Shidare, Hotaru

枝垂ほたる

A city girl whose father owns a world-famous confectionery company. Since she is destined to inherit the business, she aims to make it the finest sweets company in the world. She is frequently astonished by Kokonotsu's uncanny knack for creating and designing perfect sweets without any effort.
Hotaru visited the sweets shop to recruit Kokonotsu's father, who is actually quite well-known. However, when he declined, she learned he would not leave until Kokonotsu was guaranteed to succeed him as head of the store. Horrified at the thought of Kokonotsu's natural talent going to waste, she struck a deal with his father: if she could persuade Kokonotsu to become the store's head, his father would immediately join her father's company.