Reborn Wants to Get Back Together with Me

[This story didn’t turn out well. Read with caution.]

[Regarding the rating after completion: I can say with complete certainty that I have never reported or deleted a rating after completion. Authors can’t delete those ratings. I accept any normal rating from readers who bought the whole story, as long as it isn’t defamatory. My other stories have plenty of three-star reviews and even some two-star ones, and I’ve never reported them.]

[My upcoming story is below: [Reborn!] You Must Cuddle Up to the Strong. If you’re interested, have a look, dear readers.]

I once had a boyfriend. I “hunted” him down at a bar on the day I came of age as a yokai.

Honestly, aside from never being around, he was great: handsome and gentlemanly, considerate, and good in a fight. And in bed... ahem. Anyway, he was amazing.

Our relationship was steady, and we got along very well. I thought he really liked me.

But one day, my boyfriend disappeared. Before he vanished, he sent me a message.

“Ryoune, let’s break up.”

What a despicable man. He couldn’t even be bothered to break up with me in person.

“Fine.” I jabbed viciously at my phone. “Let’s break up.”

Great. If we’re breaking up, we’re breaking up. Whoever comes crawling back first is a dog, and I’m not going to be one.

I’m a yokai. How hard can it be to find a partner?

“You don’t even like him,” said the baby who was supposedly my bodyguard but was actually the Tenth Generation boss’s home tutor. “You’re just after his body.”

“So what if I am?” I said righteously. “What kind of yokai doesn’t like a little lust?”

The baby was momentarily speechless. “Either way, you can’t date him.”

He talked too much. What did my love life have to do with him? He was even more meddlesome than my ex!

Speaking of that long-missing boyfriend, I wondered how he was doing. Hmph. Who cares what happens to a man like that? It’d be better if he never showed up again.

Just then, my boyfriend, whom I’d assumed dead long ago, suddenly appeared and said he wanted to get back together.

I knew it. He can’t stand seeing me happy.

After all, a proper ex should be as good as dead.

“We agreed whoever came crawling back first would be a dog, ”

Anyway, I’m not going to be one.

Then I saw my ex open his mouth.

“Woof!”

Reading Guide:

★ The main story is in third person, with R as the pairing. There are original setting details.

★ Reunions right from the beginning. Out of character, and short.

★ A lighthearted story about winning back a wife.

★ Includes some silly original plot. The protagonist doesn’t take part in the main plot. This is a fluffy, brainless daily-life story about falling in love.

★ No secondary pairings. Other characters are purely friends.

Coming Soon: [Reborn!] You Must Cuddle Up to the Strong

With the Strongest System in tow, Ashuku Akira transmigrates to a world that seems ordinary but is actually crawling with mafia. He’s told: “You must get physically close to strong people to earn life points!”

This makes no sense. Shouldn’t a so-called Strongest System turn him into a strong person?

During the evaluation...

You may be bitten to death by an upperclassman who hates groups of herbivores.

[Strongest disciplinary committee chairman of Namimori Middle School detected. Please cuddle up to him!]

“So if he bites me to death unilaterally, does that count as physical intimacy?”

A certain pineapple-headed man may treat you as a “toy.”

[Strong person from the Vindice Prison detected: Mukuro. Please try your best to cuddle up to him!]

After an error with the System, Ashuku Akira accidentally experienced the Six Paths of Reincarnation. “This really, really isn’t okay!”

You might accidentally get dragged into some kind of terrifying “game”... Oh, even just passing by might let you earn a few life points in the chaos! After all, a dangerous game means strong people are gathered together!

[X is a strong person with a bit of a temper. Please try your best, ]

“Stop. My legs go weak just looking at him TVT”

You might also run into a certain white-haired man. He could be from a parallel universe, or he could be from this timeline.

[He’s strong! Find a way to cuddle up to him!]

“...”

And you might open your eyes and find yourself ten years in the future, in a world where you apparently never existed. Hm? A world where I don’t exist? Did I die because I never cuddled up to a strong person? That’s awful!

“It’s been a long time.” The upperclassman, now clearly a young adult, approached him step by step. “You toyed with my feelings and then left. Have you come back now?”

Ashuku Akira: !

What was he talking about? When did he toy with anyone’s feelings?

Wait, he left? So he’s still alive!

“Now then...” The pineapple-headed man smiled meaningfully. “Shouldn’t we continue what we left unfinished?”

Ashuku Akira panicked. What could we possibly have unfinished?

“You really played me for a fool!” The Varia boss sneered as he took out a box. “I’m telling you, you’re finished!”

The ferocious box weapon obediently rubbed against Ashuku Akira’s palm under X’s icy gaze.

Ashuku Akira looked cautiously at X. “...This, this has nothing to do with me, right?”

“They just missed you because it’s been so long since you’ve seen them, ”

The little angel’s reassurance was interrupted by a passing baby, whose voice was full of undisguised glee. “Ciao. Someone’s on their way to find you. I’m sure something unpleasant will happen then. Poor you.”

I couldn’t hear any sympathy in that at all. You just sound like you’re looking forward to the show!

Can someone tell me what’s going on?

System: [Everyone is stronger than they were ten years ago. Go cuddle up to them and earn your life points!]

Ashuku Akira: “...” He was too exhausted to complain.

Earning life points isn’t easy. There’s a real risk of losing your virginity!

★★★★

★ Out of character and illogical. Once everyone starts dating, the OOC is bound to be pretty intense. If you can’t accept that, please read with caution.

① Everyone loves the protagonist. Lots of romantic interest. Younger love interests ten years ago, older love interests in the Future Arc/ten years later.

② The cuddling includes both romance and friendship. Romance includes ambiguous feelings, possessiveness, and love rival showdowns.

③ There should be plenty of everyday life. I can’t write fight scenes [awkwardly rubbing fingers].

④ The protagonist barely participates in the main plot. He’s just a pretty useless guy.

Theme: Sometimes, you really do need to listen to different points of view.