After getting hit by a distracted truck driver, I thought I was finally free, finally dead. However, that all changed when I woke up in a room that was not a hospital and found out that I was the villainess of an otome game, surprise surprise, the stories didn't make it as great as I thought it would be. This is how my past life went, I was a waitress at Ochitsuite Cafe, and my name was Koi Mijimena, which if you translate that to English it means miserable love. I was 23 years old and lived in a rundown apartment with my best friend, my only friend, Akanbine Sue. One day, after I was fired from my job a truck hit me, cliche. I thought I was dead, so when I opened my eyes I was in the body of a duke's daughter! Turns out I was a villainess in an otome game called Heavens Gate!
'Maybe this won't be as bad as I thought it would be.' I thought and thought again. Turns it, all those stories that I read about a person reincarnating and becoming a villainess in an otome game they played in their past life isn't exactly what I thought it would be. Instead, I decided to do what the previous villainess would never do and become as powerful as I could possibly be and more! Unfortunately, it all ended in disaster.
Jasur - ❝ɴᴏ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴꜱ, ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʟᴇᴛ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟꜱᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ.❞
Lamis - ❝ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇʟꜱᴇ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀꜱ... ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ.❞
Edward - ❝ᴏɴʟʏ ɪ... ᴄᴀɴ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ.❞
Abaddon - ❝ɪ'ʟʟ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʟᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴏ, ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ'ᴍ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ.❞
Edric - ❝ɪᴛ'ꜱ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ, ꜱᴏ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴏʀʀʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ʙᴀꜱᴛᴀʀᴅ.❞
Aysima - ❝ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ, ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ, ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ, ɪ'ᴍ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴄʀᴀᴢʏ.❞
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Luke has been in love with his best friend, Taylor, for too long now and it's getting difficult to be around him. He knows it's time to move on and find someone who can make him happy, but he feels like that will never happen, not with the way Taylor has his heart...
Being in love with your best friend is hard. Luke Peterson knows this better than anyone else, as he's agonized over his feelings for Taylor Schofield for the past five years. So when he meets the handsome and confident Will Carson who wants to help him get over Taylor, it seems like the perfect chance for him to move on. But can Luke truly give Will a chance? Or will his heart always belong to his best friend?
Content and trigger warning: This story contains descriptions of suicide and homophobia.
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