Amamiya Natsuki looked away, remembered his promise to his senpai, and took out his phone to contact her:
"I'm finally done."
"Good work, kouhai-kun~" Tsubame-senpai replied almost immediately. "Aoi and I are at the dessert shop. I'll send you the address—come over soon."
Amamiya Natsuki put away his phone and headed to the dessert shop.
With high school starting, elementary school had naturally started as well. With his senpai's help, his adopted daughter, Little Aoi, had successfully enrolled, and Amamiya Natsuki, as her dad, naturally had to celebrate with them.
"Kouhai-kun, over here!"
Following the address, Amamiya Natsuki arrived at the dessert shop and soon spotted his senpai and his adopted daughter sitting in a corner.
"Senpai, I'm here." Amamiya Natsuki walked over and sat down beside them. After greeting his senpai, he turned to his adopted daughter and smiled. "Aoi, I'm back from my business trip."
"Good work, Daddy." The elementary school student called out shyly, then held out the dessert in her hands, looking expectantly at him. "Otousan, you can have some."
"I don't want that." Amamiya Natsuki patted his adopted daughter's head. "I want to eat senpai's ice cream."
Tsubame-senpai gave him an exasperated look:
"I already ordered dessert for you. It'll be here soon."
Amamiya Natsuki said, "I only want to eat the ice cream in senpai's hands."
Koyasu Tsubame said, "You can't have it."
"Fine, I'll come clean. No more pretending." Amamiya Natsuki looked at his senpai and lowered his voice. "I want to eat senpai's mou—"
Tsubame-senpai's pretty face flushed red. She couldn't help kicking Amamiya Natsuki under the table:
"Don't say things like that in front of a child!"
His adopted daughter covered her eyes and said:
"Mom, keep going. I didn't see anything."
Koyasu Tsubame said, "..."
Just a few days ago,