Chasing After Big Brother Li Dao

[Completed, 141,000 words, edits welcome anytime] Now accepting advance follows: "A Level 0 Secret Romance with Kumagaya-kun" is now open. Blurb: The person Kojima Meiko likes is a corporate wage slave. By day, he's MHK's energetic gymnastics big brother, adored by children. By night, he's a young man crushed by life, gloomy and practically overflowing with negativity. It took her six years to go from secretly watching him across the street to bravely standing right in front of him. Now, she's decided to pursue him. * One day, long after the two of them had gotten together, Rido happened to see his fiancee's high school diary. It said that after cram school each day, she'd take a long detour to the TV station, hoping to run into her favorite gymnastics big brother, Rido. Only then did he realize that someone really had taken such a long route just to catch a glimpse of him from across the street. And she'd kept watching him for all these years. * Forward, sweet girl x moody corporate wage slave. Happy ending. If the timeline is off, just consider it an author's liberty (?). * [New note] I've added romantic headcanons for some characters, and characters from my other works will make guest appearances, though not many. Read at your own discretion. You can't please everyone, so if this makes you uncomfortable, feel free to stop reading. ★ My friend's sweet romance, "Falling in Love with Ranpo" by Baibaimu ★ Couple: Ranpo. Super sweet! ★ "A Level 0 Secret Romance with Kumagaya-kun" Blurb: In high school, Funakoshi Misa had a secret relationship with the school's delinquent leader. They played at "pretending not to know each other," fooling everyone with their superb acting. No one ever found out, even after they broke up. Years into her career, Funakoshi Misa contacted her ex again about her cousin's internship. They met at a restaurant, where they happened to run into a high school classmate. The classmate exclaimed in surprise, "You're still together?" Funakoshi Misa: "Huh?" The classmate said, "Back in school, we all thought it was so cute how you pretended not to know each other." Funakoshi Misa's smile slowly vanished. "???" Just how pointless was her secret relationship? * Usahara Chokichi, Mitsuo Kumagaya's college roommate and current coworker, has always been baffled by how amicably this guy gets along with his first love, the girlfriend who dumped him. Later, this was how Mitsuo Kumagaya answered him: "Because I still like her, idiot." * I recommend "Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan" to the whole world!! * Happy ending * Blurb written on April 15, 2022, revised on January 28, 2024 Completed works: "Dating Atobe-kun" "I Want to Confess to Itadori-kun" "The Happiness Theory of Geto's Older Sister" Other upcoming works: "[Kuroko's Basketball] On Having a Crush on Kise" Couple: Kise "The Demi-Human Girl Refuses to Die with Dazai" Couple: Dazai "[Prince of Tennis] My Boyfriend Is Yukimura-kun" Couple: Yukimura "[Vampire Knight] Does Aidou Like Me Today?" Couple: Aidou Hanabusa Theme: Be brave and go for it!