2. Haruka Tohgoh (27)
3. Tohgoh works in the PR department of an electronics company. Her peers at the office fear her as "Tohgoh the Troll," but She turns into a hard bottom when it comes to relationships. She used to be in bed with Sayama, but broke up after an argument and is now nothing more than her boss at work. Often orders pasta for lunch.
4. Friends with Benefits
5. Change!!
6. Rika Sayama (25)
7. A new addition to the PR department. Cheerful, wholesome, and all-around lovable in public, but a domineering freak in bed. She cut off her relationship with Tohgoh and now only sees her at the office. Prefers a huge lunch but usually orders something small out of embarrassment. Has an older sister-in-law.
8. Change!!
9. Mutual Feelings
10. Hitomi Arimura (36)
11. Head of the Project Management department and Tohgoh's former boss. She gave up on love after going through a divorce, but has chosen to accept Hinami's affections.
12. Yuki Hinami (22)
13. A newcomer to the Project Management department. She's good at her job but not very friendly and is often misunderstood. Hinami is the first person she's ever fallen in love with, the feeling turned out to be mutual.
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
2. Tohgoh and Sayama return from their holiday only to bump into Seira, Sayama's sister-in-law. Tohgoh is surprised that Sayama's sister is a lawyer, but couldn't help but notice Sayama's odd behavior. She leaves them be and heads home, but finds herself puzzled at a question Sayama had for her previously. Sayama goes home with Seira, but doesn't seem pleased with her sister-in-law's visit. Seira remarks, "I'm surprised you found someone like Tohgoh-san."
3. "TWO YEARS."
4. "OUR PROMISE IS..."
5. "Two years. Our promise is for two years. Don't forget your duty."
6. ...Seira tells her emphatically, then leaves her abruptly. Sayama is left clinging to souvenirs she collected with Tohgoh, her heart filled with indescribable emotions.
7. "YOU STAY FOR TOO LONG, YOU'RE TOO INCESSANT, AND REALLY IRRITATING!"
8. "CAN YOU JUST STOP ONCE I'VE CLIMAXED?!"
9. The next day, Tohgoh becomes increasingly worried about Sayama's unusual behavior, but Sayama appears to be blatantly avoiding her. Puzzled, Tohgoh decides to go directly to Sayama's home, as suggested by Hinami. But despite her concern, Sayama refuses to hear her out. Eventually, she retorts that Tohgoh must have come to sate her urges, and rejects her outright. The two begin to clash with their words and then...
10. "Very well. This relationship is over—effective immediately!"
1. "Do you really think this is going to communicate the appeal of this product?"
2. "It doesn't explain its differences to our competitors."
3. "The product information is inadequate."
4. "The list of improved features is too short."
5. "We'll do it immediately!"
6. Tohgoh the troll is out in full force again...
7. Seems to happen a lot these days.
8. No one would possibly dare approach her when she's...
9. "Fix it in an hour."
10. "Tohgoh-san!"
1. "Thank you. It's really a relief how quick you are with your work."
2. "Thank you! I'm very flattered."
3. "I've shared the changes to our meeting this afternoon."
4. "Here is the document for the end of the week."
5. "Those two really do go well together."
6. "I mean, did you see how cheerful she was with tohgoh-san?"
7. "Sayama-chan sure is incredible."
8. We don't screw anymore, though!
1. "You got into a fight with sayama-chan?!"
2. "Really?!"
3. "This relationship is over."
4. "Effective immediately!"
5. "I think you would rather not know."
6. "..."
7. "Oh, you think so?"
8. "We simply had an argument."
9. "Huh..."
10. "I've never heard of you butting heads with your staff before."
11. "Was it about work? Or something personal?"
12. "Huh?! Well..."
13. It's been a week since then.
14. I've stopped sleeping with sayama completely.
1. We don't talk outside of work anymore.
2. We deleted our contact details. We stopped seeing each other over weekends.
4. "No..."
5. "You were so close, you even came with us on a double date."
6. "You are going to make up, though, aren't you?"
