Stealing Spree

"Has Akane ever seduced you?" With the glittery glint in her eyes as though she was just acquiring common knowledge, Eri fired her question.

She's going places. But I guess this is still in line with 'a man's perspective'. If Akane does it for me, she'll probably think whether she can also try it with her boyfriend.

"Don't you think Akane can answer that better than me?"

"I will ask her later but Onoda-kun, I also want to hear your side. Hehe." With the same

playful smile as earlier during our game, the girl pressed in on me, her eyes reminding me of Otsuka-senpai.

She's now acting this comfortable with me.

However, for some reason, I'm feeling a little uneasy...

"Alright, I'll answer in the best way I can." I nodded.

Overjoyed, Eri grinned and hugged my arm, "Thank you! I knew I could count on you." Ah. I see.

Eri. Her trust in me seemed so overblown that her sense of distance from me had already disappeared. And this was after I told her she was attractive to me.

Should I do something about this? Like giving her a lesson on being meticulous. In particular, the lesson for not completely trusting a guy who's not her boyfriend alone in the room with her. I can incorporate it along with my answer.

I know that this can be seen as me overreacting but I can't help but be worried about her being defenseless like this...

No matter what, I still considered myself a dangerous guy for any girl.

After organizing my thoughts, I took a deep breath and prepared myself.

"Alright. Don't celebrate too early. Akane did seduce me before but the reverse was also true." Upon saying that, while she still had my arm in her embrace, I reached for one of her hands and pulled it down to be held by mine, "I also seduced her. Wanna try how I did it?

Not taking my words seriously, Eri laughed at what I did and didn't bother stopping me. She even met my hand and grabbed it just the same.

"Hmm? Are you saying you'll also try and seduce me? Sure. Let me try it!"

Look at her, she couldn't take a hint.

I shook my head inwardly.

"Are you not worried I'm going to take advantage of you?"

"Not at all. I trust you, Onoda-kun."

Haa. I know that she means that. Her trust in me has been built but why do I still feel uneasy? Am I just overthinking again?

No... I trust my gut feeling that I have to do this. To remind her.

"Aren't I doing it already? I'm holding your hand, Eri. What do you think? Isn't this intimate enough for you? Or do I have to do more?"

In any case, this should be enough.

"Yes, you should. But you're not doing that even when your chest is already racing from

nervousness. Why is that?"

Eri lifted her head to stare at me directly. With a proud grin, she answered, "Like I said, because I trust Onoda-kun not to do anything that will betray my trust."

"I see. You're pretty stubborn yourself."

Admitting my defeat, I sighed, shook my head, and let go of her, taking my arm back.

Eri giggled as her eyes followed me. She's still pretty nervous but I guess she's happy that she

won her gamble.

Am I not intimidating enough? No. It's because, in her eyes, I've already put myself in a position of trust. If I had done that stunt before all this and without any context at all, she might've acted differently.

A few seconds later, Eri fixed her hair and then waited for me to speak again.

I put on a defeated smile and poked her wide forehead.

"Alright. I hope you do well with your boyfriend. If you have more questions, come and ask

me again."

"Hehe. Thank you, Onoda-kun. You're not just great at comforting a girl, you're so thoughtful as well. Now I get why Fuyu fell for you and didn't mind sharing you with Akane."

Upon saying that, Eri hugged me again. This time, her arms also slid to my back, enclosing my

waist.

There's a playful smile on her face as though she's returning what I did to her earlier.

"I convinced you through this, huh?"

"Un. It's convincing enough when you can even go that far just to remind me. Don't worry,

apart from Toshi-kun, only you can get this close to me."

"He's going to be jealous, you know?" "You're now my boy best friend. What's there to be jealous about?"

"Girl, are you hearing yourself right now? Have you not heard of stories about opposite-

gender best friends ruining relationships?"

"Oh. I heard them. But it won't happen with you when you already have Akane and Fuyu."

... I guess the phrase 'ignorance is bliss' is very fitting for this situation. Alright. Let's keep it that way then.

I ruffled Eri's hair and then reciprocated her embrace by dropping my hand on her shoulder.

This only lasted for half a minute. After that, the girl happily returned upstairs, leaving me alone again.

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