Chapter 69. Executing Operation, Codename: Date, Evening. (1/4)

We arrived together at the bus stop and the three of us sat down on the bench together while we waited. I ended up sandwiched between the two. Despite my presence between them, it didn’t stop them from talking about a seemingly endless stream of topics. I couldn’t help but marvel at how long girls could talk. How did they have so much energy? Just talking for as long as I had when revealing Rosa’s scheme left me exhausted enough as it was.

There was also the fact that they’d played DDR together for such a long period of time. How the hell did they still have so much energy? I couldn’t keep up at all. My feet were killing me, I was tired already, and I wanted to sleep. Yet this date was only halfway over. The world was just unjust. The world was no equal. When got gave out energy reserves, I was obviously too lazy to stand in that line.

As such, I had nobody but myself to blame.

Haaaah. In conclusion, dates are too damn tiresome. God, please give me a refund on all the energy I have spent today.

While I had my own internal conversation inside my head despite the two beauties on both my sides, the bus arrived. I was dragged to the back of the bus and we occupied three of the five seats there. I ended up sandwiched between them again. Rosa took the center most seat, Alicia, the rightmost beside the window, while was between them.

Rosa leaned in against me pushing me closer to Alicia while the two of them continued their chat. They started talking about songs they enjoyed at some point comparing their tastes. They eventually moved onto juicy gossip about all the couples forming in school over the break. This naturally Included the ones that Alicia was playing Cupid for over the break.

Rosa was even suggesting pairing based on what she heard about each person’s interests and such. Why did girls enjoy being such busybodies so much? I couldn't understand.

When the bus arrived at her apartment she dragged the two of us off forcefully without explaining anything to Alicia. Alicia thought nothing of it and was under the impression the restaurant we were headed to was nearby and within walking distance.

However, Rosa immediately pulled her along into the apartment complex which made Alicia raise the question, “Rosa, why are we going into this apartment complex? Is the restaurant we’re headed to inside here?”

“No. It’s just a normal apartment. There’s no restaurant here.”

“What? But didn’t you say before we were going to a restaurant?”

“We are, but I’ve got to pick something up and…” Rosa examined Alicia from top to bottom before she continued, “We should probably freshen up a bit and change. We worked up quite a sweat after all.”

“Huh? Oh… now that you mention it… I guess you’re right. But I don’t have a change of clothes.”

“Relax, I’ll loan you some of mine.” Rosa smiled more than willing to share her clothes with this friend of hers.

“I couldn’t possibly-”

“We’re friends, Alicia. Unless... I’m just one-sidedly thinking of you that way.” Rosa put on a sad look like she felt she’d been the only one that thought of them as friends.

“Huh! What? Uh. No! I do. I do too! I think of you as one of my closest friends despite how short we’ve known each other for!” Flustered, in a panic that Rosa was really hurt she tried to correct her friend’s misunderstanding.

Honestly, Rosa was teasing her too much. Alicia might fall for such an act, but I definitely wouldn’t.

“Then… we’re really friends and I’m not just misunderstanding?” She looked up at Alicia with uncertainty in her eyes.

Alicia hugged Rosa tight and said, “Of course we're friends! I’ve never had as much fun out with a friend as I did with you today! Playing DDR with you was the most fun thing I’ve done in a long time!”

Somehow… I felt like the third wheel here. I wanted to take a step away from the two because it was embarrassing as hell to be a part of this scene. Two girlfriends embracing each other tightly, talking about how much fun they had on a date together at an arcade.

Man, I was really out of my prime here. Sadly, my attempt to remove myself from this little scenario was in vain as Rosa’s hand had lashed out and firmly latched onto my arm.

“Uh… I’ll just wait for the two of you down here.” I pointed at the bench near the entrance inside.

“Don’t worry about it and just come up with us.” Her words indicated there was no room for me to escape.

When the elevator arrived, I was dragged along, forced against my will to remain within the bubbly atmosphere around the two. This was the sort of thing that left me feeling sick. I don’t cope well with these sorts of things. Such a sweet friendship between two girls. Please let me leave. I don’t fit in at all here. My skin is crawling. The gloomy expression that was always on my face made me stick out like a sore thumb. This is what pure suffering is, I’m sure. Torture, I was being tortured to death by two beauties.

Please give me a break.

While I internally lamented over my current pitiful state, we stepped into Alicia’s unit.

I took a seat on the couch in the living room while Rosa dragged Alicia into the bathroom. It seemed she intended to shower together as she told Alicia, “We’re a bit short on time since the restaurant will close at 8 and we still have to catch another bus to get there on time, so we should just shower together.”

Alicia understood but still looked a bit embarrassed to shower together with her out of the blue like this, especially when she knew a guy was waiting in the living room for them.

Despite the trepidation she felt toward the idea, she still allowed Rosa to pull her along into the bathroom anyway.

Seated on the couch alone I could hear their voices from inside the bathroom as the two undressed.

“Your waist is so thin Alicia, it makes me want to hug it~”

“Wait, Rosa, what are you-”

What the hell is that girl doing to you!

“Your chest too. It’s so perky. It fits so well in my hands. And this elasticity. I just want to take a nap on it.”

“Ah~ wait~”

“Oh? Are you that sensitive?”

“A g-guy… your boyfriend, he’s outside, isn’t he? It’s embarrassing...”

“Relax, there’s no way he can hear us.”

I can! Your liar! You absolute dirty liar! I can hear everything!

“Really? Is that so?”

The shower suddenly turned on and I couldn’t hear anything after that. Well, she was correct I couldn’t hear anything once they actually got into the shower. It was all muffled out by the sound of the flowing water.

“Hya! Rosa~ there’s a bit-“

What? What’s a bit what! What the hell is with this situation? Why am I being subjected to such cruel, inhumane, and unusual punishment? Who did I anger to deserve this?

An image of Rosa embracing Alicia inside the shower appeared in my mind. Her hands sliding all across Alicia’s body. Slowly working their way lower until her fingers slip their way into a certain canal.

Their bodies entangle, their breath heats up. Alicia’s bashful appearance as Rosa uses her other free hand to tilt Alicia’s head to the right as Rosa moves in to steal her lips. 

Alicia feels like it’s something bad, but there’s a sort of immoral appeal to it. She feels herself gradually being corrupted but doesn’t dislike it.

The more I thought the more embarrassing the scene in my head became. I stood up, approached a wall, and lightly banged my forehead against it.

Stray wandering thoughts, begone. There’s no way in hell that’s what is actually going on inside there! Damn it! But I still want to see! The curiosity was killing me.

No, it’s fine. Calm down me. That’s not what’s really happening inside there. Reality is boring after all. Stuff like that only happens in stories, definitely not in the real world. When I remembered this was the real world and not some fictional story filled with the hopes and dreams of men across the globe, my heart finally calmed down.

It returned to a state as still as a tranquil lake. I returned to the couch and sat down. I patiently waited for the duo to finish up.