Living in Tokyo, all I want to do is laze around.

While she was putting it down, Uesugi Kai took a step and got on the bicycle.

"Let's go!"

"Huh?! Kai-kun!"

When the stunned Hanabi finally came to her senses, she realized that he had already ridden his bicycle several meters away from her.

"Wait a minute!"

The girl quickly followed after him.

The wind whispers in my ears, and snowflakes drift in front of me; the entire city of Tokyo is adorned in a silvery white by this sudden snowfall.

As Uesugi Kai listened to the whistling wind in his ears, even though he was intentionally riding his bicycle to tease Hanabi, he didn't dare to get too far away from her.

I would occasionally look back at her spot to see if she was tired or if she had gone too far.

Whenever he rode too fast, he would stop and wait for her.

After a while, seeing her wearing a thick scarf and breathing out hot air, I felt sorry for her.

"Kai-kun... Kai-kun is a big bad guy."

"Feel sorry..."

Just now, when they were far apart, for a fleeting moment, Uesugi Kai saw her figure gradually blur and disappear into the swirling snowflakes.

Perhaps it was this sudden sense of crisis that made Uesugi Kai stop teasing her, push his bicycle back, and join her.

Hanabi Hanamaru's face flushed red, and her whole body seemed to be radiating heat.

"Feel sorry."

"You bad guy!"

"Haha, Little Firework, don't talk about me. I'll treat you to some spicy takoyaki later."

"Twenty of them!"

"Okay, twenty."

"Kai-kun...you're so awful..."

Even though she was saying that she was awful, her face was still full of rosy and cute cheeks.

Kai Uesugi patted the back seat of the bicycle and said, "Hanabi, sit here and rest. I'll push you."

"Can Kai-kun hold him steady?"

"Of course! Don't you even know who your husband is?"

Then, Uesugi Kai noticed that she had secretly glanced at her, muttered "soft and limp," and carefully sat on the back seat of the bicycle, holding onto her skirt.

It's okay, it's okay.

Uesugi Kai thought to himself that he absolutely had to drag her to learn about that kind of knowledge.

We must make sure she knows which side is more outrageous.

I strolled slowly through the city, pushing my bicycle, passing through one fashionable street after another, and through one ramen restaurant and clothing store after another.

Kai Uesugi finally found a small takoyaki shop at the crossroads.

"Twenty times spicier!"

After parking his bicycle, Uesugi Kai went over and ordered a takoyaki dish that was twice as spicy as their highest-spec version.

After about 5 minutes, a plate of takoyaki covered in chili peppers was presented to me.

"Chenghui 1400 yen."

It's alright, not too expensive.

Kai Uesugi took two toothpicks and went to Hanabi Hanabi, who was standing behind him under the telephone pole. She seemed a little cold and was breathing on and rubbing her small hands to warm them up.

"Come."

"So fast?" Hanabi Hanabi happily took the takoyaki from his hands.

She stuck a chewy little dumpling into her pink mouth with one tooth and couldn't wait to put it in.

"Be careful, it's hot," Uesugi Kai couldn't help but warn her.

As expected, Hanamaru Hanabi tilted her head back and breathed out hot air for a long time before swallowing the dumpling.

Uesugi Kai thought it was a miracle that she hadn't been choked by the chili peppers.

"Also, Hanabi, you have a weak constitution, be careful not to catch a cold."

"Kai-kun... now you know how to feel sorry for Hanabi?"

"Haha, I was just doing that to help you get some exercise, since you haven't gone for a morning run with me in ages, Hanabi-chan."

"Kai-kun is just being stubborn!"

"Don't say I'm being stubborn, you still have to give me one takoyaki."

"Kai-kun can eat this spicy food now?"

"Life is about daring to try new things."

Hanabi Hanabi was amused by his serious expression and said, "Alright then, Kai-kun, take it and eat it."

"I want fireworks, you feed me."

These words sounded like a child's whining, but Uesugi Kai said them with unusual seriousness, as if they were spoken in a completely ordinary tone.

