I am that male friend in the harem story

Shibuya. 

At the bookstore, Ishigami walked under the guidance of the staff, searching for books about taxes and other related matters. While the staff was gentle and kind, she kept glancing at him from time to time. 

"Here is a shelf where you can search for all the related books." 

"Thank you." 

"If you need help, please tell me. Oh, how about we exchange our LINE so you can ask me better." 

"Sumi-san, don't forget that you have to work! Don't flirt with a handsome guy all the time!" 

"Shut up!" 

"..." 

Ishigami realized the feeling of a beautiful girl who was often hit by men on the street all the time. While the gender was reversed, he realized that when a handsome man appeared, the girls also reacted the same way as the guys. 

"Yuu!" 

Unfortunately, the female staff was too late since Onodera came and hugged Ishigami tightly before she looked at the staff with a hostile gaze. 

"....your girlfriend?" 

While it was hard to swallow, the female staff asked with a regretful expression. 

"Yes." Ishigami nodded softly as he hugged Onodera on his arm.

The female staff took a deep breath and said, "Please enjoy yourselves. If you need more help, please call me." Bowing her head, she then left, leaving tears of regret. 

Still, Onodera snorted before she looked at her boyfriend in a daze. 

"You sure came earlier." 

Yet, she didn't react to his words and kept staring at him. 

He looked like that gentle and bookish guy with short, messy bangs that made him appear energetic and warm. 

Wearing a long sleeve-striped light blue and white Oxford shirt, boxy fit, grey ankle smart pants, a tote bag, and also ASICS Gel-Kayano 14, the moment he walked into the city, many kept staring at him, and naturally, his girlfriend couldn't take her eyes too. 

Gulping, Onodera felt her throat dry for some reason. 

"...stop looking at me with such pervy eyes." 

Ishigami wondered why it felt like his girlfriend was the pervy one. 

"Yuu, let's get glasses later. I want to see you with glasses." 

As for being told he was pervy, Onodera didn't care about it anymore, especially when the two of them kissed each other, and sometimes, she even touched his 19 cm "accidentally," so he knew well that she was a pervert. 

"Okay." 

When he looked at his appearance in the mirror before, he felt that it might be bad to wear glasses. While his eyes were perfect, wearing glasses would make his appearance even more perfect. He was a gentle guy who swooned at women with his gentleness and intellect. 

His grade might not be the best, but glasses would make him smart. 

While his reason was shallow, he knew that he would spend a long time with Onodera today, and as long as they had fun, it didn't matter. 

"By the way, you also are beautiful, Rei." 

Unlike her usual school uniform, Onodera dressed in her casual clothes, and from her style, it was easy to tell that she was in an easy style with a dark upper cold shoulder top that showed her round, white shoulders and high-waisted tight jeans that showed the shape of her slender legs, and smooth hips along with heels that made her white, small feet appear beautiful. 

While Ishigami felt worried for her as she wore heels, he also knew a woman's struggle to become beautiful was real. Even if her feet hurt, she would grit her teeth to be seen as beautiful, so all he could do was praise her and think that they shouldn't move around too much later so her feet would be okay, and fortunately, her heels weren't that high, so it should be okay.

Still, her slender, long legs were beautiful, he thought. 

"...." 

However, Onodera felt that her heart stopped when she heard his praise and gentle smile. Taking a deep breath, she looked around for a while and felt speechless by how many people kept staring at her boyfriend. "Yuu, can we stop at the toilet? I want to kiss you." 

"...." 

"Be patient." 

Kissing her cheek, Ishigami then focused on the book in his hand, reading it for a while to determine whether he should buy it or not since he had to say the price of the book in this country wasn't low. 

'If there is a second-hand book, it will be better.' 

Unfortunately, he wasn't sure where it was, and as he tried to search for a tax, the newest and latest book would be the best. 

Still, after being kissed, Onodera kissed his cheek, too, then linked her arm against his and leaned on him. 

"What are you looking at?" 

"Tax." 

"Tax? Really?" Onodera was dumbfounded and realized that she was within many complicated book aisles. She had been too focused on her boyfriend, so she didn't realize where they were. "Why do you want to learn about taxes?" She looked around cautiously and asked, "Do your parents wish to avoid tax?" 

"Baka (Idiot)!" Ishigami looked at his silly girlfriend and asked, "Have you ever thought about the possibility that your boyfriend wants to become an accountant or something?" 

"Eh? You want to become an accountant?" Onodera was dumbfounded. 

"No." 

"Then, why?" 

"I want to make a business." 

"Huh? Really? What kind?" 

"Probably, a food. Just think of it as an experiment or something." 

Somehow, this conversation made her interested, and she talked about business with him. Her parents were also business owners, after all, and in this country, frankly, it wasn't easy to do business. 

