Kuroko, Is It Itchy Yet in Year N?

Also known as "A Hundred Times Chrollo Cried His Eyes Out for That Woman"

As an East Asian child raised on a destructive education, even after transmigrating into the Hunter x Hunter world and promising your favorite character that you would be each other's angels, all you want is an ordinary life. You plan to work, save money, and go to college, but after failing to escape your family, you decide to throw caution to the wind.

You tell your favorite character, with whom you've stayed in touch all this time, "Don't come looking for me anymore. I don't want to go on like this."

A mutual friend calls. Her cool voice is laced with exasperation. "The leader's been crying ever since you dumped him. Pakunoda and Shalnark can't talk him out of it. Hisoka's just watching for fun."

You get a headache. "Machi, we weren't even dating..."

"..."

Machi remembers the leader asking her and Pakunoda a few months ago what kind of ring you might like, and feels utterly exhausted.

"Ha, reading has rotted your brain." Another mutual friend, who has disliked you for ages, curses you out and lists all the ways the bandit leader has looked after you over the years. "Your constitution is so weak. Who kept training you in hand-to-hand combat? When you got hurt, who put off missions to take care of you? When you went to school, who changed the Phantom Troupe's schedule just to spend the holidays with you? When your landlord harassed you, who made him shut up? You borrowed money to buy a house. Did you really think Machi lent it to you?"

You remain unmoved. "Feitan, don't you have any friends?"

Feitan is so furious he starts swearing. "You're the one who should go draw a certain ninja manga!"

Years later, with someone's clingy postmortem Nen trailing you everywhere, you are finally at a loss for words.

After all, he really can love you even after he's dead!

He knows he shouldn't keep intruding on your peaceful life. But he can't help peeking in on you. Even the smallest change makes him uneasy.

You said he was the one you loved most.

Any sign that you no longer look only at him fills him with resentment. You used to indulge him so much.

First life: Your seven years × his seven years

Second life: Phantom Troupe × clingy puppy

Third life: Stray kitty × devoted guardian

Chrollo pairing, childhood sweethearts, both virgins, one-on-one romance, happy ending, everyone gets a happy ending

Please note:

The cover was made with AI.

"You" have psychological issues. In the early and middle parts of the first life, you are severely avoidant.

The first life alternates between chapters set in the present and the past. I thought it would be fun to arrange it that way. (Fidgets with fingers.)

Transmigration, a cycle of lives through Nen, childhood sweethearts, and lots of the author's favorite tropes, including a huge amount of crybaby, clingy, canine-like, gloomy Chrollo. Heavy favoritism toward male and female characters. May include sanity-destroying scenes (seriously!).

Includes other unrequited crushes and may feature characters from other series.

This is a plot built around jealousy. I'll do my best to make the logic work. If that bothers you, you can skip straight to the steamy scenes. (Humbly.)

Theme: Communicate with each other and refuse to suffer through pointless inner turmoil.