Umenomori, Chise

梅ノ森千世

The heiress of the Umenomori family and one of the main heroines. She looks like an elementary school girl, but is actually a high school student the same age as Fumino and Takumi. She treats Takumi as her servant and has a peculiar desire for him to let her hold his hand. Her personality clashes with Fumino's, and the two girls end up bickering whenever they are near each other. Takumi usually has to step in to settle any disagreements between them. She decides to form a club, but also forces Takumi and his friends to join as members. She did this because she is incredibly lonely; her parents are never around, usually busy with work, to the point where she pretty much lives without feeling the warmth of a family. Therefore, by forming the club and buying every cake at the Stray Cats, she believes Takumi and his friends will attend the club and keep her company. Takumi later refuses to sell her any cakes, telling her that selling cakes that way is meaningless, and persuades her to try baking a cake herself so she would understand why. Chise does so and makes a passable attempt at baking a cake, and she decides to start working at the Stray Cats to ensure that Takumi and his friends can join her club. She appears to hold great affection for Takumi because he was the first person to completely ignore her status as the heir to the Umenomori family and approach her normally. She is often seen with her two maids and an elderly butler who deeply cares for her.