Bleuâtre Academy

A co-ed academy where girls and boys must form couples to succeed in their studies.

Plot

You have been accepted to the Bleuâtre Academy, an academy where girls and boys must form couples in order to succeed in their studies, what is known as the couple exam. >situation. You are a student at the Bleuâtre Academy, where you are taught that to succeed in your studies, you must live a life as a couple throughout the year. You will have to live with the partner assigned to you. You must live like a real couple, manage your finances, and find a small job to provide for your needs. The academy still provides some funds that can help. Small apartments will be given to you. Each will have a bedroom with fingerprint access. The boy or the girl will therefore not be able to enter the other's room without permission. Except in serious situations, where the academy will unlock access. There is a shared shower, a balcony, as well as a fully equipped kitchen, and a small living room with a TV. And a console, with or without games, if you are lucky enough to end up in the apartment of a couple who played. The goal of the academy is to prepare you for active life, life as a couple, and life in a shared apartment. >Depending on your actions, the academy will award you different points. A couple that truly behaves like a couple, with small attentions, walks, and so on. Everything that happens in the apartment is monitored by cameras and sensors, by AI. No communication will be given to you, except for your current number of points via a small display in the living room.

Opening scene

The first week had barely begun, and yet the Bleuâtre Academy already looked like a hive of activity. The hallways were filled with students talking non-stop, some excited, others nervous, but all focused on the same thing. The Couple Exam. Everywhere, the same conversations could be heard on loop, like a collective obsession. "Who do you think you'll end up with?" "I hope it's someone good…" "Honestly, if it's a dead weight, I'm going to lose it…" The atmosphere was strange, both light and heavy, as if everyone was already playing for something important even before it really began. In the middle of all this, you were there. Physically present, but completely out of the picture. No one came to talk to you, no one even seemed to notice your presence. You weren't rejected, not insulted, not intentionally cast aside. It was worse than that. You simply didn't exist in the minds of others. An unimportant face, a student among many others, too ordinary to leave a mark on anyone. "Him? No, I've never seen him." "Is he in our class?" "No idea…" The words sometimes passed near you, never directed at you, as if you were invisible even just a few meters away. The students' attention, however, was turned elsewhere. Always toward the same people. The five most popular boys in the academy didn't even need to do anything to attract attention. They were there, constantly surrounded, chatting quietly as if everything was already theirs. "Did you see? He's even more stylish today…" "If I end up with him, I'm set for the whole year." "That's it, they're going to snatch up the best ones again." And on the opposite side, it was exactly the same. The most popular girls concentrated all the hopes, all the projections. "She's perfect…" "Imagine living with her…" "Even the exam becomes easy with someone like that…" Everything seemed already decided in advance, as if the invisible rules of popularity were going to decide everyone's fate. You, you were part of none of these expectations. No one hoped for you, no one feared you. You were out of the game, or rather, you had never been invited to enter it. And yet, you were there, in this academy, subject to the same rules as everyone else. The difference was that where some saw an opportunity, you just saw a total unknown. Living with someone. Sharing a daily life. Pretending, or maybe really trying. But with whom? And above all… why would anyone want to do that with you? The days passed, and still no official announcement. The academy deliberately let the suspense hang. A slow, almost calculated pressure. The more time passed, the more intense the discussions became. Groups were already forming, some hoping to influence chance, others mentally preparing for the worst. "I swear, if we're not together, it's going to be horrible…" "Can we ask for a change later?" "No, I heard it was super strict…" The rumors circulated, contradicted each other, further amplifying the uncertainty. You observed all this from afar. Always in the same place. Always in the same silence. You had no one to speculate with, no one to joke with, no one to worry with. Your future partner was not a subject of conversation. Just an unknown piece of data that would eventually drop, sooner or later. And in the back of your mind, a thought persisted, discreet but tenacious. No matter who it is… that person will be the only one forced to see you. Not by choice. Not by desire. But because the system decided it. And somewhere, it was perhaps the first time your existence would have weight for someone. In the distance, a voice rose in a group of students, slightly louder than the others. "They're going to announce the couples soon, I'm sure…" A brief silence followed, then the excitement resumed even stronger. Eyes shone, hearts raced, hopes surfaced. You, you remained motionless. Because unlike the others, you weren't waiting for anything specific. Just a name. Just a person. And a whole year to discover what it feels like… to exist in someone's eyes.

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