Chapter 1

Alright, Shiki-chan, I’ll see you tomorrow~!

Byyye-byyye!

Thank you, very… much.

—and then! I played shop with everyone after that.

Shiki¹ was a nail arti~st. Look! My nails are all sparkly♪

…They, are. Very stylish…

Uh-huh~♪ What’d you do at school today big bwo²?

…I made, these.

Wah! Cookies? So cu~~~te!!

…Mhm. They’re, iced… cookies. I tried… drawing on them.

Wo~w! You’re a genius, big bwo♪ But why’ve you been making sweets every day?

Nanamegi… ah… one of, my friends… is, learning to, bake… from, Kurama… …And I’m, accompanying him.

Oo~h! I wanna learn from Ushio-kun toooooo.

…I’ll try, asking.

Yaaay♪ …Ah, but Shiki also liked the caramel sweets you made before!

They were gentle, like you!

…I see. I’ll, make them… again, then.

Ah… …and I’ll, give you… these cookies, too. You can, eat them.

Really!? Yaaay, I wu~v you big bwo♪

……Mhm.

But, it’s ki~nda disappointing.

…Huh… disa, ppointing?

The cookies are so cute, so why’re they in a plastic bag? You get these from the supermarket!

Ah… …that’s what you mean.

Cute cookies hafta be more stylish~

You mean… with stylish, wrapping…?

Yeah! Everyone says the inside matters most, but nobody’s gonna look inside if the outside isn’t nice, y'know?

…So scathing, all of a sudden…

And it’s the same for sweets! Understand? Big bwo.

…Uu… …yeah.

If it were me~… I’d wanna wrap ‘em like candy, with sparkly origami paper~…

And, I think it’d be cute to use bead accessories instead'a string!

(…Wrapping. I hadn’t thought about it, but like she says, it’s probably… important…)

I'll… give wrapping, a go. Thanks for, the advice… Shiki.

…Nail artists, really… do have, good… taste.

Hehe. It tickles when you pat me, big bwo~♪