I Can't Stop Falling for the Dark-Skinned Store Clerk

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Blurb:

Minami Mashiro finally got a vacation, and all she wanted was to stay home and lie around like a shut-in.

Reality didn't go her way, though. Her uncle couldn't stand watching her laze about, so he insisted she manage the coffee shop he owned.

After he wore her down with endless persuasion, she agreed.

The moment she stepped into the shop, she fell in love at first sight with one of the employees!

His light blond hair and sun-kissed skin were so handsome!

A sunny, healthy, energetic heartthrob!

She'd been looking at the shady, disreputable boss's silver hair and pale skin every day before, and she was sick of it!

She quietly started plotting how to win her crush's heart.

Before she could make a move, her former boss called and asked her for help. The kind of help that came with a paycheck.

Plans on hold! Making money was more important!

Then she discovered...

Her crush was the Emperor of Part-Time Jobs!

He seemed to have several identities and hold down multiple jobs. Wasn't he tired?

She admired him even more! She liked him even more!

But she had no desire to follow his example. She wanted to stay on vacation forever. Money was important, but so was rest. There was nothing wrong with taking a break and falling in love, was there?

But when she returned to the coffee shop, her crush was looking at her differently. Had he fallen for her too?

He asked her out!

So if she didn't confess now, when would she?

But at the same time, both their phones rang. Her former boss called and asked her for help: several members of the Vongola family had arrived in Tokyo, and she was to keep an eye on them.

After giving him a half-hearted answer, she still had to confess.

Huh? Where did he go?

Probably off to work. Understandable. She respected that.

Then she should get back to work too...

Once she met up with the former coworker who was taking over for her, she could finally rest and see her crush again.

But as soon as she got to the cafe, her crush started fishing for information about her former coworker.

Minami Mashiro: ...Did he fall for her former coworker?!

False alarm. It turned out they were close friends!

Huh? What! He has a partner?

Sigh... Had her love life ended before it even began?

Still, things had gone her way, hahaha!

But... her troubles only multiplied after that.

She might even have to give up her life...

But she wouldn't regret it.

The heroine has Dino as her nominal ex-boyfriend.

Preorder: "Kageyama and My Brother Look Exactly Alike" blurb:

Kurahashi Ayumu discovers that Kageyama, a boy in her grade, looks almost exactly like her older brother. He's also a genius, a genius setter on the volleyball team.

Her eyes always follow him without her meaning to. She always wants to observe Kageyama.

But she's not a brocon! She just thinks he might be a useful point of reference. She also happens to have recently moved next door to the Kageyama family, so she's paying a little more attention to him.

After spending time with everyone on the volleyball team, she learns that even geniuses have their troubles, and realizes how self-centered she used to be.

Watching them train so diligently and enthusiastically makes her want to get back on the track too.

But whenever she sees the track, she remembers all that pain...

She asks the online friend who suggested she join a group activity for advice again, then takes the initiative to make up with her brother.

Maybe she can overcome her fear if she resolves what's weighing on her heart.

Who knew that online friend was her brother's teammate and coach!

With encouragement from her brother's teammates, inspiration from a fellow patient she happens to meet, and the excitement of watching the school's volleyball team play a passionate match, she becomes more determined than ever!

She'll meet Kageyama at the summit!

Wait? No, they're in different events...

What? Kageyama has someone he likes? Doesn't he only like volleyball?

She comes off the track, sees a text message, and hurries back to school. She has to ask him. They're supposed to reach the summit together, so how can he be dating someone?

Why is some unfamiliar student blocking her at the school gate after class? Did they come to fight her?

Why did this person suddenly drop to one knee in front of her? Did they surrender before she even threw a punch?

Never mind, she's in a hurry! She looks up and sees the volleyball team coming out of the school gate too. Kageyama looks gloomy.

What's going on? Kurahashi Ayumu is baffled...

"Geto's Ajin Girlfriend" blurb:

This is the third world in which Sato Yuki has survived. She thinks it is the safest world, and the happiest one too.

Even though she started out in an orphanage and her foster parent disappeared after adopting her, she met some wonderful neighbors.

Does the older boy next door like protecting the weak?

She's an albino with white hair and red eyes, afraid of ultraviolet light, and incredibly fragile.

Would it really be so wrong to naturally fall in love with the boy next door?

As long as her secret of being "immortal" never gets out, her boyfriend will always cherish her, right?

There are monsters in this world, but her "White Phantom" can take them out. It can even take odd jobs to earn some living expenses, without her having to lift a finger.

Luckily, her boyfriend can see the monsters but not her "White Phantom." She just has to make sure he doesn't catch her taking those odd jobs.

Life here is just so wonderful!

There's only one thing that bothers her: the boyfriend of the older sister who looked after her so well at the orphanage is the guy who once competed with her for a job.

She really doesn't understand why her sister likes this ill-tempered man, who has nothing going for him besides his looks and figure, and even had a child with him!

Her sister was almost killed too. Fortunately, she had her ability.

Sigh. As long as her sister thinks she's happy, that's what matters.

Sato Yuki's happy life didn't last long. She had a dream.

She dreamed she was in a subway station. The man in front of her, her boyfriend, had a scar on his forehead. Just as she was about to go over and take a closer look, she tripped over a cube.

So she kicked the thing away, and unexpectedly provoked an attack from her "boyfriend."

She promptly had her "White Phantom" take care of him.

She waited a long time but still didn't wake from the dream. Bored, she chatted with the blue-eyed person beside her and discovered that this world in her dream was the "future."

When she learned what happened in the "future," she woke up furious. She opened the gig-work app on her phone to vent her anger, only to find that the target of a huge bounty was the very person who set the "future" in motion.

Apart from her sister, she'd never saved anyone else!

It felt pretty good to be on the side of "justice" for once.

Meanwhile, her boyfriend was getting beaten to a pulp by the man she refused to acknowledge as her brother-in-law.

Go ahead and beat him up. Just don't kill him. She's still angry! She's jealous too!

So what if he found out about her ability and identity? At worst, they'd break up!

Before they'd even properly made up, the entanglements from her first two worlds came flooding in...

In the first world, the man who froze her adoptive father sent her a hairpin.

In the second world, the "family" who took her in wanted her to become their eldest son's fiancee. The long-haired ghost man came to kill her with his nail curse!

The white-haired third son came along with his friends and the fifth son too, sneering that she had a crush on the second son and had found a boyfriend who looked just like him.

Someone save her! The whole world is in chaos!

Theme: Don't be afraid or lost. Stand firm by your principles.