"Are you still mad?"
Kudo Mitsunobu hurried a few steps to catch up with Saegusa Mayumi and took her small hand.
"Don't talk to me for now. Can't you see I'm mad?"
She said that, but she was pleased that Kudo Mitsunobu had come after her. If he'd turned and walked away just then, or waited for her to cool off on her own, she really would have reconsidered their engagement.
"Let's go watch Honoka's race together! Tatsuya told me he prepared a secret weapon for her!"
"I said, don't talk to me for now."
"Hey, don't pull me!"
By the time they entered the Surfing Race venue, Saegusa Mayumi had already linked her arm through Kudo Mitsunobu's again and leaned against him.
After all, she'd been prepared for this from the start, so even though she was angry, she wasn't furious. There was no need to embarrass Kudo Mitsunobu in public.
Of course, if you ignored the delicate hand pinching Kudo Mitsunobu's waist, they looked like a loving couple.
"Over here, over here!"
The first to notice them was Chiba Erika, with her short red hair. She patted the two seats she'd saved between herself and Shibata Mizuki.
"You two got here early!"
After taking his seat, Kudo Mitsunobu greeted Leo, who was sitting beside him.
"We're not as busy as you two, so we've been running around to watch the various events."
Leo said with a silly grin, rubbing the back of his head.
"Anyway, why don't you introduce me to the person sitting beside you?"
"I saw you two chatting earlier. I take it you're friends?"
Kudo Mitsunobu said, looking at the man seated between Leo and Shiba Tatsuya.
"My name's Yoshida Mikihiko. I'm in the same class as Tatsuya and the others."
"I don't really like