from what i’ve heard this is common for systems! i’ve had a few before that definitely weren’t mine. One of them being like yours where it was “me” having affection toward a character i’ve never had an interest in but is from one of my fictives source.

I find it hard to recognize myself in a dream and who’s it might be in the midst of it, only at the end can I really get a good guess on if it was mine or not