PINK & HABANERO GN (2025)

"I want a boyfriend too!" Mai, who has no skill talking to boys and less experience with love, meets Kei Kurose when she starts high school, but the wrong sort of sparks fly-Kei might be a super good-looking guy, but he treats girls like trash. Mai has no patience for his rude attitude, but when she coincidentally discovers his secret part time job, she might just have to learn to keep his trust!??

Mugi's been doing the best to keep the secret of Kurose Kei's part time job, so she should be the only girl at school who knows the aloof pretty boy spends his evenings serving parfaits and tea while dressed as a knight! But one day, Mugi receives an anonymous, threatening letter ordering her to stay away from Kei. And once he finds out, boy, does it ever tick him off! Looks like Kei's the only one allowed to push Mugi around!

Mugi has kept Kurose's secret long enough that now she is part of it! Kurose has asked her to take a part-time job of her own and help out at the cosplay cafe where he secretly works after school. That means she gets to enjoy seeing the usually curt Kurose working in his gallant knight mode! But when the shift is over, it's right back to friction and fighting for Mugi and Kurose… or is it!?

Mugi's finally made a move on Kurose! She mustered the courage to ask him out and got a shocking 'yes' in reply! But on the day of, it looks like their lovely date is dead in the water when they get into a fight in an aquarium… Up until an irate Kurose blurts out 'But I just can't hate you!' and Mugi replies 'Well, I really, really like you!' Did she just stumble into making a life changing confession!?