A tiny, fluffy white ball. It looked so easy to pet.
Xie Chuchu couldn't resist reaching out...
Chi Xiuke sighed helplessly.
"Chuchu, watch where you're going."
"You could easily bump into something like this."
Whether it was a person or a telephone pole.
Chi Xiuke earnestly reminded her friend.
Then she noticed her friend's "itching-to-move" hand.
Her voice rose a few notches.
"Chuchu!"
"Huh?!"
Xie Chuchu's whole body jolted.
"W-what is it?"
Xie Chuchu looked at Chi Xiuke in confusion.
Her feet came to a stop.
The movement of her hand stopped, too.
"..."
Chi Xiuke noticed something behind Xie Chuchu.
"Look behind you."
Chi Xiuke swallowed the words she'd been about to say and said that instead.
"Huh?"
Xie Chuchu turned around.
What—
Uh...
A...
"Tree?"
Xie Chuchu blinked.
So...
If Chi Xiuke hadn't called out just now, she would've walked right into a tree.
She couldn't help reaching back to feel her own back.
Thank goodness.
Thank goodness.
Even if she'd been walking backward and hit the tree—
If she hadn't run into it head-on... it probably wouldn't have been so bad?
Come to think of it...
Wait, no.
If she hadn't been walking backward, she wouldn't have almost walked into a tree in the first place.
Xie Chuchu shook her head.
This was never going to end...
"Xiuxiu, thanks for warning me."
Xie Chuchu gave Chi Xiuke a grateful smile.
"No."
Chi Xiuke shook her head.
"That's not why I called out to you just now."
Though that had been what she'd originally wanted to warn her friend about.
Had she somehow played the part of a prophet?
Chi Xiuke was a little surprised.
She'd only noticed the tree right behind her friend after her friend stopped.
She couldn't help