I Became Friends with the Second Cutest Girl in My Class (WN)

When we arrived at Amami-san’s house, the fire had already been prepared. We could smell the scent of the charcoal all the way from the front door. Though her house was in the middle of the residential area, from the pool in the garden, it was easy to tell that the place was large. Which meant, we could get away with a little bit of noise.

Sora-san—who had gone ahead of us to help prepare the food—came out and welcomed us.

“Oh my, look who’s finally here… You two sure took your time flirting behind everyone’s back, hm?”

“W-We didn’t! M-Maki, come with me. L-Let’s greet Eri-san first—Huh? What’s wrong? Why do you look so anxious?”

“Ah, nothing… It’s just… Rocky usually jumps at me…”

Rocky was none other than the Amamis’ Golden Retriever, the guard dog(?) who, for some reason, was fond of me. Normally, he’d jump at me and start licking my face, but I hadn’t heard his bark so far.

…While I preferred him not to make a mess of my clothes and face, it was a little bit of a shame that he didn’t come here. In any case, I guess this could be considered as a good thing.

We entered the place where they prepared the fire, and I found out why the dog didn’t come out.

“Eli-san!”