Fang Lingyi has been having a hard time lately.
His best friend, Lin Ju, confessed his feelings for him.
Worse, Fang Lingyi turned him down.
People say you can still be friends after a confession, but that's complete nonsense. Fang Lingyi finds it excruciatingly awkward to be around Lin Ju, and he believes Lin Ju feels the same way, since he's seen him sigh in frustration more than once.
Finally, one day, as Fang Lingyi walks past the park, he sees Lin Ju raging at a trash can:
"I can't take this anymore! This save file is ruined!"
The next second, Fang Lingyi is back in the park at night. He checks his phone and discovers it's the night Lin Ju confessed to him. He's waiting for Lin Ju, just as they agreed.
Fang Lingyi: ?
Did I transmigrate?
After finally accepting the situation, he sits up straight, thinking that perhaps this time he should say yes to the confession.
Then he gets a text from Lin Ju: Something urgent came up, so I can't make it. Let's meet another time!
Fang Lingyi: ?
Why isn't this going the way it was supposed to?
Not only is it different, Lin Ju even seems to have fallen for someone else!
Because time has gone back three months, and Fang Lingyi, forced to take the fitness test again, is panting as he catches up with Lin Ju. Lin Ju is chatting and laughing with his roommate.
Jealous, Fang Lingyi grabs Lin Ju's arm. The moment he touches him, a familiar voice sounds in his ear: [Why is A Yi mad?]
He looks up and sees that Lin Ju's lips haven't moved.
Heart-shaped bubbles appear above everyone's heads, each marked with a number.
Fang Lingyi only finds out later that they're actually affection scores.
Fang Lingyi: ?
Help, I think I've transmigrated into a dating game, and now I can read minds!
Wait... What's this? I can exchange points for mysterious items?
Lin Ju has a dating simulator System, and lately he's noticed that his daily quests are giving him fewer and fewer points.
He can't figure out why and grumbles that the System is a greedy merchant, but he has more important things to do!
He's going to confess to his friend Fang Lingyi!
After failing once, he learns his lesson and decides to use the save-and-load method, going back to raise Fang Lingyi's affection score even higher.
Before that, he needs to unlock Fang Lingyi's past through key characters in the storyline.
One day, as Lin Ju is working hard to advance the plot, Fang Lingyi suddenly grabs his arm and pins him against the wall.
"Wouldn't it be easier to just ask me what you want to know?" Fang Lingyi grits out.
Thinking that his snooping has made Fang Lingyi dislike him, Lin Ju immediately shouts in his mind: [System, I want to read, ]
Before he can finish, Fang Lingyi's lips claim his.
"No reloading in the middle of a confession!"
Fang Lingyi murmurs, his eyes curved into smiles, as if he's fallen into a sea of starlight.
Shared-System, self-bending, mind-reading NPC seme X maxed-out-stats, save-and-load player uke
Notes: 1. The uke doesn't confess to the seme because of a game quest. The seme isn't a preset romance option, just a background NPC. The uke chooses to confess on his own, and he's completely in love.
2. After they start dating, the couple can earn points and achievements by cuddling and kissing, milking the System for all it's worth.
3. Sweet, sweet, sweet.
Theme: Sweet, sweet, sweet
