It was a new day.

As usual, Seiji went out for a morning jog and returned home after working up a sweat.

After washing up, he prepared to make his own breakfast. Truthfully, he was slightly disappointed that breakfast wouldn’t be provided for him every morning by a beauty.

Just as he was thinking this, there was a knock on his door.

"Miss Uehara?"

The pigtailed beauty pouted upon hearing this.

"…Mika?"

She finally showed a smile of satisfaction.

"For you!" She handed him the lunchbox that was in her hand.

"Oh, but this…"

"She… she already got used to making them, so she made one extra out of habit… that’s what mom said this morning!" Mika looked away from him and showed a hint of shyness, "so there’s breakfast for you today as well, and in the future… well, we’ll probably make breakfast for you occasionally."

"Thank you so much, but wouldn’t this be too much trouble…"

"It’s no trouble at all; it’s just food for one extra person. In… in exchange, if there’s some work that requires physical strength around our house, you need to come help out!" She looked back directly into his eyes.

Seiji was surprised for an insta