It was the first day of the new term after becoming co-ed, but because I ended up sitting next to the “Prince” of the all-girls school, I ended up attracting the girls’ jealousy and hate.

I thought I’d finally be able to get closer to girls now that we’re co-ed, but this is the exact opposite of what I expected.

W-why is this happening to me!?

I was so confused that I couldn’t even focus on the morning homeroom.

At this rate, I’m going to keep drawing the girls’ hate, right?

While the other guys sitting elsewhere are getting along with the girls without attracting any hate, if I alone end up hidden in the Prince’s shadow, disliked by the girls and eating alone, it’s over for me!

If it’s come to this… maybe I have no choice but to give this seat up to another girl?

For now, what if I gather girls who want to sit next to Ayase Reiya, pick the cutest one from them, and in exchange for giving up my seat, have her trade me her lime contact code?

Yeah, that could work… it’s a terrible thing to do, but it’s a brilliant idea.

I’ll use the position of sitting next to Ayase Reiya to my advantage and hook a cute girl all at once.

This is exactly what they mean by using a shrimp to catch a sea bream!

“Hey, Saijou-kun?”

“Huh?”

While I was making a terrible plan in my head, Ayase Reiya called out to me from the seat on my right.

“W-what is it, Ayase-san? I’m not thinking anything suspicious at all!”

“I didn’t ask whether you were thinking something suspicious… you’ve just been grinning next to me this whole time, so I was wondering if something good happened?”

“N-no! It’s nothing!”

I said, my lips trembling.

If she finds out I was thinking of trading this seat for a girl’s lime contact, that’d be bad.

“I see. But I actually wanted to talk to you, Saijou-kun. Is now a good time?”

“Huh? Me?”

“If you don’t mind, would you take this?”

Ayase took several boxes of chocolate snacks out of her bag and placed them on my desk.

“Chocolate snacks? Why?”

“Well, I usually get sweets and presents from everyone, but I’m on a low-carb diet, so I can’t eat them.”

“A low-carb diet!?”

H-hey, wait, she’s on a low-carb diet and still has those huge boobs? That means her chest is pure talent!

If she started eating tons of carbs, wouldn’t they get even bigger!?

Seriously, with that cool face of hers, she’s got an insanely erotic body constitution, this big-boobed Prince.

“If you’d like, would you take these snacks? Since we’re neighbors, as a sign of getting to know each other?”

She winked at me with that handsome face, but my gaze had completely drifted to her chest.

Well, either way, if she’s giving them, I’ll gratefully accept.

“Y-yeah! Then I’ll gladly take them.”

Saying that, I accepted about three boxes of chocolate snacks from Ayase and started eating them absentmindedly.

Even though she’s being fawned over by the girls like that, Ayase still talks normally to a plain guy like me and even gives me chocolate.

It seems she’s not an unpleasant type of Prince, but rather one with the high communication skills and refreshing personality typical of a popular extrovert.

Aside from the big boobs, she’s not my type, but if Ayase had normal long hair, I definitely would’ve fallen for her.

But since we’re sitting next to each other, we could probably become good friends.

As I was thinking that while nibbling on the chocolate snacks, the girls began swarming around Ayase’s seat again like bees building a hive.

Hey, can someone call a pest control service to remove this beehive?

I feel like I’m about to get stung by these female bees any second.

“Come to think of it, Reiya-sama! Your hair’s gotten pretty long, hasn’t it? Are you going to the salon soon?”

“Yeah, I might go get it cut tomorrow.”

“Then I want you to try going even shorter next time!”

“I agree! Reiya-sama has very refined features, so I think a very short style would suit you even better!”

“U-um… okay, then maybe I’ll do that. Thanks for the advice, everyone.”

As first period approached and the “female bees” scattered away, Ayase began preparing for class with a slightly tired expression.

That girl… isn’t she bothered by having her hairstyle decided so easily by others?

“Ayase-san. There’s something I was wondering.”

“Hm? What is it, Saijou-kun?”

“Are you really okay with other people deciding your hairstyle like that?”

“Huh?”

“Doesn’t it bother you? It’s your own hairstyle, isn’t it?”

“Well… yeah. But I’m kind of like… everyone’s partner role.”

“P-partner role?”

A troubling phrase suddenly came up, and I was confused.

“I’m a girl, so I don’t look at everyone with sexual desire, and since everyone can assume I’m a boy and make me their romantic interest, I’m the perfect fit. I’ve been everyone’s romantic interest like that since middle school in the girls’ school, and I don’t really mind it either.”

“I see…”

She said that in a gentle tone, but it felt like there was more behind it.

The “Prince” of the all-girls school… everyone’s ideal romantic interest, huh.

“From your perspective as a guy, Saijou-kun… am I weird?”

“No, I don’t think so… but.”

“But?”

What am I supposed to say in a situation like this?

It’s such a rare case that nothing comes to mind… yeah.

“I don’t know what others think of you, but I see you properly as a girl.”

“Huh?”

Well, mainly because of the potential of her chest, though.

“Saijou-kun, does that mean—”

“Alriiight! Class is starting soon!”

As if cutting off our conversation, first period began.