The girl crouched down and offered the popcorn in her hand to the child.
"Here, have some popcorn."
The girl smiled. "Will you forgive Big Brother?"
The sweet aroma of popcorn kept wafting into the little chubby boy's nose.
He couldn't help swallowing.
He looked up at the girl.
The girl nodded.
"Have as much as you like."
The little boy's eyes lit up.
He reached out, grabbed a big handful of popcorn, and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Crunch, crunch~"
The crisp sound came from the little boy's mouth.
He narrowed his eyes.
Delicious.
The girl chuckled.
"Do you like popcorn?"
"Then you can have all of this."
As she spoke, the girl moved to put the popcorn in her hand into the child's arms.
Unexpectedly, the little boy immediately took a step back.
He bumped into the poster behind him.
He shook his head.
"No."
"Teacher says I can't accept things from strangers."
After a brief moment of surprise, the girl chuckled.
"But haven't you already eaten my popcorn?"
The little boy's face scrunched up.
"...That's different."
He tried to argue his way out of it. "I only ate a little."
The girl and the boy looked at each other.
They both found it a little funny.
This child...
He was pretty good at fooling himself.
"Okay."
The girl didn't call him out on his self-deception.
"Would you like a little more?"
The little boy hesitated for a moment.
Then he nodded. "I would."
The little boy grabbed another big handful of popcorn and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Go ahead and grab one more handful."
The girl smiled.
"Our movie's about to start."
"We have to go."
As soon as he heard they