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Sick

Ache

Sick

My head's... killing me!

Ache

Sick

Where are my phone and wallet?

What is this, Hell on Earth?

Thanks for everything, Mom.

It's the apocalypse.

I can't move an inch...

Soul

I've never had a hangover this bad before!

There's bad energy in the air.

Grew up watching Glitter Force

I don't remember anything after the fifth bamboo shooty.

Don't try to bluff your way out of this.

Why do I get the feeling Mizuhara was over at my place?

What's with these fragmented happy memories?

Sick

Ache

Mizuhara took care... of me?

Would she ever do that!?

I must've been dreaming.

Hmm?

A group invite?

Team Gold Ship

Sasano invited you to join.

Oh, from last night.

Wow, they're talking a bunch.

That was so much fun!

Sasano

Wanna drink again-no-jutsu.

Kawanaka

I see a ninja!

I'm so hungover

Pant

Hold up! Last night's group? Does that mean...

Pant

Pant

Pant

Ichinose Chizuru

Mizuhara's...

meow

private contact?!

Mizuhara Memo

I had so much fun today! See you soon. Bye-bye!

Bye-bye!

What are you wearing today? *pant*

Let me explain!

The "Mizuhara Chizuru" contact info he already had

is a rental girlfriend account that Diamond created.

That means the agency checks it, too,

and if he tried to send her private messages without any bookings,

it'd be considered a breach of the terms of service.

A bunch of scary people would visit him, and he'd be in all sorts of trouble.

You guys be careful on social media, too!

Ichinose Chizuru

I'm in!

I'm in, somehow!

What is that? A cat?

Why does it look so cute to me?

Ba-dump

Forgot all about the hangover

Is that Mizuhara's shadow? Cute!

W o o h o o

Every guy has gone through this at least once

Wait, can I really look at this?

Add friend

Could I take this chance to add her as a friend?

No, hang on.

Wouldn't she get a request?

Uh, wha? Die.

Decline

BEEP

Gah! Anything but that!

Besides, I may have caused her all kinds of trouble last night.

I can't be aggressive here.

Add friend

Tremble

plonk

I can't do it.

"Friend"? It's way too scary.

Ugh. All that squirming made my head hurt even more.

Sway Sway

A mandatory class? Now? Are you trying to kill me?

Boo!

Boo

Yo, Green Man.

He looks more blue than green to me.

You look like a ghost.

R... Rawr.

Gloom

It's last night's group.

Your hangover all right?

Far from it.

Duh, after how much you drank.

Where's Mizuhara? Is she here?

Oh, yeah, where's Chizuru-chan?

Flinch

She gets so hung up over that stuff.

She's running solo today.

She's still mad at me for inviting boys to the pub.

She's... mad?

Well, yeah.

flinch

Her secret may have stayed hidden, but that was an awful boozer.

You guys gonna be okay? Sorry about that.

She's mad... She's mad, huh?

Don't worry about it. She's always like that.

So it really was a dream?

I made her mad and then had such a convenient dream...

I'm such a piece of trash.

Seriously.

Sparkle

Ahahaha

Hahaha

For real?

Life is

all about fish food pellets.

Sick

Ache

I'm so done...

My head hurts so much...

Sick

Ache

It's gotten worse 'cause I pushed myself.

I remember nothing about the class...

This ain't going away until tomorrow.

Fish food? No, I can't...!!

If I had a girlfriend right about now,

would she take care of me all nicely?

What are you fantasizing about?

A-Anyway, I gotta hydrate.

Take a good look at reality, man.

Drunkard!

Drunkard!

It wasn't a dream...

God! Which is it?!

What even is the truth?!

I can't ask Mizuhara!

Why don't I remember anything?!

Kinoshita Kazuya

Add friend

Block

Add friend

Plonk

Rent-a-Girlfriend

Karaoke Village

"Ex and Girlfriend"

Staaare

Stare...

Staaare

Stare...

Why have you been staring at me?

Don't you have something to say to me?

Standing

By

Huh? Something to say?

I figured it was about time you made up your mind.

My mind? About what?

Ow!

Eek

Don't make me spell it out!

What is it?!

The rest of the convo... from back then.

Bear with me, Ruka-chan!

There's something I need to say.

R-Right...

I mean, surely Chizuru-san

It's here.

My time has come...!!

won't come between us after we spent a passionate night together!

So it's only a matter of time before you decide to go out with me for real!

Oh, that turned out okay.

What?! No way!

Was she still asleep?

Did she not hear it?!

Nah, she just believed me.

