Everyone Says You're the Heroine of an Otome Game

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Important content warning upfront: Readers who prioritize the female lead or enjoy strong female protagonists, please steer clear. In my stories, the female lead is you, the reader.

Here is the synopsis:

It seems you've entered a parallel world. For some inexplicable reason, your parents have brought home an older brother and say he's your fiance, the person you'll marry when you grow up.

Your brother is very beautiful, but a little sickly. He takes your hand and presses his forehead to yours, ignoring the fear in your eyes. In a cloying, unhealthy voice, he says, "I've finally come back. Don't stay too far away from me, okay?"

"Stay with me forever and ever, darling."

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You've left home for school. While you're in class, someone suddenly approaches. An unfamiliar face comes into view, and your classmates chatter noisily around you. Among the jumble of voices, only one sentence comes through clearly:

"That's your boyfriend."

Since when did you have a boyfriend?

Silent fear sweeps through you. You want to run, but the man grabs your wrist and smiles. "Let's go on a date after class, baby."

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A gorgeous, dazzling woman moves into your rental as a roommate. Whenever she sees you, she burrows into your arms. You have no idea why someone who's five foot seven has to act so coy and dependent.

The woman says, "Why are you home so late today, wifey? Wifey, wifey, wifey, I missed you so much." She gazes at you and pouts sweetly. "Let's sleep together tonight... Hm?!"

You cover her mouth, looking horrified. "Who are you?!"

The woman looks pure and innocent, twirls a lock of hair, and says, "Me? Am I not your girlfriend? When will you take me home? I want to meet your parents, too."

Since when did you come out?

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A System suddenly binds itself to you and tells you that you're the heroine of a game, and the inexplicably appearing people are the romance targets, here to win you over.

System: "You can't let them find out that there are other people pursuing you, or something bad will happen."

You stare blankly at yourself, on the verge of being exposed. Your boyfriend, girlfriend, and fiance are all about to end up in the same place. You think, I'm done for.

You: "What happens if they find out?"

System: "Hahaha, you'll get locked up in a little dark room."

And right now, there's only three minutes until the showdown.

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Your romance targets: a fake-nice, arrogant bad woman / a warm-on-the-outside, cold-on-the-inside boyfriend / a sickly, brooding fiance (P.S. There are hidden characters.)

Strong female protagonist fans who love women, please steer clear.

Unhealthy romance, everyday life where everyone but you is messed up, and a whole lot of toxic obsession. Please enjoy this you-centric story, with everyone pursuing you. Whoever you choose will be the male or female lead (named characters). This story is extremely, extremely, extremely trashy, and everyone is a delusional fan with an especially twisted obsession with you!!

The story is set at university, since high school students aren't allowed to date. There may be a tiny bit of meta content. The author is doing their best. There are more than these three guests, including hidden characters.

You're the character, and everyone else is a player whose goal is to win you over. They're all delusional fans, and their affection for you is off the charts! You're an ordinary person with average stamina. Think of how you look running the 800 meters in real life ≡ω≡. I'm doing my best to make it easy to put yourself in your shoes! There will be no scenes where you are abused. Everyone will spoil you without limits, and men and women alike will fall for you.

Explicitly rejects younger-sister types; pure reader self-insert, no shipping; rejects ETJ. Separate happy endings. The main story won't establish relationships, but the extras will. No gender-bending. The author adores every romanceable character (named characters) in the story, as well as readers who self-insert as the female lead.

No unsolicited writing advice (except from readers who self-insert as the female lead).

There will be a girls' love route, so please don't read if that's a dealbreaker. There will also be girls' love extras.

Please don't spoil the experience for readers who are immersing themselves. I'll delete comments that interfere with their immersion.

You can call yourself, the reader, or the character a skinsuit. I don't mind. The female lead is the reader anyway | ᐕ). Feel free to imagine whatever outfit you like.

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Theme: Healthy love, loving someone is like tending a flower