[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-stealing-spree":3,"chapter-stealing-spree-stealing-spree-chapter-242":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Stealing Spree",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1760488,2333,"Chapter 242: Making up for Missed Club Activities","stealing-spree-chapter-242",242,"\u003Cp>\"See you, Mina.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since I already finished the tea she brewed, Mina concluded our time and shoved me out of their clubroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, before that, I needed to appeal more to her. That kiss is one thing but she's the one who initiated it and that's after a struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just go for now. You're still quite far from stealing me from Haru.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With only a little opening on the door, she replied without looking at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know. Still, my feelings won't change, and remember that you only need to say it. I'll stop if you did.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing my words, the door opened wide and in it, Mina's slightly annoyed face glared at me. And with a voice raised a little, she grumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? You're really an idiot, you know? Will I kiss you if I'm not at least interested? Let me clear up my mind about all this first. I still don't think you'll have time for me if I really become yours. And you showing up every day will not solve that so… think of a way to convince me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For her to burst like this, I guess my word came out as insensitive. I'm really dense sometimes, eh? Err… not really sometimes. There were times when I couldn't understand my girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially what she demanded now. How can I convince her if showing up everyday will not work?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ugh… Let's think about that later. I needed to have an easy way to contact her first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right. I'm an idiot, sorry. I'll keep that in mind. Can I at least get your contact?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure. Add me…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took out her phone and we added each other on Messenger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, Mina finally closed the door on me. And the last image I saw of her before that was her sticking out her tongue cutely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way she acted during our time and that last image of her was something in contrast to each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess that's one part of her personality that she still won't show me. Should I get some advice from Haruko?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright. I'll ask her during her weekly stay at our house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you finally decided to show yourself at the club, Onoda-kun? You're 30 minutes late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ishida-senpai's voice travelled to my ears as soon as I opened the door to the clubroom. If I didn't know her any better, I would be cowering from that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kana and Rae who were together at one side of the table instantly turned their heads towards me and waved with a smile on their lips. Otsuka-senpai also looked over but something is different with her today. Her excessive curiosity seems to have been less than how it was before or rather, she's too quiet today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, I still haven't had the time to talk to her. Maybe she already got tired of waiting? If that's the case, I don't know whether I will be relieved or feel like it's a waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry, senpai. I'll make up for the days I was out. Did I miss some activities? I'll do it today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bowing towards her and calmly answering to her like this, Ishida-senpai couldn't keep up her scolding glare as she heaved a sigh of resignation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then settled back on her seat without answering my question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked Kana and Rae yesterday to tell her I wouldn't be able to come despite planning on it. Well, Himeko's first time was more important at that time. I might've wanted to get better in this club but I still prioritized my girls above anything or anybody else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ruki, come here. I'll explain what you have to do. Later, apologize again to Rumi. Let her cool down for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kana called out to me when she saw me still standing in front of the door waiting for Ishida-senpai's answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kana… Don't spoil him. I have high hopes for him but if he's always like this, not coming whenever he feels like it, I will just give up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone heard it and that made Ishida-senpai look at her, slightly upset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not spoiling him, Rumi. I just want to help... You're finding it hard to talk to him, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know it's really my fault and Kana here was trying to help me to smooth things out with Ishida-senpai. My priorities won't change though and there's no point telling her about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Telling her 'I popped one of my girls' cherry that's why I couldn't come. I'm sorry' would just make things worse here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't make any excuses, senpai. But on what we talked about before, I'm still serious about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright. Don't gang up on me, you two. Sit down and let Kana tell you what you missed. Later stay behind for a bit, let me hear if you already have a plan for that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While shaking her head, Ishida-senpai put a hand in front of her to stop us. After saying that, she stopped bothering to look at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, she still let Kana take charge of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know. Maybe she's still scared of me and that's not an unfounded fear given that she saw how Kana and Rae changed. Or just how this club of theirs changed from a somewhat restrained relationship between the club members to now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Kana, that Kenji still hasn't given up on her. Like how I always tell her what's happening to me, she's also doing the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They're classmates so he still kept trying to talk to her and at best, she would respond to him as a classmate and not anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it sounded cruel on her part, she openly admitted to everyone that they're already done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, that guy's not coming back to this club after that reveal. Is he afraid of me? Or is he afraid to embarrass himself further?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either way, if I see him somewhere, I will be the one who will confront him to have him stop bothering Kana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, senpai.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I bowed once again to Ishida-senpai before sitting in between Kana and Rae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I didn't even need to guess that Rae already told Kana about our meeting at that Gym Storehouse earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After telling me the activities they did since Monday, I started working on it with the two of them as the coach. Today is set as a free activity time. That's why the two were just busy reading about something while waiting for me earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed and the end of club hours arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I spent it doing the activities I missed, I spent quality time with the two girls as they happily coached me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, like I promised Ishida-senpai before, we refrained from being too intimate at the club room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first to leave the room is Otsuka-senpai who was silent throughout the club hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I asked Kana and Rae about it, they also didn't have any idea. But Kana concluded that it might be that time of the month for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to her, Otsuka-senpai's excessive curiosity will always be shelved during her menstrual cycle. And that was based on a year of knowing her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, if that's the case, there's nothing to worry about, right? I thought she got into some kind of problem. Maybe that's why Ishida-senpai didn't find it strange that the usual energetic Otsuka-senpai was that silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Menstrual cycle, eh? If it's still the same as before, I still remember when it was for Haruko and the other girls from my middle school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also know when it will be for Akane. Her act when it was that time before was more excessive than how she usually was back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was clingier even if I kept on rejecting her. When it's free time, she would be at my side. During one of those episodes was how she got acquainted with Yae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ugh… Remembering that time now, I don't know if I should laugh or cry. Yae, being my partner in crime, thought I finally laid my hands on my famous childhood friend. And due to that, she thought her position would be taken by Akane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, that's one of the memories that had no meaning back then but now, it's kind of special…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I said I kept pushing her away or rejecting her, during those times, I would just succumb to the fate of being with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I never really got angry at Akane. At most I ignored her due to her not being a target of my desire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess it's time to remember Kana, Satsuki, Aya, and Himeko's cycle. But yeah, they will surely bring it up when it arrives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Ishida-senpai asked me to stay behind, I asked if I could send the two to the bus station first which she consented to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I opened the door to the clubroom after coming back, I heard a familiar voice inside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rumi. Can you help me with Kana? She's refusing to talk to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heh. This guy. He couldn't talk to her and now he's asking Ishida-senpai's help. How thick can this guy's face be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And she gave you the reason why. Kenji, accept it. Kana loves Onoda-kun. And it's more genuine than what you have with her before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright. I have to thank Ishida-senpai for that response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No! I won't accept it! Kana. She's mine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why are you not showing up in the club? Scared?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Ishida-senpai to show this kind of side. Interesting. Should I come in and surprise that guy? I guess it's time to have him stop calling Kana as his.\u003C\u002Fp>",1611,"2026-06-08T09:42:53.574Z",1,"novelbin.me","da75921b3323586571f6f2a131407abc6393b807b6fa29c7b0706ff6310ae3ff","stealing-spree-chapter-243","stealing-spree-chapter-171",2873,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstealing-spree-cover.jpg"]