Some romance stories feature supporting characters with vile intentions. For a time, they become a source of trauma for both the protagonists and the readers.
This leaves readers seething with resentment even after they reach the ending.
So Lin Yang has just one mission: stop them from tormenting the protagonists.
Lin Yang thumps his chest and promises, "I know all about the best-friend-and-family route!"
Story 1.
A vile supporting character with a cruel streak, a love of watching drama unfold, and a habit of toying with people's feelings. Though he is a gentle upperclassman at an elite academy, after learning that the protagonist who is the pursued one has a crush on him, he deliberately fakes a misaligned kiss with the protagonist who is the pursuer. Then he walks away without a care, leaving the two mutually pining protagonists to miss each other for over a decade.
This time, as he gives the pursued protagonist a helpless, gentle smile, the pursuer leans in from the wrong angle. A "kiss" is about to land.
He freezes...
A familiar figure appears behind the pursued protagonist, looking over with equal curiosity.
The vile supporting character abruptly kicks the pursuer away!
Story 2.
A vile supporting character was found and raised by his older sister, and has an inexplicable fixation on her. After she dies, he treats the pursuer she had a crush on as her keepsake. He makes the pursuer think he is in love with him, then keeps drawing him in and pushing him away, breaking the pursued protagonist's heart and eventually setting off a chase-your-wife-to-the-crematorium story.
Just then, his sister's upstanding husband, who had secretly married her abroad, returns home. The vile supporting character's attention immediately shifts, and he gives a chilling smile.
Meanwhile, Lin Yang, who has only fake-married his friend, has no idea what's going on.
Later, the vile supporting character is driven mad with jealousy. "What's wrong with a little brother giving his sister's things a kiss?!"
"Tell me! Did my sister ever kiss you?"
Story 3.
The older twin brother is sickly and psychologically warped, while his younger twin is in good health. The older brother has to spend half of every day in a wheelchair to keep from fainting. When he discovers that his younger brother likes the new tutor, he quietly schemes to blur the tutor's feelings for his brother, leaving them both sensitive and conflicted.
Just as he watches his younger brother bawl in anger, the younger brother's handsome, sunny best friend from school comes to comfort him. Half of his basketball jersey is soaked with sweat, but his eyes are fixed on the younger brother's figurine display, practically drooling.
The vile supporting character swallows softly.
Stories 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... to be decided.
A dark and vile supporting character has no choice but to become an upright, decent person for the pursuer, because that's the kind of person his beloved is.
Meanwhile, Lin Yang frowns as he searches through his memories, his head aching. It seems some clingy guy has climbed into his bed and won't leave, aaah!
Theme: Love the right person and become a better version of yourself.