"Ow! Abyo!" I glanced over my shoulder to face Abyo, gently slapping his hand away from my hair. "Agh! Sorry—" He let go of my hair, letting it fall onto my shoulders. I chuckled patting his shoulder. "It's okay. You did good job braiding it, just be a bit more gentler." I suggested as he crossed his arms, looking up at the ceiling. "Hmph. I guess I could.." Abyo mumbled.

"Anyways, where's Garu? Shouldn't he be here right now? I wanna spare." He added as I shrugged sitting up straight. "Garu usually comes early to hang out, I wonder what's taking him so long." I replied as Abyo nodded. "Maybe he's out stalking Pucca again." I giggled, a sudden knock erupting from the front door. "Ahah! It must be him!" Abyo jumped from his seat and ran towards door, aggressively opening them.

"Garu! You're lat-" Abyo suddenly loudly gasped, seeming to be completely frozen. I raised an eyebrow and stood up, walking over to him. "Abyo? What's wr- Pucca!" I felt my eyes light up in joy as I immediately embraced her. I tightly hugged her, resting my face on her shoulder. Her hair smells so good! "Hi Ching." Pucca greeted with a smile as we slowly pulled away. Won— my pet chicken whom rested on my head— flew onto Pucca's head, seeming happy at her presence.

"Won and I missed you so much! It's been so long since we got to talk for even just- a minute!" I exclaimed as Pucca nodded, petting Won. I tightly grabbed her hand, leading her inside. "Come on! Let's go inside and catch up!" I offered as Pucca smiled and entered my home.

I crossed my arms and raised an eyebrow, eyeing Garu as both Ching and Pucca left. "..What?" Garu asked confusingly looking at me. "Hmm.." I leaned in close to his face examining his skin. Garu cocked his face backwards cringing. "..Is there a problem?" He asked as I placed a finger on my chin, nodding. "No sign of kiss marks.. strange.." Garu suddenly broke out with a blush on both of his cheeks, lightly punching my chest.

"S-Shut up." He replied, covering his face with his hand as he looked away. I laughed punching his arm. "Man! It's so fun teasing you like this." I admitted with a small grin as he groaned. "Seriously though, did you two do anything? Hm?" I teased once again with a wide grin. "Agh- oh shut up." Garu replied as the grin remained on my face. "Nothing— happened between us." He quietly replied with a sigh, running a hand through his hair.

I fluttered my eyes suddenly noticing his change of emotion. "H-Hey man! Why so down all of a sudden?" I asked in panic, trying to recall on what had made him sad. Garu raised an eyebrow and let out a small chuckle. "Down? I'm not." He retorted as I grunted. "Oh who do you think you're fooling. I've seen that expression before." I stated crossing my arms. Garu shrugged and placed a hand on my shoulder, making his way towards inside. "Let's just go in."

I grabbed his hand, yanking him back outside. "Agh—! What was that for?" He asked as he jerked his hand off my grasp. "Aha! Your guard is down!" I exclaimed pointing at him with my other arm on my waist. "..And?" Garu furrowed his eyebrows as I once again crossed my arms with a huff. "That means, something's bothering you." I replied with a nod. I quickly turned around, facing the door.

But what could be bothering him? I asked myself, glancing over to my shoulder to Garu as I placed a finger on my chin. My eyes widened, realizing what could be the cause of his bothersome problem. "Aha! I've figured it out!" I turned back around to face him, pointing at him. "It's Pucca!" I declared with a triumphant smirk. Garu suddenly sprinted towards the door of Ching's house, closing it shut.

"Woah man! What's wrong?!" I confusingly asked. "Can you not say her name so loudly?!" Garu yelled, but in a soft tone as I narrowed my eyes at him. "So it is Pucca. But h-" He suddenly covered my mouth, rolling his eyes. "Okay okay. You got me." Garu admitted as I ripped his hand off from my mouth. "Garu— don't you like— have a big fat crush on Pucca?" I stated as I noticed his left eye twitch, a red blush spreading across his face. I smirked, clicking my tongue. "Oh, have the tables turned."