54 Vol 1. pt. 54 A Break Before the Tournamen (1/2)

Ryouta made one massive mistake when it came to planning this date out.

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Sure, he gave them flowers, but this is only the very beginning of the date. What are the girls supposed to do with the flowers now? They can't just walk around with the flowers for the entire day, nor do they have anywhere to store them unless they want to pause the date and take the flowers home.

”I didn't think this through,” Ryouta says.

Each of the girls looks concerned about the flowers. They both want to keep the flowers, but they know they're only going to get in the way.

”How about we just throw them out, and then I'll buy more at the end?” he asks.

Neither of them looks like they're willing to give up the first flowers he's given them, though they give different reasons.

Serra holds up her phone to show him what she's typed.

These flowers are special to me! I don't want to throw them out. They're the first flowers you've given me, so I want to keep them >///

Ryouta looks at the blushing emoji and then up at her face. ”Hey, you're not blushing at all,” he says.

She quickly types something on her phone.

I'm blushing on the inside!

”You're a dork, Serra Berra.”

She wasn't blushing before, but hearing that cute nickname for her does make her blush.

”It'd be a pain for you to have to buy more flowers, and I doubt they were cheap, so don't worry about it,” Cassandra says.

Whereas Serra wasn't blushing from rejecting his offer, Cassandra is.

Cassandra's near-constant blushing really makes Ryouta want to bully her so that she blushes even more.

Alright, he's got another idea, but it's taking a lot of courage to say it.

”My uhh, my place is nearby if you want to just… drop the flowers off there. I can put them in some cups with water, and then we can go out,” Ryouta says.

The girls look at one another with reddened cheeks.

Yeah, they're thinking exactly what he was worried they were going to think.

”Don't get me wrong! I – I don't intend on doing anything, just dropping the flowers off. You don't even have to come inside or anything like that. You can just wait downstairs if you want,” he tries correcting whatever thoughts they may have.

Serra pouts as if she's disappointed, and Cassandra can't make eye contact with him.

Ryouta doesn't know what's going through their heads now, but he leads them back to his apartment building.

Serra shows more of her bold nature during the walk by grabbing onto his right hand with her left, holding it as they walk.

They have already held hands in-game quite a few times before, and it feels the exact same as it does in-game thanks to just how incredibly realistic the game is, yet he can't help but feel that this is different – that this is special. Whereas before, it was just holding hands with an avatar, now he's holding hands with the real Serra.

What surprises him is when his other hand is grabbed.

He looks to his left and sees Cassandra holding her bouquet in her left hand with her right hand shakily holding onto his left. She's looking away so that he can't see her face, but he can see the red tips of her ears.

Walking down the street with girls – no, not just any girls, but two incredibly cute girls holding onto his hands, he can feel the jealous stares of other men and disgusted looks of those against polygamy as they walk by.

Cassandra finds this all far too embarrassing, and Ryouta can feel her hand constantly in a state of deciding between squeezing harder and letting go, but she refuses to let go for as long as Serra is still holding onto his hand.

As for Serra, she doesn't seem to have the slightest care that some people are judging them. If anything, she's been smiling the entire time and doesn't even think about letting go of Ryouta's hand.

Ryouta is between them both figuratively and literally. He feels the same embarrassment that Cassandra feels, but doesn't even think about letting go of their hands.

Sure, some people may be judging him, but he can't let them get to him. What kind of man would he be if he cared about what others thought?

He doesn't want to be the kind of man who is afraid of expressing his affection for Serra and Cassandra. He won't be some wimp who caves in to pressure. He wants to be the kind of man that they can proudly call their boyfriend.

Ryouta embraces his inner Fenrir and Divine Brigade leader by tightly, but not too tightly, squeezing their hands and pulling them closer to his sides than they were before.

He doesn't know if he has the confidence to do anything more than this with them, but he can at least man up enough to proudly hold them close to him.

Serra happily leans her head against his arm. As for Cassandra, tired of being the least forward one here, she continues holding his hand but uses her other arm to grab onto his and hug it against her. The bouquet of flowers hides her hugging his arm from everybody, but it doesn't stop what Ryouta is feeling.

Sweater.

Breasts.

His arm.

He has a feeling that this is intended, yet he also has a feeling that he is going to be killed both in-game and in real life if he says anything.

Fortunately for Cassandra, he would not dare to ruin this moment by saying anything about it.

Everything that he has always believed but never experienced about the combination of a sweater and a woman's breasts is true.

This is what heaven is like.

Ryouta is in such a stupid state of bliss that he doesn't realize when he walks right past his apartment building. He only realizes his mistake when he sees the McFonalds that always has an annoying amount of people in line at it.

”... we passed it,” Ryouta says.

Serra just smiles at him when he tells them that, but Cassandra glares at him.

She believes that he passed it on purpose so that she would be stuck holding onto his arm in such an embarrassing way for a longer time.

He wants to say that she doesn't have to keep holding onto his arm if she doesn't want to, but he doubts that would go over well.

They finally make it to his apartment building. He offers that they can wait in the lobby if they want to instead of heading upstairs with him, but they refuse.