What Do I Do When My Teammate Is My Hater? [Esports]

[Straight-talking, stubborn, quick-tempered, devoted puppy-like top VS cool, stern, outwardly cold but inwardly warm, stunning captain bottom]

The veteran team ST has signed a new top laner.

The new top laner has no professional experience. Word is, he's a rich young master who just returned from overseas.

A young master is a young master. On his very first day at ST, he left captain Shen Zhiyun locked outside twice.

He wouldn't follow orders or listen to instructions, and he provoked the captain.

Rumors of discord within the team spread all over the scene. But the young master's skills were incredible, and his fans were just as foul-mouthed as he was, picking fights with everyone and making other teams' fans furious.

After one match, they played back the voice comms.

"Jungler, stay away," the young master said, looking fierce.

Captain Shen Zhiyun gave a contemptuous "Hmph" and didn't indulge him at all. "Fine."

The chat: Proof they're not getting along.

The next second, the young master stubbornly grumbled, looking awkward. "You're really not coming over? I wasn't doing it on purpose last night... (beep.)"

The chat: Young master, let's hear the rest.

Feng Yan was a Shen Zhiyun hater, and had been one for years.

He had even joined a Shen Zhiyun hate group.

After joining ST, he was determined to dig up more dirt on Shen Zhiyun.

But not long after he joined ST...

One day, someone in the hate group was introducing a new member to Shen Zhiyun's past scandals.

Hater: Surely everyone knows Shen Zhiyun disrespects the competition, right?

Feng Yan: False.

Hater: Not only that, he bullies his teammates and picks on older players.

Feng Yan: False.

Hater: Then there's no denying he likes men, right?

Feng Yan: ...That's true.

The haters were delighted.

Then Feng Yan slowly typed a line.

"I'm his boyfriend."

/

Shen Zhiyun's professional career was legendary.

He made it to the top the moment he debuted, and from then on became a legend at the peak of the league. Then, just as suddenly, he plunged to rock bottom and never recovered.

He stayed down for an entire season.

His former teammates retired, veteran players transferred, and his new teammates were rookies or youth-team players. The whole ST team was on the brink.

During the offseason, Shen Zhiyun heard that the team had signed a new free agent.

No record in the top-ranked games, and his rank at the end of last season was only Diamond.

Shen Zhiyun didn't care that the team had signed some nobody. "Let finance handle his salary. Put him on the youth team. Manager, you don't need to tell me about it."

Just another rich young master chasing his dream of becoming a pro gamer.

The manager stammered, "Captain Shen, the team signed him as... a starter."

"He's a starter, and I go sit on the bench?" Shen Zhiyun laughed in anger. He'd just checked the guy's match history, and his most-played heroes were all junglers.

At first, Shen Zhiyun was biased against the rich young master Feng Yan. The young master was just as prickly whenever he ran into Shen Zhiyun. But later

"Captain Shen, how did I do today? Don't I get a reward?"

"What do you want?" Shen Zhiyun asked, his expression unchanged.

The usually brazen young master wore a rare, nervous expression.

"Would you go out with me? I want to be your boyfriend."

[Top laner top x jungler bottom]

[Both characters respect the competition! The voice comms in the blurb were recorded after the match, during the draft and pick phase! They aren't fooling around during a match! Respect the competition! Respect esports!]

[KPL format, with a world championship. The setting is a mix of everything; don't compare it to real life.]

There are quite a few match scenes. I'm not a professional, so please don't scrutinize the details.

The romance is long and slow-paced, and neither character is perfect.

Age gap, age gap, age gap! Important things are said three times!

If any of the above is a dealbreaker, please decide whether to read based on your own preferences.

Blurb dated 2022.11.13

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Theme: Realize the value of youth through passion