Can a Real-Deal Bad Guy Live Quietly with Kenma the Cat?

[A lighthearted, silly sweet romance: volleyball gets the pure-love treatment, while the secret organization gets the misunderstanding treatment]

Kanai E is a corporate office worker by day, but in truth she's the real deal: a bona fide member of the secret organization. She's currently dating a college student in secret.

She met her boyfriend through a game. The day after they met, he started pursuing her. Kanai E had been single since birth, and the moment she left the beginner's village, a max-level incubus took her out. She gave it everything she had and couldn't resist. The two fell in love in no time.

Whenever Shira, the secret organization's only person in the know, hears this story, she can't help teasing her: "You met once, spent a week together, dated for a month, and fell in love? That's faster than a rocket. Are you sure it isn't a trap?"

Kanai E has wondered the same thing. "Did you really fall for me on the very first day we met, Kenma?"

Kozume Kenma: "It was a long time ago."

Kanai E: "?" What is this, are you trying to fool a dog?

Kanai E never believed him, until one day, a secret organization mission went wrong. Just before a bullet could pierce her chest, Kanai E had only one thought: In my next life, I'm not working for the organization. I want to spend a peaceful life with Kenma.

But when she opened her eyes again, death hadn't come. Instead, a pudding-haired boy was staring at her with curious, catlike eyes... and he was wearing a high school uniform.

Had time gone backward?!

Kanai E: I think I get it now.

So my boyfriend didn't just fall out of the sky. After time went backward, I was the one who pursued him first!

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This story is also known as:

"What Do I Do When My Boyfriend Fell in Love with Me at First Sight?"

"Case Closed: Turns Out I Made the First Move!"

"I'm Really Something, Flirting with the Younger Version of My Boyfriend (Self-Approval JPG)"

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Later, Kanai E remained convinced that she'd won her boyfriend over after time went backward.

Except for the apple milk that kept mysteriously appearing in her desk, Kenma's furtive glances, and how they kept coincidentally running into each other. Those things were a little strange.

She always figured Kenma didn't like her yet, and that it wasn't the right time, so she never confessed.

Until one day, they happened to run into each other again on the way home and ended up on the same train.

On the smooth-running train, Kenma, already asleep, accidentally leaned against her shoulder.

His head wasn't heavy. Kanai E glanced over at his profile, so gentle and pretty, like a soft little cat sleeping.

But a top assassin's third sense told her, judging by Kenma's uneven breathing and fluttering eyelashes...

Kanai E: "..." Kenma, is he... awake?

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[At first, she flirts with the cat.

Later, the cat lures her in.]

[Coming soon]

[Reader's guide]

1. OOC warning, piles of headcanon, and my take on adult Kenma. There's a hidden one-sided crush. The main pairing is Kenma and the kitty. Congratulations to the sports-anime boyfriend who made it out of a sea of black and red liquor (nodding JPG).

2. The police academy group survives. She'll travel back later. The early chapters include a little Horimiya, but you can read this without knowing it.

3. The heroine doesn't die. She travels back to when Kenma is in high school just before her death, then chooses to attend Nekoma High. She'll travel back later. Overall, Kenma is still the first to fall in love. It's all fate.

[That's all. Welcome, and thank you for reading.]

[Please don't let it pile up unread QWQ. Give this story a look. The rest is sweet, promise!]

Theme: The power of love