Senba Gari slowly walked over to Minami Kotori, who had just been startled by the alpaca and was sitting on the ground. Then he took out the pale-yellow handkerchief he had always kept in his pocket, with a green four-leaf clover pattern on it, and gently wiped the saliva from Minami Kotori's face.
"Sniff. Honestly, can't you fix this habit of yours? Every time, I'm the one who has to wipe your face. Achoo!"
"Sorry, Gari-nii. But you still kept this handkerchief." Minami Kotori looked rather nostalgically at the handkerchief in Senba Gari's hand.
"Yeah. Achoo! It was a gift from you. How could I ever bear to throw it away? Sniff."
"Are you okay, Kotori?" Honoka Kosaka and Umi Sonoda asked worriedly.
"Mm... Maybe I was hated?"
"Oh? It's fine. I think they were just trying to play with you," Hanayo Koizumi explained to them. The two alpacas no longer gave off that aggressive feeling from before. Then Hanayo Koizumi noticed the empty mineral water bottle hanging on the fence.
"Ah, right. I need to change the water." Hanayo Koizumi very skillfully pulled out the empty mineral water bottle.
"You're so practiced," Honoka Kosaka said, bringing her face close to Hanayo.
"B-Because I'm the keeper..." Hanayo Koizumi hugged the mineral water bottle to her chest a little shyly. Then, as if wanting to get away from Honoka Kosaka as quickly as possible, Hanayo Koizumi swiftly picked up the full mineral water bottle and fixed it in place.
Just then, Honoka Kosaka noticed Hanayo Koizumi's face. "Oh! Aren't you Hanayo, the one who came to our concert?" So Honoka Kosaka excitedly put both hands on Hanayo's shoulders from behind.
"You only just noticed? Achoo!" Senba Gari retorted from the side.
"Huh? N-No..."
"The first-year who made a special trip over,"