A/N: Yo, everyone. I decided to start this story because, after reading the latest chapters of Rent A Girlfriend, I got fed up with how the story is going. So I thought of making this story where I will make certain characters act differently compared to canon. All that said, let's go!
Inside her apartment, the number one rookie of Diamond's rental girlfriends, Chizuru Mizuhara, was watching a romantic movie on her TV while thinking about a certain orange haired boy: Kazuya Kinoshita.
It had passed some days since the boat incident where Chizuru risked to lose her life after falling in the sea because of an annoying fever if it weren't for Kazuya that saved her from drowning. And after that, the young woman had started to change her opinion about him and her behavior as well.
Before, due to her being angry at him for the lie about being lovers, she thought that he was an idiot that jumped often to conclusions and didn't think twice before doing something. But the fact that he risked his life to save the one of a rental girlfriend like her made her see him differently.
Now she saw him as a very good hearted but still silly boy that was always ready to help who was dear to him. Sure, he still had a perverted expression whenever he had lewd thoughts about her, but that didn't annoy her anymore.
Actually, she was both embarassed and glad that he was very attracted to her. And his compliments for her outfits when they went to visit her grandma Sayuri made her smile happily.
Speaking of going somewhere, the two of them continued to go out together after what happened during their summer holiday, with the difference that Chizuru didn't treat their hanging out as rental dates anymore.
The boy was confused for this and had asked her the reason, and the response that he received was: "You're not a client for me anymore. You're way more than that after you showed me how much you care about me."
When she said that, both their faces were red as tomatoes, with Kazuya trying to change the mood by telling her a funny joke that managed to make her giggle. They didn't touch that subject anymore after that.
And if this was a change in their relationship, the fact that she frowned or pouted when the boy looked at other women was one too.
'Why does he glance at other girls when he's with me?!', she always thought, glaring at the girls that talked sweetly with Kazuya during their dates. It was like she was jealous of them and wanted to have Kazuya's full attention on her.
And this display of jealousy showed up distinctly when Kazuya told her about how Mami wanted to talk alone with him during their holiday. Something that didn't happen due to the incident on the boat.
In fact, Chizuru was very annoyed to know that the boy's ex-girlfriend continued to bother him after the way she dumped him, and made sure to tell Kazuya to stay away from that girl; she didn't trust her at all.
The brunette had also started to make sure that Mami didn't bother Kazuya in their university, glancing often at him to see him chatting or laughing with Kibe and Kuri. And every time she saw him chuckling and smiling, a red tint appeared on her cheeks, bringing her friends to ask her why she was red.
Of course she replied by finding a believable excuse as it was embarrassing telling them that she blushed because of a certain boy's smile. A smile that made her heart beat faster than usual too.
Now the girl was watching a romantic movie with great attention, focusing in particular on the kiss scenes. Said scenes reminded her when she planted her lips on Kazuya's to perform a CPR, and remembering that caused her to blush.
'W-Why am I remembering that now?! I d-did that because it was the only way to save him! W-why d-do I feel l-like I want to kiss him for real?', were her thoughts, starting to imagine herself and him in one of the kissing scenes of the movie, which made her blush deeper but also smile.
It was the first time that she had such thoughts about a man, and that man was both her client and neighbor that attended her same university. But it wasn't like those thoughts were annoying for her; actually, she was kinda happy to feel that way about him, making her wonder if he felt the same about her.
'H-he always tells me how beautiful I am and blushes often when he's with me, but I want to know how he feels about me. And since I want to know it immediately, I will go to him now.', she thought, finishing to watch the movie and putting on her slippers to exit from her apartment.
She was then in front of Kazuya's apartment, since they lived right next to each other, and pressed the button of his doorbell.
"Yes, who is it?", replied his voice from inside his apartment.
"Kazuya, it's me.", she said.
"Huh?! M-M-Mizuhara?! What do you need?"
"I need to talk about something with you. C-Can I enter?", she asked, blushing a little.
