Chapter 93: Homeless Child/ Extreme Wall Slam (2/2)

Natsuno Taiyou. He forced his way in between Aoba and the smooth-talking boy and stood in front of her. In the process of protecting Aoba’s entire body that way, he unconsciously hit the wall she was leaning against.

「Natsuno-kun!」

「Huh? Who are you?」

「Beat it!」3

Taiyou unilaterally said that phrase as if to declare that he would not give the guy a chance to speak. In addition to the smooth-talking boy rebelling, his facial expression became angry. It was the first time he had another expression other than a smile.

「C’mon! I’m not beating it. I’m not afraid of you!」

The smooth-talking boy charged at him but Taiyou grabbed his chin with the hand that wasn’t slammed into the wall. He raised the boy with his fingertips like a vice. The boy’s feet kicked the air as he struggled to get free. 4

Seeing the boy’s face turn bright red from his blood rising, Taiyou let him go, however the boy failed to land correctly and landed on his back.

「There won’t be a next time」

Taiyou said while looking down at him.

Taiyou’s threat and the unmatched overwhelming power were made clear. The boy looked frightened, tucked his tail between his legs, and ran away. Taiyou turned to Aoba after seeing the boy’s appearance vanish.

「Are you ok?」

「Y, yeah」

「I see. Well, I heard you were caught up in something so I came as fast as I could. I’m glad I made it in time」

「……you」5

Before his eyes, Aoba was pondering the word with a meaningful expression and he was wondering what was going through her head.

「Huh?」

「No, nothing. Thank you Natsuno-kun」

「No, I’m sorry I was late. I wish I had ran faster」

「No, you still came…… So I’m happy」

Aoba said and smiled with narrowed eyes. There was passion in the word of “happy”. Taiyou who heard it felt his heart beating. It was a word said by an extremely beautiful girl named Aoba. A beautiful girl who he had fallen in love with.

It was different from the genuine words “I love you” and “I like you”, but it had the same destructive power as them. It can be said that Taiyou would do anything if it would make Aoba happy. He felt that he would even split the world in two if he needed to, just to see her smile.

They stared at each other and let their faces approach each other gradually. Soon their lips were touching…….

「Heyー」

「Woah!」

「Hiyan!!」

The two of them noticed Shirokiyami staring motionlessly at them while standing beside them. She had been staring at them with her trademark unimpressed expression for who knows how long.

「W…what’s the matter?」

「Nothing… I brought you……here」

「A…ah. That’s right. Thank you. It would have become a major incident if you did not tell me.」

Taiyou said that and meant it. He truly appreciated Shirokiyami. Thanks to her informing him, Taiyou knew exactly where Aoba was being confronted. Of course he wanted to thank her but he was secretly thinking about a much better way to show his gratitude.

「Even though I told you……it still became a major…incident」

「Huh?」

「Dynamic……Wall Slam」

「Eh?」

「Eh!?」

Shirokiyami pointed. Taiyou and Aoba turned their eyes and were both shocked at the same time.

Somehow, the wall that Aoba had her back against had cracks spreading out in a linear pattern, from when Taiyou slammed it like a sumo wrestler.

「Double meaning……Wall Slam」 6

「No, well……」

「I will perform the……Wall Slam as…well」

While saying that, Shirokiyami was hitting the wall which made a cute “pechi pechi” sound.

Taiyou and Aoba smiled bitterly at the same time while staring at the wall.