Love is Dark Novel Volume 1 is written by Ao Juumonji and art by BUNBUN.

Sousei Takarai is not normal. More than anything, he wants to be a regular high schooler like everyone else. That's why he has to keep his less-than-wholesome job a secret. Of course, the school life he's carefully built up is shattered when the most beautiful girl in class, Asumi Shiramori, asks him out. Unfortunately, his work as an assassin takes up most of his evenings and weekends, so he can't even go on a proper date with his new girlfriend. And things only get more complicated when he inexplicably spots a mysterious girl from his school while on the job…