On some random alley, the sound of the gun was covered by the sound of heavy rain.

"Now, you've to die!! I'll become number 1!!"

My head becomes very dizzy, I can only hear mad laughing of my rival business.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of your business. Now, just be at ease and die peacefully. "

Even if I'm not willing to die, but there is no one gonna help me in this alley.

While coughing a lot of blood, I started to think about my regret in this life.

Even though, I've become very successful in the business. But, I've sacrificed all my family, lovers, and friends to be this successful.

'If there's god, can you reincarnate me? This time, I won't miss it!'

While closing my eyes, I said that inside my mind.

Then I heard the sound of a police car and an ambulance.

"We've apprehended the culprit!!"

"Medic, please come here!!"

"No, we're too late! He is already passed away. "

Then in 11-17-2018, I've read at the same time I've reincarnated to a different body.

When I'm not willing to die, suddenly I can open my eyes.

"Hey, am I not die?"

Waking up in some unfamiliar room, I look around the room trying to look for a clue. Then I found a student card on the table.

"Fujii Natsuo, where have I heard this name. "

I shake my head and trying to figure out what is really happening. But, I heard a sound from my stomach.

"Sigh, it's better to eat first. "

Coming out of my room, I walk around this unfamiliar apartment. Checking out every room, finally, I found the kitchen. From the kitchen, I can see the television in the living room.

Inside the kitchen, I didn't see any food prepared. Looking in the fridge, I can see some simple ingredients there.

"There is only chicken and egg, I guess I'll cook that. "

Preparing all the ingredients, I prepared in a skilled manner. In my past life, my cooking skill is the same as a 5-star hotel chef. Cutting the chicken into bite-size, I prepared the mix of shoyu, garlic, ginger, and mirin. After preparing the mix, I put the chicken inside the plastic bag and pour the mix and let it there for 5 minutes while squeezing it softly so the chicken meat can absorb the mix.

After waiting for 5 minutes, I mix the chicken with an egg and flour. Then fry it until the color change into brown. This is I'm cooking garage, one of the favorites dishes from japan.

While waiting for the garage, I can hear someone entering the door.

"I'm home! Hmm, what is this smell?"

He seems curious and entered the kitchen and saw his son is cooking.

"Na-Natsuo, why are you cooking?"

He seems very surprises seeing his son cooking a dish.

"Well, I'm very hungry so I'm cooking some easy dishes. Taste it, dad, I'm sure this is gonna be tasty. "

My dad seems very interested in my cooking.

"Let me taste it. "

Then he put the food inside his mouth, suddenly a gush of juice is coming out from the chicken meat and making he feels like being inside an onsen.

"Whoa!! It's really good Natsuo!!!"

"Sure, sure, there is still more. Let's eat it together. "

Both of us eating together, even though this is my first time seeing this man. But from the memories of the boy, I can feel that he really loves this father of him.

After finish eating the food, he started to ask me.

"In a week, your holiday is over . Have you prepared everything?"

"Yes, I've prepared everything. "

"Good, it's seems becoming the 2nd year in high school makes you more responsible. "

Then we talking about anything from his job, how is your day, until it's late night.

"I'll sleep first. Don't forget to turn off the light!"

It seems he wants to talk something to me, but he didn't do that. If he didn't want to say something then I'll not force him.

"Yes, dad. "

After my dad went to his room to sleep, I started to recall everything that happening today.

Today, I've reincarnated to the body of Fujii Natsuo. One of romance manga that I've read in the past and his dream to become a novelist.

"Right now, I've reincarnated to your body. I'll not only become a novelist. I'll be the greatest of all. "

Thinking what my first plan, I remember that this body is not that strong.

"I guess, I must make my body healthy first. "

Then I enter my room to go to sleep.

Waking up at 5 A. M, I change my clothes to sportswear. Around this time, my dad is still not waking up yet.

Running through the neighboorhood, I'm thinking that even though this world is almost the same as my last world. There is some difference here.

The music, movie, manga, song, book, famous company all of them is different from my last world.

There is no Sherlock Holmes, 50 Shades Gray, Bruno Mars, One Direction, One Piece, Naruto, Sword Art Online, Harry Potter, Apple and etc. Besides that, the history of the country is the same. Only the entertainment is not that well developed and the technology is not so sophisticated as the last word.

I mean who the well still using the flip handphone today?

When I'm thinking about something, I happened didn't see someone in front of me.

"Kyaaa!!"

Then I crash into the girl, both of us fall at the same time.

"Hey, be careful! I almost drop my camera!"

When I wake up, I saw a girl with shoulder-length light brown hair.

"Sorry, are you okay?"

I ask her while also giving her a hand to help her stand up.

"Luckily, I'm okay and the camera is fine. "

She nodded at me.

"I'm really sorry, how about I treat you breakfast then?"

"Hey, really? Good, you must treat me!"

Then she pulled me toward some old lady stall that sells a tofu pudding.

"Granny, give us tofu pudding!"

"Yes. "

After waiting for 5 minutes the granny gives us 2 bowls of tofu pudding.