What?! She believed you?!

She believed that nothing happened, even though I spent the night at your place?

Y-Yeah, though she took some convincing.

Lies! There's no way!

You should really tell her the truth!

The truth is that nothing happened!

Crazy

It can't be...

Despite the undeniable fact that I stayed over, she believed in his innocence?

In Kazuya-kun, of all people?

Those two have clearly gotten closer!

Dazed

Then I know what I must do!

Wait, I'm not done.

Customer is king.

Welcome...

Oh, hello, Kazu-kun!

M... Mami-chan...

Sweat

Why is Mami-chan here?

Just bad luck?

No, that can't be.

Did she hear from someone that I was working here?

S-Solo karaoke? Do you do this often?

I'm here to finish up my report. Using this as my study room.

PC

R-Report? I see.

I heard from Kibe-chan that you got a job here.

And I happened to be in the area, so I figured I'd stop by and mess with you.

Just kidding!

Kibe! I knew it!

Please don't.

I've actually been here before.

It was with a friend, though.

I know! I know all about it!

But I can't say I watched it all!

Okay, two hours in a Joyfound room. I might extend.

In that case, we have free time plans, too.

Kazuya-kun, do you know her?

Oh, crap!

Technically Current GF

I feel like letting her talk to Ruka-chan is a really bad idea!

Huh? Y-Yeah, we go to the same college. Same year.

Wow, what a cutie!

Crap, she took the bait!

Are you in school?

I shouldn't let them talk too much!

Yes, I am.

O-Okay, let me take me to your room. We're busy and all.

Oh, sure.

Huh? But there's hardly anyone here.

This way, this way.

Coming.

Seriously, good on you for working.

It's no big deal. I'm just part-time, anyway.

Wow, I could never stick with it.

You're trying to grow up, aren't you, Kazu-kun?

Come on. You're no different.

You're plugging away at college.

Ka...

RUMBLE

Kazu-kun?!

Here you go. Your glass for unlimited drinks.

Thanks, and sorry about this.

I got part of this done back home, but I kept getting lazy.

Oh, your report? It's no problem at all.

Thank God they didn't interact much.

Who knows what'd happen if Mami-chan and Ruka-chan went at it for real?

We went to karaoke together twice, didn't we?

Y-Yeah.

Back then, I was losing my mind at being alone in a room with her for the first time

Wow, you're way off-key.

A h a h a

and was desperately trying to hide it.

Stare...

Staaare

JOLT

Ruka-chan?!

Busted

Why'd she follow us?

Wait, did she hear all that?!

Wh-What's up?

I'm not slacking off or anything. I brought her order.

No, it's not about that.

Th-Then what's the problem? If something happened,

we can talk outside...

Staaare

Stare...

Sweat

So, what kind of relationship do you two have?

Eek! She really does suspect something!

Whoa, where did that come from?

Nope! She can't know the truth!

This is one explosive situation!

What kind? Just normal classmates.

Right, Kazu-kun?

Y-Yeah, right.

C-Come on, Ruka-chan. You're being rude to our customer.

Why do you ask, though?

Wait, I got it!

Do you like Kazu-kun, Ribbons?

You're such a playboy.

Well, no, it's more than that.

I'm his—

Kazu-kun? What was that?

Never mind!

Our boss banned her from chatting!

Why, Kazuya-kun?

Why are you hiding it?

Because we're at work?

But he's panicking too much for that.

And then there's what I heard earlier!

We went to karaoke together twice, didn't we?

Now I remember...

He said he turned to Chizuru-san after being dumped by his ex.

His ex!

It's her! She's his ex!

If she is, then what is all this?

That attitude! Those eyes!

And asking if I like him!

And calling me "Ribbons"

In that case, what's her deal?!

She's acting like Kazuya-kun is still hers!

Wait, is he hiding it because she's his ex?

Is he still into her, then?

Even if he's not, she's still the only girl he's actually dated!

So I'm...

in third place?!

Likes her

Just dating her

Liked her

No! I can't accept that!

A-Anyway, let's talk outside.

Clack

We're dating!

I'm Kazuya-kun's girlfriend!

"Girlfriend"?

Karaoke Village

God, just kill me.

Rent-a-Girlfriend

Wha?

"Girlfriend"? Really?

C-Calm down, Ruka-chan!

I-It's not like that, Mami-chan.

I can explain.

Yes, really!

You're his ex, aren't you?

Too bad for you! I'm his girlfriend now!

Which means Kazuya-kun belongs to me now!

Hey, Ruka-chan! What are you even saying?!

