Chapter 1

Harem (ハーレム Haremu) is the first chapter of Saitou Yuu's Pseudo Harem.

Plot
At Kouban High's drama club, several students can be seen conversating with each other. Among those is a duo of students — Eiji Kitahama, who is in his second year, and Rin Nanakura, who is a first-year student.

Eiji complains to Rin that as a guy, he would like to be popular at least once in his life. Rin is taken aback by this and asks Eiji if he's interested in love. Upon Rin's prodding, Eiji confides in her that he has had dreams of having a harem. After a brief moment of silence, Rin suddenly adopts a different persona and tells Eiji that perhaps she should go on a date with him. When Eiji questions Rin about the sudden change in her behavior, Rin tells him that she was putting on an act of a cheeky girl. Startled by the unfolding of events, Eiji mutters to himself about how good of a person Rin is for doing that and asks her if she intends to provide him with a mock harem experience. Rin doesn't bother answering and instead focuses on tying her hair.

When Rin is done tying her hair, she changes her demeanor once again and puts on the act of a tsundere this time. Eiji compliments Rin on her acting, stating that her cheeky act was really good and that her tsundere act was not bad either. He then goes on to say that he does not think he is capable of picking one from either of them as he likes them both equally and thanks Rin for helping him understand the difficulties that come with having a harem.

Upon receiving Eiji's praises, Rin finds herself flustered and shyly whispers that she likes acting for him. Eiji manages to hear this and questions Rin if this was also an act that she put up for him. Rin is both startled and embarrassed by this and barely manages to stutter out to him that it was all an act. Eiji then reveals to Rin that he found this to be the cutest act of hers so far, shocking Rin.

Characters

 * Eiji Kitahama
 * Rin Nanakura