Tokyo: My Girlfriend

"Ohayo! Good morning, Shinichi-kun!"

As soon as they entered the classroom, a skinny guy with a buzz cut casually put his arm around Shinichi Kitagawa's shoulder. This guy was sitting right behind Rena.

His name is Aoki Hirano.

Actually, he greeted me yesterday; he seemed to be a very sociable person.

After greeting Shinichi Kitagawa, he then greeted Rena Kitagawa: "Good morning, Kitagawa-san! Kitagawa-san is as cute as ever today." Rena ignored him and simply sat down in her seat.

But instead of feeling embarrassed, Aoki Hirano's heart raced, and he felt a thrill of being ignored. He looked at her with a lovesick expression and said, "Shinichi, your sister is so aloof."

Shinichi Kitagawa hummed in agreement: "She's always been like that since she was little. Also, don't you dare have any bad intentions towards her. She'll kill you, and so will I."

"Oh, that's scary? Does your sister have a boyfriend?"

Rena Kitagawa clearly heard their conversation and immediately rejected all men: "I'm a lesbian, and I will never date a boy in this lifetime."

Her voice wasn't low, and the whole class was shocked.

The boys were all too shy to speak, while the girls blushed. Wait, Yuri... Reina actually likes the same sex?

So exciting!

When Kitagawa Shinichi heard her say that, he naturally wouldn't contradict her; this excuse was one of the girl's most frequently used excuses for refusing.

She has always had a negative view of relationships, as if men are inferior beings driven by their lower bodies.

Even a gentleman like myself is often criticized by her for being a pervert or something.

Hirano Aoki asked Shinichi Kitagawa, somewhat shocked, "Really? Your sister really is...?"

Shinichi Kitagawa sat in his seat, smiling without saying a word: "That's the truth."

"No!" A chorus of heartbroken wails filled the air.

Aoki Hirano then asked, "So, Shinichi, do you have a girlfriend? Someone as handsome as you shouldn't lack girlfriends, right? You're not... you know, are you?"

"Are you going to confess your feelings to me?"

Aoki Hirano blushed: "Huh? Oh, this..."

When Kitagawa Shin saw his strange, shy expression, he looked at him with disgust and said, "What's with that expression on your face, you're a grown man? Of course I have a girlfriend." He quickly moved away from him.

Aoki Hirano blushed and scratched his head: "I just didn't react for a moment. I'm straight, I don't date boys."

Shinichi Kitagawa was speechless: "I don't see where the straightness is."

However, the girls were also surprised by Shinichi's words. Although everyone had a vague idea, some were still disappointed: "Shinichi really does have a girlfriend?! From Finland or Japan? She's not from our school, is she?!"

Shinichi Kitagawa laughed and said, "He's from Japan, but not from our school. I've known my girlfriend for a long time."

Reina Kitagawa glanced at her brother from afar. He had a girlfriend... This was her brother's favorite excuse to reject girls; in reality, he didn't have a girlfriend at all.

That Haruna-nee doesn't even count, not to mention that he and Haruna-nee have already been exposed and are no longer together, so what girlfriend does he have?

If I had to name the person I know who best fits the description of "having been in a relationship for a long time and having a girlfriend," I'd probably say...

Kitagawa Reina pursed her lips.

I'm afraid it's just me... cooking for Shin-il every day, tidying up his room, and living in the same house as him.

In a sense, she could be considered his kept girlfriend.

At lunchtime, Shinichi Kitagawa didn't sit with Rena Kitagawa because Rena had surprisingly become friends with Kana Sato, which was quite unusual.

Kitagawa Shinichi naturally didn't want to disturb them and chose to have dinner with Hirano and the other two boys.

During lunch, Shinichi Kitagawa chatted with Hina Haruga on his phone for a while as usual. Hirano Aoki glanced at the chat history curiously: "Hey, this is Shinichi-kun's girlfriend? What does she look like? Do you have any photos?"

No photos.

