Chapter 29: At The Mall With My Monster Girls (Part FINAL)
After ceasing our bickering and taking a moment to breathe, Bisque and I finally take a moment to explain what happened exactly.
"Ah, that makes sense. You were deceived by Ryuta's looks," Polt says.
"It happens more often than you think really," Draco says.
"Now that it's settled, please tell us how you feel about our yukata which we worked so hard to pick out, Ryuta," Lilith says.
"Sure thing. Let's see…," I take a moment to look at the three of them.
I wish they picked out something that didn't closely resemble the color of the lingerie they picked out because it's really hard to not picture them wearing the lingerie underneath the yukata.
"You three don't plan on hiding your lingerie underneath that for a surprise, do you?" I ask.
"N-No!" They swiftly answer together, blushing.
I knew it.
"Please don't do that. I would rather all of you save it for a different occasion instead," I say.
"Okaaay," they say with disappointment.
"With that aside, your violet yukata has a beautiful floral design on it and the big obi bow on your back is adorable, Lilith," I say.
"Thank you, Ryuta," Lilith grins.
"No problem. Now it's your turn, Draco," I say.
"R-Right," Draco says.
"I see you went with a forest green men's yukata and obi. You even tied your obi more akin to a martial arts belt," I comment.
"D-Do you not like it?" She stutters.
"Nonsense. I love it," I smile.
"G-Good. I'm glad you do," she says.
"Finally, Polt. Cobalt blue yukata aside, I'm surprised you went sorta middle of the road on your obi. It's not as wide and traditional as Lilith's but it's also not as thin and belt-like as Draco's is. The shoelace knot being off center and more towards the right side of your waist is strangely appealing I must say," I compliment.
"I knew you'd like—," Polt starts to say.
"However, there's a problem," I interject.
"W-Wha?! What do you mean by a problem?!" She shouts, shocked.
Draco and Lilith snicker at Polt.
"You deliberately chose a yukata that's a little too big on you. It's hanging off your shoulders and everything," I point out.
"S-So what if I did? I figured this is what you wanted since I'm the one with the ample chest," she says defensively, flaunting her cleavage at me.
I can't exactly tell her that she looks like she works in a red-light district so I'll dance around it.
"That's far too much cleavage on display for a public event. People are gonna get the wrong idea and a wardrobe malfunction is extremely likely at that," I say.
"That's… not necessarily true. Bisque, you've been quiet. Please tell me what you think," she says.
"As I am a fashion designer, I would be remiss to not say that you are a walking malfunction that's just waiting to happen so I must side with Ryuta," Bisque says.
"S-Seriously?! I swear I can make it work with no problems. Just trust me on this one," Polt says, trying to convince us.
"If you believe that, then put your arms down by your side," I say.
"…That's asking a lot of me," she says, avoiding eye contact with me.
"Polt's really trying to die on this hill," Draco comments.
"A strange one to die on at that," Lilith adds.
"Y'know what? I'll prove there are no issues just to show all of you that I'm right. See?" Polt puts her arms down.
Almost immediately, Polt's yukata drops farther from her shoulders and her boobs slip out.
She blushes, deeply embarrassed at being wrong.
"Told ya so," I say.
"F-Fine, you were right. I'll tighten it up," she says while fixing her yukata. "Better now?"
"It's perfect. Now it's secure and there's still enough cleavage for you to press into my arm if that's what your deal is. No need to overdo it," I give Polt some light scritches behind her right ear.
"R-Ryuta, it's humiliating when you do this in front of others," she says, her right ear twitching wildly while she tries to pretend she doesn't like it.
"That's what makes it even more fun to do," I chuckle.
"No fair. I demand some physical affection too," Lilith says, coming to my side.
"I figured as much. Here," I give Lilith some headpats.
"Much appreciated," she says, satisfied.
Aiming my gaze at Draco, she attempts to look uninterested with what's going on.
"I know you wanna be included too, Draco," I say with a smile.
"N-No thanks. I'm good," Draco declines, trying to be cool.
Almost instantly, I reach around Draco and gently stroke the scales on the back of her neck, watching her melt like butter.
"I-I said I was good. D-Didn't… y'hear me?" She asks shyly with flushed cheeks, clearly enjoying it.
"You know you can't fool me. What happened to being honest to each other hmmm?" I tease.
Bisque loudly clears her throat.
"Feeling left out too, Bisque? All you gotta do is say something," I approach her, my hand prepared to deliver more headpats.
"That's not why I—oh, t-that feels rather pleasant actually," Bisque says, succumbing to me caressing her head.
"I knew you would enjoy it," I say.
"T-That's beside the point of what I'm trying to say!" She smacks my hand off of her head.
"And what's that?" I ask.
"You appear to have a pretty good eye with fashion, Ryuta," Bisque says.
