My Overly Anxious and Devoted Girlfriend Never Gives Up on Me - Chapter 1.1

There’s an incredibly beautiful girl at my school.

Yunagi Shizuno is extremely popular.

Of course, it’s not just because she’s beautiful.

“Yunagi-san, you’re amazing!”

“You can even cook? That’s incredible!”

The excited voices from the cooking class across the courtyard reached me even from where I was.

Yunagi wore a simple apron with elegant grace, skillfully handling the frying pan.

“She’s cute, smart, and has such high domestic skills. She’s too perfect!”

“I just enjoy cooking and do it often.” Yunagi replied in a tone completely free of arrogance, laughing along with her classmates.

I could see even the girls blushing slightly around her.

Truly, Yunagi was popular regardless of gender.

The reason for Yunagi’s popularity?

It’s because while she’s unbelievably beautiful, her inner self is equally perfect.

She’s unpretentious, friendly, charming, and kind to everyone.

On top of that, she excels at both studies and sports, with no apparent flaws.

You might even say that her only flaw is having no flaws.

Anyway, that’s the kind of person Yunagi is.

A super beautiful girl loved by both boys and girls.

The object of everyone’s admiration and respect.

As for me…

“Hey, boys! Stop staring outside and look at the blackboard!”

At the teacher’s shout, all the boys by the window, including me, turned forward simultaneously.

Apparently, everyone had been watching Yunagi.

As for me, Sakuraba Aoto, I’m an unremarkable, plain male high school student.

Just an ordinary person who spends his days quietly without standing out in class.

But even so, I don’t envy people like Yunagi.

I like this peaceful life and am perfectly satisfied with my current situation.

I don’t particularly want to be popular or have a girlfriend.

Rather, I deeply cherish my alone time.

Reading books or watching movies by myself suits my nature much better.

With her outstanding looks and flawless personality, I genuinely think Yunagi is amazing.

I think she’s a wonderful girl.

But that’s all.

It doesn’t really concern me, and if I live normally, I won’t have any interaction with her.

We live in different worlds, walk different paths.

So originally (….), I wouldn’t even need to talk about her like this.

“Wow! Yunagi-san, your food presentation is lovely too!”

Another cheer came from the cooking room, and I could see everyone surrounding Yunagi and having fun.

Suddenly, Yunagi looked this way.

She made perfect eye contact with me, who had been vaguely watching her.

Yunagi looked surprised for just a moment before immediately breaking into a bright smile and waving at me.

What is she doing…?

I hurriedly returned my gaze to the blackboard and pretended nothing happened.

Only my ears faintly picked up the commotion from the cooking room.

“What? Was someone watching us?”

“Yes. It seems we were being watched.”

“Eh! Who? Maybe a boy?”

“Who knows?”

“But if it’s Yunagi-san, it wouldn’t be strange if anyone was watching.”

“Yeah, yeah, you even have fans in other grades.”

“Oh, that’s an exaggeration.”

…Phew.

It seems nothing came of it.

The reason I’m talking about her…

It was both incredibly simple and incredibly complicated.

“Well then, that’s all for today’s class!”

“Stand! Attention! Bow!”

Class ended, and lunch break began.

Immediately, my phone in my pocket vibrated, and a message notification appeared on the screen.

‘Why were you watching?’

She showed absolutely no sign of remorse.

If anything, she seemed to be enjoying it.

‘It was nothing. More importantly, what if someone finds out?’

‘It’s fine even if they do.’

‘No, it’s not. That’s not what we agreed on.’

‘Oh, you’re so mean.’

I didn’t reply to that message and put my phone away.

I couldn’t help but sigh.

“I’ll do anything, so please go out with me!”

Yesterday, she said that to me.

And from that moment on, Yunagi had more or less forced her way into becoming my girlfriend.