I’m Chief Kuroo’s Only Fan

Kuroo, head of JVA's PR department, thinks the new intern is strange.

The twenty-year-old girl almost never smiles. Her cold, three-whites eyes regard everyone with equal hostility, and she is prickly all over.

When the sun is shining brightly and her coworkers go out to bask in it, she says, "It's too sunny."

The route from the subway station to the office takes a detour, so she mutters at the building blocking her way, "Tear it down."

When someone walks a dog along the road, she takes a few steps back. "I don't like animals."

When she's tired of work, she looks at the succulent on her desk. "...I don't like plants either."

But whenever she realizes Kuroo is standing behind her, she immediately switches into hardworking, upbeat, positive mode. As if nothing happened, she picks up a watering can and pours water over the succulent's crown. Her change of attitude is even more dramatic than that of employees complaining about work when their boss shows up.

Kuroo: ... (Not sure whether I should point out that it's best not to pour water on the succulent's leaves.)

The new summer intern seems to have some psychological issues. As her boss, should I try to talk her through them? Asking online. It's kind of urgent.

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Noya Yoshino: I'm a woman and a student at the University of Tokyo. I'm doing a summer internship, and I enjoy getting one over on my superiors. Life is boring, but every day I work hard to win the department head's heart.

Content warnings: 1. There is a nine-year age gap between the leads.

2. The female lead has a dark, obsessive, walking-disaster side and is Kuroo's hardcore solo fan. She's not a bad person by nature, but if that's not your thing, please don't read.

3. The portrayal of Japanese office culture and work practices is purely speculative and not guaranteed to reflect reality.

If all of that is fine with you, please enjoy the story!

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