How to Get an Emotionally Stable Older Boyfriend

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[Imai Yuanlan, an ability user, a spiritual power user, affiliated with the Executive Department of the Time Government, a Class One dangerous ability user.]

This is the classification label on the original copy of a confidential criminal file from the Tokyo Branch of the Special Ability Department. But the Time Government does not care whether he has the notorious reputation of a dangerous ability user.

Want to ask him, "Why is your boyfriend an active-duty military police officer while you went and did something like that?"

Who, exactly, is asking that question?

So what terrible thing did he do this time, something even he himself doesn't know about?

...Getting too close to wanted criminals, making secret deals with the Clock Tower Keepers, maintaining an unknown connection with the Vongola Family?

Oh, right. He did all of those things.

But surely he shared information with the Special Ability Department. Or did they forget that the first and only time he wore an electronic ankle monitor for a whole year was the Special Ability Department's doing?

If they still want to put him under round-the-clock surveillance, then he suggests having his boyfriend handle it, just like a few years ago. For anyone else, the job would be a bit of a challenge.

He didn't return to Yokohama to watch the world end.

Stop.

And don't ask him what it feels like to fall in love with the same person a second time. First of all, it might not be the second time, since there are countless parallel-world futures in which the two of them remain lovers, and that's not up to him. Secondly

"My emotional needs aren't quite the same as everyone else's, Chihaya." He calmly folded his cuffs, getting ready to head out as usual.

"If by 'not quite the same' you mean," Jono Saigiku paused, deciding he should first catch the patient trying to bolt, "that you can't go without spicy food even while you're recovering, then yes, that's not something a normal person would do."

Universal Disclaimer:

1. Extremely slow burn. Everyone except the Bungo characters has an adjusted age. Imai is one year older than Oda Sakunosuke.

2. Pairing: Jono. The romance develops slowly, with a heavy focus on plot and battles.

3. A crossover with many works, lots of original characters, and I'm doing my best to update bonus side stories weekly.

4. At its core, this is just me writing the action scenes I want to read.

The author's page has an expanded collection of bonus stories. Feel free to check them out if you're interested~

Record of a Straight-Laced Boss Winning Himself Over is a bonus story set in a parallel world.

My Best Friend and I Rule Both Black and White is a collection of friendship-themed story ideas starring Seijuro Akashi.

Which God Are You Looking For? recounts one of Imai and the Gravity Manipulator's chance encounters somewhere in Europe.

Theme: Those who are capable take on more, and do so without hesitation.