How are things over there?

I'm not sure. No matter how much I rake up, I still see leaves everywhere.

There's so many trees around my home, it's hard to see the end, zura.

This is pretty hard work. Do you really rake leaves every day, Hanamaru?

It's tough, but if I skip even one day, cleanup gets that much harder.

You have to work so hard.

Oh yeah. There's a reward waiting for us after we're done here, so let's rake these leaves!

A reward?

Roasted sweet potatoes, zura!

Oh, yeah! We can roast them in a pile of leaves!

You got it!

Ahaha. That's some serious motivation. I'm sure they'll be tasty.

They'll be suuuper tasty, zura! You'll stuff yourself like a chipmunk.

You keep raising the bar.

On top of that, we'll be using sweet potatoes my neighbor picked just for us.

The deal just keeps getting sweeter.

I'm really sorry for making you come help me with chores on your day off, though.

Don't worry about it. You're not making me miss anything.

That's a relief to hear.

If there's ever anything I can help you with, you can come to me anytime.

Are you sure about that? I might start going to you for everything.

I'll happily come help you with anything you ask, Hanamaru.

Really?! Y-You don't have to go that far. When you say stuff like that, I get so embarrassed.

Uhh… Oh, I-I know. Since you came all the way out here, do you wanna stay the night, zura?

I don't want to intrude.

It's no problem. I actually want you to stay. That way I can have you try other Uchiura specialties besides the sweet potatoes too.

And we can spend the whole night chatting away. Fall nights are long, and I'm not letting you sleep a wink, zura!