A common eroge trope. A scenario that defied common sense—that would never happen.

There were various examples, like being approached by thugs when you were with a cute girl, or the protagonist having a high probability of martial arts training—developments that rarely occurred in reality.

Yes, and I was also—

“You want to work here…?”

“Yes, sir…”

I was on my hands and knees, begging this muscular, effeminate-speaking man. Of course, I’d first called to ask about the interview process, and we were in the staff room.

“Hmm, today is difficult… I could fit you into the schedule starting tomorrow though~”

“It has to be today… no, it has to be right now!! I’ll work for free today, so please!!”

“You know, haven’t you heard that nothing is more expensive than free? Besides, why do you want to work here specifically?”

Here it came, this question.

Actually, this café was where the protagonist ended up working depending on route choices later in the game, so I’d already thought about my answer in my previous life.

“I’ve gone my entire life without a girlfriend, living a lonely existence… That’s why I want to change, right now! I want to gain experience working at a stylish café—something a person without a love life would never do—and aim to get a girlfriend—mmph!”

The manager pressed his index finger against my lips.

“I see, I understand your circumstances perfectly. This is Heart of Happiness Café, a place dedicated to helping couples form. Shortened to ‘H&H’. With your determination… you pass!”

“Thank you very much!!”

Apparently, this café’s effeminate manager was a huge romance enthusiast who’d dedicated his life to giving makeovers to unimpressive people. So if you expressed a desire to change, it was an immediate OK.

See? A scenario that defies common sense—that would never happen, right?

“Good men and women don’t just fall from the sky. It’s my job to nurture decent men and women. And it’s their boyfriend or girlfriend’s J-O-B to make them good partners ♪~ Let’s work hard together! I’ll be watching your efforts from now on.”

Those were his words to me.

What a cool guy. They could make an eroge with him as the protagonist, couldn’t they?

The strong impression he gave made it stick in my memory, but I never thought it would come in handy like this.

“Mitarai, right? So you work here.”

“The uniform suits you~”

“Thanks. I just started today.”

“What? Today!? But the sign outside says this place just opened yesterday…”

“Yeah. I passed the interview through sheer effort.”

Though I actually had to bow on my hands and knees.

As an employee, I properly carried out my duties.

I showed them to their seats and brought water.

I made small talk with Isamu and Haruka. Meanwhile, Nanaka watched me with a strained smile.

(Why… why did this guy start working here at such a perfect timing?!)

(Take that, you boyfriend-stealing heroine! I’ve learned all about your actions in my previous life!)

Well, that was probably the conversation happening in our minds.

“Come on, you two, let’s order quickly.”

She was changing tactics. Nanaka, wanting to leave the café as soon as possible, hurried them.

Cafés typically only served drinks and cakes—food that didn’t take long to consume. But I, the background character, wouldn’t let that happen.

“Customers, I recommend this parfait tower.”

The three looked at the photo of the menu item I’d suggested.

Loaded with cookies, cream puffs, and fruits—various sweets piled high that one person could never finish alone. After all, this was a menu item for couples. This café’s menu was full of items meant to be shared by couples.

“Ii-kun, let’s share this!”

“No way, that’s way too much.”

“It’ll be fine! And if it looks like we can’t finish it, we can ask Nanaka-chan to help!”

“But…”

“Please! Think of it as a cute request from your girlfriend~”

“Ugh… Y-you’re right…! A request from Haruka, my cute girlfriend! Leave it to me! I’ll eat whatever Haruka can’t finish!”

“That’s my Ii-kun ♪~ My boyfriend!”

Giggling and flirting ♪♪.

Their lovey-dovey behavior was embarrassing to watch. Even Nanaka was clearly left out.

“That’s fine with you too, right, Nanaka-chan!”

“Oh, yes. If everyone else is okay with it, I’m fine…”

“Then our order is three iced coffees and three parfait towers!”

“One parfait tower per person?!”

I accidentally joined their shocked chorus.

“Ahh~ that was delicious!”

“Urgh… I feel sick…”

“M-me too…”

Amazing, they actually finished everything… Three empty enormous containers stood before them.

While serving customers, I was watching them, and Haruka ate almost everything. Her profile did mention she had a good appetite, but… this went way beyond that. How did all that parfait fit into that slim body?

“I need to step away for a bit~!”

Haruka left the table, saying she got a phone call. That meant Isamu and Nanaka were alone now.

