Chapter 75: Pets ②

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Translator: Soafp

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I tried to convince myself that Nodoka's words were just some naughty joke between lovers, or maybe a form of affection.

So I patted her head and deliberately brushed it off lightly.

“Alright, alright. Nodo-chan is my cute little pet.”

“…Aren't you just trying to wave it away? I'm serious.”

Keeping a completely serious expression, Nodoka puffed out her cheeks slightly.

No, come on. Who would seriously think someone genuinely wanted to become a pet?

Well… aside from Airi.

“I mean, uh… I was the one who brought it up, but it was more like an extension of roleplay. I didn't mean I actually wanted that kind of relationship.”

“Then was it a lie when you said you wanted to keep me because I'm like a cat? Does that mean you don't actually think I'm cute and don't even want me around?”

“No, that's way too extreme…”

“Then if I say I want to become your pet, shouldn't you just accept it? There's no problem, right?”

There were nothing but problems.

Nodoka's eyes were so serious that I genuinely had no idea what to say.

Honestly, could someone really end up thinking this way just because they liked someone that much?

“Let me ask one thing first. Why do you want to be a pet instead of a girlfriend?”

“I should be asking you that. You don't hate me, right? …You like me, don't you?”

“Well… yeah. Of course.”

To begin with, nobody goes to a love hotel with a girl they dislike.

“But the reason you've been hesitating this whole time is because it means cheating on senpai with me, right?”

“…I've been struggling with it. No matter how you look at it, it's not exactly normal.”

“That's why I'm saying I'll lighten the burden for you!”

Nodoka proudly declared it with confidence.

“Instead of calling it cheating, you can make me your pet and senpai your slave! Then nobody can accuse you of two-timing!”

“…”

Hadn't this somehow reached a completely insane conclusion?

A guy treating two girls like pets and slaves sounded way worse than cheating.

“And honestly, there are advantages for me too compared to being a girlfriend.”

“Like what…?”

“Basically, you're not supposed to casually throw pets away, right? But girlfriends can get dumped. Even married people can divorce.”

“So in exchange for making you my pet, you want me to take care of you until the day you die?”

“Exactly! Ren really is smart!”

Nodoka nodded enthusiastically.

I already knew she had a vivid imagination.

But I never expected it to go completely off the rails in a moment like this.

At this point, it wasn't flexibility anymore—it was a runaway train.

“O-of course I'm not just saying you have to take responsibility. I'll properly accept all my master's t-training as a pet too. Since I'm your pet, you can do whatever you want with me.”

Still straddling me, Nodoka slowly wriggled her hips and moved lower toward my waist.

Eventually she reached the exact same spot where she had panicked and fled when she noticed my body reacting at the inn.

Her flushed face drew closer as she grabbed one of my hands and pulled it toward her ch*st.

Instead of guiding my hand through the opening in the center of the bra, she slipped it directly underneath so I could fully cup her br**st.

“S-since mating with my master is also a p-pet's duty…”

“That's just animal abuse.”

“Geez, stop ruining the mood!”

Nodoka puffed out her cheeks in annoyance, then suddenly sealed my mouth with her lips.

As if she didn't want to hear any more objections or retorts.

This time I was supposed to be the one leading.

At this rate, the promise had completely reversed.

(…Come to think of it, cats are supposed to choose their owners.)

Honestly, there was no way I wasn't happy to be loved this straightforwardly.

From an outside perspective, hesitating in front of feelings like Nodoka's would probably seem ungrateful to the extreme.

Even this ridiculous proposal of hers had probably been desperately thought up for the sake of indecisive me.

(I need to make up my mind too.)

To begin with, bringing a girl to a love hotel and then saying, “I don't intend to touch you,” would be the strange thing.

In the end, I was just piling up excuses.

Up until now, I'd tried to save many different people, including Nodoka and Airi.

Had I ever agonized this much over whether to reach out a hand before?

I had simply lacked courage.

(Yeah… the one thing I don't want is to regret never taking the step forward.)

Besides, with Nodoka and Airi, I felt like we could overcome any difficulty together.

Just like how we had managed to save Kokoa-san twice.

In response to Nodoka, I wrapped the leash shorter around my hand and pulled her closer.

Then I simply let my hands and tongue move according to raw male instinct.

“Nn…!?”

Nodoka let out a short gasp and widened her eyes, but soon closed them again and responded to me.

Just as expected, it was obvious this was her first time too—her tongue movements were clumsy and awkward.

Even so, I could tell she was trying her absolute best.

(The other day I did this with Airi too… somehow it still doesn't feel real.)

I never imagined that during this summer vacation I'd end up tangling tongues with two different girls.

That fact alone filled me with a strange sense of immorality.

And on top of that, they had both been the ones seducing me first.

“Nn…!”

Naturally, my body reacted honestly almost immediately.

Nodoka's body twitched for a moment.

After separating our lips and catching my breath, I asked:

“You're not going to run away this time?”

“I-I'm not running away! Um… I studied beforehand.”

“Studied?”

“S-senpai recommended me a bunch of games and manga lately. Really dirty ones.”

“…Wait, did those include the pet stuff too?”

“Y-yeah.”

I see.

So Nodoka's absurd proposal had been influenced by the erotic manga and games Airi lent her.

Just what exactly had Airi been teaching her?