"B-But didn't you tell me that you can't enter in my house due to Diamond's rules?"
"I-It's ok, don't worry. After all, you're more than a client for me."
"Oh, ok. Give me some seconds.", he replied, starting to make some noise inside his house that made Chizuru worried.
And after some seconds, the door opened, revealing the young orange haired boy with his signature orange t-shirt and a pair of grey trousers.
"G-good evening, Mizuhara. Come in.", he told her, nervously.
"Hello, K-Kazuya.", she said, nervous like him while stepping inside the apartment and noticing how it looked to be just tidied.
'Hehe, this dummy must have put everything in order during those seconds. He should learn to tidy more often.', she thought, smiling.
Kazuya, on the other hand, was both nervous and confused; he was curious about what Chizuru wanted to talk about with him, especially in his apartment when he knew that her contract as rental impeded her to enter in a client's house.
'But she said that I'm more than a client for her, like she told me that t-time. Maybe she wants to talk about that?', he thought, going to the kitchen to make some tea for both of them while she sat next to the kotatsu.
"W-what do you want to talk about, Mizu-"
" Chizuru.", she said, cutting him off.
"Huh?"
"I-I want you to call me Chizuru, not Mizuhara. I-I don't like it when you call me with the name that I use as rental.", she told him, blushing and pouting.
"Ehhh?! R-really? Are you sure about that?", he asked her embarrassed, getting a shy nod from her.
"Umm, then w-what do you want to talk about, C-Chizuru?"
"Y-you see, since you saved me from drowning, I started to think differently about our relationship. If before I wanted that you'd stop it with that lie about us being a couple, now I-I'm glad that we're still seeing each other and look like lovers in front of other people. But it's not just that…", she replied, getting up to sit by his side and making him blush more.
"W-what?", he mumbled, getting more flustered.
"Kazuya, I t-told you that you're not just client anymore for me because I started to feel different about you; I hate it when you talk with other girls during our dates and I love it when you smile at me and we chuckle together.", she said, suddenly taking his hands.
"Kazuya, look at me in the eyes and answer me honestly: D-did you fall in love with me?", she asked him with a serious look and a big blush on her cheeks.
At that question, the young man was flustered more than ever; had Chizuru really just asked him that? Not only she changed how she acted when she was with him, but now she wanted to know if he felt something special for her. If he had feelings for her.
He had doubts if it was a good idea telling her his real feelings, but since she wanted him to be honest, then it was better be it.
So he took a little breath and said, "C-Chizuru, as you asked me to be honest, then I will tell you that yes, I f-feel something special for you. Y-you may be a rental girlfriend, but after knowing you a little better and what we went through, my attraction to you turned into love. And if what you told me about hating it when I talk with other girls is true, that means you feel the same?"
Such confession did nothing if not making Chizuru's face redder than before while her heartbeats became faster. The man that saved the life of a simple rental like her just told her that he indeed loved her; the man that at first annoyed her and turned into someone important for her.
Pulling off a happy smile, Chizuru looked at him with sweet eyes, "S-so you feel that way about me, huh? It makes me really happy. Happy to k-know that we feel the same towards each other. That means that I don't have to worry about that Mami girl anymore."
The mention of the blondie's name made Kazuya nervous, which was noticed by the brunette in front of him. "Kazuya, what's wrong?", she asked him.
"T-there's something you must know about Mami.", he said, getting closer to her ear to whisper what happened with his ex on the beach. And what the young woman heard made a red aura of jealousy appear around her, scaring Kazuya a little.
"That woman kissed you like that?! First she dumps you, she mocks you in front of your friends and then that?! How dare she!", she exclaimed, both angry and jealous.
"Don't worry. I didn't like that kiss at all. Yes, it surprised me, but I was disgusted.", he told her, trying to calm her somehow.
'Then, since his feelings are the same as mine, I can do this.', she thought, glancing again in his eyes with a determined and nervous look and putting her hands on his cheeks.
