*Knock!* *Knock!*
"Who is it?"
Utaha was a bit nervous since it would be her first time to do a book sign event. Last night, she thought about a lot of things such as whether there wouldn't be anyone who would come to the event or it would be full. She hoped it would be full of people since she wanted her debut to be successful.
"It's me."
Hearing this voice, Utaha became excited and said, "Come inside."
Entering the room, he twitched his lips when he saw Utaha was about to wear her stocking. Taking a deep breath since her legs were very beautiful being covered by smooth black stocking, he was wondering who gave birth to this temptress.
"What are you doing?"
Haru closed the door since he didn't want anyone to see this scene.
Smiling, Utaha said, "I'm wearing my stocking."
Shaking his head, Haru asked, "How are you feeling? Are you nervous?"
Hearing his question, Utaha felt relaxed, but at the same time, she wanted to tease him. "I'm fine. Unlike some people who have a lot of free time. I'm quite busy with both studying and being a writer."
"If you say that then I'll go back now." Haru was about to go out, but he was stopped.
"No! Don't go!"
Utaha hurriedly stood up and hugged his waist. She looked at him and said, "Don't leave me alone, alright? I'm sorry for saying something like that. I'm quite nervous."
Looking at Utaha for a while, Haru said, "Alright, I've promised you to become your bodyguard after all."
Utaha didn't let him go and wanted to keep looking at him. But then she realized her mistake and hurriedly let go of him. She felt a bit regret and at the same time, she wanted to take a photo together with him, but she was too embarrassed to ask him.
Taking out his smartphone, Haru said. "You'll become a famous novelist in the future, can we take a picture together?"
"Alright, you're my first fan after all. I'll give you some privilege and you can use it as your family heirloom," Utaha said with a smile.
Haru was speechless since the mouth of this girl was too poisonous. He wanted to kiss her to shut that mouth, but he decided to hold back. Moving closer, he took a picture together with Utaha.
"You should take more photos since this will be your only chance to take a picture with a famous novelist," Utaha said since she wanted more photos with him.
Ignoring her words, Haru hugged her waist to make her closer.
"W, what are you doing??"
Blushing, Utaha didn't expect such bold action from him.
"I want to take a photo of my family heirloom, is that alright?" Haru asked with a smile.
Utaha chuckled and felt a bit shy, but she didn't mind it. "Alright, send it to my email later. I need to see whether the result is good or not."
"Yeah, I will share it with you later."
They were taking a picture for a while until they heard the door being knocked on by someone.
*Knock! *Knock!*
"Shi-chan, it's time! You have to get ready," Machida said and opened the door. She saw both Haru and Utaha were really close to each other which somehow made her felt bitter when she thought that she was single.
"............"
Suddenly the atmosphere turned awkward.
"So... what are the two of you doing?"
"N - nothing, let's go," Utaha said with a blush.
Haru only smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
Machida sighed and told them to get ready since the book sign event was about to start.
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Standing beside Utaha, Haru could see a line of people who had bought her book. Even though the number of people wasn't that much, it was good enough for the newcomer since it wasn't that rare for the event to be emptied unless the one who held the event was a famous writer. It might be because of his promotion on his social media that the number of people at the event was quite a lot and he was glad about that.
The other factor would be because Utaha was beautiful and she was a high school student which was also why her book was quite popular at the beginning.
Haru started to think that as long as it was related to a high school girl, everything would be sold quite easily such as panties, stockings, etc. But it was also the reason why he needed to guard Utaha well since it wouldn't be strange if there was a pervert who came to this event and he didn't want this girl to be molested.
The event was started and the people who had bought Utaha's book started to walk in line to get the sign from Utaha.
"Please, sign my book!!"
"Yes, thank you for your support."
Utaha smiled and signed her book. She was happy that many people bought her book. Her smile was really sincere this time and she understood that the result of the event was quite good. She also knew that if Haru didn't help to promote her book then it might not be able to get this result. Thinking for a while, she thought that she should give him a reward after the event.
Haru didn't know what Utaha was thinking since he was fully focussed on his job to protect her. He was ready to stop any man who tried to take advantage of Utaha or messed up the event, but for now, he was glad that no one seemed to try to do something strange during this event.
But then there was a problem...
"Can you please give me your phone number? I won't do anything strange with it!"
Utaha wanted to feel disgusted, but she held herself looking at the man in front of her and said, "I'm sorry, but that is something private to me."
"No! Please, I won't do anything strange just please give it to me!"
This person wanted to jump on Utaha but he was stopped by the black suit man beside her.
"Please stop your actions, or we will call the police."
Haru glared at him under his sunglasses and grabbed his shoulders very hard. He was ready to punch him if this guy continued.
The man felt threatened by Haru and his shoulder felt very hurt being grabbed by him.
"I know, I know, please, let go of me!!"
"No, you need to get out first," Haru said.
The man couldn't do anything and he was also scared by this bodyguard. He could only nod and leave the event.
"Thank you," Utaha said while looking at Haru. She sighed in relief when he was beside her and she loved the feeling of being protected by him.
"My job is to protect your safety. You don't need to worry."
Utaha smiled and asked, "Do you want to become my bodyguard for life?"
Haru was surprised since this girl suddenly proposed to him.
"That's a very tempting offer, but what can you give me? You don't even pay me a cent to guard you in this event."
"Don't you think that staying with me is your best reward?" Utaha asked with a smile.
"Don't say something nonsense, you should continue your event, your fans are waiting," Haru said to change the topic.
"Hmph!"
Utaha wanted to scold him coward, but she held herself since there was a female fan in front of her. She could see that this female fan was looking at Haru which somehow annoyed her.
"Let me sign your book!"
Utaha wanted to chase her way as soon as possible.
Shaking his head, Haru thought that it was a bit funny to see what had happened in front of him. Then suddenly a female fan who bought Utaha's book suddenly gave him a note with a contact number right in front of Utaha.
"............."
Utaha was speechless and stole that note before continuing to the event. She started to wonder who was the bodyguard between her and Haru since she also needed to protect him from a lot of thieving cats in front of her!