I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

Tenkuji Yu patted her head, and she quickly covered her head, wailing in dissatisfaction. She even deliberately shifted her position to create distance between herself and him, but her expression showed little resistance, and her earlobes even revealed a hint of pink.

"But the strangest thing is that Natsukawa-senpai actually lets you go on 'blind dates' with other girls... Senior, are all foreigners this open-minded? Or does she really trust you that much?"

Asking in a gossipy manner, Isshiki Hatake looked up from her phone, blinked her big, bright eyes, and looked up at him slightly.

The phone vibrated, and Yuu Tenkuji glanced at the message on his phone.

"It's more like a fan meeting than a social gathering. How can you interact with people if you don't even have the magnanimity to allow that?" — That's what she thought.

"As for whether I can trust her or not, I can't say for sure. Who knows if she wants to keep an eye on me or just wants to see a good show?"

Isshiki Iroha looked completely bewildered: "What does this mean?"

Before I could ask any further questions, a clear bell rang at the door.

She glanced back instinctively and quickly stood up: "They're here. Senior, please wait here for a moment, I'll bring them over!"

After saying that, the girl's slender waist and pert buttocks disappeared into the distance towards the shop entrance.

Yuu Tenkuji turned his gaze away and answered the phone call that had come at just the right time.

"Hey?"

On the other end of the phone, a voice, though trying to sound deep, was still as pleasant and melodious as a cool summer breeze.

"Ayu, you're looking at me, aren't you?!"

Tenkuji Yu rubbed his temples as if he had a headache: "What nonsense are you talking about? Weren't you the one who was hiding in the corner spying on me?"

"Hey, you're staring at the junior's butt, aren't you?!"

"Listen to what people are saying."

Natsukawa Masaki remained deaf to his words and even began to pant.

"When I first saw... my junior wiggling her butt as she left... hehehe... how should I put it, it's a bit lewd... I, Yuu Tenkuji, actually... bo..."

"That's enough." Tenkuji Yu interrupted her abruptly, glancing at the corner seat. "If you keep talking, I'll drag you out right now."

"Oh dear, did I make you feel guilty?" Natsukawa Masuzu's tone finally returned to normal, and she teased with a smile, "You two were sitting so close and acting so intimately, and I didn't even rush over to splash water, and now you're threatening me instead?"

Although his tone was light and cheerful, his voice seemed to carry a hint of danger, as if the cold wind was biting.

"As expected of Ayou, I could tell at a glance that you have the potential to be a scumbag."

As he spoke, the suspicious figure sitting in the corner also pulled down his sunglasses, revealing a pair of deep blue eyes staring directly at him without any smile.

"Boyfriend, after Tuanzi-chan, is this your second person to cheat on you?"

Even though she was just a fake girlfriend, she was acting like a real girlfriend, aggressively questioning him.

Since that "battleground" incident, Natsukawa Masuzu's attitude has become increasingly strange. Not only would he take the initiative to go to class to have lunch with him, but he would also deliberately push Yui away from him when he was chatting with her, leisurely showing off his status.

Tenkuji Yu was at a loss for words. Even he couldn't tell how much of her actions were genuine and how much were fake.

In any case, judging from the fact that the system has already released the fifth volume of the "JOJO" manga, I should not be disliked by her—knowing this is enough.

"Isshiki is just an ordinary junior. Ryou, you're way too jealous!"

Natsukawa Masaki chuckled coldly: "Jealous? Don't use such disgusting words to describe me. I just don't like my things being defiled by others... including my fake boyfriend."

Yuu Tenkuji sighed and rubbed his forehead, speechless: "Such a strong possessiveness? You're such a troublesome woman..."

"That's right, I am that troublesome." She said cheerfully, "What, are you going to break our promise and go find your dango-chan and junior-chan?"

"..."

Tenkuji Yu fell silent, raised his gaze to meet her eyes, but could only see a calm indifference as if walking on thin ice, and a mocking smile that seemed to be trying to be tough.

If that's true, then this guy...

Just how uneasy are they?

"Alright, let's stop joking around here."

As if sensing something from his eyes, Natsukawa Masuzu abruptly changed the subject, her attitude returning to calm and confident:

"Ayu, let me see your methods for luring fans. Once we've got them all under our control, one day we'll be able to crush the entire Service Club!"

Tenkuuji Yu was taken aback: "Huh? Why did you bring up the Service Club...?"

Before I could finish speaking, she unilaterally hung up the phone.

He put his sunglasses back on, turned around, holding a cup of black tea, and continued to act suspiciously in the corner.

"Really are……"

Yuu Tenkuji put away her phone and let out a long sigh, looking utterly exhausted.

Initially, Natsukawa Masaki agreed to let him go to the "matchmaking" event for a simple reason: he just wanted to watch the show and join in the fun.

Although she made several conditions—including wanting to watch the whole process from the sidelines and wanting Tenkuji Yu to keep in mind that she was "taken"—she didn't seem to care much about the matter.

Since it wasn't a big deal, Yuu Tenkuji went along with her wishes.

But just a few days later, this guy's attitude suddenly changed. He not only acted like, "You agreed to the junior's request just to seduce girls!", but he also refused to let him cancel the matchmaking appointment and insisted on coming to watch his boyfriend meet other girls.

If the relationship isn't fake, this is practically self-torture; it's about enjoying the feeling of being a cuckold.