"I guess so," I shrug.
"However, I'm curious whether or not you see some of the problems I'm seeing with these three," she says.
"I do see it and I was kinda hoping they would bring it up themselves but it seems that's not gonna happen," I sigh.
"I thought I was the only one with a problem and even then, it's fixed now, right?" Polt says, confused.
"Y-Yeah, What do you mean by that?" Lilith stammers, concerned.
"Everything's all good as you said, isn't it?" Draco questions.
"Please enlighten them on the issues at hand," Bisque says.
"As amazing as those yukata are, they're extremely uncomfortable, aren't they?" I ask.
The way their faces shift around nervously tells me I'm on the money.
"N-Not one bit. I don't know why you would think that," Lilith says, her eyes darting around.
"Lilith, there aren't spaces for your wings and tail so it's all cramped under the yukata. Same thing for Draco and Polt too. Why didn't any of you say anything about it?" I question.
"W-Well, we didn't want to complicate things and stress you out seeing as Sumidagawa is so close and means a lot to you too," Polt explains.
"If I had found this out after the fireworks, I would feel much worse. I'm glad that Bisque and I noticed it," I say.
"We're sorry!" Polt, Draco, and Lilith apologize, all of them hugging me.
"It's fine, you guys. I understand that you were just trying to help," I assure, hugging them back.
"Luckily, I already decided that I will personally customize your yukata to accommodate your liminal features at no extra charge seeing as you four interest me and on top of that, we're sold out on liminal stuff already anyway," Bisque says.
"Wait, seriously?!" We shout, surprised.
"Yep, I'm serious," she says.
"But you're already giving it to us for free. Are you sure?" I question.
"Definitely. It's not like I'm gonna go broke over a couple freebies," she says.
"You have a point. In that case, could you please customize mine into the male style?" I say.
"But yours is already amazing," she says.
"I agree. It's super cute on you, Ryuta!" Polt says.
"I know but it'd be a breath of fresh air to wear something tailored to guys for once," I say.
"How about I just make a guy version of that one and I'll even let you keep the original just in case you wanna switch back and forth?" Bisque offers.
She keeps sweetening the deal and really wants me to take this one off her hands… probably because it's sexy on me to her.
"I'll gladly take you up on that," I say.
"Good," she pulls some measuring tape out from inside her yukata. "Now let's get those measurements!"
"Why were you already carrying that?" I question, raising an eyebrow.
"Because I am always prepared," she answers proudly.
"You were totally gonna ogle at my body and my measurements," I say, narrowing my eyes at her.
"N-No! Not at all! …M-Maybe… a little bit," she admits, blushing.
"Just terrible," I sigh.
"Enough chitchat. Let's get started," she says.
Taking several minutes, she obtains the girls' measurements.
"And just like that, you three are taken care of. You can go change back into your clothes," she says.
"Please tell me we're heading home after this, Ryuta," Draco sighs.
"Indeed we are," I say.
"Oh, thank god," she says, relieved.
"Sounds like you're ready to go," I say.
"Very much so. I really wanna take a nap," she yawns.
"You're not getting outta here any faster by complaining so c'mon and get changed already," Polt says, pushing Draco along.
"No need to push me! I can walk, y'know?!" Draco shouts, leaving to go change with Polt and Lilith.
With that taken care of, I should get changed too.
"Hey, Bisque. Mind stepping out of the changing room?" I ask.
"No can do, Ryuta! I need to get your measurements too!" Bisque replies, approaching me in a menacing fashion.
"B-But this yukata is pretty much a perfect fit! Can't you just use this one as an example while making the guy one?!" I question, backing away.
"I could but as you pointed out earlier, I'm just dying to know your exact dimensions and BWH! My curiosity must be sated! Now c'mere!" She yells, breaking into a sprint at me whilst wielding measuring tape like a kusarigama.
"You had three other girls you could've ogled at yet you were staying professional with them! Why's it gotta be me?!" I exclaim, running away from Bisque as we circle around in the changing room.
"Because you're the one who caught my main interest!" She answers.
With tape wrapping around my left ankle, she pulls me off my footing and I hit the floor.
Crap!
"I gotcha! Time to get you undressed!" She giggles maliciously.
"B-Bisque, that giggle doesn't give me confidence that you won't go overboard this time!" I say, trying to stand up.
"No need to worry. I promise to be gentle," she assures, sounding extremely disingenuous.
"You really expect me to believe that?!" I question.
"Not in the slightest!" She answers, pouncing on me to my dismay.
After a handful of minutes of her overly extensive measuring of my person, she's finally done with me.
"See? That wasn't so bad," she says as I finish getting back into my clothes.
"Yeah, you only kept copping a feel during the entire process like the pervert you are! I swear you were seconds away from conducting a cavity search," I complain.