"So mysterious? How long have you been together?"

"A little over three years."

"Three years?! How pure love! Logically speaking, shouldn't guys with such handsome faces be promiscuous, the kind who can't keep up with changing girlfriends every day?"

Shinichi Kitagawa, munching on a rice ball, said, "Why would anyone have such a strange prejudice? Changing girlfriends every day presupposes both people are of mediocre character, right? How could anyone bear to change girlfriends every day when they have someone exceptionally good who loves them?"

Hirano Aoki ate his rice ball like a block of wood: "I don't know... anyway, I've never been in a relationship..."

The other two boys also looked stunned: "We didn't either..."

Kitagawa Shinichi: "..."

Is the single rate really that high here? There are so many girls at the school.

After lunch, Shinichi Kitagawa went to find Rena and told her that he was going on a long trip the next day.

Kitagawa Rena saw her brother and his companions in the distance: "Where are they going?"

"Let's play."

Rena Kitagawa chewed on her pork meatballs slowly, assuming the other woman was going to hang out with the boys. Boys were such creatures, especially after a breakup. Fortunately, there weren't many places to go too much of a wild party in Kabasaki, so she wasn't too worried.

"Okay, whatever you want. Anyway, I've already made plans to go out with my friends tomorrow."

Shinichi Kitagawa was pleased: "That's great."

She glanced at Kana Sato, who was eating with her head down and her ponytail tied behind her back. She knew that Kana was largely responsible for Rena's ability to make friends.

Otherwise, with her cold and aloof personality, who would bother with her?

Kana was called out.

Kana Sato was so embarrassed that she almost dropped her chopsticks when she was called out to her alone by Shinichi Kitagawa.

I quickly got up, fixed my hair, and went over.

Shinichi Kitagawa thanked her, saying, "Rena is a bit withdrawn. If she offends you in any way, just tell me and I'll try to help her change. She's a good person at heart, but she often says the wrong thing."

Sato Kana blushed and waved her hand, "No, no, no, how could that be? Rena is very cute, and I get along very well with her."

Shinichi Kitagawa took out his phone: "Let's add each other's contact information. I forgot to add it before."

"Oh! Okay!" Sato Kana quickly pulled out her phone to add him, but she had also overheard what happened in class this morning, and her face showed a slight disappointment: "Shinichi-kun, are you going to see your girlfriend tomorrow? I just heard you say you were going out tomorrow..."

Shinichi Kitagawa replied, "Yes, it was arranged in advance."

She smiled sheepishly and said, "How wonderful! I wish you a great date."

"Thanks."

Waving goodbye, Kana Sato slowly waved goodbye while holding her phone. Shinichi-kun really does have a girlfriend, after all, he's so handsome.

Even if I don't have a girlfriend, it's not my place to date such a handsome guy.

All I can do is swoon over him; such a handsome guy is pleasing to the eye just by looking at him.

Early Saturday morning, Shinichi Kitagawa washed his hair, changed his clothes, greeted Rena, and went out.

Rena Kitagawa thought that even if Shinichi went out with boys, he wouldn't get up too early, but he actually got up before seven o'clock.

She hadn't even had time to make breakfast, and emerged from her room in her pure white pajamas, still half-asleep: "You're heading out at this hour? What are you going to do with them?"

"I don't know what to do, but we just chat and watch movies or something."

"Watch...watch a movie..." Kitagawa Rena looked at her brother, who had already left home, with disdain. "Are all the boys going to the movies together?"

My brother is a pervert.

She yelled, "Aren't you going to finish breakfast before you leave?!"

Shinichi Kitagawa waved his hand: "There's no time. I hope Rena and Kana have a great time today too."

Kitagawa Rena, clutching her black rabbit plushie, pouted and complained, "What? If you hadn't gone out to play, I wouldn't have gone out with them."

After saying that, she turned around and went back to her room to continue her nap. If Xin Yi didn't eat breakfast, she was too lazy to eat it either.