Even Yukino Yukinoshita wasn't twisted to this extent.

In any case, Tenkuji Yu had no intention of having anything happen with the 'fans'. He only wanted to chat with them for a few minutes and hear their opinions about him before leaving.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, senior~"

It seemed that they had ordered the items at the counter first. Two or three minutes later, Iroha Isshiki returned with three girls and sat down next to him in a relaxed and cheerful tone.

"Everyone, relax a bit! He's not a monster or a celebrity, so it's okay to keep the atmosphere so tense~"

Seeing the three people sit down opposite him, and slowly relax her reserved body, Iroha Isshiki turned to him like a party emcee, her eyes winking playfully:

"Senior, I've ordered coffee for you."

"Yes, thank you."

"But I didn't order cake for you. You can just watch us eat."

"..."

Seeing his speechless glare, one of the girls with braided pigtails, looking timid, quickly whispered, "Um, the one I ordered is for Senior Tenkuji..."

"Don't worry, don't worry~" Iroha Isshiki smiled, put her little hand on his shoulder, and proudly raised her chin, "My senior is so good to me, he won't care about this little thing!"

"Yes, I see."

After discreetly observing Yu's expression and confirming that he had merely rolled his eyes and showed no sign of taking it to heart, the girl with the braided hair breathed a sigh of relief and said nothing more.

After a brief silence, a girl with long, straight black hair, her curious gaze fixed on Tenkuji Yu, spoke frankly: "So Tenkuji-senpai is such a friendly and easygoing person? I could tell from the music, but just looking at his demeanor, he always seemed a bit unapproachable..."

"Hmm? Really?"

This was the first time Yuu Tenkuji had realized that he possessed an aura that made him unapproachable to his juniors…

Iroha Isshiki, however, agreed from the side.

"Well, that's definitely true. He's super fierce when he's not talking, he can even glare at cute girls without any expression, it's really..."

Before the complaints that seemed to have been going on for a long time could be finished, Tenkuji Yu's kind gaze forced him to return to the main topic.

"Well then, let me introduce myself first!"

"After all, everyone came specifically to see him, so I won't go into too much detail about you, senior... Senior, they're from the culinary club, the music club, and the kendo club..."

"Yes, I remember two of them."

Listening to her introduction, Tenkuji Yu nodded and looked at the girl with braided hair, the girl with long black hair, and the dark-skinned girl who had been sitting silently in her seat, staring intently at him.

"I met the culinary club members during the competition. As for the kendo club... I remember you said something like, 'How could the mere service club possibly beat Captain Himura?'"

The dark-skinned girl, who had initially been slightly hostile, paused in surprise upon hearing this: "...You actually knew?"

"Don't underestimate my memory. I even remember what the guy who got caught running a gambling den by the disciplinary committee looks like."

Tenkuuji Yu smiled slightly, without much small talk, and went straight to the point: "So, what brings you here? Isshiki said you have something to ask me?"

As he said this, he thought for a moment and added:

"I'm sorry, but to prevent my girlfriend from getting so jealous that she has a brain hemorrhage, I can't talk to you for too long."

As soon as he finished speaking, the vibration in his pocket suddenly stopped, and then vibrated again after a few seconds.

Yuu Tenkuji quietly took out his phone and saw a particularly abrupt sentence among a row of harassing comments like "My boyfriend actually had a fivesome in front of me."

Zhenliang: "I'm neither jealous nor have I had a stroke, please don't talk nonsense. You idiot, you're such an idiot, Ayu~"

...This guy has really good hearing, and his reply is really childish.

Tenkuji Yu calmly put away his phone, glancing at Isshiki Hatake, who had been watching his movements with curiosity in her eyes, and signaling her to focus on what was in front of her.

"Understood, it won't take up too much of Qin's time."

Even after he mentioned having a girlfriend, the atmosphere didn't become awkward—just from that, Yuu Tenkuji knew that there were no fans who secretly admired him, and they hadn't asked Isshiki to act as a go-between and arrange this "matchmaking" in order to seduce him.

The three exchanged glances, confirming the order in which they would speak with their eyes, and then, with a hint of nervousness, they began to speak one after another:

The girl with braided pigtails: "I...I'd like to ask you how to make fried rice with eggs..."

The girl with long, straight black hair said, "I really loved the piano piece you played at the performance, but after I got back, no matter how many times I listened to the score and tried to memorize it, I couldn't recreate the emotion you evoked in me... Please, no matter what it takes, I hope you can teach me this piece..."

Dark-skinned girl: "Please tell me how to beat Captain Himura!"

Chapter Twenty-Eight: For Whom Does the Music Play (Part Two)

Yuu Tenkuji really didn't expect that these three people weren't looking for him, but rather for his 'talent'.

One person wants a recipe for omelet rice, another wants the sheet music for "Spring Rain," and yet another wants to know how to become stronger...

"Hmm? That's not right. Why do you want to defeat Captain Himura?" Putting aside other questions for the moment, Tenkuji Yu looked at the dark-skinned girl with curiosity.

After hesitating for a moment, the other person blushed slightly and said in a low voice, "The minister said... only those who defeat him are qualified to confess their feelings to him."

"..."

Yuu Tenkuji was utterly speechless.

The head of the kendo club actually set a "marriage proposal threshold"... Seriously, isn't this something that athletic beauties usually do? Like dating whoever can beat her.