I Won't Be the One to Confess to Momousagi First! [Going Premium Tomorrow at Noon]

Ten minutes later.

Momousagi stood before the sink, facing the mirror as she tended to her slightly swollen lips.

Meanwhile, Noah sat aggrievedly in a chair behind her, three bumps piled atop his head and faintly smoking...

What a terrible woman. So vicious.

She had actually hit him that hard. If not for Tough Skin's damage reduction, he would probably have inherited Momousagi's hospital bed and spent several days lying here already, right?

"Young man, you seem to think you're the one being pitied?"

Momousagi caught Noah's expression in the mirror. She turned around coldly and glared at him.

"My lips are swollen! I know it was your first kiss and you had no experience, but it was my first time too. Couldn't you have been more careful? A little gentler?"

"I'm sorry, Commodore."

Noah sincerely admitted his mistake. Indeed, he had kissed Shiya too few times, leaving his kissing skills awkward and inexperienced. He had failed to give Momousagi a good experience. "I'll be careful next time."

"You still want a next time?"

Momousagi came over and grabbed his cheeks, kneading them hard as if venting her frustration. "You dared press your lips against mine without my permission. For this alone, I could have you hauled straight off to Impel Down, you know?"

"I'm sowwy, Commodore!"

Noah's cheeks were kneaded until they swelled and warped, making even his speech slurred. "I thought you were hinting that you wanted me to take the initiative..."

"Hinting my ass!"

Momousagi became even more embarrassed and angry, her hands growing heavier. She nearly sent Noah to his grave. "Stop twisting other people's words, you little bastard!"

—Her first kiss in over twenty years had suddenly vanished just like that. Even if the one who took it was the brat she had always liked,