Steps to Losing One's First Kiss

Sekiya Kaori sighed at Minagawa Katsuhiko. She wanted to say something, but she had no idea how to begin.

So she casually seized on another topic. "Stop picking on Naomichi all the time." She meant the glasses-wearing man whom Minagawa Katsuhiko had just ordered to "put on a show to amuse everyone."

"Hmph, people as gloomy as him are irritating to look at." Minagawa Katsuhiko took a swig from his beer can and complained, "There are already enough negative people around me. If I don't drive a few of them away, they're just an eyesore."

Sekiya Kaori frowned. "Listen to yourself—you've been getting gloomier too. Ever since that happened, you've been completely depressed..."

Xiao Bai was currently clinging to Suzuki Sonoko's head, hitching a ride.

Seeing this, it nodded thoughtfully. "That happened"... Its master really did know exactly where cases would occur. Like right now, it could smell trouble brewing.

A few meters away, Minagawa Katsuhiko was completely unaware that a person and a ghost were spying on him.

Hearing the mention of "that happened," he angrily punched the wall. "What do you know?!"

"Of course I know. We grew up together!" Sekiya Kaori blurted out, then fell silent.

She felt that if they continued, they really would start fighting. After a moment of silence, she took out a box of chocolates and held it out to him. "These... are for you."

Today was Valentine's Day. According to the version of the custom currently going around, if a boy accepted a girl's ultimate bias chocolate and ate it on the spot, it meant that he liked her too.

Sekiya Kaori offered him the chocolates and watched Minagawa Katsuhiko expectantly.

Suzuki Sonoko grew excited as well, pricking up her ears and scratching at the wall as she eavesdropped on the