"Hanabi, am I cute?"
"What do you think, Hanabi?"
Uesugi Sakura smiled, wanting to reach out and touch her face again, but she dodged away fearfully.
Hanamaru Hanabi, wrapped in a blanket, answered weakly from the other end, "Sakura... Sakura-kun said Hanabi is silly... so Hanabi doesn't know."
After speaking, she added:
"Also... don't touch Hanabi's nose, Sakura-kun..."
"Is it uncomfortable?"
Hanamaru Hanabi nodded, but she actually didn't know what that strange feeling was, and saying it's uncomfortable didn't seem quite right.
"It's supposed to be uncomfortable, it's a punishment." Uesugi Sakura said with a smile.
"Punishment?"
"Yes, it's a punishment that only happens when Hanabi becomes silly."
"Will Hanabi become silly again?"
"Always."
"..."
After a moment of silent contemplation, Hanamaru Hanabi asked, "Then... will Sakura-kun become silly too?"
"Always won't."
Hanamaru Hanabi looked at Uesugi Sakura's smile and suddenly felt a bit wronged and unfair.
