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

Scone had eaten his fill and was starting to relax.

"Ahaha, so just getting him to sit once was already pretty amazing, huh?"

I smiled wryly.

"But we should teach him properly. At this rate, I'll be the first one to collapse from exhaustion."

Kawasaki looked worn out.

She had been running around the whole time, and I was completely exhausted too.

And it was so hot today.

The temperature was probably over thirty degrees Celsius.

Running around like crazy in this weather was way too hot.

If we kept chasing after Scone, we might pass out.

We had to explain things to Scone properly.

"Scone, why do you always take off at full speed right away...? We don't have that much stamina. You can't keep doing this."

Even as I complained, my hand gently stroked Scone's head.

Scone wagged his tail too, looking a little happy.

Yumiko carefully observed Scone and me...

"Yumiko, what is it?"

"Hmm... I just have a feeling."

"A feeling...?"

She looked like she was about to say something important.

"Ah... it's just a gut feeling, but doesn't he kind of look down on us?"

"Huh?!"

Yumiko suddenly said something a delinquent would say, making me cry out despite myself.

"I mean, dogs are really particular about pecking order, right? Maybe he thinks it's fine not to listen to us?"

She crossed her arms, glaring at Scone a little fiercely.

"Now that you mention it, he keeps making us chase after him. It does feel like he's playing with us."

Apparently, Kawasaki agreed with Yumiko.

...Indeed.

Could it be that Scone didn't see me as his owner?

"Scone, listen. I'm your master, okay? Do you understand?"

I lifted Scone with both hands until we were eye to eye.

I spoke while looking straight into his