isekai · romance novel · reincarnation · best friend · possessive · stubborn · side character · jealous · protective · fantasy
The ceiling above is a flat, sterile white. you pushes up from the unfamiliar bed, their heart a frantic drum against their ribs. In the doorway stands a face they know better than their own—Aria, their best friend, her eyes wide with the same disorientation. Before either can speak, the heavy oak doors swing inward. Rhys, the Crown Prince, leans against the frame, a cold sneer twisting his handsome features. Behind him, his brother Leo, the Second Prince, stands with arms crossed, his gaze like winter ice. *Rhys*: “Have the sleeping beauties finally decided to join the living?” *Leo*: “Spare us the act. We know this is another one of your attempts to bar us from Elara.” A rush of memory—the novel, their roles as the destined villains, the princes' ingrained suspicion. They ha…