"So are there more trainees that you want to trick?"
"Not exactly my trainee, but yeah."
"I still can't fathom why you don't want them to fawn over you. Isn't that what most men want?"
"I have my own reasons. I just believe this is the correct way moving forward."
"For who?"
"Everyone."
Mizuka Chizuru isn't a rookie rental girlfriend. She had been in the business for years and had met all sorts of clients. Some are more memorable than others, but most have reasons that she can deduce in a single glance. To stop their parents from asking questions, to impress their friends, to make a girl jealous, and so on. Mizuka also isn't a stranger to requests to push away unwanted love. Men had rented her to turn down a woman who had fallen for them.
Normally, those kinds of requests start with a conveniently attractive man and a not-so-attractive woman. Her client fulfilled the first criterion. He has that bad boy vibe and look, and some women are into that. The problem is that the second criterion wasn't met. The umamusumes that he tries to push away are very attractive. Most men would sacrifice a leg or two just to have a chance to talk to them, and yet, here he is putting a wall between them. This fact makes Mizuka's head spin with confusion.
"This might be stepping over the line, but what kind of women do you like?"
"They have to graduate first."
"Fair point."
Mizuka completely shut her mouth. The young man's reason is something that she should've seen coming, but the fact that she didn't is kinda embarrassing. He clearly is attracted to them, but he is their trainer. Their races are his top priority, and not their romantic relationship with him.
"Dear Igo, who is that?"
"Kuh!!"
"Hmm?"
The pair was walking through the hallway searching for Gold City when they ran into a particularly mature Uma. The way the young man freezes when hearing his name called by the person means that this is who he is trying to deceive. At least that's what Mizuka thought.
With that thought in mind, Mizuka hugs Igo's arm and makes sure to squeeze his arm between her chest.
"Greetings, I'm his girlfriend. You must be his acquaintance, right?"
"..."
"Ah! Well!! Umm!! Can we talk later, Ramonu? We'll discuss our plans, okay?"
"..."
Ramonu was the last person Igo wanted to meet right now. It's not that he wants her to think that he has a girlfriend, quite the opposite, actually. Ramonu is one of the few whom the young man wishes to have fallen for him. But then again, her unreachable-peak vibe comes from the fact that she doesn't fall in love quite easily.
If only I were more handsome, I could surely get her. Alas, I can only be content to be just a comrade.
The girl finally realizes who she is standing in front of. It's Mejiro Ramonu–a famous umamusume supermodel whose beauty is said to make the Goddesses jealous. Mizuka has seen her plenty of times in fashion magazines.
So her taste is someone like Mr. Igo Heita… A bad boy, or something else that I haven't figured out yet. Someone high-class like her wouldn't just fall for something so simple, right?
"..."
"Let's move now, dear."
The young man ran away from the frozen Ramonu with his rental girlfriend. He doesn't want the umamusume to think that he is wasting his time when they have sworn a promise with each other.
"Where are we going? Isn't she the one you want to push away?"
"Nope! She is just collateral damage. I'll deal with her later, so let's get going!"
"Ah… Sorry…"
What the hell was I thinking?! Of course, Mejiro Ramonu wouldn't fall in love that easily.
Mizuka laughs at herself for her rash action. Someone as high-class as Mejiro Ramonu surely has a more refined taste than to fall in love with just a mere bad boy. Why would she fall for a commoner bad boy when she can aim for a much richer bad boy?
The pair keeps on walking through the building hallway, attracting attention from all sorts of people. They eventually walk into a particular group of umamusumes.
"Wei!! Weeii!! Palmy, you gotta pull up the new ice cream flavor at the canteen!! NO JOKE!! That joint bussin bussin!! YOU SLEEPING IF YOU MISS THIS!!"
That brain-rotted way of talking!! My target is here!!
The young man took a quick turn toward where the voice was coming from, not taking into account that the group of girls might be directly on the corner.
"Gah!!"
*BAM*
The young man was taken by surprise when he came face-to-face with the group, so he applied his emergency brake. His girlfriend couldn't put hers in on time, though, so she crashed into the young man, and they fell.
"Wowie!! What we got here?!?! Hold up!! That's two lovebirds about to lock in!! Y'all really boutta make out right here in public!!?! That's crazy work!!!"
"Damn! The trainers are getting it on!! We shouldn't be here then!!"
"Hmm? Aren't you McQueen's trainer?"
"Dear?"
Gold City quickly pushed away her friends to get a better view for herself. She wished she hadn't, as she saw the young man she loved sleeping with another woman.
"What's the meaning of this? Please explain yourself. Now."
"Ah… Uh…"
Being under the intense gaze of a clearly angry umamusume puts you under a shit ton of pressure. But the young man was determined to stop the circus play.
"Ah… Ummhh… This is my girlfriend, Mizuka Chizuru."
"..."
"Ah, yes… Sorry for showing you such a sight."
The pair of lovebirds slowly brings themselves up. They fail to notice the light fading from Gold City's eyes and her heart breaking into tiny pieces.
"Sorry for showing such an inappropriate sight to you girls. I was simply… couldn't hold myself."
"..."
The supermodel's body twitched unnaturally. Hearing the young man say romantic stuff to a random bitch, when he never starts anything with her, physically damages her. The beauty that is said to only come once in a thousand years is defeated by some random whore.
"Ah!! We gotta get going!! See you girls later!!"
"See you later, lovebirds!! Wowzie!! Those two are really wild!! I'm taking notes lowkey! Gonna run that same move on Miss Daichi Ruby."
"I don't think she would like that… What do you think, Gold City?"
"This world shall know pain."