Half an Hour of Mental Comfort Every Day [Sentinel-Guide]

Sentinel-Sentinel, Sentinel-Guide, Guide-Guide, or Guide-Sentinel?

A smug top x a smug bottom

Chen Zhuo and Yi Yue are both Sentinels and have been sworn rivals for over a decade, often grappling with each other in a frenzy.

Even after graduating from military academy and heading to the battlefield, they still have to compete, seeing who can kill more alien beasts.

They trained under the same master and know each other too well, so neither of them can ever win.

As they grow older, their mental states become increasingly unstable, and finding a Guide is practically urgent.

Chen Zhuo draped an arm over Yi Yue's shoulder and joked, "Wouldn't it be great if the two of us could get together?"

Yi Yue shrugged off the arm and shot him a glare.

"If you want to die young, go ahead and try."

Then, during one mission, the two of them fell into an alien beast's nest.

Chen Zhuo said, "Hey, we're both about to die, and I still haven't given away my first kiss. Can I kiss you once?"

Yi Yue nodded without hesitation. "Sure. You can kiss me once too."

After they kissed, they held hands and waited to die.

Instead, rescue arrived. The beam of a flashlight fell right on their tightly clasped hands.

From then on, word that the commanders of the A Army and B Army were in a Sentinel-Sentinel romance spread across the stars. Countless Guides were heartbroken, and many more worried: If the two of them don't have Guides, what will happen when they go berserk?

Neither Chen Zhuo nor Yi Yue ever mentioned that night again, and they stopped competing. Every now and then, one would even sneak the other a meat bun.

Until one night, Chen Zhuo fell into a frenzy, and Yi Yue's spirit entity, a venomous snake, slithered over and coiled around Chen Zhuo's spirit entity, a little wolf, which was suffering along with him.

After Chen Zhuo had been soothed, he said, "Wait, you're actually a Guide?"

Yi Yue said, "I only have half an hour every night."

Chen Zhuo fell silent, his emerald-green eyes narrowing. "So you really can be my..."

Yi Yue said, "Get lost."

Later, one day, Yi Yue fell into a frenzy.

Chen Zhuo smiled brightly and called out his little wolf. "Oh, I forgot to mention. I also turn into a Guide for half an hour during the day. So, do you want me?"

2026/1/24

Theme: Kiss your sworn enemy