While Akira and Mikan were having a great time on their date…
Akira's house, afternoon.
Today the girls were having a wonderful time. In the morning they had gone shopping and bought quite a lot of clothes, plus they enjoyed a delicious meal outside. As expected, the group of girls drew the attention of many people who were walking around or simply eating. After all, the group ranged from busty teenagers like Lala to lolis like Kari — who was the only loli with them today. All of them were beautiful with their own unique charm. Some had large breasts, others smaller, but they all shared one thing in common: they were first-class beauties, even more beautiful than television models. So it was completely normal for them to attract every gaze.
Haruka was obviously part of this group. The girls had invited her to join them — after all, they were now friends, and it wouldn't be very friendly to leave her alone at home while they had fun together.
Haruka accepted immediately, of course, and they spent the morning shopping and enjoying themselves, which was the important part. As for money… Lala, Nana, and Momo received an extremely generous monthly allowance, and Haruka came from an extremely wealthy family. Dita also had plenty of money after receiving her reward from the king, so she didn't hold back at all, especially when it came to Yami. Everything Yami chose, including the food, was paid for by Dita without exception. As for the rest, Haruka covered all their expenses, preventing them from spending even a single yen. And since she was rich and didn't have a good relationship with her parents… you can imagine the rest.
That's how they spent an extremely fun morning. But instead of continuing to shop, they decided to buy some snacks and spend the rest of the day at home watching movies and series.
Everyone agreed with Lala's suggestion. After buying plenty of snacks, they went home. Obviously Haruka left the clothes she had bought at her own house and then returned to Akira's house right away.
The afternoon passed normally. The girls were focused on watching the movie currently playing on the TV while eating popcorn, potato chips, and sweets. In short, it was a pleasant afternoon that was supposed to be peaceful, but it was interrupted when someone rang the doorbell.
"I'll get it," Momo said.
Momo had just gone to the bathroom for a moment and was already standing when the doorbell rang before she could sit down again, so she went to open the door.
When Momo opened the door, she found a girl who bore some resemblance to Dita.
"Excuse me. Does someone named Haruka live in this house?" the girl asked.
…
Let's go back in time, specifically ten minutes earlier.
On the streets of Sainan, a seemingly normal girl was walking while holding her phone in her hands. Her eyes were fixed attentively on the screen, apparently reading something she had noted down.
"According to Souta-kun, her house shouldn't be too far from here. Let's see…" the girl said.
The girl kept walking, her gaze shifting between the street numbers and her phone, checking the address written on it.
Finally, after almost ten minutes of searching, the girl stopped in front of a specific house — our protagonist's house.
"Number 10. Yes, this is it," the girl nodded.
Without checking if the address was correct, she put her phone away in her pocket, unaware that she had actually gotten the number wrong.
Without wasting time, the girl rang the doorbell, and a few seconds later a beautiful girl opened the door.
At first the visitor was surprised, but she quickly recovered.
"Excuse me. Does someone named Haruka live in this house?" the girl asked.
…
Back to Momo.
Momo looked at the girl in front of her. She was the loli type, a little shorter than Nana perhaps, but quite beautiful.
"Haruka lives in the house next door," Momo answered.
"Oh, I must have gotten the number wrong. Haha, I'm pretty absent-minded," the girl said.
"Don't worry. Luckily, Haruka is here with us right now," Momo said.
The girl raised an eyebrow. Haruka was here, with such a beautiful girl? Could it be that…?
"Ahem. Could you call her? Just tell her that Ami came to visit her," Ami said.
"There's no need to be so formal. Besides, you can come in," Momo said.
She was Haruka's friend and Haruka was her friend. What problems could it cause?
"Alright, I'll accept your hospitality then," Ami said.
After entering, both headed to the living room. Upon entering, the scene completely surprised Ami. There, in front of them, was a huge number of girls — all of them extremely beautiful without exception. There were lolis and busty teenagers, and there, sitting on the floor in front of the sofa while holding a bowl of popcorn, was Haruka surrounded by a girl with long black hair reaching the floor and a busty pink-haired girl whom Ami recognized as Lala thanks to Souta — the girl Haruka had fallen in love with and the reason she had moved here.
"Looks like she achieved her goals… and then some," Ami said.
Knowing Haruka and knowing why she had moved, anyone who knew her would misinterpret this scene.
"Haruka, there's an acquaintance of yours looking for you," Momo said.
Haruka interrupted her conversation with Lala and looked to see who it was.
"Ami! What are you doing here?" Haruka said, surprised.
She quickly stood up and approached Ami.
