The Real Handmade Meat Bun

Itsuki Nakano said matter-of-factly, "Of course I remember! What did you promise me back then? You said you'd give me more meat buns than I could ever eat, but you still haven't kept that promise!"

Itsuki puffed out her cheeks angrily, casually tossed her school bag to Akasaka, and threw a little tantrum.

Akasaka caught the school bag and stepped forward, trying to take Itsuki's little hand, but she dodged him.

As she avoided him, Itsuki backed away. "We haven't progressed that far yet. Are you trying to take advantage of me?"

Itsuki held both hands protectively against her chest, hiding them from Akasaka so he could not hold them.

Knowing he had been too hasty, Akasaka withdrew his hand. "Fine, it's my fault, okay? I'll take you to eat meat buns right now. Consider it making up for what happened when we were kids."

"Hmph! That's more like it." Akasaka and Itsuki walked side by side toward the bun shop.

Time returned to their childhood.

At that moment, there was another person chasing Little Akasaka from behind—Itsuki Nakano.

Itsuki wildly waved her arms through the air, shouting for Akasaka to stop and give her back her meat buns!!!

Behind Itsuki, three burly men were also giving chase, yelling for Akasaka to hurry up and pay them back!!!

The bizarre sight was rather amusing.

But strangely enough, Itsuki ran even faster than those three burly men, actually holding second place in the chase.

First place was naturally Akasaka Ryunosuke... after all, he was running at the very front.

The three burly men were naturally in last place.

Akasaka hurried to the lakeside and jumped onto a small wooden boat shaped like a swan.

The little wooden boat was meant for couples to enjoy together.

Without caring about anything else, Akasaka