[SD] Heartbeat

To Shiraishi Ryoko, the person she loves most after her gentle father is the boy next door, Sendoh Akira. When she's with Sendoh, he helps her deal with all sorts of problems. Even though he always looks helpless about it, he's never once looked down on her, and he always smiles at her so warmly. For Sendoh Akira, there are only two things he fears: Shiraishi Ryoko's tears, and Shiraishi Ryoko's cooking. At first, Sendoh only looked after Ryoko whenever he could because they had grown up together as childhood friends. But as the little girl who used to follow him around with a runny nose and bouncy steps gradually grew up, Sendoh realized that looking after Shiraishi Ryoko had become a habit. He also realized that his heart seemed to be tightly bound to hers. A few things to know: 1. This is a sweet, pampering romance. The original female lead is not a transmigrator, and she's neither naive nor saintly. 2. The heroine is an honor student and hopelessly bad with directions. She also has a professional chef's qualification from the dark cuisine world. 3. There will be all kinds of delightful scenes and conversations, and some melodrama now and then. The heroine will also be very clingy with Sendoh. Otherwise, the author, who is hopeless at writing romance, has no idea what to do! 4. The story starts in middle school. If you'd like to read about their high school years, please be patient. 5. As for whether this story will be abandoned... Ahem, well, that's for everyone to judge for themselves.