Chapter 9: The Future Problems

Huh? My body feels so warm… and wet all the way up to my neck. My face is pressed against something big and soft but not enough to suffocate me. Am I awake? Trying to open my eyes and move my limbs, I fail to do so. That's weird. I haven't experienced this yet in all the time I've been here in this world.

"Make sure you're holding him tight but not enough to rob him of breathing, Hibari," Yagyū advises.

"I know. I got him handled," Hibari responds. I can hear them?

"I still don't understand why we had to bring Atsuki to the bath with us. Should've let him stay sleeping in his bed instead," Yagyū sighs.

"No harm in it besides I don't think he'd want to wake up feeling all sweaty and sticky. On the plus side, if he wakes up, then he can actually soak with us. Maybe he'll even pound us some more if we're lucky," Hibari says, the soft mounds pressing more against my face. This must be Hibari's chest then. They seriously dragged me into the bath with them while I can't seemingly wake up completely?! Luckily, Kat and I upgraded the bathroom so we could have a hot spring size bathing pool to fit multiple people at once to avoid taking turns so it's not an issue. More importantly, why would the game make me be aware of what's happening while I'm technically still asleep? Maybe it's like a mandatory scripted cutscene or something?

"Atsuki! You in here?!" Daidouji's voice abruptly yells as I hear the bathroom door burst open, startling me and the girls despite my inability to flinch. Oh no! This is exactly what I was worried about!

"D-Daidouji!" Yagyū and Hibari stammer.

"What are you two doing here taking a bath? Wait, why's Atsuki in here too and all up in your chest, Hibari?" Daidouji interrogates, suspicion and anger rising in her voice.

"W-Well, w-we were dirty so we figured to enjoy a nice hot bath and Atsuki just kinda dozed off a bit so I'm holding him to prevent his head from going under. He's probably gonna lose his marbles if he wakes up and sees me doing this," Hibari nervously laughs. Daidouji's not gonna buy that. Hibari is being too obvious.

"Is that so?" Daidouji asks. I can practically sense her menacing stare.

"Y-Yeah, that's right!" Yagyū weakly affirms.

"Did you two have sex with Atsuki?" Daidouji bluntly questions. I bet she just crossed her arms. The jig is up. Please just tell the truth, you two!

"… Yeah," Yagyū and Hibari hesitantly fess up.

"So then you two just straight up lied to me earlier about some legendary beef at the store so you could fuck him?! I knew it was inevitable but did you really need to lie to do this?! You could've just been upfront about it from the get go!" Daidouji loudly shouts. I already found out they had this planned but you mean to tell me they went as far as to lie to her of all people?!

"We're sorry, Daidouji!" They apologize. Daidouji lets out a big sigh, calming down.

"Is Atsuki actually sleeping or just pretending?" Daidouji inquires.

"He's actually sleeping," Hibari answers.

"Am I intruding upon your sibling time by wanting to get in?" Daidouji asks.

"Not at all," they respond.

"Don't mind if I do then," Daidouji says. Hearing her clothes hit the floor, the water sloshes as she gets in. "May I hold him?"

"Go right ahead. I was getting tired of holding him," Hibari passes me to her, Daidouji's breasts being the new resting place for my face while she tightly embraces me.

"It's always so nice having him this close while he's sleeping. Unfortunately, I have to let go when I'm about to sleep myself since he says I crush his body to death when I'm asleep." Daidouji kisses my forehead. Reacting on their own, my arms hug her. "So cute." She chuckles, lightly stroking my head.

"Does he really have a right to complain when he cuddles and sleeps with many of us?" Yagyū inquires. Clearly, she's still a little bitter that she didn't get ahead of the others let alone that our "game night" didn't happen much sooner like she wanted.

"Maybe not but I'd rather him sleep comfortably than struggle," Daidouji responds.

"Hey, so I've been meaning to ask you, Ikaruga, and Katsuragi something if that's okay," Hibari replies.

"Go ahead and shoot. I'm pretty sure I know what it is anyway," Daidouji says.

"Why do you three share Atsuki?" Hibari inquires curiously. Huh. I thought those two would have already known why.

