Chapter 1935: Change of Plan

"You took your sweet time pampering Misa. Aren't you afraid of tainting her innocence?"

Starting with a sarcastic question, Maaya met my gaze when I turned around to face her.

Yep. The girl was trying to fish for my reaction. However, contrary to her words, her next move was more aligned with what she truly wanted to do.

Upon seeing me slowly extracting myself from Misaki who was already sleeping comfortably, Maaya lifted her blanket, inviting me to crawl in and be by her side.

I laughingly shook my head at that silliness. That's kind of adorable, no? She couldn't keep up her act of being a tsundere anymore.

"Mhm. I'm still afraid. But I think I'm more afraid to see her sad if I reject her attempts to get close to me."

"Spoken like a truly shameless guy." Maaya curled her lips as she watched me squeeze inside her blanket and eventually take the space next to her. I made sure to plunge in headfirst wherein my face ended up being buried in her chest. And while holding onto her as a support, I crawled up to level my face with her.

Maaya dropped a hand on my head, grasping a clump of my hair. Eventually, I could feel her gently brushing it as she slowly followed my movements.

There's no need to say anything anymore. As soon as our gaze locked onto each other, her curled lips stretched from side to side, transforming into her pretty smile. Likewise, a natural smile bloomed on my lips.

The next minute passed by without us doing anything major. Since we were at a distance where we could finally see each other's faces clearly, we simply got stuck admiring each other.

I thought she'd be overtaken by her embarrassment but she held her ground in this staring contest. Slowly but surely, our bodies adapted to our current situation. I eventually got her in my firm embrace, my hands gently grasping her backside. On the other hand, Maaya had her arms wrapped around my head, her fingers gently brushing my hair.

We could talk about any other topic but I guess there's no reason to do so when our desire spoke only of one thing, to hold each other intimately like this.

I could feel her elation being conveyed through her touch. And with her body this close to me, gauging her current state was more than possible.

At this point, no matter how hard she tries to keep up appearances and maintain her grace, Maaya is just like Misaki or Himeko when it comes to her desire to be held by me. Her feelings for me are as genuine as they get despite her constant callout of my shamelessness.

Well, she's doing that to express her discontentment, hoping for me to treat her the same. But like I said, they're all unique and different from each other.

I have a firm grasp on how I should navigate to make her feel more special. Or show her that I love her just as much as I love the other girls. Scummy as that may be, that's just how it is with me.

"Shameless guy, what are you thinking?"

Maybe having enough of the silence between us, Maaya opened up that question.

"I'm thinking of how beautiful you are?"

"Geez. And here I am asking a genuine question but your glib tongue is at it again."

"What? Is that unbelievable?"

"It is. You already know that, why still think about it?"

Look at her confidence... but then again, she deserved to be one. Even if I spend my lifetime admiring her, her beauty will remain a constant.

"Alright. I admit. That's not just what's in my head. Wanna hear it?"

"I think I already know what you're going to say next."

Maaya put on a sly and confident smile as though showing off that she could now read me properly.

"Really? Go ahead and guess... Let me hear it. If you're correct, I'll reward you with a kiss."

"If I'm wrong?"

"You're going to kiss me as a penalty."

"You... Isn't that the same?"

Dumbfounded at my shameless delivery, Maaya incredulously stared at me.

I maintained my shameless smile which made her pinch my lips. However, it didn't last long as her delightful giggle escaped her mouth. She just couldn't win against my shamelessness so, why not embrace it?

In any case, she still tried to guess but before I could reveal whether she was correct or not, Maaya initiated the kiss, accepting the inevitability of it.

In between those kisses, we continued engaging in simple mind games and shameless banter. We both won and lost some. But in the end, it only led us to continue spending our sweet time making each other laugh. And even though we could only converse in hushed voices, it didn't become a hindrance for us to fully enjoy this moment.

Naturally, it also escalated to more than just kisses. Maaya herself guided me down to her chest, giving me the go-ahead to taste her again like last time. And this time, she let my hand slip into her pants, allowing my hand to pleasure her down there.

As it was her first experience, I did it as gently as possible, focusing mostly on her clit to give her the best sensation.

Maaya reciprocated it by using her hand on me, stroking my length through my guidance. She's a fast learner but she couldn't finish me off or rather, Maaya lost her grip as she became completely lost in the new sensation brought by my fingers.

Bringing her to climax right away was too much for her. It immediately exhausted her that the girl ended up curled in my embrace, totally embarrassed at her display.

I comforted her, telling her not to mind it since we still have more chances to do it again in the future. She called me out for my shamelessness one more time before asking for another kiss. After that, we cuddled with each other, and like with Misaki, I decided to stay with her until she fell asleep.

However, without me noticing it, the night had other plans for me.

Instead of getting up and leaving after Maaya fell asleep, I somehow dozed off as well, possibly quicker than her as I couldn't remember watching her sleeping soundly in my arms.

I had no idea if it was because of my exhaustion or if I just got taken in by the comfort of being on Maaya's side.

It's not within my plan but I didn't hate it. I was even pleasantly surprised when I opened my eyes.

Misaki, who was supposed to be on the other futon, had squeezed in on my other side.

Like Maaya, she's comfortably using my chest as her pillow while clinging tightly to me.

Right. At one point in time, the innocent forehead girl woke up, found me sleeping with Maaya, and moved over to join us.

The most baffling part is...she somehow got me to lie on my back without me noticing it.

I guess this confirmed that I was too exhausted to notice that I just held onto my consciousness because of my willpower to visit all of them tonight.

Haa... What a blunder. But then again, this is not bad at all...

As I couldn't see the sky from inside this tent, it was difficult to confirm how long I was out.

Do I still have the time to visit the other girls? Possibly none.

But what can I do?

I'm too stubborn to just give up.

Even if it's already a miracle that I haven't been caught yet, I'll finish what I started...

Or so I decided...

Forget it. I'm shelving that idea as I don't know how to extract myself from these two without waking them up.

I better stay here and continue sleeping with them instead.

Even if the other two girls in this tent wake up before us, they won't just report me. They'll be in trouble too for being complicit in letting me in.

Ah. That's quite a reach and conceited.

But since it's just one of the possible scenarios, I'll just have to pray that I wake up before them and sneak back to our camp before the roll call in the morning.

As for visiting the other girls... I'll make up for it later.

I won't make any excuses.

I'll tell them the truth that the reason I failed to do so is because of this.

I ended up being unable to get away from the comfort of being sandwiched by Misaki and Maaya. Even for me, this is too irresistible to pass up.