Kazuya was confused by this, blushing profusely when the girl suddenly planted her soft lips on his.
'Ehhhhh?!', he mentally screamed, totally surprised by what was happening. Chizuru was kissing him? The girl he fell for and that liked him too was doing that?
But while he thought about this, he started to reciprocate the kiss, putting his arms around Chizuru's waist to bring her closer, making a little moan escape from her.
'T-this is what kissing the person you l-love feels like? It's fantastic.', she thought, enjoying the kiss even more.
The young man was enjoying it too, even if he was tempted to put his tongue in while trying to not get too excited because of the lovely act and the soft feeling of the girl's chest against his.
And after other minutes of kissing, their lips detached from each other with a trickle of saliva between them while they looked at each other in the eyes, both of them totally red.
"D-did you like it?", she asked him shyly.
"Eh? Y-yeah, I liked it a lot. I totally forgot Mami's kiss thanks to this haha.", he replied awkwardly.
"Glad to hear it. Hearing that that woman tried to take advantage of you made me really angry.", she said, playing with a lock of her hair while looking away.
After she said that, there was a little silence between them until Kazuya asked her, "Umm, s-since we did this, wwill you become my real girlfriend?"
The question caught the girl by surprise, making her blush deeper. "Y-you idiot, don't ask me that so suddenly! Of course that I will be your real girlfriend!", she shouted, both embarrassed and happy.
And hearing that made Kazuya's eyes widen while a silly and happy smile appeared on his face; was what he just heard real? She was going to be his real girlfriend? Was this a dream?
He lightly slapped himself to be sure that this was real, making Chizuru worried. "W-What are you d-doing?"
He scratched the back of his head, "Haha, sorry. All ot this is so great that I thought to be dreaming. Oh yeah, now that I think, what will you do about your job?"
The chestnut eyes girl smiled at his silly behavior and replied, "About that, it's obvious that I can't continue to do it; now that I have a real boyfriend, I can't pass the time with other men. That means that I will leave Diamond to search for another job that can pay well enough to help my grandma with her medical bills. Plus…"
She got closer to him again, wrapping her arms around him again while blushing and looking at him sweetly . "Plus I would like to work together with my boyfriend."
"O-oh, hearing that makes me very happy. I wouldn't like at all that you hang out with other men.", he said, blushing just like her.
"And I would hate it that another girl tries to flirt with you or worse."
"Haha, don't worry about that. I don't t-think that I can attract other girls."
She giggled at that, "Hehe, that's good. Then I don't have to fear that someone steals you from me."
"Y-yeah, haha. Also, since we're now lovers and tomorrow we have to visit grandma Sayuri at that hospital, you won't charge me anything, right?"
In response, she smiled and kissed him again on the lips briefly before answering, "Of course, dummy. I'm not a rental anymore after all."
"Haha, yeah. I-I asked just to be sure.", he said, flustered because of how she kissed him again. And Chizuru was the same as him.
"Umm, K-Kazuya, could I sleep here tonight?"
"Ehhhh?!", he shouted, totally stunned.
"I-I just want to sleep with you tonight. D-don't think about funny ideas.", she told him, blushing and looking at him seriously.
"Umm, ok. I guess that it's fine.", he replied, making her smile happily.
So she stopped clinging on him and they took out two futons to sleep since it was very late and they had some lessons at the university the next morning. They were both nervous, but they laid down together on their futons anyways, with Chizuru hugging Kazuya while starting to sleep.
'He's so warm.', she thought, smiling and enjoying the warmth that her brand new boyfriend gave her.
hey're so soft.', he thought instead, feeling how her impressive breasts pressed against him despite she was wearing a sweater. He also noticed how beautiful she looked while she was sleeping, which prompted him to kiss her on the cheek and whispering her a nice "Good night, Chizuru." before closing his eyes as well.
"Good night you too, Kazuya.", she whispered as well, returning the kiss and clinging on him more while smiling blissfully.