"How did I know? The simple answer is that we agreed to being fine with it. Getting more complex about it, Ikaruga pulled Katsuragi and me aside asking about making him choose but we ultimately decided we didn't wanna stress him out let alone deal with the inevitable slew of problems that competing for all of his affection would bring," Daidouji explains. Okay, that latter part is news to me.

"That makes sense," Hibari says.

"That's what I figured," Yagyū says. "So then what if more girls fall for him? Outside of Hanzō, I mean." Daidouji exhales sharply at that question. Yeah, I'm kinda glad I'm not awake to be put on the spot with that subject. I can't avoid it forever though if I want to fool around outside of Hanzō.

"Despite his affiliation with us, Atsuki is still considered a rogue shinobi officially so I'm sure the girls from Hebijo and Gessen are bound to bump into him. Hell, they might even seek him out to try and recruit him. By some chance, they fall in love with him, then we'll be hashing that out as it happens. Katsuragi doesn't mind it at all and Ikaruga will try to not be possessive. I've already made my peace with it should it occur. I just hope Atsuki doesn't get involved with that woman at the very least," Daidouji elucidates.

"That woman?" Yagyū and Hibari question.

"N-Nothing. Pay that remark no mind," Daidouji quickly replies. She's definitely talking about Rin, aka Suzune, isn't she? Can't say I wasn't thinking about trying my luck on her but if it's the one person she's asking for me to avoid then I'll behave myself and try to evade her. "So tell me, are you two jumping in on this or was this a one time thing?"

"Of course we want in!" Yagyū and Hibari answer immediately.

"Heh, I figured as much," Daidouji chuckles. "Welcome to the club then." An awkward silence takes place over just a few seconds. I'm starting to sense a strangely familiar energy radiating off of Daidouji. The last time I felt this was when… Let me wake up please!

"A-Anyway, I'm sure it's getting late so we'll see you later. Let's go, Hibari," Yagyū says.

"R-Right," Hibari says. The water sloshes in such a way to indicate that the two left the bath.

"Not so fast! Both of you come over here right now," Daidouji's voice takes on a carnivorous tone.

"W-We're good!" Yagyū and Hibari exclaim, their feet rapidly slap the tiled floor until the sound fades.

"Come back here!" Daidouji yells. "Damn it! They're lucky I don't wanna let go of Atsuki. I'll just have to catch them off guard in the future," she sighs. Thankfully, those two got away. I wanna be awake to see that with my own eyes and not whatever the hell is going on with me at the moment. Suddenly, I start to feel like I can move my body again. Am I finally waking up?! Opening my eyes, a huge yawn escapes my mouth. "About time you woke up. Yagyū and Hibari just left."

"So much for game night. Guess it'll have to be another time," I chuckle. "Hey, Daidouji."

"Mhmm," she says.

"If you want to, you can… hold me at night again," I say reluctantly.

"R-Really?!" She asks, squeezing me tighter instantly.

"Yeah, I'll just power through it for your sake. It's the least I could do for the things you do for me," I answer. With no hesitation, she lifts me up from her chest and grabs my chin, kissing my lips briefly before pulling away.

"Thanks, Atsuki. Love you," she smiles.

"No problem. Love you t—aahh!" I yelp amorously, having been suddenly bitten on the neck by Daidouji. "Those two ran away and left when I was getting in the mood so I hope you don't mind satisfying me too after they had their fun with you," she chuckles seductively.

"Course not! I—agh! F-Fuck!" I groan as she bites down harder. Didn't think she'd take it out on me this quickly!

"Been a minute since I've been this aggressive on you. You're already hard just from that too! Seems you forgot how good it feels, didn't you?" She questions in a lustful growl.

"Y-Yes, ma'am!" I whimper. Caressing my ass, she delivers powerful swats to each cheek, splashing water in the process. "D-Douji!" I moan. "C-Can we have dinner first?"

"Too late for that!" She picks me up and stands up, beads of water dripping down and from our bodies as I lock my legs around her torso. "Give me dessert first and we'll do dinner second! Got a problem with that?!"

"No, ma'am!" I answer.

"Good then let's go!" She smashes her lips back into mine as she steps out of the bath and carries me to my bedroom.