Chen Du, Open the Door

Both the top and bottom are sanda fighters. Dramatic and angsty!

Synopsis:

When Jiang Xin'ou starts school, he meets his dormmate, Chen Du.

A really pretty guy, with a short buzz cut, dark eyes, and skin as fresh as if it had just been washed. He looks like he's just been released from a wild jungle. They're both sanda majors, but Chen Du is two weight classes lighter than him.

Chen Du isn't greedy, either. He knows Jiang Xin'ou is rich, but doesn't suck up to him. Now and then, he cooks for him, secretly stewing soup for him in a little pot in the dorm.

Jiang Xin'ou is pretty pleased with himself, and thinks Chen Du is even prettier.

He just never expected his older cousin to think so, too.

One day, when Jiang Xin'ou sees Chen Du again, Chen Du is at his cousin's sanda club, sparring with him. Jiang Xin'ou knows what his cousin is like: he'll sleep with anyone, man or woman, and all the fighters signed to his club have something going on with him.

That night, Chen Du doesn't come back to the dorm.

Jiang Xin'ou lies awake all night. Early the next morning, Chen Du returns, covered in bruises. Jiang Xin'ou throws all of Chen Du's bedding and clothes out of the dorm.

"So you're a whore? I'm not touching your filthy stuff!"

A month later, Jiang Xin'ou pins Chen Du against a locker at the sanda club. He takes ten bundles of cash, freshly withdrawn, and stuffs them one by one into Chen Du's narrow, tiny, old training shorts.

"Is my cousin really so cheap he won't even buy you a pair of underwear?"

Chen Du feels the bulge in his lower belly but doesn't say a word.

After stuffing in the last bundle, Jiang Xin'ou pats Chen Du's cheek. "Why keep my cousin company? You'd be better off with me."

Only then does Chen Du speak. "The boss gets to decide. Whatever kind of fight the boss wants."

Notes:

* No one's perfect. Expect plenty of angst, with a sweet-and-sour flavor.

* Happy ending.

Theme: Even in barren soil, hardy reeds can grow.