Across countless worlds, some people defy fate, some get promoted and earn a raise, and some are destined to enjoy a prosperous first half of life before ending up lonely and adrift in the second. In short, they hit rock bottom.
The System to all its Hosts: This is your fate.
System: But! Now you have a chance to start over. Just bind yourself to me, and you can
Hosts: Go back to the beginning?
System: ...Go back to somewhere along the way.
The System, rousing them with a speech: Let's start over from our lowest point! Together, we'll reach the pinnacle of life!
"..."
The Hosts, who would be useless layabouts no matter when they went back: ...Thanks, but no thanks. We can't do any of that. We're kind of ready to die.
They can't die, though. They're useless, but fortunately, they have experience from their previous lives, so they're uncannily good at finding sugar daddies and powerful patrons.
A series of quick transmigration stories / seme-focused / a useless, popular seme who just wants to lie flat
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World One: (modern entertainment industry) Host One used to be a halfway decent actor, but has now become a wooden, expressionless block:
On the night he decides to become a pretty-face actor, Xie Yuchi, once a major star and now hated by everyone, makes a private call to his love rival. It's the fastest way he can think of to make money.
Xie Yuchi: "Want to sleep with me? It'll cost you extra."
World Two: (apocalypse) Host Two used to be a powerful base leader who could kill with every strike, but is now blind and crippled:
On the last day before the zombie horde arrives, blind Cen Linxue gropes through the dark and knocks on the door of his rival at the neighboring base.
Cen Linxue: "Dead weight, you're mine now."
World Three: (supernatural and occult) Host Three used to be a chosen one, but now coughs up blood every day and has become a child of misfortune:
After the last member of his family dies, Bai Jin crawls out of a ghost den, coughing up blood, then digs open a grave he buried with his own hands.
Bai Jin: "Don't die. I'm hungry."
The remaining worlds are undecided / more have been added
----Reader's guide:
The seme may once have been powerful, but hardship has worn away his edges, and now he only wants to lie flat. Even being reborn hasn't changed that.
Because of the premise, the seme isn't perfect or gentle, and there may be something seriously wrong with him.
The seme and uke are each other's only partners in mind and body.
The author wants to write about a useless seme saved by the uke, with a bit of enemies-to-lovers. If that's not your thing, please click away.
All reasonable comments are welcome.
If there's a problem, criticize the author, not the characters.
Theme: We only live once. The most important thing is learning to cherish what we have, whether it's time or the people in our lives.
