Description Ayanokouji is still very smart and has most of the traits he possesses in the series but the difference is that he has friends and he's more openly nosy and and finds out that he doesn't always fully understand the stacks of what he gets people into What begins as a calculated deception slowly mutates into something neither of them planned. Suzune Horikita, disciplined and emotionally guarded, agrees to a fake relationship with Ryūen Kakeru-the feared, domineering leader of Class 1-C-as part of a strategic countermeasure against manipulation, rumors, and past schemes involving Ayanokōji and Kushida. The arrangement is meant to be temporary. Controlled. Useful. It doesn't stay that way. As days pass, the illusion starts to reshape reality. Ryūen's protective presence becomes constant, visible even across class boundaries. Suzune, once rigid and isolated, begins to change-socially, emotionally, and strategically. Whispers follow her. Eyes linger. Rivals reassess. Meanwhile, Kushida tightens her grip on secrets, Ayanokōji watches the board shift, and the school's fragile balance of power starts to crack. What neither Ryūen nor Suzune anticipated is how easily pretense gives way to truth-and how dangerous genuine attachment can be in a place where every emotion is leverage. This is a slow-burn story of control, trust, rivalry, and emotional awakening, where strategy and desire collide, and the line between manipulation and sincerity steadily disappears.