"Hey, Azusa-senpai! That's too much! This is practically fraud!"
"You just dragged over a 'Cakey' who shed its skin! How can you say you've completed the task?! We want a refund!"
Storming over to Azusa Hamaoka, Iori lodged a serious request for a refund from the supplier for the extreme product-to-description mismatch.
However, once a purchase was made, there was no taking it back. Azusa Hamaoka waved her hand, signaling that Iori shouldn't fantasize.
Miyazawa Yu also offered a timely and comforting greeting, "Oh! I have to say, she's a really good match for Iori! Azusa-senpai has great taste~"
"You bastard! Don't forget, you have to go to this mixer too! Yu, do you want to date one of the 'Cakey's' weird friends?"
"Hiss..."
With Iori's hands gripping his face in a tender gaze, Miyazawa Yu suddenly realized that this was indeed a problem.
Given the persona of a die-hard fan of a drama called "Cakey," what if all her friends were fantastical girls who constantly talked about romance and being "gentle" with others?
Girls like that were too difficult to handle. They were of no benefit to his harem and might even corrupt the entire fish pond!
With this thought, he turned around and knelt at Azusa Hamaoka's feet, pleading, "Please give me a mixer with prettier girls! I'm begging you!"
"Huh? You have the nerve to say that while Nanaka is still here! You little pervert!"
"Not at all!"
Looking up with a cunning smile, Miyazawa Yu pointed to Chisa, who was still reading a magazine behind the counter, and explained with a thumbs-up, "I only dared to say that because Nanaka-san left, of course!"
"Hey! You guys are so rude!"
Clearing her throat, after being rejected again and again, Aina Yoshiwara's temper flared up. She rushed forward and took Yu down with a rear-naked choke.
Only after seeing that Iori and Kohei didn't dare to say another word, she straightened her attire and bowed to Ryūjirō Kotobuki and the others.
"Anyway, I look forward to working with you all in the future!"
"Got it! Leave it to us!"
"Welcome to the club."
In contrast, Ryūjirō Kotobuki and Shinji Tokita's expressions were normal, which immediately left a good first impression on Aina, unlike those abstract scoundrels!
"Hiss... Are we really going to have a mixer with this girl?"
"We have no choice. The only thing we can do now is to please her!"
Dragged out of Aina's hunting range by Iori, Miyazawa Yu exchanged looks with the two guys, a look filled with utter rejection.
But the two, who were now like patients desperately trying any remedy, couldn't care less. In a flash, they changed their expressions and slid on their knees to prostrate themselves before Aina.
"Aina-chan! Actually, we have a request!"
"Huh? Is it the mixer Yu just mentioned?"
"Exactly! That's it! Please help us arrange a mixer! This is a request for our entire lives!"
A "request for our entire lives" was pretty cheap in the Pab club, wasn't it?
Rubbing his neck and getting up, Miyazawa Yu was suddenly relieved as he watched Iori and Kohei act so shamelessly.
After all, if he hung out with these two, it would be impossible to have anything with a pretty girl.
In that case, rather than finding good girls for a mixer and having it ruined, it wouldn't be so bad to have Aina's friends satisfy the rich emotional lives of college students!
It was a bit cruel, though. It must be tough to have a mixer with four perverts!
"Honestly... are you serious? I'm a new member. Who asks a newcomer to organize a mixer the moment they join?!"
Noticing the look of pity Miyazawa Yu was giving her, Aina Yoshiwara instinctively felt that she should reject these two otokos.
But she had been saved by them from Tinker Bell. Rounding up, she owed them a huge favor. It wouldn't feel right to refuse...
"Hey, Yu! Did you invite a friend too?"
"Yeah, she happened to be free while accompanying her sister. She should be just Kohei's type."
Nodding seriously, Miyazawa Yu showed his phone screen to Aina, showing that he wasn't like Iori, who had no social connections!
However, his words immediately triggered Iori's imagination. Speaking of Kohei's type...
"I like little lolis like Rarako! Nice to meet you!"
When the image of a middle schooler in otaku clothes popped into his head, his expression instantly turned to horror. "Yu! You can't commit a crime!"
"What are you thinking about?! I'm not interested in kids, you bastard!"
"Well, you can't be too sure..."
When a picture of a cute middle schooler calling him "Big Brother" appeared in his mind, Miyazawa Yu's expression turned constipated. What if Iori's imagination is more vivid than my own?!
It seemed his understanding of Kohei was still lacking. He forgot that Kohei wasn't just an otaku, he was a 2D otaku who liked being called "Big Brother"!
"You two bastards!"
Super Saiyan transformation! Kohei Imamura's blond hair shot up as he tackled Iori. Miyazawa Yu couldn't resist taking out his phone to film the performance of their punches landing.
"Alright, stop fighting! I'll do it! Consider it my way of paying you back..."
As a new member of the Pab club, Aina Yoshiwara had no idea that this was just their daily show. She couldn't stand the sight of friends fighting each other and reluctantly agreed to the mixer.
However, she would probably have to trouble her friends. She hoped they wouldn't be too scared.
"Really! Thank you! I'm going to go tell those guys right now!"
"This is great, Iori! We don't have to be used as fertilizer!"
"Huh? What do you mean, 'used as fertilizer'?"
Looking at Aina, who was clear-eyed and naive, Miyazawa Yu felt that she had no idea what a monstrous thing she had just agreed to.
So, out of the kindness of his heart, he leaned over and told her the whole story from beginning to end.
But to his surprise, after Aina Yoshiwara learned that she was going to arrange a mixer for her friends with perverts, her first reaction was to look at Chisa.
"What?! Iori is Chisa's boyfriend! When did this happen?!"
"Well~ Since after the school festival, I guess? Why do you ask?"
It was super suspicious. Miyazawa Yu sized up the blushing Aina from head to toe and suddenly sensed that something was off.
A terrifying thought popped into his mind. Could it be that Aina...
"STOP! Don't think about it anymore... I was just, a little surprised, that's all. After all, Kotegawa-san is so pretty..."
"Ah~ She is. Otherwise, Iori wouldn't have been blackmailed into it!"
Miyazawa Yu's frown deepened as he watched Aina wave her arms, trying to stop him from continuing.
After Aina went outside to call her friends to confirm the time, he immediately leaned over to Azusa Hamaoka and asked, "Azusa-senpai, with your woman's intuition, do you sense a special scent?"
"Hmm... Now that you mention it, there does seem to be the stinky smell of romance. What's wrong? Are you jealous?"
"Ha! Me, jealous of Iori? No way! I like older women. A little girl like that doesn't even meet the passing grade!"
Miyazawa Yu's expression became speechless. Although he did want to build a harem, Aina Yoshiwara was not needed.
Bullying an idiot would bring down heavenly wrath. If he were to look for someone, he would choose a bad woman like Azusa Hamaoka, as there would be no psychological pressure to be a jerk to her!
"Is that so? In that case, what do you think of me, Yu?"
A meat-eater who was also an older woman. Azusa Hamaoka pointed to herself with great interest, wanting to see what kind of evaluation she would get.
"As for Azusa-senpai... if you weren't my rival, you might be worth a challenge, but there's no such thing as turning a rival into a friend in the war of love! That's how it is!"
Looking up contemptuously, Miyazawa Yu might act crazy with Iori, but he wasn't stupid!
Azusa Hamaoka's words were clearly a playful trap. He wouldn't be dumb enough to fall for it.
If he said he was interested and it was recorded, he wouldn't be able to wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Yellow River!
"How mean! I was being serious~"
"I don't believe you!!!"