"Soooo what's that you're holding?"

A shadow falls over her from where she's sitting on the edge of the wooden walkway surrounding the school building. Shiki glances up to see Kirara peering down over her.

Her classmate blinks. "Is that senbei?"

Shiki nods, making a soft hum of agreement from around the rice cracker that she has just bitten down into.

"Ooh, senbei?" Kinji's voice sounds from her left. "Haven't seen these around in a while, although these look kinda weirdly-shaped, don't they? Where did you 'ow, hey, what gives?!"

The boy shakes his reddening hand from where Shiki had unceremoniously batted it away from stealing any of the snacks in her box.

"Aw, c'mon," Kinji complains. "Sharing is caring, ojou-sama."

Shiki turns away from the boy and bites into her rice cracker with an audible

crunch,

allowing her actions to speak for themselves.

"Seriously?"