A man's charm and confidence are often a result of mutual influence, moving from the outside in and then back out.
After noticing the changes in herself, Naga's voice even became more energetic when greeting her colleagues. While helping Seto Asaka move things, she noticed Asaka constantly glancing at her from the side, and Naga felt an immense sense of satisfaction.
The woman had an almost mosquito-like sensitivity to a man's appearance, which made her excitedly scrutinize him. This showed that his increased charm was not just wishful thinking on his part.
That's enough!
He spent half the morning composing himself, and as soon as he entered the restaurant at lunchtime, he began looking for Tabe Yua.
He had to cultivate the image of a gentle and approachable older brother. Giving himself a pep talk, Naga wiped the sweat from his brow and prepared to charge straight at his target as soon as he found it.
Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, don't be nervous... Oh! Suddenly, he was patted on the shoulder, which startled him so much that he almost dropped the tray he was carrying onto the bald head of the uncle in front of him.
"Can't find a seat, Yumeno-kun? Come and eat with us, don't be shy." The voice was soft and sweet like a child's, with a slightly alluring nasal tone. It was Matsushima Kae at the reception desk, Naga's subjective ranking of the company's number one beauty.
As for objective factors, putting aside personality, Fujibayashi Asami could easily be ranked among the top three in this luxurious office building full of beautiful women. Her exquisite features, which resembled those of a mixed-race person, her hot and flamboyant sexy figure, and her charming demeanor that always looked at people with watery eyes and never gave them a second glance were enough to make the men in the building restless.
Unfortunately, no one succeeded. Gradually, the focus of the gossip shifted from what kind of men she liked to when she became Keiko Kuroki's possession. After that, the woman was overjoyed, and the man was filled with sighs.
He stopped the pointless comparisons in his mind, glanced over, and saw that Yui wasn't there. He naturally sat down next to Kae and casually asked, "Isn't Matsushima-senpai with her companions?"
Kae's fair cheeks immediately flushed with rouge. She quickly waved her hand and said earnestly, "Don't call me senpai, just call me Matsushima. I... I only arrived a little over a week earlier than you."
Huh? She only arrived this early? So that means it wasn't her who was lured to bed and played with by the rich young master?
Seemingly sensing what he was thinking, Kae showed a somewhat helpless expression, "Ah... you must have mistaken Haruya-nee's situation for mine. She resigned because she was heartbroken over that man. I was able to get into this company by taking over her job."
"Well... you didn't have time to make any friends either." Women's circles are already difficult to accept new female members, let alone such a beautiful young girl.
"Yeah." Kae looked a little disappointed. "So I'm really envious of you, a newcomer, who can chat so naturally with Shimokawa-senpai and Koga-senpai."
"What's there to envy? Am I that hard to approach?" Hearing that tired yet lively voice, you knew that Shimokawa Miku had made her appearance.
Isn't this woman usually out in the office eating nice meals with those beauties from HR? Why is she down here today? Naga looked at her strangely, only to be met with a cold glare. Hey, hey…
Are you going to hold a grudge against me for what happened in my dream? Besides... you were clearly enjoying it in the dream.
"Ah, that's not what I meant. It's just... I just feel so useless. Even though I'm the one with the most free time, I can't even make any friends. Well, maybe everyone else is just too busy."
Perhaps because Miku was, after all, someone close to Kuroki, Kae explained in an almost fearful tone.
However, it's clear from her eyes that Miku harbors obvious hostility towards Kae.
This kind of battle between women is clearly not suitable for men to get involved, so Naga wisely touched her nose and started eating.
What followed was a dull conversation between two young women who had no liking for each other whatsoever; anyone with experience of eavesdropping would know how terrible this was.
If arguments between couples can be called a "battleground," then the current situation is not far from being a "battleground hell."
However, Kae and Miku would occasionally ask Naga a question, and he could only mumble "uh-huh" with his mouth full of food to get through it, while also being careful not to nod at the wrong person.
Ah... I should go and chat up Yua. I wouldn't want Miku to suddenly show up and cause trouble for a high school girl I don't know at all.
But speaking of which... is this woman jealous?
With her confidence slightly boosted, Naga began to seriously consider this possibility.