My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As Expected

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They suddenly started glaring at each other.

Ah—these two people don't get along very well...

"Um, um, you mean as long as we stick to the same terminology, it'll be fine?"

"Yes. The same goes for instructions on retrieving the ball. Examples online use 'go retrieve' to tell it to retrieve the ball and 'come back' to tell it to come back."

"Wow. Looks like a pet trainer."

I have a feeling that if it were these two commands, Su Bing would remember them too...

"Alright—let it practice. Shortbread, go get it."

Yumiko placed the ball two steps away from the shortbread and gave the clear order, "Go get it!"

First, you need to teach the shortbread what "going to pick up" and "coming back" mean...

As expected of Yumiko, she's very caring. She ranks first in the "type of mother who will be a good mother in the future"!

"Shortbread, go get it. Get the ball. Okay, shortbread, go get it!"

She repeatedly gave the instruction to "go pick it up".

There is a rubber ball in front of me.

The shortbread seemed to understand her intention...

“Woof!”

They escaped again!

It made a cute sound, then turned and ran away!

It swung its front and back legs frantically, running farther and farther!

"Shortbread! Go get it! No, come back!"

“Woof!”

"What are you woofing for—! Go get it!"

As a result, Yumiko picked up the ball herself and made a throwing motion towards the shortbread!

The shortbread wouldn't listen at all!

It has already run thirty meters away.

"Kawasaki-kun..."

"Again?!"

She looked exhausted, but she still jogged to chase after the shortbread for me. Kawasaki-kun is such a good person!

"I'm so sorry!"

I also went around to chase after the shortbread from the opposite direction from Kawasaki-kun.

"Short cake, why are you running away?"

Kawasaki slowly approached from the other side.

"Really—! Shortbread! You can't run away! You have to face the difficulties."

"It looks just like its owner."

"Kawasaki-san, you're so mean! I'm not going to run away. I'm not an autistic guy."

"Really? By the way, how are things going with you and Hachiman?"

"W-Why are you suddenly asking this?! What do you mean 'how is it'?!"

"I don't know, I'm just curious."

"Uh, what are you curious about? I...we didn't do anything."

"Okay, got it! Crispy, you can't do that!"

Kawasaki seized the opportunity to grab the pancake.

Ugh—I thought we were going to start talking about dating, I'm a little nervous!

You were surprisingly calm!

"But this child really runs very fast."

"Hmm. It's not that it's unfriendly. It's just a bit restless, or rather, a little clumsy."

"It looks a lot like its owner!"

"Hahaha—I can't deny that."

We chatted as we returned to where we started, the place we were at the beginning...

"Huh—? Yumiko's gone..."

I looked around, but I couldn't find Yumiko!

"Did that guy escape too?!"

"How could this be—Yumiko, come back! Where did you run off to! Yumiko, come back!"

"I won't pursue her."

"Hmm. Even if we surround her, she'll probably manage to escape. Don't let Yumiko's appearance fool you, she's very clever. Yumiko, go get it—!"

"Why should I go get the ball?!"

Yumiko's voice came from behind me!

Turning around, I saw that she had returned carrying a convenience store bag.

"I'll go buy this."

She took out bone-shaped dog biscuits from the bag.

"Oh, shortbread likes this too."

"I think we should still give them some reward."

The shortbread seemed to recognize its favorite snack from the shape of the bag and the bone, sniffing around in Kawasaki's arms, wiggling its limbs, and extremely excited.

"Oh, shortbread, don't move... but it's a good idea."

"Right?"

Yumiko looked somewhat smug.

"I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful."

"Huh? Are you looking for trouble?"

"What? That wasn't nitpicking! I was praising you!"

"Why! Now is not the time to argue!"

Su Bing didn't learn any skills, and the two of them didn't get any better relationship!

Even though I was the one who invited them, this Sunday was a bit tiring...

"Fetching the ball is still too difficult for it. It can't do it right away, can it? Shortbread."

“Woof!”

Kawasaki patted its head, and the shortbread looked very happy.

"Shall we start by having it sit down? Will it be able to sit down?"

Yumiko was touching the back of the shortbread.

"Hmm. I can sit down, that's a simple thing."

I placed a bone biscuit that Yumiko had bought in my palm and held it in front of the shortbread.

Then, gently wiggle your left index finger near its nose to attract its attention...

"sit down!"

Shout it to sit down!

"...Woof!"

The shortbread immediately bent its short legs and assumed a sitting position!

—A great success!

"Wow, amazing! You can sit down—so cute—good boy—mmm—really so cute—"

Its cuteness exploded in my heart!

I couldn't resist hugging the shortbread and rolling around on the grass with it!

"Yui, you're getting too excited, your tone's even sounding like Goro's (Note 1)!"

"Because it's so cute! Yumiko, did you see it?"

"I saw it. You're so happy about something so small."

Yumiko seemed a little helpless.

"Then it's time for 'wait'. Yui, do you know how to make shortbread?"

"Hmm—I'd say I can barely do it? Can I wait about half a second?"

"That doesn't count as knowing how!"

Kawasaki immediately retorted.

The shortbread is so cute that I always treat it as such.

"Let's start by practicing 'wait'."

"Um."

She nodded in agreement with Yumiko's conclusion.

Kawasaki first handed the bone-shaped biscuit to the shortbread...

"Short cake, sit down."

"Woof."

"Shortbread, wait!"

Use your free left hand to tell the pastry not to move.

"Woof, woof!"

The new task seems to have left Shortbread bewildered!

It sat on the ground with a cookie in Kawasaki's hand in front of its nose.

In addition, there is the command "wait".

Can you resist the temptation of shortbread?

Will it obediently "wait"...?

—They ran away!

For some reason, it turned around and ran away!

"Shortbread, why?! If you couldn't resist eating it, I could understand! But why did you run away?"

Despite complaining, Kawasaki ran after the pancake.

I feel like she's already gotten used to it.

I didn't give any special signals; I just naturally joined Kawasaki in flanking the shortbread from the front and back.

"Woof! Woof!"

Su Bing has gotten used to it and looks like she's having a lot of fun!

Kawasaki and I played a game of chasing each other with the shortbread for a few minutes.

After much difficulty, I finally managed to bring the shortbread back to find Yumiko.

"Hoo...hoo...Yumiko, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."