Old Man Kariya’s HE Application? Denied!

Shenle Wu was born able to see other people's affection levels.

She joined TPC to search for a lost power and kill Tiga.

Instead, she met Yuan Dagu, a guy who acted like they'd known each other forever.

The day after they met, Yuan Dagu asked her to exchange contact information in front of everyone.

Affection: 1 → 0 → 1

Shenle Wu: ...Is there something wrong with him?

On White Day, Yuan Dagu gave her a bouquet of icy blue roses.

Affection: Still 0.

Shenle Wu: Why did you give me flowers?

Yuan Dagu: Because I wanted to.

When she went on a business trip, he checked in eight hundred times a day.

When she ran off in the rain, he chased her for three streets.

When she said, “I’m not coming,” he waited in the rain all day.

Shenle Wu: What exactly are you trying to do?

Yuan Dagu: I like you!

She glanced at the affection score above his head, which was always either 1 or 0. “...I’d believe you if I were an idiot.”

*

The first time Yuan Dagu saw Shenle Wu, his mind went blank.

Literally.

Because a completely inexplicable voice appeared in his head.

[Exchange contact information with Tiga’s ex-girlfriend, Shenle Wu, within 24 hours or a random power will be taken away.]

[Give Shenle Wu flowers within one week.]

[Please...]

Yuan Dagu: What does Tiga’s ex-girlfriend have to do with me, Yuan Dagu?! I’m not doing it!

Later,

Yuan Dagu: Honey, turn around and look at me! I’m Tiga!

Shenle Wu: ...Get lost!

Reader’s Guide:

* A self-indulgent dream fulfillment story. Dika is the real deal. The only pairing is Dika.

* In this story only, Dika are each other’s one and only. The plot has nothing whatsoever to do with the TV series. Everyone else is just friends, and nobody will be put down.

* Everything is set up for romance. There’s no lofty message, nothing as grand as the TV series, just romance, with the two of them loving each other to the point of madness. The ending will definitely be happy.

* There may be a crossover with a few other works, but that will mostly happen later in the story.

* I’m not particular about form stats, and there won’t be much description of them. There are lots of personal headcanons.

* Please enjoy the story peacefully. Thank you.

* There’s already plenty written and I won’t abandon it, so please don’t keep waiting for it to build up, babies.

A new Tiga and Carmilla story is now available in my author’s collection. Here’s the blurb:

Producer Kusama Saori has had the worst luck lately. She’s been forced to take over the mess left behind by a company on the verge of bankruptcy: Ultraman Trigger.

She goes to a bar to drink away her stress, only to have a host latch onto her and refuse to let go.

Kusama Saori breaks down, gets carried away by the alcohol and flirts with him, then makes a quick escape.

All she leaves behind is the bewildered “host,” Manaka Kengo, who has just transmigrated and has no idea what’s going on.

Manaka Kengo wakes up after a nap inside the Eternal Core to find the whole world has changed.

There are no monsters, no Dark Giants, and no GUTS.

He’s become a rookie actor, about to audition for a tokusatsu series called Ultraman Trigger.

Manaka Kengo: ? Wait, aren’t I Trigger?

The night before the audition, he runs into a drunk girl at a bar.

The girl is none other than Carmilla, his sworn enemy, who died long ago and whom he has missed every day and night since.

*

Kusama Saori never expected that she’d get drunk, mistake the lead actor of a tokusatsu series for a host, and flirt with him.

She deeply regrets it and decides to keep her distance. But the next day, Manaka Kengo shows up at her door asking to move in with her.

No matter what excuse she gives or how unreasonable a condition she sets, she can’t get rid of him.

Kusama Saori’s alarm bells go off: Is this rookie actor doing it on purpose?

Kusama Saori is convinced he’s a rookie actor trying to take the easy way up. But Manaka Kengo’s every action, and the way he looks at her, grow gentler by the day. His kindness toward her has no limits.

It makes her wonder from time to time: could he... like her?

A drunken kiss shatters all her illusions.

When Manaka Kengo kisses her and says, “I finally found you,” there’s only one thought in Kusama Saori’s mind.

Manaka Kengo, you bastard! Who do you think I am, that you keep chasing me like I’m someone else’s replacement?!

Theme: Love is instinctive, no teacher needed.