The Ambitious Underdog

[Updates irregularly. Not under contract while serializing. I won't abandon it.]

Childhood friends the same age / Bottom takes the top / Dog-training kink

Dark, obsessive, ambitious seme x naturally ruthless, in-control uke

Ying Zhuyu had an aide who had been by his side for fifteen years.

As a child, the aide soothed him to sleep. As a teenager, he was his bodyguard, never leaving his side. As an adult, the two of them tacitly shared a bed.

Unfortunately, one day the aide ran away, wandering like a stray dog and hiding somewhere Ying Zhuyu couldn't find him.

Ying Zhuyu thought, No need to go looking. When the puppy gets hungry, he'll come home on his own.

Yet in the first year after he left, Ying Zhuyu's insomnia kept coming back.

In the second year, he suffered severe withdrawal symptoms and lost his appetite.

It wasn't until the fifth year that the lost dog finally returned to his doorstep of his own free will.

Ying Zhuyu thought, He really couldn't bear to leave me after all.

After all, this was a loyal dog he had trained with his own body.

Jin Qi's world revolved around Ying Zhuyu.

He had been the other's dog for fifteen years. Whether as a fiercely loyal confidant or a bedmate who came whenever he was called, Jin Qi had done everything perfectly.

He wanted nothing else. His sole ambition was to earn a little special place in Ying Zhuyu's heart.

But a defeated dog had no right to turn on its master, and Jin Qi didn't dare cross the line. He knew that Ying Zhuyu, with his angelic face, was actually cold-blooded and cruel.

Who could blame him for falling in love with the selfish, heartless young master Ying?

Even after the other abandoned him, he clawed his way up in a frenzy, until he was no longer under the Ying family's thumb and was strong enough to stand against Ying Zhuyu.

But all Ying Zhuyu had to do was crook a finger, and Jin Qi willingly became his master's most protective hunting dog again.

Later, Jin Qi realized that the greatest ambition he would ever have was to hold the leash around his neck between his teeth and beg Ying Zhuyu, pitifully, never to let go again.

Content warnings:

No harem throughout.

Both are virgins, and they are each other's one and only, body and soul. Sweet romance.

The uke is somewhat naturally ruthless and dominant from beginning to end. He has the upper hand in the relationship, and is hard-hearted as well as stubborn. He's a ruthless careerist.

The seme is a hopeless romantic, a knightly loyal dog who secretly wags his tail in the early story. Later, he becomes a possessive, unhinged mad dog and tries to force the uke to be his, but fails.

The seme is devoted to the uke's body; the uke is devoted to the seme's heart.

Flashbacks appear from time to time. The main story mostly follows the uke's perspective, while most of the flashbacks are from the seme's perspective.

Neither character is perfect, but neither is purely evil. The uke has a weak moral compass, so please don't read too much into it.

The story has a dark tone overall, with a small amount of ensemble cast. Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting.

The female characters are lesbians, but there won't be much description of their relationships. No secondary couples.

Pure wish fulfillment, a short-to-medium-length story.

Another dog-training kink story with a similar vibe: Candy-Coated Accomplices. Please add it to your reading list.

A shameless, scheming, straightforward seme x a fake do-gooder and suit-wearing thug uke

Alpha seme x Beta uke

Younger seme / Dangerous relationship / Two unhinged villains / Dog-training backfires, and the dog bites back / They fight on the surface, and in bed

Two troubled villains team up to destroy the world

Theme: Even after countless trials, ambition still reaches for the heights.