After Dumping My Obsessive Brother, I Became Everyone's Crush

[Recommended: the no-strings-attached what-if story, After Being Abandoned by Gojo, I Became Everyone's Favorite. It is still an Okkotsu-and-Rika happy ending. The blurb is at the very bottom, so take a look if you're interested!]

Your name is Rika, and you're a very pretty girl.

You have a childhood friend named Yuta, a handsome boy with black hair. You have a great relationship, and you even think you'll become his girlfriend when you grow up and eventually walk down the aisle together.

But things don't stay happy for long. You suddenly awaken memories of your past life.

A lifelong lover of beauty, you see how ugly you looked in your previous life. Horrified, you swear that this tragedy must never happen again!

So you move away overnight, cut off contact with Yuta, and go to another city, planning to quietly remain a pretty girl. A peaceful, ordinary life is best.

--

Your new deskmate is Tomie. She's just as beautiful, and has all kinds of strange, obsessive admirers.

Before long, the two of you are dubbed the "Ito Twin Beauties." You're quite pleased with your equally gorgeous best friend.

That is, until the two of you go to a hot spring one day and you see another beautiful face on your friend's back. The two faces, one in front and one behind, are arguing furiously.

You're terrified.

You move and transfer schools again overnight.

--

This time, you arrive in Yokohama, a city where no one is in charge and the factions are a tangled mess.

You meet Chuuya.

After observing him in secret, you decide he's one in a million and a genuinely good person. You decide to make him your new childhood friend.

But one day, on your way home from school, you run into a gang shootout.

You see your new childhood friend charging at the front with his bare hands, catching bullets and lifting three burly men with one hand.

It turns out he's the leader of a well-known gang.

After much thought, you decide to move again, again, again, for the sake of your personal safety.

--

After moving N times, you arrive at an ordinary high school in Tokyo. Life here is simple and unassuming, and the students are full of youthful energy.

At last, no strange people show up around you.

You even become the tennis club manager, with countless admirers. Everything is going just as you'd expected.

You're very satisfied.

Until one day...

Your locker is stuffed with all kinds of crazy love letters, all signed "Tomie."

You step outside and are blocked in a narrow alley by a young man with orange hair.

The older brother you casually rescued has grown up to be a villain with a warped sense of right and wrong. He calls you a "monkey" but won't stop clinging to you.

The abandoned Gojo has also grown into a capable young man. With the exact same dark circles as in your memories of your past life, he finds you and says in an inscrutable voice:

"I've got you now, Rika."

[Reading Guide]

1. "Childhood friend" here means someone you've known since childhood, and doesn't refer only to boys. It can also mean a girl.

2. The female lead is beautiful and naturally attracts everyone's attention. Her CP is Gojo, but there are other one-sided crushes and love-triangle drama, including both romantic and platonic relationships. The official romance begins when they're adults.

3. OOC, and the story may randomly kill characters off. Rika is the first to go.

4. Gojo is reborn, and his strength is unaffected by Rika.

5. This is a fun, comedic story.

[Recommended upcoming story: After Being Abandoned by Gojo, I Became Everyone's Favorite]

Blurb:

Your name is Rika Okkotsu. You're ten years old, and you're a very pretty girl.

You have a childhood friend named Yuta Okkotsu, a handsome boy with black hair. You have a great relationship, and you even think you'll become his girlfriend when you grow up and eventually walk down the aisle together.

But things don't stay happy for long. You suddenly awaken memories of your past life.

Before long, you'll be hit by a car and die, then turn into an ugly cursed spirit and cling to Yuta Okkotsu's side like a nightmare.

Of course, that sounds like a nightmare to you, too.

After waking up, you're sick in bed for three days. Before you can figure out how to face Yuta Okkotsu, you learn that he dropped out of school and moved away three days ago...

You: ???

#The abandoned clown turns out to be me?!

You are genuinely heartbroken for a while.

It's a shame that a budding young romance came to an abrupt end, but a colorful new life soon frees you from the pain of losing your childhood friend.

Before long, you move on to high school in Tokyo.

*

You get your first boyfriend. His name is Ryoma Echizen, and he's a cool, cocky boy.

You have a huge argument over whether grape Fanta tastes better than orange Fanta, so you break up. The relationship lasted two and a half weeks.

Your second boyfriend is Chuuya Nakahara, a few years older than you, and gentle and dependable.

But you discover that he's in a gang, so you break up for the sake of your life. The relationship lasted two and a half months.

Your third boyfriend is an upperclassman at your school. He's funny, charming, handsome, and sunny, and he even proposes to you in public.

You don't accept his proposal right away. Instead, while walking home alone that evening, you speak to the empty mouth of an alley:

"He's a great marriage prospect... If Yuta doesn't object, I'll say yes!"

Because you know those dark, twisted, jealous gazes watching you from the shadows have never been a figment of your imagination.

[Reading Guide]

1. This is a no-strings-attached what-if story based on After I Abandoned Gojo, I Became Everyone's Favorite. It can be read as another version of the story. The CP is Okkotsu and Rika, they stay together, and it has a happy ending.

2. Gojo is still crazy, and Rika is crazy too. That's just the author's thing, so read at your own risk.

Theme: If you get to live your life over, cherish your friendships and your time