Assault specialist top x sniper bottom
Zhuang Ran x Zhu Nianshen
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Everyone in the East Asia First Division knows that Rosa wields the Barrett, the highest-damage, longest-range sniper rifle in Eternal Zone. He's also the founding core of the Dawn Club and Eternal Zone's strongest sniper.
Zhu Nianshen joined the Eternal Zone professional scene at seventeen under the ID Rosa. His gun's dark red body is engraved with silver rose patterns. One shot from his sniper rifle can take out a target from a thousand miles away. Anyone who stands in his way dies, whether they're human, Buddha, or god
Well, he hasn't managed to kill a god yet. That's because the East Division has another legendary assault specialist: Ran Shen.
Zhuang Ran, Ran Shen, ID RAN, assault specialist for Wings of the Wind, Zhu Nianshen's older brother, former teammate, and secret crush. He's the one responsible for keeping Zhu Nianshen in second place year after year, the very embodiment of the chancellor who defeated Meng Huo.
After finishing second once again in the S5 season, Zhu Nianshen watches from below the stage as Zhuang Ran lifts the trophy for the second time. He remembers the first time the other man won. Back then, Zhu Nianshen was onstage, right beside him.
He turns to leave, but a microphone is shoved in his face.
"Rosa, you've lost to Ran Shen in a 1v1 once again, earning your title as the runner-up for life. Anything you'd like to say?"
The sniper on camera raises his eyes slightly, defiance in his gaze and a smile at the corner of his lips.
"My crosshairs won't let you off. See you next time."
Before his words have even had time to sink in, the Global Invitational suddenly appears on the calendar. A new format, a new champion. The East Division urgently gathers its top players to compete. Zhu Nianshen steps through the training camp gates and looks up straight into Zhuang Ran's eyes.
He'll be eating, living, and training with Zhuang Ran again, just like four years ago.
Four years ago, they lifted a trophy together. Golden confetti fell, but they went their separate ways.
Four years later, the core players of opposing teams are fighting side by side again, an assault specialist and a sniper working in tandem... and their teammates are going crazy shipping them???
Zhu Nianshen knows perfectly well what matters: his career.
Win the match, take the championship, and show the style and glory of a sniper. So hurry up and forget these feelings he can't bring himself to confess!
He trains desperately, until day and night blur together and all he can think about are crosshairs and bullet trajectories. He pulls the trigger, aims, and fires
Then someone grabs his wrist and yanks him close. Zhuang Ran grits his teeth, eyes red and brimming with tears. "Zhu Nianshen, what do you want from me?"
Zhu Nianshen: "?"
In the blink of an eye, he figures something out and tilts his head, moving closer.
"Why are you crying?"
His breath brushes against someone's damp eyelids.
"...Do you like me, brother?"
To Zhuang Ran, the person he loves is a vivid rose, a dazzling sun.
Excellent, confident, and strong.
He's just an ordinary man lucky enough to have met him, so he gives all his love to support and accompany him, never going too far and never asking for anything in return.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Zhu Nianshen raises his eyes to look at him.
"If you don't kiss me, then I'll kiss you."
PS:
1. Neither of them is slow to catch on. They simply never made their feelings clear. Zhu Nianshen really is only focused on his career.
2. Zhuang Ran is crying because of something else, not because Zhu Nianshen has been refusing to make their relationship official.
3. Zhu Nianshen will be the more proactive one in their relationship.
4. This isn't a wish-fulfillment story, just esports. In this world, even a star-studded team can still crash and burn, and the boomerangs keep flying.
But in this world, hard work brings rewards, and effort leads to success.
"Let's call it Rosa."
"That way, everyone in the world who plays Eternal Zone will think of you when they see this gun."
Bullets dream of spring in the magazine, and roses bloom freely from the muzzle.
Go chase your universe, my rose, my sun.
Theme: The answer to victory will always be myself
