All of Yokohama Is Waiting for Akutagawa to Debut as the Center

Akutagawa was born in a slum, with never enough to eat or warm clothes to wear. He worked hard to support his younger sister's schooling. One word summed up his life: miserable. The Mori Conglomerate in Yokohama held a boy-band audition show called Debut, Idol! After registration closed, they realized they had one extra slot. A certain bandaged executive pointed at a random boy of the right age among the low-level workers and sent him in as a disposable extra to fill the spot. That's how Akutagawa ended up in the competition out of nowhere. During the competition, Akutagawa stood out from a group of flamboyantly dressed contestants with his down-to-earth personality, flawless looks, and tragic background. Only then did everyone learn that this gentle boy was an orphan, that he worked three jobs a day just so he and his sister could eat, and that he practiced dancing until he passed out because he had been malnourished for so long... All of Neon was in an uproar. To hell with the script! We're going to help our baby defy fate and debut in the center position!!! King of Curses: I don't care if the world is destroyed. I just want to see the kid keep bouncing around. The Strongest 5t5: Leading the fan chants is no big deal. Flashy Rich Old Man: Heard my classmate's brother is on an audition show. Figured I'd show some support. Boss Mori: Akutagawa is a shining new star at our company (and a god of fortune). A certain bandaged executive wanted to chop off the finger that had pointed at him: I found this treasure first!!! Listen up, everyone: * My version of Akutagawa is completely different from the original! * Pairing: Dazai (top) x Akutagawa (bottom) * This is my third Dazai x Akutagawa fic. I really love this pairing so deeply (sighs and lights a cigarette). * No basis in real life, no basis in real life, no basis in real life! Coming soon: The Olympic Artistic Swimming Champion Is a Mermaid Lan Yixing is a blue-tailed mermaid. According to the rules of the merfolk, once they come of age, they can turn their tails into legs and get the chance to experience life on land. On his first foray into human society, Lan Yixing had no money and no job. Then he spotted an ad for performers, offering a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan, with meals and lodging included. Lan Yixing's eyes lit up: This is perfect! Performers at other companies got a debut song and a stage for their big day, but Lan Yixing's company was broke. All they could do was have him make his first appearance at an all-star sports meet. The production team looked down on the less popular contestants and wouldn't even let them choose their events. They simply threw Lan Yixing into an event nobody else had chosen. That event was called artistic swimming. Artistic swimming, also known as water ballet, takes years of training. Without that foundation, a performance looks like someone drowning, with not a hint of grace. It's practically guaranteed to go wrong. On the day of the competition, Lan Yixing wore a performance costume. His slender, toned body and perfect waistline were on full display, making the audience gasp and howl. When he dived into the pool, the white gauze on his costume flowed through the water with his movements, like a mermaid's tail, graceful and full of life. The audience went wild, letting out all kinds of wolfish howls. Audience: What kind of enchantress is this? He's going to steal our souls! After the competition, everyone was amazed by Lan Yixing's performance and rushed to interview him about how he had trained. Lan Yixing looked bewildered. "Wait, is this something you have to train for?" Reporter: ...Could you be any more humblebraggy? Audience: You're beautiful, so whatever you say goes! * To encourage a sporting spirit, the Olympic Association decided to add a men's solo artistic swimming event to the sport, which had previously only been open to women. The news left the national team coaches at their wits' end. Training an athlete isn't easy. It's not like picking out radishes at the market. Just as the coaching staff were at a loss, videos of Lan Yixing's artistic swimming performance went viral online, and soon reached them too. National Team Coach A: I think we've got the gold medal in the bag. National Team Coach B: Funny, I was thinking the same thing. From domestic competitions, to world events, and then the Olympics, Lan Yixing became the undefeated legend of artistic swimming. [Former swimming champion turned coach with a killer waist, top x gorgeous and captivating mermaid with a slim waist, long legs, and amazing flexibility, bottom] Theme: Earn respect through hard work.