"As I said, not so bad. Can't help myself when you have such heavenly curves and a divine derrière. Besides, you know you like it," she smirks smugly, caressing my ass some more.
"Q-Quit trying to tempt me. We already had our fun," I say, removing her hand from my rear.
"Who says we can't have some more?" She inquires.
"I am. We need to move this along so we can get going," I reply.
"How unfortunate. May I get one more kiss off of you at least?" She asks.
"… I'll allow it," I answer, kneeling down.
Almost immediately, she kisses me, ravenously mashing her lips into mine.
Trying to catch a breather from her, she grabs the back of my head and doesn't allow it, cramming her tongue in my mouth.
As we keep frenching, I fight the intense carnal desire to strip that yukata off of Bisque, push her onto the couch, and go down on her.
"We're gone for a couple minutes and they're at it again," Polt says abruptly, startling Bisque and I.
"W-W-When did you three come back in?!" I stammer.
"Like a few seconds ago," she says.
"Honestly, if you two are gonna fuck, then just get to it already," Draco says.
"Pfft, you're one to talk, Draco," Lilith snickers.
"Don't you start with me today, Lilith!" Draco shouts.
"I-I can assure that it's just a kiss and nothing more than that! H-He's just entertaining me is all! I-Isn't that right, Ryuta?" Bisque stutters, repeatedly butting me in the arm with her elbow.
"Y-Yeah, that's right!" I concur.
"Oh c'mon. Bisque is clearly the fourth. Just admit it," Polt says.
Hell no 'cause that's false!
"The fourth? What do you mean exactly by the fourth?" Bisque questions.
"Ryuta's fourth girlfriend, of course," Lilith says.
"W-Wait… you three are his girlfriends?!" Bisque exclaims, shocked.
"Did you really not realize that sooner?" Draco asks.
"No, I didn't and I have absolutely zero interest in being caught up in something like that!" Bisque answers.
"And I can say that I have no interest in her as a romantic partner!" I add.
Thank god that Bisque isn't into it otherwise I'm not sure if I could handle that properly.
"Okay so it's not what we thought it was. However, you two totally wanna have sex with each other. Am I wrong there?" Polt inquires curiously.
Glancing at each other, Bisque and I blush.
"N-No," Bisque and I say.
"Then just get on with it," Lilith says.
"It's not that simple. Not anymore especially now that I know that Ryuta is dating you three. There's too much risk," Bisque says.
"Risk? What's that supposed to mean?" I question.
Bisque's eyes nervously dart around for a few seconds before she takes a deep breath.
"I ask that we kindly drop this and go back to what we were doing," she says, using that polite and posh tone she does with her fans.
"So you wanna keep making out with him? Got it," Draco teases.
"T-That's not what I meant! Let's deal with this yukata stuff and all of you can go on your merry way," Bisque says.
"We'll leave it be then. I know Ryuta prefers to handle stuff like this himself," Polt says.
"Disappointing conclusion but I'll live," Lilith shrugs.
"Thank you," Bisque says.
I exhale a heavy sigh of relief.
Glad we somehow dodged that bullet.
Gathering our yukata, we hand them over to Bisque.
"Alright, are you certain these are the ones you want me to make adjustments to?" Bisque asks.
"Mhmm," we confirm, nodding.
"Okay so now I need your address so I'll know where to ship these when I'm down with them," she says, handing me a blank piece of paper and a pen.
"Easy," I say, writing down the necessary information.
"And with that, you're free to go. I hope the four of you enjoyed your visit despite my meddling!" She smiles.
"Definitely!" Polt says.
"But we know Ryuta certainly enjoyed it the most," Draco teases.
"Y'know, you should really learn not to speak your mind sometimes," I advise, stroking the sensitive scales on Draco's nape.
"W-Wah?! I-I was just pulling your leg! No more please!" She begs, embarrassed.
"Kihihi! That's what you get," Lilith giggles.
"Oops," I step on the tip of Lilith's tail.
"S-Sweetheart! W-What did… I do?!" She exclaims, shuddering from the sudden pleasure yet trying to contain it.
"Nothing. I saw the opportunity and I seized it," I chuckle.
If I put anymore pressure on her tail, Lilith's gonna cum super hard and gush like a geyser.
"You're so cruel, Sweetheart!" She whines, dropping to her hands and knees.
"Are you four always like this, Polt?" Bisque questions.
"More or less," Polt laughs.
"I certainly chose a peculiar set of people to socialize with. How amusing," Bisque says.
Done with our hijinks, we take a moment to say goodbye to Bisque as we walk out of the backroom.
"Hey, Ryuta," Bisque says, catching me halfway out of the door.
"Almost forgot to mention something?" I ask.
"… N-Never mind. Please take care and I hope you enjoy the fireworks at Sumidagawa when it comes around," she answers.
