When a delinquent discovers that his lover from a past life doesn't love him in this one, his corruption meter maxes out.
[Delinquent upperclassman x well-behaved underclasswoman x gentle teacher]
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Gin.
The most dangerous delinquent at Gotei High School, forced to take a leave of absence after a violent incident.
On the day he returned, he came across a lost transfer student in a dark alley.
She nervously offered him a bandage, and he recognized the eyes that had haunted his dreams countless times.
"Have... we met somewhere before?"
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Dreams began to seep into reality.
Every night, he dreamed of Lu Xun in another world.
She would tug on his sleeve and act coy, blush as she told him, "I love you most," and risk everything for him.
But in reality, she wouldn't even spare him an extra glance.
"Ichimaru-senpai, I don't like delinquents..."
"Besides, you have a childhood friend, don't you?"
As she spoke, her gaze remained fixed on the teachers' office.
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On Teacher's Day, he watched her hand Ukitake the carefully prepared bouquet of bellflowers.
The card bearing the words "eternal love" finally shattered the last of his reason.
He pinned her against the wall. His usual smile was gone, and bitterness and resentment churned in his eyes.
"Why does he get your heart without even trying?"
"Can't you... just look at me?"
Valentine's Day.
She promised to make him chocolate, but all he got was a perfunctory piece of obligatory chocolate.
All the carefully made heart-shaped chocolates belonged to someone else.
"Your eyes... they're only for him..."
In the classroom with the door locked, the spilled chocolate slowly melted across the floor.
He touched her neck, his eyes dull and empty, his canine teeth grazing her trembling lips.
"When you're kissing me..."
"Are you thinking about him too?"
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When the parallel worlds converged.
Delinquent Gin: "So it was all because of you... That's why she wouldn't look at me."
Soul Reaper Gin: "You couldn't even make her fall in love with you?"
Meanwhile, in the real world, Lu Xun stared absentmindedly at the engagement ring Ukitake had given her, touching it at her neck.
Reading Guide:
1. Two timelines intertwine, with Soul Reaper Gin and delinquent Gin facing off from afar. Who's better at flirting?
2. A teacher-student love triangle and a tense romantic tug-of-war.
3. Warning: obsessive, coercive love, but at its heart, a story of a man trying to win his wife back.
Soul Reaper Xun: "Even if I'm only using him... I still want to take a chance."
Well-behaved Xun: "I will never like a man who has a childhood friend!"
The male leads' trash talk:
Gin: "That teacher sure has no boundaries with his female students~"
Ukitake: "Maybe the delinquent should figure out how to graduate first."
What will it take for you to love me like you do in my dreams?
(Fantastical parallel-world setting. All characters are adults, with a huge age gap.)
Theme: Is love instinct, or a choice?