Hanabi Hanabi paused for a few seconds, then hesitated before saying to him, "This... on the street, isn't that inappropriate..."

"People kiss in the street all the time, what's wrong with you feeding me a takoyaki?"

Hanabi Hanamaru hesitated for a moment, then realized that what he said made sense.

Then, slowly and leisurely, he used a toothpick to stick it into the chewy takoyaki.

"Then the fireworks need to be fed, okay~"

"Ah~"

Kai Uesugi waited for her to feed him the takoyaki, but even though he was prepared, he was still choked by the spiciness of the takoyaki and sneezed.

"Ah!"

Fortunately, he held the last line of defense, preventing the takoyaki from spreading to the outermost edge.

Once he calmed down a bit, Hanabi Hanabi reached into her small bag, pulled out a wet wipe, and wiped his mouth. "Kai-kun, really... Hanabi said it was very spicy."

"Is Kai-kun deliberately putting on a brave face?" Hanabi asked him, holding a wet tissue in her hand.

"No, I just wanted you to feed me. I choked on the chili peppers by accident." Uesugi Kai pinched his nose. He felt like the chili peppers had gotten into his nasal cavity, making it both spicy and itchy.

"Ah!"

Not just that one sneeze, but several more followed, and his face suddenly turned red.

Hanabi Hanabi covered her face and laughed: "Kai-kun, just bear with it a little longer, it will pass quickly."

“I know… ah… ah…” Uesugi Kai’s voice rose and fell, unable to sneeze. “But it’s just… ah… ah, my nose is itchy.”

"Ah!"

He eventually managed to sneeze.

The condition subsided after five minutes, but fortunately it was winter, and the cold air was still quite comfortable to breathe in.

When Uesugi Kai looked again, Hanamaru Hanabi had already finished all the 20x spicy takoyaki.

She remained unfazed.

"Are you feeling better, Kai-kun?"

"Hmm, it's better now, at least it's not spicy anymore, but it's still a little itchy, but I can still bear it."

"Just now, there were only fifteen."

"I understand, you want to buy another one, right? How spicy do you want this time?"

Hanabi Hanabi smiled and said, "No, not spicy."

"don't want?"

"Hey, Kai-kun, just go buy it." Hanamaru Hanabi pushed him from behind with both hands and pushed him toward the small window on the street.

When Uesugi Kai bought another serving, Hanamaru Hanabi-chan held the takoyaki in her hand, glanced at him, and then put her hand between the two of them: "Here, Kai-kun, let's eat together."

"Aren't you afraid I'll steal your food?"

"Hanabi isn't a stingy person... Besides, Kai-kun used to give Hanabi so much good food all the time, wouldn't it be nice to give him some?"

Kai Uesugi's gaze met her lively, blinking eyes as he picked up a steaming takoyaki from her hand with a toothpick and put it in his mouth. In this sub-zero winter, her figure seemed to be reflected in the snowflakes falling from the sky and drifting in the city.

Looking at the knitted scarf that wrapped tightly around her, looking at her face... Uesugi Kai understood even more clearly who her novel was written for.

"Kai-kun, would you like some fireworks?"

"want."

"Then... open your mouth!" Hanabi Hanamaru deliberately dragged out her words, then suddenly said happily.

Uesugi Kai couldn't help but laugh, opening her mouth with a smile as she ate the hot dumplings that she was being fed.

"Kai-kun, you're amazing!" Hanabi Hanamaru gently stroked her little hand, smiling encouragingly.

"I feel like Hana-chan is treating me like a kid." Uesugi Kai paused after finishing his meal.

Hanabi Hanabi stuck a regular takoyaki (without chili) into her mouth with her right hand, and after eating it, she said, "Hanabi has actually been practicing being a mother according to the methods she found online."

"...What's the meaning?"

"It means exactly what it says. Kai-kun, did you feel any maternal love from Hanabi?" Hanamaru Hanabi asked with a curious look in her eyes.

"..."

Kai Uesugi was speechless.

"No?"

"More like a supportive girlfriend. Where shall we go next?"