Ichika looked at Yotsuba, who was waiting for Hakuto's arrival with a well-behaved expression, and sighed quietly in her heart.
What's going on...
"By the way, where's Itsuki? Didn't she get up earlier than us?" Ichika was now eager to see the only sister who stayed true to her feelings.
"Itsuki? She seems to have gone downstairs to buy breakfast..."
"Huh? Didn't Nino make breakfast?"
"Nino's still in her room. I think I heard her say something about getting something..."
Σ(ﾟдﾟlll)?! Getting something?! You can't just grab something!
Meanwhile, downstairs at the breakfast shop in the Nakano household.
Itsuki was sitting at a seat, stuffing meat buns into her mouth with one hand, each bite faster than the last!
As expected of the "Meat Bun Monster" Itsuki, her speed at eating meat buns was unmatched!
She was indeed down to buy breakfast, after all. Hakuto was coming to their house today, and they couldn't let their guests go hungry.
Although Hakuto may have already eaten, that's a different story. Whether they were prepared or not was another thing entirely—this is social etiquette!
Having followed Hakuto for so long, what Itsuki learned most wasn't knowledge, but this kind of etiquette.
When dealing with a reasonable person, you use etiquette; with unreasonable people, you use your fists!
If you can't understand what I'm saying, I'll just show you a little of my fists!
This was the most important lesson Itsuki learned from Hakuto, though she hadn't had to put it into practice yet.
"This is so good! I'll bring some for Hakuto later..." Itsuki mumbled to herself, even while eating, never forgetting Hakuto.
But then, just as she was stuffing a meat bun into her mouth, she heard a familiar voice.
"I didn't expect you to care about me, Itsuki."
Σ(ﾟдﾟlll)?! Hearing this voice, Itsuki's movements stopped abruptly, and in the next moment, she unexpectedly choked.
Seeing Itsuki struggling to catch her breath, Hakuto frowned and patted her on the back, handing her the bottle of water he always carried with him.
"Cough... cough!" Itsuki took the water from Hakuto and drank it down in one go.
"Back to life... Shiratori, why do you walk so quietly?" Itsuki looked at Hakuto with a bit of resentment.
"In such a noisy morning market, if you can hear my footsteps, then I'll call you amazing!"
"Right..." Itsuki nodded, it made sense.
"Anyway, I didn't expect you to arrive so early, Shiratori!"
"Hm~ I was planning to head straight up, but when I saw you buying breakfast here, I figured I'd join you."
Hakuto sat across from Itsuki, casually picking up a meat bun from the table and taking a bite.
"Didn't you have breakfast, Shiratori?"
"Cough... cough..."
Hakuto was at a loss for words. He had been kicked out of his room by Nao before dawn, so breakfast had already been eaten. After all, there was plenty of time.
And he even made it himself, even preparing some for the Nakano sisters.
In the middle of winter, Hakuto had been in the kitchen by himself cooking, and Nao hadn't been considerate at all...
"Breakfast, huh..." Hakuto muttered, placing the thermos bag he had brought in front of Itsuki.
"I made this myself. You can try it, Itsuki."
"You made this, Shiratori?"
Hakuto didn't get many chances to show his cooking skills in front of the Nakano sisters, maybe just twice at most.
But even with only those two times, Itsuki couldn't stop thinking about Hakuto's cooking!
Later... Itsuki searched everywhere, but never found that same taste again...
Whenever food was mentioned, Itsuki got particularly excited, just like when Miku talked about Sengoku history.
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