"Chisa, there're so many things I want to say to you."
"Ahaha, I wonder what that could be?"
She was grinning widely in front of him, while he was clutching his head in his hands. It was already the last day of May's Golden Week, and tomorrow school would start again as usual. He had planned to spend his last day off peacefully by himself, but at the last minute, some visitors unexpectedly showed up. It was Chisa and one other person.
"Are we being a bother to you, Ryuichi-kun…?"
It was Satsuki, and she was currently looking up at Ryuichi with a despondent look on her face. It wasn't very unusual for Chisa to come to his place, but he hadn't expected her to bring Satsuki along. Sure, she had asked him if she would see him again at the club, but he would've never expected that this was how they'd meet again: here, in his own home, even though they'd only just met the other day.
"Oh, come on, Ryuichi, what's the big deal? Don't you think it's nice to have the three of us together like this?"
"You do know this is my place, right?"
Even though it wasn't her home, she had already popped open a can of beer and had even gotten a little drunk. Satsuki was also drinking some small sips of beer, but she wasn't as drunk as Chisa. Although she'd been brought here by her, she seemed a little apologetic and reserved.
"…Sigh. Fine, I'm only making an exception for today, got it?"
"Got it. I'll be coming back sometime soon, 'kay?"
"..."
It seemed that at this point, anything he said would just go in her left ear and out the right. Well, that being said, however, Ryuichi wasn't going to keep complaining to them now that they'd occupied his room and drank his alcohol. He would just have them make it up to him with something else.
"Alright, I'll have you pay me back with your body later."
"Sure. I've been wanting to have some fun with you anyways."
"Pffft?!"
Hearing this exchange, Satsuki spit out the beer in her mouth. She stopped herself short of spewing it all out on the floor by covering her mouth with her hand at the last second, but now she was the one in a pinch as some drops of beer started coming out of her nose. Ryuichi wordlessly handed her a piece of tissue. No lady would ever want to be seen like that, and even he knew this as well as he was trying to be considerate of her.
"T-Thank you sho much."
"Don't mention it."
Seeing her pinching her nose with the tissue convinced him once more that she was just as adorable as a small animal. Her eyes were hidden by her hair, giving her a gloomy impression as always, but she had more than enough beauty and a stunning figure to compensate for this.
"You're such a cute girl too, Satsuki."
"Fueeh?!"
The voice she made whenever she was surprised sounded ridiculous, but insanely cute. If he had been his previous self, he would have attacked her as soon as she came to his house; he would have corrupted her body and soul with the techniques he had cultivated. However, the current him had no intentions of having relations with her as long as she had no intentions of having relations with him. Well, this was how it normally went; the Ryuichi of the past was just that abnormal.
"I know, right? You have such a cute face, yet you're hiding it with those bangs of yours. It's really a shame."
"That's…well…because I'm too shy."
Holding her beer can with both her hands, she shrank back even further.
Satsuki was a short and petite girl. Combined with her disproportionately large breasts for her short size, she must have attracted the desires of many men. In fact, Chisa had told Ryuichi that Satsuki had a slight aversion to men.
If she doesn't like men, I can only imagine how traumatized she must be to be taken to a place like that.
Since then, she had worked up the courage to cut ties with that friend of hers…well, no, not really, but now she at least tried to refuse invitations that she didn't like. This was what Satsuki had to say about that.
"It's all thanks to you. You told me to clearly speak up whenever I didn't like something. Ehehe, when I think back to your words, it gives me courage. ♪"
Apparently his words had become a source of support for her, even though he hadn't really said them to encourage her. Still, regardless of his intent, he was supporting someone, and that wasn't a bad feeling for him.
"You're a kind person, Ryuichi-kun. You've always been that way to me."
Even Shizuna had said this to him once before. He hadn't seen her today, but he felt like he'd been with her for almost the entire duration of the holidays. She even kept saying on the phone that she couldn't wait for tomorrow to come, and that she wanted to see him as soon as possible.
"Oh, right. Satsuki. Remember what you told me? C'mon, try asking him for it."
"Wha?! N-No, but…umm…err…"
"Hmm?"
Chisa's words made Satsuki flustered. She glanced at Ryuichi, their eyes met, and then she looked away. Her face was bright red, and probably not just due to the alcohol. As he tilted his head in confusion, Satsuki, seemingly having resolved herself, began to speak.
"Umm…I want you to try hugging me from behind. Chisa-san told me that being hugged by you from behind makes her feel really secure."
When Ryuichi turned his eyes to Chisa, she nodded emphatically.
