Second start in kitchen

On the planet Clearth, Kael Veyrin becomes one of richest man alive—and the loneliest. He builds a tower tall enough to touch the sky, yet can’t breathe inside it. He missed his mother’s final moments in the hospital, watched his family fracture after his father’s accident, and later faced a bitter lawsuit from the little brother who once adored him. With no love life, no real friends left, and a life reduced to numbers, Kael stands alone on his skyscraper’s top floor and jumps, convinced wealth was never the answer. But his life takes a turn when he wakes up as his sixteen-year-old self in high school. His mother is alive, his father is healthy, his little brother still looks up to him, and even his dog is back—warm, loud, and real. Kael gets what he always wished for without daring to say it: time. But a second chance isn’t a clean reset; it’s a daily test. The old fears that made him sacrifice everything are still inside him, and the future he remembers keeps trying to pull him into control, isolation, and “I’ll fix it later.” This time, Kael chooses a different life—one built around presence. He joins Meridian High’s Culinary Club and finally pursues cooking, the passion he abandoned when his family needed money. In that kitchen, he learns a new kind of strength: not dominance, but care; not perfection, but consistency. As he navigates school festivals, club competitions, family crises he’s determined to prevent, and the chaos of friendships he never allowed himself before, Kael’s sharp sarcasm becomes less of a shield and more of a spark that draws people in. A romcom at heart with a slice-of-life rhythm, the story follows Kael as he rebuilds his bonds at home and gradually becomes the center of a lively, emotionally charged harem: Lyra, the blunt childhood friend who won’t let him hide; Selene, the flawless student council star who fears closeness will become weakness; Nari, the shy artist who sees through his masks; Juno, the fiery athlete who drags him into living at full speed; and a life more of a rollercoaster. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ it's not the best, but please feel free to try it and let me know in reviews, thank you.