Both of us eating the warm tofu pudding, the ginger on its soup-making our body feels warm.

"Aaah, when in the morning you should eat this. "

"True, my body feels very warm because of it. "

"My name is Ena Komiya. "

"My name is Fujii Natsuo, are you also from that highschool?"

"Yes, I'm also from that highschool!"

Then we started to chat in a cheerful mood, Ena Komiya is a very cheerful girl. I'd like to chat with her again sometimes.

Finished eating our breakfast, we exchange our phone number so we can communicate anytime.

She told me to help her to take a picture of the competition. I nodded at her and told her to call me if you need anything.

When I'm going home, it's already 7 AM. My dad also has woken up.

Coming to the cafe, I'm being greeted by some fat boy in glasses. 

"Finally, you've come!! Hurry up and help us!!"

"Wait, wait!"

He didn't even let me take a break and told me to change to the server uniform. After that, I help the cafe to serve the customer. 

Today, there is so much guest. So then Fumiya was asked by his boss, asking me to help him. As a friend, of course, I'll help him. 

When I serve the customer, Fumiya though that I'll be awkward because he knows this is my first time doing a job as a server. But he surprised to see me so naturally serving the customers and even flirt with some female customers. He even saw me some female guests give me their phone numbers to me. 

When the cafe becomes quiet, he started to confront me. 

"What the hell! How to can you become Cassanova, when I didn't see you for a few days!!", Fumiya asked.

"Haha, it's maybe a bit of luck. ", I replied.

I just laugh but he grinned his teeth and envy me. 

"Give me some of their numbers!!", he said.

"Sure, I'll give you some. "

Then I gave him some phone numbers of the girls I've known today. Even though, I give him the phone number is it his own effort whether he can ask the girl to go out with him and I'm okay to give him some of the numbers I got today. After all, they're all strangers. It's not like these women are my women.

He seems happy when I gave him 1 number of girls to him. 

"Yay! Thank you, I'll cherish it!"

"Don't cherish it! But work hard for it!", I replied.

"Yes, I'll do my best!"

"Ara, Natsuo-kun we didn't meet for a short time. But you seem different, it's like you've got a lot of confidence around you. Did you get a girlfriend?"

This time, the manager of this cafe Kobayashi-san asked me.

"Wha! Really, you got a girlfriend Natsuo!!"

Fumiya seems full of hate and envy, hearing Kobayashi-san. 

"It's not like that Kobayashi-san. ", I replied and rub the back of my head.

"Don't call me Kobayashi-san, call me Marie!"

I shake my head to him. 

"Fiuh!"

Fumiya seems relieved hearing that I don't have a girlfriend. 

"Hello, if you sigh in relief like that, people are gonna misunderstand that you've got a feeling towards me."

I didn't say it out loud but just shuddered thinking about if Fumiya really likes that. 

"Then, why?"

"I've got some breakthrough in my novel. "

"Hey, really? You can write a novel?"

Fumiya seems happy because he knows that my dream is to become a novelist. 

"Yes, I've brought my laptop today. Do you want to read it? It's not yet finished though."

"Sure, sure, let me see it. "

Then I brought my laptop to them and let them read my novel,

The novel I write is called 50 Shades of Gray. This is one of the most favorite romance novels in the world. 

After all, I've only written a few pages, so when they finished reading it. Both of them look very unsatisfied. 

"What the hell! Why don't you show us when you finish it!"

"Yes, you give us a cliffhanger. I can't sleep right now thinking about the development of your novel. "

"Sorry, I didn't know you guys like it that much."

"Yeah, the romance is really good. "

"And to think you've SM fetish Natsuo-kun. Hmmm, I started to like you more and more!"

Kobayashi-san said something so creepy. My bare arms were prickling with goosebumps, and a shiver ran through my body.

"Please, stop that Kobayashi-san!"

"Ara, ara, don't take a joke seriously and how many times do I have to tell you to call me Marrie!"

Then three of us started to bickering each other. It feels great when you can talk like this with your friend, in my past life I've worked and manipulated someone. So, this kind of conversation is really a novel for me. 

"Excuse me! Can I make an order?"

We didn't hear the sound of someone asking for an order. 

"Ah, I'm sorry. I'll write your order!"

Then I came toward that in where the customer was, and in that table, there is this beautiful girl wearing glasses and her hair in buns. 

"Hmph, I'll order americano. "

"Sure, one americano; and I'm sorry for earlier. "

"It's okay, I understand."

Then I told her order to the kitchen. 

"We shouldn't talk during work. "

Fumiya seems to realize his mistakes. 

"Well, as long as there is not much guest and we can control it. It's okay. "

Even though we make mistakes, Kobayashi-san didn't seem very angry toward us. But just told us to be careful next time. 

"Well, I feel bad toward the guest. How about I play the piano there?"

I pointed my finger toward the piano. 

"Hey, can you play the piano?"

Fumiya seems really surprised seeing his childhood friend. After all, he knows that I have many interests in it. 

