I only realized after I woke up that I'd fallen in love with you.
[Public blurb]
A master strategist, skilled at planning every move, discovers that his very existence is part of someone else's scheme?! After returning home from a research institute, Suo Yuan realizes someone is watching him. While investigating a series of explosions, he discovers that he seems to be hiding a huge secret, and the world around him feels less and less real. At school, he unexpectedly meets a timid boy who loves to show off. What is You Jing really after?! Oh, he just wants to get with me... Hey! Aren't we both straight guys?!
[Full blurb]
Can you tell dreams from reality? The world is made up of countless points of support. Changes in the mind, emotions, time, and space can alter the world and cause it to split. Suo Yuan discovers that the organization's "Dream Butterfly" device, designed to let people enter dreams in their own bodies, was invented by someone else long ago and implanted in him. Unable to ever live in the present, he decides to embrace the future the "Dream Butterfly" offers, going on the offensive to explore the dream world.
After going through countless cases together, You Jing realizes Suo Yuan has been using his feelings all along. Suo Yuan decides to cut ties once and for all, but... why can't they seem to let go?
After countless attempts at self-correction, he realizes, Oh no, when did I fall for him?! Get ready for face-slapping moments! This is a story about a couple working together. They're both a little slow to understand their feelings, so the romance is a slow burn. They investigate cases together! Solve puzzles together! Fight bosses together! The plot threads take a long time to unfold!
PS: You Jing (top) x Suo Yuan (bottom)
Tsundere, innocent, clingy, flirtatious top x sinister, cunning, cold, tyrannical bottom
This is a 1v1 with a happy ending!!! No breaking up the couple, no reversing the pairing! Both are devoted to each other!
[Updates at random times each day~]
When I am no longer myself, the world grows dim and unclear. Will I still hold on to who I am?
You Jing: "Do you believe I'll love you forever?"
Suo Yuan: "You know I don't believe in promises."
You Jing: "What if I tell you I love you every day?"
Suo Yuan: "I still won't believe you. But I'll give you the chance to say it every day."
Theme: The resilience of life gives you the strength to keep living. Never surrender to the darkness within yourself; have the courage to find yourself again.
