Delight ~Growth of Body and Heart~

Delight ~Growth of Body and Heart~ is the fifty-sixth chapter of the To Love-Ru Darkness manga series.

Summary
The day starts with Rito feeling depressed about his failed love confession to Haruna the previous day and Mikan asks him what's wrong. Suddenly Lala barges into the bathroom excited and says that she grew up a little. Peke explain that her energy has been recoverd and likely her body would soon return to its regular form by end of the day. Mikan compare Lala' height to day before and Peke explain that Lala was around 7 years, but now she's recoverd to about 10. Lala then says that even her boobs have grown a little and shows them to Rito who scold her. While Lala goes to her sisters, Mikan then check her chest and asks Rito if she still winning.

Walking to school, Nana tells that somehow she will feel lonely once her big sister will return normal. Thinking she's talking about their chest' size, Rito tells her to don't worry and Nana gets angry explianing she was talking to have a little sister. Meanwhile Momo is thinking over feeling relived that Rito's confession to Haruna failed and how this disqulifies her as promoter ofthe Harem Plan. She's so distracted that she didn't see where she was going almost bump in a pole before to be stopped from her sisters.

At school, during swim class, Risa feels up Lala groping her boobs while Yui displaces anger towards Risa's sexual harassment. Meanwhile Haruna want to tells her about the accidental kiss with Rito but, when she is about to talk, Peke alerts Lala that her body is about to have a rapid growing. Within seconds Lala's body grew to the point of when she was 14 (as stated by Peke). The girls are amazed and Risa then takes the opportunity to grab Lala' developed boobs in her new form with Yui yelling at Risa again to stop to check every growth spurt. Risa ask Lala if need a bra, but then remember that Lala is always braless and Lala explain it feels too tight.

In the changing room, the girls continue to talk about bra. Oshizu also is not used to wear it and Mio explain that is because she was a ghost for long time. Oshizu then ask them when they started to wear bra. Risa states that since third grade, Mio in sixth and Yui, embrassed, admit she wear since middle school leaving the girls amazed. Risa claims that, in exchange, she gained so bountiful boobs and Yui scold her to don't grope her. Haruna even started in middle school and admit she wanted to wear one sooner but was embarassed to tells her mom. Lala then notes she' nervous for some reason. Later, in the hallway, Lala went up to Haruna to ask about what she wanted to tell her.

Toward evening, at Yuki' house, Rito is taking a bath and think that there was no opportunity to talk with Haruna and, thinking about the kiss, it would be difficult to have a normal conversation even if they did talk. Meanwhile Momo, still feeling troubled, decided to sneak into the bathroom to have some "body contact" with Rito. However, when she went down stairs, she see a tail going into the bathroom.

While washing up, Rito hear someone come in and react fully expected to see Momo but instead turn out to be Lala who want take a bath with him. Surpised, Rito asks her the reason and Lala explain she's just in mood. But Rito feels extra nervous because he is seeing Lala naked at an age he had never seen her at. Lala then show her new invention, the Bubbly-bubbly Soap-kun, that produces foam with tiny bubbles to wash the body. Lala then ask Rito to wash her back but he refuse, so Lala countered telling him that Haruna had told her about the kiss.

Busted, Rito then start to wash Lala' back and went on to tell her that it was an accident with Lala conferming that she knows. Rito feels awkward thinking about when Lala asked him for a kiss and she still acts cheerful. Rito asks her sorry but Lala then express her happiness that Rito and Haruna, the two people she loves the most, have kissed. Lala says that, although she knows the first person Rito loves is Haruna, she also knows the second person he loves is her. Lala then jumps on Rito (pushing him on the wall wih her body) expressing that as long as she is loved by him she doesn't care who's first or second, and that her ultimate happiness is that they love each other. Outside the window, Momo is hearing and have an epiphany.

Lala then goes on to say that she's waiting for her kiss too when suddenly she feels her body acting strange and it immediately reverses back to its regular form with Lala being extremely happy. However her growth cause Rito almost suffocates from her big boobs; he accidentally slip and hit the Bubbly-bubbly Soap-kun causing soap to spray everywhere. Lala then grab the invention trying to turn it off and she ends up on top of Rito giving him a view of her private area that leaving the boy shocked. Rito then make Lala to falla above him with her private area directly on his mouth. She then nervously screams that that is not where she wanted him to kiss her.

Outside Momo has a renewed resolve to fulfill the Harem Plan, being inspired by her big sister that it doesn't matter who is first or second, but as long as she is loved by Rito, then it's good enough for her.

Trivia

 * Lala' body finally return to her normal size.
 * Risa remember that Lala is often bra-less as Lala explained since chapter 29 of first series that she finds them uncomfortable.
 * Rito recall when Lala asked him for a kiss in the chapter 35 and even then he ended to kiss her in a "wrong" place.