Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Chapter 29.5

Sasaki encounters Yamada cleaning up after a rainy shift at the supermarket and walks with her under a tiny, affectionate umbrella gifted by a coworker's daughter. Later behind the store, Sasaki shares an intimate smoke break with Tayama, listening to music together through shared earbuds and growing flustered by their close proximity. Elsewhere, Sasaki nearly gives away the special birthday pack of cigarettes given by Tayama to a colleague, but hesitates and takes it back. Rushing back to the smoking area, he confesses to Tayama that he could not bear to part with her gift, prompting a warm, teasing smile from her.