"Sure, can I play Kobayashi-san?"

"Please, I want to hear it too."

Then after I give the americano to the girl. 

"I'm sorry about earlier, how about we let you hear the piano play."

"Hey!", the girl raised her eyebrow.

She didn't expect that the cafe is gonna compensate for it with a piano play.

"Sure, but my standard is very high."

"Please, don't worry about it."

Then I walked toward the piano, she seems dumbfounded seeing that I'm the one who's gonna be playing. 

Everyone seems very anticipated hearing what kind of song, I'm gonna play. 

"Did Natsuo really can play?"

"Well, I don't really know."

Sit on the piano's chair, I'm thinking about what kind of song should I play. She was looking at me with a provoking look.

"Well, what a cutie you are."

I wiggled my head and started to play. 

Everyone started hearing the nice melody from the piano, and then, I started to sing.

After talking to the Shiori, I walked back to Kobayashi-san and Fumiya.

"Wow, Natsuo-kun you're really great!! I won't be surprised if you become a singer!"

Kobayashi-san said it without any baseless confidence. After all, he is quite informative about the entertainment industry. He knows that the song Natsuo-kun writes is very good and Natsuo-kun himself is very handsome. If I really become an idol, he sure can become a very famous idol in the country. 

Fumiya looks at him with a dumbfounded expression. 

"Who are you?"

"What?"

"I said who are you? Are you really Natsuo-kun?"

Fumiya seems to ask me, he wouldn't believe that it's really me Natsuo.

"What're you talking about Fumiya. It's me, maybe I've changed a little, but it's me your childhood friend. "

Hearing what I said he became calm.

"Sorry, I was just a little surprised that you can sing and your song is very nice indeed. Is that your original song?"

"Yes, when I write a novel. I thought of a good song, then why not make it."

He then nodded at me, then remember the scene where I come toward the beautiful glasses girl making him mad again.

"You!! Did you just sing that song, so you can pick up that girl!"

"No! My reason is pure to apologize to her!"

"Don't be a hypocrite to me!!"

We started to bickering again and Kobayashi-san joined in.

"Natsuo-kun, why don't you work here as a pianist?"

"Hey, but I don't have so much time."

"You don't have to come every day. I just hope that you can play on these three days and your pay is also calculated based on hourly work. And for that, you'll be paid this much..."

He shows me the number with his hand. 

"How much can he get that much?"

Fumiya seems very unsatisfied with the distribution. 

"Afterall, he is playing the piano. It's rare to have someone who can play the piano."

Thinking for a while I agreed with his offer. 

"Sure, Kobayashi-san. I can work in your cafe."

"Good, I'll wait for your play, for now, you mustn't make the girl wait."

While looking at Shiori. 

"Thank you, Kobayashi-san."

"Like I said call me Marie!!"

I ignored him and started to change clothes to meet Shiori. Coming out from the changing room and saying goodbye to both Kobayashi-san and Fumiya. I walk towards Shiori.

"Sorry, to make you wait."

I said.

"It's okay, let's go now!"

She then pulled my arms, then she started to walk, without saying a word.

"So, what is it, Amaya?"

"Call me Shiori, I hate it when people call me that."

"Well, Shiori what is it?"

"Hey, don't you feel embarrassed calling a girl's first name?"

She looks at me trying to make me embarrassed, but I just put a normal face as if it's normal to call her that. 

"You're no fun!!"

"Sorry, for being no fun!"

"Well, I've got something to show you."

"Sure."

She brings me to her apartment, from the building I know that her parents are rich. 

"Please, look at this."

She brings me some manuscripts. 

"This is?"

"This is a manga."

"Well, let me take a look."

She seems surprises, I don't show any expression besides curiosity.

"Don't you feel strange?"

"Of what?"

"I'm a beautiful girl drawing a manga."

"Calling yourself a beautiful aren't you very narcissistic."

"Didn't you also called beautiful before in your song today?"

She smiled at me. 

"Well, that's true you're beautiful."

She nodded at me as if she is won.

"So, you didn't think it's strange for a girl to draw manga?"

"No, it's normal. Every person has their own talent and for that, you can't make fun of them."

She was glad that she braves herself to asks this boy to come with her. 

"So what do you think?"

"Let me read it first."

I started reading the manga, she seems very nervous. Being judged by people for the first time.

After I finished reading, she asked me,

"How is it?"

"Well, it's not bad."

"Not bad?"

"Yeah, it's not that bad and not that good. It's average I guess."

"How can you say something like that?"

She seems angry that her hard work is being made fun of.

"Don't be angry. Your drawing is good. I mean, it indeed is!"

She seems satisfied with my praise. 

"But your story is just . . . . "

Then she became depressed, she knows that her story is not good at all. 

"But what should I do? I can't write a good story!"

She seems very desperate. 

"Why do you want to become a manga artist that much?"

"Because I love it!"

Her reason is simple, but the determination in her eyes is real. 

"Then how about a collaboration with me?"

"Collaboration?"

She becomes dumbfounded hearing about the collaboration.