Eriri, long ago, walked out of her past thanks to Kaito's persuasion.
She no longer liked Aki Tomoya, but faced with her childhood friend's request, she still agreed.
After all, they still had to be friends, and besides, Aki Tomoya almost knelt in front of her begging, so it was hard for her to refuse.
Afterwards, she joined a club to make a game together, and for this, she even brought in Kasumigaoka Utaha and Katou Megumi.
Yes, that's right, the plot still happened.
Now, at this time, school had also started. (A/N: the year, month, and day times vary between worlds)
Then...
Just yesterday during lunch break, with nothing better to do, Eriri decided to continue drawing her manga. Since she hadn't shown the plot to anyone and had nothing else to do.
But as she drew, she got carried away.
Really, the male lead she drew was just too fitting her psychological needs...
But just at that moment!
Utaha, who had finished lunch and was bored, also came. She was half an hour late, but she stood behind Eriri for a full half hour.
During that half hour, Utaha marveled at Eriri's drawing skills. Fortunately, Eriri hadn't colored yet, and since she was in a good state, there was no need for corrections.
So, as Eriri continuously drew line after line, Utaha understood some of the plot and also discovered that Eriri was a doujinshi artist!
"Eriri, I never expected... your drawing skills to be so impressive."
"!!!"
Eriri had just finished drawing 10 pages and was preparing to refine them when Utaha's words scared her so much she almost died on the spot.
But in fact, at this moment, Eriri really did want to die.
Because she was socially dead!
Of all people, it had to be Utaha who found out!!
"Thanks for the compliment. So, do you have something? If not, I should be going. There's only half an hour left until class, right!?"
Saying this, Eriri quickly packed up the finished pages, hurriedly shoved them into a folder, preparing to skedaddle.
Unfortunately, Utaha slapped her hand onto the folder, clearly not intending to let her go.
Having finally caught some embarrassing past of Eriri, how could she just let it go?
Wouldn't she want to have a little fun with it?
"Tell me... isn't the female lead inside a bit like me?"
"Are you dreaming? How could I possibly draw you!"
"Oh my, but whether it's the hairstyle, the temperament, or the figure, isn't it very similar to me?"
"You... you..."
Bullshit!
Eriri just couldn't get that word out.
The reason?
Although the female lead's template was drawn using Sayuri, everyone knows Sayuri's situation. So, Eriri added some touches to it.
This made the female lead in the picture look younger and have a better figure...
At first glance, she really seemed to be of the same type as Utaha!?
"Hehe, can't refute, right? Come on, why did you use me as a template for the female lead? And that lively girl, is that supposed to be you?"
Even without the plot, as a writer, how could she not understand the imagery inside.
It was clearly a love triangle where the male lead secretly loves the female lead, and the lively girl is fiercely pursuing the male lead.
The problem was that the male lead here was just too handsome, so handsome that even she wanted to beg Eriri for authorization to use this male lead as the male lead in her novel...
Perhaps it was for this reason, besides wanting to tease Eriri a bit, Utaha also had this thought.
She didn't know how Eriri imagined him, or if she had really seen such a handsome guy and used him as a template for drawing.
But based on her speculation, it was probably some handsome guy being used as the protagonist.
Don't ask why, ask that it's women's intuition.
And sometimes, women's intuition really is quite accurate.
"Me? No, no, it's completely not me."
When it came to the blonde girl being herself, Eriri directly shook her head and denied it.
Because this blonde girl was Sayuri's former love rival.
But...
It did seem to look like her?
"Is that so?"
Utaha had an expression of "I don't believe your nonsense", and directly sat on the desk, looking at Eriri with a meaningful smile.
She knew that Eriri liked Aki Tomoya.
It's just that this otaku, Aki Tomoya, didn't notice?
He was single-mindedly pursuing the most perfect and wonderful 'game' in his mind.
Thanks to that, Utaha also had a headache. She admitted that she had good feelings for Aki Tomoya.
So, getting this manga, as a writer, Utaha instantly imagined a lot of plots.
Among them, the plot she thought was most reliable was that Eriri used the three of them as templates for her drawings!
The female lead was her, Utaha, the second female lead was Eriri, and Aki Tomoya was the male lead?
As the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It's understandable to draw the male lead a bit handsomer to satisfy one's fantasies.
Unfortunately...
Utaha was indeed very good at imagining, but she guessed completely wrong.
Aki Tomoya?
What is Aki Tomoya compared to this!
Ever since meeting Kaito, Eriri had suddenly lost interest in many boys!
Compared to all kinds of handsome guys on TV and such, compared to Kaito...
Oh no, comparing them to Kaito would be an insult to Kaito. What right do they have to be compared to Kaito?
He is not only handsome but also gives her a huge sense of security, and his combat ability is very strong!!
Those ordinary young idols are just maggots compared to him~
"Alright, I'm not going to talk to you anymore. I need to leave. Please let go, okay, senior?"
"Hehehe, what if I say no? By the way, I just recorded a video."
"!!!"
Her body couldn't help but tremble. Knowing that her leverage was in Utaha's hands, Eriri ground her teeth and squeezed out the word "despicable".
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, who told you to draw so seriously that you didn't even notice me coming."
"But well... if you agree to one thing for me, I'll delete the video. What do you think?"
Video?
No matter how dark-bellied Utaha was, she wouldn't do that, because she knew Eriri's personality very well.
Besides, she had a favor to ask of Eriri, so she naturally wouldn't go that far.
"Tell me, what is it?"
Eriri narrowed her eyes and stared at Utaha for a while, then finally couldn't help but sigh and compromise.
Facing her, Eriri really felt powerless to counterattack.
"First thing, I want to see the entire content you've drawn. Second thing, I'm willing to spend money to buy the rights to this male lead from you."
"???"
'Didn't you say it was one thing?'
'And why have you set your sights on my male lead!?'