I'm the Fatherly Superfan of a Washed-Up Idol

[Finished revising! If you’ve read it before, you can clear your cache now~] Lan Yi spent all four years of college chasing an obscure idol. The idol sang off-key, slipped while dancing, and was eliminated in the second episode of a talent show. Most of the fans who’d followed him for his looks left, so he sadly livestreamed dance practice in the middle of the night. At the time, Lan Yi, watching from across the ocean, had been tuning in for half an hour. When the idol looked at the screen, Lan Yi sent a comment: “Baby, you dance like a mutant pig slipping on a fly. If you keep dancing, I’m calling the cops, got it? ^_^” The idol stared at the screen for a long time, then asked sadly, “I’ll lose weight. Will you come watch me tomorrow?” Lan Yi scoffed and left the livestream. Three minutes later, he sat bolt upright and spent the whole night searching the internet for everything about the obscure idol: Zhan Feng, 188 cm tall, with fewer than ten thousand followers across the internet, and eliminated from a hugely popular talent show last month. Tch. It was one thing for him to have a personality Lan Yi liked. How could his circumstances be so devastatingly pathetic, too? He was bored anyway. Surely he could watch casually without falling in love? After that, Lan Yi worked tirelessly online for this obscure idol for four years. He went from an anonymous little fan to a mega-fan with such a scolding, overbearing dad vibe that both rival fandoms and his own were terrified of him. On his first day at work, Lan Yi suddenly deleted his account. * Lan Yi was fully prepared to meet Zhan Feng. Someone as upright and noble as him would never privately contact his idol! When you leave a fandom, you leave a fandom! At work, he put on a stern face whenever he saw Zhan Feng. Every time he spoke to him, he went full dad mode, and when Zhan Feng asked if they could be friends, he firmly refused. That should keep them at a distance, right? Who would have thought that the sterner Lan Yi acted, the more quietly Zhan Feng would cater to him? The more Lan Yi lectured him like a dad, the more Zhan Feng treated his words as gospel and obediently listened. When Lan Yi refused to be friends, Zhan Feng asked plaintively, “Why can he, but I can’t?” Somehow, Lan Yi ended up becoming friends with Zhan Feng. He swore again that someone as upright and noble as him would never date his idol! Friends are just friends! But who would have thought that when Lan Yi tried to keep his distance, Zhan Feng would secretly snuggle into his arms? When Lan Yi tried to draw a clear line between them, Zhan Feng would sneak into his room. When Lan Yi tried to respect their boundaries, Zhan Feng would wake up in his bed as if it were the most natural thing in the world. “You kept kicking off the covers last night, so I had to hold you tight.” Lan Yi was on the verge of tears. I’m calling the cops too! I’ll have them arrest myself! * The day Zhan Feng discovered Lan Yi’s identity, he held the information in silence for a long time. Lan Yi tried to take it in stride. “I’m sorry I lied to you. I’ll accept it if you want to break up.” “I won’t accept that.” Zhan Feng buried his head in Lan Yi’s arms and held him tight, speaking softly. “You love me this much. You’ll never leave me in this life, right?” Through all those difficult years when nobody paid him any attention, there had always been someone fighting day and night to protect him. * Lan Yi (bottom) * Zhan Feng (top) Updates are normally at 19:40. If I have to work overtime, I’ll update before 23:59~ [The author isn’t a fan. The term “toxic fan” is defined narrowly according to the author’s imagination and is not intended to match other definitions of the term.] [No real-life inspiration! No real-life inspiration! No real-life inspiration!] Theme: As long as you have ideals in your heart, there’s no hardship you can’t overcome!