After Teaming Up with My Rival as Junglers...

Hey, besties, how about checking out my new story?

Title: "If You Can't Do It, I'll Do It"

Here's the blurb:

An irritable IQ top laner publicly challenges TEP during an interview, aiming straight at their jungler, A_, in front of a million online viewers.

He expects the verbal challenge to disappear without a trace, but to everyone's shock, the other side accepts.

The two teams assemble their full lineups for a 5v5 room match, though something about the setup feels a little strange. As soon as they enter the room, the usually taciturn A from the rumors is the first to send a message.

TEP_A_: Star, what are you playing?

IQ·Star: ?

IQ·Straight Talk: Is this where you start fishing for information?

Even after typing that, he isn't satisfied. He calls out over team voice chat: Star, don't pay attention to him.

The Star he's talking about, IQ·Star: ...

TEP·Zhui: Tch, stop flattering yourself. Our Yan-ge is just worried about crushing you too badly and embarrassing you.

IQ·Straight Talk: Shut up already. Star, don't tell him.

IQ·Star: ...

IQ·Star: Yu Ji...

TEP_A_: Mm.

And so, the matching couple skins for Yu Ji on the red team and Xiang Yu on the blue team look especially glaring on the game screen.

The players on both sides, who were ready to trade barbs for three hundred rounds before the game even started: ???

Before the identity reveal, TEP's players: What the hell is this Star? Calling himself Star, and having the same name as our sister-in-law? Who does he think he is? Where does he get the nerve?

After the identity reveal: Sister-in-law, come play! Sister-in-law, our gaming house is huge! Sister-in-law, carry me!

A steady, scheming top who never wastes a single expression on anyone outside the game, but flirts with and completely wins over the bottom x a gorgeous bottom who can't be bothered with anything and seems cold, but falls for the top as soon as he's flirted with.

Online dating + meeting in person. Since ancient times, a good line has won hearts.

PS:

1. The entire story is written in advance and will follow the rankings, so feel free to start reading.

2. I originally planned to write about League of Legends, but the game hasn't been doing well while Honor of Kings has been thriving, so I set the story in Honor of Kings.

3. Honor of Kings really can be played on a computer using an emulator. Pros who are used to playing on computers generally do that. For the sake of showing off, I added a bit of author-created lore: the pros play on computers.

4. There are some author-created settings. One of the online games is original, and I'll write a separate novel about it later.

5. When I finished the whole story, the latest new hero had only just been released, so please don't mind if later heroes aren't included. Also, there are no real-life inspirations, thanks.

Theme: One day, you'll meet someone who can understand the softness inside you, no matter how hard as iron you seem.