Ai Nara Sunao de Areba Ii

Yoshioka is handsome, capable, and popular around the office. One day, he discovers a phone left behind in the company restroom. When he glances at the unlocked screen, he is stunned to find a BL novel posted online—one that clearly uses him as the model for its protagonist. Even more shocking, the phone belongs to Toyoda, a plain, stubbornly earnest colleague. “Don’t tell me he… likes me?” Now painfully aware of Toyoda’s feelings, Yoshioka finds himself both irritated and flustered that someone would go so far as to write a novel inspired by him. Yet rather than confront the situation, he does nothing—until he orchestrates a night together at an inn during a business trip, intending it to be nothing more than a one-off fling. “Are you asking me out?” Toyoda’s quiet question leaves Yoshioka utterly undone. What follows is a turbulent, back-and-forth encounter that ignites Yoshioka’s perfectionist pride. Determined to maintain control, he resolves to be the ultimate uke. A BL novel penned by a mysterious online writer—because the uke is modeled after me, that means he loves me, right? This is a chaotic romantic comedy of crossed signals and stubborn egos, featuring a plain, unsociable, mousey man and a gorgeous, adored, outgoing one. Originally published under the title *Ai Nara Ichizu de Areba Ii.*