The amusement park.
Excited screams and happy laughter echoed from every corner.
Cute cartoon mascots and fluttering streamers and balloons made it look like a fairytale world without a care.
The staff in the ice cream cart, wearing animal ears, handed two cones to the mismatched "couple" standing before them.
"Ise-senpai, here's a napkin."
Akimoto Yoichi held out a napkin. Ise Yuri's cheeks warmed as she held her ice cream.
Being treated this way by Akimoto Yoichi, her junior, made it impossible for her to put on the airs of a senpai and Public Morals Committee president.
Wasn't he treating her completely like a girl?
"Thanks, Akimoto-kun." After wiping the corner of her mouth, Ise Yuri looked at Akimoto Yoichi again, only to find him gazing at her with a beaming smile.
Her cheeks reddened even more, and she pretended to scold him in annoyance.
"Akimoto-kun, don't you know it's rude to stare at people like that?"
"But you've got ice cream on your face."
Ise Yuri's defenses were weak, and Akimoto Yoichi broke through them in an instant.
Embarrassed and annoyed, Ise Yuri instinctively reached for the Wooden Sword in her bag, only to realize that Akimoto Yoichi was carrying it for her.
Having been seen through, she could only kick Akimoto Yoichi in the shin, though she didn't put much force into it.
Watching Akimoto Yoichi and Ise Yuri playfully bicker as they walked ahead, Fukayama Midori felt envious.
So this is what being in love looks like?
He wanted to copy Akimoto Yoichi's moves and steal a glance at Nagase Kumari beside him, but he couldn't work up the courage.
"Otaku-kun, what are you spacing out for?"
Looking at Nagase Kumari beside him, who was also eating ice cream with cream at the corner of her mouth,