Well, in many places, it was hard to do business, but what was important for business was to bring something that was needed by people. 

Even if it wasn't needed, they needed to make others believe that it was needed. 

It was like a diamond, that brilliant stone that was meaningless in everyday life, but somehow, it had become a symbol of love for one to get married due to marketing. 

Ishigami knew that he wasn't so smart that he could create new technology, and frankly, if he talked about business, he was more into a business that was sure-fire and impossible to fail like those who were needed in life like power, water, food, transportation, and even spices. 

Unfortunately, those types of businesses had been monopolized and taken control by those with high positions, like the Shinomiya Family. 

If Ishigami wanted to become different, then he had to make a new breakthrough in the industry, like Tesla with its innovation of electric car, or Apple with a smartphone, but as he didn't have such a possibility to do so, he had to take another route, which was more stable and easy, especially when he had "Delicious" and "Eyes of Wealth" abilities. More importantly, a food business was impossible to monopolize due to how chaotic its nature was. 

One time, a business boomed, but then another time, a business doomed. 

However, in the end, what was necessary for a food business was to be delicious, and for him to have a "Delicious" ability, everything should be okay. 

Still, Ishigami looked at his girlfriend and never thought that she paid attention to a business that much, but then again, considering her family should have been wealthy for many generations, he knew the way her family educated her was also different. 

While her family gave her generous pocket money, they also told her to watch out since every family business must have many bank debts. It was possible for every business to go bankrupt; even the Shinomiya Group also wasn't immune to it, so the only way to protect themselves was to teach them a sense of danger from childhood so that way, they could protect their family wealth and continue their comfortable life. 

Still, there was an exception, who spent their days in debauchery and caused trouble for their family, too. 

"But it isn't like I will do it now." 

"That's true. You don't have to start a business now, especially when your grade isn't that promising."

"...you sure know how to poke when it hurts." 

Onodera laughed and kissed his cheek happily. "Sorry, sorry, but your face has become more handsome now. You don't wear make-up, right?" While it was strange that some men had worn make-up to make their appearance better, when she touched his cheek, she was surprised that it was all natural. "Huh? It's all natural!" 

"Isn't that good?" 

"But how?" Onodera felt a bit jealous. She was happy that her boyfriend was handsome, but when she felt his skin condition, she felt a bit jealous since she needed to wear make-up, but he didn't. 

"Maybe because I am happy that I am going on a date with you." Ishigami simply said nonsense to make her quiet. 

"...." Onodera blinked her eyes, then hugged him tightly. "I love you." 

Patting her head softly, Ishigami knew that this could give him a few minutes of silence. 

"Please say you love me too!" 

Ishigami looked at Onodera for a moment, kissing her hair softly, and whispered, "I love you, Rei." 

Onodera was in a daze before she hugged him tightly, burying her face against his chest. 

In that quiet moment, Ishigami rubbed Onodera's arm and used this quiet chance to take the book he was interested in before he was ready to go to the cashier to pay, but when he was about to walk, his eyes were attracted to a single book. 

'The art of drawing...'

He thought for a while and decided to take it, too. 

"You are going to buy that too?" 

Onodera saw her boyfriend taking another book, and she prepared to take her wallet to buy all of them for him. 

"...I will buy them myself. Keep your money for later." 

Watching how eager Onodera was to pay for him, Ishigami realized that it might be better for him to become a gigolo, considering how easy it was to make money. Like a beautiful girl who could have an easy life just because of their beautiful appearance, a handsome guy could also do the same. 

As he quietly paid for his books, Onodera looked at him for a while, then decided to take photos. Frankly, before, she had taken a lot of his photos when he quietly read books, but more was better, right? 

Still, watching how handsome his boyfriend was, she wanted to show off somehow. 

"Yuu, can I upload some photos on my Instagram?" 

"Do it." 

"Thanks~!" 

As Onodera uploaded their photo together to the bookstore and added some captions to it, she showed it off on her Instagram story. As expected, she didn't have to wait too long, and there were many responses instantly.

Girls were like this. They had nothing to do. 

Well, men aren't much different, though. 

Still, at the same time, when Ishigami was about to pay, his smartphone also vibrated, but when he saw the one who called and also sent him chats, he decided to put it down and looked at Onodera, feeling a bit regretful to give her permission to upload their photo on her Instagram, but let's just focus on improving himself. 

First, the body. 

The second is the mind. 

Then, the third will be money. 

As for the last, if he was lucky, he hoped to get more rewards from various heroines. 

"Is it done, Yuu?" 

"Yeah." Ishigami nodded. "Let's start our date."

"Um~!" 

This was his first date with his girlfriend, so let's focus on having a happy time with the two.