"He's totally amazing. Even though he's younger than me, he feels so accepting of me. It's like I can instinctively tell this is what a reliable man looks like."
"Well, I'm glad to hear you say that, but… Satsuki, you're drunk, aren't you?"
"Yes, I am. But…I want you to hug me."
Seeing the pleading look in her eyes, he let out another sigh. Chalking it up as the ravings of a drunken person, he beckoned her over to him. She immediately smiled happily and walked over to him.
"Sit here."
"O-Okay!"
Satsuki sat down so that she was sitting between his legs. Then, he hugged her as she rested her back against his chest.
"Ahh…this is so nice~. ♪"
"See? He's, like, totally a devilish man. A very sinful man."
"Cut it out…"
Well, he already knew that he was well-liked by women. He wasn't at all popular with women his own age or younger, save for Shizuna, but he was well-liked by older women like Chisa and Sakie. Although his face did give off a brutish and fierce look, perhaps they'd found him cute as someone younger than them.
"This is so unlike me. Hey, Satsuki. Here you are snuggling up to me all defenceless like that, but are you ready for me to do something to you?"
"Oh… ♪"
When he whispered in her ear, Satsuki's body shivered. He put his hands on her large breasts without hesitation. He would have left it at that had she moved away from him, but she did not do that at all. In fact, she even relaxed her body and leaned against him more, entrusting herself to him.
"Y'know, Ryuichi, I'm pretty sure she came here to do just that. Well, if I were in her shoes, I think I'd develop a liking for the person who saved me from danger, too."
Even with Chisa's affirmation, he obviously couldn't just go "Okie-dokie, let's have sex then."
"Listen, Satsuki. There are other women I'm seeing besides Chisa, y'know? I'm not seeing as many as I used to, but still, that's the kind of scumbag I am."
After hearing his words, she paused for a brief moment…and eventually, she nodded.
"…Sigh. Why are all the women who flock to me like this?"
"Ahaha. But from what I've heard from Shizuna, it seems like something special is going on between you two, huh?"
"Yeah, you could say that."
"…Umm!"
Satsuki suddenly raised her voice. Ryuichi and Chisa both looked at her with surprised faces. Her face turned even redder than before, she said:
"If you're seeing lots of women, then adding me to the count shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"…Wow."
He laughed at her very straightforward words and wondered why that had been the only sentence she could utter clearly without stuttering.
"…I really do attract the strangest of women, huh."
And with that, he stole her lips.
Afterwards, there were three naked people on the futon. Ryuichi's muscular torso and the two women's seductive bodies were completely in the open. This scene was exactly the kind of paradise that all men desired, and Ryuichi was at the center of it.
"How was it, Satsuki?"
"…It was incredible. Was I really loud?"
Anxious, she asked this question and was met with nods from Ryuichi and Chisa. She immediately looked as if she was going to cry, and instead of hiding her face using the futon…she hid her face by hugging Ryuichi's chest tightly.
"Fufu, looks like you're head over heels for Ryuichi too now, huh, Satsuki?"
"…Yes. I'm head over heels for him."
Satsuki looked up at him with an intoxicated look in her eyes. Her bangs had been pulled up with a hairpin, so her beauty was on full display in its unadulterated form; if she showed her face now to a man at her university, they would definitely mistake her for someone else.
"Don't show that face to anybody else, got it?"
"Got it. ♪
Frankly speaking, it was unusual for them to have a sexual relationship with each other in such a short period of time, but ultimately, Ryuichi was still Ryuichi. He didn't think much of it, and since both parties agreed that this was normal, there was nothing to really worry about.
"I'm gonna take a shower."
With nothing but a change of clothes, Chisa headed for the bathroom.
"…Ryuichi-kun. ♪"
"Sheesh, when you're like this, it almost seems like you're the younger one."
Watching her rub her cheek against his chest, she really looked like a small animal. Now then, although they were right in the middle of their pillow talk session, there was a question he'd wanted to ask her for a while. It was about the feeling of discomfort he'd felt before, a doubt that'd always lingered in the back of his mind.
"Hey, Satsuki, do you have a younger brother?"
"I do. He's the same age as you… Is there something wrong?"
"..."
So I was right all along. Ryuichi let out a sigh. There was a boy in his class whose last name was Shirasagi, and he was a boy who often hung out with Sohei. He was also one of the boys that he'd met in the city while he was with Shizuna in disguise.
"By the way, his name is Akira. Oh, come to think of it, isn't he in the same high school as you, Ryuichi-kun?"
"…So that's the connection, huh."
It seemed that Ryuichi's guess had been spot on. There was one more memory of his that was bothering him…but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.