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He realized that he might have underestimated Momo's appetite.

To make her "Quirk" stronger, she usually ate a lot of food and created many things with her "Quirk."

Yet it still surprised him when her stomach seemed bigger than his.

"Is it delicious?"

Momo ate her corn dog, which was covered with ketchup and mustard while nodding.

"Un. It's delicious."

The ingredients might be cheap.

No, all of this was cheap, yet why were all of them more delicious than foods made with expensive ingredients?

To answer her confusion, she asked this question to Mineta.

However, his answer was simple.

"It's because of MSG."

"MSG?"

"It's the best invention of humanity. With just a small amount of that thing, it will make anything delicious."

"Why I have never known such a thing?"

"It's because it is unhealthy. Your parents and the people around you are worried that if you consume that, it will make you sick."

"...is it dangerous?"

"No, but it is like sugar. If you consume it too much, it will rot your teeth, make you fat, and have diabetes, right? It is something like that."

"I see." Momo nodded and thought that she needed to do more research on MSG.

"By the way, there is a stain of ketchup on your lips."

"Eh? Really? Where?" She was quite embarrassed as she tried to wipe her lips.

"On your left side."

She tried to clean the ketchup with a tissue, but she did nothing, so in the end, she used her tongue, stretching it to lick the ketchup, but she couldn't.

"Let me help you."

He was already satisfied looking at her tongue, so he decided to help.

She was in a daze, watching him carefully wipe the stain on her lips.

"It's clean now."

"...thanks." She lowered her head and couldn't look at him straight.

He stared at her for a while and smiled. "By the way, are you free after this?"

"Yes." Momo quickly nodded, then asked, "Are we going to eat something again?"

"Do you still want to eat?"

"..."

"I plan to visit the aquarium, but what do you think?"

"Aquarium?"

To be honest, in this city, there were a lot of theme parks, but he was sure that the place was crowded, and it was already afternoon, so it was rather hot. He also didn't want to line up for an attraction.

On the other hand, an aquarium was nice since, even if there were many people, they could walk around peacefully.

"Yes."

"Let's go!" She didn't hesitate.

"Have you been there?"

"No."

"Then, I am sure that it will be fun."

Watching him smile, she also smiled and anticipated their next date destination.

However, before that, they cleaned up all the food containers before they went to the nearby bus stop while holding hands.

As expected, the group of bodyguards and Momo's mother still followed them, but they seemed to bring a lot of food with them, which made him speechless.

'Will they follow us until the end?'

While he was helpless, he looked at Momo, who was oblivious, and talked about the aquarium since she seemed "very" interested in it.

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"Is this the aquarium?"

"It's a small one, though."

"Is there a bigger one?"

"There is." He nodded. "I haven't visited it, but I want to visit it."

Momo wanted to say that she could be with him at that time, but she changed her question since she didn't dare to ask that question. "Do you like fish?"

"I like it."

He looked at Momo and knew that she didn't know about his identity as an All-Tuber, but he also didn't intend to explain since it would be more interesting if she learned it by herself.

"Should we enter now?"

"Un."

While holding hands, they entered the aquarium, but he didn't expect that this girl would be so excited.

"Wow! Minoru, come here! Come here!"

Her smile was childlike, as if it was her first time seeing so many fishes. However, this was really her first time. While she had seen many animals in her house since she owned her own zoo, she had never visited an aquarium.

This made him curious about her childhood, so he asked.

Momo smiled and told him about her childhood, but when he heard it, he felt she spent her childhood quite dry and plain since she used most of her childhood studying. He wasn't sure whether this was how the people in high society educated their children or it was how she was, but he could see that she was happy with it, so he didn't have much to say.

"How about you? You're so powerful. You must be spending your time training, right?"

When she thought about how powerful he was, she thought she spent most of his day training, especially when she thought of the 50 meters giant he created. Without persistence and hard work, it would be impossible for Mineta to do all of that.

"........"

'I'm sorry.'

While he was training, his training wasn't as serious as she imagined since he spent most of his days flirting with girls.

In other words, he was just a bastard, yet how could he say that?

"My childhood was normal. I don't really train my "Quirk" until middle school."

"Really?" She was extremely surprised.

So what changed him?

She wasn't stupid and knew the reason.

Ibara Shiozaki.

This name appeared on her mind, and it made all the happiness she felt today burst like a bubble. She realized that once she went home, everything would disappear like nothing. When they were at school, they would be nothing but mere classmates.

Yet, how could she feel satisfied with it?

She had decided to fight, yet she wondered whether it was alright.

What if she was rejected?

Also, did she want him to break up with his girlfriend?

If so, how would Ibara feel?

When she was in the middle of a thought, she felt his cheek was cold.

"It's cold!"

She was startled and then looked at him, who smiled after he pressed an ice cream on her cheek. She puffed her cheek and complained, "What are you doing, Minoru?!"

"Does being with me make you unhappy?"

"...no, I am happy, but because I am happy that it is..." She couldn't say anymore.

He didn't force her to talk and sat by her side.

They had been walking around on the aquarium and saw many things, so they decided to rest on the bench where they could see a group of jellyfish.

The jellyfish swayed around, and they moved slowly yet unpredictably. Their colors were bright, and they were strangely beautiful.

Yet neither was in the mood to enjoy it.

"Minoru."

"Yes?"

"I like you."

While Momo didn't see his appearance, she could imagine how dumbfounded he was.

He was really stunned. "...thank you. I am happy with your confession, but..." He hadn't finished his words, but he was kissed.

"........"

He looked at Momo, who frightfully kissed his lips, which made him wonder why a rich lady like her could be so easy. While he could react calmly, he decided to act stiffly and nervously before she parted their lips.

"......."

They were silent, and no one said anything.

However, he didn't need to say anything since the one who broke the silence was Momo.

"I know that you might get angry by this, and I know that I have done something wrong, but let me tell you that I don't ask you to break up with your girlfriend, only... do you think that you can think of me in your heart?"

He lowered his face for a while before he called her name.

"Momo."

"Yes."

Momo saw him lift his face and look at her gently, which made her smile, thinking that he was thinking of her, but...

"No."

"......." Momo.