
Finally, we left the arcade, my right hand holding the stuffed toy Lineth had given me, and my left hand holding my shopping bag, since I couldn't fit anything else in the tiny bag. As we walked along, chatting idly about some games or funny moments we spent in the place, I felt my phone vibrate in my pants. Juggling my belongings, I managed to pull it out when Lineth kindly offered to hold some of my load. The caller ID said 'Besti' and a heart symbol as I checked who the call was from. Having an idea who it was, I quickly answered.
"Hello?"
"Alex, where are you? Why did you disappear all of a sudden?" Peyton's voice sounded a little angry through the phone.
"Sorry, I wanted ice cream and Lineth went with me to buy it." I explained.
"So Lineth is with you," Peyton sighed. "That's good, I was afraid we'd have to go looking for her since she's not answering. Anyway, let's meet on the first floor at the exit, Dad's on his way to pick us up."
So it was about time, in the end, I ended up having a good time. "We'll be there"
"All right! Hurry up, Alex!"
When I heard those last words from Peyton, I hung up the phone and put it away. I took the moon stuffed toy out of Lineth's hand and spoke, "Peyton's dad is on his way to pick us up," I said and at that moment something came to my mind, "You... are you coming with us?"
"Oh, well, Mr. Jordan knows me, so I could hitch a ride..." She said absently.
I felt like slapping my face, "Even him? How ingrained is your lie?"
"Oh, well, a couple of people think so, not that many, yep." Lineth said nervously.
With nothing else to do, I just sighed, "Let's go to the first floor, they're waiting there."
"Ah... okay." Lineth said, looking a bit depressed.
"Lead the way." I said, slowing down so that she was the one walking in front of me.
"Okay..." Lineth said, sounding rather dejected.
I felt a little sorry for her, sure, I could have reassured her by telling her we could go out some other time, but while I had fun with her, I wasn't really looking for a serious relationship right now.
(***)
"Ah, there you are Alex!" Peyton said with a smile as he ran up to me and hugged me for some reason, shopping bags adorning his arms so it was quite awkward.
I awkwardly returned his hug, and after he pulled away, I asked the question that was plaguing my mind. "What about the others?"
"Oh well, they're still buying." He replied. I shrugged then, leaning back slightly on a support at my side.
Almost instinctively, I pulled out my phone again and checked my social networks. My slowgram feed was littered with men and women, quite hideous by my standards, modeling some pretty flashy clothes. Shirtless women trying on underwear was still new to me, especially since they weren't wearing bras, which made me reflexively look over my shoulder every time one of them appeared as I slid down, causing a slightly confused look on Peyton's face.
I just shrugged it off without giving him an explanation. Finally, after Kevin left the store with a few more of my "friends," they raised their arms in satisfaction and announced that they had had enough for the day, for which I was grateful.
Finally, this silly trip to the mall was over.
(***)
"H-hello, Mr. Jordan." Lineth said, holding out a hand to Peyton's father, quickly pulling it back when the man didn't return the gesture.
"Lineth." The man said with a forced smile, his voice a little colder than usual. "What are you doing here with the boys?"
"Ah. Well- I”
"I invited her Dad!" Peyton jumped to Lineth's defense, "We needed her point of view, after all!"
Jordan sighed. "So, Lineth, do you want a ride or something?"
"Well, if it's possible, yes." Lineth gave me a look as she said that.
Perhaps seeing the look on her face, Peyton's dad smiled again, "It's okay! But keep your hands in your pockets or else..."
“Dad!” Peyton interrupted his father with a laugh, giving Lineth an amused look, "He's kidding."
“Oh, haha.”
Lineth let out a nervous laugh and I just snorted, and then we all got in the car.
After that, we went back to Peyton's father's house, waited a while, and watched a show that was actually a bit entertaining, since it was a comedy, and because of the similarity to a famous science sitcom I knew, it was fun to watch it as a kind of parody. I enjoyed watching TV for about half an hour until finally the sound of a car was heard and shortly after someone rang the doorbell.
"I'm going ~" Peyton jumped up from his seat and practically danced to the intro music of the TV show.
Just as he was out of sight, I heard him open the door, and after a brief conversation, he walked back into the living room, followed by my older sister.
"Looks like you're leaving, Alex." Peyton said with some regret.
"Looks like." I nodded.
I got up from my seat and took my stuffed animal that Lineth had given me, my sister raised an eyebrow at my new acquisition, but I ignored it and made my way to follow my sister after saying goodbye, first to the boys with a hug and then to Lineth, who surprisingly had some courage and hugged me as well.
However, that was perhaps a slip on Lineth's part, for my sister stared at her, her gaze colder than a glacier. Lineth, who had blushed before, now shrank from Nola's gaze.
And so the seconds passed with my older sister Nola staring at Lineth while the shy girl squirmed on the couch. Lineth asked for my help with her eyes, which I didn't hesitate to give, catching my sister's attention with a hug to say hello, which fortunately diverted Nola's attention to Lineth.