“Just the two of us now, Senpai…”

“Y-yeah…”

Now, how should I handle this situation?

“Hey, you! Make sure you wipe those tables properly!”

“Yes, sir!”

And I needed to do this while avoiding the effeminate manager’s scrutiny.

Chapter 10: Stop The First Kiss

“Senpai, are you satisfied with your current girlfriend?”

Clink.

The ice in the iced coffee melted, making a sound.

Isamu shifted his gaze to Nanaka, seemingly surprised by the words that reached his ears a beat earlier.

“Oh, did I make you nervous?”

“I-I’m not nervous. You just suddenly started saying weird things…”

“Weird things? That’s just a normal question, isn’t it? So… are you satisfied with your current girlfriend, Haruka-senpai?”

“O-of course! Haruka and I have been together for ages. She comes to my house every morning to make breakfast, and she even makes me lunch boxes. She’s not good at studying, but she tries her best if I teach her, and she… she spoils me a lot…”

After listening to Isamu’s explanation, Nanaka smiled.

“Ahaha, I see. She sounds like a wonderful girlfriend… But honestly, aren’t you getting bored?”

“Bored? Me, with Haruka?”

“Yes. After all, you’ve been together for dozens of years, and you pretty much know everything about each other already. Even though you became lovers, there’s no freshness to it, is there? You’re doing basically the same things you did when you were just childhood friends.”

(That’s the good part, you idiot!! When childhood friends become lovers, it’s when unrequited love is finally fulfilled, more than with any other heroine! It’s so moving that tears blind me! Continuing unchanged happiness is extremely blissful!! …Yet recently, people say childhood friends are the losing heroines… Don’t mess with me!)

“Hey, Sho-chan. If you squeeze that parfait container too hard, it might break.”

“I’m sorry, manager. I was just training my grip strength.”

“Oh, is that so? Then I’ll lend you my favorite hand grip.”

Shotaro, washing dishes, kept glancing over to monitor Isamu and Nanaka.

Their table was close enough that Shotaro could hear their conversation while washing dishes. He’d guided them to this seat precisely so he could hear their conversation while working.

Being careful of the manager, Shotaro strained to listen to their conversation.

“Besides, Senpai. No matter how much you like Haruka-senpai, are you actually doing things that couples should? I bet you haven’t even kissed yet, have you?”

“Ugh, w-well, we’re going to properly take it step by step…”

“Step by step, step by step… That’s why women like me appear. You’re too defenseless, Senpai. By the way, I could make you happy every day in all sorts of ways with my body. So~ Choose me instead of that girl whose only merit is the time she’s spent with you.”

Even Isamu’s face darkened as his girlfriend was spoken of so poorly.

“Hmm, what’s with that face? Don’t you like it when someone badmouths your girlfriend?”

“It’s true that Haruka and I have been together for many years, and we know a lot about each other’s habits, and our current life isn’t much different from before we got together. But… I’m happiest when I’m with Haruka. So even though we’re lovers, I’m neither bored nor dissatisfied with the person I love.”

(Well said, well said, protagonist!!!)

“That new part-timer guy is… crying…?” 

“Huh, that’s scary… Does he hate this atmosphere of fulfilled love that much?”

“Ah~ Senpai, so manly~ ♪ Hehe. But~ Are you in a position to say such convenient things? Is it okay for someone who often looks at my bouncing breasts to say this? These marshmallow breasts that any man would definitely look at with lewd eyes. They suddenly got big in middle school~ All my blouses and gym clothes became super tight~ showing all my body lines. Teachers and boys kept stealing glances~ Maybe they used me as masturbation material~”

“I-I admit my eyes wandered. But you do this with other guys too, right?”

“No, I don’t. Because I look like this, many men approach me with sexual intentions. Sigh, they completely misunderstand, it’s such a bother~ But…”

Nanaka pressed her index finger against Isamu’s lips. As she did this, she leaned forward, pushing her enormous breasts against the table. There was a rustling sound. 

—Along with an intentionally seductive “squish” noise.

“The only one I want to be with is you, Senpai… Hehe, you just smiled a little bit. Does that mean you’ve become conscious of me?”

“T-that’s not possible!”

Isamu swatted away Nanaka’s fingers, but his body was heated.

“Hmm, how boring~”

Nanaka made a sulky expression. Then suddenly, she put the index finger that had touched Isamu’s lips into her mouth.

