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At any rate, the bag in Xiao Xiao's hand held pastries of every kind, sweet and not so sweet.
There was something to satisfy any request a girl might have.
The girl looked at the desserts in the boy's hands.
Was this... a gesture of goodwill?
She eyed the boy suspiciously.
Could this guy really be so nice?
"Don't like sea salt?"
Xiao Xiao asked with a smile.
The girl shook her head without thinking.
"No."
She froze for a moment.
Then she reached out and took the cake box from the boy.
"...Thank you."
The girl stammered.
"You're welcome."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"I'm heading out."
"See you."
Xiao Xiao walked past the girl.
A few seconds later, the girl finally reacted.
Huh?!
"Wait!"
The girl immediately hurried after him.
"Is something else the matter?"
Xiao Xiao stopped and looked at her.
"..."
The girl opened her mouth, only to realize...
If someone asked her what exactly she wanted...
She really couldn't say.
It wasn't as if she could tell him she wanted to be friends with him, could she?
Well, she could.
But after that...
What would they do?
The girl was stumped.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
He lifted the bag and box in his hands.
"If there's nothing else, I should get going."
The girl's gaze fell on the things in the boy's hands.
Yikes~
They looked so heavy.
Only then did the girl realize...
The boy was practically like a Christmas tree.
Both his hands were loaded with things.
They weren't light, and they took up quite a bit of space.
There was even a pet perched on his shoulder.
That had some weight to it, too.
An ordinary person would have looked a little awkward carrying all