Nodoka slowly shifted backward and pressed her body against my legs while lying almost face down.

As though checking just how much my pants had swollen, she brought her face closer.

“U-um… lately you haven't really… relieved yourself at all, right? Because senpai's always in the room next to yours.”

“…That phrasing.”

“I heard that it's bad for boys if they don't do it.”

“Well, I'm not going to die from it.”

Though technically there were natural ways for the body to handle that on its own.

“N-no! I'll properly help you relieve yourself in a healthy way!”

“So this is for the sake of my health?”

“T-that's right! Keeping master's body healthy is part of a pet's duty too!”

Was it…?

I didn't think that was true, but there wasn't much point refusing anymore.

I needed to resolve myself too.

“Alright. Then I'm counting on you.”

“O-okay!”

Nodoka beamed with a delighted smile.

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When Nodoka and I returned home together, Airi circled around her once, staring intently.

Like an airport security inspector.

She even sniffed her.

“You two did it.”

“H-how did you know!?”

“You absolutely reek of Ren-kun.”

“I showered though!?”

“If it's Ren-kun's scent, I could identify it from a hundred meters away.”

No, what was she, a dog?

…Or was she indirectly telling me my body odor was strong?

“So, how painful was losing your virginity?”

“S-senpai, you can be way too direct sometimes! A-and actually, I'm still technically a virgin…”

“Huh? What do you mean? You stayed at the love hotel for that long.”

“T-that's because… we didn't go all the way.”

“Then what did you do?”

“M-mouth stuff, chest stuff, hands… a bunch of things…”

I'd heard girls shared intimate details about their boyfriends with friends, but was this part of that too?

Or were these two just unusual?

Either way, as the person involved, this was incredibly uncomfortable.

Honestly, I wished they'd do this somewhere I couldn't hear.

But apparently they had no intention of respecting those feelings, because Airi immediately questioned me.

“Ren-kun, may I ask why?”

“Well, obviously we need to at least use proper contraception. So I told her we should wait until the pill starts taking effect.”

I had subtly asked whether she wanted to use a condom, but Nodoka refused.

Just like it was her first time, she wanted me to experience going raw for the first time too—the thing I'd never gotten to do with Yuzuki.

Nodoka probably had her own romantic ideal about the fact that it would be a first for both of us.

Airi spoke with slight dissatisfaction.

“We wouldn't mind getting pregnant right away, though.”

“Exactly, Ren! A-adults always say it's easier to have babies while you're young!”

“Young is one thing, but we're way too young right now. Let's at least wait until after graduation. It's not that I don't want kids or anything. And both of you have future plans too, right?”

Nodoka especially had worried about school evaluations before, so she was probably considering university.

“Future plans? Well, I have thought about it.”

“Right? Since we're talking about it anyway, I'll say mine. I'm planning to go to university for now. What about you two?”

“Ren-kun's slave.” “Ren's pet.”

“…Nodoka, weren't you planning on continuing your studies?”

“I was before, but not really anymore. Honestly, you're obviously going to get into a way better university than me, right? Instead of attending a university without you there, I'd rather just wait for you at your house.”

“Same here. Like a wife waiting for her husband to come home. Though if Ren-kun absolutely insists, I'd be willing to go under the condition that it's the same university as him.”

In other words, these two were trying to entrust their entire futures to me.

It wasn't that I wasn't happy.

But honestly… it felt a little heavy.

“Anyway, Ren-kun, once the pill starts working, you'll go all the way with us immediately, right?”

“Well… yeah.”

“And fill us up properly?”

“…That's the plan, but don't pretend to take the pill, okay?”

“Then how about Ren-kun personally gives us the pill every day? You'll feel reassured, and we'll get excited feeling like even our reproductive functions are being controlled by you.”

“…”

Maybe it was only natural for someone aspiring to be a slave heroine, but Airi really was an extreme m*******t.

“And it's confirmed that mouths, br**sts, and hands are allowed now, right?”

“Allowed…”

“Hehe. Then now we can finally do it. Ren-kun, look forward to tomorrow morning. We'll make sure you wake up feeling very refreshed.”

“…”

Honestly, it sounded more like my mornings were about to become even more exhausting.

Still, the truth was that part of me was interested in those kinds of things too, so all I could do was keep my mouth tightly shut.

“S-senpai, I want to try that too. Waking Ren up in the morning…”

“Then let's take turns every other day.”

“Hold on, are you seriously planning to do it every day?”

““Obviously.””

I really didn't think it was obvious at all.

Carefully, I asked them:

“…Why?”

“Because we plan to take care of all your sexual desires ourselves.”

“Exactly. Honestly, seeing Ren-kun watch videos or pictures of other girls and pleasure himself makes us a little jealous.”

“Right, so no doing it alone while watching stuff by yourself! If you want to watch something, then watch it with us while we… um… make you feel good instead.”

“Unlike normal boys, Ren-kun has two girls helping him release everything, so try not to pleasure yourself by yourself anymore, okay?”

The more I listened, the more it felt like these two were actually the masters, not me.

It felt like they had locked an invisible chastity belt onto me.

“Oh right, Ren-kun. There's something serious we need to talk about.”

Honestly, I thought everything up until now had already been serious enough…

“Kitayama-san says she wants to become Ren's maid.”

“…Ha?”