Well ..Akane knew he had mistaken her for her sister, but what was she supposed to do now?
Kick Fuyumi to signal he got the wrong person?
But she was the one who touched him first... stepping on him, and then kicking him. Now, saying that it was just a mistake because she mistook him for someone else... wouldn't that look like she was picking a fight on purpose?
It wasn't appropriate to treat her savior like that.
And what if Asato noticed their movements?
Countless unanswered worries rose in her heart, keeping her frozen after he trapped her foot.
And her seemingly submissive posture, as if she had accepted being bullied, made Sasaki's foot on her instep become even more unruly
Feeling the warm, thick sole rubbing up and down her skin, Akane felt like it was rubbing directly against her very core, making her whole body hot, tight, and suffocating.
Meanwhile, from the corner of her eye, Ayumi caught her little sister's shrinking, blushing expression and smiled silently.
"How are Akane and Fuyumi's work discussions going? Any results?"
Akane, who was praying that Asato wouldn't notice her, heard her sister's question and looked up in a panic. "Huh?"
Meeting the gazes of the three, the girl tried her best not to show her panic, smiling nonchalantly.
"It's okay, it's alright. There aren't any major problems, just some small details to adjust."
"Mhm, Sister Akane's drawings are great,"
Sasaki also nodded in agreement.
Sawamura Asato, who had been listening, knew Akane was drawing illustrations but didn't know who the author she was working for was, so he asked curiously. "Is Akane drawing illustrations for Fuyumi? Fuyumi…"
Meeting his turning gaze, Sasaki nodded with a smile."Mhm, I have a lot of free time outside of class, so I thought about whether I could earn some money online, and I tried writing a novel."
"And… the editor liked it?"
Sawamura Asato's words held a hint of disbelief.
After all, he also had a dream of writing novels and having Akane be his illustrator.
But his submissions either sank without a trace or yielded no results, and due to his livelihood, he could only write in his spare time.
Now hearing them discuss illustrations… even if he hadn't heard Sasaki's definite answer, he already had the answer in his heart.
For his own abilities to recover… not only was his lover going to be played with by him for free, but now his own dream was to be defiled by him?
Thinking about it, a layer of gloom settled at the bottom of Sawamura Asato's eyes.
Sasaki didn't know what he was thinking, nor did he care about it.
Hearing the words, he just chuckled and replied. "Yes, I was quite lucky."
However, Akane knew that her lover's dream was to become a famous novelist and have her draw illustrations for him… so, now that he heard Fuyumi, a newcomer, had been signed, he must be feeling bad.
So, she thought about comforting her lover.
But she and Sawamura Asato were now sitting diagonally from each other, too far to hold hands, so she could only offer verbal comfort.
But before she could speak, the man lowered his head and stood up:
"I'm finished eating, you two continue."
"I was a bit tired from working overtime last night, so I'm going to rest first."
Watching her lover's retreating back, Akane was about to stand up and follow him to comfort him.
But Sasaki's tight pressure on her foot made her miss the best opportunity.
Bang—
The door closed, and Akane no longer had the idea of following him.
Meanwhile, following her gaze, Sasaki looked at the tightly closed bedroom door, put down his chopsticks, and said in a low, helpless voice, "Did I say something wrong?"
Hearing his words, Akane withdrew her gaze, then raised a smile and gently shook her head:
"No, not at all. Asato is probably just really tired, after all, he worked the night shift."
She didn't tell Fuyumi that Asato's dream was to write novels.
Saying so would inevitably make the houng man overthink and blame himself.
She hadn't taken care of her lover's emotions, but she would have a chance to make it up later.
However, she couldn't be careless or perfunctory with Fuyumi's emotions… on one hand, he was already her brother-in-law, family; on the other hand, he was her savior, and she also needed his care with work matters.
For both emotional and logical reasons, Akane couldn't let Fuyumi feel bad.
So, the girl picked up some food for Fuyumi, leaned forward, and stroked his head. "Fuyumi, don't overthink it~ It has nothing to do with you. Eat more, my sister and I made this together, you have to finish it all~."
Rubbing the warm, soft jade under his foot, Sasaki smiled and nodded:
"Okay~"
Then he picked up his chopsticks, picked up a half-eaten fried shrimp, and brought it to Akane's mouth:
"Sister Akane, you should eat more, too."
It was her first time being fed by the opposite sex, and it wasn't easy to refuse…
In the end, Akane hesitated and opened her pink, moist, small mouth.
Her cherry-pink, watery lips opened neither too wide nor too small, just enough to reveal her small white teeth, like an early summer moon.
As the distance between them closed, Sasaki could see more clearly her tender red tongue, which had originally lain flat in her small mouth like a watermelon popsicle, gently curling up as his chopsticks approached, as if afraid of soup dripping from the chopsticks.
At the same time, Akane also noticed that Fuyumi was feeding her something he had already eaten.
However, before she could speak to remind him, the fragrant fried shrimp, along with the chopsticks, was stuffed into her mouth.
"Mmm~"
The girl reached up to wipe away the soup and her saliva that had flowed to the corner of her mouth when the chopsticks were pulled out.
She chewed the fried shrimp, her cheeks bulging, and cast a resentful, dissatisfied glance at Sasaki.
