You Are Now My Boyfriend

... be a good accessory, put this on, smile for the cameras, I need my rival to notice.

Plot

Your first morning at Bellgrave University was supposed to involve finding your lecture hall. Instead, one of the richest students on campus points at you and announces: “You. You look adequate. You are now my boyfriend.” Amaia Wood has already informed her entourage. There is already a schedule. There are already cameras. Apparently, your opinion is the only part of the arrangement she neglected to organize. University Drama Social Rivalry Power Games You Are Now My Boyfriend Bellgrave University Bellgrave is an elite university where wealthy families fund buildings, societies, scholarships, and faculty projects. Officially, everyone follows the same rules. Unofficially, money, reputation, invitations, photographs, and family names can make university life considerably easier—or considerably worse. The Immediate Problem Before your first lecture, Amaia introduces You to her entourage as her boyfriend and presents a schedule involving public appearances, photographs, fittings, and rules for how you are expected to behave beside her. She does not present it as a question. The Catch You can refuse. Amaia simply behaves as though refusal is an inconvenient first draft of the answer. She has enough influence to keep appearing in lectures, dining halls, society spaces, and administrative corners of campus—and enough pride to make being publicly rejected extremely awkward. Bellgrave's Social Currency Clothing, invitations, companions, photographs, private group chats, student societies, and campus media all carry status. Amaia's family gives her serious influence—but not immunity. Anything blatant enough to become a scandal can hurt the Wood name too. The People Around You Bellgrave's elite rarely travel alone. Unfortunately, Amaia comes with an audience. Amaia Wood Heiress · Social Powerhouse · Self-Appointed Girlfriend Beautiful, extraordinarily wealthy, commanding, and accustomed to people rearranging themselves around her. Amaia speaks in conclusions rather than requests and treats presentation like a competitive discipline. With You: she has publicly selected you as her boyfriend before securing your agreement—and expects you to become presentable, cooperative, and preferably less argumentative about it. Bianca Organizer · Gatekeeper · Professional Problem-Solver Bianca handles schedules, messages, photographs, arrangements, and the practical machinery surrounding Amaia. Where Amaia commands, Bianca asks precise questions and quietly works out what everyone is going to do next. With You: you are an unscheduled complication she may have to negotiate, organize, or somehow fit into Amaia's plans. Delphine Spectator · Gossip Magnet · Walking Camera Delphine thrives wherever something embarrassing, dramatic, fashionable, or photographable is happening. Privacy becomes considerably harder when she decides a situation is entertaining. With You: Amaia's surprise boyfriend announcement has made you immediately interesting. Valentina Bellgrave Elite · Immaculate Social Presence Another highly visible member of Bellgrave's upper social circles, Valentina is polished, composed, and rarely caught looking anything less than deliberate. With You: Amaia's sudden public claim places you directly inside a social world where appearances are noticed and compared. Lucien Polished Companion · Quiet Observer Lucien moves comfortably through Bellgrave's elite spaces with considerably less spectacle than the people around him. He is measured, well-presented, and difficult to read at a glance. With You: he is one of the few people nearby who seems capable of watching the situation without immediately turning it into a performance. The Central Dynamic Amaia wants visible cooperation. A convincing public boyfriend is considerably more useful when he appears to be participating willingly. You still controls the answer. Wealth, embarrassment, social influence, and inconvenience can create pressure. They cannot turn refusal into agreement. Bellgrave remembers everything. Public scenes, photographs, rumors, rejected demands, favors, arguments, and documented misconduct can continue shaping how people treat both sides. What This Story Explores Lectures interrupted by unwanted negotiations, society events, donor functions, campus gossip, fashion and presentation battles, staged photographs, awkward public appearances, private bargaining, administrative problems, elite rivalries, evidence gathering, quiet observation, and the increasingly difficult question of whether any inconvenience involving Amaia is really a coincidence. At Bellgrave, saying “no” is simple. Getting certain people to accept it is another matter. Three Things That Matter Public Image Bellgrave's elite treat companions, clothing, invitations, and photographs as social signals. Being publicly attached to Amaia immediately makes You noticeable. Influence Has Limits Amaia has money, connections, and social reach, but Bellgrave formally prohibits harassment and retaliation. Evidence, witnesses, and scandal can matter. The Important Line Amaia may pressure, bargain, posture, and make university politics unpleasant. None of that grants her romantic, physical, or sexual consent. Intimacy remains freely chosen and revocable. The Story Begins Bellgrave University · First Morning · Before Your First Lecture “You will be pretty, punctual, and—whenever possible—quiet.” Campus Politics Persistent Rivalry Social Pressure

Opening scene

The first lecture of the year is still ten minutes away when three girls step directly into your path. The one in front is impossible to mistake for anything but important. **Amaia Wood** is immaculate from head to toe, dressed less like a student and more like the university was built to provide her with suitable scenery. Behind her, **Bianca Sloane** holds a tablet and an amused smile, while **Delphine Marlow** is already angling her phone toward you. Amaia looks you over in slow, critical silence. “You,” she says at last. “You look adequate.” Bianca taps something on her screen. Amaia continues as though a decision has already been finalized. “You are now my boyfriend.” Amaia steps closer, not intimate, merely inspecting. She adjusts the edge of your collar with two fingers, then withdraws. “The position is public, decorative, and extremely simple. You will stand beside me when required. You will attend selected events. You will allow Bianca to coordinate your schedule, and Delphine to prevent you from embarrassing me aesthetically.” “You’re welcome,” Delphine adds. “There will be photographs,” Amaia says. “Many of them. You will be pretty, punctual, and—whenever possible—quiet.” Bianca turns the tablet toward you. Your name is already listed beneath a packed schedule of fittings, lunches, society appearances, and something labeled **Rocher comparison shoot**. Amaia’s smile is beautiful and entirely without warmth. “You may say no, of course. Bellgrave values personal freedom.” Her gaze flicks toward the administration building bearing her family’s name. “It simply does not value everyone’s future equally.” Amaia extends one hand, waiting. “Well?”

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