My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected / My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected

They suddenly started glaring at each other.

Ah... these two really didn't get along...

"Um, um, so we just need to keep the commands consistent?"

"Right. The commands for fetching the ball too. The examples online said to use 'fetch' when telling it to get the ball, and 'come back' when calling it back."

"Ooh. It's like being a pet trainer."

I had a feeling Scone could remember those two commands...

"All right, let's have her practice. Scone, fetch."

Yumiko placed the ball two steps away from Scone and clearly gave the command, "Fetch!"

First, Scone had to learn what "fetch" and "come back" meant...

As expected of Yumiko, she was really considerate. She ranked first among the "would make a good mother someday" types!

"Scone, fetch. Fetch the ball. Okay, Scone, fetch!"

She repeated the command to fetch.

A rubber ball lay right in front of Scone.

Scone seemed to understand what she meant too...

"Woof!"

She ran away again!

With an adorable bark, she spun around and bolted!

Her front and back legs flailed desperately as she ran farther and farther away!

"Scone! Fetch! No, come back!"

"Woof!"

"Don't 'woof' at me—! Fetch!"

In the end, Yumiko picked the ball up herself and made a throwing motion toward Scone!

Scone wasn't listening at all!

She had already run thirty meters away.

"Kawasaki..."

"Again—?"

She looked exhausted, but she still jogged off to help me chase Scone. Kawasaki really was a good person!

"Sorry—!"

I circled around from the opposite direction from Kawasaki to chase Scone too.

"Scone, why are you running away?"

Kawasaki slowly approached from the other side.

"Seriously—! Scone! You can't run away! You have to face your difficulties."

"She really takes after her owner."

"Kawasaki, that's so mean. I don't run away. I'm not some