Thanks for the chapter!
Either he got badly traumatized from being attacked the last two times he tried to hug her and isnt willing to risk it now that shes warmed up from the tournament or he cant hug her becuase hes holding the ubrella or perhaps even a secret, more annoying, third thing. Place your bets ladies and gentlemen!
Fr tho, maybe its because i have read so much romance slop in tje past few months but im willing to deal with these two goobers taking a while to find out how to do physical displays of affection. Atleast they are already a couple and the manga hasnt ended with that, which makes it automatically better than like 80% of romance manga