Chapter 167: Intermission / Rom-Com is Short for sRomance Comes” (2/2)

「Don’t tell me」

Taiyou caught his breath.

It had not taken long for her face to become its battery-deprived version.

Seeming as if she were awake but not awake, seeming as if she were watching but not actually watching.

Leticia appeared as if she were a doll or if her soul had escaped her.

Thinking he had definitely better not leave her like this, he cked upchin to kiss her.

「Kyaa！」

Leticia suddenly raised a voice. It was almost the first time hearing her scream.

Surprised, Taiyou removed his hand from her chin and took some distance.

Once he did, he noticed Aoba rubbing her chest thoroughly.

「Whatcha doin’！」

「Shut up！ I can’t believe that you’d try to trick Taiyou with such underhanded means」

「Dun say bad things like trick, ahm just invitin’ him」

「Invite him properly with a frontal attack」

「……Ohh, it was an act」

He was relieved that Leticia was really and truly not in a flat battery state.

If she had been woken up now despite him having just given her a replenishing kiss, it was to the point where he was worried about her life from here onward.

「Ahn……Wai……Give the rubbing a res――mm」

Her chest rubbed thoroughly, Leticia gasped.

Captivating breathing and a dizzy face. Seeing that, Taiyou felt the pounding flow of blood in the lower half of his body.

Somewhat bending forward, he hid it with a cough.

「Aoba, please separate from her」

He said the exact opposite of how he actually felt.

While a bit disapproving, Aoba moved away from Leticia.

Taiyou looked at Aoba and Leticia in turn.

「What have you two been doing since earlier? Sort of seems like……like you’re competing to kiss me, but why is that?」

「That is……」

「Uhh……」

The two exchanged looks, faltering as if it were difficult to say.

Taiyou followed up.

「A kiss is fine, really. I want to kiss you guys too after all. If anything, I’d be the one willing to kneel and beg you to let me. Although I only have one set of lips, so it’d have to be in order」

「Me first！」「Ahm first！」

The two voices overlapped.

He clearly understood. The girls were fighting over who he would do it with first.

（So they were competing to see who would be first, huh）

He remembered the duel that Hera had set into action.

And while using this and that kind of trick, the fact that they didn’t come push Taiyou down seemed to mean that they were fighting over who would first be kissed by Taiyou.

（Which means this is the procedure of the Phili-style duel）

「Geez, it’s because you do weird things that Natsuno-kun became all sullen」

「Just ma fault? Ya were hoggin’ him all ta yerself」

「I did a frontal attack, I even made sure to ask him to kiss me！」

「’N I conquered ‘im. Ah gave ‘im a nonverbal sign to kiss me」

「No tricking！」

「Ya used yer female weapons, cryin’ them fake tears！」

「I really did cry; when I thought that I wouldn’t be chosen here by Taiyou and a strange order would come about between us I got sad！」

The two of them complained about each other.

「You lie despite the fact that you only wanted to have it done to you midway」

「Th-That’s not true！」

Aoba was faltering for whatever reason.

「Lies! Your face earlier was that of a female wanting nothing but a kiss」

「Well you’re no different! You pretended to be spacing out but once Natsuno-kun brought his face closer, I didn’t miss that okay！」

「B-Based on what evidence！」

「This！」

Aoba thrust out her smartphone, the screen reflecting Leticia’s face.

「When did ya! ‘N hey, ah dun think ah heard that there sound of the shutter」

「It’s on silent mode」

「Sneak photography! It’s a violation of human rights！」

The two of them made a fuss with each other.

「Pfft」

Taiyou burst into laughter. The situation was just so funny that he couldn’t help it.

Surprised by his reaction, the two of them looked back.

Taiyou put his hands on their shoulders at the same time.

Aoba and Leticia. He thought about which one he should kiss first.