Pretending to Hate You [Esports]

The arrival of genius mid laner Cheng Yu on the Huoyu team sent shockwaves through the entire esports scene. Shen Zheng, the strongest ADC, had been about to leave Huoyu. He tossed his pen aside. "I'm staying." On the battlefield, Cheng Yu and Shen Zheng were an unstoppable duo. Off the battlefield, Cheng Yu raised his banner high every day, vowing to trample Shen Zheng underfoot. Everyone was baffled. "Why are you, a mid laner, so hung up on an ADC?" Then, at the final match of the global solo tournament, Cheng Yu asked Shen Zheng offstage, "You said your only requirement for a partner was someone who could beat you in a solo match. Does that still count?" Shen Zheng: "It does." That night, Cheng Yu won the match and lost at the 'technical' part. The Huoyu team has a little secret. Captain Shen, hailed by the outside world as an emotionless match-winning machine, has always had a crush on a student at a certain school. Every week, he goes to visit the team's 'sister-in-law.' Then rookie Cheng Yu joined, and Shen Zheng devoted all his energy to training. The two-year-and-three-month-long crush was declared over. At an interview after the S-League, Cheng Yu said, "I spent two years and three months preparing to join Huoyu." His teammates below the stage said, "What a coincidence, Captain Shen. That's exactly how long you've been trying to end your crush on your sister-in-law." Shen Zheng: "It hasn't ended. Now that he's here, I don't have to keep running back and forth." Set in the world of League of Legends, but not following the game's current version. Many liberties have been taken. Updated daily, no hiatuses. No real players or teams are being alluded to in this story. The matches, venues, and characters' backgrounds are all made up by me. Theme: Stay positive and keep moving forward.