7. "Is that what you really think?"
8. "Hm? Yes, it is."
9. "I personally don't intend to."
10. "Sayama seems to agree too."
11. "Ha..."
1. "Hey!"
2. "Were you listening to me? I said I'm fine with this!"
3. "I'll always be here to listen to your troubles!"
4. "Haruka! There, there!"
5. "Don't worry! You two will get together again!"
6. "Huh...?!"
7. "Hitomi senpai..."
8. "But haruka..."
9. "Goodbye."
10. "There just wasn't the right opportunity... Right, haruka?"
11. I don't want to get involved...
12. "Huh? Wha?! Really?"
13. "You've never hugged me before..."
14. "Haru-kaaaa!!"
1. "Wow!"
2. "You're so thirsty!"
3. "I'm still mad at her!"
4. "She didn't have to say those things!!"
5. Hitomi-san and hinami-san were both acting a bit strange.
6. It doesn't matter. It hasn't caused any issues at work.
7. We're just back to being a staff worker and her boss.
8. "Hello, there."
9. "Sayama!"
10. Just thinking about it is making me angry.
11. I better hurry home and...
1. "Do you have any plans after this?"
2. Awk-ward...
3. "I was about to go home."
4. "Wh-what are you doing here?"
5. "Well then..."
6. "I... I don't. So what?"
7. "Then would you..."
8. "I..."
9. "What?!"
10. "Huh."
11. "You really don't have a life."
1. "I definitely do have a life!"
2. "My life is great now that my schedule isn't taken up by a certain somebody!"
3. "I didn't have any plans today, but I'll be busy tomorrow!"
4. "And a good day to you!!"
5. Well, I'll make sure I have a fulfilling day tomorrow!
6. She really peeves me off! Sure, I don't have anything going on!
7. She might be special to you...
8. "...!"
9. "Tohgoh-san..."
1. "...but are you confident you're special to her?"
2. "I hope you're not simply forcing yourself on her."
1. "Wow...!"
2. Getting to have a breakfast this decadent is simply...
3. I've always been curious about this place since I saw it online. I've wanted to try the morning menu here!
1. My life can be great without her...
2. I always had a late start on my days off to suit sayama.
3. But I can come here whenever I want when I'm on my own!
4. "I'm gonna make this a fulfilling day!"
6. No, I'm never coming with her.
7. "Like, they just don't understand what it's like on the field."
8. Just like how sayama would like them. She like to have sugar in everything.
9. This scrambled egg is sweet!
10. I remember the pancakes here were well regarded.
11. Maybe I'll invite her next time...
1. "YOU'RE ABOUT THE ONLY PERSON WHO'LL HEAR MY COMPLAINTS."
2. "YEAH, YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO BE BUSY."
3. NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, IT WASN'T ALL NIGHTS AT HOTELS.
4. SHE ALWAYS LISTENED TO WHAT I HAD TO SAY.
5. "There's just not enough staff...."
6. "You are getting more work, Tohgoh-san."
7. "You can pass some of it to me."
1. When we were tired from doing overtime, we'd stop at family restaurant together on the way home.
2. I'd call her to tell her when I would be free, only for us to have long chats.
3. We would go out for a small bite and end up visiting a café together...
4. We stopped sleeping with each other...
5. ...but I lost a lot more too.
1. "What should I check out? Clothes, shoes, maybe new cutlery?"
2. "Now I'll take a look at all the things I like!"
3. "I've had a proper breakfast."
5. "Plants? Hmm."
6. "I still have books I haven't read."
7. "I'm... fine with clothes."
8. "Haah. Haah."
9. "Uhh..."
10. "I can't find a single thing I actually want."
1. "This looks delicious too."
2. "Which do you want?"
3. I THINK I HAD FUN SEEING THEM TOO.
4. I USED TO LOOK THROUGH LOTS OF CLOTHES AND TRINKETS.
5. WAS I ALWAYS THIS DISINTERESTED?
6. I'VE BROWSED QUITE A BIT.
7. "Sure, but are you going to have them at the hotel?"
