I don’t dislike this story, but I don’t understand its message! Is the character mourning over the loss of a beloved one? I know that I am not hungry when depressed! Is she feeling great loss too?
She couldn't eat and didn't understand why her appetite had dried up. She met who was likely her crush for lunch, after having not seen her for a bit. It seems they'd had a habit of eating together but couldn't for a while. Afterwards, she realized that she'd eaten her entire plate of food while talking with that crush (who seemed to be flirting with her as well). It ends with her planning a meetup (or date) with that crush and she's now feeling better. The idea is that her loss of appetite was either caused by not seeing her loved one or cured by reconnecting with her loved one. Simply being with her crush allowed her to eat an entire meal, without even realizing it, like time passing with someone you care about.
There's other touches: such as her talking about how "eating your favorite food should make you feel better", which implies she had been feeling down; the two panels where she has dog ears and wags her tail sadly, after seeing her crush from afar, then happily, when her crush is there; her friend noticing that she's now "back to normal" after the cafeteria, etc. Her crush also seems to have an inkling of the affect she has, and teases her with it--hence the title (kind of dual meanings). Seems pretty wholesome on first read.
last edited at Jul 9, 2023 8:42PM
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