Big Brother, Take Me Along (10,000 Words Already Written)

A Honor of Kings-inspired story, with a younger top, a mutually exclusive one-on-one relationship, and a bottom-focused narrative.

An all-around talented, handsome, rich, aloof jungler top x a bottom who used to be a hardcore player, switched to support, and is a shameless, win-obsessed suck-up.

Su Xinglang is a longtime player who painstakingly climbed to 90 stars in the Clash Lane. Every time he reaches the rank-up match for Legend, the System sabotages him. With no other choice, he has to practice a cute voice, pretend to be a girl, and cast his net wide in search of a carry.

One day, he gets incredibly lucky and matches with a top-ranked jungler. To climb the ladder, Su Xinglang boldly turns on his mic and asks to be carried. Little does he know the top-ranked jungler is a popular streamer, broadcasting every word he says...

From then on, he becomes famous overnight.

Gong Huai is a talented jungler who excels at everything, a cool-faced, adorable male college student. Though his family is well-off, he got into an argument with his parents over his sexual orientation and moved out in a huff. He supports himself through streaming.

Lately, though, he’s been thinking about someone.

While duo-queuing with a friend, he met a girl. Probably a girl. She had a sweet, innocent voice and asked to team up and play.

She called his friend “big brother” over and over, yet played every lane except Clash Lane. Her mechanics were polished, and she was flawless at starting fights, ganking, and pushing lanes. She never gave up when behind or got discouraged after a losing streak. When they were ahead, she was even sweeter, cheering them on. His friend was completely smitten.

Gong Huai was a little tempted too. After logging off, he repeatedly questioned his own sexuality.

Could it be... that I’m straight?

The girl got along great with his buddy, and they even talked on the phone all night. Gong Huai grew more and more dejected, torn up inside.

He despised himself for falling for his buddy’s girlfriend, yet couldn’t help getting closer to her.

Until one day, while the three of them were playing together, the girl’s voice suddenly turned into a man’s...

Friend (swallowing bitter tears): Waaaah, I feel awful! How could the girl I like be a man!

Gong Huai: Maybe it’s a misunderstanding.

Friend: What misunderstanding! He admitted it. It was a voice changer, a voice changer! He deceived my feelings! Waaaah, I don’t want to live anymore!

Gong Huai: ...

What a strange feeling. Is this what they mean by finding a new way out when all seems lost? Why do I feel relieved, and even uncontrollably happy...

Things got out of hand.

Su Xinglang swears he only wanted to rank up. It didn’t matter who the other person was. If they could carry him to a winning streak, he didn’t mind calling them “big brother” or chatting on the phone. Who knew the other guy would fall for him!

He’s straight!

And precisely because he’s straight, yet hurt another straight man, he can understand how devastated the other guy must feel. He wants to apologize, but discovers that the guy has already blocked him. Left with no choice, he finds his good buddy Gong Huai instead.

Su Xinglang (guilty) (earnest): Tell him I’m sorry. I was lying to him the whole time.

Gong Huai: He hates you. He doesn’t want to talk to you anymore.

Su Xinglang: Waaaah, I’m really sorry. I can make it up to him. I’ll do anything.

Gong Huai: ...Because you lied to him, you’ll do anything?

Su Xinglang (nodding vigorously): Yes.

Gong Huai (after a moment of silence): You lied to me too.

Gong Huai thinks the most incredible kind of fate in the world is meeting someone online. Falling in love with someone through a screen is almost impossible for him to imagine. But something even more incredible happened to him.

His online sweetheart lives right next door.

Reader’s notes:

1. A sugar-sweet, hilarious short romance with no angst, about 30,000 characters (though maybe, just maybe, it’ll get longer).

2. Online dating, getting exposed, and jealousy. A straight working stiff and a cool-faced, adorable male college student. Super, super cute!

3. A Honor of Kings-inspired story. There’s a lot of game content early on, with plenty of Honor of Kings memes. It’s that awkward-but-satisfying vibe!

4. A mutually exclusive one-on-one relationship. It’s a story of a straight man being turned and following his heart. The friend is just a supporting character and doesn’t date the bottom.

5. Age gap, younger top: 21, bottom: 26. Happy ending.

This is an endlessly inspired, sweet little romance. If you like it, please add it to your favorites! I’ll start once it reaches 100 favorites!

Theme: The internet connects us across the line. Treasure this bond.