Nifuji narrowed his eyes, staring at the petite woman before him with cute pink hair and even a pink female suit.
Frankly, if women called him out, even if they could trigger his system, he wouldn't cast an eye on them, especially when he was working.
A woman is a woman, but working is working.
Even if they called him cutely, asking for his attention, he would ignore them, especially when he didn't know anything about them.
What if they hated him?
If they hated him, then it was fine since it was impossible to be liked by everyone, like how not everyone could enjoy a coffee, despite how good it was.
Yet, being good-looking, he was, it was easy for him to gain the good attention of many.
Still, even if he wasn't originally from this world, and he even tried to distance away from the real family of Nifuji, as he wasn't sure how he would face them, when he saw this woman, he knew that he couldn't, as he knew well that this woman was the crush of the original Nifuji Hirotaka, and her name was—
"Narumi?"
Narumi Momose, who heard her name being called, sighed in relief as she heard him call her name. After all, the last time they met was during high school, and now?
She had to say that Nifuji gave her a different impression, especially when she could feel an overwhelming aura that exuded from him, like that of a domineering CEO, who would frighten and cause those who saw him to straighten their backs, yet somehow, he hid away his sensitive side and also had a certain fetish that couldn't be talked about, like... BDSM?
As her face grew redder, Nifuji frowned. "Did you think something rude about me?"
"No, no! It's just your imagination!"
"...you really think something weird."
"I am not!"
Nifuji sighed, thinking of the nostalgic feeling that made his heart almost unable to breathe.
What was this feeling?
Was this the feeling when one falls in love?
'When was the last time that I fell in love?'
He forgot, but somehow along the way, he felt like his ability to truly love someone if they were his only sky and world had disappeared.
Yes, all of his women were incredibly beautiful, and they were all good women that everyone would die for to get their hearts, yet for him, even if somehow they were gone, he felt that he would be okay.
His career was first, and everything about him was a priority, and the rest was second, even if they held an important part in his heart.
Nifuji wasn't sure whether he was lucky since by having such a change, it meant that he could handle all types of women without being baffled, and faced them calmly to get their hearts, but at the same time, unlike before, even if he liked a certain woman, and even made her into his wife, he wouldn't think of her as a special someone, who he might die for.
The ability to love someone sincerely with everything that he would give his life for.
Such a feeling, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to feel such love anymore.
So, why did it happen?
If there was a reason for that, it was all due to the woman before him, Momose Narumi, the original Hirotaka's childhood friend, whom he loved so dearly.
However, while the original Hirotaka loved Narumi, she had never thought of him that way. Instead, she had always thought of him as a friend, the one to whom she could express and show what she truly was as a woman, a human, and everything.
The original Hirotaka was the one that Narumi was the most comfortable with, but he wasn't the one who she fell for, and naturally, this broke his heart, and made him do all the things that hurt himself, such as having an ear piercing, and even smoking, but that was the past.
Nifuji quickly calmed himself, since, unlike the original Hirotaka, he wasn't infatuated with Narumi; instead, his heart was with Eri, whom he had just met despite their relationship as childhood friends.
After all, Eri was the first, and even if Eri wasn't the only one, there was Mayuri, Chizuru, Fuji, and many others.
'Well, it could be Narumi, too.'
If they got closer, of course, but now?
"Did you start work here?"
"Ah, um, yes!" Narumi was used to Nifuji's flat reaction, as that was how he had always been, but somehow she could feel a distance between them, which made her feel awkward and sad, since even though they hadn't met in high school, it felt like they had become strangers.
"Good luck. You should work hard, or else, you might be fired after you have finished your contract."
"How cruel!" Narumi felt like a jab on her fragile heart by Nifuji's words since her current status was just a contract worker, and she hadn't fully become a full-time worker.
"Then, I leave first. I still have a job. You should work hard with your training."
"Ah, um, yes, sorry for stopping you."
"It's fine." Nifuji, who was about to leave, stopped, thinking for a while, and asked, "By the way, after work, do you want to go out for a drink?"
"Ah!" Narumi was startled, but then she asked, "Are you going to treat me?"
"Shouldn't you be the one who treats me to celebrate your employment?"
"How stingy!" However, Narumi smiled and quickly took out her smartphone. "Give me your LINE! Let's go out together after work!"
"Sure."
The two exchanged their LINE contacts before Nifuji excused himself, as he still had many things to do. He might be lazy, as he only worked four hours most of the time, but as he also decided to do a certain project, to establish his position firmly in the company, he still had many things to do. Yet for Narumi, who had just exchanged contact with him, she couldn't help but stop in a place as she watched his straight back, watching how soon he was surrounded by many people, and started his work again, which was unlike her, who had just begun her career, as she had just been accepted into the company.
Still, unlike others who didn't know him, Narumi knew Nifuji well, and probably did a lot of work to change him, so—
'Let's treat him.'
Unlike Nifuji, who had changed, Narumi was the same, and she had always had a gentle heart as ever, and because of that, she spent all of her time searching for the best izakaya before she bombarded him with chats until—
Nifuji: "Get to work!"
"Yes!"
As Narumi answered subconsciously and nervously inside the room, she realized everyone in the training room was staring at her in silence, leaving her startled and nervous.
What should she do by then?
"I AM SORRY!"
She bowed her head and apologized.
Yup, this guy had changed a lot!