When Kusuko Meets Tomie

[One-Line Summary: When the Psychic Kusuko Meets Tomie, a Humanoid Disaster] Blurb: The psychic Kusuko transmigrates into an unfamiliar world, where she becomes an unfamiliar transfer student. Before she can even figure out what is going on, she finds she cannot use time travel to return to her original world. Then Tomie, the super-popular girl in her class, falls from a hillside... Well, she doesn't quite fall. Kusuko catches her. At first, Kusuko thinks it's just an ordinary good deed. But the moment she catches Tomie, she suddenly sees a line of text: "Save Tomie." She suddenly knows how to get back, but hasn't she already saved Tomie? Why hasn't she returned? Could Tomie still die at some point in the future? Kusuko doesn't mind saving her again. But after a while, she regrets it. She never expected Tomie to die so easily, or that after dying, even her blood could split apart and become new Tomies. Kusuko feels like she's stuck in a garbage game full of bugs. She can't beat it any time soon, and it's making her so furious she wants to crush the controller. Of course, there is no controller here. Only Tomies that keep multiplying. "Kusuko, save me." "Kusuko should save me and hold me. The impostor can get lost." "You're the impostor!" The ever-multiplying Tomies start hurling insults at each other. Kusuko is exhausted. Can't she find another way home? * At first, Tomie thinks the transfer student, Kusuko, is boring. She never approaches him on her own, never tells him she likes him, and even goes out of her way to avoid him. Then he falls from a hillside and she catches him. For once, his heart gives a little jump. Maybe Kusuko likes him, and he just hasn't noticed. Saving him is an honor for Kusuko, of course, but Tomie generously decides to ask her out anyway. He expects her to be over the moon, but instead she gives him a confused look that says, "Huh?" Tomie: "..." Much later, he finally understands why Kusuko has been so cold to him. It turns out she's a psychic. She can teleport, see through things, and even read his thoughts. And those aren't her only powers. [If I stare at your face for a while, I can see the flesh beneath your skin. Your looks don't work on me. Calm down, your skin seems to be splitting again.] [You're a walking disaster. How do you keep getting killed so easily?] [You're so annoying. If you cause me trouble again, I'll just set you on fire.] Proud Tomie suffers countless cold shoulders from Kusuko. But in the end, he still falls for her. Tomie hugs Kusuko and murmurs, "Then burn all the other impostors. One Tomie is enough for this world." Kusuko: [...] Reading Guide: 1. Not sure whether this is first-person or third-person. 2. It's more or less a sweet romance (?!). 3. Gender-swapped canon characters. Coming Soon: Confessed to by a Fairy-Tale Prince After Dressing as a Girl Blurb: I transmigrated into the son of a hunter in a fairy-tale forest. I figured I must have transmigrated into a fairy-tale world because I was always hearing stories about princes and princesses being cursed, then escaping danger and getting a happy ending with the people who rescued them. Also, my hunter father had insisted I wear girls' clothes since I was little, because he'd heard that was the only way to make sure I grew up safe and sound. Since I often wore a red cloak, plenty of people called me Little Red Riding Hood. I had mixed feelings. Did I get the Little Red Riding Hood script? But I don't have a grandmother. I had no desire to go to the royal capital and show off how much smarter I was than the people of this era. Used to life in the forest, I settled into a life of farming. One day, I opened the window and discovered a brilliant rose growing right in front of it, in my vegetable patch. I was baffled. I had no interest in buying rose seeds, and there was no way I could have grown such a beautiful rose. Besides, what kind of decent rose could take root, sprout, and bloom in a single day? It had to be a magical plant, or someone under a curse. I now had three choices: First, pull it out. Second, ignore it. Third, follow the usual rescue-story script and ask if it needed help. I chose to ignore it on the first day. On the second, I found that the rose had turned into a lollipop rose covered in flowers. I was stunned. Only magic could do that. I asked if it needed any help. The lollipop rose suddenly reached out a branch and touched my hand, then bent the branch into the shape of a heart. Me: "..." * I didn't know how to deal with this strange rose. My father was a bit oblivious. When he noticed the rose, he didn't think it was strange at all. He just wanted to pick a couple of blooms and put them in front of my mother's portrait. The rose didn't show anything unusual in front of my father, and let him pick two roses. I thought it was being generous, but that night it came straight into my room, tossed out the pothos in my vase, and stuffed itself inside. I was stunned all over again. I stroked the rose and asked what kind of help it needed. It wrapped around my wrist again and made me breathe in its sweet rose fragrance. Maybe the rose spirit in front of me was courting me. But I'm a guy. Reading Guide: ★Archived on 20241026 Theme: Never give up hope in life.