Childhood Friends with the Cloud Guardian of the Vongola

[Check out my upcoming story, The Nen Ability Is a Good Kid Growth Plan. The blurb is at the very end.]

My name is Fujisaki Kana, and just yesterday, I became a magical girl!

I'm about to become a guardian of Seiya Elementary, working alongside my favorite cousin!

But my childhood friend caught me transforming. QAQ.

Seeing my pale face, the black-haired boy closed his eyes again and said indifferently, "Are magical girls really that unusual?"

Why wasn't he surprised at all? That's not how things go in shoujo manga!

Anyway, my childhood friend accepted my identity as a magical girl and became the very, very, very best friend who shared my secret!

But then I suddenly realized that I might have fallen for someone.

The kind of love that's even deeper than what I feel for my favorite cousin.

"The ghost" encouraged me: "He definitely likes you, or why else would he light up all the lamps for you?"

I gathered my courage and confessed to my childhood friend.

My heart was pounding with nerves, and my fingers were on the verge of cramping, but he merely glanced at me and said:

"Oh, I already knew."

"You broke the school rules. Do you want me to bite you to death?"

And that was that.

Heartbroken, I frantically tore up all my love letters. After much soul-searching, I decided to study abroad with my cousin.

Years later, I had become a "ghost" myself. While negotiating with the Vongola, I ran into an obstacle.

A man said to be the strongest Guardian stopped me. His eyes unreadable, he asked:

"Kana?"

Me: ?! Who are you?

The man gave a cold laugh, looking at me with a meaningful expression.

Only later did I learn what he had been thinking:

Fujisaki Kana, I'll bite you to death!

[The Vongola private group chat]

A certain Storm Guardian who witnessed the whole thing: "Hey, what's with that guy?! He actually stopped a girl he didn't know of his own accord. That's so unlike him!"

A certain Mist Guardian who prefers to remain anonymous: "Kufufufu, looks like the iron tree has blossomed and the old house is on fire."

A certain peacemaker of a boss: "Don't say that, everyone. I'm sure Senior Hibari is..."

Hibari: "You all have too much free time, herbivores. How dare you gather in front of me? I'll bite you all to death!"

[Reading Guide]

■ A crossover featuring the Vongola, Bungo Stray Dogs, Shugo Chara, and Saiki Kusuo. The heroine is Nadeshiko's cousin, and there will be Guardian Characters and transformation scenes.

■ The story leans toward a gradual, slice-of-life pace. This is my first time trying this style, so please bear with me.

■ Pure-love, 1v1 sweet romance. The blurb has been screenshotted.

Blurb for The Nen Ability Is a Good Kid Growth Plan:

A month ago, I awakened my Nen ability.

Unlike my childhood friend's violent Nen ability, mine is like a raising game. I named it "Good Kid Growth Plan."

When I entered the game, I saw a tearful boy, bruised purple and blue all over, huddled in a corner of a garbage heap, quietly sobbing.

He was so hungry his stomach hurt, but he still offered me the piece of bread he'd managed to find in the trash, telling me to eat first.

Me: ...

Me: What's this feeling, like my heart's just been struck?

To keep the boy from going hungry again, I eagerly completed missions, going from a lazy slacker to a hardcore grinder. At last, I turned the garbage dump into a farm, and my precious good kid grew into an athletic, healthy, strong young man who loved sports.

But then he suddenly confessed to me.

Chrollo: Actually, I fell for you the first time we met.

Chrollo: I've never been a good person. I gave you bread because I like you, and I acted obedient around you because you like me that way.

Then the boy pointed to two other boys above his head, one red and one black, labeled [Hisoka] and [Illumi], and asked:

"Who are they?"

Feeling guilty, I quit the game and never logged in again, because I died in the Dark Continent.

After I woke up, the boy started acting strangely, behaving in a very odd way.

If I had to describe it in one phrase... the abandoned-cat effect?

He clung to me so obsessively that he wouldn't even let us be apart for a single step. Dark clouds always seemed to hang over him, his eyes were always damp, and the tender gaze he turned on me was filled with obsession.

Chrollo: I'll protect you. I won't let you die again.

Chrollo: Don't leave me again. Don't even take one step away from me, okay?

[Reading Guide]

■ The male lead is much more openly devoted than the heroine, and he's a very good actor.

■ The heroine is the Phantom Troupe's beloved, with other characters having one-sided crushes on her, but the pairing is with Chrollo.

■ The main text is in third person.

■ This is fanfiction, with some changes to the plot. You can enjoy it even if you haven't read the original.

■ The abandoned-cat effect: According to an explanation from Baidu Baike, a cat that has been abandoned and then taken back in will act especially docile for fear of being abandoned again. In relationships, it describes someone who, after being dumped, will try to act the way their former partner likes if given a chance to get back together.

Check out my upcoming stories: My Special Ability Is a Full-Scale Dating Sim and I Woke Up to Find Okkotsu Had Split into Three.

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