Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

"This guy actually became Miss Kamishiro's deskmate right after he arrived."

"Damn it!"

"Why wasn't it me!"

Shimada Sho naturally didn't have time to pay attention to his classmates' thoughts.

The young lady's arrival was too sudden, and her sitting down was also too sudden.

He could feel the gaze that fell on his back after Yukine Kamishiro sat down.

A faint scent of gardenias wafted over, exactly the same as the one I smelled every time I logged in.

In the blink of an eye, she sat down behind him, breathing the same air as him.

Every day when he logged in, he would enter her body and see the world through her eyes.

Now she has come to my side.

I could clearly hear the sound of her taking things out after she sat down, and I could truly feel her presence.

It was so subtle that he didn't know how to deal with it.

"classmate."

While he was lost in confusion, Shimada Sho was suddenly poked in the back.

His back muscles tensed up unconsciously.

He slowly turned his head and met a pair of amber eyes.

Kamishiro Yukine leaned slightly forward, one hand still suspended in mid-air, her index finger poking someone.

Her face was expressionless, but Shimada Sho always felt that she was smiling.

"Nice to meet you."

She spoke expressionlessly, her voice still ethereal: "My name is Yukine Kamishiro."

“…My name is Shimada Sho.” Shimada Sho replied with a rather bitter tone.

He now feels like he's been talking nonsense online, but someone actually took it to heart offline.

"I know." Yukine Kamishiro nodded gently and withdrew her hand from poking him.

This feeling became even stronger.

Fortunately, the young lady added, "The teacher just said that."

"...Then why did you poke me?"

"I just wanted to confirm something," Yukine Kamishiro replied calmly, then extended her hand. "Nice to meet you, Shimada-kun."

Her slender, fair hands gleamed faintly in the morning light.

Shimada Sho looked down at the hand, then looked up at her face.

Yukine Kamishiro remained with her hand outstretched, waiting for his response.

Helpless, Shimada Sho reached out and shook her hand. "Nice to meet you, Kamishiro-kun."

Her hands were soft and smooth, like jade.

Holding them together like this, the tactile sensation is completely different from the one-sided experience of logging in each time.

Shimada Sho suddenly realized.

It should be related to the different body owners.

When she went online, although she was in contact with Yukine Kamishiro, she was the one controlling her body.

He would instinctively take this body as his own, without feeling anything.

Even though he had touched the young lady inappropriately last night, he didn't feel anything particularly strong except for the novelty.

But now, the young lady herself is in control of this body.

It is the real Yukine Kamishiro.

"Shimada-kun?"

As Shimada Sho was pondering, a clear, ethereal voice, tinged with confusion, rang in his ears.

Looking up, I realized I was still in the same handshake position as before.

It's been a while now.

"Sorry." He quickly let go.

Yukine Kamishiro withdrew her hand and gently shook her head, saying, "It's nothing."

After saying that, she lowered her head, picked up the book on the table, and pretended to read it.

Seeing this, Shimada Sho wisely turned around and returned to his seat.

Looking up, I realized that Ms. Yonekura had left sometime earlier.

In the classroom, many students were watching this side.

The meaning behind the expressions on the eyes of many boys was hard to decipher.

There was envy, jealousy, and a touch of surprise and eagerness to try.

Shimada Sho ignored the stares and continued reading.

The first time I spoke to the young lady in real life, it didn't seem like anything special.

No, it went much more smoothly than I had imagined.

She behaved exactly like a transfer student she was meeting for the first time, polite, aloof, and maintaining an appropriate distance.

If he hadn't known her for a long time, he would never have noticed any flaws.

Shimada Sho breathed a sigh of relief.

……

As soon as the bell rang, the expected thing happened.

"Kamishiro-kun, my name is Haruko, nice to meet you!"

Are you the Kamishiro family's Kamishiro?

"Oh my god, your hair is so beautiful!"

The girls swarmed around Yukine Kamishiro's seat like butterflies drawn to nectar, completely surrounding it.

The young lady showed no impatience.

She sat in her seat, nodding slightly to each girl who approached her, responding in her cool, aloof voice.

Please take good care of me.

