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A year ago, I stepped into the corporate world full of ambition, convinced that a bright future was waiting for me. Twelve miserable months later, those hopes feel impossibly far away. My boss’s relentless put-downs follow me onto the evening train, and the independent bachelor life I once imagined has become a lonely routine: another greasy supermarket bento, another night in my apartment, and a sink piled high with dirty dishes. Still, one familiar face manages to break through the gloom. Mami Himekawa is my coworker—cute, confident, and hard to forget. Her looks, her laugh, the way she walks, that voice… I catch myself thinking about all of it before shaking the thought away. What am I doing? We work together, and surely there’s no reason to believe we’d be compatible like that. Unless I’ve been overlooking something. In Tenioha! Mami’s Little Sub, that question comes to the forefront during what seems like an ordinary day at the office. Just when I least expect it, Mami approaches with a few words that suddenly make it much harder to put her out of my mind: “Hey there, kiddo. …Got a moment?