8. "I've always wanted to try these."
9. "Shall we take them with us?"
10. LET'S GO WATCH A MOVIE...
1. "In fact, that makes a lot of sense."
2. "Sounds possible. She said she slept with lots of people before."
3. I was wondering why she suddenly didn't want to see me.
4. Maybe she just got bored of me.
5. Cutting it off with a lover.
6. It must be a normal deal for her.
7. Did she find herself a new lover?
8. And there she'll be, sleeping with a new woman again...
9. To sayama...
10. This might not be something that matters at all.
1. "I miss you..."
2. It's still evening.
3. I don't have anything else I want to see. Maybe I'll just go home.
4. There's nowhere else to go...
5. "No. There is!"
6. "There's one more place I want to go!"
5. "Heya."
6. There's always lots of people at this hour on weekends.
7. But this is just perfect for me.
8. "Where to next?"
9. "Let's go to that other shop!"
10. I feel like I haven't been back here in a while.
11. The last time, it was...
12. Because I want a girlfriend.
13. I couldn't come because I was occupied with sayama... But today's the day!
1. "Tohgoh-san."
2. That's right.
3. She called to me then.
4. That's when our relationship started.
1. A lot happened.
2. She blackmailed me and we ended up on a business trip together.
3. We stayed at a hot spring inn together.
4. Looking back, the whole thing was crazy.
5. "Heh."
6. I even agreed to a sexual relationship because of a misunderstanding.
7. I never thought I would go on a double date with hitomi-san, either.
1. WE ONLY WENT ON VACATION NOT LONG AGO.
2. AND YET IT FEELS LIKE IT WAS AGES AWAY...
3. "Did you see that? The other day..."
4. "Ha ha ha!"
5. "..."
6. "What's that? That's peak."
7. "Hey, I wanna go there!"
1. THERE'S NO WAY IT WOULD BE FROM HER...
2. "!"
4. "HA HA..."
5. OF COURSE NOT.
6. WE BOTH DELETED CONTACTS.
2. "Hey guuurl, are you up for a drink?"
3. "If you wanna talk, we'll be here for you."
4. "Whoa! What happened to you?"
5. "Like, you're totes our type, to be honest!"
7. "Hey, we can't leave you looking like that."
8. "I...I'm fine."
9. "We can just go for a chat! What's your name...?"
11. "Please, really..."
1. "She..."
2. "...is with me!"
1. "I knew she'd have a gf."
2. "Whoops, sorry for butting in."
3. "..."
4. "Sa..."
5. "Sayama...?"
6. "Huh?!"
7. "You came to look for a girlfriend, didn't you?"
8. "..."
9. "How did you...?"
1. "And what are you here for-"
2. "You lose your regular lay and suddenly this."
3. "Your urges must really be strong."
4. "L-like it's any of your business!"
5. "Oh, you're the lady from before!"
6. "Are you all right...?"
7. "Glad you're with her now!"
8. "Your girlfriend finally found you?"
9. "You've been waiting here since midday."
10. "..."
11. "Huh...?"
1. "...and you waited for me the whole time?"
2. "You thought I would come..."
3. "..."
4. "Well..."
6. We found a place where we can talk...
7. ...but what am I supposed to do with this mood?
8. "So..."
9. "Are you sure about staying out here? You must be cold..."
10. "I said I'm fine."
1. "Some- thing you wanted to talk about...?"
2. "I don't know."
3. "Did...did you have something you wanted to tell me?"
4. "Not really."
5. "I don't get it."
6. What does she want!??
7. "I've never made up before."
1. "..."
2. "Are you being... Apologetic? You?!"
3. "That's what I'm saying, isn't it?"
4. "That is not how a person acts when they want to make up!"
5. "What kind of face is that?"
6. "I thought you were fine never seeing me again..."
7. "So... You didn't find a new girl...?"
8. "Why would you think that?"
9. "Definitely not!"
10. "I mean... You suddenly stopped seeing me..."
1. "..."
2. "I'm sorry."
3. "I don't even know what I want to say..."