"Thanks, Bisque. May we run into each other again," I say.
"I don't doubt that we will," she says.
Walking past me, she heads towards the heart of her store.
"Sorry for the long wait, my lovely fans! I'm back and at your service!" She loudly announces, people rushing over to her with equally loud fanfare.
She really knows how to wrangle them up.
"Ryuutaa!" Draco calls out, her voice coming from the store entrance.
"I'm on my way!" I yell, hurrying to them.
With our yukata taken care of, we're free to leave now.
"So did you three have fun with this special little outing of ours?" I ask while we leisurely walk with our bags in tow, heading towards the staircase to get back down to the ground floor.
"Mhmm, very much so!" Polt cheerfully answers.
"You know it!" Lilith replies.
"Yeah, this was really cool," Draco responds.
"Happy to hear that," I say.
Man, something feels off.
Was I supposed to do something el—
"Oh shit," I say aloud and halt my movement, remembering the jewelry store.
"Something wrong?" Polt, Draco, and Lilith question, looking back at me with concerned faces.
"Hey, Polt. Could you take these bags off of my hands?" I ask.
"Yeah, sure thing," Polt says, taking them off my hands.
"I completely forgot to do something so I'm gonna go handle it real quick. You three go ahead and go to the car," I say.
"Got it," Draco and Lilith nod.
"Don't tire out your legs again," Polt advises.
"Trust me. I learned my lesson. See ya in a few," I take off.
Briskly making my way to the jewelry store, I glance behind me to make sure they aren't following me.
Standing before my final destination, I breathe a sigh of relief.
I can't wait to see their surprised faces when I kneel down at the festival.
About to walk in, my left wrist is suddenly grabbed.
"P-Polt?!" I gasp, shocked.
"What are you doing?" Polt questions softly after moving us to sit on a nearby bench.
"Y-You're supposed to be going to the car," I stutter.
"I gave the keys and your bags to Draco and Lilith because I knew you were up to something. What's going on?" she says.
"I can't tell you. I-It's a secret," I say, looking away from her.
"Ryuta, don't be like that," she leans on me and grabs my chin, making me look her way.
"The surprise will be ruined, Polt," I say.
"Please, Sweetheart. Talk to me," she says and hugs me, her voice getting even softer.
…Damn it. Why can't she just let me do this?
"I was gonna buy some engagement rings and propose to you three at the fireworks festival," I sigh, pointing at the jewelry store.
"Awww, that's really sweet but you need to hit the brakes. We don't have to be in a rush for that. Let's take our time with it," she says.
"A-Are you unsure if you wanna marry me?!" I ask, worried.
"That's not what I meant! I'm just trying to say you're gonna get upset in the future if you tried to do this now which is why I'm stopping you. Aside from making a beautiful memory for us, what's the reason behind this?" She questions.
"It… it doesn't feel like I'm doing enough to show my love," I answer reluctantly.
"That's nonsense. You've shown it more than enough. You're just being hard on yourself yet again. You've gotta stop getting inside your own head. There's nothing for you to prove that you already haven't. If you have concerns, please voice them to us and not yourself. We're always willing to listen as you are with us," she says.
…S-She's right.
"I know you constantly have to reassure me with stuff but it really helps to keep hearing it. Thanks, Polt," I hug her back.
"No problem," she says, pressing her forehead into mine.
We share only a quick kiss to not draw attention to us.
"Let's go home, Sweetheart," she smiles.
"Let's," I smile back.
Well, that perfect proposal moment isn't gonna happen but that's okay. There will certainly be another chance that's much more suitable for all of us down the line at some point.
With our hands firmly held onto by each other, we exit the mall and go to the car.
"There they are!" Lilith shouts, her head poking out of the right backseat window.
"And here I was seconds away from hopping in the front seat and driving off without you two," Draco jokes, tossing the keys to me from the left backseat window.
"Not like you know how to drive in the first place," I chuckle, getting into the passenger seat.
"H-Hey, it doesn't seem that hard. S-Stop teasing me!" she says defensively and blushes to Lilith's amusement all the while Polt mans the driver seat.
Handing over the keys to Polt, she starts the car up.
"Now that today's little adventure has come to a close, let's make our way home," Polt says, pulling out of the parking spot and driving onto the main street.
"Hey, Ryuta. Do you happen to know what's for dinner by any chance?" Lilith questions.
"I was thinking Hamburg steak. Anyone against that?" I ask.
"Oooh, I definitely have no objections," she answers.
"No complaints here," Draco replies.
"Sounds good to me," Polt responds.
"Very well. Hamburg steak it is then," I say.
We may have gotten ourselves into a few shenanigans along the way but I guess it'd be less interesting if we didn't. I can definitely say that this was a wonderful day at the mall with my monster girls.