"Why don't we go?" I said, looking at her with a smile.
Nola nodded, not saying a word before nodding to the others in the room, who nodded back at her, but stiffly and uncomfortably.
I couldn't help but frown, I knew Nola wasn't very well liked in this world, but if her mere appearance was enough to provoke these reactions, they weren't worth it as friends. The only ones who didn't have a visible reaction were Peyton, Kevin and Lineth, the last one just nervous from the death stare Nola gave her and trying to make herself as small as possible on the couch.
I decided to stop hanging out with this group of friends in my head and started walking behind Nola, my stuffed toy and shopping bag in each hand.
I got into the car and buckled my seat belt. My sister, quiet as always, started the car. As soon as the car accelerated, we drove down the road at a moderate speed. I wanted to check my phone, I didn't want to fall asleep this time as it might mess up my sleep schedule, so as I was getting ready to check my phone, Nola called out to me.
"So..." She started awkwardly. "Who was that girl?"
Oh, how did I not see that coming?
I wasn't really looking for a serious relationship right now.
His poor poor sisters.
"So..." She started awkwardly. "Who was that girl?"
She's about to be your replacement if I don't get some head in the next 3-4 chapters!?!
3-4 chapters? you are expecting wayyyy too much at the pace this story is going, add on top that the author has sporadic releases and hasn't kept to the 2-chapters per week (Wednesday+Weekend) schedule that he/she proposed back in chapter 35. Probably life has gotten in the way which I understand (or at least I hope, I rather that than it just being plain procrastination je) but the point still stands, the pacing has barely improved.
I mean the story is pretty entertaining and the writing is good so I will keep reading, but by this point, I have lowered my hopes for any "action" or the start of the harem happening in the near future.
(yes, I'm apparently one of the few who's actually interested in the harem, especially because it’s reverse gender roles, I’m very curious how the author is going to make that happen and how the MC is gonna navigate the situations occurring, I wonder if any drama is gonna do down je).
@EGOIST Don't worry, his older sis is going to rape him in his sleep. The mere thought of another woman around him will prompt it. The MC will only wake up after having been milked, and forced into the incestuojs relationship.
@EGOIST I was going to explain why I didn't upload last week, but I was too tired yesterday, so I'll explain now. Life didn't get in the way, it was patreon that did. Since their policies are vague, they forced me to change an entire chapter because of incest, plus they gave me a warning, which forced my hand to change some future chapters to avoid getting blocked, hence the chapters were delayed.
@Harvier wut you can't have incest at patreon? And will there be no wincest then?
@Barakiel Their guidelines say "Incest is ok if it's in fictional settings like Game of Thrones." It doesn't say anything else and basically I think they left it vague to reserve the fact that they can strike down anything they don't like, but don't worry, I'll upload the incest chapters here, I'm still figuring out how I can reward for not uploading the incest chapters to patreon for my patrons.
@DiscoDream lol that certainly is one way it could go down
@Harvier I see, yep, Patreon sucks on that front, I have seen tons of NSFW Devs move away from Patreon because of that, most of them move to SuscribeStar and they haven't had problems as far as I'm aware of, I'm not an expert so I don't know if it would be something viable or that would work for you, but maybe it would be worth checking it out?
@Harvier Based Patreon. Blocks fictional incest, but still houses IRL loli. I love this world.
@EGOIST As far as I remeber the author have said that the 43th chapter will be the 18+ one
@Harvier maybe making them step siblings will solve the issue


@Harvier rewrite they are related by marriage only. Step-sibblings if you will. Xd
@Rajaner Nice, some good news. Looking forward to it.
@Rajaner Frankly, I doubt that would work. Many NSFW Devs have tried the "step-siblings" stick and Patreon still flagged them, then they tried the "Landlady / Rommate" stick (Which gave rise to an ongoing meme about it, due to the sheer number of Devs trying it) and Patreon still flagged them, sometimes (rarely) it worked, other times they were just plain "kicked" out of the platform.
And yep, they are fully, 100% vague with their policy to have complete veto power of such matters a la reign-of-terror style.
A lot of times even when the Devs tried to be cooperative with them, being open about communication and reaching for their team/staff, Patreon still wouldn't compromise.
You CAN try it (the "step-siblings" label) but I wouldn't be surprised if they still said no.
@EGOIST off to subscribestar for you then I guess.
@Redbob33 ??? That’s a very weird response to what I said but ok? Have a good evening, random stranger
@EGOIST it's like patreon but I think they have more relaxed rules.
@EGOIST I didn't know that Patreon's policy is so vague but it made me look at another author's profile with similar content and he switched entirely from Patreon and another website, which name I don't remember, to site called subscribeStar
@Rajaner Yeah, that's why I suggested SubscribeStar, because it's one of the most popular alternatives to Patreon, another one that I also see is people migrating to "itch.io" or even sometimes "Buy Me A Coffee".