Civilization's Lovers

Kaela: Cool or Cute Part 4

*Kaela pov*

We are on our way to collect Kobo, but I am kind of finding it hard to think of topics to talk to Mumei and Zeta about.

"Are you okay, Ela?" Zeta asked me

I stood there and glared at her, not knowing what to say.

"Kaela, how about we talk about Minecraft or gaming in general?" Mumei brought up

I began to talk to her about Minecraft, and that really helped bring our conversation to life. It felt natural, and we seemed like a couple. The only issue is that since this is a three-way relationship, we can't all hold hands. One person is left out, and Mumei is both our beloved senpai, so of course she would be in the middle.

"So, where are we picking Kobo up from?" Mumei asked

"To be honest, we have no idea; she usually just meets us in front of a shop when she is done with her thing, and we bring her home, and that's that," Zeta said.

"Of course afterwards we are continuing our date, though, why wouldn't we continue?" I asked

"Well, what is the point of continuing?" Mumei-senpai asked

"Mumei, do you not want to date?" Zeta asked

"No, I want to fucking date you. I'm sorry!" She shouted

"That's what I thought, Mumei... Mumei-senpai," Zeta said, making the owl girl frustrated.

"Didn't we agree that you two wouldn't call me Senpai?" She questioned

"We did, but didn't we agree that you weren't going to tease us?" Zeta asked

"No," she told me.

I silently laughed at the two of them bantering. They get along so well; they're cute, but they are my girlfriends, so I have every right to see them that way after all.

We made it to the waiting spot and stood there silently, waiting for Kobo to get there. She ended up getting there, and she looked at all of us.

"Hey Kaela, Zeta, and-Mumei-senpai?" Kobo questioned

"Call her auntie," I mentioned.

"Auntie Mumei, why is she here, and why are you three linked together like that?" Kobo asked

"Oh well, you see... it's chilly, right?" I asked

Kobo shrugged. "I guess..." Her sentence quickly changed to "I want a piggyback ride!" She demanded

"I-Uh... it's Zeta's turn, right?" I asked

"No, it is your turn. I let her ride me like a horse last time. Unless Mumei wants to be the horse girl she is and give Kobo a horseback ride, it is your turn." Zeta said

"I am not a horse girl!" Mumei-senpai growled at Zeta, who laughed at her.

"You aren't calling Auntie Mumei with an honorific; why is that?" Kobo asked

"Uhhhh-you see, we don't want to say the word because... it's banned today. That is a challenge we are doing!" I told her.

Kobo seemed to buy it due to her child's smart brain. I can easily trick her after all, but I have to think of a way to subvert the questions first.

"So, are you three having fun?" Kobo asked

"Yeah, after we drop you off, we will head out and continue our date day!" I said

"Huh?" Kobo was confused by my stutter.

I almost said the word date. Kobo can't hear that word.

"If you are having fun with Auntie Mumei, I don't want to go home; I want to hang out with you!" Kobo yelled

"We have to comply; if we don't, she is going to throw a fit." Zeta whispered into me and Mumei's ears.

"Okay, we can take you with us," I said.

Mumei and Zeta nodded, despite not wanting her to come with us at all. We have no choice but to have her with us.

"Auntie Mumei, why does it look like your neck is bruised?" Kobo asked

"Oh well, I was hit really, really hard!" She explained

That was far from the truth; most of the markings on her body were there before, but Mumei, Zeta, and I also had a while until we had to pick Kobo up, so we spent that time in the bedroom, since we had way too much time to spare at that moment.

"What are you three going to do?" Kobo asked us

"We were going to go back home, and-nevermind, we can go to the café." I said

"Wait, go back to the café. Zeta and I have been there two times already. Going back for a third time seems suspicious, you know." Mumei said

"What is the problem? If we take Kobo to the café, she has hot chocolate or something, then we can bring her home, and then we can all go home," I said.

"I guess... and I'm sure Kiara and Calli will be happy if I am able to tell them how Kobo is doing." Mumei sighed

"Mommy Kiwawa?" Kobo questioned

"Oh yeah, Kiara texted me, asking if I could check to see how you were doing, and it seems as if you are fine, so that's good at least." Mumei claimed

"Mumei, did Kiara really text you that?" Zeta asked

Mumei nudged Zeta, trying to make her realize that she was telling a small lie to distract Kobo from the topic about us. She doesn't want Kobo to find out about us after all.

"Can I call Mommy Kiwawa? Auntie Mumei, can I call her using your phone?" She asked

"Uhhh-Sure..." Mumei said quietly. She pulled her phone out and glared at it. I peeked over her shoulder and saw how many texts she had.

One from Iyrs-senpai, Sana-senpai, Fauna-senpai, Kronii-senpai, Bae-senpai, Kiara-senpai, Calli-senpai, Ina-senpai, Ame, Gura, Moona-senpai, Risu-senpai, Iofi-senpai, Ollie, Reine-senpai, and Anya

She's super popular, apparently, but I knew that. "Hold on," Mumei said as she tried to get rid of all the notifications.

"Come on, Mumei, hurry up." Zeta sighed

"I'm doing this as fast as I possibly can, Zeta!" Mumei shouted

Kobo seemed to have noticed the marks on Zeta and me and tilted her head.

"Did the three of you fight?" She asked

"Yeah-Mumei-senpai really kicked our asses!" Zeta blurted it out.

"Wait, you called Auntie Mumei using senpai..." Kobo pointed out

"Ah..." Zeta mumbled, "I lose our game!" She said

Kobo glared at the three of us and cleared her throat, suddenly causing us to be taken aback. "Why are you so nervous?" She asked

"We aren't," Zeta claimed.

However, even her claim was so sudden, and Kobo didn't seem to trust those words at all; she just stared at us, this time more skeptical of us.

"Are you three dating?" She asked

That question threw us all off; she confused us; she seems oddly perceptive for some bizarre reason; it kind of worries me, but how am I supposed to get out of this scenario? How do I answer this?

Kobo seems to have unknowingly hooked us with hook line and sinker, but why is she so interested in figuring out what is going on with us?

Also how are we going to finish off this date with her being with us? We have to figure something out and fast.