I am that male friend in the harem story

"With this, she should give up." 

Ishigami thought so, especially when he had become such an annoying man instead of treating Hayasaka gently and softly like those who wished to become closer to her. 

Yet, logically, this wasn't wrong since Hayasaka was the one who wanted to sleep with him, and Ishigami was being courted, so how could he open his pants so easily? 

He wasn't such an easy guy, okay? 

Hmph! 

"....." 

Somehow, Ishigami felt conflicted with all of this and decided to stop thinking. Still, when he entered the library, unexpectedly, he saw Kobachi and Tsubame sitting so close and talking to each other. He was surprised, but he didn't shy away. He approached them and asked, "What did you two talk about?" 

If it was someone else, they would look at the person who asked this question in silence, but if it was this guy, then there was no need to shy away, especially when they talked about him. 

"We talked about our first time with you," Kobachi said frankly. 

"Yeah, I am curious how did you two spend your time in Nikko." Tsubame's face was lightly blushed as she looked at Ishigami. "But it's better to wait at night instead of doing it at noon." 

"Really? Noon is good since we can see everything." 

"Well, that might be so, but a night isn't bad either." 

"Then, let's just do it at noon and night since his body is strong enough to do that." 

"Oh, you are right!" 

"...can you two not talk about something like that? It's like I am some kind of a product, and you two are giving me a review." 

The two giggled when they heard his words and saw his helpless expression. 

Nevertheless, Ishigami sighed in relief inwardly, thinking that it was all good that the two had a good relationship. 

'If this continues...' 

Ishigami quickly shook his head, throwing away all the bad thoughts within his mind since he knew that if they knew what he thought, then his life would be as good as gone.

"What are you thinking of?" However, somehow, Tsubame appeared to be sharp in this area and stared at him with a gentle smile. 

Kobachi didn't say anything and just stared at him in silence. 

"I wonder whether we should start the study now." 

"Well, that's true. Let's study." 

Yet, even so, Tsubame and Kobachi snorted inwardly, thinking this guy was as bad as ever. Women were particularly sensitive toward a gaze, so when they noticed his gaze, somehow, they thought that he must be thinking something bad, yet they also didn't blame him, considering how they had given themselves to him and even appeared so close to each other. 

So, what did he think of it? 

As Tsubame and Kobachi looked at each other, one conclusion appeared in their minds, which made their face flush red. 

No! No! No! 

Impossible! 

They might appear close now, but it was because Tsubame was curious about Kobachi's trip with Ishigami to Nikko, and Kobachi was curious about Tsubame's first time with Ishigami. 

The two of them happened to talk to each other, but if Ishigami wanted to go further by combining the two of them together—

"Yuu, I am sorry!" 

Suddenly, their thoughts were interrupted when they saw Onodera, who came to Ishigami while crying. 

"What's wrong?" Ishigami asked with confusion. 

Still crying, Onodera clung to him and said softly, "I-I have my period..." She thought that she could show her the new underwear that she wanted to show off. Nevertheless, there was no doubt that she would disappoint him as they planned to do that later, but as she had her period, then how could she even let him see her place?

"Oh, are you fine? How is your body?" 

Onodera was surprised and shook her head. "Ah, no, it's fine. My body is all good now, and it is just a little uncomfortable on the stomach, but I have brought many necessary things." 

"That's good, then." Ishigami nodded, then asked, "Then, what do you want to do later? Do you still want to go out or just go home?" 

"Er... can we go out?" 

"Then, should we get something sweet and warm?" 

"Oh, you mean a warm dessert? Is there such a dessert?" 

"I have heard that there is a new Chinese dessert store nearby. There should be a douhua there." 

"Douhua?"

"It's a smooth tofu dessert with gentle, sweet ginger juice, though there are many choices of juice." 

"That seems nice..." 

Considering how uncomfortable her belly was, Onodera could imagine how comfortable it would be to eat something sweet and warm, so—

"Okay, let's go there later!" 

"Good, I will study first." 

"I will study too!" 

Ishigami then looked at Tsubame and Kobachi and asked, "Do you want to go with us?" 

"Sure." 

"Let's go." 

How could they disagree? 

Naturally, they agreed. 

"..."

Onodera stared at the two for a moment, then leaned on Ishigami and clung to him as if showing off. 

Nevertheless, as they watched how close Ishigami and Onodera were, Tsubame and Kobachi stared at each other for a moment and thought that it wouldn't be a bad idea to join hands together. 

Still, when the four of them started to talk about the Chinese dessert as they studied, two people peeked at them from the distance hesitantly. 

One girl had made her intentions clear by not approaching and just observing them from a distance, watching the single figure on the ground, then looking at the three by his side. She tried to search for a reason, an excuse, why the three were so close to him, but unfortunately, she couldn't, yet she never gave up on her intention and had made up her mind. 

Meanwhile, the other girl was petite and cute, yet her focus wasn't on Ishigami and Onodera, who she had always watched out for. Instead, she focused her attention on her glasses friend, who appeared closer and could join that group naturally. There was a part of her that was jealous, and she wanted to join in, yet she didn't know, so in the end, she just rooted in her place, kept watching them until she saw that their study session was over, which made her startled and panic since she didn't expect that she would watch them for so long. 

It was just—

"Iino?" 

Ishigami, with Onodera linked to his arm, noticed Iino, who appeared to be hiding among the bookshelves. 

"...yes." 

"Do you want to borrow a book?" 

"I do." Iino nodded, then she asked, "Did you just finish your study session?" Even if Ishigami might be surrounded by many girls, she had to admit that his will was strong as he could continue to focus on his studies. 

"Yeah."

"By the way, are you all going somewhere?" 

"We're going to get a Chinese dessert. Do you want to come with us, Iino?" Onodera asked, since she had given up on going out with only her boyfriend, if she might as well invite all that she could think of. 

"Eh?" Iino was surprised, but while she wasn't sure what the Chinese dessert was, she asked, "...is that okay?" 

"Sure." Ishigami nodded. 

"Then, okay." 

As Iino agreed with the invitation, everyone started on their way to go to get the Chinese dessert; only Kobachi stared at Iino's back in silence, thinking Ishigami's life would be an even further mess.