By the time Shiki and the first year students finish their meal, Kinji and Kirara still have yet to return to the restaurant. It 's rather unusual, to say the least.

Kinji, for one, has never been the type of person to pass up free food. And Kirara is usually conscientious of others, so it 's also rather uncharacteristic for him to just run out of the restaurant in the middle of his meal '

Then again, Kinji

had

upset Kirara earlier, hadn 't he?

Shiki didn 't really see how Kinji 's teasing this time was all that different from the numerous other times that he 'd joked around with Kirara before, but she wouldn 't presume to understand Kirara 's feelings on the matter. Since Kinji had swiftly given chase, though, thanks to Zenin-san 's urging, hopefully the two of them would be able to sort out their misunderstandings sooner rather than later.

Otherwise, they 're all going to be late for curfew.