Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.

[Kraco]

I'm not a fan of the boss. She turned Yoshida's approach down by telling him she's already in a relationship. It seemed plausible enough when it happened in the first ep, but now Gotou's basically either jealous or decided to make fun of the dude. If she's already taken, she's borderline cheating on her man, if she's not, why did she give the dude such an answer? Why not say, in any suitable words, that she's not ready for it at least for the time being? Yoshida should just forget all about her and not let her entertain herself at his expense.

[Ryllharu]

I'm not a fan of the boss. She turned Yoshida's approach down by telling him she's already in a relationship. It seemed plausible enough when it happened in the first ep, but now Gotou's basically either jealous or decided to make fun of the dude. If she's already taken, she's borderline cheating on her man, if she's not, why did she give the dude such an answer? Why not say, in any suitable words, that she's not ready for it at least for the time being? Yoshida should just forget all about her and not let her entertain herself at his expense.

The friend at work said it. The game starts the moment they say no.

There's women out there who are only interested in "taken" men. It's sometimes an ego thing, and it almost certainly is for Gotou. She knows she's attractive. She doesn't seem the type to actually fish for compliments, but she's absolutely interested in the playing the game that his friend is referring to. If she was a compliment fishing type, she'd be the weak ego type that constantly needs validation and feels threatened when she's not the center of attention. So she is the prideful ego type. Has a good self opinion, but doesn't tolerate any threats to her domination of an environment.

She wouldn't have casually told him her cup size if she wasn't still interested in securing his attentions. She's flirting. But she only became interested when she thought he had given up on her right away and found another girlfriend. She desperately needed to know, to the point that she spent money on barbecue to ask a single question.

Who else is like that? Mami in Rental Girlfriend.

She's not making fun of him. She's deeply jealous and needed to patch up her wounded pride. Gotou also noticed that the other woman at work seems interested in him, and she doesn't like that either.

The error-prone coworker is kind of the opposite case. She seems to really respect him, and the notion of being separated at work was what troubled her. Their connection feels like one that would potentially gradually blossom into a healthy relationship.

And I do expect that Gotou will find her to be a threat. She was surprised to find out it isn't Mishima he was involved in, but it was his follow-up response that made her relax. Even if she is a boss, she's definitely not concerned about the work environment. She's thinking about herself.

[Kraco]

The friend at work said it. The game starts the moment they say no.

There's women out there who are only interested in "taken" men.

All the more reason to forget her and stay away from her. If the dude has been thinking of her for years, it doesn't really suggest he only ever wanted to spend a single night with her. If they had got into a relationship, she would have been likely to cheat on him. She might get jealous when a man (previously) interested in her appears to have gone for someone else, but her choice of words and actions suggest the same rules don't apply to her own behavior.

[KrayZ33]

All the more reason to forget her and stay away from her. If the dude has been thinking of her for years, it doesn't really suggest he only ever wanted to spend a single night with her. If they had got into a relationship, she would have been likely to cheat on him. She might get jealous when a man (previously) interested in her appears to have gone for someone else, but her choice of words and actions suggest the same rules don't apply to her own behavior.

Well.. it could also be that her reason "I have a boyfriend already" was total bullshit and she didn't start a relationship with him because she is his boss.
But she might actually *want* to be with him... not sure how office relationships (both friendly and intimate) in Japan are like.
Now that he appears to be "unavailable" she might feel pressured and starts to regret not giving a damn about position/status or relationship principles.
You only know what you want after you've lost it.

On top of that, MC is really fucking garbage - how the F do you ask your boss "What cup size do you have". Maybe she didn't want to commit due to bullshit like that, lol. Seriously, have some manners. Kinda tells me he is in for the body and not for what he said "Love at first sight" or "I liked you since 5 years ago" or whatever it was.