"Hey, KittEN. Shall we try out this gamE?"

What an innocent suggestion it was, just a person who wanted to spend time with their dear friend. Though his little smug expression of his should've given you the hint in the first place.

"You've heard of the pocky gamE, have yOU? It's basically a game where two friends take bites from each end of the pocky stick without backing uP. It might even end with a kiSS, but that's the surprise of the gamE♪"

After explaining the details, he takes out a pocket of pocky sticks he bought earlier today. Strawberry flavored ones even.

"You like the strawberry flaVOR, rigHT? Fufu, there, put the pocky between your lips like thIS."

With the pocky stick between your mouth, you started making plans for your moves. But Natsume started chuckling to himself out of nowhere, which was strange. Before you could even take the first bite, Natsume skips all those steps, quickly finishing the pocky and reaching your lips before you even had a chance to back up. There was a sweet smell of strawberry lingering on his lips from the pocky.