Chapter 79-2 Shirogane Aqua, Valentine Kiss
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
”Hey! Don’t mess around with my introduction!!”
Everyone bursts into laughter at Kaede’s introduction.
Emily, please stop with the sad attempts to balance the numbers.
But thanks to Emily, Kaede’s nerves start to ease.
”Alright, Kaede. I’m counting on you!”
”U-um”
I’m not the one to initiate the kiss this time.
I’m the one receiving it.
Kaede informs the judge Emily about the kissing scenario.
It seems that this time, Kaede will kiss me while I’m sitting down.
”Ah, Aqua-kun… mmm!”
Kaede, her face bright red, gives my cheek a quick peck.
Oh, this is nice!
It feels like she’s really putting in effort, which scores high in my book!!
I quickly jot down the score on my flip board.
[Shirogane Aqua: 10 points / It was really touching to see her effort!!]
Everyone looks at my flip board and reveals their scores with serious faces.
[Hakuryuu Aiko: 6 points / It was cute and nice, but I wanted to see a more mature kiss. If she were a high school girl, I’d add 3 points, but considering Kaede-chan’s age, I have to deduct 1 point. However, the hand placement and her trembling during the kiss were good. That earns 2 points.]
[Kirika Kotono: 6 points / I wanted to see a bit more story leading up to that. With that, it would have been 8 points.]
[Yukishiro Emily: 7 points / For Kaede-paisen, she did well. I was moved!!]
[Shirogane Kanon: 5 points / I feel bad for Kaede-senpai, but I have to base my score on this. The kiss itself was good, and I think she was nervous at first. I really wanted to give her around 7 points.]
Wow, everyone seems to be a bit harsh with their scores since it’s the first time?
Huh?
Is my score just too lenient!?
I glance at the audience comments displayed on the monitor.
[The mic picked up all the heavy breathing.]
[Wow, they’re completely excited.]
[I get it, but don’t get aroused during the kiss scene!!]
[Their eyes were bloodshot during the kiss, which was scary.]
[Morikawa was so much like Morikawa that I couldn’t focus on the kiss.]
The audience scored 13 out of 50 points!?
Everyone is so harsh….
It seems like the general audience is stricter than us judges.
”What am I supposed to do when Morikawa is just too much Morikawa!!”
”Kaede-senpai, you have a little something there.
Honestly, I felt that too.”
”You felt it too!!”
Laughter erupted from Kaede and Emily’s exchange.
Kaede’s ability to turn things into laughter like this is one of her best traits.
”I thought it was really good. Kaede.”
”Aqua-kun!”
When I smiled, Kaede stared at me with teary eyes.
Come here, I’ll pat your head.
There, there, there, there.
”Um, just now, there was a comment from Prime Minister Habu among the staff in the audience, suggesting that the judges should first show an example.”
Prime Minister, what are you doing….
If Agewa-san finds out you’re slacking off here, you’ll get scolded again.
”After serious consideration on that matter,
representing us judges, Hakuryuu-sensei! Please, show everyone an example!!”
”Whaaaat!? Me!?”
Emily and Prime Minister Habu had smirks on their faces.
Ai, pay attention!
This is a setup!!
”Now then, Hakuryuu-sensei, please set the scene.”
”Uh, um… then…”
Hmm, hmm, hmm, I see.
Understood.
I memorized the script Ai thought up and pretended to be tired from finishing work.
”Phew, I’m tired today. Kohina-senpai’s unnecessary insistence made us do 100 retakes, and the director was almost in tears.”
”Hey! That’s not my fault; it’s the director and producer who cast someone so unmotivated that we had to do 100 retakes!! Also, that line was definitely your ad-lib!!”
Tch, caught.
And please don’t interrupt from backstage.
It was supposed to be a kiss scene, and everyone ended up laughing.
I switched my mindset and acted like I was opening the front door.
”I’m home~”
”Welcome back, my dear.”
Ai and I are set up as a couple.
No, it’s not just a setup; it’s reality.
I act according to the script where Ai welcomes me home after work.
”Thank you for staying late. It seems like it was tough today, too.”
”Yeah. And here, a cake as a souvenir. Let’s eat it together later.”
I pretend to take off my shoes at the entrance, handing my bags to Ai.
”Hehe, I’m happy. Danna-sama, thank you so much as always.”
Saying that, Ai kissed my cheek.
In that moment, I scribbled on the flip board.
[Shirogane Aqua: 10 points / Thank you so much! Ahhhhhh!]
There’s something you can only gain from a welcome kiss.
This surely deserves high praise.
I looked at the judges’ seats.
[Habu Chiyoko: 10 points / Sensei supremacy! Sensei supremacy! Sensei supremacy!]
[Kirika Kotono: 9 points / It had a good story. As expected, Hakuryuu-sensei!]
[Yukishiro Emily: 7 points / It felt like it was going to be an erotic scene, but it didn’t happen, so minus 3 points.]
[Shirogane Kanon: 8 points / It was really good. But I rated it a bit harshly thinking about the 3 big actresses coming later.]
I wondered who was scoring in place of Ai, and it turned out to be Prime Minister Habu.
Seeing the expected high score, I whispered “Good job” in Ai’s ear.
I think even the strict audience will give high scores for this, right?
[Ah, as expected of Hakuryuu-sensei.]
[The script was good, but Kohina Yukari who appeared midway was a minus.]
[It was perfect except for a few awkward movements.]
[Sensei, I want a husband like this too.]
[Sensei, switch seats with me!!]
The audience score is… 45 points!
A total of 89 points.
This could be aiming for victory, right!?
I high-fived Ai in joy.
”Wee!”
At that moment, Prime Minister Habu casually joined in.
Prime Minister, is it really okay for you to be here?
”Prime Minister, what are you doing?”
”Geh.”
Look, you’ve been found by Agewa-san.
I told you so.
”Oh, wow! It seems we have a surprise participant! It’s Kokucho Agewa-san!!”
”Eh?”
Prime Minister Habu and the audience erupted in excitement.
Unaware of the situation, Agewa-san turned bright red after receiving an explanation from Emily.
”Kiss! Kiss!”
As the Prime Minister started the kiss chant, the audience joined in.
I mixed in with the chaos and joined the kiss call.
”Ugh…”
Due to Agewa-san’s sudden participation, we had to use the same script as before.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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