Thinking things through.

Everyone leaves Julia’s place at about 9:30 pm. You return to your own place, your mind filled with thoughts and your chest heavy because of the real possibility of marriage.

You throw yourself on the bed, your body bouncing once as you land. You groan with your face against a pillow. Having marriage on your mind as you were surrounded by all your girlfriends was extremely stressful.

But seriously. Do you want to get married?

The answer is very obviously yes. It’s everything else that comes with it that’s stressing you. Rings, preparations, ceremony (or ceremonies?), dresses. And that’s only the act of getting married. What about livelihood? A home? Studies? Jobs? Family? CHILDREN!

Breathe, man.

You know your dad’s gonna nag you for marrying Anzu after all you did to get out of that arrangement. But whatever. He can say what he wants.

Are you rushing it? Do you really need to propose to eleven women in two weeks? No, you don’t need to. You know for sure they don’t expect it. Sure, you all know you’re gonna live together eventually. You’ve been saving your points for that very purpose. If anything, you’re grateful you don’t need to worry about them saying no.

But you can propose and still leave the marriage for a couple of years after, right? Yeah, that’d be for the best. In a way, it’d just be making it official so you can all stop tip-toeing around the subject.

Hell, even your most recent girlfriends like Katherine, Julia, Olivia, Lilian and Jessica are talking as if they know it’ll happen. Lilian is a little more reserved, but her love score already reached 100 after today’s meeting.

-Miller, Julia-
Affection Score: 100
Love Score: 100
Lust Score: 61

-Reed, Lilian-
Affection Score: 100
Love Score: 100
Lust Score: 57

Available points: 640 Friendship points / 650 Love points / 700 Lust points

You have more than enough points to make the dream a reality. You can make it so you can marry eleven women who you love more than anything and who 100% reciprocate those feelings. You may not have known them for very long, but it totally feels like you do.

Emma’s been one of your greatest sources of support. Emily and Megan got you to break out of your shell. You and Mia understand each other perfectly despite the 14-year age gap. Sophia and Katherine share so many of your interests. You went through so much with Anzu and made such a deep connection with her. Julia is simply a blast to be around of while also being both caring and supportive. Jessica is an extremely loyal friend and lover. You and Lilian have been steadily discovering how much you care about each other. And finally, it turns out Olivia’s drive and determination are extremely attractive qualities when they’re not directed at making your life a living hell. Not to mention every single one of them is a complete and utter beauty.

The harem plan worked. You did it. Your goal was always to form a harem of women who you could spend the rest of your life with, not a random group of girls for you to fuck and dump. And thinking that only strengthens your resolve to propose.

“Okay then,” you nod to yourself, “I’m getting married.”

And with that decided, it’s time to figure out what needs to be done.

First and foremost is meeting the parents you haven’t already. That means Jessica’s, Lilian’s, Olivia’s, Katherine’s and… Mia’s, oddly enough. Well, this is a very complicated first step. Should you do it old-school style and ask them for their daughters’ hands? At the very least, that’s out of the window with Emma.

“Hey Mrs. Hayes! I’ve been dating your daughter, a teacher of your academy, for over half a year now! Yes, just a month after I enrolled here! Do you mind if I marry her?”

That’d end well, surely.

Perhaps asking for their parents’ permission is a bit too much. But your schoolmates are, well, young! It’s very likely their parents will object! But maybe if you tell them you’re only making it official and that you’re getting married a few years down the road…

Ugh. You don’t like it, but you might have to turn on the charm and take full advantage of the AMA for that. Just to show their parents you’re a trustworthy guy. Yeah, you can see the irony in that.

You sigh with a nervous laugh. That’s gonna be fun.

What else? Well, there’s the rings, of course. They said they were okay with something cheap, but you don’t want to give them trash. And where will you get the money? Your savings aren’t nearly enough to buy eleven engagement rings.

…

“Jonathan.”

Your brother’s back in Japan, but contacting him wouldn’t be hard. You could ask him for a loan and promise to pay him back. Somehow, you doubt he’d mind. However… You could make another type of deal with him if you’re willing to take some risks. You look at your phone and decide to give that idea further thought later on.

What more needs to be done? The preparations for the proposal itself. You want to propose while you’re all in the mountain cabin. Doing it on the second to last day would be ideal. Just have fun with everyone before sealing the trip with that. That’s good, right? But how do you make that memorable and interesting?

That’s… a little harder. No, much harder. You can’t come up with anything. And you need to think of something quickly. You only have two weeks to prepare.

Something you do know is that you won’t buy the trait until after you propose and they’ve all said yes. Why? You don’t want to risk them feeling that something’s different and ruining the surprise. They’ve been more susceptible to the subtleties of the AMA since they found out about it.

Okay then.

You need to casually tell your girlfriends you need to meet their parents, if only for them to actually know you before you suddenly show up as their daughters’ fiancé. You won’t even have to try very hard to convince them. It’s been a long time coming, Katherine specially.

You need to make money quickly. Your brother might help, but finding a way to make money on your own as well would mean owning him less. Finding a part-time job you could do from home would be ideal, but who would be so lucky?

And finally, you need to prepare a way for you to propose that’s memorable. On that front there’s no one you can ask. Your parents would start asking too many questions, Jonathan probably has never even entertained the thought of proposing to a woman, Martha is more of a romantic and might have some ideas, but asking your little sister is a last resort.

Wait. There’s one more person. You don’t know if she’ll have any ideas, considering her situation, but… You did promise to meet Monica tomorrow.