“Huh, wait…”

Slurp… slurp… suck… suck…

She sucked it suggestively, intertwining her tongue as if showing off.

Isamu let out a small voice at the sight but couldn’t look away.

“Fufu, Senpai, that’s bad. You shouldn’t blush so easily for someone other than your girlfriend. See~ Don’t be conscious of me. I’m just your junior, not your girlfriend.”

“Y-you’re the one doing inappropriate things!”

“Eh~ I’m the inappropriate one? Is that so… Hey, Senpai.”

“W-what?”

“It’s not cheating if no one finds out, you know?”

Thump—his heart pounded. His body temperature rose.

“I-I would never betray Haruka and cheat on her!”

Isamu declared firmly. However, his voice was trembling.

The enormous breasts that strained against the stiff fabric of her blouse from the inside. An unreasonably huge size, as if embodying the desires of men dominated by worldly passions. Her skirt, hiked up short as if mocking the boys. The glossy, plump thighs spilling out from the navy-blue hem.

Isamh looked at Nanaka again. In his mind was Haruka, but before his eyes was Nanaka…

“Ahaha, you’re totally flustered, Senpai~ As I thought, you’re not bad. It’s all my fault for trying to seduce you behind your girlfriend’s back. So… this is my fault too. Blame it all on me.”

Nanaka leaned forward again. This time, she touched Isamu’s face and brought her lips closer.

—I guess he couldn’t resist on his own, after all.

Someone muttered.

Just as their lips were about to touch—

“Customers, since the store is very crowded, we would like you to proceed to the checkout when you’ve finished eating.”

“Huh?!”

The two reflexively moved their faces away at Shotaro’s voice.

After that, as if nothing had happened, they settled the bill with Haruka who had returned, and the three left the store.

“Thank you very much~”

I, at the register, took a deep breath after confirming that the three had left.

If Nanaka had kissed Isamu at that moment…

“I kissed you, Senpai…♪”

“Haruka, what have you…!”

“It’s all my fault. So please tell your girlfriend. ‘I’m not to blame. Nanaka forced me’.”

“There’s no way I could say that…”

“Then this kiss—will be our secret.”

This would have been the starting point of their relationship leading to NTR.

I crushed this “first kiss route”, but I could’t let my guard down.

“That girl was trying to steal that boy from earlier, wasn’t she? Honestly, going after someone else’s lover, tsk tsk.”

“Eh, you could tell, manager?”

“Who do you think I am? That devilish girl had eyes that clearly said ‘I’m going to take him’. But girls like that don’t necessarily have a habit of stealing boyfriends from the beginning.”

“What do you mean…?”

“I suspect the reason she’s started finding other people’s partners attractive has something to do with her surroundings.”

“Interfered with again… what is with that guy…”

Biting her nail sharply, the face that came to mind was only one person. Not her beloved, nor the nuisance beside him…

“Mitarai Shotaro… what a troublesome man…”

The face she recalled was that hateful face. She had such a good chance to steal Senpai’s first kiss…

Feeling frustrated, Nanaka opened the door to her house.

It was dim inside as the lights weren’t on, like falling into a hole.

“…Ah… mmm…” 

“…C’mon… hurry…”

In the quiet space, a man’s voice and obscene wet sounds echoed.

“Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!♡” 

“Come on, moan louder!”

When she entered the living room, it became clear. 

A naked couple embracing on the sofa. The man on top was moving in short thrusts. The smell of semen filled the air, making it almost unbearable to be there.

Nanaka addressed the man coldly.

“Bringing home women and doing it again?”

“Huh? Oh, you’re back, Nanaka. Welcome home~” 

“…Mmm? Ah, is this the one…?” 

“Yep, my proud little sister.” 

“She’s definitely cute. Have you done her yet?” 

“Nah, she said she’d cut ties if I did her, so I haven’t been able to do her~” 

“So that’s why we’re doing it? You’re such a terrible man~” 

“Huh? Says the one who comes to me three times a week saying you can’t get satisfied with your boyfriend’s tiny dick?” 

“Ahaha, we’re the worst, aren’t we? Sorry, sorry.”

After laughing it off, they resumed their activity.

Without particularly minding, Nanaka took some prepared food in a container and a drink from the refrigerator and went up to her room on the second floor.

“Sigh, I want to do it with Senpai soon too…”

The reason she’d awakened to her fetish of stealing boyfriends was all because of this family—

Two “New” routes have been unlocked. 

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