Hold Steady, We Can Win! [Esports]

[Stoic, devoted-dog team captain top x aloof, cold-faced, cute-and-prickly bottom]

What's it like to watch your ex-boyfriend reach the top of his career with your own eyes?

Nobody understands better than Jiang Yu, sitting in the audience as the championship is decided.

Back when the team's results were poor, Jiang Yu was its captain. He signed a contract, left without looking back, and joined a new team.

The genius jungler, who used to follow him around calling him "bro" and obeying his every word, lost control of his emotions for the first time.

"I'm going with you. I'm done playing. Wait for me."

At the airport, Jiang Yu read the message, cruelly deleted all of the other's contact information, and turned off his phone.

He thought breaking up was the best thing for them. Years later, he watched Cheng Zhiyang stand on the championship podium with someone else beside him, while he couldn't even make it to the playoffs.

When they met again, their positions had switched. The other had shed his youthful naivety and become a mature team captain, while Jiang Yu was a newly joined player.

He thought Cheng Zhiyang would hate him. Instead, the other acted as if nothing had happened, keeping him guessing with lukewarm attention and giving him special treatment without ever defining their relationship.

Jiang Yu had had enough of their vague, ambiguous warmth. "This is my own business," he said, pushing away every one of the other's advances.

In an unlit KTV hallway, the three-time champion captain, who always wore a smile in front of the cameras, hung his head and confessed in defeat:

"I just can't let you go. I can't help caring about you."

Hearing him finally speak from the heart, Jiang Yu couldn't hold back any longer.

He shoved the man, his eyes red like an abandoned dog, against the wall and said earnestly,

"Cheng Zhiyang, I'm going to pursue you."

Content warnings:

1. Both characters have their own personalities, and neither is perfect. Readers who require perfect character portrayals should proceed with caution.

2. The competition and game are inspired by KPL and Honor of Kings. The tournament format and game mechanics are almost identical, but none of the characters' stories are based on real people. Please don't project real people onto them.

Some heroes are original creations, for the sake of the plot.

3. Both leads are sexually inexperienced and mutually in love.

Core Theme: In esports, there's never a shortage of courage to start over