Building up, tearing down.

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Haruto came up with an ingenious plan to lift Ami's spirit while also creating exactly the type of content his followers were after. By telling her that her fans thought she looked pretty in the beach photos, he might just give her some of her delusions of being a little attractive back.
Followed up with a request for a very mundane shoot. Something cutesy, a shy pose. Maybe even different outfits just to make sure she doesn't catch on. Once she's all good and happy again it'll be easy enough to get her to do lewd stuff.

Deciding to set the scene at Ami's place rather than school or somewhere else public proved to be the best course of action. Much easier to make her comfortable in ..well, comfortable surroundings..
The first couple of pictures were taken outside. Fully clothed as planned. The likeliness for the photos to even be used for anything was slim to none.

Ami seemed comfortable enough with the initial photo. More so than what he had accounted for. Trying his luck, he proposed they move to the front of the house. Not as discreet and enclosed as her backyard, but still private enough. Though they'd both be taking a short break. Mostly so Ami could change her clothes, but also to allow her to reset somewhat. Haruto didn't quite know how she'd react to the whole situation after his previous stunt.

Back outside, in front of the house, passersby could easily look over the front gate and see her clear as day. Given the innocent nature of these few shots however, it'd be very unlikely for Ami to get uncomfortable or back out. She was fully clothed after all.

She actually looked a little cute like this. The green hair growing on Haruto the more exposed to it he got. He is a major anime dweeb after all, of course he'd find vibrant and unnatural colors attractive, even on Ami. Not that she was ugly in any capacity. Just bland, boring and average in pretty much every way that matters. Her flustered, nervous and pathetic personality could however come across as cute sometimes. When the situation happened to be just right..

Too bad, neither one of the photos would actually be uploaded to the frontpage. Perhaps saved for something special later on, but there were no immediate plans to use them at all. They were simply taken to boost her a little bit and make her more compliable. Not that she'd ever know, not being allowed to access the account and all that. She didn't even know what name it went under. Probably for the best, knowing that she went under "Sad_and_desperate" would've shattered her for sure.

"That should be good for now, you ready to head inside?"

"I-I-I. U-hm ..O-okay"

Jesus Christ, that stutter was annoying. Haruto had to bite his tongue not to physically let the cringe show on his face. At least she seemed aware enough about to keep quiet for the most part, only ever speaking up whenever spoken to.

"Right. I'm gonna need you to undress.."

Standing in her bedroom, face turned towards Haruto, she simply nodded and began undressing in front of him. Her second time already, not nearly as daring as last time, which of course made it that much easier to swallow. Truthfully, Ami had quite missed hanging out with Haruto this past week. Not only had they had basically zero contact, he hadn't even seen her nude or requested pictures during the period. Finally getting the chance to undress in front of him again brought her more joy than embarrassment, granted it wasn't out in public.

The first photo actually portrayed her in a rather charming light. A meek pose, sure. But her eyes.. Her brown, bland and boring eyes had this twinkle in them. Lastly, her lips curved just the right way and almost gave the illusion of charm. Even Haruto was caught by surprise at how she could actually manage to look somewhat cute with the right amount of effort. Could he even use such a photo? The patrons had made it very clear what they liked ..what they paid for.

"Could you crouch down and spread your legs? You're looking really fucking flat in this lighting, it'd probably be best to draw the attention away from your itty bitties"

That twinkle from earlier disappeared in a flash as a result of Haruto's feedback. She performed as per request, but it became super obvious that he'd upset her. Perhaps that final comment was a tad over the top. It sure as hell got the message across though, not to mention it's intended effect.

With the look on her face, it almost looked like a hostage situation or a case of human trafficking. No one in their right mind would've expected this scenario to be one of consent. What's even stranger about it all is how Ami eventually would've begged Haruto on her knees to be treated like this if it meant getting a grain of attention for a few moments. Thankfully for her it never came to that..