As if he hadn't noticed her resentful gaze, Sasaki asked with a beaming smile. "How is it? Is it delicious?"
She made it herself, didn't she know if it was delicious?
Blushing, Akane swallowed the fried shrimp and nodded:
"It's, it's delicious…"
Speaking of which, was this considered intermittent kissing for them?
She ate from his chopsticks… and then…
Watching Sasaki pick up a fried chicken piece and eat it,
Akane's eyes were moist as she opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say…
Meeting her gaze, the young man praised. "It's very delicious~."
Delicious… did he mean… the chicken was delicious… or… why didn't he make it clear?
She was bullied so much by him last night, then listened to them moaning and screaming through the wall all night, and this morning too… and now the foot stepping, and…
Thinking about all the things that happened, but unable to voice them...this feeling.
Akane pursed her lips, her legs pressed tightly together, and her thoughts began to uncontrollably become chaotic.
Seeing her sister's heart fluttering and flustered expression, Ayumi looked at her little man with a strange look on her face.
Why did it feel like he was so skilled at teasing girls?
It was almost effortless... truly a natural-born playboy.
Breakfast ended amid the two sisters' quiet resentment.
Since Akane had work and Ayumi needed to catch up on sleep,
Sasaki helped them clear the table and said he should leave.
Standing in the entryway, Ayumi, who had followed, tried to persuade him to stay.
"Really not staying a bit longer? It's raining outside right now."
Glancing at the girl putting on her shoes beside him, Sasaki scratched his head with an awkward smile.
"If I stay, it might disturb Sister Akane's work, right?"
Hearing his words, Ayumi's cheeks bloomed with a faint blush and she gave her little sister a shy yet helpless smile.
"Sorry, Akane. This little rascal has too much energy sometimes. I can't always control him. We ended up bothering you."
"It's okay." Even though she felt embarrassed by how bluntly they talked about it, what Akane felt most strongly was envy for their open relationship.
Remembering what her big sister told her earlier while cooking, those special techniques to attract men...
Akane shook her head to show it was fine, then hesitated before speaking.
"Um, sis, after you send Fuyumi home, do you have time?"
Exchanging a glance with Ayumi and guessing that Sister Akane wanted her "hands on teaching," Sasaki spoke up.
"If Sister Akane has something to talk about with Sister Ayumi, just tell her directly."
"I have cram school later. It's not far, just a few steps away. No need to see me off."
With that, Sasaki opened the door and waved to them.
"I'm off."
"Eh..."
Ayumi really wanted to walk him out, but the priority right now was pulling Akane away, so she stopped her little sister from following and said,
"Don't worry about him.
The rain isn't too heavy right now. Akane, you had something to say to me?"
"About those special techniques you mentioned earlier..."
"Oh, that. Come to my place. We can talk there. It might get a little tiring though."
"It's okay, for Asato's sake."
...
The curtain of pouring rain blocked most of the view.
The distant skyscrapers seemed swallowed by the downpour.
After leaving the apartment building, Sasaki got his bearings and walked slowly toward the Haruno house.
Even though the scheduled tutoring was tomorrow, he already had plans with Kyouka-sensei tomorrow and could not stand up Kasumi.
So he had to come a day early.
More and more girls were around him.
His days were getting fuller and fuller.
His schedule was packed every day.
Good thing he had taken good care of the Summer Flower girls over the past few days.
They needed rest and recovery.
Otherwise, if they asked him out, Sasaki really would not have had the time.
His thoughts returned, and the young started thinking about how to get Kasumi to accept his Harem.
Fucking her senseless until her mind and body was nothing but him, was one way.
From what he could tell, Kasumi did not reject being intimate with him.
When the mood was right, he could just push things forward naturally.
But Sasaki did not really like using that kind of method.
After all, it felt like taking advantage of someone's feelings and then forcing them to agree.
Compared to making
Kasumi unable to refuse him, Sasaki preferred her to accept willingly out of genuine emotion.
Though that might mean disappointing Ayato a little.
Neither method was exactly good.
The second one was downright dirty.
But the second one felt better to his conscience.
Thinking about it, Sasaki pulled out his phone and sent a message to Nogami.
[Has that guy been discharged yet?]07:50 "Read"
The message was read almost instantly, Nogami replied right after.
[Not yet boss, but I asked the nurse. But it shouldn't be long now.]07:51
Well...he really did not expect that a few blows would land Anjou Takaya in the hospital for this long.
Whatever.
Sasaki shook his head and sent another message.
[When he gets discharged, let me know. Send two guys to tail him.
The rest follow Haruno Kasumi.]07:51 "Read"
Since Nogami often handled things for Sasaki, he knew a bit about the girls around him and reminded him.
[Then boss, no need to tail the other sisters?]07:52
Seeing the words, Sasaki's eyes twitched.
'If they got serious, they could punch you straight into the hospital.'
But there was one person who needed watching.
[Put two on Yoshida too. The rest are fine.]07:53 "Read"
After all, that girl was too timid, weak-willed and had low self-esteem.
Coupled with her personality, well...he was really scared she might just kidnap her and break her.
[Got it, boss!]07:53