Chapter 01
“Huff, gasp…”
I ran through the quiet night, pushing through the grass where there were few streetlights. Sharp gravel dug into my bare feet, but I couldn’t stop. Maybe it was from the tension, but I had been feeling dizzy for a while. I felt lightheaded, and also sleepy. With each stride, my head throbbed as if my brain lacked oxygen.
But I had to keep running.
[Let’s be together forever.]
He had finally said it. He put his mark on me, placed me under his control. The choker was gone now, but it still felt like something was choking me. The pitch-black night sky resembled him. Through my half-blurred vision, I could see the main road in the distance.
If I could just get there, just make it there, I’d be okay. I could escape this prison-like place. As I thought that—
“I told you not to go out at night. It’s dangerous.”
The delicate voice had been following me from some point. The voice, seemingly gentle at first, pulled at me cloyingly. Slender white fingers grabbed the collar of my shirt.
“E-Evan…. I thought you were sleeping…”
“How could I keep sleeping when you keep doing such fun things?”
Behind me stood a handsome man, ascetic and neat, yet somehow provocative. He smiled as our eyes met. His jet-black eyes wavered, taking me in. Pretty features, neat attire, a languid atmosphere.
The man before me was much shorter than me, but mentally, I was already completely overwhelmed by him. The proof was that I couldn’t push him away even though I could have done so with just a little force.
His hand slowly crept down like a crawling insect. As his touch traced my broad shoulders and well-defined back muscles—features others would envy—my trained body trembled helplessly. It felt like sticky mud was clinging to me.
“Hnngh…!”
“Hyle, do you know what I hate the most?”
My frightened reflection was caught in his cold, sharp black eyes. He was like a perfect depiction of a possessive, obsessive man, yet unlike him, I was trembling, gripped by forced excitement and fear, covered in dirt. Tears gleamed in my hawk-like golden eyes.
With a grunt, my shoulder hit a tree. Straddling me as I fell helplessly, he showed no sign of stopping. His touch, which had paused at my injured bare feet, roughly twisted my ankle.
“It’s when you leave me.”
This wasn’t how it should be. The main character I knew wasn’t like this. Where did it all go wrong? Amidst the stinging pain, all I could feel was the main character’s beautiful smile, and…
“I caught you.”
That single phrase.
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“…Still silver hair.”
Today, his unrealistically shiny silver hair was still there. Silver hair, seriously? It’s like something out of a fantasy novel. Yet the face beneath it felt even more unrealistic. Sharp, upturned eyes, a prominent nose bridge, hawk-like golden eyes. Whenever he looked a little melancholic, he seemed like the coldest, most perfect man in the world.
Moving my gaze a bit further, I could see a body close to art through the open collar. I didn’t remember doing any bulking up, but his firm muscles were perfectly proportioned all over his body. Not too much, just the right amount—just enough to make him look intimidating.
No matter who looked at him, he was the textbook example of a possessive, obsessive character.
“Haahh….”
All I could do was sigh. This is me? I’ve somehow ended up possessing the main character of a BL novel!
I used to dream of having a sweet romance and dying happy, but of all things, I possessed the character of a BL novel set in a boarding school, and a depressing one at that. Moreover, I was the main character, considered the craziest of them all.
The setting of the original novel was a prestigious university that only accepted children from wealthy families. Newly-adult heirs of conglomerates would attend this place, which was more like a social battlefield disguised as a school, where they’d receive heir training and then step directly into society after graduation. Because of this, the management of the students was incredibly strict, and calling it a specialized successor academy was more fitting than just a university. Maybe a military academy would feel like this.
The original protagonist, Evan Pristine, didn’t fit the mold of a student at such a school. He wouldn’t have been able to enter this school due to his poor financial circumstances. However, Evan proudly took first place in the entrance exam with his exceptional intelligence. He wasn’t much of a talker, but people were drawn to him. It was at this point that the original me, Hyle Verde, fell in love with him at first sight. Up to this point, it was fine.
