Rivals, Teammates, Lovers [Showbiz]

CP: A cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside puppy-like top x a gorgeous, fragile bottom

A popular boy band, four years after its debut, was caught up in a member's departure scandal. Jing Qideng, the band's dance lead, had been out of the spotlight for two years. He paid his own breach-of-contract fee and made a decisive exit, then showed up at auditions to fill a spot in the rival boy band.

Just as expected, Jing Qideng's overwhelming skill made him the obvious choice for Waningmoon's fifth member.

Now the rival had suddenly become his bandmate, and everyone was waiting to see what kind of sparks Jing Qideng and Waningmoon would create.

After all, Waningmoon was famous for being a band of straight guys. Surely the last person they'd like was someone like Jing Qideng, who'd once been part of a hugely popular ship within his old group?

Sure enough, in their first few public appearances as a five-member group, Jing Qideng and the other four looked like people who'd only just met on a plane and happened to be sharing a meal. They couldn't have looked more out of place together.

Later, a certain puppy-like Qin would lose his mind, whimpering and wailing: