Picked Up by Oda Sakunosuke [Bungo Stray Dogs]

Coming soon: Cold and indifferent heroine x clingy, foxlike, coquettish hero

1. As new students arrive at A City's No. 1 High School, rumors about the previous year's senior, Qin Yuhe, are still swirling.

"Her parents are CEOs of major corporate groups. She ranked first by a landslide throughout all three years of high school, held several positions, and won countless gold medals and trophies in competitions. She has an intimidating presence and a distant, indifferent gaze. Her beauty is the least remarkable thing about her."

An admiring, curious newcomer asked, "Then she must be the type who keeps to herself, doesn't need friends, and doesn't care what anyone thinks, right?"

The graduating senior paused, as if remembering something. "...She should have been."

The newcomer: "?"

What did that mean?

The senior tugged at his lips and said with distaste, "But somehow, there's this damn fox spirit clinging to her."

Jiang Xu: ?

Jiang Xu: o.O

"I know she likes me, but that's not enough. I want to be her first choice." - Jiang Xu.

1. The first half takes place in high school, the second half in the city. The urban storyline pairs an actor (the hero) with a CEO (the heroine).

2. Both leads are adults.

3. Their feelings are mutual and equal.

- Story blurb:

No transmigration / no blood relation / 10-year age gap / hero is 28 / raising a child / imperfect heroine

[Sharp-tongued, mischievous calico kitten x exceptionally kind, emotionally steady Maine Coon]

Oda Rina was taken in by Oda Sakunosuke.

- From a pile of corpses.

And how had they died?

Oh, she'd killed them.

After that,

he gave her a name.

He fed her.

He washed her clothes.

He soothed her to sleep.

At fifteen, Rina rode on Oda's shoulders and tugged his hair. Oda could only put up with it.

At eighteen, Rina grabbed Oda by the collar and kissed him by force. Oda still had no answer for her.

Oda Sakunosuke rubbed his forehead. "...Sigh. I brought home a little tyrant."

2.

Oda Rina can amplify her own pain several times over and inflict it on others, wounds and all.

Her ability is extremely dangerous, and she couldn't control it as a child. Her parents, who looked at her with nothing but hatred and fear, sold her, and she became a weapon for killing.

She had no name. Whenever she wasn't sent out to kill, she was locked away in a windowless, all-white room, left to stare into space. Her bandages were carelessly wrapped around her, and even at a young age she had a gloomy air about her. She never cried out in pain and never spoke.

Until a group of people of unknown origin destroyed the facility.

She tilted her head up and stared expressionlessly as a boy twice her height approached. He lifted her sleeve, saw the blood soaking her bandages, and frowned. The first thing he asked her was, "Does it hurt?"

It was the first time anyone had asked her if she was in pain.

Their eyes met. The boy slowly crouched down to look her in the eye.

"Would you like to come home with me?"

That was the second thing he said.

His eyes were as blue as the bright sky that day, and blue became her favorite color.

Before you read:

1. The heroine was used as a weapon for killing. At heart, she was a blank slate, unable to tell good from evil and lacking any sense of morality. Because she was often ordered to kill, that blank slate turned completely black. This story is about the hero taking her in and trying to turn the black on her page white, then fill it with other colors. As a result, her personality changes a lot between the beginning and later parts of the story.

2. Before starting the story, I'll rewatch the hero's and other featured characters' scenes to avoid writing them out of character as much as possible.

3. The romance begins after they are adults.

Ongoing story:

[A somewhat rotten, lazy, unmotivated girl x tsundere, kind-hearted Keigo Atobe]

MBTI: ENFP x ENTJ

"Personality is always the most important quality in a partner."

In the summer of her second year of high school, three months after giving up piano, Sanda Saka moved alone from Kanagawa to Tokyo.

Tokyo's summer was unnaturally hot. Cheers drowned out the sound in her headphones. Sanda Saka looked up listlessly, her gaze drifting through the crowd, and saw a boy on the tennis court whose bold, fiery energy outshone the scorching summer sun.

She watched the entire tennis match on a whim, despite having no interest in it. Sanda Saka never expected to run into him again when school started.

- They say eye contact is a form of mental connection between people, without desire. So every time our eyes meet, my heart beats faster.

Before you read:

1. There are some original additions. Hyotei won't be miserable, and they won't keep losing.

2. The heroine becomes a pianist later on, and the hero inherits the family business.

3. The story is set in high school, but the plot follows the anime.

Theme: Love can make life better.