Dog Food

"I will be back."

Nino raised his right hand, brushed the hair in his ear with his fingers, and said angrily, "You are not allowed to tell Itsuki and the others about today's business."

Naoki shrugged: "What will happen if I tell them?"

"Hah?" Nino raised his eyebrows and his eyes turned ugly, "If you dare to speak, I will cut off your tongue."

"I can still write by hand."

"Then cut it with your hand…" Before she could finish speaking, Nino suddenly panicked, "Y-You, what are you doing?"

"The hair ornament on her head is tilted." Naoki helped straighten it, then stretched out his hand to smooth the hair, and said firmly, "As expected, it still looks good if it's clean and tidy."

"Bastard Asakawa!"

...

Saying goodbye to Nino, Naoki turned around and got on the carriage.

All the way back to the apartment quietly.

Naoki took out his phone and looked at the time. It's 6:10 p.m. It wouldn't be right to say that it was already night, because the sky was already completely dark. Also, at the end of April, the nights are very cold and the stars are dim, so it's late, no problem.

Naoki turned and walked to the convenience store, ready to buy some quick lunch to go home, and eat some cream puffs from Nino. Dinner doesn't require much thought, just a simple solution.

Walking to the bento area, Naoki picked up a bowl of seafood and instant crab for 300 yen which looks like crab tongs, but the ingredients list is clearly written. The main raw material for this item is fish meat. As for why it smells like crab... It's like a fruit mooncake filled with wax gourd.

After buying food for the night, Naoki didn't rush to leave, turned around and walked towards the pet area, preparing to buy some snacks for the hamsters at home.

Sakura Rin's cheap little sister, who was not related by blood, felt bored after three minutes. Keeping a hamster was too much of a hassle, so she threw the hamster away, but in light novel terms, hamsters were usually a 'short-lived species'. After a certain period of time, both hamsters will be 'end of life', and Naoki will be able to get rid of the identity of the hamster shovel attendant.

Naoki walked to the pet snack area, and a familiar blonde girl appeared. The girl rested her chin with her left hand, standing in front of the row of dog food racks, with hesitation and a difficult expression on her face.

"Good night."

Hearing the greeting from behind, Nanako immediately turned to look, and after seeing Naoki, her expression suddenly showed a fierce expression: "Why are you here?"

Naoki took what was in his hand: "Buy a bento."

"Bento is across!"

Naoki continued, "Stop by and buy some pet food."

"Hah?" Nanako couldn't believe it. "Didn't you say you live in one apartment and can't keep pets!"

"I have a hamster."

"Hamsters are pets too!"

"Wrong answer." Naoki interrupted.

Nanako is not sure: "What's wrong?"

"I don't keep hamsters as pets..." Naoki lowered his voice, with a deep expression on his face.

"What for?"

"Actually, it's grain reserves." Naoki walked to the shelf, picked up a can of snacks, and complained, "As the saying goes, 'be prepared for danger', if a world war suddenly breaks out, or the Trisolaran invasion, or even a certain ancient virus in some laboratory suddenly leaks out, and two hamsters can provide a lot of protein and energy..."

The corner of Nanako's eyes twitched, and her anger level rose rapidly: "Bastard! I will kick you!"

"Stop talking." Naoki looked at the dog food in Nanako's hand, "This is dog food for adult dogs, you should not give it to puppies."

"How do you know?"

"It's fine to go to the library to read a book."

"Bastard Asakawa!"

Seeing Nanako about to get angry again, Naoki took a bag of dog food and said, "Puppies' digestive systems are relatively fragile, puppy food grains are smaller, easier to digest, and more hydrophilic, dog food is delicious, you can try it."

"It's really troublesome." Nanako pouted, "When I was little, my grandmother kept a dog, and I gave the dog whatever my grandmother ate. It's not expensive at all…"

In the middle of the sentence, Nanako suddenly quietly hugged the dog food, and turned to leave.

Naoki was slightly surprised and followed behind with something.

Come to the cashier area immediately.

"Good night." The cashier girl was wearing a vertically striped blue and white uniform, with a polite smile on her face. After scanning the code, he quickly said, "Hello, the total is 2,500 yen."

"Very expensive?" Nanako frowned slightly.

"Sorry, that's standard price." The cashier girl explained with a smile.

Nanako didn't speak anymore, took out her purse, and looked inside. In addition to dog food, she also bought some bread and snacks, which were not very expensive. After a few seconds, Nanako's movements suddenly stopped.

"Shit, there's not enough money."

"I didn't expect to buy so many things when I left… What should I do? Should I return it?"

"There are so many people watching from behind…"

Even if she was a bad girl, Nanako still felt heat on her face, and for a while she felt that everyone in the shop was staring at her.

Embarrassed, a hand suddenly reached out from behind her, holding a 1000 yen bill: "Hurry up and pay the bill and go home."

Nanako took money from Naoki, paid the bill at the cashier, picked up the things, and walked out without saying a word.

Naoki didn't care either, stepped forward and paid at the cashier.

After paying the bill, Naoki walked out of the convenience store and saw Nanako standing at the door. The night wind blew, and Nanako's hair and skirt fluttered gently.

"…I will return your money tomorrow." Nanako said, her face slightly blushing under the flashing neon lights.

"Mmm."

Naoki did not refuse, the relationship between the two people had not yet reached the point of helping to pay the bills, it was strange not to receive money.

"Just now…" Nanako looked into the distance, her voice no longer as arrogant as it used to be, and she whispered, "Thank you."

"What did you say?" Naoki was surprised, a smile appeared on his face, "His voice is too low to be heard clearly."

"Don't listen if you can't hear clearly."

"I want to hear it again."

"Hah?" Nanako showed her little tiger teeth and glared in embarrassment, "Do you guys want to die once!"

"Goodbye!"

Nanako snorted, turned and left.

...

On the way home.

"Ahhh, why did I just thank the man?"

"It's just borrowing money, that's fine."

Nanako couldn't help but kick a telephone pole by the roadside: "I'm a bad girl. Just ask it to borrow money, and there are still some that can't be borrowed, that fits my identity."

"It's been decided, not only will I not return the money tomorrow, but I will ask him to borrow money again."