"Hey, slow down."
Imaizumi Keita was being pulled by Yanami and reminded her somewhat helplessly.
He actually wanted to shake off Yanami's hand, but seeing her excited look and his own desire to be close to her, he ended up doing nothing.
"That won't do!" Yanami Anna said without looking back, her voice full of anticipation. "If we're late, all the good food will be snatched up by others!"
The Snack Street was even more crowded than they had imagined.
On both sides of the street, various snack stalls were filled with the aroma of food and the bustle of life.
As soon as Yanami Anna stepped onto the street, her eyes lit up, and she became incredibly excited.
"Wow! Keita, look at that! It's candied apples! And chocolate bananas!"
She let go of Imaizumi Keita's wrist and wandered between the various food stalls.
Imaizumi Keita followed unhurriedly behind her, not quite understanding her excessive excitement.
"This! This takoyaki looks amazing! Boss, one serving please!"
"And this grilled squid! The sauce looks so rich! One skewer of this too!"
"Ah! They're even selling fried chicken over there! No, I have to try that too..."
Before long, Yanami Anna's hands were full of various snacks.
She led Imaizumi to a rest area and placed the snacks in her hands on a bench.
Then, she picked up a box of takoyaki, skewered one with a bamboo stick, and held it in front of Imaizumi Keita.
"Here, Keita, try this! It's definitely super delicious!"
Imaizumi Keita spoke somewhat helplessly, "I say, Anna-chan, you didn't have to buy this much, right? The two of us can't possibly finish it all."
"How can you say that!"
Yanami Anna retorted, pushing the takoyaki a bit closer to his mouth.
"Who knows when we'll come back next time, so of course we have to try everything we want to eat right now!"
"Otherwise, I'll always feel like I missed out."
Imaizumi Keita actually found some sense in this twisted logic of hers.
It was just that his love for food didn't reach the same level as Yanami's.
Imaizumi Keita opened his mouth and cooperatively ate the takoyaki.
The skin was slightly charred while the inside was exceptionally soft, and the octopus meat inside was chewy. The taste was indeed good.
"How is it? How is it?"
"Hmm, it's okay."
"Hmph, what do you mean 'it's okay'? It's clearly super delicious!"
Yanami Anna puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction, skewered one for herself, popped it into her mouth, and squinted her eyes happily.
She continued to eat bite after bite, occasionally holding the grilled squid or fried chicken to Imaizumi Keita's lips, gesturing for him to try some too.
Most of the time, Imaizumi Keita would take a token bite and then watch her easily finish off the rest of the food.
After eating for a while, Yanami Anna suddenly remembered something.
She swallowed the food in her mouth and turned her head, speaking as if casually.
"Speaking of which, Keita."
Her gaze fell on a cotton candy stall in the distance. "Earlier in the sea, that... that abnormal symptom my body had..."
"You, you said it was because of your body..."
She paused, then turned back to look at him with eyes full of inquiry and suspicion.
"...Were you just talking nonsense?"
Imaizumi Keita knew that given Yanami's personality, she wouldn't forget what had happened before just because they kissed.
So, the inquiry he had been waiting for finally arrived.
He could finally honestly show Yanami how he was different...
"Anna-chan, I'm very honest, okay? My blood really is special."
"It sounds like some urban legend. Blood triggering emotions and all that feels quite absurd."
Yanami Anna shook her head, crossed her arms, and looked Imaizumi up and down.
"Even though I've more or less accepted the things you said, Imaizumi, the reason you mentioned..."
"...sounds too much like an excuse you made up so you can continue being a Scumbag in the future."
"And you didn't even put much effort into making it up..."
Hearing her complaints, Imaizumi Keita didn't explain further.
He stood up directly from the bench and, under Yanami Anna's puzzled gaze, reached out and grabbed her wrist.
"Let's go."
"Eh? Wh-where are we going?"
Yanami Anna was caught off guard by his sudden action, and the fried chicken in her hand almost fell to the ground. "I... I haven't finished eating yet..."
"Since you don't believe me," Imaizumi Keita explained, turning his head, "I'll just have to demonstrate it for you in person once more."
Demonstrate?
Hearing that word, Yanami Anna's heart skipped a beat.
She looked at Imaizumi Keita's serious expression, then recalled the heart-pounding, blush-inducing events that had happened in the sea earlier, and her cheeks uncontrollably began to burn.
"W-wait a minute!" She quickly shoved the remaining piece of fried chicken into her mouth in a few bites, mumbling, "I-I'm done eating! Let's go!"
Imaizumi Keita found her appearance somewhat amusing.
He led Yanami through the crowd, finally stopping in a secluded corner at the end of the snack street.
This was a dead end at the far end of a deserted street; there were few people on the way here, and this cul-de-sac was even less likely to be visited by anyone.
Imaizumi Keita released Yanami's wrist, turned around, leaned against the wall with his hand, and quietly watched her.
Yanami Anna took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the heartbeat that was about to leap out of her throat.
Feeling the excitement within her, she crossed her arms, and a hint of feigned composure and doubt reappeared on her face.
"Alright, demonstrate it here."
Her voice was still trembling, but she still put on an act of disbelief.
"Tell me, what do you need me to do this time? Is it still like last time in the sea, where we need to kiss first, and then I bite your tongue?"
"It's not that troublesome."
Imaizumi Keita shook his head.
He extended his right hand and gently touched Yanami Anna's forehead with his index finger.
"Body sensitivity, increased tenfold."
His voice was very soft, but Yanami still heard what he said.
Just as Yanami wondered what he was doing, she felt her body suddenly tremble.
A tingling sensation, like a faint electric current, instantly spread from the skin his fingertip touched, throughout her limbs and bones.
Before she could fully experience this wondrous feeling, an irresistible force came from her waist.
Imaizumi Keita put his arm around her waist, pulled her into his embrace, then lowered his head and kissed her.
This time, there was no salty taste of the sea, nor the hesitation filled with probing and pulling from before.
It was a crisp and decisive kiss, yet filled with extreme tenderness.
"Mmm...!"
Yanami Anna felt her brain stop functioning the moment their lips met.
A pleasure so intense it nearly made her tremble, like a bursting dam, instantly overwhelmed all her senses.
She felt as if her body no longer belonged to her; every cell was clamoring and cheering.
The soft touch from his lips, his clean and pleasant scent, his strong arms wrapped around her waist...
Everything was magnified tenfold, no, a hundredfold, clearly imprinted in her mind.
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