Also, I think you have the wrong idea about something!

Acting all cool because you're his ex...

What, you think you're special to him because you were his first? Are you serious?!

Sure, he leers at every cute girl he sees, so he may seem easy!

Hey, that's not...

Not wrong...

But he's not hung up on you anymore! Not in the least!

Seriously, what's your deal?!

You show up at your ex's workplace?

You're the one who can't let him go, huh?

Stop, Ruka-chan! You can't say that!

Sucks to be you!

Kazuya-kun's totally smitten with me now.

An ex or two is no big deal.

We've gone all the way, too!

What?! No, we haven't!

We have not!

I even spent an oh-so-passionate night at his place recently.

He kept going, "Ruka, I love you! I love you so much,"

and just wouldn't stop!

No, I didn't!

And you know it!

Anyway, you're a thing of the past!

Get out of his life already, will you?

Sorry. I didn't mean to...

You have a real girlfriend, huh, Kazu-kun?

But then...

Why do you still need a rental girlfriend?

S h e k n o w s ?

Oh, well, you know...

It shows how accepting I am.

I know I'm his number one.

So I send him off...

Not convincing.

M-Mami-chan, like I said,

it's just social research.

I see.

Sorry.

I should leave.

I'll leave the money here.

Huh? Wait...

Welp. She's gonna hate me forever.

Come on, Ruka-chan!

What was with that out... burst?

Waaah

But I am your girlfriend!

Oops.

Uwaaaaaah

Drag Drag

You'll bother our customers!

What's her problem? I hate her!

I love you!

I'm the one who loves you more than anyone!

Augh, just kill me now!

Yo, you by yourself?

Let me carry your stuff.

Buzz off.

S-Sorry.

Holy...

What was with that kid? She's out of her mind.

I hear from Kibe-chan that he's working and go to see,

and he has a girlfriend? Excuse me?

So that bag in his apartment was hers?

But is she really his girlfriend?

Something seemed off about him.

Would he really go out with that nutcase?

She knew about the rental girlfriend thing,

and she accepted it?

That makes no sense.

Besides, that design was more "adult woman" than "teen."

Oh, yeah, this is his stop...

You're the one who can't let him go, huh?

Why the heck am I wasting time thinking about all this?

Huh?

M... Mami-san?

What?

Who knows about Chizuru-san?

Well, there's us... and Kazuya's family?

His family?

His family knows her, too? Yikes.

That reminds me, he did ask me to meet his grandma, didn't he?

So, he introduced her and couldn't worm out of it for a year?

Then it could still be going on.

Oh, people at his workplace might know, too.

Huh? Workplace?

Kazu-kun got a job?

Yeah, at the KaraVillage by the next station over, at the start of the year.

The Karaoke Village by the next station over?

Mizuhara Chizuru

A pure and refined high-class girlfriend

Sweat

Er... It's been a while.

Have a seat.

I had something to take care of around here.

And you? Do you live here?

Oh, no, I was here to do something, too.

Where are you headed?

Ikebukuro.

Really? Me, too!

Let's enjoy the ride.

That's a really nice bag.

It's from CoCo's latest collection, right? Is it new?

No, I've had it for a while.

Cool. You've gotta buy the fashionable stuff immediately,

before new stuff comes out and it goes out of style.

When did you get it? Early April? Late?

Early, I think?

I see!

Sorry!

I just found it kinda funny.

I'm switching lines over this way. How about you?

To the station exit.

Oh.

Guess this is it. See you... Actually, we don't know if we'll meet again, huh?

I suppose not.

Bye.

Let me just ask you one thing.

You're not seeing Kazu-kun anymore, right?

That's right.

Okay, got it.

Bye.

Was that a coincidence? It was, right?

That settles it.

There's no doubt about it. That bag was Mizuhara Chizuru's.

The timing fits. Did she forget it with him?

But who forgets their bag?

Was she there back then?

Either way, they're way closer than rental GF and client.

What's with that kid, then?

She knows about her.

Is he two-timing? What the heck?

Maybe I'll find out more if I check his follows.

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Shit, she's locked.

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We somehow made it through that mess, but...

Those two are so tiring.

Tiring? You meanie!

How rude.

That's not what she meant.

What did she mean, then?

You have a duty to explain, Kazuya-kun.

Uh, Mizuhara was...

Now, next time on Rent-a-Girlfriend:

She ran away!

"Youth and...

...Girlfriend."

If you can't explain, I might show up in the next episode's preview, too!

"Youth and Girlfriend"

Look forward to it.