"Mmm, I came to visit a friend. Can't I?" Ami asked.
"It's not that… I just wasn't expecting you," Haruka denied.
"It wasn't planned either. It just happened. I was bored so I came to visit a friend who suddenly moved to conquer a woman," Ami said.
Then she looked at Lala, who had moved to stand beside Haruka.
"… Although from what I see, you didn't come for nothing. No wonder you broke up with the other girls in your harem. The yuri harem you've made here has much more beautiful women than the ones you had before," Ami said.
Yes, knowing Haruka and knowing why she had moved, it was obvious she would misinterpret the situation. When Ami found out that Haruka had broken up with all her girlfriends, she was quite surprised. Haruka breaking up with her entire harem? In what world? What was the reason? Ami couldn't understand what had happened to her friend, so after finding some free time, she decided to visit her to see what had happened. But when she saw the scene in front of her, she understood everything. The girls in front of her were simply goddesses. It was obvious why Haruka not only didn't return but also why she had broken up with the others. Having a harem with such beautiful girls… it was normal that she didn't want to go back! It looked like she had really hit the jackpot.
"Ahem, it's not what you think. All of them here are my friends and we don't have that kind of relationship," Haruka said quickly.
None of them got angry at Ami's words. After all, it was normal for her to misinterpret the current situation knowing Haruka and not knowing about her recent change in mentality.
"Really?" Ami asked, somewhat skeptical.
"Really. We're just Haruka's friends, nothing more. Besides, all of us are already in a relationship with another man — Akira," Lala said without batting an eye.
"Huh? A harem?" Ami asked, surprised.
"That's right. All of us here are part of Akira's harem, except Haruka, who is just a friend," Momo nodded.
"I see… I'm sorry. Knowing Haruka, I thought you were part of her harem. I apologize if my comment bothered you," Ami said.
"Apology accepted, but… aren't you going to introduce us to your friend, Haruka?" Lala asked.
"Ahem, this is Ami Katsuragi and she is…" Haruka tried to say.
But Ami finished the sentence.
"Her ex-girlfriend and current friend. Nice to meet all of you," Ami said with a smile.
Everyone fell silent. This girl in front of them was Haruka's ex?
"So… you also like…?" Momo asked curiously.
Too bad. She was a promising beauty for Akira's harem. A real shame that she turned out to be a lesbian.
"Oh, no, no. I don't like women if that's what you're asking. In fact, that was the reason I broke up with Haruka. I simply don't like women," Ami said quickly.
"Oh! What happened between you two? Now I'm curious about your story!" Lala said excitedly.
At first, the old Haruka always bragged about her conquests and that no girl had ever resisted her charms. However, Ami was living proof to the contrary.
"Ha, I knew she was just a braggart! I want to hear your story too," Nana said.
"Me too… Haruka used to be really annoying… hearing your story will be a nice way to get revenge for her past actions," Yami said.
Although they were now friends — not close friends, but friends — Yami had never forgotten how annoying Haruka had been just a few weeks ago, always bragging that no girl had ever escaped her grasp and inviting her out all the time, assuring her that with her she would live a life full of pleasure. Now that she had the chance to prove the opposite and get revenge on her… she definitely wasn't going to pass it up.
"I'm curious too," Dita said.
Although it was mostly because of the stories Yami had told her. When Dita arrived, Haruka had already left behind her insistent personality and had never harassed Dita like she did with the others. So the only reason Dita wanted to hear Ami's story was out of curiosity, nothing more.
"Oh, I'm joining everyone. I want to hear the story too. It'll be fun to gossip for the first time," Nemesis said.
Nemesis had met Haruka when she was already the kind Haruka, so she had no grudge against her. But this was the first time in her life she was participating in gossip, so she decided to join in. Since arriving on Earth, the Nemesis who had no interest in mundane things had gradually disappeared and integrated herself, doing things she never thought she would do, living a quiet, sedentary life… and she liked it. Living a normal life, experiencing things normal people did, and above all, experiencing love, had changed something in Nemesis. Of course she was still the same Nemesis, but now she was interested in things she wasn't before. That simple.
"I love gossip! I want to know everything too!" Run said.
Yes, Run was also there and she was a huge gossip. She always wanted to know everything.
"Um… me too," Haruna said shyly.
Her voice was barely audible, but everyone still understood her words.
Since joining Akira's harem, Haruna had also joined the group, although not as frequently as the lolis — Mikan and Kari, who had a lot of free time.
As for Mikado… she simply liked spending time in her laboratory, so she rarely participated in these gatherings.
{Note: I don't think I forgot anyone. If I did, put it in the comments.}