Chapter 368: First Kiss (2/2)

“Darling stops at nothing to get what he wants…a man among men.”

“I didn’t know you were so smitten with him.”

“Yuri-chan…thinks the same way.”

“Yuri…you mean Shingetsu-sama?”

“Objective…and method.”

Ruri said the usual keywords exchanged between Youran and Taiyou.

“Still, surely there must be a limit.”

“There are…no limits for humans.”

“That’s not what I meant.”

“So? What’ll you do?”

“Even if you ask me that…”

Sakura looked at Taiyou with a troubled expression. He lowered his head, as if sensing this.

“I beg of you!”

Taiyou repeated the same phrase.

“Oh dear. What to do…”

Sakura’s expression mirrored her tone.

At length…

“…All right, then.”

“Really?”

Taiyou lifted his face.

“Having you here before me in such a manner…there is no way I would refuse. However, there is one condition.”

“I’ll do anything you ask, as long as it’s within my ability.”

He popped up, staring at her as he spoke.

“Just the two of us.”

“Just the two of us?”

“I want the kiss to stay between us. It would be embarrassing to be seen after all.”

“Okay. Ruri? Wait, she’s gone already!?”

He had meant to tell her to leave, but when he had turned back, she was no longer there.

Even the sliding door was closed. It was hard to tell when she had even left.

“Fast as always, I see.”

“And very faithful. Never thought I’d see that Tengai Ruri acting like this.”

Regardless, they were now alone. Taiyou looked back at Sakura. She seemed nervous.

Could she possibly be nervous about kissing him?

“Sakura-san?”

“What is it?”

“Could this be…your…first time?”

“…Perhaps, perhaps not.”

Sakura tried to play it off, but her face was slightly flushed, indirectly admitting that she was saying yes.

Taiyou was on the verge of asking her if this was really okay, but he held it back.

It would be a very rude thing to ask her something like that.

Instead, Taiyou said,

“Thank you very much, Sakura-san.”

Sakura’s eyes widened for a split second.

Then she smiled.

It was a soft smile.

Taiyou endured the sensation of being captivated.

Then, he gave her a light, surface kiss.