Kaguya-sama Wants Me to Surrender

Amamiya Natsuki gently played with the girl's slender fingers and continued:

"Now that we're dating, it really hurt that you kept something from me when you ran into trouble, Shoko."

"N-no..." Quail girl stammered, guilt in her eyes. She instinctively felt she'd done something terrible and hurriedly explained, "My phone... I lost my phone..."

During the final battle in the underground cavern of the dungeon, Komie-san had accidentally lost her phone. Things had been so urgent at the time that she hadn't felt comfortable telling anyone, and she'd kept putting it off until now.

"I lost my phone, so I can't get in touch with Mom..." Komie-san murmured hesitantly. "She might be worried..."

"I see." Amamiya Natsuki nodded gently, then said, "Don't worry. Once the cruise ship gets back to Kagoshima, we'll go to a phone store and buy you a new one. I'll come with you, and I'll talk to the store clerk."

"Mm."

Quail girl answered softly.

She didn't mind being told what to do. If anything, having Amamiya Natsuki beside her to help make a plan was quite reassuring.

"Until then, you can send your aunt a message and explain what happened..." As he spoke, Amamiya Natsuki took out his phone and handed it to Shoko. "You remember your aunt's number, right?"

"Mm-hmm."

Komie-san nodded quickly.

"Here." Amamiya Natsuki handed her the phone. "Send your aunt a message."

As Quail girl held the phone in both hands and typed her message with utmost care, Amamiya Natsuki offered her the ice cream he was holding and said softly:

"Open up."

"Mm..."

Quail girl instinctively parted her pink lips and took a tiny bite of the ice cream.

"Dummy Natsuki!"

A sharp voice rang out behind them. Zhuzhu walked over with two bottles of cold drinks and huffed, "I