The Carnivorous Beast Beauties Are Dying to Devour This Herbivorous Beast Me - 58

Chapter 58: I’m Dancing on the Palm of Their Hand…!?

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“Ugh…”

When I got home past noon, I found not only Chinatsu’s shoes lined up neatly in the entryway, but also two other pairs. These must’ve belonged to Seira-san and Miran…

Aaahhhh! I messed up! I meant to be back before Chinatsu and the others returned, but they got home earlier than I expected…

What should I do…? After going all out at the cat café, I was bound to have the scent on me. Even though I sprayed myself with Fabre—uh, deodorizer, if Chinatsu sniffed me, she’d figure it out instantly. And if that happened… Well, yeah. She’d drain me dry.

In other words, taking a shower before they found me was absolutely necessary. I had to sneak quietly to my room, grab a change of clothes, and head straight for the bathroom… That was the plan!

While mentally pushing aside the Mission: Impossible soundtrack playing in my head, I made my way to my room without making a sound. In times like this, my small-animal stealth skills really came in handy.

Problem detected! Apparently, all three of them were in my room. I could hear faint voices and feel the presence of predators from the other side of the door.

Don’t just waltz into someone’s room when they’re not home! It’s not like I’ve got anything incriminating lying around, but still… They’re always barging in like it’s nothing to wake me up in the morning anyway.

So, new plan. For now, I’d head to the bathroom and wash off the cat scent first. I’d have to put on the same clothes afterward, but if I threw on a bathrobe, I might be able to play it off.

I turned right back around in front of my door and made for the bathroom. Chinatsu and the others hadn’t noticed me yet, so now was my chance.

“Alright, I made it to the bathroom for now.”

I took off my clothes in the dressing area and stepped into the bathroom alone.  I turned on the shower and drenched myself from the top down, then thoroughly scrubbed myself with a bit of extra body soap. Okay, everything was going smoothly so far… They could barge in while I was bathing, but the bathroom door had a lock, and in the worst-case scenario, I could just bunker down and ride it out.

No, wait. What kind of situation is this where I have to be on guard against my classmates and childhood friend while taking a bath at home?

Most guys would probably call it a dream come true—being able to bathe with three of the school’s top beauties, even dubbed the “Top Four Beauties”… but still.

Hah! Crap, I was starting to fantasize again… Imagining weird stuff about my classmates and childhood friends hanging out in my room… Just what was wrong with me?

Trying to shake off the desire creeping into the corner of my mind, I poured a cold shower over my head. It literally felt like a splash of cold water to the brain—it cleared my head and helped reset my thoughts.

“…Hm?”

I thought I heard something… It seemed like there was a faint sound coming from the dressing area. I turned off the shower and looked back, but through the frosted glass, there didn’t seem to be anything there.

“Eh, it must’ve been my imagination.”

With that, I decided to warm up the shower again to chase off the chill from the cold rinse.

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I’d managed to get to the bathroom without Chinatsu and the others catching me, and successfully washed off the cat scent. Everything had gone perfectly… Until now.

“…Damn it… they took them……!”

When I stepped out into the dressing area after washing up, what I saw were a neatly folded bathrobe and three pairs of women’s underwear placed beside it. The clothes I was going to put on after my bath—including my underwear and socks—were completely gone.

So that’s what that weird noise was!?

Someone had come into the dressing area while I was showering and took my clothes! And they even grabbed my underwear and socks too… Now I was left with nothing but a bathrobe… I’d look like I was expecting something if I went out just in a bathrobe…!

Besides, the heck with these women’s underwear they had left behind? Was this supposed to be some kind of “We took your clothes, so here’s something in return”? And three pairs? Could it be… All of them had the same idea in mind?! What exactly did they expect me to do with these!?

Thankfully, it seemed they didn’t think to grab my other belongings. My shoulder pouch with the matatabi was still sitting in the corner of the dressing area. I could probably use that to distract Seira-san, at least… Hopefully.

But this was bad. Without clothes, my only option was to wear the bathrobe—and I’d have to go back to my room like that to get a change of clothes. If they caught me like this… I was done for.

I reluctantly put on the bathrobe…It smelled strongly of Seira-san. It wasn’t just the sweet, floral scent. It also had that scent that appealed directly to my beastman instincts. To put it bluntly, it smelled like the scent of a female in heat.

D-Dammit, wearing this is going to make me go into heat too!

Tch, this must be part of their plan… I needed to change clothes ASAP, or I was in danger of losing my self-control.

“Please just be gone from my room already…”

Driven by the single desire to get dressed, I crept toward my room. Tiptoeing down the hallway, I passed Chinatsu’s room and reached my own door. I pressed my ear to it to listen. I didn’t hear anything. Didn’t sense anyone inside either.

I quietly opened the door and peeked in—no one was there. Yes!

“Now’s my chance to change—”

“Your back’s wide open, you know?”

“—!”

The moment I stepped into the room, I felt arms wrap around me from behind, and that whisper by my ear froze me in place. 

Where the hell did she come from?

Without making a sound or giving off any presence, Miran had snuck up behind me and was now holding me tightly with her arms.

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