Momo nodded after a moment of hesitation, looking at Rui's lonely back before she could shake her head since her position wasn't that much different from Rui.
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While Shishio knew that he might need to talk with Rui, he didn't bother to talk with her now since the others had arrived.
"Shishio."
Shiina trotted toward Shishio as if a pet had found its master.
Shishio was speechless, but he didn't think too much and patted Shiina's head.
Shiina showed a bright smile and let him rub her head.
"....." Nana, Nanami, Mai, and Maiko.
Sorata, who happened to see this scene, could only feel that his breathing started to feel uncomfortable since Shiina acted so chummily to Shishio.
"I'm going to my new apartment. Do you want to see it?" Shishio asked.
"Okay." Shiina nodded without hesitation.
Before long, Mai, Saki, Miu, and Ritsu also came and saw him.
They talked to each other before they agreed to visit his new apartment, especially Mai, since she knew that the entire building of her apartment was bought by Shishio, which made her speechless. Moreover, she had seen renovation workers working on the highest floor of the apartment building, and it was probably related to Shishio.
Still, when they talked and walked together, they attracted much attention since not only the two girls but Shishio's harem had reached an incredible number.
There were many famous names too, which made them speechless.
Hikigaya Hachima, who represented the single guys at the school, could only look at the sky right now. He felt that this was a dream, and he was living in the light novel world where there was a harem protagonist who could make every girl in this school, or even the world, become his harem member.
Still, whether it was Hikigaya or any men in this school, there was only one thing that they thought at this moment.
'I'm so jealous!'
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The distance from his apartment wasn't that far from the school. They still needed to enter the bus. After they came out of the bus, they kept talking to each other.
Shishio, who was the only guy in the group, didn't join their conversation since the topic was quite strange.
"There are so many here. Can you handle us together, Shishio?" Maiko teased.
"Maiko!" Ritsu, who wasn't part of the harem, looked at Maiko angrily with a red face, thinking that this girl was too vulgar.
However, Mai, Saki, and Miu, who knew how strong Shishio was, could only look at Maiko subtly. Still, they could read the mood, and they didn't say anything.
"He can do it," Shiina said.
"......." Everyone.
"Shishio is so strong in bed," Shiina said.
"......" Everyone.
Shishio could look at Shiina, who titled her head, while showing a bright smile, waiting for him to praise her.
"........"
Shishio could only sigh helplessly before he patted Shiina's head.
Shiina smiled happily, thinking that she had done a good job.
"......"
Looking at Shiina, while Shishio loved her so much, he might need to educate her more in the future, or else, this girl might talk about many of his secrets, which made him helpless.