The problem was that the main character, Hyle, was a bastard. Hyle Verde harasses Evan with twisted affection and eventually kidnaps and confines him. In the end, this story concludes with Evan resigning from everything while confined by Hyle.
[You can never escape from me.]
With such a possessive-like line.
It was an incredibly cliché story. How furious I was when I saw this ending. The one fortunate thing is that the point at which I possessed the character was before the start of the original work.
Screw the original plot. I clenched my fist and vowed internally several times. I absolutely won’t act like a possessive madman, so I should keep my distance from Evan Pristine, the main character of the original work.
Yes, I was definitely going to keep my distance. But where did it all go wrong? By the time I realized, I was already trapped, unable to escape from Evan.
The first time I saw Evan Pristine was at the entrance ceremony, under a cascade of cherry blossoms. Evan gave the opening speech at the ceremony. His graceful movements, his beautiful face, and his neatly buttoned-up collar made him look poised, instantly drawing everyone’s attention. I stared at him as if bewitched for a long time. Carmen, the only friend I made after the possession, whispered in my ear.
“Hey, the one giving the speech is really pretty. That’s him, right? The rumored Evan Pristine, who passed that hellish entrance exam with top marks.”
“…Yeah.”
I would believe it if someone said he was a doll. How could a real person be that pretty? I know I have an unrealistic appearance too, but he was on another level. As I stared intently at Evan, suddenly, our eyes met.
Those black eyes, as if they contained all the darkness in the world, were clearly directed at me, if only for a brief moment. A shiver ran down my spine. I instantly recognized that he was the main character who was meant to be tied to me. Is this what they call fate?
While I was lost in such idle thoughts, Evan turned his head as if our eye contact had been an illusion. A deep shadow fell over his eyes that were like the night sky. To say he looked like a living person was… how should I put it? A bit…
“Hyle. Hyle!”
“Huh? What? Why are you calling me?”
“Why are you spacing out?”
Carmen poked my arm repeatedly and then smiled meaningfully. Surely, you can’t be…
“Did you fall for him?”
“N-No! I didn’t fall for him!”
“You idiot, why are you shouting!”
Carmen covered my mouth and scolded me quietly. When I came to my senses, I realized the gazes around us were piercing. I could hear occasional whispers of “Is that Verde?” I quickly lowered my head and pretended to be distracted.
By the time I looked up again, Evan had already left the podium. But the image of his face and that melancholy feeling wouldn’t leave my mind, so I couldn’t tear my gaze away from the podium.
I saw Evan again just a few hours later. To think that the person who had appeared and disappeared like a mirage would be in the same classroom, and even assigned to the seat next to mine. I didn’t expect to meet him this early.
No, since Evan and I are the main characters, it’s not strange to meet quickly. The original story started from the moment of enrollment after all.
I managed to take my seat, walking stiffly like a robot. I gulped nervously at the dark figure in the next seat. However, contrary to my worries, Evan seemed to show little interest in me. His surroundings were always overflowing with students.
A freshman who entered this school, which only children from prestigious families attend, solely based on his grades. Rumors circulated about his family background being poor, even whispering that he was an orphan, and now that Evan’s face was known, people flocked around him. From those with favorable feelings towards him to those jealous of him, and even those lusting after him.
Pretending to sleep, I quietly listened to the conversations between Evan and others.
“Let’s be good friends from now on, Evan!”
“…..”
“Want to have lunch with me?”
“No.”
“Go out with me!”
“Not interested.”
Evan Pristine’s consistently mechanical and emotionless responses were exactly as described in the original work. The original Hyle Verde became more interested in Evan because of his ironclad personality that contrasted with his pure and pitiful outward appearance. Of course, even Hyle’s greetings were thoroughly ignored.
But he really was pretty. Long eyelashes. A small face.
As I admired his artwork-like face, our eyes met again. Embarrassed at being caught secretly watching, I blurted out whatever came to mind.
“Ah, hi.”
Ahh, my voice sounds weird. I felt like an overzealous fan meeting an idol. My heart was beating loudly. I could feel my face turning red. Evan slowly turned his head towards me. His slightly trembling pupils were full of surprise.
“…Hi.”
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