"Yes."

"Thank you, your hair color looks great too."

She handled the situation with ease, showing none of the emptiness and confusion that Shimada Sho had when he first logged in.

But when a classmate reached out to shake her hand, she naturally ignored him.

A girl with a ponytail pushed her way to the front, her eyes sparkling: "Kamishiro-kun, how did you end up transferring to our school? Isn't Sacred Heart Girls' Academy better?"

"I want a change of scenery," Yukine Kamishiro replied calmly. "This school is pretty good too."

"Really!?"

The girls were immediately surprised.

The daughter of the Kamishiro family actually thinks their school is pretty good?

Yukine Kamishiro did not answer the question, but only slightly curved the corners of her mouth.

The smile was faint, but it was enough to elicit a soft gasp from the girls around him.

"Oh my god, she smiled!"

"It's so beautiful!"

Shimada Sho sat in the front row, listening to the commotion behind him.

The young lady's behavior in reality was completely different from what he had imagined.

Her aloof and taciturn demeanor, ironically, became a unique attraction.

The girls didn't find her difficult to get along with; on the contrary, they all eagerly tried to strike up a conversation with her.

"Oh, right, right." A girl named Haruko suddenly pointed to Shimada Sho, "Kamishiro-kun, Shimada-kun just transferred to our class! He only arrived yesterday!"

Shimada Sho's back stiffened slightly.

Yukine Kamishiro's gaze fell on his back.

"Really?" Her voice was devoid of emotion. "Which class was Shimada-san in before?"

"Class C," Haruko answered quickly. "His grades used to be terrible, but he suddenly got first place in the grade on this quiz. We're all guessing he cheated, haha~"

Shimada Sho: "..."

"First in the grade." Yukine Kamishiro repeated the phrase, a faint smile playing on her lips. "That's impressive, Shimada-kun."

“…Thank you,” Shimada Sho replied in a low voice.

I always felt there was something hidden in what this girl was saying.

At this moment, Hoshino Yuuki turned around and looked back, her gaze sweeping between Shimada Sho and Kamishiro Yukine.

Finally, the message landed on Shimada Sho's face, revealing a clear warning.

It seems to be saying: Don't seduce female classmates!

Shimada Sho looked away and pretended to flip through a book.

"Oh, right, let me give you some things."

Yukine Kamishiro took out several boxes of beautifully packaged snacks from her schoolbag and placed them on the table. "These are a welcome gift for transferring schools. If you don't mind."

"It's Asahi-ya croquettes!"

"Oh my god, this is super expensive!"

"Kamishiro-kun, you're so generous!"

The girls excitedly accepted the chocolates and chattered excitedly around Yukine Kamishiro, discussing the gifts even more enthusiastically than before.

Shimada Sho observed the commotion behind him. The young lady was surrounded by the girls, holding a box of chocolates and patiently distributing them to everyone.

Her movements were graceful, and her expression was natural; she looked completely different from when she was at Sacred Heart Women's Academy.

The rich girl who was taken advantage of by her hot female friend seems to have vanished all of a sudden.

She was surrounded by a group of girls. Although her eyes remained aloof, they held a touch of just the right amount of gentleness when she looked at others.

Even when surrounded by so many people, she handled the situation perfectly.

Shimada Sho suddenly realized that he didn't really know her very well.

When they interacted online, he always felt that the young lady was a naive girl who needed to be taken care of and guided.

But now it seems that she was just hiding her true self under that empty shell.

……

The morning classes went by quickly.

During breaks, the girls always gathered around Yukine Kamishiro.

She seemed to become the center of attention in the class, and even girls from other classes would find excuses to come to Class A just to catch a glimpse of the legendary young lady of the Kamishiro family.

In less than half a day, her presence overshadowed everyone else.

This is quite normal. She's first in her grade, comes from a top family in Tokyo, and even calling her a school beauty would be an understatement.

The girls were curious about her, and the boys would steal glances at her from time to time. Intimidated by her cold aura, no one dared to approach her.

Looking at the young lady surrounded by girls, Shimada Sho had only one thought in his mind.

From now on at school, I'll have to pretend I don't know her.