And Yet, You Are So Sweet

Maaya Kisaragi, 16 years old, finally confessed to her crush…only to be flatly rejected and ridiculed on social media after. To make matters worse, the most popular guy in her grade, Chigira-kun, overheard her despondent muttering about the whole thing. But instead of making fun of her, he comforts her…and proposes an odd solution to her heartbreak!

Maaya has her first confession of love she ever made in her life crash and burn. Just as she’s experiencing heartbreak over it, the school’s most popular, good-looking guy, Chigira-kun, turns to her and proposes that she pretend to have one-sided feelings for him. It originally starts where she promises to never fall for him, but day by day, Chigira-kun is just so sweet and kind that Maaya really does begin to feel something real…! It’s then that Maaya decides to call off their little game because she’s not allowed to fall for him any more than she already has!?

Maaya is over the moon as she pretends to have one-sided feelings for the coolest boy in school, Chigira-kun. However, Chigira-kun is ready to take things to the next level and proposes that they pretend to mutually like each other…! Maaya tries her hardest to become a wonderful girlfriend, but she’s already on the ropes because Chigira-kun is just too sweet to her?! Just how far is she allowed to take things as Chigira-kun’s girlfriend?!!

“I wish that he would really fall in love with me…” Maaya spends every day of her live with a racing heartbeat now that her pretend one-sided feelings with the coolest guy in school, Chigira-kun, have been upgraded to both of them pretending to like each other. Maaya can’t bring herself to fully rely on Chigira-kun for some reason, but that’s when Chigira-kun plays his ace in the hole! He proposes that they pretend to be newlyweds…?!

“I want more of you, Chigira-kun!” Maaya and Chigira-kun have upgraded her game of pretend one-sided feelings to pretend mutual attraction. Each and every blissful day makes Maaya feel more intensely about Chigira-kun. During all of that, Chigira-kun attempts to kiss her, and it throws Maaya into complete chaos. Then, she decides to join in on this group trip with others as she wishes to get closer to Chigira-kun, but somehow she ends up triggering an incident…?!

Their happy little game of pretend mutual feelings ends at last! Maaya and Chigira-kun became much closer during their summer vacation trip, but… a photo taken of them together at the summer festival makes the rounds all over school, and now all eyes are on the pair!

Let’s make all the things we want to do come true together! The pair graduated from pretending and finally became a real couple. Maaya, who feels confused in her first relationship with reciprocated feelings, is told by Chigira-kun that he doesn’t have enough of her! He proposes that they pretend kiss?! This is the culture festival arc full of events!!!

“I really want to hear his voice…” Since she started dating Chigira-kun, Maaya has been able to get used to their mutual feelings for each other little by little. However, a girl named Fukumori-san, who was Chigira-kun’s classmate in middle school, suddenly approaches Maaya…! Tezuka also gets dragged into it, leading to a complicated love square!

“It’s a symbol that I’m Chigira-kun’s girlfriend.” Maaya promised to be by Chigira-kun’s side forever after receiving a ring from him on her birthday, which they spent alone together. Because she’s always receiving happiness from Chigira-kun, Maaya is worried about how to return the same happiness to him. So, she comes up with the idea of inviting Tezuka-kun to the Christmas party being held at the Chigira home. This is a Christmas story that continues late into the night!!

“I’m so excited about it, too.” The Christmas party that Maaya held in order to get Tezuka-kun and Chigira-kun to make up ended in failure, but Chigira-kun remembered the promise he made a long time ago to go on a trip with her… Is this her first overnight trip with Chigira-kun?!

“I can do my best because I wanna be with Chigira-kun,” thinks Maaya, who’s become a third-year student. Surprisingly, she ends up participating in the sports day’s key event—the relay race. Maaya’s at a loss since she can’t lean on the busy Chigira-kun as the event nears. However, her classmate, Azumin, volunteers to coach her. Just what is Azumin aiming to do by suddenly getting close to her like that?!

“I’ll always be a Chigira exclusive Kisaragi!!” Maaya’s a participant in the sports day relay race. She does her best doing special training with Tezuka-kun as her coach, but she just can’t get into practicing with Chigira-kun touching her. Maaya suggests that they hold back from kissing until after the relay race. On sports day, Chigira-kun suddenly ends up in the relay race as a substitute runner. He’ll face Tezuka-kun as the anchor…!

“That’s ‘cause I’m a pro at being by your side!!” They’re plunged straight into entrance exam season! Since Chigira-kun’s grandfather is a politician, he wants Chigira-kun to continue his legacy. Because of that, Chigira-kun hasn’t been able to tell his grandfather that he wants to go to medical school. His grandfather tells him to break up with Maaya in order to become a politician…!

“…but I’m not mentally prepared!!” Plunged into study mode for entrance exams, Maaya is worried because of the decrease in time she spends with Chigira-kun. Azumi-kun’s teasing and meddling are on her mind, so things are awkward when she’s finally able to spend time alone with Chigira-kun. But the trains get stalled due to a power outage, so it’s hard for her to go home. The two end up staying together at a hotel…