As an ordinary Japanese high school girl working at a convenience store, I got to know a boy with spiky hair.
He always showed up near the end of my night shift, ordering the same black coffee and sandwich.
I took his items and asked as usual, "Would you like me to heat that up?"
Compared to how his delinquent aura scared me at first, I've gotten to the point where I can even step out from behind the register!
He was silent for a few seconds, then nodded. "Please."
The wait while his food heated up felt a little awkward, so I tried to make conversation. "You didn't get hurt today."
No, what am I saying?!
He looked up at me briefly. "I didn't have a mission today."
Me: "Oh, I see, haha..."
Great. Now it felt even more awkward.
I quietly turned up the air conditioning.
After that, I kept running into him in all sorts of places.
Feeding stray cats at the park, buying books at the bookstore, on the road I take home...
Once we got to know each other, we exchanged names and contact information.
*
One day
[Fushiguro: So, are we dating?]
Me: ???
I scrolled up through our messages. We'd been sharing every little detail of our days, going on dates in our free time, and he even had a pair of house slippers at my apartment...
#HaveIBeenDatingFushiguroThisWholeTime?#
#NoWaitHeNeverConfessed!#
#SoShouldIConfessFirst?#
My thoughts raced, but I completely overlooked the fact that dating required us to like each other. [Fushiguro-kun, you're mysterious and sometimes disappear without a word, but I don't mind. Would you go out with me?]
*
After we'd been dating for a while, Fushiguro suddenly revealed his true identity in front of me (?).
I picked up the shattered pieces of my materialist worldview. So you aren't a black-market henchman, your family doesn't run some kind of shady business, and you're not Taro Sakamoto?
Fushiguro was speechless. "...No. Who's Taro Sakamoto?"
Me: "That's not important."
So my boyfriend's real identity was that of a jujutsu sorcerer.
What was a jujutsu sorcerer?
After my boyfriend explained it, I understood completely.
Me: "Actually, it's pretty much the same as Taro Sakamoto before he retired."
They both have jobs with high mortality rates.
Wait. Does that mean there's a high chance I'll end up losing my boyfriend? Is it too late to break up now?
Fushiguro: "So, who is Taro Sakamoto?"
#BeforeYouStart#
1. The female lead is an ordinary person, and the story is told in first person.
2. Fushiguro falls in love at first sight.
3. It's a simple slice-of-life story. The heroine doesn't get involved in the main plot. Some details are author-created, and parts of the original story have been changed. OvO
4. Blurb written on 2025.09.01. It may be revised before the story begins.
Theme: Develop a healthy attitude toward romance.
