Rei Comic 9

Me and the Cake and Sometimes the Pug (とケーキと時々パグ,) is the ninth comic in the first anthology, Rei.

Summary
Mori apologizes to Akutagawa for calling him to his office on short notice. Akutagawa accepts the apology and he is asked by Mori and Elise to fulfill a favor for them. There is a limited-release fig cake that Elise wants, but Mori says he can't wait in line for it because doing so would require him to leave Elise alone for too long. Akutagawa is unsure why he of all people is being asked to get the cake, but he picks it up anyway.

On his way back from the bakery, he runs into a pug. He tries to walk around the pug, but the dog continues to block his path. Akutagawa is taken aback by the pug's refusal to move and adorable eyes. He uses Rashōmon to place a cardboard box on top of the pug.

The pug persists, and after one hour Akutagawa is still unable to pass the pug. Exhausted, he looks up from the pug and sees Dazai filming and laughing at him from behind a corner. Akutagawa angrily asks why Dazai is here and the pug takes the cake box from his hands. Dazai tells him that he hasn't changed and will not earn the right to be alive. Akutagawa tells him to shut up, and Higuchi appears with a backup cake for him. She says went to buy the cake for him and that he can take hers to the boss, but he says he does not need her help.