“So isn’t it your fault for finding them annoying and not being more patient?”

“No, you see…the thing is, I don’t really need a girlfriend. I just need someone to fuck. The girls I’ve broken up with want commitment, but I never said I’d offer them that! I’m sorry they got the wrong idea. I’d really rather not have them get all weird on me, so I’m obviously not going to get all lovey-dovey am I?”

Yuichi did have a point. Once, a girl he was dating became obsessed with the idea that they were meant to be. When he moved on, she started stalking him, which eventually progressed into the girl breaking into his bedroom at night to strangle him, thinking that if she couldn’t have him, then no one else would either. In the end, he had to move, change his phone numbers—it must have cost a fair bit of money. Yuichi had probably led her on, so it was likely that he got what he deserved. Of course when Kanae had heard the story he had felt a little sorry for Yuichi…after having a good laugh about it.

“There’s no way I’m going to put up with those types. They’re not really the type of girl anyone would want to sleep with anyway. And Kanae—I’m pretty much banned from attending those singles parties. I suppose that if I did go, then I’d just take all the girls anyway, so I can understand why they’d want to keep them all to themselves.”

This kind of positive thinking was one of Yuichi’s admirable points, but one could see how it also made him supremely annoying.

“So, you know, I think it would be nice to have a steady girlfriend. One who understands me. Then I’d be able to fuck her whenever I wanted.”

“Yuichi, do you only date girls because you’re horny?”

Yuichi pulled a strange face.

“You mean…there’s another reason, other than sex, to go out with a girl?”

This asshole was entirely serious. Kanae sighed and shrugged.

“Yuichi, have you ever truly fallen in love with someone?”

“I like a girl when I’m in bed with her. But otherwise, they’re so irritating. Girls are best when they don’t talk, otherwise they only sound like idiots.”

A rather unfair assessment of the female species, so to speak, because the only girls who would date someone like Yuichi weren’t that bright to begin with. There were lots of shallow girls in the world, of course, but Yuichi refused to believe that there were any exceptions. Kanae managed to refrain from speaking his mind.

“Argh! I don’t care if they’re annoying or plain, I just need a girl who isn’t going to turn into a stalker on me. I need to get laid now!”

“There’s no way that’s going to happen.” Kanae smirked.

There was nothing left to do but give up. Kanae stood up to return his food tray. Lunchtime would be over in five minutes, but when he got back to his seat, Yuichi was still holding his coffee, taking his time.