Didn't this kid ever get bored?
"Mm."
The boy with black-rimmed glasses nodded.
"It popped the kid's balloon."
The tall boy's mouth twitched slightly.
"You mean..."
"That leopard popped the kid's balloon?"
"...Isn't that incredibly boring?"
Huh?
The boy with black-rimmed glasses froze.
He had no idea what the tall boy meant.
"Isn't it?"
The tall boy shrugged slightly.
"And it's not just the leopard..."
"No matter who pops a kid's balloon..."
"It's pretty boring."
The act itself was just boring.
The boy with black-rimmed glasses froze.
Well, that did seem right...
"It's a leopard, you know."
The tall boy was already used to it...
Even though he didn't believe a word of it, he could still go along with the boy with black-rimmed glasses and shoot the breeze with him.
"Shouldn't it be doing something cooler?"
Popping a kid's balloon...
It was like a little kid's prank.
Sure enough...
The tall boy looked at the boy with black-rimmed glasses with a complicated, wistful expression.
It was the kind of childish scenario someone immersed in fairy tales would imagine...
The boy with black-rimmed glasses understood what the tall boy meant...
He was a little puzzled, too.
The leopard didn't look like an easygoing creature.
Judging by its appearance alone, it was hard to believe it would do something so childish.
The boy with black-rimmed glasses tugged at the corner of his mouth.
Or...
Was this what they called gap moe?
"Go ahead and eat."
The tall boy smiled.
He picked up his chopsticks, bringing the conversation to an end.
The boy with black-rimmed glasses nodded.
He was still wondering why the leopard had popped the kid's balloon...
After they finished eating, the tall boy took the boy with black-rimmed glasses