After My One-Sided Love for the Strongest Failed, I Decided to Sever My Feelings and Prove the Dao

[An old-school, over-the-top, melodramatic mess with out-of-character writing. If you can't handle it, run! Then everyone can be happy! Kisses!]

[Check out the upcoming story next door, So That's What You Call Domain Expansion? Bad at everything, but number one at tormenting Jogo!]

In his previous life, Kamido Rin was a hopeless romantic and a lovesick puppy.

He was in love with the white-haired senior known as the strongest at Jujutsu High. He gave him his whole heart, took care of him meticulously, and did everything he could to give him everything he had.

Unfortunately, the senior never seemed to appreciate it. He was always lukewarm toward Kamido Rin, and sometimes even looked him over with a critical eye, a hint of pity in his gaze.

It was the pity one felt for the weak.

Kamido Rin's cursed energy was so faint it was practically nonexistent, making him a complete oddball among the strong students at Jujutsu High.

But even though he was that weak, when the senior was attacked by the special-grade cursed tool, the Inverted Spear of Heaven, he still charged forward without hesitation and took the exceptionally sharp blade for him!

Blood sprayed everywhere, and pain followed. Through his fading consciousness, Kamido Rin thought he heard someone calling his name urgently in a trembling voice. "Rin!"

...Didn't the senior hate him? Why would he address him so affectionately?

It had to be a hallucination.

"Gojo-senpai, from now on... I won't cling to you anymore."

As he lay dying, Kamido Rin's thoughts grew hazy. He swallowed a mouthful of blood, clung tightly to the senior's sleeve, and used the last of his strength to beg him:

"But no matter what... defeat him. You have to defeat him."

"Then stay alive."

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After being stabbed clean through, time rewound and the world started over. Kamido Rin lost his memories of his previous life and became an ordinary student, the best at physical combat at Jujutsu High, with no other redeeming qualities.

Then, on a peaceful morning, he picked up his treasured cursed tool and was about to head out to practice when the white-haired senior rushed into his dorm room and locked eyes with him.

The moment the senior saw him, he suddenly looked overjoyed, grabbed Kamido Rin's hand, and passionately confessed on the spot:

"Rin! I love you!"

"...Huh? Senpai, what are you talking about?"

Kamido Rin held his cursed tool in one hand, completely baffled. He looked at the other man in confusion and rejected him without even blinking.

"Dating would only slow down my swordsmanship!"

White Hair: ...

White Hair: ???

# The time I realized I loved him only after my almost-boyfriend died #

# What if he doesn't love me anymore after being reborn? #

# Instant heartbreak for 5t5 #

[Reading Guide]

1. CP: 5t5. The blurb is about the first life; the story starts in the second. There is a reason the protagonist was so lovesick in his first life, but it's a spoiler.

2. For fans of old-school, over-the-top melodrama. Very self-indulgent, extremely self-indulgent, outrageously self-indulgent.

3. This isn't a crematorium romance. Their love is mutual.

4. Everyone is out of character. This is an illogical work of imagination, full of personal headcanons and bugs. I'll write whatever I feel like.

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Check out the upcoming story next door, So That's What You Call Domain Expansion?, in my author's page!

Feng Shen Xing was one of the strongest curse users in the golden age of jujutsu. He killed, robbed, and left nothing alive wherever he went.

Unfortunately, he eventually slipped up. His old partner, Ryomen Sukuna, ambushed him and kicked him into a jujutsu sorcerer's seal.

Feng Shen Xing: ???

What the hell? Why?!

Feng Shen Xing cursed and grumbled, then suddenly reached out before falling asleep and gave Ryomen Sukuna a defiant middle finger.

You bastard. Just wait till I get out. I'll deal with you!

A thousand years later, the seal weakened. Feng Shen Xing climbed out of a well, disheveled and looking like Sadako from a rural ghost story. He and the white-haired sorcerer who had opened the seal stared at each other.

"You must be Lord Feng Shen," said the white-haired sorcerer, beckoning him over with a smile. "Interested in turning over a new leaf? Join Jujutsu High and help us kill Ryomen Sukuna."

Feng Shen Xing studied the unfathomably powerful man before him, raised an eyebrow, and agreed without hesitation.

"I'm not interested in turning over a new leaf, but killing that bastard... I'd be delighted."

But it wasn't until he arrived at Jujutsu High and spotted that pink-haired brat in the distance that Feng Shen Xing suddenly realized...

Damn it, he'd been conned!

"Who's going to fight a single finger?!"

But the white-haired sorcerer had the gall to answer, "That's why we need Lord Feng Shen to help us find all of Sukuna's fingers and restore him to his true form. Otherwise, how are we supposed to get revenge?"

Feng Shen Xing: "..." That actually made sense.

So, in order to kill that bastard himself, the dignified curse user had to swallow his pride, work 996 alongside the white-haired sorcerer, and exorcise the cursed spirits popping up all over the place.

"Domain Expansion: Coffin of the Iron Mountain!"

Surrounded by scorching volcanic lava, Feng Shen Xing acted as though he didn't notice. He strolled about looking around, and even had time to give his opponent a spectacular eye roll.

"You're so weak."

Jogo: "?"

The next second, a fierce wind rose and black light flashed. It was as if an invisible giant beast had quietly opened its jaws in the dark. The flames, magma, and cave vanished in the blink of an eye.

All that remained was the one-eyed volcano head, standing there dumbfounded.

Jogo: "?????"

Feng Shen Xing smiled as he closed in, grabbed Mount Fuji with one hand, and ripped the cursed spirit's skull right off.

"You call that a Domain Expansion?"

Watching from the side, the strongest white-haired sorcerer clapped away and repeated with gusto:

"No way, no way! Hilarious! You call that a Domain Expansion?"

[Reading Guide]

1. CP: 5t5. Two of the strongest, evenly matched, from a thousand years apart.

2. The romantic arrows are Gojo to Feng, and Sukuna to Feng. But Blueberry Yogurt isn't exactly a decent person, so we'll ostracize him. Beware the melodramatic love triangle.

3. The protagonist is strong, with a maxed-out golden finger. Being arrogant because you're powerful is the best!

Theme: Stay true to your heart and pursue your dreams.