Akira Hayashi died a fool—betrayed by the girl he loved and manipulated by the very family he trusted. On the eve of his wedding, poisoned by the woman he cherished, he learned the cruel truth: everything he had, every ounce of affection, had only been a means to steal his inheritance.
And yet, at his cold, empty funeral, the only person who cried for him... was Tatsuya.
The very boy Akira once saw as a rival—who had loved him in silence all along.
But fate grants Akira a second chance. Waking up ten years in the past as a high school student again, Akira swears two things: he will uncover the truth behind his family’s betrayal, and he will never fall for Mio again.
Yet as he finds himself constantly drawn to Tatsuya—the calm, intelligent leader with eyes that hide years of quiet longing—Akira begins to wonder:
Did he lose the one person who truly loved him… and is it too late to win him back?
A story of second chances, slow-burn love, buried truths, and one boy’s journey to rew
NovelToon got authorization from Nithya to publish this work, the content is the author's own point of view, and does not represent the stand of NovelToon.
The Boy I Misunderstood Comments