Defying Kurosaki-kun Vol. 9 (Kodansha, 2019)

The ever-commanding Kurosaki-kun has ordered Yu to compete with him in the big culture festival couples contest… in a fake relationship, to fill in for the original contestants. Now Yu has to play the part of the school idol's girlfriend in front of a huge crowd-but maybe that was the push she needed, because an intimate moment backstage spurs her on, she turns the tables on him by asking him out, for real! Could she finally become his girlfriend?! Before she can get a definitive answer, however, she's going to have to survive getting lost in a blizzard…! Plus, a bonus story covering Kaji-kun's side of the culture fest!