4. "I know my duty."
5. "That's why I thought I would do as I liked while I can."
6. "But when I thought about how it would end..."
7. "...I felt even worse about it."
1. "I need you to explain some—"
2. "Uh... What are you talking about?"
3. "Wha... What was that for?!"
4. "This is what I hate about you."
5. "Huh?! Are you picking a fight with me again?"
6. "Why?"
7. "You never listen to what other people have to say..."
1. "I don't understand anything..."
2. "Why won't you leave me alone if you hate me so much?"
3. "Why do you keep caring about me?"
4. "Why would you worry about me?"
5. "...because of the way you are!"
1. "Wha..."
2. "What..."
3. I pretended to not notice.
4. If I acknowledged what I'm feeling...
5. ...I thought something will change.
6. "Says the person who never wanted to see me before."
7. "Isn't it a good thing if you don't have to see her anymore?"
8. "Why do you seem so bothered about it?"
9. I always hated the idea of it.
1. Now...
2. The way I was lying to myself the whole time.
3. Not having our silly chats anymore.
4. Cutting off our relationship.
5. "Sayama..."
6. "...I want to be with you!"
1. "Huh..."
2. "!"
3. "If you had told me that from the start..."
4. "S-so?"
5. "If you got a problem, say it to my face..."
1. "Thank you..."
2. "Sayama..."
1. "I thought you found someone else to sleep with."
2. "I was just... Trying to show you, I guess."
3. "But you were there looking for a girlfriend."
4. "Th-that was because...!"
5. "I'll take your word for it, I suppose."
6. "It's true, I swear..."
7. "So..."
8. "Are we good, then?"
1. "Yes..."
2. "We are..."
1. Tohgoh haruka-san. 27-year-old head of the pr department.
2. "I didn't get a chance this time..."
3. "...but I will have to return to explain the matter clearly."
4. "This isn't where rika belongs, after all."
1. "An explanation?"
2. "So, you want me to honestly communicate my thoughts?"
3. "Exactly!"
4. "Was I ever in a foul mood?"
5. "You leave out a lot of info all the time."
6. "Especially when you're in a foul mood. I want you to tell me why."
7. "Often."
8. Exchanging contacts.
9. "I can feel a lot more relaxed if you would just talk."
10. "Things you want to do. Things you're thinking."
11. "Aaaand... Registered."
1. "I want to push you down and kiss you."
2. "I want to lick your tongue until it melts."
3. "And we'll get on bed and..."
4. "Then you should be honest about it."
5. "I...I don't not want it...!"
6. "Don't you want that?"
7. "That's not what I was talking about!"
2. "I think they will."
3. "Haruka in an argument. And quite a surprise it was with sayama-chan."
4. "Do you really think they won't get together again...?"
5. "She must have been really worried about sayama-chan."
6. "When I saw haruka..."
7. "...she looked like she was about to cry like a little girl."
8. "That said, I still haven't gotten a hug from you."
9. "How about a kiss instead?"
10. "W-was that right...?"
11. "N-not yet!"
12. "You're right."
13. "We should just watch over them in the meantime!"
14. "They'll be together in no time."
15. "Cheers!"
1. "..."
2. She was waiting for Tohgoh since midday, so people in the area started talking about "this girl that's waiting for her girlfriend" and leaving her little snacks.
1. Afterword & Colophon
2. Thank you very much for reading this book. My name is Tabehoudai-no-Namaniku.
3. I ended up in a lot of trouble because I drew a bunch of stories I wanted and amassed more pages than I expected, but I'm super glad I managed to get it done before March! I was supposed to release this story as "Love Only the Body 8", but it became too long for a single book, so I decided I want to give it a proper treatment in a separate volume...and that's how volume 8 and 9 got released across two months.
4. It was a story that made me realize how much I love Tohgoh and Sayama together, so I really hope you all feel the same way too.
5. Next up is volume 10! It's starting to feel like a finale is coming on, but the story will keep going on, so I would really appreciate if you would stick along. Thank you so much for reading this far!