“You didn’t want to see me?”

Maru looked at her, who was hesitating. He grinned when he saw that she licked her lips wondering about what to say. Actually, he was aware that it was her being considerate of him that they didn’t meet recently.

“Looks like I was the only one who wanted to meet.”

“No, that’s not it.”

“Then you wanted to see me?”

“Do I really have to say it?”

“That’s right.”

“Fine, I wanted to see you. Satisfied?”

Seeing her pout, Maru nodded his head. The place they were in was filled with the smell of pizza. It was the pizza restaurant they visited before. Right now, she was slicing a piece of pizza with cherry tomatoes and basil on top, and was putting it on a plate.

“Here.”

Maru received the pizza that she cut for him. The glistening surface made it look delicious. He took a bite before looking in front of him. She was eating her pizza with a happy face. She looked like a rabbit when she was chewing. Thinking back, a lot of her actions reminded Maru of rabbits. That was also why he gifted her a ring that was shaped like a rabbit.

“Wasn’t there a rabbit in one of your nicknames?”

“Didn’t you know that already?” She spoke as she showed off the ring she was wearing.

“Rather than that, how could you call all of a sudden and tell me to meet you? What were you going to do if I had acting club practice?”

“Who was the one that said there was no practice this Saturday when I called on Thursday?”

“...Did I tell you that?”

“I thought that was your...