Chapter 2
Kinugawa Residence – Living Room
Heyacchii! Chii☆ has arrived at Kirokkuma’s place! Ta-da☆
W-Welcome...
Whoaaaa...
Come on, Shiki... You need to... greet him... properly.
Okay! I'm Shiki Kinugawa!
Yoohoo~! The name's Chihiro Natsuyaki! Nice-ta meetcha, Shiki-nyam ♪
! Did you hear that, big bro?! Shiki-nyam sounds so cute!
Yeah... It's... really, nice.
Can Shiki call you Chii-kun?
Totally! Oh, and for our training sesh with Shiki-nyam, Chii brought a super secret weapon today☆
Secret... weapon...?
Ta-daaah! It's a training game where you pick up teeny-tiny sushi with chopsticks~!
Eeee, it's so cute!
The sushi... is so tiny... and really... cute...
Hehe, totally right?~ Chii was thinking, like, if we use games like this, practice'll be way more fun, y'know?
Yeah... They're... really smooth... hard to grasp... Good... chopstick practice... I think...
Big bro! Shiki wants to play!
Okay... Let's use... the training... chopsticks...
Nngh... Nnngh!
Aww~! The sushi got away again!
Shiki... You're putting... too much strength... in your fingers...
Try... one more time... You might... get it... this time...
Mmmph... Forget it! Shiki doesn't need chopsticks anyway!
Shiki...
...Hmm, so like, Chii's been thinking...
What if the sushi's like, "Ouchie!" and that's why it keeps running away?
Ouchie...?
Yup-yup. Shiki-nyam wouldn't like being squeezed all tight to the point you go "ouchie", right?
...Mhm, I don’t like it.
The sushi probably feels the same way too. Let's try holding it gently, like when you pick up tofu, 'kay?
Gently...?
Mmm...
Ah, I did it!
OMG! Shiki-nyam, you did it in one try?! That's cray-cray~! You're, like, a total genius!
That's amazing... Shiki...
Really? Shiki's amazing?
Yeah. Keep it up... and try... one more time.
Okay!
Natsuyaki-san... Thank you... very much.
No prob! Plus, Chii got to use Shiki-nyam's training chopsticks, so my chopstick skillz are getting super smooth like butter and stuff!
I should be thanking you two, seriously! Shiki-nyam! Kirokkuma! Victory's basically in the bag for Chii now!