“Oh yeah, I’m supposed to pay Aikawa-san a visit soon...”
Hopefully he wasn’t just being polite. I dropped him a message just in case. (What’s that? You think I should be more confident? Oh, leave me alone.)
He replied at around the same time I came back from the riverbank: “Anytime is okay with me.”
I texted back, “I was also wondering... Should I bring some crayfish for Rin-san?”
“Sure, thank you. Please bring them alive if possible,” he replied.
True. Dead shellfish spoil really fast. Better to bring her fresh ones. I decided to enlist Pochi’s help and catch some crayfish.
“Hey, Pochi, are crayfish easy to catch?”
He clucked and raised his head, as if saying, Leave it to me!
“Good, so when we go to Aikawa-san’s place, let’s catch a bunch and bring them as a present for Rin-san.”
Upon hearing that, Pochi turned away and ran down the mountain toward the river.
“Eeeh?! Wait, wait, Pochi! Not today! When we gooooo!”
I ended up having to chase after my chicken, who was a bit too quick to jump to conclusions. Please listen to me! I wasn’t done talking!
“Not today! We’re not going today! I’ll let you know when we go!” I protested, and Pochi, who had already caught a couple, pecked at me. It’s not my fault, you know.
I ended up feeding the crayfish he’d already caught to Tama and Yuma. They seemed to have a lot of trouble peeling the shell, so they had a hard time eating them.