The next morning, the sunlight rays woke the newborn couple from their sleep, with both of them waking up and greeting each other shyly: it was the first night that they slept together as lovers, so they were kinda flustered.
Anyways, the two of them got up and prepared together a little breakfast, with Chizuru doing her best to make some tamagoyaki for Kazuya, who savored it happily and made the girl smile.
After eating, Chizuru had to go back to her apartment to change into her Ichinose persona, telling Kazuya to go to university alone. Even if they were now lovers, he was technically the boyfriend of Chizuru Mizuhara. So it would be strange at the eyes of their friends that he would flirt or being sweet with Chizuru Ichinose, despite her being the same person.
That brought the young man to walk towards his university a little annoyed by this, noticing Kibe and Kuri in front of him at a certain point.
"Yo, guys.", he told them, changing his frown in a smile.
"Hmm? Oh, yo, Kazuya. What's up today, big idiot?", asked him Kibe, noticing his happy smile.
"Yeah, what's with that smile?", asked him a curious Kuri.
"Nothing, let's just say that Chizuru and I kissed each other pretty passionately yesterday.", he told them, making them gasp.
"W-what?! Don't tell m-me that you two did it!"
"If you lose your innocence, you will be cursed for the rest of your life!", told him instead Kuri, envious and crying comically.
"W-wait, it's not what you think. We just kissed each other and slept in the same futon at night. That's all.", he told them, sweatdropping.
"Stop flexing on us, you bastard! This is painful!", they exclaimed in a melodramatic way, causing Kazuya to sigh.
'I don't know who's the most stupid between me and them.', he thought, smacking them in the heads to make them stop making a scene.
The three of them then entered in the university for the start of the lessons, and when they entered in the classroom, Kazuya took notice of Mami while she was checking her phone.
He ignored her presence and simply took place together with his friends; as he and Chizuru were now lovers, he could care less about an ex that first dumped him and then kissed him casually while searching for a stupid bracelet. In his eyes, Mami just looked crazy after that.
In Chizuru's class instead, the young woman was happily chatting with her friends who asked her if she was interested in going with them to a karaoke to meet some guys. But the brunette said that she wasn't as she had already a boyfriend, so she didn't want to meet other guys.
Obviously her friends tried to ask her who was the lucky boy, driven by their curiosity, but Chizuru told them that it was a secret and she wouldn't tell them.
They frowned at that, not knowing that she didn't tell them that it was Kazuya for two reasons: he was supposed to be the boyfriend of her Mizuhara's alias and she wouldn't like that they flirted with him while making acquaintance.
'He's my first real boyfriend, so I can't help be jealous when he interacts with other girls.', she thought, giggling at her friends' disappointed expressions. One day, she would tell them everything about her and Kazuya.
Following some good hours of lesson, both Kazuya and Chizuru greeted their friends before going back to their apartments to change and go to visit Sayuri at the hospital. Kazuya simply changed his sweater with a light brown shirt and a black jacket upon it while Chizuru changed into her Mizuhara's persona and wore a pink blouse, a white skirt and a pair of red sandals.
And when Kazuya saw her with that outfit, he couldn't but blush. "How can you look so beautiful everytime?", he asked her, smiling.
"W-well, I have to look cute for my dear boyfriend somehow.", she replied, giggling and holding his hand to start to walk towards the hospital.
He complied and they left the apartment complex to walk together, attracting the looks of some people, especially the men's that looked envious of Kazuya.
'It's useless that you guys feel jealous. She's my real girlfriend, so screw you!', he thought, fighting the desire to smile smugly at those idiots that wanted to be in his place.
His girlfriend, on the other hand, ignored the looks and the comments of the people that saw them; now that she and Kazuya were a couple, she just wanted to pass the time with him as lovers. And the first step was to go to visit Sayuri to show her how much closer she and the boy were.
So after walking for a while, they finally arrived to the hospital, entered inside and climbed up the stairs to reach Sayuri's room.
"Grandma, are you awake?", asked Chizuru while entering in the room.
