I Started a Lover-for-Hire Service, And For Some Reason, Only Beautiful Girls Are Requesting Me

Aira entered the bookstore she always went to. She’d become a regular here.

After all, she bought books here every time, and she came at least twice a week.

Well, her main goal was to talk to Senpai, though…

“Welcome! Oh! Aira-chan, welcome!”

“Thanks, Manager-san!”

The manager, a kind-faced older man, was standing at the register. So, Senpai must be doing some outside work.

Aira looked around, searching for Senpai.

He was not in the general literature section or the manga section. He might be in the staff room, but she’d never seen him go in there while working.

…That meant he was probably over there.

Aira headed toward the corner of the bookstore—the children’s book section.

There he was…!

Just as Aira thought, Senpai was organizing the children’s books.

He looked like he was having fun. His expression was as kind as the manager’s.

Well, children’s books often had direct titles like “Your Poop!” or “Everyone’s Hero, Kingtaman!”, so it was understandable why they’d be fun to look at and heartwarming. But Aira had never seen Senpai look like that in front of her.

It felt like she’d been beaten by children’s books, and it was frustrating…

And, just the thought of her nii-chan showing that kind of face to another girl made Aira mad. She felt uneasy, too.

Even though Senpis was the worst for making her feel like this, she was still happy to see him. That’s why she only showed up on the days he worked… but she’d never tell him that.

Because he’d probably laugh and say, “Go make some friends,” or tease her, even though he didn’t have many friends himself.

Senpai hadn’t made any progress with organizing the books at all. He was basically stealing his salary.

The book he was holding at that moment, “Kurokuma-san’s Hotcakes”, he had been staring at for about 30 seconds…

Okay, Aira could admit that Senpai was a little bit cool, just a little. But seriously, he shouldn’t have tried to go for the gap moe by looking at cute children’s books.

He was so absorbed in it that he hadn’t noticed her watching him from the side… Whatever. Aira started to feel lonely, so she decided to go to him.

She quietly snuck up behind him—

“Senpai!”

And slammed her hands on his shoulders!

“Woahhh!?”

“Hahaha, what’s that sound!?”

He had been really focused. He looked more shocked than she had ever seen him before. Senpai was really funny.

Honestly… she was so glad she’d gotten to meet him.

But Aira knew he’d probably say something like, “Did you hit your head or something?” and give her that cold look, so she’d never say that to him.

“Sigh… It’s you…”

“It’s me, Aira~!”

“Go home.”

“No way. Today is the day I’m going out with you.”

“Huh? I’ve never heard of that!”

Senpai seemed to be in a good mood today.

Oh, wait. No. He was just embarrassed because she had seen him staring at the children’s books. He had quickly put them back, and his face had gotten a little red.

…Well, Aira was in high spirits too, you know?

“Your shift is over in 12 minutes, right? We could go eat after that. You haven’t had lunch yet, have you?”

“I was going home to sleep.”

“Hmm. So you were free, then?”

She had figured Senpai didn’t have many friends, so she’d thought it’d be like that.

“No, I have to sleep, so I’m not free.”

“Did you forget about our agreement, Senpai?”

“…”

“If you had prior plans with friends, I wouldn’t have forced you, but if it’s something as simple as that, I’ll just tell Dad that Senpai scammed me out of 150K.”

“…F-fine, I’ll go. I’ll go, okay…”

“Alright! Then I’ll be at the manga section. When your shift is done, come get me! Oh, and just so you know, if you just go home without saying anything—”

“I’m not stupid enough to do that.”

“Then we’re good… right? Anyway, I’ll wait for you. Let’s go out, okay?”

“Yeah.”

Aira said goodbye to Senpai and went to her favorite manga section.

Usually, she would be excited to browse around, but today was different. Even though new releases had come in… today, she just wasn’t in the mood to pick anything up.

“Sigh…”

A sigh slipped out without her meaning to.

“Does Senpai not care about me…? If going out with me is that much of a hassle, then it makes me feel like I’m burdening him…”

She had been talking like she didn’t care at all, but it was actually a little painful.

She was wearing the scarf Senpai had lent her, and even though she had changed her hairstyle and done her nails, he hadn’t mentioned a thing about it.

It was understandable if he hadn’t noticed something small like her nails, but she had hoped he would at least say something about the scarf and her hairstyle. It was cute but took a lot of effort… and usually, she didn’t wear her hair tied up, so there was no way he could have missed it.

One might have thought it was a hassle, but women were creatures that wanted to be noticed in those ways… Stupid Senpai.

Aira was sure that everyone except men would agree with her opinion. If he said something, her evaluation would go up.

“It’s like I’m not being noticed at all… I really felt it today.”

When she changed her hairstyle, guys, especially, would say, “It looks good on you!” Senpai was the only one who hadn’t said anything, and that stung a lot… It felt like her pride as a woman had been wounded.

“Ah, this is seriously making me mad.”

Rather than manipulating Senpai, she felt like she was the one being manipulated. This wasn’t the type of gal Aira had envisioned herself to be. It felt like she wasn’t even being treated as a woman.

“Dammit! This is so frustrating. I’ve made up my mind. I’ll make Senpai regret it.”

She imagined that Senpai probably saw her as a brat.

Whatever, first she’d make him see her as a woman. Getting him to pamper her or whatever could come later. There was plenty of time from afternoon to night.

Since Senpai had probably never played around with a woman before… Aira decided she’d hold his hand suddenly and fluster him with just that move.

She made up her mind. She was going to make Senpai eat his words!

——But after that, she never imagined that she’d be the one getting flustered by Senpai, over and over again…