Bound to a Romance Development System with My Arch-Enemy

[The original premise had me stuck, and the update schedule wasn't working out. I don't want to leave an unfinished story on my page, so I'm marking it complete for now. I probably won't write it in the future either. Thanks for understanding. I'll send red packets to all the sweethearts who left comments as compensation. I really love these two little protagonists, and I've started a new story with the same kind of double-A rivals-to-lovers setup. The top and bottom will keep the same personalities and characterizations. If you're interested, feel free to add it to your favorites.]

As one of the only two S-class alphas at the academy and a holder of a top-tier ability in the new generation, Xie Yao never dreamed that one day he would share sensations with a dumb cat.

His consciousness was forced into the cat's body, making him share its senses.

Even worse, the cat's owner was his most hated rival, the academy's other S-class alpha, Shu Yi'an!

A fool raising a fool of a cat, he even liked squeezing the cat's balls in the middle of the night!

Every night, Xie Yao would be woken by his detestable rival, and swear to himself:

One day, he would kill this dumb cat and its dumb owner!

System: You can't do that.

System: As the Host of the Cat-Cat Healing System, harming small animals is strictly forbidden. As long as you complete your mission, you'll naturally be freed from the cat and can exchange your reward for a mental-power enhancement package. Then you can punch your rival and kick an S-class alpha's ass!

Xie Yao lowered the hand he'd been about to use to toss the System aside, his eyes suddenly lighting up. "So what you're saying is, if I just play the cat and complete the mission, I can beat that dumb dog Shu Yi'an to death?"

That sounded wonderful!

If he could beat his rival to a pulp, what was the hardship of playing a cat in comparison?

*

Shu Yi'an realized that his cat had been getting stranger and stranger lately.

When he cooked, the cat climbed into the wok. When he worked on assignments, the cat pawed at his computer's power cord. When he typed, the cat commandeered his keyboard as a bed.

The dumb cat even secretly mixed milk tea powder into his protein powder.

Shu Yi'an: This is interesting.

He squeezed the cat's satisfyingly soft balls and smirked. "Looks like it's time to get you neutered."

But it wasn't just the cat that was acting strangely. His rival was, too.

When Shu Yi'an patted the base of the cat's tail, his rival, in the middle of a practical exam, would suddenly shudder in anger, turn around, and charge over to elbow him.

When Shu Yi'an rubbed the cat's belly, his rival, who had been sitting down and drinking milk tea, would suddenly shiver, get up, lock onto his target, and launch an attack.

When Shu Yi'an grabbed the cat by the scruff, his rival would bombard him with messages, protesting that an alpha's nape was absolutely off-limits.

When Shu Yi'an squeezed the cat's balls...

In the middle of the night, he was jolted awake by a crushing weight. It felt as though a thousand pounds were pressing down on him. When he opened his eyes, the black-and-white cat had turned into his living, breathing rival, sitting on top of him with a face dark as a pot's bottom.

The young man, furious with embarrassment, scolded him: "Shu Yi'an! Don't neuter the cat!"

Shu Yi'an squeezed them again. "Oh, they feel pretty good."

He hadn't known that getting a cat came with a rival, too.

P.S.:

1. Both leads are powerful double-A types, mutually exclusive in body and heart, one-on-one romance.

2. Please don't comment about splitting up or reversing the top-bottom dynamic, dream-crushing, pitting characters against each other, or insulting the characters.

3. After an accident, the bottom's mental power transfers into a dying black-and-white cat, which lets him share sensations with it, like one soul in two bodies. The top only picks up the cat after this happens, and the cat has no independent consciousness. The cat and human bodies can switch back and forth. Don't ask how it works; in a world of supernatural abilities, anything is possible.

Theme: Face life with a positive attitude.