"Oh, Chizuru, Kazuya-kun! I'm happy to see you again!", replied the nice old lady while she was playing with her smartphone.
"H-hello, Grandma Sayuri. How is it going?", asked her the boy, waving at her.
"Hehe, I'm fine, Kazuya-kun. Take a seat, guys. I'm curious what you have you done recently."
Both young adults then sat down on two chairs very close to each other, which was quickly noticed by the old lady.
"Ara ara, I see that you two got closer to each other. Did anything good happen?", she asked them, giggling.
"W-well, let's say that Kazuya showed me again how much he loves me last night, and I-I did the same with him.", replied a blushing Chizuru, remembering the beautiful kisses they had together.
"Ohhh! I'm happy to hear that! I was right then; you're really a good boy for my little Chizuru, Kazuya-kun.", told him Sayuri, patting his head.
"Thank you, Grandma Sayuri. You must know also that I and Chizuru will try to find a place where we can work together. So I can help me too w-with your medical bills."
Hearing that left the two Ichinose women stunned while a big smile appeared on Sayuri's face and Chizuru blushed deeper.
"Kazuya…", mumbled the girl, fighting the urge to hug him instantly. But she was beaten by her grandma that asked the boy to get closer and hugged him as if he were her grandchild.
"You're really a nice boy, Kazuya-kun! This shows that Chizuru is in good hands hehe."
Said girl pouted, "Mouu, don't cling on my boyfriend that much, Grandma!"
Sayuri giggled and stopped hugging the boy, who got his arm hugged immediately by the brunette and blushed.
"If you're jealous for the fact I hug him, it's impossible that another girl steals him from you!", told her the old lady with a smile.
"You can stay sure that no other girl can steal my heart like Chi-Mmh?!"
The boy didn't end his sentence as the brunette planted her lips on his, kissing him sweetly while Sayuri said "Ara!"
"This was your reward for making my heart skip a beat again.", she told him after that their lips detached.
He simply smiled in response, despite the big blush on his face that was similar to hers. And Sayuri didn't miss the chance to snap a little photo of their lovely gesture to send it to Nagomi and her friends of course.
In fact, in a blitz, Kazuya's phone made a notification sound and he checked it.
"You and the princess love each very much. Well done, grandson!", was the content of the text he received, accompanied by the photo of the kiss.
Chizuru glanced at his phone, blushing and looking at the giggling Sayuri.
"Grandma!", exclaimed the girl, totally embarrassed to know that she and her boyfriend were going to be the subject of the hospital's gossip again. And Kazuya was just flustered as her, even if he chuckled a bit at her reaction.
An hour later, the couple left the hospital, since the time for the visit ended, greeting Sayuri and promising to come again.
"Haha, your grandma and mine are such pranksters. But I admit that seeing you all embarassed was cute.", he told her with a grin.
Chizuru pinched his cheek and blushed, "D-don't tease me, dummy! I will kiss you again otherwise!"
"That's not a bad threat haha.", he said, chuckling and making her blush again.
"A-anyways, since it's still afternoon, do you want to go somewhere together?", he asked her then, smiling awkwardly and offering his hand.
The girl looked at him with widen eyes and smiled at him while taking his hand, "Yeah, let's go to some clothes shops. I would like to try some clothes to see what you like the most. B-but nothing of too provocative, okay?"
"O-of course. Then let's go, Chizuru.", he replied, starting to walk with her towards the shopping district.
The young woman knew that her boyfriend was very attracted to her body, but it was still too early for them to start doing something less innocent. Still, she was happy that he looked at her in that way.
After all, she thought that he was cute too when she saw him shirtless during their summer holiday. And she was sure that if he started to work out, he would become even more attractive.
She just hoped that no other girl would try to steal him from her in that case, which was one of her biggest worries together with what workplace would be good for both of them to work together. But now she could forget those worries for a while and enjoy her date with her first real girlfriend. And if her blissful smile was any indication, she totally looked forward to that just like to the other future dates that they would have together.